On the banks of the Mississippi River, Tom Sawyer and his friends
seek out adventure at every turn. Then one fateful night in the
graveyard they witness a murder. The boys make a blood oath never to
reveal the secret, and they run away to be pirates in search of hidden
treasure. But when Tom..
'His Last Bow', the title story of this
collection, tells how Sherlock Holmes is brought out of retirement to
help the Government fight the German threat at the approach of the First
World War. The Prime Minister himself requests Holmes's services to
hunt down the remarkable German agent, Vo..
Set in the early 19th century, Silas Marner is the story of a small-town weaver. A member of a Calvinist congregation in a town of northern England, Silas Marner is arraigned for stealing the congregation s funds. Whereas it is strongly suggested that his best friend William Danes has stolen the fun..
This book is an effort to understand the complexities of US-Pakistan foreign relations during the presidency of William Jefferson Clinton (1993-2001), whose eight years in office crucially span the period between the end of the Cold War and 11 September 2001. This book aims to shed light on Pa..
This book analyses the US drone attacks against terrorists in
Pakistan to assess whether the ‘pre-emptive’ use of combat drones to
kill terrorists is ever legally justified.
Exploring the doctrinal discourse of pre-emption vis-à-vis the US
drone attacks against terrorists in Pakistan, the ..
This book examines
the history of, and the contestations on, Islam and the nature of
religious change in 20th century Pakistan, focusing in particular on
movements of Islamic reform and revival.
This book is the first to bring the different facets of Islam,
particularly Islamic reformism an..
An international bestseller with over five million copies in print, The Power of Positive Thinking
has helped men and women around the world to achieve fulfillment in
their lives through Dr. Norman Vincent Peale’s powerful message of faith
and inspiration.In this phenomenal bestseller,
“writ..
The Railway Children is the classic children's story by E. Nesbit.
When Father is taken away unexpectedly, Roberta, Peter, Phyllis and
their mother have to leave their comfortable life in London to go and
live in a small cottage in the country. The children seek solace in the
nearby railway ..
یہ خاکے نہیں ہیں۔
یہ تو زندگی کے اندھیروں میں کھلنے والے وہ روزن ہیں جن کی روشنی نہ ملتی تو دم گھٹ جاتا۔
یہ تو ان لوگوں کے قصے ہیں جو جا چکے ہیں، مگر وہ جس جگہ تھے وہاں اب تک روشنی ہے اور جب تک آنکھوں میں دیکھنے کی سکت ہے، باقی رہے گی۔
جاوید صدیقی..
Jelalludin Rumi (1207-1273) led the quiet life of
an Islamic teacher in the central Anatolia (modern Turkey) until the
age of thirty-seven, when he met a wandering dervish named Shams
Tabriz—through whom he encountered the Divine Presence in a way that
utterly transformed him. The result of ..
From Harper Lee comes a landmark new novel set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird.
Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch—"Scout"—returns
home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against
the backdrop o..
The new heart-warming and hilariously brilliant story from number
one bestselling author David Walliams. Beautifully illustrated by
artistic genius, Tony Ross. Dads come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.
There are fat ones and thin ones, tall ones and short ones. There are
young ones and old..
The sparkling debut children's novel from David Walliams, co-creator and co-star of the multi-award-winning Little Britain.
Dennis was different. Why was he different, you ask? Well, a small clue
might be in the title of this book! Charming, surprising and hilarious—The Boy in the Dress is every..
In the blink of an eye everything changes.
Seventeen year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only
recall what happened afterwards, watching her own damaged body being
taken from the wreck. Little by little she struggles to put together the
pieces- to figure out what she has lost..
When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton’s type is girls
named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is
always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles
from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand
dollars in hi..
This book analyses the growth of sectarian-based terrorist violence
in Pakistan, one of the Muslim majority states most affected by
sectarian violence, ever since it was established in 1947.Sectarian
violence among Muslims has emerged as a major global security problem
in recent years. The a..
This book historically maps and examines the evolving, contemporary
geostrategic and geopolitical imperatives of the United States within
Pakistan and the South Asian region, especially after September 11,
2001. It offers a detailed and theoretical account of the rapidly
changing context of ..