Considered one of the
masterpieces of world literature, " The Big Red Book" is perhaps the
greatest work of Rumi, the medieval Sufi mystic who also happens to be
the bestselling poet in America.Rumi was born in 1207 to a long
line of Islamic theologians and lawyers on the eastern edge of the..
The
No.1 international bestselling author back with a powerful and
provocative exploration of why we so often misread other people
The routine traffic stop that ends
in tragedy. The spy who spends years undetected at the highest levels
of the Pentagon. The false..
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
came from a wealth family of feudal landowners in Sind. Although
west-ernized by education in the United States and in England, he became
the champion of the Third World when he was appointed the youngest
Foreign Minister in Asia in 1962. Disillusioned with his
one-time..
In Boys Will Be Boys, Sara Suleri returns to her childhood and early adulthood to pay tribute to her father, the political journalist Z A Suleri (known as Pip, for his "patriotic and preposterous" disposition). Taking its title from that jokingly chosen by her father for his unwritten autobiography,..
My Brother is the
biography of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, by his sister
Fatima Jinnah. It is thought that the publication of Hector Bolitho's
book, Jinnah Creator of Pakistan in 1954 prompted Miss Jinnah to write
about her brother as it was felt that Bolitho's book had fai..
From the bestselling author of The Speed of Trust,
a revolutionary new way to lead, deemed “the defining leadership book
in the 21st century” (Admiral William McRaven, author of Make Your Bed) that “every parent, teacher, and leader needs” (Esther Wojcicki, author of How to Raise Successful Peop..
Over the last fifteen years, Pakistan has come to be defined exclusively in terms of its struggle with terror. But are ordinary Pakistanis extremists? And what explains how Pakistanis think?Much of the current work on extremism in Pakistan tends to study extremist trends in the country from a detach..
n this finely wrought memoir of life in postcolonial Pakistan,
Suleri intertwines the violent history of Pakistan's independence with
her own most intimate memories—of her Welsh mother; of her Pakistani
father, prominent political journalist Z.A. Suleri; of her tenacious
grandmother Dadi and..
A lot of professors
give talks titled 'The Last Lecture'. Professors are asked to consider
their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them: What wisdom
would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we
had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?Whe..
In the opening scene of Arms and the Man,
which establishes the play's embattled Balkan setting, young Raina
learns of her suitor's heroic exploits in combat. She rhapsodizes that
it is "a glorious world for women who can see its glory and men who can
act its romance!" Soon, however, such ro..
The author of the explosive Atlantic
cover story “What ISIS Really Wants” has written the definitive,
electrifying account of the strategy, psychology, and theology driving
the Islamic State.Tens of thousands of men and women have
left comfortable, privileged lives to join the Islamic State ..
The first comprehensive
and authoritative history of the Koh-i Noor, arguably the most
celebrated and mythologised jewel in the world. On 29 March
1849, the ten-year-old Maharajah of the Punjab was ushered into the
magnificent Mirrored Hall at the centre of the great Fort in Lahore.
There,..
All roads used to lead to Rome. Today, they lead to Beijing.'When
The Silk Roads was published in 2015, it became an instant classic. A
major reassessment of world history, it compelled us to look at the past
from a different perspective. The New Silk Roads brings this story up
to date, addr..
Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading.Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers
offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of titles, all featuring
carefully graded language to ..
The Book of Patience and Thankfulness is the thirty-second chapter of The Revival of the Religious Sciences, which is widely regarded as the greatest work of Islamic spirituality. Written by one of the most famous theologian-mystics of all time, The Book of Patience and Thankfulness discusses two of..
At the dawn of the next
world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of
schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is
something to celebrate; this far from civilization the boys can do
anything they want. Anything. They attempt to forge their own s..
Finally, 365 days a year with Greg Heffley and Diary of a Wimpy
Kid! The Wimpy Kid School Planner is a one-of-a-kind way for you to keep
track of all of your tests, appointments, and activities during school,
after school, on the weekends, over the holidays, and during winter and
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The dramatic, spiritual
memoir of a prominent Muslim woman working to empower women and girls
across the world—for readers of Malala Yousafzai and Azar Nafisi.Raised
in a progressive Muslim family in the shadows of the Himalayan
mountains, where she attended a Catholic girls’ school, Daisy ..
This book is a wake-up
call for those whose conscience has gone to sleep, but is not yet dead.
It is a call to action for those whose hearts beat and weep for India.
It invokes the participation of ordinary citizens so that they take up
cudgels for the nation - a challenge that will put us o..
Choudhary Rahmat Ali’s role in the development of the idea of Pakistan is crucial. As a thinker he laid down and propounded certain principles which the All-India Muslim League borrowed from him without acknowledgment. He argued for the two-nation theory with conviction and skill. He was the first t..
This book is the life story of Rahmat Ali, a figure who occupied a pivotal position in the origin, evolution and the consummation of the idea of Pakistan...
Prof. K. K. Aziz, a widely known historian of Pakistan has taken a painstaking research in finding the primary sources (for example, documents) preserved in the different libraries and archival institutions of England relating to the Khilafat Movement from 1915 - 1933. In this documentary record, he..
A riveting, deeply
personal account of history in the making, from the president who
inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. In the
stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs,
Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man
searchi..
Once upon a time there
was a tiny kingdom called Cornucopia, as rich in happiness as it was in
gold, and famous for its food. From the delicate cream cheeses of
Kurdsburg to the Hopes-of-Heaven pastries of Chouxville, each was so
delicious that people wept with joy as they ate them.But even ..
In the bestselling tradition of Why Nations Fail and The Revenge of Geography, an award-winning journalist uses ten maps of crucial regions to explain the geo-political strategies of the world powers.All
leaders of nations are constrained by geography. Their choices are
limited by mountains, riv..
In Pakistan at the Crossroads,
top international scholars assess Pakistan's politics and economics and
the challenges faced by its civil and military leaders domestically and
diplomatically. Contributors examine the state's handling of internal
threats, tensions between civilians and the mil..