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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time
by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin  
Powells.com Staff Pick Nelson Mandela once said, "Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world." Mortenson and Relin's Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time is a powerful contribution to that arsenal. If there...
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Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West
by Benazir Bhutto Publisher Comments Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan in October 2007, after eight years of exile, hopeful that she could be a catalyst for change. Upon a tumultuous reception, she survived a suicide-bomb attack that killed nearly two hundred of her countrymen. But she...
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In the Name of Honor: A Memoir
by Mukhtar Mai Publisher Comments In June 2002, Mukhtar Mai, a Pakistani woman from the impoverished village of Meerwala, was gang raped by a local clan known as the Mastoi -- punishment for indiscretions allegedly committed by the woman's brother. While certainly not the first account...
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Frontline Pakistan: The Struggle with Militant Islam
by Zahid Hussain Publisher Comments After September 11, 2001, Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, vowed to fight extremism in his country and has since established himself as a key ally in America's "global war on terror." But as veteran Pakistani journalist and commentator Zahid...
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Pakistan: In the Shadow of Jihad and Afghanistan
by Mary Anne Weaver Publisher Comments An eyewitness account by an acclaimed New Yorker reporter Wedged between India and Afghanistan, Pakistan is the second-largest nation in the Islamic world, and is situated in what is currently one of the most volatile regions on earth. It has assumed a...
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Meatless Days
by Sara Suleri Publisher Comments In this finely wrought memoir of life in postcolonial Pakistan, Suleri intertwines the violent history of Pakistan's independence with her own most intimate memories—of her Welsh mother; of her Pakistani father, prominent political journalist Z.A...
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Pakistan: History and Politics 1947-1971
by M Rafique Afzal Publisher Comments This is a comprehensive account of the history and politics of Pakistan until the establishment of Bangladesh. It encompasses with depth and precision all of the developments in politics, economics, and foreign relations that help to understand the...
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Pakistan the Contours of State & Society
by Soofia Mumtaz Publisher Comments This collection of papers originated at a Paris seminar. It The volume covers a very broad spectrum of life in Pakistan Pakistan and focuses on political, strategic, cultural, social and gender topics. Hitherto readers have had access to British...
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Contemporary Pakistan: Political Processes, Conflicts and Crises
by Veena Kukreja Publisher Comments This timely book provides insights into Pakistan's traumatic political history. Included is a discussion on General Pervez Musharraf's coming to power through the 1999 coup. The author discusses Pakistan's precarious internal political balance which has...
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Pakistan in Perspective 1947 1997
by Rafi Raza Publisher Comments This important new reference provides a wide range of historical and other information about Pakistan's first fifty years. The articles, written by leading Pakistani experts, discuss education, the constitution, foreign affairs, family planning...
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In the Line of Fire: A Memoir
by Pervez Musharraf Publisher Comments According to Time magazine, Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf holds "the world's most dangerous job." He has twice come within inches of assassination. His forces have caught more than 670 members of al Qaeda in the mountains and cities, yet many...
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The Idea of Pakistan
by Stephen P. Cohen Synopsis Stephen Cohen updates his critically acclaimed book with a discerning view of significant recent events in the region, particularly the devastating earthquake in Kashmir and its after affects. The quake killed over 70,000 people and left another 3...
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Pakistan at the Millennium
by Charles Kennedy Publisher Comments This collection of studies is presented by a panel of international experts on South Asia. It contains perhaps the most insightful study of the South Asian nuclear standoff. On the cultural side long neglected cultural topics such as various strata of...
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Pakistan Political Roots & Development
by Safdar Mahmood Publisher Comments The book undertakes an objective review of Pakistan's troubled political history, analyzing the major events, important leaders, institutions, and political and social processes. The discussion includes the major internal and external factors that have...
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The Terrorist Prince: The Life and Death of Murtaza Bhutto
by Raja Anwar Synopsis A gripping insider's account of the Pakistani resistance organization Al-Zulfikar. Author Raja Anwar--an adviser to Prime Minister Bhutto and imprisoned for opposing him--recounts the transformation of Al-Zulfikar into a terrorist group, run by Bhutto...
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Framed Trumped Up As an Indian Spy
by Muhamad Akram Khan Publisher Comments Framed is the near-unbelievable account of a former Army officer who was accused and tried on the charge of being an "Indian Spy." Convicted to be hanged to death, then life imprisonment, and finally reinstated as a civilian officer, he tells readers...
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Pakistan: A Country Study
by Peter R Blood Publisher Comments 6th edition. Edited by Peter R. Blood. Attempts to treat in a compact and objective manner the dominant historical, social, economic, political, and national security aspects of contemporary Pakistan. Research completed April 1994....
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Social Development in Pakistan Annual Review 2001 Growth, Inequality and Poverty
by SPDC Social Policy and Development Centre Publisher Comments The theme of SPDC's Annual Review of 2001 on Social Development in Pakistan is Growth, Inequality and Poverty. It is an attempt to present an independent and objective assessment of the process of unequal development and is intended to open a debate on...
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Ancient Chronology of Thar: The Bhattika, Laukika & Sindh Eras
by Anthony Gor Obrien Publisher Comments This work describes the ancient calendrical systems peculiar to the Thar Desert, their origin, and the political and military background against which they developed. Based almost entirely upon original research, this book should be required reading for...
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India Reducing Poverty Accelerating D
by The World Bank Publisher Comments This report on India for 2000 focuses on poverty reduction and sustainable development....
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