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Per Saif c’è un prima e un dopo, il prima è l’infanzia a Rawalpindi, insieme ad Amma Shakeela, sua mamma, i due fratelli minori e la grande famiglia del nonno materno, tutti dentro la stessa casa con il cortile scoperto da cui entra la pioggia e si vede il cielo, con la ritualità delle spezie e il cibo in comune, come anche i problemi; un dopo solitario a undici anni, quando Amma raggiunge Abba Shabbir, suo padre, in Italia, con i figli minori.

100 anni fa nasceva James Baldwin, un immenso scrittore americano. Nero e omosessuale, ha raccontato la lotta per i diritti civili come pochissim_ altr_ negli USA e fa parte di un pantheon ideale cha va da Rosa Parks ad Angela Davis, da Martin Luther King a Malcom X. In occasione del centenario della nascita di quest’autore ancora troppo poco conosciuto in Italia e molto amato all’estero e da chi lavora nel settore editoriale, Nel nome di James è il podcast dove sette importanti intellettuali italian* lo raccontano da diverse prospettive.

This guide shares Tibetan Buddhist insight and tools that will benefit everyone in transforming their mind. Khenpo Sodargye, who has attracted hundreds of thousands of students worldwide with his concise, easy-to-follow teaching style, sketches the big picture of the Mahayana path in straightforward language with stories relevant to everyday life. He draws on authentic texts and teachings by renowned Buddhist masters to explain complex concepts and introduces a systematic approach to studying Buddhism.

Shortlisted for the 2024 Financial Times Business Book of the Year “An exceedingly important book!” —General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.), former Director of the CIA “Essential reading for understanding how technology will change the future of warfare.” —Chris Miller, New York...

"Raj Panjabi is one of the smartest people around on health issues... and one of the best-placed people to guide us through this terrain and keep us safe." —Nicholas Kristof READ BY THE AUTHOR The essential guide for navigating crisis and uncertainty from the acclaimed physician who led the...

Just as Alex Cross is beginning to feel that life is good and he is finally coming out of the depression he's been in since the death of his wife, he is called to Union Station train terminal - a man is on the loose, firing at random into the swarming crowds of travellers. Psychopath Gary Soneji...

We are on the brink of environmental catastrophe. Cutting emissions is essential but won't be enough. We also need to harness the power of nature, recognising that the natural world is not only priceless, but has measurable economic value. Restoring biodiversity aided by technological and...

Silencing and punishing critical voices is a project that lies at the heart of Narendra Modi's authoritarian regime in India. In this unique book, Suchitra Vijayan and Francesca Recchia look at the present of India through the lived experiences of political prisoners. Combining political and legal analysis with firsthand testimonies, the book explores the small gestures that constitute resistance inside and outside jail for the prisoners and their families, telling a story of destruction of institutions and erosion of rights.

Fourteen years after the publication of his landmark travel narrative Among the Believers, V.S. Naipaul returned to the four non-Arab Islamic countries he reported on so vividly at the time of Ayatollah Khomeini’s triumph in Iran. Beyond Belief is the result of his five-month journey in 1995 through lands where descendants of Muslim converts live at odds with indigenous traditions.

Brought to you by Penguin. Kitty Charing's life-changing inheritance comes with a catch. Her eccentric and childless guardian, Mr. Penicuik, is leaving Kitty all of his vast fortune - but with one condition. She must marry one of his five grand-nephews. However, Kitty's clear favourite - the...

The landmark text about the inner workings of the unconscious mind—from the symbolism that unlocks the meaning of our dreams to their effect on our waking lives and artistic impulses “What emerges with great clarity from the book is that Jung has done immense service both to psychology as a...

The narrative focuses on the imaginative and institutional structures that have successfully sustained and transformed India, first under British colonial rule and then, after 1947, as an independent country. Woven into the larger political narrative is an account of India's social and economic development and its rich cultural life. The final chapter charts the dramatic developments of the last 20 years, from 1990 through to the Congress electoral victory of 2009, and the rise of the Indian high-tech industry in a country still troubled by poverty and political unrest.

Irrespective of where you are studying and which course you are doing, this book will help you succeed in your class...

हालातों के शिकार हुए उस मास्टर माइंड युवक की दिल दहला देने वाली सनसनीखेज कहानी जो अपने आप को हिटलर समझता था. जो...

गूगल लोगों को सूचनाओं के साथ जुड़ने के तरीके में सुधार लाने पर ध्यान केंद्रित करता है. यह सभी आकार के संस्थानों...

जेम्स ज्वायसकी यह कहानियाँ डब्लिन शहर को एक ऐसी नज़र से देखती हैं जिससे उसे ज्वायस से पहले किसी ने नहीं देखा था...

जब से इस धरा पर जीव हैं, इतिहास साक्षी है तभी से ‘जिसकी लाठी, उसकी भैंस’ सबसे महत्वपूर्ण और प्रभावशाली सिद्धांत के...

चाणक्य के जासूस’ अनेक अर्थों में एक महत्त्वपूर्ण कृति है। यह न केवल इतिहास को एक नई दृष्टि से देखती है बल्कि...

रावण रामायण का एक प्रमुख चरित्र है. रावण लंका का राजा था. वह अपने दस सिरों के कारण भी जाना जाता था, जिसके कारण उसका...

Are there people you know who are not words?’ A cancer survivor wreaks vengeance on the world, a builder erects the Taj Mahal of public toilets, a woman buys a treadmill for her depressed pet, a husband’s life is hijacked by his wife’s nightmares, a matrimonial advertisement says it like...