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Writer: H G Wells
Soon after the explosions on the surface of Mars, a "meteor" lands in
Woking, England and dislodges Martians, a monstro species "the size of a
bear" having "two large dark-coloured eyes," lipless mouths and above
all two "Gorgon groups of tentacles." They look evil. They are evil.
That becom..
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Writer: Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Being Earnest is a three-act comedy of manners. The
fun begins precisely at the beginning of the play when Jack pays his
friend Algernon a visit at his London flat but it barely ends at its
ending at Jack s place at Hertfordshire. It is, indeed, the best
dramatic example of..
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Seeking to explore the plight of female healthcare practitioners in the country, Sara Rizvi Jafree’s Women, Healthcare, and Violence in Pakistan
is an examination of the South Asian cultural approach towards the
traditional and historical working woman, particularly the healthcare
professional..
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Writer: Christiane Fladt
The author intends to
throw light on the uncelebrated lives of some of Pakistan’s High
Altitude Porters (HAPs), who help mountaineers climb the Pakistan-based
eight-thousand-metre peaks. The author has attempted to delve into their
lives by digging out adventure and drama in their stories, w..
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Writer: Muhammad Reza Kazimi
Liaquat Ali Khan
(1895-1951) was among the founding fathers of Pakistan. His contribution
to the creation and consolidation of Pakistan has been immense. Yet the
fact that no biography of this first Prime Minister of Pakistan and the
last Honorary Secretary of the Muslim League has ever been..
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Long the scourge of
developing countries, fake pills are now increasingly available
everywhere. The explosion of Internet commerce, coupled with
globalization and increased pharmaceutical use, has led to unprecedented
vulnerabilities in drug supply. Today, an estimated 80 percent of our
dr..
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Writer: Zafar Mahmood
"Kalabagh Dam: Sifting Fact from Fiction" provides a comprehensive
account of events and perceptions related to Pakistan’s most
controversial issue. Developed by WAPDA as an engineering project
related to water storage, the Kalabagh Dam has now become a victim of
political posturing.
An ef..
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Political satire is a staple of democracy. And this is satire at its
brilliant best witty, pithy and hilarious. Cricketer turned politician
Imran Khan’s fictional diary pushes the boundaries of censorship and
intolerance. It is a must-read for all those interested in the endless
drama, delus..
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Writer: Nadeem Farooq Paracha
END OF THE PAST is a documentation of how the consequences of
various ideological experiments over the last many decades in Pakistan
seeped into the soul of the country, insulating future generations from
the world, causing them to experience the worst kind of identity crisis.
Paracha’s ob..
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India is projected to have the world’s largest Muslim population
surpassing Pakistan and Indonesia by the middle of this century. This
book makes a compelling case that Indian Muslims have not been equal
beneficiaries of India’s economic growth. Their status now is not very
different from th..
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For twenty years, the Taliban was the number one enemy of Western
forces in Afghanistan. But it was an enemy that they knew little about.
And they knew even less about its founder and leader, Mullah Omar.
With only a fuzzy black-and-white photo of the man, investigative
journalist Bette Dam d..
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Writer: Dr. Saad Khan
An immaculate political biography of Ruttie Jinnah by a Pakistani
civil servant-cum-scholar Saad S. Khan, co-authored by former head of
Jinnah Academy and his better half, Sara Khan. Painstakingly researched
for over 12 years by personally visiting almost every conceivable place
associated w..
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This impressive collection of short essays by Dr. Naazir Mahmood
centers upon the theme of resistance to hegemonic domination. What
resistance means, of course, depends upon the particular context. His
canvas is super-sized, spanning continents and drawing examples as
different as the Bhakti..
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Writer: Zafar U. Ahmed
How to Fast Track Progress – and Win Over Citizens!
Principles of Public Policy Redefined offers a comprehensive
guideline to achieve the rationale for the country — that is, the
welfare of its citizens. It is intended as a policy Guide for interested
politicians, media analysts, academics/ ..
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Writer: Charles Dickens
Scrooge is a miserly
old businessman who detests everybody and everything they love. He
hates Christmas above all and calls it "Humbug". One Christmas Eve, his
deceased business partner s ghost pays him a visit. Marley has been
doomed to wander the earth for his greedy and selfish acts durin..
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This admirably
written book analyzes, in a scholarly and impartial way, a mass of
material relating to the creation of Pakistan. Taking 1857 as the
starting point, Khalid bin Sayeed relates the diverse factors which
periodically heightened or lowered tension between the Hindus and
Muslims ..
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Writer: Mustafa Akyol
A fascinating journey into Islam's diverse history of ideas, making an argument for an "Islamic Enlightenment" todayIn
Reopening Muslim Minds , Mustafa Akyol, senior fellow at the Cato
Institute and opinion writer for The New York Times , both diagnoses
“the crisis of Islam” in the modern worl..
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Writer: Spencer Johnson
'An optimistic, accessible way to start thinking about change' - Financial TimesWho Moved My Cheese?
offered millions of readers relief for an evergreen problem:
unanticipated and unwelcome change. Now its long-awaited sequel digs
deeper, to show how readers can adapt their beliefs and achieve..
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Writer: Stanley Wolpert
No individual in
the history of Pakistan—indeed, few people in modern history—have
achieved greater popular power or suffered so ignominious a death as
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Bhutto’s political rise and fall was so meteoric
that his name became a legend in the land he once ruled.
This volume ..
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Writer: Tariq Rahman
This introductory
book on linguistics is primarily written for students of MA Linguistics
studying in Pakistani universities. This book will also be essential
reading for postgraduate and graduate students.The focus is on the
basic concepts in linguistics, thus much space has been devot..
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Writer: Iftikhar Arif
This is a selection of
Urdu poems of the renowned Pakistani poet Iftikhar Arif, presented with
translations in English. The poems are compelling and have a
contemporary style. He is known particularly for his references to the
martyrdom of Imam Hussain (ra)—the grandson of Prophet Muhammad ..
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Writer: Eman El-Meligi
Deconstructing Hegemony
is mainly informed by the deconstructionist approach, as it unravels
literature, theory, and history writing, in addition to ideology,
lexicon, media, and politics. The readings are also informed by, among
others, Michel Foucault, Edward Said, Abdelwahab Elmessiri, an..
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This is a stunning memoir of one woman's escape from a deprived region of Pakistan to becoming a successful actress, capturing the attention of the country's most eminent figure, Imran Khan. Hajra Panezai's brave account of surviving abuse as a child to her trials finding love and a compassionate pu..
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Writer: Enid Blyton
Cousin Dick comes over to visit. Jo, Bessie and Fanny soon learn that
sharing the magic tree with him was a mistake as he is neither polite to
interact with others, nor can he control his mischievous habits. He
casily puts himself and others in trouble. Rescuing Dick becomes yet
another adve..
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Writer: Enid Blyton
Jo, Bessie and Fanny
move to a house which has a huge forest next to it. There are rumours
that the forest has magical properties. Upon their visit, they discover
the Enchanted Wood, a large tree, that houses many kinds of magical
creatures. There, the children discover new friends: Moon-fac..
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