Published in 1894, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes was the second
collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. It
contains 11 stories all of which appeared in the Strand Magazine in
1892-93. Conan Doyle meant The Final Problem to be Sherlock s last
chapter. However, muc..
A haunting, magical fairy-tale collection, in
which Oscar Wilde beautifully evokes (among others) The Happy Prince who
was not so happy after all, The Selfish Giant who learned to love
little children and The Star Child who did not love his parents as much
as he should. Each of the stories s..
For a millennium and a half, India was a confident exporter of its
diverse civilization, creating around it a vast empire of ideas. Indian
art, religions, technology, astronomy, music, dance, literature,
mathematics and mythology blazed a trail across the world, along a
Golden Road that stre..
A poignant, heartfelt new novel by the award-nominated author of Together Tea—extolled by the Wall Street Journal as a “moving tale of lost love” and by Shelf Awareness as “a powerful, heartbreaking story”—explores loss, reconciliation, and the quirks of fate.Roya,
a dreamy, idealistic teenager li..
A celebrated historian of US intelligence
explores how the CIA was born in anti-imperialist idealism but swiftly
became an instrument of a new covert empire both overseas and at home in
AmericaAs World War II ended, the United States stood as
the dominant power on the world stage. In 1947, t..
1) The Classical Age Of Islam2) The Expansion Of Islam In The Middle Periods3) The Gunpowder Empires And Modern TimesThe Venture of Islam has been honored as a magisterial work of the
mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study,
illustrated with charts and maps, Hodgson ..
This book by Professor Qazi Fazl-i-Haque is about the history of Punjabi
literature, in which he has highlighted the services rendered by
Muslims for Punjabi literature. This book is important and valuable, in
addition to other qualities, because it contains authentic biographies
and unpubli..
his book provides not only a detailed account of the mysterious
personality of Bayazid Ansari, the Roshniya Movement but also explores
the sixteenth century political, religious and cultural landscapes of
the Pakhtuns’ borderland. It paints a picture mostly based on primary
and authentic sec..
After seventy-five years of independence, the history of Pakistan
remains centered on the state, its ideology and the two-nation theory.
Towards Peoples' Histories in Pakistan seeks to shift that focus away
from histories of an imagined nation, to the history of its peoples.
Based on the pr..
“Workers looking for more fulfilling positions should start by identifying their ikigai.” Business Insider
"One of the unintended—yet positive—consequences of the [pandemic] is
that it is forcing people to reevaluate their jobs, careers, and lives.
Use this time wisely, find your person..
A nineteenth-century boy from a Mississippi
River town recounts his adventures as he travels down the river with a
runaway slave, encountering a family involved in a feud, two scoundrels
pretending to be royalty, and Tom Sawyer's aunt who mistakes him for
Tom...
At a time in which the people are beset with trials from every
periphery and within, comes this heartening book rooted in the
commandments of Allah (swt), the Sunnah and the excellent guidance and
examples of the people that have come before us. Don't Be Sad is an
absolute must-read for all ..
This book delineates the role that Pakistan should play in the
largely anarchic world of the twenty-first century in order to best
serve the country’s long-term national interests. Its main aim is to lay
down the parameters within which Pakistan’s grand strategy should be
formulated, taking ..
Almost thirty years after its foundation, Lebanese Hezbollah
remains an organization difficult to understand. An Islamist terrorist
group dedicated to destroying Israel or the first Arab national
Resistance to have ever defeated Tel-Aviv's troops, a patriotic and
respectable party or a fasci..
Hosting over 30,000 inhabitants and governed by competing militias, 'Ayn al-Hilwe in the south of Lebanon is one of the most contested refugee camps in the Middle East. Known as the 'Capital of the Palestinian Diaspora', the camp has endured a long history of internal power struggles and external in..
Since 1993, various international donors have poured money into a People-to-People (P2P) diplomacy programme in Palestine. This grassroots initiative – still funded by prominent external donors today - seeks to foster public engagement through contact and therefore remove deeply embedded barriers.
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The Grand Deception is a fascinating analysis of global politics with particular reference to the United states. Mujahid Kamran presents compelling and discerning argument that most wars in the world today are fought for economic reasons. more often than not, these economic interests are t..
Rai Bahadur Sir Ganga Ram (13th April 1851-10th July 1927) was a
renowned Indian civil engineer and architect. His extensive
contributions to the urban fabric of Lahore prompted Khaled Ahmed to
describe him as the Father of Modern Lahore.
His birth had taken place in a small village in Nankan..
The Enormous Crocodile is incredibly hungry-and
incredibly greedy. His favorite meal is a plump, juicy little child, and
he intends to gobble up as many of them as he can! But when the other
animals in the jungle join together to put an end to his nasty schemes,
the Enormous Crocodile learns..
"This is an important, incisive book with great depth and range,
which provides new insights into equality, gender and self in the
pioneering work of Pakistani women poets including Ada Jafri, Zehra
Nigah, Fahmida Riaz, Kishwar Naheed and Sara Shagufta, also placing them
within the history o..