Advanced Smart Grid Technologies: Industry Applications and Integration Strategies offers a comprehensive exploration of the cutting-edge innovations and integration techniques shaping the future of power systems. This edited volume brings together leading researchers and industry experts to present real-world case studies, emerging technologies, and strategic frameworks that enable efficient, secure, and sustainable energy management.This book:Explores the f...

Climate change is an intensifying reality of the present, reshaping land systems, ecosystems, and human livelihoods across the globe. Its impacts are most clearly manifested through changes in land cover and land use, degradation of ecosystems, loss of biodiversity, and growing risks to food systems, water security, and rural and urban livelihoods. Changing Climate–Land–Life Interplay: Spatial Approaches for Biodiversity, Agriculture, and Land Resilience in Emerging E...

Hari Vandra is drawn into a covert mission to locate a vanished cache of weaponised pathogens hidden inside a remote monastery on Somalia's fractured coast. From New Delhi to the Gulf of Aden, he navigates a deadly world of pirates, mercenaries, and geopolitical conspiracies shaped by the Houthi insurgency of 2024.As betrayals mount and hidden agendas emerge, Hari uncovers secrets powerful enough to destabilise governments. Gritty and fast-paced, Lodhi Road is a geopolitical espionage thri...

In this gripping thriller, Hari Vandra, a restless crime reporter, joins Indian intelligence to uncover a sinister plan known as TUPAC II. Orchestrated by a secret alliance between China's Eight Elders and Pakistan's Compact, the plan involves supplying biological weapons to Maoist insurgents in India. Hari's mission takes him to Somalia, where he must locate the hidden weapons in a Coptic monastery. As he navigates a dangerous world of piracy, Yemen's Houthi movement, Al Shabaab warlords,...

It was raining that day. He had just returned from his office, drenched and dead-tired, and was about to open the door of his third-floor apartment when he heard a hoarse voice from behind. However, before he could turn his head in that direction and find out who was there, someone stuck something sharp into his left thigh from behind. He immediately drew back in panic. But by then, it was too late. The object was a sharp-edged knife. It had done its work; his blue Levi jeans had become dr...

Tamil Nadu – where there are more temples than pharmacies, where the language is older than Sanskrit, where atheists have ruled for half a century provided they were atheists from the right caste. Tamil Nadu, where the young population is ripe for a revolution.At least this is what Nanban thinks, coming from the hub of Mumbai and well-versed in its Machiavellian political ways, he plans to shake things up. His meeting with Veerappan Gounder, who took a bit hit in t...

An old man is suddenly able to curse to death those who annoy him. An English-speaking thief has long conversations with his tied-up victims. A forensic accountant becomes obsessed with bringing down dodgy start-ups. An online troll suspects he is going to be shot dead for his political views.The stories in Ruffled Feathers attend to men and women making their way through a grim world filled with sharp corners. But they do so with deep tenderness and wry amusement, exquisi...

A police sharpshooter with Asperger's syndrome is tasked with cleaning up the streets of Mumbai in this "gripping thriller" ( Booklist).In recent decades, ostensibly to combat the rising tide of criminality in Mumbai's underworld, the Indian Police Service has carried out many hundreds of extrajudicial assassinations of suspects. Karan, an expert sharpshooter in an elite branch dispensed with dishing out this vigilante justice, has a difficult choice: shou...

ICE Core Concepts: Geotechnical Engineering is an engaging, practical introduction to the analysis, design, construction, maintenance and renovation of geotechnical structures. Each chapter presents concise coverage of a core subject area in geotechnical engineering. Topics covered include site investigation, ground improvement techniques, shallow foundations, deep foundations, retaining structures, slopes, embankments, earth dams, machine foundations and reinforced soil structure...

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How to Manage Diabetes with a Plant-Based Diet is a practical and science-backed guide for individuals looking to control diabetes through plant-based nutrition. This e-book explores the benefits of whole plant foods in regulating blood sugar, improving insulin sensitivity, and supporting overall health. It provides actionable advice on building a balanced plant-based diet, meal planning tips, and diabetes-friendly recipes. With insights into the nutrients that play a key role in blood sug...