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A remarkable writer offers a remarkable look at the violent history of Pakistan's independence with the author's most intimate memories--of her Welsh mother, an English teacher of spare, abstracted eloquence; of her Pakistani father, a prominent and frequently jailed political journalist; of her tenacious grandmother; and of the friends who accompany her own passage to the West. A profoundly moving literary work. (more)

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by Patricia McCormick

FREEDOM AT MIDNIGHTLarry, and Dominique Lapierre Collins

FREEDOM AT MIDNIGHT

by Larry, and Dominique Lapierre Collins

WHERE THE INDUS IS YOUNG: A WINTER IN BALTISTAN.

WHERE THE INDUS IS YOUNG: A WINTER IN BALTISTAN.

by Dervla Murphy

One winter, Dervla Murphy and her six-year-old daughter explored 'Little Tibet' high up in the Karakoram Mountains in the frozen heart of the Western Himalayas. For three months they travelled on foot and on pony along the perilous Indus Gorge and into nearby valleys. Even when beset by crumbling tracks over bottomless chasms, an assault by a lascivious Kashmiri, the unnerving melancholy of the Balts, and Rachel's... (more)

Daughter of the Wind

by Suzanne Fisher Staples

A powerful story about a young girl's struggle to have autonomy within the constraints of her society. Shabanu, you are as wild as the wind. You must learn to obey. Shabanu lives with her family in Pakistan's Cholistan Desert, in a society that denies women any form of independence. At twelve years old, Shabanu is already betrothed, while her sister Phelan, a year older, is about to be married. Then tragedy... (more)

Intimacy

by Hanif Kureishi

A novel by the author of "The Buddha of Suburbia" and "My Beautiful Laundrette" which analyzes the agonies and joys of being connected to another person. Jay, who is leaving his partner and their two sons, reflects on the vicissitudes of his relationship with Susan.

The United States and Pakistan, 1947-2000: Disenchanted Allies (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)

The United States and Pakistan, 1947-2000: Disenchanted Allies (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)

by Dennis Kux

"Dennis Kux's book possesses a wealth of new information, based partly on fresh research in published and archival sources, but based even more impressively on the more than 100 personal interviews he conducted with former diplomats and defense officials in both the United States and Pakistan."--Robert J. McMahon, University of Florida "Kux's study is, to my knowledge, the first full-dress, comprehensive, and... (more)

The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World's Religions

The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World's Religions

by Wayne Teasdale

Drawing on experience as an interreligious monk, Brother Wayne Teasdale reveals the power of spirituality and its practical elements. He combines a profound Christian faith with an intimate understanding of ancient religious traditions.

CountdownAmitav Ghosh, GHOSH

Countdown

by Amitav Ghosh

Transcript of author's talks with cross-section of people from India, Pakistan, Nepal on the nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistan in 1998.

Ghost Wars

The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

by Steve Coll

To what extent did America’s best intelligence analysts grasp the rising threat of Islamist radicalism? Who tried to stop bin Laden and why did they fail? Comprehensively and for the first time, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Steve Coll recounts the history of the covert wars in Afghanistan that fueled Islamic militancy and sowed the seeds of the September 11 attacks. Based on scrupulous research and... (more)

Charlie Wilson's War the Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History

Brick Lane: A Novel

by Monica Ali

After an arranged marriage to Chanu, a man twenty years older, Nazneen is taken to London, leaving her home and heart in the Bangladeshi village where she was born. Her new world is full of mysteries. How can she cross the road without being hit by a car (an operation akin to dodging raindrops in the monsoon)? What is the secret of her bullying neighbor Mrs. Islam? What is a Hell's Angel? And how must she comfort... (more)

Utility of ForceRupert Smith

Utility of Force

by Rupert Smith

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children

by John Wood

John Wood discovered his passion, his greatest success, and his life's work&#8212not at business school or leading Microsoft's charge into Asia in the 1990s&#8212but on a soul-searching trip to the Himalayas. Wood felt trapped between an all-consuming career and a desire to do something lasting and significant. Stressed from the demands of his job, he took a vacation trekking in Nepal because a friend had... (more)

The Third World War: A Terrifying Novel of Global Conflict

The Third World War: A Terrifying Novel of Global Conflict

by Humphrey Hawksley

After Iraq, a lull... then the opening stages of the Third World War... more chaotic and horrifying than any war in history. Hundreds die in the Indian parliament in Delhi. The president of Pakistan is assassinated. A U.S. military base is hit by a North Korean missile. America and Britain discover chilling links between the attacks. But U.S. President Jim West wants to avoid another war. Mary Newman, his young... (more)

Prisoners: A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East Divide

Prisoners: A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East Divide

by Jeffrey Goldberg

They met in 1990 during the first Palestinian uprising—one was an American Jew who served as a prison guard in the largest prison in Israel, the other, his prisoner, Rafiq, a rising leader in the PLO. Despite their fears and prejudices, they began a dialogue there that grew into a remarkable friendship—and now a remarkable book. It is a book that confronts head-on the issues dividing the Middle East, but one... (more)

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