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The Poet or The Condemned Eunuch
by Humayun Azad
What does the life of a modern poet look like? What dream, imagination, emotion or malaise give him the fuel to live, give him the taste of dark death? How much is he related, or not related, to life? Is life a clichéd dirty clothing to him which can be donated to his servant easily? Is it better not to be born or to die in the very first age of life? How much is a modern poet man, or eunuch? How much is he sentenced? After passing boyhood, the main protagonist of the book, Hasan Rashid, a young poet, goes ahead to poetry. He rejects an average mediocre life and chooses the impossible life of art. Beauty, continuous stir and nectar-like poison are always here. The violent antagonistic life of art takes extreme revenge on Hasan Rashid and makes him a eunuch. At last, Hasan yields to a life which is more tragic than death and more woeful than tragedy. Himself a poet, Humayun Azad explores the inner and outer object of the life of a modern poet. The Poet or the Condemned Eunuch is at the same time a poem and novel of unparalleled anguish. Novels with the name of poet are aplenty in Bengali language, but one on a real poet was very rare before this novel of Azad.
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Children's & YA2017The Boxer
by Hasan Mousavi
He was a professional boxer who loved to box because it made him feel powerful. But the day came when there was nothing left for him to box, no one applauded for him or praised him or came to watch him anymore. One day, he began to think about his loneliness and his worn-out gloves and he wondered why his boxing no longer made people or even himself happy… AWARDS & RECOGNITION: Biennial of Illustration Bratislava GRAND PRIX International Youth Library White Ravens Catalog Sharjah Children’s Illustration Exhibition
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Children's & YAJuly 2020Three Ants do wonders!
by Hasan Benmuna
Three friendly ants work seperately. Each of them makes something for the little animals. But , unfortunately couldn’t succeed in doing the same thing for the big ones....How did they solve the problem?? A story about the importance of cooperation in a funny way.
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Peace studies & conflict resolutionJune 2016Balochistan
Caught in the Fragility Trap
by Ali Dayan Hasan
Beset by multiple cyclical conflicts, Balochistan remains the most fragile province in Pakistan. This brief discusses recent attempts at ending the violence, as well as prospects for breaking out of the “fragility trap” as a consequence of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project. Ali Dayan Hasan is a senior advisor at the Islamabad-based Jinnah Institute.
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Tip: Search for English results only. You can specify your search language in Preferences Die Imame (a.s.) und ihr Weg
by morteza motahary
This book comprises the biographies of the twelve Shi’a Imams (a) in brief in order to acquaint the readers with certain aspects of their personality as well as the ethical virtues they exercised during their lifetime. The contents of the book include short biographies of Imam Ali, Imam Hasan, Imam Hosein, Imam Sajjād, Imam Sādeq, Imam Musā Kāzem, Imam Rezā, Imam Hasan Askari, and the Imam of the Age, the awaited Mahdi (a). The book begins with a brief discussion on the concept of “Taqiyyah”.
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Biography & True Stories2018Manto-Saheb
Friends and Enemies on the Great Maverick
by Translated by Vibha Chauhan and Khalid Alvi
‘Saadat Hasan Manto has a good claim to be considered the greatest South Asian writer of the 20th century… [He] incarnated the exuberance, the madness, the alcoholic delirium of his time…’—Suketu Mehta, The New York Times This remarkable anthology brings together stories about Saadat Hasan Manto, essayist, scriptwriter, and a master of the short story, by his friends, family and rivals—among others, Ismat Chughtai, Upendranath Ashk, Balwant Gargi, Krishan Chander, his daughter Nuzhat and nephew Hamid Jalal. These are accounts of grand friendships and quarrels, protracted drinking bouts, cutthroat rivalries in the world of Urdu letters, and intense engagement with issues of that turbulent age. Together, they form an unprecedented portrait of the literary and film worlds of the time, and of the great cities of Bombay, Delhi and Lahore. They also offer a glimpse of the making of a legend even as they reveal Manto as a complex man of many contradictions. A devoted husband and father, he was as comfortable at home as he was at prostitutes’ quarters, seeking new material. Generous to a fault, he freely gave away his earnings and often put his family in financial jeopardy. Fiercely competitive and an outspoken critic of others’ writing, he brooked no criticism of his own, at times choosing to sever ties rather than have his words tampered with. And, for much of his adult life, right until the end, Manto was an alcoholic who fiercely defended his choice to remain one. Honest, frank and personal, at times sentimental, and critical—even gossipy—at others, the pieces in Manto-Saheb constitute an unparalleled, multi-faceted biography of a genius
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Humanities & Social SciencesBe a Great Husband and Father
by Haikal Hasan
In this book, the author describes marriage in eleven chapters using a male perspective. The author discusses several things about the process before marriage, the conflicts that may arise in marriage, and how to be a great husband and father to the family. Hopefully, the readers can benefit from this book and have a good struggle to become great husbands and fathers.
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Akash Amay Vorlo Aloy
by Syed Hasan Imam
Akash Amay Vorlo Aloy talks from an individual’s perspective about the politics of the undivided India, the partition, the great liberation war, and the movement against communalism and fundamentalism in post-liberation Bangladesh.
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December 2018Storm the Little Stork
by Hasan Hüseyin Doğru
From the moment the brave stork first came out of his egg, he got himself into many adventures until he becomes an adult stork. His mother's support in his first flight and the help of their parents when a black snake attacked their nests, taught him how precious the family was. They had fun while hunting worms and fishing together. He learned that spending time with the loved ones makes his life precio us rather than being alone. üne day, the brave stork was wounded by the wind while flying and he was healed with the help of the people. He learned how animal lover people were but was warned about the presence of the opposite as well. And again, while hunting in the lake, he met his first love and migrated with her to build his own nest.
