Author : Uzma Aslam Khan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1913090795
Thinner Than Skin
Uzma Aslam Khan
Thinner Than Skin
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Trespassing
Uzma Aslam Khan
Author : Uzma Aslam Khan
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Businesswomen
ISBN : 0143029851
Trespassing by Uzma Aslam Khan Pdf
Standing In A Room With Eight Thousand Tiny Creatures, Witnessing Them Perform A Dance That Few Humans Even Knew Occurred; This Was Life. Everywhere She Looked, Each Caterpillar Nosed The Air Like A Wand And Out Passed Silk. They Sashayed To The Left And Swivelled To The Right. They Bobbed And Undulated, Dotting The Air In Figure-Eights. They Worked Ceaselessly For Three Days And Nights, With Material Entirely Of Their Own, And With Nothing To Orchestrate Them Besides Their Own Internal Clock. Each, A Perfectly Self-Contained Unit Of Life. When Dia Watched One Spin, She Came Closer To Understanding The Will Of God Than At Any Other Time. Dia Is The Daughter Of A Silk Farmer, Riffat An Innovative, Decisive Entrepreneur. Like Her Mother, Dia Seems At First Sight Spirited And Resourceful. She Seems Free. But Freedom Has Its Own Borders, Patrolled By The Covetous And The Zealous, And There Are Those Who Yearn To Jump The Fence. Then Daanish Comes Back To Karachi For His Father S Funeral, All The Way From Amreeka, A Land Where There Are Plenty Of Rules But Few Restrictions. When Dia And Daanish Meet, They Chafe Against All The Formalities. It Is Left To A Handful Of Silkworms, Fattened On Mulberry Leaves And Slipped Inside A Friend S Dupatta, To Rupture The Fragile Peace And Plans Of Both Their Houses, To Make The Space Noisy Like The Sea In A Shell In Which Dia And Daanish Can Create Something New, All Over Again. Meanwhile, Around Them, New Ways Drive Out Old, As New Hatreds Are Manufactured And Old Ones Revived, And New Rules Are Posted And Then Broken. Trespassing Is Intricately And Delicately Made. Its Characters And Their Destinies Are Utterly Clear Before Us And The Reader Is Driven Hurriedly Through The Book Seeking Shelter For The Characters They Have Come To Love As Much As For Themselves
The Story of Noble Rot
Uzma Aslam Khan
Author : Uzma Aslam Khan
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015054418465
The Story of Noble Rot by Uzma Aslam Khan Pdf
The sweet taste of the wine comes from the muscadelle grape, and the greyish mould that it attracts ý The mould is lovingly called pourriture noble, noble rot. It is the careless abandon of a wine-satiated afternoon that first brings together the imperious Mrs Masood and the humble carpenter's wife, Malika. As she observes the wealthy older woman whose family is responsible for all her troubles, a plan takes shape in Malika's mindýa plan to recover the money Mrs Masood owes her husband, and to rescue her son from slow death in Mr Masoodýs carpet factory in Karachi. Unknown to both women, the moment marks the beginning of a relationship that is to change their lives for ever. Into the complex web of Malika's plans are drawn Mr Saeed who dwells in his study with his ruby-studded armadillo; the Pathan with the sun-dappled eyes; Momin of the hennaed hands with his love for fish and birds; and Saima with her unpredictable affections and fabulous stories. Vividly narrated and full of funny yet complex dilemmas, this is a novel about the sweetness of life and about how we inexorably drive ourselves to our own doom. It marks the debut of a gifted storyteller from Pakistan.
The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali
Uzma Aslam Khan
Author : Uzma Aslam Khan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1646051645
The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali by Uzma Aslam Khan Pdf
Set in the Andaman Islands over the course of oppressive imperial regimes, The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali is a complex, gripping homage to those omitted from the collective memory. Nomi and Zee are Local Borns--their father a convict condemned by the British to the Andaman Islands, their mother shipped off with him. The islands are an inhospitable place, despite their surreal beauty. In this unreliable world, the children have their friend Aye, the pet hen Priya and the distracted love of their parents to shore them up from one day to the next. Meanwhile, within the walls of the prison, Prisoner 218 D wages a war on her jailers with only her body and her memory. When war descends upon this overlooked outpost of Empire, the British are forced out and the Japanese move in. Soon the first shot is fired and Zee is forced to flee, leaving Nomi and the other islanders to contend with a new malice. The islands--and the seas surrounding them--become a battlefield, resulting in tragedy for some and a brittle kind of freedom for others, who find themselves increasingly entangled in a mesh of alliances and betrayals. Ambitiously imagined and hauntingly alive, The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali writes into being the interwoven stories of people caught in the vortex of history, powerless yet with powers of their own: of bravery and wonder, empathy and endurance. Uzma Aslam Khan's extraordinary new novel is an unflinching and lyrical page-turner, an epic telling of a largely forgotten chapter in the history of the subcontinent.
