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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 51 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.13 inches. In Stock.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 153 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.39 inches. In Stock.

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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Hardcover/Pappeinband. Condition: Sehr gut. 312 p. ; ill. Very good. Shrink wrapped. / Sehr guter Zustand. In Folie verschweißt. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1870.

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VII, 418 p. Hardcover. Versand aus Deutschland / We dispatch from Germany via Air Mail. Einband bestoßen, daher Mängelexemplar gestempelt, sonst sehr guter Zustand. Imperfect copy due to slightly bumped cover, apart from this in very good condition. Stamped. Sprache: Englisch.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book has no interior notes, highlights, or markings. Extremely light shelf- and edgewear. Small divot in top right back cover. Binding is tight and square. A bright, clean copy.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. On the night Pakistan was born, its founder was already planning its expansion.August 14, 1947. The celebrations in Karachi have barely begun when Muhammad Ali Jinnah - brilliant, legally precise, and secretly dying of tuberculosis - turns back to his maps. Partition has created two nations. But 565 princely states, governing nearly a quarter of the subcontinent's population, remain in unprecedented legal limbo. Their rulers can choose their future. And Jinnah, who understands the law of the princely states better than almost anyone alive, intends to use that choice.His targets are specific and strategic. Hyderabad - wealthier than most European nations, its Muslim Nizam ruling deep in the heart of India. Kashmir - Muslim in population, Himalayan in strategic position, the key to Pakistan's northern frontier. Junagadh, Bhopal, Kalat. A constellation of states that, drawn into Pakistan's orbit, would transform a precarious postcolonial nation into a genuine regional power capable of matching India on every front.He came closer than history remembers.Too Big to Survive reconstructs Pakistan's audacious princely gambit - the diplomacy and coercion, the tribal militias and gold shipments, the legal arguments that nearly reshaped the map of Asia - and asks the question that haunts South Asian history: what if Jinnah had succeeded?The answer, drawn from declassified archives across four countries, is both counterintuitive and devastating. A Greater Pakistan would have been immediately encircled. Afghanistan would have escalated its proxy war with Soviet backing. Stalin's Soviet Union would have subverted every border. China would have reversed its historic friendship with Pakistan. Iran would have pursued quiet but effective containment. Surrounded, internally fractured, and bereft of the one man who might have held it together, Greater Pakistan would not have survived its own success.Pakistan endured because it didn't get what it wanted.The tragedy is that it has never stopped wanting it. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Shadows of Forgotten Echoes: A Journey Through Lost Memories and Time is a gripping dark fantasy thriller that bends the fabric of reality itself.Elara Voss, a reclusive archivist in the forgotten city of Eldrath, unearths a mysterious artifact humming with stolen moments from history. Her touch awakens the Veil-a shadowy realm where time fractures, memories haunt as spectral entities, and alternate lives collide. Plunged into this labyrinth of lost souls, Elara must navigate warped timelines, forge uneasy alliances with ethereal guides, and confront echoes of her own buried past: a silenced childhood, betrayed loves, and empires she unknowingly shaped.As the Veil unravels, paradoxes multiply. Rivers flow backward, companions reveal silent betrayals, and Elara collects shards of eternity to mend the breach. In the devouring void at time's heart, she battles ancient guardians and her fractured selves, racing against the collapse that threatens all existence. Sacrifices demand everything-alliances shatter, memories reclaim her identity, and the horizon's edge becomes a battlefield of cosmic reckoning.Across 24 chapters spanning four acts, Elara emerges transformed, sealing the artifact at great cost. Yet whispers linger, hinting at deeper voids and unresolved shadows. Blending poetic intrigue with pulse-pounding tension, this debut novel explores memory's tyranny, betrayal's sting, and time's fragile weave. Perfect for fans of The Ten Thousand Doors of January or The Night Circus, it questions: What if forgotten echoes could rewrite your fate? This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In the wake of the [SHANTI Act of 2025], India's 60-year state monopoly on nuclear power has finally shattered. For the first time, private enterprises are racing to build [Bharat Small Modular Reactors (BSRs)] to power a digitised nation. But while the law permits private ownership of the plants, the government [retains absolute control] over the "strategic waste"-the spent fuel rods that represent a billion-dollar liability.The BreakthroughDr. Ishani Rai, a former [BARC] scientist, has turned that liability into the world's most coveted asset. Using a breakthrough diamond-lattice semiconductor-inspired by real-world tech like [Betavolt's BV100]-she creates the "Vajra-Cell." It is a "forever battery" that converts nuclear waste into 50 years of clean, constant electricity.The ConflictAs Ishani's startup, Prithvi Atomix, prepares to launch the first battery-powered village, the Sovereign Syndicate-a shadow conglomerate led by the ruthless Vikramaditya Sarin-moves in. Exploiting Section 39 of the SHANTI Act, which allows the state to [override transparency laws] in the interest of national security, Sarin triggers a "safety seizure." He doesn't want the reactors; he wants the battery patent that would make every other energy source on Earth obsolete.The Institutional TrapCaught in the middle is Commissioner K. Madhavan of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB). Now a [statutory authority] under the new Act, he must decide whether to protect Ishani's private innovation or side with the Syndicate's "national security" narrative.The ClimaxThe story culminates in a high-stakes heist during a waste-transfer convoy through the Western Ghats. Guided by her security lead, Kabir, and secret leaks from within the AERB, Ishani must decide whether to save her company or "open-source" the Vajra-Cell design to the public-effectively ending the energy monopoly but making her a fugitive of the state she tried to power.Here is the High-Concept Blurb designed to hook an international reader: ------------------------------ The Dynamic The Clash: You can start with Dr. Homi Batliwala stalling the transfer of isotopes to Dr. Ishani Rai, while Anjali notices the paperwork for that same transfer is being diverted to a private airstrip by Vik Sarin's men.The Action: Kabir must then step in to secure the "waste" before it disappears into the Syndicate's hands. "One law broke the monopoly. One invention changed the world. One syndicate wants it buried."When India passes the SHANTI Act, privatising its nuclear core, Dr. Ishani Rai seizes the moment to unveil the Vajra-Cell-a revolutionary battery powered by recycled nuclear waste that lasts fifty years. But in the world of high-stakes energy, "forever" is a threat to the bottom line.Caught between a government desperate to reclaim its "strategic assets" and a global syndicate ready to kill for the patent, Ishani must navigate a lethal maze of corporate espionage and legal loopholes. As the line between national security and corporate greed blurs, she has only one choice: protect the light, or let the world stay in the dark. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…