Steve Jobs, adopted in infancy by a family in
San Francisco, packed a lot of life into fifty-six short years. In this
Who Was…? biography, children will learn how his obsession with
computers and technology at an early age led him to co-found and run
Apple, in addition to turning Pixar into ..
As a child he dreamt of changing South Africa;
as a man he changed the world. Nelson Mandela spent his life battling
apartheid and championing a peaceful revolution. He spent twenty-seven
years in prison and emerged as the inspiring leader of the new South
Africa. He became..
’آج کا لاہور اُسی ایک شخص کی ناقابل یقین کوششوں سے وجود میں آیا۔‘
یہ کہنا ہے اردو کے ممتاز ادیب مستنصر حسین تارڑ کا سر گنگا رام کے بارے میں۔ انھوں نے تو سر گنگا رام سے متعلق اپنی کتاب میں ’فادر آف لاہور‘ کے نام سے ایک تفصیلی باب بھی لکھا ہے۔ لاہور میں سر گنگا رام ہسپتال کے بارے میں تو آپ نے سنا ہی ..
Fatima Meer
(1928–2010) was not widely recognized outside her country; however, she
needed no introduction in South Africa. She stood as one of the most
prominent leaders in the Liberation Movement of Indian origin. A
distinguished academic, a prolific writer, and a passionate political
ac..
’’دہشت گرد شہزادہ‘‘ الذوالفقار کی کارروائیوں کی مربوط داستان ہے۔ یہ مسلح
گروہ مرتضیٰ بھٹو نے اپنے والد ذوالفقار علی بھٹو کے عدالتی قتل کا انتقام
لینے کے لیے تشکیل دیا تھا۔ ذوالفقار علی بھٹو پاکستان کے پہلے منتخب
وزیراعظم تھے جنھیں جنرل ضیاء الحق نے1977ء میں معزول کیا اور پھر قتل کرا
دیا۔ ’’ا..
زندان خانے میں بِلکتی ہوئی زندگی کی ترجمان
غالباً ستمبر 1970ء کا پہلا ہفتہ تھا کہ جیل میں اسیر طلبہ نے صبح صبح شور
مچایا، ’’راجہ بھی آ رہا ہے‘‘ انھوں نے اخبار سے اس کی گرفتاری کی خبر
پڑھی تھی۔ شام کو اسے بھی ہمارے ساتھ ’’سی کلاس‘‘ کی تنگ ترین کوٹھری میں
دھکیل دیا گیا۔ اب تکلّف کی کوئی گنج..
راجہ انور کی کتاب ’’قبر کی آغوش‘‘ کے لیے تقریب پنجاب یونیورسٹی میں ہوئی تھی۔ جس کی صدارت ڈاکٹر مجاہد کامران نے کی تھی۔ اب اس کی دوسری کتاب ’’بَن باس‘‘ کی تقریب بھی پنجاب یونیورسٹی میں ہوئی ہے۔ یہ تقریب کہیں اور بھی ہو سکتی تھی۔ یہ راجہ انور کی اپنی مادرِ علمی کے ساتھ وابستگی ہے کہ وہ یہاں پُرانے زم..
Muhammad
Ali’s daughter captures the legendary heavyweight boxing champion,
Olympic Gold medalist, activist, and philanthropist as never before in
this candid and intimate family memoir, based on personal recordings he
kept throughout his adult life.Athlete. Activist. Champion.
Ambassador...
Reham was born in Libya in the 1970s to an educated, affluent Pakistani-origin family. Her eventful life took her from Gaddafi's Libya to the Zia years in Pakistan and thence to England as a teenage bride before she returned to Pakistan in her 40s. It’s a life of extraordinary contrasts: both a brut..
In 1978, when Michael Hart’s controversial book The 100 was first
published, critics objected that Hart had the nerve not only to select
who he thought were the most influential people in history but also to
rank them according to their importance. Needless to say, the critics
were wrong, an..
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
came from a wealth family of feudal landowners in Sind. Although
west-ernized by education in the United States and in England, he became
the champion of the Third World when he was appointed the youngest
Foreign Minister in Asia in 1962. Disillusioned with his
one-time..
This book is the life story of Rahmat Ali, a figure who occupied a pivotal position in the origin, evolution and the consummation of the idea of Pakistan...
A riveting, deeply
personal account of history in the making, from the president who
inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. In the
stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs,
Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man
searchi..
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. ..
Madman, tyrant, animal, history has given Adolf Hitler many names. In Mein Kampf (My Struggle), often called the Nazi bible, Hitler describes his life, frustrations, ideals, and dreams. Born to an impoverished couple in a small town in Austria, the young Adolf grew up with the fervent desire to beco..
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..
In Discontent and Its Civilizations, Mohsin Hamid traces the fracture lines generated by a decade and a half of seismic change, from the "war on terror" to the struggles of individuals to maintain humanity in the rigid face of ideology, or the indifferent face of globalization. Whether he's dis..
"Compulsions of Power" By Col. Ashfaq Hussain.Biography of General Mirza Aslam Beg, Former Chief of Army Staff.It is not the biography of an individual only, but encompasses many important events of our national life and lays bare many facts of national and international issues, shrouded in mystery ..