Three Coins in the Fountain/ Pakistan 45 VINYL SINGLE Price:…. Read more
Chasing Polio in Pakistan: Why the World’s Largest Public Health Initiative May Fail The number of global polio cases has fallen dramatically and eradication is within sight, but despite extraordinary efforts, polio retains its grip in a few areas. Anthropologist Svea Closser follows the trajectory of the polio eradication effort in Pakistan, one of the last four countries in the world with endemic polio. Journeying from vaccination campaigns in rural Pakistan to the center of global health decision making at the World Health Organization in Geneva, the author explores the historical and cultural underpinnings of eradication as a public health strategy, and reveals the culture of optimism that characterizes–and sometimes…. Read more
Jolly Rogers / Evening In Pakistan Capitol 1043 Price:…. Read more
Islamist Networks: The Afghan-Pakistan Connection (The CERI Series in Comparative Politics and International Studies) Al Qaida was unable to realize its lethal potential until it found sanctuary in Afghanistan, where Osama bin Laden fled after being expelled from Sudan. But why was the network’s sanctuary not attacked before September 2001, especially after the bombing of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998? Abou Zahab and Roy argue that the Taliban was part of a much wider radical Islamist network in the region, whose true center was Pakistan, not Afghanistan. Al Qaida, the Taliban, the Pakistani Deobandis — all of these groups are based in Pakistan, which continues to serve as the regional hub for Islamist movements…. Read more
Rip Tide: A Novel Spycraft, intrigue, and danger abound in Stella Rimington’s newest Liz Carlyle novel. When a British-born Pakistani is discovered among a gang of pirates attacking a cargo ship off the Somalian coast, alarm bells start ringing at London’s Thames House. MI5 intelligence officer Carlyle is brought in to establish how and why a British Muslim could go missing from his well-to-do family and wind up on a pirate skiff in the Indian Ocean, armed with a Kalashnikov rifle. And why do these pirates seem to be targeting ships carrying supplies for a charitable NGO?An undercover operative connected to the case soon turns up dead in Athens, and it looks like piracy is the least of the Service’s problems. As Liz and her team work…. Read more
