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      • Dar Al Farabi

        Dar Al Farabi Publishing and Distribution Company was founded in 1956. We publish books in a variety of subjects including sciences, humanities and literature whether written in Arabic or translated. Ever since its inception Dar ALFARABI has been committed to the defense of democratic freedoms liberation and progress. We participate in all Arabic book events. We also provide various printing services for those looking to publish a book or author at his own expense, according to an equivalent format between the two parties, in the event that there is no opportunity to publish at the expense of the house.

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      • Tara Books (Pvt.) Ltd.

        Tara Books is a collective of writers, artists and designers, based in Chennai, south India. We publish illustrated and handmade books for children and adults. While we generate many of our titles in-house, we also work with artists, writers and designers across the world. Known for our richly illustrated books, we offer a unique list that includes titles in children’s literature, photography, graphic novels, art and art education. Tara has also won around 60 international awards, including the Bologna Ragazzi Award for the Best Children’s Publisher in Asia and the London Book Fair International Publishing Industry Excellence Award.

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      • Peace studies & conflict resolution
        January 2015

        Afghanistan's National Unity Government

        Opportunities and Challenges

        by Ali Jalali

      • Peace studies & conflict resolution
        May 2016

        Afghanistan National Defense and Security Forces

        Mission, Challenges, and Sustainability

        by Ali A. Jalali

        This report examines the development of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), their current structure and capacity, and their challenges in securing long-term financial and operational sustainability. The report also explores how the ANDSF can more effectively operate on a nonconventional battlefield and deal with emerging new threats of violent extremism—both alone and as part of a larger regional and global coalition. The information is based on field research and interviews conducted by the author in Afghanistan in 2015.

      • Thriller / suspense

        The Ludlum Prediction

        by Quentin Cope

        The Ludlum Prediction It’s the year 2018.  North Platte, Lincoln County is a place noted for declining employment prospects at the once famous railroad depot ... and little else. For Ed Ludlum, he could reside anywhere and still earn a good living as a ‘Data Miner’ ... someone who cannot only tell you what you’ll shop for next Wednesday at three o’clock, but which shop you’ll use ... and what shelf you’ll find it on. However, a powerful, wealthy and well connected US based secretive religious sect, the Messianic Tribes of Yashoa, known by many simply as the MTY, wish to avail themselves of Ed Ludlum’s unique services ... and they are willing to pay well for it. They want to extract a date and a place from hundreds of terabytes of data, collected over many years from the darkest depths of some ancient sciences and leftover mysterious hieroglyphs, abandoned by long lost civilisations. But what is all this high tech computer based research for? The work of  Ed Ludlum soon comes to the attention of some of the most powerful Intelligence Agencies in the world, such as the CIA, the British SIS and the much feared Israeli Mossad, becoming known as ‘The Ludlum Prediction’ ... a prophesy that if fulfilled, could possibly change the world as we know it ... forever! Sitting on the sidelines, surrounded by Vatican based Cardinals whose common survival plan is based on ignorance and self serving edicts, is one man with the power and determination to thwart the best laid plans of highly professional State Intelligence Agents. He knows that if ‘The Ludlum Prediction’ is in any way linked to the expected appearance of a new prophet, or religious deity, then the Catholic Church could be led to the edge of a credibility precipice. Has Ed Ludlum got it right? With the surprise discovery of 3000 year old tablets linking two great civilisations and key religious beliefs together ... half a world apart ... he thinks he has. However, the very best of carefully executed plans can fail, as they did, so horrifically in the chilling final hours of what was to be the end game adventure, played out on a remote Tibetan plateau ... only miles from the militarily sensitive Chinese border. Will this bring an end to all the speculation and questions of legitimacy surrounding ‘The Ludlum Prediction’, or trigger a new series of events that could inevitably lead to the beginning of a new world crisis? Perhaps there is something even more sinister afoot, urging Ludlum down a path ... to a place ... from which there will be no possible return! Could The Ludlum Prediction in fact be reality? Is it about to happen ... or, more concerning ... could it have happened already? You decide..!

      • Global warming
        March 2017

        Climate Change and Agroforestry

        Adaptation, Mitigation and Livelihood Security

        by C.B.Pandey, Mahesh Kumar Gaur & R.K.Goyal

        Natural change in climate is slow and takes millions of years; and it is known to have made our planet hospitable to live. The climate change is not limited to one country or a continent. It is occurring across the globe as evident from droughts in Texas and flooding along the Missouri River in the United States and along the Red River in Canada. Climate change drives many stressors and interacts with many non-climatic stressors which make it difficult to forecast outcomes in any general way other than existing threats to agriculture. Agroforestry increases a high level of diversity within agricultural lands which supports numerous ecological and production services that bring resilience to the impact of climate change mitigation and adaptation. Climate change risk management is difficult in annual cropping systems due to increasing uncertainty of inter-annual variability in rainfall and temperature. Mixing of woody trees with crops, forage and livestock operations provides greater resilience to the inter-annual variability through crop diversification and increased resource use efficiency. Deep rooted trees allow better access to nutrients and water during droughts and when appropriately integrated into annual cropping systems and extract from different resource pools that would otherwise be lost from systems. Agroforestry increases soil porosity, reduces runoff and increases soil cover, which improve water infiltration and reduces moisture stress in low rainfall years. During periods of excessive soil moisture, tree based systems keep soils aerated by pumping out excess water and offer an economic return. The book contains 36 chapters mainly on agroforestry practices found in India and its role in climate change mitigation and adaptation.

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