#Litraturebooks
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Books, Children, Children Fantasy
6 laashein: Maut Ka Taaqub (Book 20),Writer : A.Hameed
About the Author
Abdul Hameed, better known as A. Hameed, is considered to be one of the prominent fiction writers in Urdu. He was born at Amritsar on August 25, 1928 where he received his early education in a local school. After the Partition of India, he acquired the degree of F. A. in Pakistan as a private candidate and joined Radio Pakistan in the capacity of staff artist. There, he wrote radio features and plays. In 1980, he resigned and migrated to USA and joined the Voice of America as a Producer. He did not, however like the conditions at his new location and returned to Pakistan to work as a freelance writer till his last day. Hameed is the author of over two hundred short stories, plays, and novels
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Books, Fictions, Literary Fictions
A Farewell To arms,Writer : Ernest Hemingway
About the Author
Ernest Hemingway was born in the USA in 1899. He led a diverse life. He chose a career in journalism in his early life, participated in both World Wars, covered the Greco-Turkish and the Spanish Civil Wars, sailed the Caribbean and lived in four continents. During his stay in Paris, he became a part of the American expatriate circle of Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound. F Scott Fitzgerald and Ford Maddox Ford. He made good use of his multifarious life experience in his writings and penned many great novels and short stories. In 1954, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Not many years later, he committed suicide in 1961.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
A Room Of One’s Own,(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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Books, Fictions, Literary Fictions
A Sultan In Palermo: Islam Quintet 4,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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Books, Children, Children Fantasy
Aadam Khor Wehshi: Maut Ka Taaqub (Book 18),Writer : A.Hameed
About the Author
Abdul Hameed, better known as A. Hameed, is considered to be one of the prominent fiction writers in Urdu. He was born at Amritsar on August 25, 1928 where he received his early education in a local school. After the Partition of India, he acquired the degree of F. A. in Pakistan as a private candidate and joined Radio Pakistan in the capacity of staff artist. There, he wrote radio features and plays. In 1980, he resigned and migrated to USA and joined the Voice of America as a Producer. He did not, however like the conditions at his new location and returned to Pakistan to work as a freelance writer till his last day. Hameed is the author of over two hundred short stories, plays, and novels.
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Books, Central Asian History, History
Afghanistan: a History From 1260 To the Present(History),Writer : jonathan l. lee
Books, Central Asian History, HistoryAfghanistan: a History From 1260 To the Present(History),Writer : jonathan l. lee
About the Author
JONATHAN L. LEE is a social and cultural historian and a leading authority on the history of Afghanistan. He has lived for many years in Afghanistan and is a Fellow of both the Royal Asiatic Society and the British Institute of Persian Studies, and formerly a Fellow of the British Institute of Afghan Studies. His previous books include The Journals of Edward Stirling in Persia and Afghanistan, 1828-1829 (1991), The Ancient Supremacy : Bukhara, Afghanistan and the Battle for Balkh, 1732-1901 (1996) and Amazing Wonders of Afghanistan (2014).
With 138 illustrations
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Books, Fictions, Literary Fictions
An American Brat,Writer : Bapsi Sidhwa
About the Author
Born in Karachi and brought up in Lahore, Bapsi Sidhwa, a graduate of Kinnaird College for Women, now lives in Houston. Sidhwa held a Bunting Fellowship at Radcliffe, and received the prestigious Lila Wallace Reader s Digest Writers Award. She has taught at Columbia University, the University of Houston, Mount Holyoke College and Southampton University. She has been awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Pakistan s highest national honour in the arts.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
Animal Farm (Readings Classics),Writer : George Orwell
About the Author
Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell) was born on June 25, 1903 in Bihar, India. He was educated in England. At 19, Orwell joined the Imperial Police. He was posted in Burma (Myanmar) where he lived until his resignation. Afterwards, he stayed briefly in London and then spent two years in Paris where he worked as a journalist. Upon his return to England, Orwell worked succinctly as a schoolteacher and then went on to fight for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. He was wounded in the war and went to Morocco for six months. Orwell contracted tuberculosis in the following years and although he continued his life in the same fashion, he was never ever fit. He died on January 21, 1950.
Throughout his life, Orwell fought vigorously against totalitarianism and social injustice. He was a keen observer and made good use of his pen wherever her went. His first novel Burmese Days evokes the memories of Colonial Burma of his time. Down and Out in Paris and London depicts his struggling years in two cities. The Road to Wigan Pier is an account of the poor and poverty during his years in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Similarly, Homage to Catalonia and Coming Up for Air commemorate Spanish Civil War and his years in Morocco respectively. In addition, Orwell profusely contributed articles to a number of periodicals. However, his greatest moment came when he penned down Animal Farm, a political satire against the fascist Soviet regime written allegorically during the Second World War. The dystopian 1984 followed Animal Farm and together they brought Orwell enduring worldwide fame. He has been ranked second on a list of ‘The Fifty Greatest British Writers since 1945’ by The Times.SKU: 36362 -
Books, Literature, Poetry books
Ariel,Writer : sylvia plath
About the Author
Sylvia Plath was born on October 27, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts. She studied at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Later, she went on a Fulbright scholarship to study at Newnham College at the University of Cambridge, England. There she met Ted Hughes at a party in February 1956 and they married in June of the same year. They lived in the United States and later in England and had two children. Plath spent most of her adult life in depression. She made many unsuccessful attempts at her life and finally committed suicide on February 11, 1963.
