The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State
By: Declan Walsh
4.16
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Declan Walsh is one of the New York Times’s most distinguished international correspondents. His el…
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4.09
Format: 116 pages, Paperback
Islam has been one of the most powerful religious, social and political forces in history. Over the… read more
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2. Freedom at Midnight
By: Dominique Lapierre , Larry Collins
4.20
Format: 32 pages,
A famous, major work on Gandhi, Jinnah, Nehru, Admiral Lord Mountbatten, and the partition of India. read more
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3. Pakistan: A Hard Country
By: Anatol Lieven
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the past decade Pakistan has become a country of immense importance to its region, the United St… read more
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4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Among U.S. allies in the war against terrorism, Pakistan cannot be easily characterized as either f… read more
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5. Magnificent Delusions: Pakistan, the United States, and an Epic History of Misunderstanding
By: Husain Haqqani
3.02
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The relationship between America and Pakistan is based on mutual incomprehension and always has bee… read more
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4.10
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4.06
Format: 360 pages,
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By: Yasmin Cordery Khan
4.39
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9. The Murder of History: A Critique of History Textbooks Used in Pakistan
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3.54
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
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4.11
Format: 500 pages, Paperback
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4.75
Format: 140 pages, Hardcover
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4.36
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3.79
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3.71
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16. The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
By: William Dalrymple
4.20
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
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17. Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
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4.28
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4.44
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4.40
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4.10
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3.73
Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition
At a café table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with an uneasy American stranger. As d… read more
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3.95
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24. Sultan: A Memoir
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4.01
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26. The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State
By: Declan Walsh
4.16
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Declan Walsh is one of the New York Times’s most distinguished international correspondents. His el… read more
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27. The Ungrateful Refugee
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4.05
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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"Unlike economic migrants, refugees have no agency; they are no threat. Often, they are so broken, they beg to be remade into the image of the native. As recipients of magnanimity, they can be pitied.…"-Dina Nayeri, The Ungrateful Refugee
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29. Points of Entry: Encounters at the Origin Sites of Pakistan
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30. Karachi Vice: Life and Death in a Contested City
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Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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31. The Spymaster of Baghdad: A True Story of Bravery, Family, and Patriotism in the Battle against ISIS
By: Margaret Coker
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Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the former New York Times bureau chief in Baghdad comes the gripping and heroic story of an el… read more
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