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Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2019.
Formats
Description
Javed, a British teen of Pakistani descent, is growing up in England in 1987. Amidst the racial and economic turmoil of the times, he writes poetry as a means to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the inflexibility of his traditional father. But when he is introduced to the music of 'the Boss,' Javed sees parallels to his working-class life in Springsteen's powerful lyrics.
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Description
Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired) leads a quiet life in the village of St. Mary, England, until his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But will their relationship survive in a society that considers...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
367 pages ; 25 cm
Description
Jeo and Mikal are foster brothers from a small town in Pakistan. Though they were inseparable as children, their adult lives have diverged: Jeo is a dedicated medical student, married a year; Mikal has been a vagabond since he was fifteen, in love with a woman he can't have. But when Jeo decides to sneak across the border into Afghanistan--not to fight with the Taliban against the Americans, rather to help care for wounded civilians--Mikal determines...
Author
Series
Constable Evans mysteries volume 10
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Description
Evanly Bodies is a triumph for fans of Rhys Bowen's acclaimed Evans series, and a wonderful discovery for new readers.
In the surprising climax of Edgar Award finalist Bowen's tenth Constable Evans mystery, Evans risks everything to solve the murders and discover what happened to Jamila.
Detective Constable Evan Evans and his new bride, Bronwen, are settling into married life in their little cottage above the village of
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
A merry mashup of sisterly affection, parental disappointment, and bold action, Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan, who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.
Publisher
Distributed by Koch Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Every night while the city sleeps, Ahmad, a former rock star in his native Pakistan, drags his heavy cart along the streets of New York. Every morning, he sells coffee and donuts to a city he cannot call his own. One day the pattern of this harsh existence is broken by a glimmer of hope for a better life.
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Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Difficult child Maria Latif arrives in Long Island from Pakistan to live with the strange Clayborne family where she discovers an off-limits garden that becomes a place where she finally feels at home"--
Growing up in Pakistan, Maria Latif has been bounced between reluctant relatives for as long as she can remember--first because of her parents' constant travel, and then because of their deaths. Maria has always been a difficult child, and it never...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
288 pages
Description
"If love really is a choice, how do you decide where your loyalties lie? It's the countdown to midnight on New Year's Eve and Nur is steeling himself to tell his parents that he's seeing someone. A young British Pakistani man, Nur has spent years omittingdetails about his personal life to maintain his image as the golden eldest child. And it's come at a cost. Once, Nur was a restless college student, struggling to fit in. At a house party, he meets...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
[2008].
Physical Desc
269 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"Sarfraz Manzoor was two years old when he emigrated from Pakistan to Britain in 1974. He spent his teenage years in a constant battle, trying to reconcile being both British and Muslim, trying to fit in at school and at home. But at age sixteen, when his best friend introduced him to the music of Bruce Springsteen, his life changed completely. From the moment he heard the harmonica and opening lines to 'The River,' Springsteen became Sarfraz's personal...
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Series
Criterion collection volume 1066
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Formats
Description
The experiences of those living on the margins of the American dream. Back in his home country of Pakistan, Ahmad was a famous rock star. Now a widower separated from his son and adrift in New York, he works long hours selling coffee and bagels from a midtown Manhattan food cart, engaged in a Sisyphean search for human connection and a sense of purpose that seems perpetually just out of reach.
Author
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Physical Desc
10 paperbacks.
Description
Forced to confront the realities of life in the twenty-first century when he falls in love with Pakistani widow Mrs. Ali, Major Pettigrew finds the relationship challenged by local prejudices that view Mrs. Ali, a Cambridge native, as a perpetual foreigner.
Series
Criterion collection volume 767
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Pakistani and a young white man from South London take over a laundrette and convert it into an upscale place.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
345 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
"Alexandra James, devoted reporter for the New England Examiner, is attractive, exceptionally smart, an experienced high-end shoe shopper, and used to getting what she wants. When she is assigned to cover the death of a Harvard student doing his year abroad, the whirlwind investigation takes her to Cambridge, London, and then to Washington. The globe-trotting adventures suit her well, as Alex has always been able to talk her way into anywhere, sleep...
Series
Criterion collection volume 767
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet.
Description
A Pakistani and a young white man from South London take over a laundrette and convert it into an upscale place.
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