Thinner Than Thou
Kit Reed
Author : Kit Reed
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466827233
Thinner Than Thou by Kit Reed Pdf
TV says it. Magazines say it. American society commands it. You must be thin. You must be young. Fad diets. Fat-purging pills. Fitness clubs. Liposuction. Breast implants. Steroids. In the tomorrow of Thinner Than Thou, the cult of the body has become the one true religion. The Dedicated Sisters are a religious order sworn to help anorexic, bulimic, and morbidly obese youth. Throughout the land, houses of worship have been replaced by the health clubs of the Crossed Triceps. And through hypnotically powerful evangelical infomercials, the Reverend Earl preaches the heaven of the Afterfat, where you will look like a Greek god and eat anything you want. Just sign over your life savings and come to Sylphania, the most luxurious weight-loss spa in the world, where the Reverend himself will personally supervise your attainment of physical perfection. But the glory of youth and thinness that America worships conceals a hidden world where teens train for the competitive eating circuit, where fat porn and obese strippers feed people's dark desires, and where an underground railroad of rebellious religions remember when people worshipped God instead of the Afterfat. As Annie, an anorexic, and her friend Kelly, who is so massive she can barely walk, find out, the tender promises of the Dedicated Sisters are fulfilled by forced feedings and enforced starvation in hidden prisons. As middle-aged Jeremy discovers, Sylphania is a concentration camp where failure to lose weight and tone up leads to brutal punishment. The Rev. Earl's public sympathy for the overweight conceals a private contempt . . . and, beneath that, a terrible longing known only to a select few. The inevitable decay of old age is the only thing keeping mankind from reaching perfection. Luckily, Reverend Earl has a plan that will take care of that . . . . At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Geometry of God
Uzma Aslam Khan
Author : Uzma Aslam Khan
Publisher : Haus Pub.
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03
Category : Pakistan
ISBN : 1908323264
The Geometry of God by Uzma Aslam Khan Pdf
Set in 1970s and '80s Pakistan, a young math whiz called Noman writes pseudoscience for his father's cohort of religious extremists while secretly gravitating toward a diehard evolutionist and his adventurous granddaughter, Amal. Amal's blind younger sister, Mehwish, tries to decipher a world she cannot see but understands better than most.
Skin
Nina G. Jablonski
Author : Nina G. Jablonski
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-20
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780520275898
Skin by Nina G. Jablonski Pdf
The rich cultural canvas of the skin is placed within its broader biological context in a complete guidebook to the pliable covering that makes humans who they are.
Taking Up Space
Alyson Gerber
Author : Alyson Gerber
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338186024
Taking Up Space by Alyson Gerber Pdf
From beloved author Alyson Gerber comes another realistic contemporary novel perfect for fans of Judy Blume. Sarah loves basketball more than anything. Crushing it on the court makes her feel like she matters. And it's the only thing that helps her ignore how much it hurts when her mom forgets to feed her. But lately Sarah can't even play basketball right. She's slower now and missing shots she should be able to make. Her body doesn't feel like it's her own anymore. She's worried that changing herself back to how she used to be is the only way she can take control over what's happening. When Sarah's crush asks her to be partners in a cooking competition, she feels pulled in a million directions. She'll have to dig deep to stand up for what she needs at home, be honest with her best friends, and accept that she doesn't need to change to feel good about herself. Booklist described Gerber's novels in starred reviews as both "highly empathetic" and "truly inspiring." Taking Up Space promises to be a realistic and compelling story about struggling with body image and learning that true self-esteem comes from within.
Thinner than Skin
Uzma Aslam Khan
Author : Uzma Aslam Khan
Publisher : Interlink Publishing
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781623710248
Thinner than Skin by Uzma Aslam Khan Pdf
Thinner than Skin is a riveting novel about identity and belonging. It’s also a love story: between a young Pakistani man trying to make his way as photographer in America, and the daughter of a Pakistani father and German mother brought up in the US, who wants to return to a country she’s never seen. Together they make the trip to Pakistan, where a chance meeting with a young nomad changes their lives, and the lives of those around them, forever. The novel is also a love letter to the wilds of Northern Pakistan, to glaciers, to the old Silk Road, and to the nomadic life of the indigenous people in the Northern territories, where China encroaches and Pakistanis, Uzbeks, Russians, Chinese, and Afghans all come together to trade.
Dogs & Human Health
Milena Penkowa
Author : Milena Penkowa
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781452529035
Dogs & Human Health by Milena Penkowa Pdf
What if you could significantly improve your physical and mental health by taking a simple step thats easy, rewarding, and fun? Dr. Milena Penkowa says you can do that and more by owning a dog and yet people continue to invest time and money in costly treatments before even considering a furry friend. Dogs can stave off diseases and certain cancers, erase pain, and ease anxiety, depression, allergies, diabetes, and cardiovascular disorders. Over the long term, they can also reduce the burden of dementia, epilepsy, stroke, Parkinsons disease, schizophrenia and autism. This guidebook explains the scientifically proven benefits of dogs, and youll learn how dogs: change the human brain so it reacts and thinks differently; improve the immune system to make you more resilient than dog deprived individuals; boost and invigorate the human spirit and secure happiness; promote a life of longevity and healthiness. Stop looking for fancy remedies to physical and mental problems, and start looking for a dog wagging its tail. Tap into a natural method to survive and thrive by learning about the fascinating connections between Dogs & Human Health.
