A landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking’s book explores such profound questions as: How did the universe begin and what made its start possible? Does time always flow forward? Is the universe unending or are there boundaries? Are there other dimens..
THE PAKISTAN ANTI-HERO: HISTORY OF PAKISTANI NATIONALISM THROUGH THE LIVES OF ICONOCLASTSIn The Pakistan
Anti-Hero, Paracha further explores the political and social evolution
of Pakistan's polity which he first investigated in his best-selling
debut, End of the Past.He expands this investigat..
The first English translation of the rubais of Rumi • Presents 233 of the most evocative of Rumi’s 1,700 rubais • Shows that the mystical embrace is the way to directly experience the Divine Rumi is well known for the over 44,000 verses that appear in a 23-volume collection called the Divan-i Kebir...
Written in his
distinctively dazzling manner, Oscar Wilde’s story of a fashionable
young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is the
author’s most popular work. The tale of Dorian Gray’s moral
disintegration caused a scandal when it first appeared in 1890, but
though Wilde wa..
Black Beauty is an autobiography of high-bred horse. The novel begins with the time when the horse was a care-free colt, Loved and taken care by a gentle family. However, the circumstances change and the Black beauty is passed on from one owner to another. On his journey, he witnesses hardships and ..
Beloved by millions,
this timeless classic holds the key to all you desire and everything you
wish to accomplish. This is the book that reveals the secret to
personal wealth. The Success Secrets of the Ancients—An Assured Road to Happiness and Prosperity Countless
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In 1937 Ernest Hemingway
traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to
emerge from "the good fight," For Whom the Bell Tolls. The story
of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Bri..
Everyday life in Oran takes an ominous turn when dead rats begin to appear all of a sudden. Soon, their number becomes overwhelming and people start to die. Gradually, the rats disappear. Cats disappear. Dogs disappear. People continue to die. The landscape appears devoid of life. Resources become s..
This best-selling Norton
Critical Edition is based on the 1847 first edition of the novel. For
the Fourth Edition, the editor has collated the 1847 text with several
modern editions and has corrected a number of variants, including
accidentals. The text is accompanied by entirely new explana..
A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Set against the looming horrors of the battlefield - the weary, demoralized men marching in the rain during the German attack on Caporetto; the profo..
Based on Stoic philosophy, Meditations is one of the significant ancient texts on spirituality and ethics. it offers perceptive insights into human behavior and gives pragmatic guidelines to lead one s life. The book is a compilation of personal writings of Marcus Aurelius written for his own guidan..
Dostoevsky’s most revolutionary novel, Notes from Underground
marks the dividing line between nineteenth- and twentieth-century
fiction, and between the visions of self each century embodied. One of
the most remarkable characters in literature, the unnamed narrator is a
former official who h..
What does everyone in
the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B.
Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines
the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations
of cutting-edge scientific research.Humorous, surprising,
and ..
A Thousand Splendid Suns
is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of
Afghanistan's last thirty years - from the Soviet invasion to the reign
of the Taliban to post-Taliban rebuilding - that puts the violence,
fear, hope, and faith of this country in intimate, human terms. It i..
KING OF THE CASTLE – Choice and Responsibility in the Modern WorldThis
marvellous, beautifully written book, which abounds with penetrating
insights, is concerned with the most vital and crucial questions now
agitating human life and closely examines many of the unquestioned
assumptions by w..
Gulliver's Travels
describes the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon. In
Lilliput he discovers a world in miniature; towering over the people and
their city, he is able to view their society from the viewpoint of a
god. However, in Brobdingnag, a land of giants, tiny Gulliver h..
When Stephen Covey
first released The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, the book
became an instant rage because people suddenly got up and took notice
that their lives were headed off in the wrong direction; and more than
that, they realized that there were so many simple things they ..
An irresistible,
hilarious collection of ribald rhymes featuring characters from fairy
tales, fables and nursery rhymes including ‘Dick Whittington and his
Cat’, ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ and ‘Hansel and Gretel’. The perfect
treat for Dahl fans tall and small. ‘There is no end to the Dahl ..
What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted?To
the Gregg family, hunting is just plain fun. To the girl who lives next
door, it's just plain horrible. She tries to be polite. She tries to
talk them out of it, but the Greggs only laugh at her. Then one day the
Greggs go too far, and the l..
In Hippie, his
most autobiographical novel to date, Paulo Coelho takes us back in time
to re-live the dream of a generation that longed for peace and dared to
challenge the established social order – authoritarian politics,
conservative modes of behavior, excessive consumerism, and an unbala..
Rowdy, ecstatic, and sometimes stern, these teaching stories and fables reveal new and very human properties in Rumi's vision. Included here are the notorious "Latin parts" that Reynold Nicholson felt were too unseemly to appear in English in his 1920s translation. For Rumi, anything that human bein..
Kristiane Backer was one of the very first
presenters on MTV Europe. She gained a cult following and became a
darling of the European press, but something was missing from her life. A
fateful encounter introduced her to a completely different world to the
one she knew, the religion and cultu..
People spend a fortune
on their bodies, their faces, their hair, their clothes. Cosmetics,
plastic surgery, diets, gym membership - everyone's trying to be more
attractive. But there's an easier way to become a beautiful person. It
doesn't have to be physical. No matter how you look, if you ..
THE classic work about decision-making from the world-renowned
writer and philosopher Edward de Bono Meetings are a crucial part of all
our lives, but too often they go nowhere and waste valuable time. In
Six Thinking Hats, Edward de Bono shows how meetings can be transformed
to produce quic..