Fictions
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Books, Fictions
Jahangard Ki Wapsi (Urdu) (Odyssey) by Muhammad Salim Ur Rehman
About the Author:
Muhammad Saleem ur Rehman, the poet, translator and fiction writer, is better known for having the longest stint as the editor of the Urdu literary journal Sawera, spanning at least five decades. In doing so, he also mentored generations of writers, including some senior Urdu writers of today.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
Jane Eyre ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Charlotte Bronte
About the Author
The eldest in the famous literary trio of Brontë sisters, Charlotte Brontë was born on 21 April 1816 in Thornton, England. Having unsuccessfully tried her luck along with her sisters at running a school, Charlotte turned to writing and gave English literature such fictional masterpieces as Jane Eyre, Shirley and Villette. She also composed poetry like her sisters. They published their poetry as Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell, their pseudonyms, in 1846. Charlotte married in 1854. She was pregnant when she died probably of hyperemesis gravidarum on 31 March 1855.
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Journey To the Centre Of the Earth ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Jules Verne
About the Author
Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French writer, poet and playwright. He is sometimes dubbed as the Father of Science Fiction and had a great influence on many latter day science fiction writers and scientists. Apart from other works, he wrote Voyages extraordinary, an adventure/science fiction series of over 50 novels many of which are still highly popular among both adults and children. He is the second most translated writer in the world.
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Just So Stories,(Reading Classic): Writer: Rudyard Kipling
About the Author
Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) on 30 December 1865. Having spent his early childhood in India Kipling went to study in England but returned to India at the age of 18 and joined as an assistant editor the Civil and Military Gazette, a small newspaper in Lahore. It was during his Lahore days that Kipling published his first book. He drew inspiration for most of his writings including the famous Jungle Books from India. He was a writer par excellence and wrote both prose and verse for adults and children alike prolifically. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907. Kipling died in London on 18 January 1936.
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Khadang-E-Jasta: Jab aankhein aahan Posh Huien (Urdu) by Aziz Ahmad
About the Author:
Aziz Ahmad was a Pakistani-Canadian academic who worked as a professor of Islamic studies at the University of Toronto and is best known for his work in Islamic history with a focus on South Asia. In addition, he was a noted Urdu poet, novelist, translator, Iqbal scholar and literary critic
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Khirki Bhar aasmaan (Short Stories) Writer Asad Muhammad Khan
About the Author:
Asad Muhammad Khan is a Pakistani novelist, playwright, songwriter, and poet. He is author of five Urdu story books. He wrote songs, plays and features for Radio Pakistan and PTV. He received the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz Award in 2009.
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Kidnapped ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Robert Louis Stevenson:
About the Author
Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850-3 December 1894) was a Scottish writer. Although he lived a short life, his work is abounding and spreads in many literary genres including fiction, poetry, essays and travel writings. He wrote for adults as well as children and is exceedingly popular among both for his masterpieces such as Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde etc.
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King Solomon’s Mines ,(Reading Classic): Writer: H. Rider Haggard
About the Author
Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925), a Victorian and Edwardian novelist, remains an enduring luminary in adventure literature. Born in Norfolk, England, Haggard s life was as riveting as the tales he told. A well-travelled an, he served in the British Empire, exploring Africa and man, India, experiences that profoundly influenced his writing. His prolific career, spanning over five decades, produced over fifty novels, revealing a fascination with the exotic, the supernatural, and the clash between civilizations. His works such as King Solomon s Mines (1885), She (1887) and Ayesha: The Return of She (1905) showcase his ability to weave intricate plots with timeless themes. Haggard s legacy extends beyond adventure fiction; his exploration of imperialist themes and fascination with the mystical endow his works with enduring relevance, captivating readers with tales that transcend the confines of their eras.
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Little Women ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Louisa May Alcott
About the Author
Louisa May Alcott was born in an intellectual family in Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA in 1832. Her parents had friends like Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau. Alcott had the privilege of their company which helped shape up her writing career. During her early life, she worked as a nurse during the Civil War and it was when she wrote her first book. She wrote many books of which Little Women and its sequels are still very popular. She never married and in addition to writing, she spent her time in the feminist and abolitionist movements of the day. She died of a stroke in 1888.
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Mansfield Park ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Jane Austen
About the Author
One of all time literary favourites, Jane Austen was born at Steventon rectory, England on December 16, 1775. She started writing poems, stories and plays as early as 1787 which she compiled in three bound notebooks. Those early works were later published as Juvenilia. Then, she wrote Lady Susan, a novella in epistolary form. However, it remained unpublished for a long time. Having written Lady Susan, she penned down six novels, four of which were published during her life as follows: Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1815). Northanger Abbey (1818) and Persuasion (1818) were published posthumously. Two of her novels The Watsons and Sanditon, though published later on, remained unfinished. Austen died on July 18, 1817.