Skin
Adrienne Maria Vrettos
Author : Adrienne Maria Vrettos
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-23
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781442444072
Skin by Adrienne Maria Vrettos Pdf
You don't have to be thin to feel small. Donnie's life is unraveling. His parents' marriage is falling apart, and his sister is slowly slipping away in the grip of her illness. To top it all off, he accidentally starts a rumor at school that hurts someone he cares about and leaves him an outcast. So Donnie does the only thing he knows how to do: He tries to fix things, to make everything the way it was before. Before his parents stopped loving each other, before his sister disappeared, before he was alone. But some things are beyond repair, and it will take all Donnie's strength to stop looking back and start moving forward again.
Big Little Man
Alex Tizon
Author : Alex Tizon
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780544232853
Big Little Man by Alex Tizon Pdf
“Alex Tizon fearlessly penetrates the core of not just what it means to be male and Asian in America, but what it means to be human anywhere.”—Cheryl Strayed, New York Times bestselling author Shame, Alex Tizon tells us, is universal—his own happened to be about race. To counteract the steady diet of American television and movies that taught Tizon to be ashamed of his face, his skin color, his height, he turned outward. (“I had to educate myself on my own worth. It was a sloppy, piecemeal education, but I had to do it because no one else was going to do it for me.”) Tizon illuminates his youthful search for Asian men who had no place in his American history books or classrooms. And he tracks what he experienced as seismic change: the rise of powerful, dynamic Asian men like Yahoo! cofounder Jerry Yang, actor Ken Watanabe, and NBA starter Jeremy Lin. Included in this new edition of Big Little Man is Alex Tizon’s “My Family’s Slave”—2017’s best-read digital article. Published only weeks after Tizon’s death in 2017, it delivers a provocative, haunting, and ultimately redemptive coda. “A ruthlessly honest personal story and a devastating critique of contemporary American culture.”—The Seattle Times “Part candid memoir, part incisive cultural study, Big Little Man addresses—and explodes—the stereotypes of Asian manhood. Alex Tizon writes with acumen and courage, and the result is a book at once illuminating and, yes, liberating.”—Peter Ho Davies, author of The Welsh Girl “This personal narrative of self-education and growth will engage any reader captivated by the sources of American, and Asian-American, manhood—its multitude of inheritances and prospects.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune
A Bit of Difference
Sefi Atta
Author : Sefi Atta
Publisher : Interlink Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781623710217
A Bit of Difference by Sefi Atta Pdf
At thirty-nine, Deola Bello, a Nigerian expatriate in London, is dissatisfied with being single and working overseas. Deola works as a financial reviewer for an international charity, and when her job takes her back to Nigeria in time for her father’s five-year memorial service, she finds herself turning her scrutiny inward. In Nigeria, Deola encounters changes in her family and in the urban landscape of her home, and new acquaintances who offer unexpected possibilities. Deola’s journey is as much about evading others’ expectations to get to the heart of her frustration as it is about exposing the differences between foreign images of Africa and the realities of contemporary Nigerian life. Deola’s urgent, incisive voice captivates and guides us through the intricate layers and vivid scenes of a life lived across continents. With Sefi Atta’s characteristic boldness and vision, A Bit of Difference limns the complexities of our contemporary world. This is a novel not to be missed.
The Skin
Curzio Malaparte
Author : Curzio Malaparte
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Italian fiction
ISBN : 0810115727
The Skin by Curzio Malaparte Pdf
In The Skin, Curzio Malaparte extends the great fresco of European society he began in Kaputt. There the scene was Eastern Europe, here it is Italy during the years from 1943 to 1945; instead of Germans, the invaders are the American armed forces. In all the literature that derives from the Second World War, there is no other book that so brilliantly or so woundingly presents triumphant American innocence against the background of the European experience of destruction and moral collapse.
Out of the Dust (Scholastic Gold)
Karen Hesse
Author : Karen Hesse
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545517126
Out of the Dust (Scholastic Gold) by Karen Hesse Pdf
Acclaimed author Karen Hesse's Newbery Medal-winning novel-in-verse explores the life of fourteen-year-old Billie Jo growing up in the dust bowls of Oklahoma. Out of the Dust joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!"Dust piles up like snow across the prairie. . . ."A terrible accident has transformed Billie Jo's life, scarring her inside and out. Her mother is gone. Her father can't talk about it. And the one thing that might make her feel better -- playing the piano -- is impossible with her wounded hands.To make matters worse, dust storms are devastating the family farm and all the farms nearby. While others flee from the dust bowl, Billie Jo is left to find peace in the bleak landscape of Oklahoma -- and in the surprising landscape of her own heart.