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Broken Verses
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Kamila Shamsie |
Fourteen years ago, famous Pakistani activist Samina Akram disappeared. Two years earlier, her lover, Pakistan's greatest poet, was beaten to death by government thugs. In present-day Karachi, her da… |
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Shabanu Daughter of the Wind
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Suzanne Fisher Staples |
When eleven-year old Shabanu, the daughter of a nomad in the Cholistan Desert of present-day Pakistan, is pledged in marriage to an older man whose money will bring prestige to the family, she must e… |
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Under the persimmon tree
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Suzanne Fisher Staples |
During the 2001 Afghan War, the lives of Najmal, a young refugee from Kunduz, Afghanistan, and Nusrat, an American-Muslim teacher who is awaiting her huband's return from Mazar-i-Sharif, intersect at… |
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Fidali's way
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George Mastras |
Disillusioned American Nicholas Sunder has spent months backpacking through South Asia, recently in the company of a beautiful French woman he met in India. When she is found brutally murdered in the… |
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The wish maker
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Ali Sethi |
A major new international voice debuts with a sweeping story of love, friendship, and family ties that brings to life the turbulent world of modern Pakistan.The unforgettable story of a fatherless bo… |
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The case of the deadly butter chicken
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Tarquin Hall |
When an elderly Pakistani visiting India dies frothing at the mouth during a banquet, it’s not a simple case of Delhi Belly. His butter chicken has been poisoned. To solve the case, India’s “Most Pri… |
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American dervish
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Ayad Akhtar |
A young Pakistani boy, whose parents left the fundamentalists behind when they came to America, finds transformation and a path to happiness through a family friend, Mina, who shows him the beauty an… |
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A beautiful lie
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Irfan Master |
In the days leading up to the partition of India in 1947, thirteen-year-old Bilal devises an elaborate scheme to keep his dying father from hearing the news about the country's division. |
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The Shadow Of The Crescent Moon
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Fatima Bhutto |
In this beautifully observed novel, individuals are pushed to make terrible choices. And as the events of this single morning unfold, one woman is at the center of it all. |
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The Scatter Here Is Too Great
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Bilal Tanweer |
La jaquette indique : "The Scatter Here Is Too Great heralds a major new voice from Pakistan with a stunning debut - a novel told in a rich variety of distinctives voices that converge at a single ho… |
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Coup D'Etat
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Ben Coes |
One person can influence India and Pakistan's decision on escalation of a conflict to a full blown war. The US ex special agent Dewey can prevent it. A higher level of escalation will impact the rest… |
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The emperor's tomb
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Steve Berry |
When his friend, Cassiopeia Vitt finds herself in a jam, Cotton Malone agrees to help. However, as he investigates why anybody would want to harm his friend, he realizes that she is in the middle of … |
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Amal unbound
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Aisha Saeed |
In Pakistan, Amal holds onto her dream of being a teacher even after becoming an indentured servant to pay off her family's debt to the wealthy and corrupt Khan family. |
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The promise
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Beth Wiseman |
"Mallory Hammond is determined not to let her boyfriend, parents, or anyone else get in the way of her goal to save a life. She had that chance when she was a teenager, and the opportunity slipped aw… |
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Secrets of state
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Matthew Palmer |
"Sam Trainor's career of overseas work coupled with a penchant for being outspoken has left him on the outside of the competitive Washington establishment. Formerly the top South Asia expert in the S… |
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Guantanamo
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Dorothea Dieckmann |
Dieckmann's novel is a terrifying work of the imagination, looking into the mind of a young man trapped in the nightmare of the notorious detention facility. |
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Our Lady of Alice Bhatti
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Mohammed Hanif |
The patients of the Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments are looking for a miracle, and Alice Bhatti is looking for a job. Alice is a candidate for the position of junior nurse, grade 4. It is only… |
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The Shalamar Code
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Mary Louise Clifford |
In Pakistan, fifteen-year-olds Mumtaz and Rashid become involved in political intrigue and drug trafficking when their efforts to stop a man who is spying on Mumtaz's powerful father cost Rashid his … |
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Moth Smoke
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Mohsin Hamid |
A portrait of contemporary Pakistan featuring an adulterous romance between two ultra-rich jet setters. He is a banker and she is the wife of his best friend, and she is escaping the constraints of m… |
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Readers Circle (Center Point))
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Mohsin Hamid,Satya Bhabha |
The novel takes place during the course of a single evening in an outdoor Lahore cafe. |
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