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Moth Smoke,Writer : Mohsin Hamid
About the Author
Mohsin Hamid is the author of four novels — Moth Smoke, The
Reluctant Fundamentalist, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia,
and Exit West — and a book of essays, Discontent and Its
Civilizations. His writing has been translated into forty languages,
featured on bestseller lists, and adapted for the cinema. Born in
Lahore, he has spent about half his life there and much of the rest
in London, New York, and California.SKU: 17349 -
Books, Fictions, Literary Fictions
Mother (Translation) (Readings Classics),Writer : Maxim Gorky
About the Author
Maxim Gorky (originally Alexei Maximovich Peshkov) was a Russian/Soviet author and political activist who lived between 1868 and 1936. A five-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature, Gorky invented socialist realism and authored many memorable works including Twenty-six Men and a Girl which was a personal favourite of Vladimir Lenin. His magnum opus Mother remains a classic of revolutionary fiction.
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Mother,(Reading Classic): Writer: Maxim Gorky
About the Author
Maxim Gorky (originally Alexei Maximovich Peshkov) was a Russian/Soviet author and political activist who lived between 1868 and 1936. A five-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature, Gorky invented socialist realism and authored many memorable works including Twenty-six Men and a Girl which was a personal favourite of Vladimir Lenin. His magnum opus Mother remains a classic of revolutionary fiction
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Mrs. Dalloway,(Reading Classic): Writer: virginia woolf
About the Author
One of the leading British writers and intellectual of the twentieth century Virginia Woolf was born in London on 25 January 1882. She began publishing her work to both general and critical acclaim in her early twenties and became associated with Bloomsbury Circle, an influential group of English modernist writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists in early twentieth century. Best remembered for the lyrical quality of her prose Woolf wrote many novels and essays all bearing the modernist trends of the Circle. Her works have been translated in over 50 languages around the world. However, she was not very lucky in health matters and suffered from the bouts of mental illness throughout her life. She perished by drowning during one such attack on 28 March 1941.
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Autobiography, Biography & Autobiography, Books, Classic, Fictions
Muhammad: His Life Based On the Earliest Sources,Writer : Martin Lings
Autobiography, Biography & Autobiography, Books, Classic, FictionsMuhammad: His Life Based On the Earliest Sources,Writer : Martin Lings
About the Author
Martin Lings s Life of Muhammad is unlike any other. Based on Arabic sources of the eighth and ninth centu ries, of which some important passages are translated here for the first time, it owes the freshness and direct ness of its approach to the words of the men and women who heard Muhammad speak and witnessed the events of his life.
Martin Lings has an unusual gift for narrative. He has adopted a style which is at once extremely readable and reflects both the simplicity and grandeur of the story. The result is something that can be read with equal enjoyment by those already familiar with Muhammad s life and those coming to it for the first time
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Autobiography, Biography & Autobiography, Books, Classic, Fictions
My Pakistan: the Story Of a Bishop,Writer : dr. alexander john malik
Autobiography, Biography & Autobiography, Books, Classic, FictionsMy Pakistan: the Story Of a Bishop,Writer : dr. alexander john malik
About the Author
The Right Reverend Dr. Alexander John Malik, Bishop Emeritus of Lahore, did his Bachelor of Arts from the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan: Bachelor of Divinity from Serampore University, Calcutta (Kolkata), India; Master of Arts from McGill University. Montreal, Canada and Doctor of Divinity (Hon.) from Wheaton College, Illinois, U.S.A.
Bishop Malik was Bishop of Lahore for thirty-two years. He was Primate of the Church of Pakistan and President of the National Council of Churches in Pakistan. In 2017, he celebrated the Golden Jubilee of his ministry in the Church.
Internationally, he has held prestigious positions: Chairman of the Asia Pacific Region of the United Bible Societies covering twenty-one countries; Member, Anglican Consultative Council with the Archbishop of Canterbury: Archbishop of Canterbury s special envoy for Sri Lanka and Co-Chairman of the Anglican Church Dialogue with Jamia al-Azhar, Cairo, Egypt.
Presently, he continues to serve as Chairman, Board of Governors, Kinnaird College for Women; Vice-Chairman, Human Rights Society of Pakistan; Member, Board of Governors, Forman Christian College (University), Lahore and Member, Evacuee Trust Property Board.
The Government of Pakistan, in recognition of his services, both for Pakistan and the Church has awarded him him the SITARA-E-IMTIAZ twice. He is also a recipient of Human Rights Award from the Human Rights Society of Pakistan.
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Narbada (Short Stories) Writer Asad Muhammad Khan
About the Author:
Asad Muhammad Khan is a Pakistani novelist, playwright, songwriter, and poet. He is author of five Urdu story books. He wrote songs, plays and features for Radio Pakistan and PTV. He received the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz Award in 2009.
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Books, Fictions, Literary Fictions
Night Of the Golden Butterfly: Islam Quintet 5,Writer : Tariq Ali
About the Author
Tariq Ali (b. 1943) is an author, journalist, and filmmaker. He was born and raised in Lahore where he became politically active in his teens. He rose to prominence during the Vietnam War when he engaged in debates against the war with the likes of Henry Kissinger and Michael Stewart. Highly critical of the US and Israeli foreign policies, he has to his credit a number of nonfiction books on politics and has also long been associated with the New Left Review. He has also written many bestselling novels including Islam Quintet. Currently, he lives in England.
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