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2) Pakistan
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Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the geography and climate, history, wildlife, economy, government, people, religion, and culture of Pakistan.
3) Pakistan
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Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"An overview of the history, geography, government, economy, language, people, and culture of Pakistan. Includes numerous color photos, a detailed map, useful facts, and detailed resource section"--Provided by publisher.
6) Pakistan
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Series
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English
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"Developed by literacy experts for students in grades three through seven, this book introduces young readers to the geography and culture of Pakistan"--Provided by publisher.
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English
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"The former New York Times Pakistan bureau chief paints an arresting up-close portrait of a fractured country. Declan Walsh's electrifying portrait of Pakistan after 9/11 captures the sweep of this "strange, wondrous and benighted country" through the dramatic lives of nine fascinating individuals. On assignment for the New York Times and other outlets, Walsh traveled from the raucous port of Karachi to the salons of Lahore, and from Baluchistan to...
8) Pakistan
Series
Publisher
Pilot Film & Television Productions
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
Pakistan contains some of Asia's most dynamic landscapes, as well as a kaleidoscope of cultures and ancient civilizations. Neil Gibson begins his journey in the bustling port city of Karachi, then travels north to the Sufi city of Multan where he arrives in time for the Urs Festival. He then visits the cultural and artistic capital of Pakistan, Lahore, before journeying to the frontier city of Peshawar and the legendary Khyber Pass. Then it's on to...
10) Pakistan
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
It's geography for a new generation, an invaluable resource for facts and figures, and a fascinating, highly visual introduction to the world's countries.
Look for full-color photos, original maps, interactive, browser-friendly sidebars, handy "fast facts," and an authoritative "to find out more" section, including Internet resources. Book jacket.
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Karachi. Pakistan's largest city is a sprawling metropolis of twenty million people. It is a place of political turbulence in which those who have power wield it with brutal and partisan force. Samira Shackle explores the city of her mother's birth in the company of a handful of Karachiites. Shackle paints a vivid portrait of one of the most complex and compelling cities in the world, a city where the borders blur between politicians and gangsters...
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Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • Nominated for the National Book Award for Nonfiction
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ghost Wars and The Achilles Trap, the epic and enthralling story of America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 9/11
Prior to 9/11, the United States had been...
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ghost Wars and The Achilles Trap, the epic and enthralling story of America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 9/11
Prior to 9/11, the United States had been...
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,|c[2023]
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Milloo lives in a time when school is considered unnecessary for girls. But to Milloo, education is essential. When Milloo reads, her thoughts dance. Milloo courageously dreams of becoming a teacher, but in fifth grade her parents tell her she has had enough school. Milloo is heartbroken but finds a way to achieve her educational goals, graduating high school and college with honors. When she's married, Milloo's husband tells her to stay home, but...
14) Any minute now
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English
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Red Rover is broken, finished, dead. The blackest of black ops teams is betrayed on a mission to capture and interrogate a mysterious Saudi. One of their own is killed, the remaining two barely get home alive. Then without warning or explanation the mission is shut down and Greg Whitman and Felix Orteño are left adrift in a world full of deathly shadows and unanswerable questions. Into their midst comes Charlize Daou, a brilliant, wildly talented...
16) Amal unbound
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English
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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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English
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"For most of the modern age "woman climber" has been an oxymoron. Women were almost without exception relegated to the role of wife, widow, prostitute, royalty or slave. But sometime during the late nineteenth century, when the first woman cinched a rope around her waist and lashed her boots into bear claw-shaped steel crampons to climb up ice walls and steep snow slopes, war was declared on the status quo. Boldest of the "warriors" were the first...
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English
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In the rural town in Pakistan where Baadal grows up, children are named like talismans to sustain life and ward off unhappiness. At seventeen, Baadal has come to understand why his parents gave him that name, with hopes that their Big River will one day flow wide again, and their thirst will be quenched after years of drought. But in the final year of his schooling, abundance seems impossibly far away. As his parents' marriage--full of rage, despair,...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"I Am Malala. This is my story. Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go to school. Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. So she fought for her right to be educated. And on October 9, 2012, she nearly lost her life...
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