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The zoologist Professor Challenger claims that the prehistoric life still exists on a plateau in South America s Amazon basin but no one believes him. When an adventurous reporter Edward Malone meets him, they embark along with a scientist Professor Summerlee and an Amazon adventurer Lord Jo..

Sherlock Holmes receives a coded message. Unfortunately, he deciphers it much too late. It warned of a murder. A dead man now lies on the floor, at Birlstone House in Sussex, his head blown to pieces. The Scotland Yard have a plausible theory about how the murder may have happened. However, ..

The central theme of this book relates to the nature of the Islamic caliphate and its makeup. How did it actualize itself in the first century of Islam? What were the causes that led to its shift to the monarchy? And finally when the change did take place, what was the Ummah’s reaction to th..

THIS CLASSICAL SHORT COMMENTARY on Imam Nawawi's famous collection of forty-two traditions of the Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and give him peace, is an authoritative introduction to key Islamic principles and teachings. Accounted as a ḥadīth master, in this collection Imam Nawawī c..

Worship in Islam is an in-depth study of the nature and significance of Islamic spirituality by Abul Ala Mawdūdī (1903-79), one of the leading Muslim intellectuals of the twentieth century, with special reference to the concepts of God’s Oneness (tawḥīd), the finality of Prophethood (risālah..

Many people have written about the partition of India, its cause and consequences. A great deal more has yet to see the light of the day. This book highlights an untold version by one who was actively involved in the historical forces at play yet holding on steadfastly to the secular ideals...

The ancient city of Lahore has attracted and enchanted people for hundreds of years. Many of them who came as visitors, adopted it as their home, and many others who for various reasons, including the traumatic partition of 1947, were forced to leave it, pained for it for the rest of their lives.Thi..

The book is a selection of Faiz's fifty most popular poems, translated in a language and style that will appeal to a wide cross section of readers. It contains not only the Urdu original, but also the transliterated version for non-Urdu readers.Author Description ..

This is a reference and practice book for all students at pre-intermediate and intermediate level, whether working with a teacher or alone. Oxford Practice Grammar provides clear explanations of English grammar along with exercises for practice in form and use. This new, extensively revised ..

Sheikh Ahmed Uzair Sufi is one of the most feared men in Pakistan, a top Jihadi militant, who believes in nothing save his own limitless scope for violence. But no one suspected this future back in 1994, when he was simple old Ausi and leaves school with his cricket mad best friend Eddy to s..

2022, Winner of the Albert Hourani Book Award, the most prestigious award in “Middle East Studies through the Middle East Studies Association”2023, Winner of the AIPS (American Institute of Pakistan Studies) Book Prize2023, Shortlisted for British Association for South Asian Studies Book Prize2022, ..

When the British dismantled their Raj in 1947 India, as the 'successor' state, inherited the colonial unitary central apparatus whereas Pakistan, as the 'seceding' state, had no semblance of a central government. In The State of Martial Rule Ayesha Jalal analyses the dialectic between state ..

Ted Geisel loved to doodle from the time he was a kid. He had an offbeat, fun-loving personality. He often threw dinner parties where guests wore outrageous hats! And he donned quirky hats when thinking up ideas for books, like his classic The Cat in the Hat.This biography, with black-and-white illu..

The book endeavors to give an account of the remote region of the Gilgit Agency, in Northern Pakistan and its surrounding areas where, according to the author, "life is still simple, and where many attractive customs survive"..

'When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.'In this, the final collection of Sherlock Holmes adventures, the intrepid detective and his faithful companion Dr Watson examine and solve twelve cases that puzzle clients, baffle t..

Amy looked relieved, but naughty Jo took her at her word, for during the first call she sat with every limb gracefully composed, every fold correctly draped, calm as a summer sea, cool as a snowbank, and as silent as the sphinx. In vain Mrs. Chester alluded to her 'charming novel', and the M..

Set of 10 Books of Friedrich Nietzsche 1) Beyond Good And Evil - Pages: 171 2) Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is - Pages: 96 3) The Birth Of Tragedy - Pages: 108 4) On the Genealogy Of Morals - Pages: 122 5) Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Pages: 290 6) Twilight of the Idols - Pages: 86 7) The ..

A representative collection of Saadat Hasan Manto's fiction and non fiction.This is the first collection in English of Saadat Hasan Manto’s best work, covering fiction and non-fiction. Most of the stories and non-fiction have earlier appeared in the author’s three collections. Some of the translatio..

In late 1888, only weeks before his final collapse into madness, Nietzsche (1844-1900) set out to compose his autobiography, and Ecce Homo remains one of the most intriguing yet bizarre examples of the genre ever written. In this extraordinary work Nietzsche traces his life, work and develop..

A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his enthusiasms for Greek tragedy, for the philosophy of Schopenhauer and for the music of Wagner, to whom this work was dedicated. Nietzsche outlined a distinction between its two central forces: t..

On the Genealogy of Morals (1887) is a book about the history of ethics and about interpretation. Nietzsche rewrites the former as a history of cruelty, exposing the central values of the Judaeo-Christian and liberal traditions - compassion, equality, justice - as the product of a brutal process of ..

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a foundational work of Western literature and is widely considered to be Friedrich Nietzsche’s masterpiece. It includes the German philosopher’s famous discussion of the phrase ‘God is dead’ as well as his concept of the Superman. Nietzsche delineates his Will to Po..

In 1888, the last sane year of his life Nietsche produced these two brief but devastating books.Twilight of the Idols, 'a grand declaration of war' on all the prevalent ideas of his time, offers a lightning tour of his whole philosophy. It also prepares the way for The Anti-Christ, a final ass..