MCE E-Books: Recent submissions

  • Durability of Concrete Structures 
    Geoff Mays (FN Spon, an imprint of Chapman & Hal, 2003)
    As recently as 1976 textbooks on the design of reinforced concrete structures contained remarks such as ‘compared with other building materials, reinforced concrete is distinguished for its very long service life. With ...
  • e All Fall Down 
    Michael Harvey (ALFRED A. KNOPF, 2011)
    Chicago’s Blue Line runs every seven to twelve minutes until 5:00 a.m. and then every three to seven minutes throughout the day. At least, that’s what they tell the commuters. The reality is before six, you might have a ...
  • Pakistan Beyond the 'Crisis State 
    Maleeha Lodhi (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2011)
    From the majestic Himalayan and Karakorum mountain ranges the Indus river winds down the plains of Pakistan for nearly a thousand miles to the Arabian sea. The banks of this river have been home to one of the world's ...
  • Object-Oriented Programming in C++ Fourth Edition 
    Robert Lafore (Sams Publishing, 2002)
    The major changes to this Fourth Edition include an earlier introduction to UML, a new section on inter-file communication in Chapter 13, and a revised approach to software development in Chapter 16. Introducing the UML ...
  • Basics of Engineering Economy 
    Leland Blank, Anthony Tarquin, P. E. P. E. (M, 2008)
    T his text covers the basic techniques and applications of engineering economy for all disciplines in the engineering profession. Its design and organization allow flexibility in topical coverage for any undergraduate ...
  • Before Taliban Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad 
    Davids B Edwards (University of California Press, 2002)
    he bootlickers of the old and new imperialism are treacherously struggling to nip our popular government in the bud. They think that since we took over power in ten hours, they would, perhaps, capture it in fifteen ...
  • Pakistan Eye of the Storm 
    Owen Bennett Jones (Yale University Press New Haven and London, 2002)
    Pakistan is an easy place for a journalist to work. Most Pakistanis, from policemen to politicians, shopkeepers to soldiers, love to talk about politics. Admittedly, the more they know the less willing they are to speak on ...
  • Conflict between India and Pakistan An Encyclopedia 
    Peter Lyon (ABC-CLIO, Inc, 2008)
    This encyclopedia is about relations between India and Pakistan from 1947 to today, and it endeavors to trace and account for the principal vicissitudes in these relations in their several dimensions—political, military, ...
  • Deadly Connections States that Sponsor Terrorism 
    Daniel Byman (cambridge university press, 2005)
    States and terrorist groups have long had a deadly relationship. During the 1970s and 1980s, almost every important terrorist group had some ties to at least one supportive government. Iran backed the Lebanese Hizballah, India ...
  • Daughter of Destiny : an Autobiography 
    Benazir Bhutto (Harper Collings books, 2008)
    I didn’t choose this life; it chose me. Born in Pakistan, my life mirrors its turbulence, its tragedies and its triumphs. Once again Pakistan is in the international spotlight. Terrorists who use the name of Islam ...
  • Drawing for Engineering 
    Paul Smith (Juta and Company, 1999)
  • Business Communications 
    Patrick Forsyth, David Madden (CSA Publishing Ltd, 2005)
    Communication is the lifeblood of all organisations, big, small, private or public. Communication takes place, whether well informed or not. Staff communicate, whether approved channels are in place or not and managers ...
  • Earth, Air, Fire, and Water 
    Stewart, Doug (ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, AD&D, 1993)
  • Advances in Water Resources Engineering 
    Chih Ted Yang, Lawrence K. Wang (Springer International Publishing, 2015)
    The past 35+ years have seen the emergence of a growing desire worldwide that positive actions be taken to restore and protect the environment from the degrading effects of all forms of pollution—air, water, soil, thermal, ...
  • Children of Dust A Memoir of Pakistan 
    Ali Eteraz (Harper One, 2011)
    In Mecca fathers become inclined to give up their sons. In 1980, at the spot where the Prophet Ibrahim oncesought to slaughter his son Ismail after receiving arevelation from God; at the same place where God gave adream ...
  • Advances in Water Treatment and Enviromental Management 
    George Thomas, Roger King (ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS LTD, 1991)
    around the world and especially so in Europe, where the quality of each nation’s water is increasingly judged against standards established in EC Directives, and where the water sector is undergoing change due to factors ...
  • The Bear Trap 
    Mohammad Yousaf, Mark Adkin (2008)
    At the start of this book, which tells the story of my part in the Afghan Jehad, I want to acknowledge the debt I, and indeed Pakistan and the Mujahideen owe to the ‘Silent Soldier’, General Akhtar Abdur Rahman. I served ...
  • After the Taliban Life and Security in Rural Afghanistan 
    Neamatollah Nojumi, Elizabeth Stites (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc, 2009)
    This book is the outcome of a study that focuses on the status of human security in rural Afghanistan. Human security analyses privilege individual or human security over a state-focused assessment of security. We focus ...
  • Airport Engineering Planning, Design, and Development of 21st Century Airports Fourth Edition 
    Norman J. Ashford, Paul H. Wright (John Wiley & Sons,, 2011)
    This book has been rewritten in its fourth edition to continue to serve as a basic text for courses in airport planning and design. In the past it has been of value as reference to airport designers, planners, and ...
  • An Introduction to Applied and Environmental Geophysics 2nd Edition 
    John M. Reynolds (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2011)
    The idea for this book originated in 1987 while I was preparing for lectures on courses in applied geology and environmental geophysics at Plymouth Polytechnic (now the University of Plymouth), Devon, England. Students ...

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