Under the banyan tree--The fish supper --Lambikin--Tiger, Brahman and jockal-The story of Prince Sobur--Camel gets his own back--An ambitious mouse--(etc.).
Tells the true story of a man who became lost and delirious after an unsuccessful trek to the top of K2, was saved by the locals of a remote Himalayan village, and kept his vow to return one day to build them a new school as a gesture of sincere appreciation and gratitude for what they did for him in his time of need.
After an earthquake hits Istanbul, Kurdish Muslim Sinan and his family are forced to live in a camp, set up by American missionaries and headed by his American neighbor who he always avoided, and much to his disapproval, while residing in the camp, his son is slowly converted to Christianity and his daughter falls in love with a seventeen-year-old American.
Examines the history, culture, language, religion, and way of life of the people of Pakistan, and describes social customs, courtship and marriage, traditional dress, literature and the arts, and much more.
Examines the life and political career of Benazir Bhutto who became the first female head of government of a Muslim country when she was elected prime minister of Pakistan in 1988, discussing her education, imprisonment, and the charges that removed her from power and led to her exile.
When her father is injured, fourteen-year-old Nazia is pulled away from school, her friends, and her preparations for an arranged marriage, to help her mother clean houses in a wealthy part of Karachi, Pakistan, where she finally rebels against the destiny that is planned for her.