Plath was an exceptionally gifted poet and is frequently dubbed as one of the best woman poets of the western world. She won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for The Collected Poems in 1982. She wrote fiction too and her semi-autobiographical novel The Bell Jar is one of the most read novels today.
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Books, Children, Children Fantasy
Badroohon Ka Maskan: Maut Ka Taaqub (Book 15),Writer : A.Hameed
About the Author
Abdul Hameed, better known as A. Hameed, is considered to be one of the prominent fiction writers in Urdu. He was born at Amritsar on August 25, 1928 where he received his early education in a local school. After the Partition of India, he acquired the degree of F. A. in Pakistan as a private candidate and joined Radio Pakistan in the capacity of staff artist. There, he wrote radio features and plays. In 1980, he resigned and migrated to USA and joined the Voice of America as a Producer. He did not, however like the conditions at his new location and returned to Pakistan to work as a freelance writer till his last day. Hameed is the author of over two hundred short stories, plays, and novels.
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Books, Classic, Fictions, Philosphy
Beyond Good and Evil,(Reading Classic): Writer: Friedrich Nietzsche
Books, Classic, Fictions, PhilosphyBeyond Good and Evil,(Reading Classic): Writer: Friedrich Nietzsche
About the Author
Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher and a cultural critic. He was born on October 15, 1844, in Rocken, Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia. His works criticize the traditional European morality, religious values as well as conventional philosophical ideas associated with modernity. He is often seen as a predecessor to late modern thinkers like Marx and Freud, because of his psychological analyses of false consciousness. He proposed many original theories positing an alternative morality and ideas which would bring forth a cultural renewal. His notable works include The Birth of Tragedy out of the Spirit of Music (1872), The Gay Science (1882), Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883–5), Beyond Good and Evil (1886), On the Genealogy of Morality (1887), Twilight of the Idols (1888) and The Wagner Case (1888). In 1889, Nietzsche suffered a mental breakdown. Eleven years later, he died on August 25, 1900, in Weimar, German Empire.
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Books, Fictions, Literary Fictions
Boys Will Be Boys,Writer : Sara Suleri
About the Author
Sara Suleri (1953 – ) is an academic, critic, and author. She grew up in Lahore and earned degrees from Kinnaird College and University of Punjab, and later a doctorate from Indiana University. She is a Professor Emeritus at Yale University and lives in the USA.
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Books, Fictions, Literary Fictions
Brave New World,Writer : Aldous Huxley
About the Author
Aldous Huxley was a renowned English writer, poet, playwright and philosopher. He was born in Surrey,England on 26 July 1894. Huxley published over 50 books during his lifetime — all to critical acclaim. Brave New World, a dystopian novel, is considered to be his best fictional work. Similarly, The Doors of Perception is regarded his finest non-fictional writing. Huxley spent last 25 years of his life in the USA. His life took a new turn there when he joined the Vedanta Society of Southern California, a spiritual organization. He, then,wrote extensively on spiritual topics too. He died of laryngeal cancer in the USA on 22 November 1963.
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Books, History, South Asian History
Chequered Past, Uncertain Future: the History Of Pakistan,Writer : Tahir Kamran
Books, History, South Asian HistoryChequered Past, Uncertain Future: the History Of Pakistan,Writer : Tahir Kamran
About the Author
Tahir Kamran is Head of the Department of the Liberal Arts at Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Director of the Khaldunia Centre for Historical Research and the editor of the Pakistan Journal of Historical Studies. His books include Colonial Lahore: A History of the City and Beyond (with Ian Talbot, 2017).
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Books, Philosphy
Civilization and Its Discontents ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Sigmund Freud
About the Author
Sigmund Freud was born on 6 May 1856, in Freiberg (now Pribor in the present-day Czech Republic) in the Austrian Empire. Celebrated as the pioneering neurologist and the father of psychoanalysis, he stands as one of the most influential figures in the history of psychology. Freud’s revolutionary ideas transformed our understanding of human mind and behavior. His ground-breaking theories, including the concept of the unconscious mind, the Oedipus complex and the role of dreams, reshaped the landscape of psychological thought. Beyond the clinical realm, his work extends into cultural and social analyses leaving an indelible mark on disciplines ranging from psychiatry to literature. Having fled Austria following the Nazi occupation, Freud spent the last year of his life in London, England, where he died of cancer on 23 September 1939.
