books about: pakistan     books:       El Velo Rasgado (Torn Veil, The)11 reviews Sister Gulshan Esther Vida, 2005 Highly recommended This is an amazing book and I would recommend it to all Christians, and perhaps more importantly, to anyone else who is open-minded about the claims of the Christian faith. The book describes how a Muslim girl, Gulshan Esther, is miraculously healed of a severe physical disability by Jesus when He appears before her. The book also details Gulshan's rejection by her own family when she becomes a ...             Simply Indian: Sweet and Spicy Recipes from India, Pakistan and East Africa7 reviews Tahera Rawji, Hamida Suleman Whitecap Books, 2003 Indian Cooking Made Easy! I took two of Tahera's cooking classes 3 years ago. I am pleased that she's finally published her book. I was quite surprised to see it mentioned in a 2003 Cosmopolitan article about enhancing your sensuality! The chicken bhiryana is the best chicken dish I've put into my mouth. I like it better than butter chicken. The vegetarian samosas don't last long on any table. In general, all the ...             Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations...One School at a Time1336 reviews Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin Viking Adult, 2006 Excellent humanitarian efforts This is a great book about promoting peace through education. I highly recommend this book if you wish to be inspired about the caring and sacrificing one person can make.             Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador55 reviews Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2003 Everyone interested in humanitarian work should read this! This was a great book, i am soo glad i bought it. It really made things real and showed you the reality of what goes on in the world outside the bubble of your own perspective and own country. I would recommend this for everyone, even if your not an angelina fan because everyone should know about these living conditions that are how a large portion of the world are subjected too and it really ...             Himalaya (Unabridged)10 reviews Palin Palin audible.com Beautiful and interesting book about a fantastic trip "Himalaya" is a book written by Michael Palin as an alternative account of a trip that was filmed and first shown as a TV program on BBC TV. (This program has also been shown on many other TV stations, and is now available on DVD.) In addition to the text in the book there are many beautiful pictures by Basil Pao, the stills photographer who accompanied the BBC team on the trip. This was a ...             The India Handbook (Regional Handbooks of Economic Development)6 reviews C. Steven LaRue Routledge, 1997 Could not be better I spent one month travelling all over India with the 1999 edition of the India Handbook and what a life saver it was. The book was fantastic with its information and right on the money everytime with hotel rates, ferry schedules, etc. The brief anecdotes were especially helpful and I really appreciated the open mind the book had quick not to judge a country full of many different aspects. ...             Beneath My Mother's Feet6 reviews Amjed Qamar Atheneum, 2008 Courtesy of Teens Read Too Which path should you take when faced with the choice between your own dreams and the needs of the people you love most? That is precisely the dilemma facing Amjed Qamar's fourteen-year-old protagonist, Nazia, in her debut novel, BENEATH MY MOTHER'S FEET. When her father is injured on the job, Nazia's world is thrown into chaos when she must quit school to help her mother clean houses in ...             Trespassing: A Novel14 reviews Uzma Aslam Khan Metropolitan Books, 2004 Beautifullly Written, Unapologetically Truthful - A Powerful Combination! An amazing story of love, lust, power, greed, self-preservation, and self-loathing. The author does an amazing job of challenging our own value system by pushing us to see how all of these powerful states of being emanate from the universal "need to belong". Trespassing is a scintillating tale of the existential angst experienced by its characters, as well as an poignant cautionary essay on how ...             A Man to Match His Mountains: Bahshah Khan, Nonviolent Soldier of Islam10 reviews Eknath Easwaran Random House Trade, 1985 Please, read Arif H. Akhunzada's Review with caution! I request customers and other visitors to read the article by Arif H. Akhunzada titled "Bacha Khan legacy is Questionable" with caution because in Pakistan objective interpretation and description of history is mostly marred by the official stand on history enshrined in the so-called "Pakistan Ideology". Pakistan Ideology i.e. the Idea that sparked the struggle for Pakistan is a highly ...             Indus Saga and the Making of Pakistan7 reviews Aitzaz Ahsan South Asia Books, 1997 unique perspective I have read the book and am deeply impressed by it. Now the Urdu version has also come out as "Sindh Sagar" It also contains the following excerpts from reviews of "The Indus Saga" by some well known authorities and analysts of the subject: The DAWN: (September 6, 1996) "The Discovery of Pakistan":(Professor Emeritus Ahmad Hasan Dani) Mr. Ahsan was deeply pondering the subject while he was in ...             Hunza health secrets for long life and happiness5 reviews Renée Taylor Award Books, 1966 Lessons for a long life, I hope! Since I first became aware of the Hunza, I have been fascinated by their simplicity and long life. As a teenager, I began my search for every available piece of information about people who live long and healthy lives. I was, and still am, willing and prepared to incorporate healthful living into my own lifestyle. That is why I have kept my copy of this work at my bedside for many years. It ...             