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FictionNovember 2022Mansur
by Vikramajit Ram
Shortlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature 2023 Saturday, the 27th of February, 1627. The master artist Mansur, who works under the patronage of Mughal emperor Jahangir, must finish his painting of a dodo and prepare for an imminent journey to Kashmir when he is interrupted by a younger colleague, Bichitr. An innocuous remark from this visitor – first to Mansur and a little later to the portraitist Abu’l Hasan – has dire consequences as more characters at the imperial atelier, the library and the Women’s Quarter are drawn into a web of secrets, half-truths and petty rivalries. At the heart of the story is a jewel-like verse book whose pages Mansur has illuminated and filled with lifelike butterflies. On reaching Verinag, the royal summer retreat in Kashmir, the painter must present the book to its author, the empress Nur Jahan, who had commissioned it as a keepsake for her husband, the emperor Jahangir. A delay in the book reaching Mansur from the bindery adds to his apprehensions that its very existence is no longer a secret, coupled with dread that so precious an artefact might fall into the wrong hands. What must the painter confront before his masterwork is conveyed safely to Verinag?
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Peace studies & conflict resolutionFebruary 2015
Conflict Dynamics in Sindh
by Huma Yusuf, Syed Shoaib Hasan
Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh has a reputation for stability, diversity, and tolerance. It is also at a tipping point—increasingly threatened by violent extremism, crime, political corruption, tribal feuds, and nationalist and separatist movements. If the province is not to become yet another base for militants, as areas to the north already are, the government needs to act promptly and decisively. Addressing the security situation in Sindh is also integral to stabilizing Karachi, which should be a top priority, given the economic ramifications of growing turbulence in the country’s financial capital.
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Peace studies & conflict resolutionSeptember 2008
Making Borders Irrelevant in Kashmir
by P. R. Chari, Hasan Askari Rizvi
This report analyzes the possibilities and practicalities of managing the Kashmir conflict by “making borders irrelevant”—softening the Line of Control to allow the easy movement of people, goods, and services across it. The report draws on the results of a survey of stakeholders and public opinion on both sides of the Line of Control. The results of that survey, together with an initial draft of this report, were shown to a group of opinion makers in both countries (former bureaucrats and diplomats, members of the armed forces, academics, and members of the media), whose comments were valuable in refining the report’s conclusions.
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Refueling an Islamic Government
by Engku Muhammad Tajuddin Engku Ali, Aznan Hasan
The success of the Islamic Government in the area of Umar al-Khattab and Umar Abdul Aziz in eradicating poverty in the state is commonly acknowledged. What has been conducted in their days to make this poverty eradication success and what ate the tools and mechanism that has been utilized? This book, "Refueling An Islamic Government" has the answer to this question. "Refueling An Islamic Government" is an interesting book to read. It manages to shed a light on the sources of wealth in administering an Islamic government. This book consists of two major elements. First, the ordained Islamic financial instruments that are used in the early days of Islam. The divergences between Zakah and other Islamic taxation tools including Jizyah, Kharaj and "Ushr will be brought to the surface together with their similarities. The second element for this book is a brief explanation on the right of an Islamic Government to impose additional taxes besides of these ordained instruments. Generally, an Islamic Government entitled to impose additional taxes but, several conditions must be fulfilled before doing it so. This book is a must for anybody who wants to have a general yet sufficient knowledge on zakah and Islamic taxation system.
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October 2015The Children of Ramadan
by Nur Dombaycı
In this story, Emir and his friends experienced their first holy Ramadan month. They learnt some of the traditions of this holy month like iftar, suhur, tarawih, layla’t al-Qadr and they devoted to mukabalah during their childhood like all of us. They are full of happiness to beable to greet each other on this eid, full of unity and solidarity and feel peaceful.“THE CHILDREN OF RAMADAN”, is a book that has the spirit of Ramadan from our childhood. Now, we leave you with Emir and his friends’ Ramadan adventures.
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Agronomy & crop productionJuly 2015Advances in Protected Cultivation
by Brahma Singh, Balraj Singh, Naved Sabir & Murtaza Hansan
Unlike other aspects of agricultural sciences, little literature is available on protected cultivation in India. Protected cultivation in India has vast potential under changing environmental parameters and reducing land and water resources. The book contains consolidated and concise information on design, construction and maintenance of protected structures and production technologies under protected cultivation with contributions from eminent scientists and researchers from institute like DIHAR- DRDO, ICAR, CIAE, CIPHET, CPCT, IIVR, CAZRI, NRCs and various SAUs.
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The Traveller's Tales
by Brad Florescu
A witty collection of tales from around the world, retold for nowadays children. The fabulous illustrations of Ștefan Georgescu add a magical touch to each and every tale. The second volume in the series Tales Around the World.
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Business, Economics & LawBreaking the Oil Spell
The Gulf Falcons' Path to Diversification
by Reda Cherif, Fuad Hasanov, Min Zhu
Breaking the Oil Spell sheds light on what constitutes true economic diversification and the role of the state in achieving it. Ultimately, this book aims to demonstrate that the great aspirations of the people of the Gulf countries and other oil exporters can become a reality. It distills lessons from the experiences of the Gulf countries today.
