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THE FIRST SCHOLARLY BIOGRAPHY OF THE "NEW COLONIAL WOMAN"Although fifty years have passed since the death of Fatima Jinnah – author, activist and stateswoman known in Pakistan as the "Mother of the Nation" this is the first scholarly biography to tackle her life and works in full. Her background and..

MUSLIM CHARITY, HUMAN SECURITY, AND GOVERNMENT LEGITIMACY IN PAKISTANThe Islamic Welfare State explains the relationship between government legitimacy, everyday security, and lived Islam in Pakistan a major Muslim majority country. Its humanitarian spirit makes Islam a compelling, community strength..

In this eye-opening account, Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is good advice.  Not only is the cliché flawed-preexisting passions are rare and have little to do with how most people end up loving their work-but it can also be dangerous, leading to anxi..

"I loved this profound, practical, and generous book." - Oliver BurkemanA transformative guide to rethinking our approach to goals, creativity, and life itself from a neuroscientist and entrepreneur, and the creator of the popular Ness Labs newsletterLife isn’t linear, and yet we constantly ..

From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility, a novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel—a beautifully transporting novel.In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal. He is sentence..

Wedding bells chime in this thrilling addition to The Housemaid series – a short story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden. This edition features exclusive content from Freida McFadden's upcoming release, The Witch!Today is supposed to be the happiest day of my life.I'm engag..

"Don't go in the guest bedroom.” A shadow falls on Douglas Garrick’s face as he touches the door with his fingertips. “My wife… she’s very ill.” As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors. But I can’t risk lo..

DescriptionAlbert Camus's Reflections on the Guillotine is a landmark essay that challenges the moral and philosophical foundations of capital punishment. Drawing on history, philosophy and moral reasoning, he challenges the state's right to take human life, arguing that judicial execution neither d..

“You must be our new neighbors!” Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my daughter’s hand and smile back: but the second Mrs. Lowell sees my husband a strange expression crosses her face. In that moment I make a promise. We finally have a family home. My past is far,..

George Eliot’s tale of a solitary miser gradually redeemed by the joy of fatherhood, Silas Marner is edited with an introduction and notes by David Carroll in Penguin Classics. Wrongly accused of theft and exiled from a religious community many years before, the embittered weaver Silas Mar..

"Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor-sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternative fantastical history, but an interrogative one; one that grabs colonial history and the Industrial Revolution, turns it over, and shakes it out." ― Shannon Chak..

‘I died in pieces. But the day I started loving myself, the broken parts began blooming again.’ I Died Too Early is a collection for those who learnt pain too young and kept loving long after it hurt. These poems and quiet reflections trace heartbreak, childhood wounds, womanhood and the slow ret..

The second original, touching, twisted, and most of all hilarious novel for children by David Walliams -- beautifully illustrated by Quentin Blake. "Mr Stink stank. He also stunk. And if it was correct English to say he stinked, then he stinked as well!" It all starts when Chloe makes friend..

The fifth screamingly funny novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children's author in the country. Hot on the heels of bestselling Gangsta Granny comes another hilarious, action-packed and touching novel - the story of a little girl called Zoe. Things are not ..

Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched. Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under con..

E-Myth  the entrepreneurial myth: the myth that most people who start small businesses are entrepreneurs 2: the fatal assumption that an individual who understands the technical work of a business can successfully run a business that does that technical workVoted #1 business book by Inc..

A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER"This book blew my mind. It’s a riveting read, full of instantly actionable advice-not just for high-stakes situations, but also for handling everyday conflicts at work and at home." ―Adam Grant, author of Think AgainThis international bestseller, with more ..

More than half-a-million business leaders have discovered the power of the StoryBrand Framework, created by New York Times bestselling author and marketing expert Donald Miller. And they are making millions.If you use the wrong words to talk about your product, nobody will buy it. Marketers and ..

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The update of this classic treatise on the behavior of great powers takes a penetrating look at the question likely to dominate international relations in the twenty-first century: Can China rise peacefully? To John J. Mearsheimer, great power politics are tragic because the anarchy of the i..

Getting an MBA is an expensive choice-one almost impossible to justify regardless of the state of the economy. Even the elite schools like Harvard and Wharton offer outdated, assembly-line programs that teach you more about PowerPoint presentations and unnecessary financial models than what ..

Influence, the classic book on persuasion, explains the psychology of why people say "yes"—and how to apply these understandings. Dr. Robert Cialdini is the seminal expert in the rapidly expanding field of influence and persuasion. His thirty-five years of rigorous, evidence-based research a..

Understanding Partition Violence Through Secret And Archival Records.The Partition of Punjab in 1947 was marked by unprecedented violence, displacement, and social upheaval. This book examines how that violence was not merely spontaneous, but became organized, coordinated, and historically traceable..

CONTESTING AND CULTIVATING AN ISLAMIC REPUBLICIn this book, Mashal Saif explores how contemporary ulama, the guardians of religious knowledge and law, engage with the world’s most populous Islamic nation-state: Pakistan. In mapping these engagements, she combines rigorous textual analysis with field..

The emergence of the judiciary as an assertive and confrontational centre of power has been the most consequential new feature of Pakistan’s political system. This book maps the evolution of the relationship between the judiciary and the military in Pakistan, explaining why Pakistan’s high courts sh..

Getting rich is not just about luck; happiness is not just a trait we are born with. These aspirations may seem out of reach, but building wealth and being happy are skills we can learn.So what are these skills, and how do we learn them? What are the principles that should guide our efforts?..