At the dawn of the 20th century in Pakistan, Freddy Junglewalla moves his family — pregnant wife, baby daughter, and Jerbanoo, his rotund mother-in-law — from their ancestral forest home to cosmopolitan Lahore. He opens a store, and as his fortunes grow, so does the animosity between Freddy and his ..
Set in 1938, against the backdrop of Gandhi’s rise to power, Water follows the life of eight-year-old Chuyia, abandoned at a widow’s ashram after the death of her elderly husband. There, she must live in penitence until her death. Unwilling to accept her fate, she becomes a catalyst for change in th..
Ice Candy Man is a heartbreaking story about the Partition of India and the 1947 upheaval that left countless people homeless, hurt and/or dead. This period of time has been documented from various viewpoints, but Sidhwa’s novel approaches the subject from the point-of-view of a little girl who live..
Feroza Ginwalla, a pampered, protected 16-year-old Pakistani girl, is sent to America by her parents, who are alarmed by the fundamentalism overtaking Pakistan — and their daughter. Hoping that a few months with her uncle, an MIT grad student, will soften the girl’s rigid thinking, they get more tha..
A novel by the author of Ice-Candy-Man Zaitoon, a new bride, is desperately unhappy in her marriage and is contemplating the ultimate escape??"the one from which there is no return. Zaitoon, an orphan, is adopted by Qasim, who has left the isolated hill town where he was born and made a home for the..
Ecstatic love poems of Rumi, a Persian poet and
Sufi mystic born over eight centuries ago, are beloved by millions of
readers in America as well as around the world. He has been compared to
Shakespeare for his outpouring of creativity and to Saint Francis of
Assisi for his spiritual wisdom. ..
In her debut poetry book, the #1 international bestselling author of Secrets of Divine Love, invites you to step into her beautifully composed world of devotional poetry. From Darkness into Light is a profoundly passionate book of poetry about mercy, guidance, timeless wisdom, prayer, self-love, fai..
1.The Secret Seven decide to make a snowman. Jack loses his prized Secret Seven badge and goes back to the snowman looking for it. On the way he stumbles upon a cottage with very strange sounds coming from it. Can the Secret Seven discover the mystery of the strange sounds? 2. The Secret Seven spend..
Part Two of Abu Yahya's globally famous "When Life Begins".A Book that stopped innumerable steps towards Atheism.An Infidel girl's journey to find truth.A Believer's account whose life was nothing but service to God.An Irrefutable proof of the existence of God and Doomsday.A narrative of the truth o..
In the book, Quranic Wisdom, the author Maulana Wahiduddin Khan explains
that if you read the Quran, you will find that it gives wisdom on all
of the subjects relating to human beings. But the basic theme of the
Quran is the creation plan of God. God Almighty created the universe,
and, it is..
Rich in rewarding detail and ... essential reading for anyone interested in the history of Afghanistan. - History Today has every indication of being the 21st century s standard English language history of Afghanistan...a parade of richly-realised personalities: sull colonial opportunists, visionari..
From the author:“For the last two years, I’ve interviewed more than 200 world-class performers for my podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show. The
guests range from super celebs (Jamie Foxx, Arnold Schwarzenegger,
etc.) and athletes (icons of powerlifting, gymnastics, surfing, etc.) to
legendary Special..
Having been the only survivor of a shipwreck, the seafarer Robinson Crusoe is fated to live a solitary life on an uninhabited island. Unable to reconcile with his situation in the beginning, he gradually learns to live with it. He builds himself a house, learns to cultivate and develops necessary sk..
Pinocchio tells the story of a marionette named Pinocchio and his owner Geppetto who has carved him out of a wooden piece. He is characterised by his nose which gets longer whenever he lies. As soon as he learns to walk, he runs away from his home. On the way, he is caught by a Carabinieri who think..
The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories is the third volume of Chekhov s short story collections. It contains 9 beautiful short stories. Vladimir Nabokoy hailed "The Lady with the Dog," the title story in this volume, as "one of the greatest stories ever written." It beautifully renders, among other..
Anne Elliot is intelligent and fairly attractive. She is 27 and unmarried. She was once engaged to Frederick Wentworth, a naval officer without fortune, but the engagement was broken when friends and family persuaded her to reject him on account of his situation. It was seven years ago. Anne could n..
When their father dies and the estate goes to their half-brother, Dashwood sisters and their mother are on their own. Margaret is a child but Elinor and Marianne have come of age. Their only chance to overcome their ill-fate lies in finding themselves suitable husbands. Elinor is shy and sensible wh..
Jane Austen created Emma for herself. Heroine whom no one but myself will much like, she observed. However, Emma is universally liked. She is a young, witty and happy-go-lucky girl who takes immense delight in matchmaking while paying no attention to her own prospects. She sets out to find a match f..
From the internationally bestselling author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, the boldly imagined tale of a poor boy's quest for wealth and love.His first two novels established Mohsin Hamid as a radically inventive storyteller with his finger on the world's pulse. How to Get Filthy Rich in..
The
Eighth Story. Nineteen Years Later. Based on an original story by J.K.
Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne, a play by Jack Thorne.It
was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now
that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband,
and father..
So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one. Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and stepmother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To Abdullah..
One night in the reform
club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the
globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his
daily life, he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet
Passepartout. Passing through exotic lands and dangerou..
This book is about the lives of those noble companions and commanders who led the Islamic forces in the violent and strife-torn areas of conflict against the Kuffar. They struck terror in the hearts of the enemy and the strong forts and palaces of Caesar and Chosroes trembled before their might. How..