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..
'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..
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 ..
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..
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 ..
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..
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..
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..
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..
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..
DISTILLS TUMULTUOUS EVENTSINTO ONE SHARP FOCUS”
DEXTER FILKINS
PULITZER WINNER, THE NEW YORKER
“WELL-WRITTEN AND ENTERTAINING”
MICHAEL JABRI-PICKETT FORMER FOREIGN EDITOR AT THE NATIONAL
“Fall Out” delves into the tumultuous journey of Imran Khan’s
transition from a tenacious opposition lea..
The
Palestinian national liberation movement – or the Palestinian
revolution as it is known in Arabic – emerged during the 1960s as an
iconic cause of the global Left. This volume highlights the different
practices of international solidarity that characterised this period,
and how they sh..
Is there such a thing as "the Israel lobby," and how powerful is it really?
Friends of Israel provides a forensically researched account of the
activities of Israel’s advocates in Britain, showing how they contribute
to maintaining Israeli apartheid. The book traces the history and
changing..
Readers and audiences have long greeted As You Like It with delight.
Its characters are brilliant conversationalists, including the
princesses Rosalind and Celia and their Fool, Touchstone. Soon after
Rosalind and Orlando meet and fall in love, the princesses and
Touchstone go into exile in ..
The finale to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
series. By the end of this mystery series, you'll never think of good
girls the same way again...Pip is about to head to college,
but she is still haunted by the way her last investigation ended. She’s
used to online death threats in the wake of he..
Pip is not a detective anymore.With the
help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder
case they solved together last year. The podcast has gone viral, yet Pip
insists her investigating days are behind her.But she will have
to break that promise when someone she knows..
The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl
Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it.
Everyone in town knows he did it.But having grown up in the same
small town that was consumed by the murder, Pippa Fitz-Amobi isn't so
sure. When she chooses the case as the topic ..
Dr Brigadier Umar Sattar has done M.Phil in War Studies and carries
unique achievement being Ph.D qualified in National Strategy with grade
‘Distinction’from National Defence University, Egypt.The author has
varied experience of, Staff and Instructions in Pakistan Army. He has
also served in..
Taylor Swift said once, “The scary news is, you are on your own now. But the cool news is, you are on your own now”The
fear of loneliness was injected into our minds since we were kids. We
have learned that the kid who eats, sits, and has no friends is
pathetic. In every book or movie, the kid..
From the New York Times–bestselling author Stephen M. Walt, The Hell of Good Intentions
dissects the faults and foibles of recent American foreign
policy―explaining why it has been plagued by disasters like the “forever
wars” in Iraq and Afghanistan and outlining what can be done to fix it.In
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Written from a
historian’s perspective, this book analyses the role Mohammad Ali Jinnah
played as the first Governor General of Pakistan. In the brief yet
significant period that he was in office, Jinnah fought the battle for
Pakistan’s survival, providing it with a political, social, econom..
Newly
updated, an accessible chronicle of how the Israel-Palestine conflict
originated and developed over the past century. The Shortest History
books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced
read. The ongoing struggle between Israel and
Palestine is one of the mos..
'Happy Things In Sorrow Times' is a story told
from the heart of a child. It is a story of true love and forced
separation, inexplicable hardship, irredeemable loss and unfathomable
fear... It is also a story of resilience, dignity, integrity, and heroic
patriotism. Through Basrabia and Sher..
A renowned scholar argues that liberal hegemony—the policy America has pursued since the Cold War ended—is doomed to failNamed a Financial Times Best Book of 2018"Idealists as well as realists need to read this systematic tour de force." - Robert D. Kaplan, author of The Return of Marco Polo's ..
Socialism 101 is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the historical and modern applications of socialism.In
today’s political climate, more and more presidential candidates are
espousing socialist—or democratic socialist—policies. Once associated
with oppression, socialism is now a current..
A guide to the greats in British literature!From
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Charles Dickens' Tiny Tim to Jane
Austen's Mr. Darcy and Shakespeare's Juliet, British authors have
created some of the most compelling characters in all of literature. But
too often, textbooks reduce these vibr..