On the Road to Kandahar: Travels Through Conflict in the Islamic World4 reviews Jason Burke Thomas Dunne Books, 2007 Part Travel Book, Part Intellectual Travels, 100% Well-Written This is an excellent and informative book that's also a joy to read. Burke reports for Britain's "Observer" and he spent a decade covering stories in places such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Algeria, and Turkey. He often found himself in the middle of complex acts of violence, and this book is part travel memoir and part intellectual memoir as he struggles to understand what it all means. I ...             Zulfi Bhutto of Pakistan: His Life and Times5 reviews Stanley Wolpert Oxford University Press, USA, 1993 absolutely absorbing... This is an absolute gem of a book. I have read his biographies of Jinnah and Nehru and I have to say this one is the best. It is amazing how much of a genuine grasp Mr. Wolpert has for the very complex and non-transparent nature of politics of South Asia. Highly non judgemental work with very intelligent insight about a man who is surrounded by a cloak of hero worship and at times loathing. Mr. ...             From Plassey to Pakistan4 reviews Humayun Mirza University Press of America, 1999 Recommended history reading From Plassey to Pakistan chronicles the lineage of Humuyan Mirza, the author and only son of the first President of Pakistan. The book provides personal and well-researched historical insight into the ruling class of India, of which the author is a direct descendant. The author's father, and principal subject of the latter part of the book, is Iskander Mirza, a highly educated and respected ...             Mullahs on the Mainframe : Islam and Modernity Among the Daudi Bohras4 reviews Jonah Blank University Of Chicago Press, 2001 Simply Amazing and very authentic research As a Daudi Bohra, I can attest to the quality of research the author has put in to his work to create this really interesting case study on our community. He has done it not from secondary sources but by living within the community, understanding its customs and learning its language. I found this account very well structured and intellectual and it presents an example of how great leadership can ...             Four Feet, Two Sandals5 reviews Karen Lynn William, Khadra Mohammad Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2007 A thoughtful yet serious picturebook, highly recommended for children's public library and personal collections. Based on co-author Khadra Mohammed's experiences with refugees in Peshawar, a city on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, Four Feet, Two Sandals is a children's picturebook about ten-year-old Lina and her young friend who each discover one of a wonderful pair of sandals. Together they must solve the problem of how to share one pair of sandles between four feet! As they wait and hope for their names ...             The Karakoram Mountains of Pakistan5 reviews Shiro Shirahata Ferozsons, 1992 Superb Photos To say that the book is excellent would be an understatement. It is simply superb, and the quality of photos is truly amazing. All photos are colored and the quality of detail is unbelievable. I am a big fan of mountain photography, and this is one of my favorite books. The book contains a collection of photographs taken in Karakoram, a mountain range in northern Pakistan and India, and ...             The Third World War (Future History)5 reviews Macmillan UK, 2003 Is this the same Hawksley!? Have to admit, I wrote a scathing review for Dragon Strike and with good reason, it had a lot of techinal mistakes, and was a dry read overall. So with a bit of trepidation, I picked up The Third World War. To say I was pleasantly surprised would be an understatement. This book is up there with the best efforts of Clancy (Red October, Red Storm Rising) and Bond (Red Phoenix, Cauldron). It ...             All Round View5 reviews Imran Khan Chatto & Windus, 1988 One of the best cricketing books of all time. Imran Khan, writes about his cricketing career.Besides that we can also read his veiws on a vide range of topics, including marriage , Pakistani culture as well as politics. Once I picked the book up I COULD NOT put it down. Highly recommended for the cricket fan.             Marketing in Pakistan (Overseas business reports)6 reviews Cheryl McQueen Available from the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O, 1992 A life changed forever Have you ever wondered what life would have been like if a certain event in your life had never occured?To read this novel is to read about the life of some one like that. If the bus had never broken down Elizabeth(Beth) would never have met George and her life wouldn't have been changed for the worse. It is the 1930's and Beth is living in Cork with her parents. She is after arriving home from a ...              search for books bahshah, beneath, business, cambodia, conflict, development, economic, handbook, handbooks, happiness, himalaya, history, kandahar, karakoram, mainframe, marketing, modernity, mountains, nonviolent, overseas, pakistan, plassey, recipes, refugees, regional, sandals, soldier, terrorism, trespassing, unabridged books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi we recommend Excellent humanitarian efforts home  impressum - about us