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A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

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5.0

A great effort by Late Stephen Hawkings to explain extreme complex Physics concepts for people like me
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857 by William Dalrymple

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4.0

Looked bit boring at start but still a great read which potrays the fall of great empire because of incompetent people at top who were busy in their petty problems rather than fighting with the invaders.
Dead Reckoning by Sarmila Bose, Sarmila Bose

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2.0

This book sometimes seems too biased but its still an attempt to give the losers view of war of 71 because generally history is always written by winners
The Pakistan Garrison State: Origins, Evolution, Consequences by Ishtiaq Ahmed

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5.0

This book opened my eyes and I have started seeing my country in a complete different way
Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol Lieven

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5.0

Beautifully explained Pakistan's political turmoil and why this country is always been acting in a strange way
The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

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4.0

Book becomes complex at time but still a good thing when it comes to guide about the ways a leader should act. "No emotions, just business" is the one liner of this book
Waiting for Allah: Pakistan's Struggle for Democracy by Christina Lamb

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3.0

The rise and fall of Benazir was aptly described with her making deals with devil to stay in power.
Shahab Nama by Qudrat Ullah Shahab

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3.0

Good account of Pakistan's political landscape but author becomes meta physical and spiritual at the end
The Stranger by Albert Camus

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5.0

This whole book is a beautiful tale by Camus to explain absurdity of the life and I can't encapsulate the fact into few words that how beautifully the message was built up to reach its pinnacle of delivering it into a dialogue between Stranger & Priest. The ending rant was really good and did justice to whole novel.