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Books, Philosphy, Political Science
Common Sense ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Thomas Paine
About the Author
Thomas Paine was a British-American philosopher, journalist, and a revolutionary writer. He was born on February 9, 1737, in Norfolk, Great Britain. In 1774, he emigrated to America. Paine is most famous for his revolutionary writings like Common Sense (1776), which is said to have been read by all the revolutionaries during the American Revolution. His other notable works include The American Crisis (1776-1783), and The Rights of Man (1791), The Age of Reason (1793- 1794), Agrarian Justice (1797).
Paine is regarded as an advocate of transnational human rights. He has also supported the land reforms and democratic principles. He was once imprisoned for speaking in favour of the French Revolution. Paine had a persuasive writing style. He strove for simplicity and clarity in his writings to reach a mass audience. Paine died on June 8, 1809, in New York, United States
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Books, Literary Essays, Literature
Discontent and Its Civilizations: Dispatches From Lahore, New York, and London,Writer : Mohsin Hamid
Books, Literary Essays, LiteratureDiscontent and Its Civilizations: Dispatches From Lahore, New York, and London,Writer : Mohsin Hamid
About the Author
Mohsin Hamid is the author of five novels-Moth Smoke, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, Exit West and The Last White Man-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.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
Emma ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Jane Austen
About the Author
One of all time literary favorites, 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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Books, Classic, Fictions, Literary Fictions
Exile and the Kingdom,Writer : Albert Camus
About the Author
Justin BrienAlbert Camus was a French-Algerian writer, philosopher and journalist. He was born in Mondovi, French Algeria on November 7, 1913. Although not trained as a philosopher, he contributed towards the avant-garde twentieth-century philosophical ideas of Absurdism in the form of essays, novels, reviews and articles. He also became active in the resistance against the colonial French government and served as editor-in-chief of the newspaper Combat from 1944 to 1947.
Camus established himself as a fiction writer with his three novels: The Stranger (1942), The Plague (1947), and The Fall (1956). His philosophical books The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), and The Rebel (1951) proved him to be a forceful thinker. Because of his formidable impact on the world of letters in the second half of the twentieth century, he was awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize in 1957 for illuminating the problems of the human conscience. He was only 44 years old at the time. He died in an automobile accident at the age of 46.SKU: 69477 -
Books, Fictions, Literary Fictions
Exit West,Writer : Mohsin Hamid
About the Author
Mohsin Hamid is the author of five novels-Moth Smoke, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, Exit West and The Last White Man-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.
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Books, Fictions, Literary Fictions
For Whom the Bell Tolls,Writer : Ernest Hemingway
About the Author
Ernest Hemingway was born in the USA in 1899. He led a diverse life. He chose a career in journalism in his early life, participated in both World Wars, covered the Greco-Turkish and the Spanish Civil Wars, sailed the Caribbean and lived in four continents. During his stay in Paris, he became a part of the American expatriate circle of Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound. F Scott Fitzgerald and Ford Maddox Ford. He made good use of his multifarious life experience in his writings and penned many great novels and short stories. In 1954, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Not many years later, he committed suicide in 1961.
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Books, Psychology
Games People Play: the Psychology Of Human Relationships,Writer : Eric Berne
About the Author
Eric Berne (1910-1970) was a Canadian psychiatrist and the creator of Transactional Analysis. He got his certification in surgery from McGill University Medical School in 1935 but started his career in psychology. From 1938 to 1943, he served at different sanitaria. Berne started serving the US military as a psychiatrist in 1943. After World War II, Berne moved to California where he continued teaching and researching psychiatry. He published a seminal paper titled ‘Transactional Analysis: A New and Effective Method of Group Therapy’ which proposed a new approach towards psychotherapy. He also founded the International Transactional Analysis Association around this time. In 1964, he published Games People Play, which became an international bestseller. Berne theorised that an individual’s psychological behaviour is the sum total of their social transactions. From 1964 to his death in 1970, he dedicated his life to research in psychiatry.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
Good Wives ,(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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Books, Classic, Fictions
Great Expectations,(Reading Classic): Writer: charles dickens
About the Author
Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England, in 1812. He received little formal education as the conditions at home forced him to leave school and work in a factory at an early age. His early circumstances left a lasting impression on Dickens and greatly influenced his work, be it literary or philanthropic. Having worked in various professions, Dickens started writing in newspapers and magazines and most of his work was published as monthly serials in them. Dickens 2was a prolific writer. He wrote over a dozen novels, many a collection of short stories, a large body of non-fiction and poetic works, and many plays. He was arguably the best Victorian novelist and enjoyed great fame during his lifetime. He died in 1870 but even today he is one of the most popular authors of all times.
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