**"Mr. Hamid reaffirms his place as one of his generation's most inventive and gifted writers." –Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times"A globalized version of The Great Gatsby . . . [Hamid's] book is nearly that good." –Alan Cheuse, NPR"Marvelous and moving." –TIME MagazineFrom the internationally bestselling author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Exit West, the boldly imagined tale of a poor boy’s quest for wealth and...

**One of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyFINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE & WINNER OF THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR FICTION and THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE**“It was as if Hamid knew what was going to happen to America and the world, and gave us a road map to our future… At once terrifying and … oddly hopeful.” —Ayelet Waldman, The New York Times Book Review“Moving, audacious, and indelibly hu...

Fever is one of the most common reasons parents seek medical advice, yet it remains one of the most misunderstood symptoms in childhood.Written by consultant paediatrician Dr Zuhier Hamid, Fever in Children provides a clear, practical, and reassuring guide for parents, caregivers, medical students, and healthcare professionals. The book explains what fever really is, why it happens, how to measure it correctly, and when urgent medical attention may be needed.Using ...

A captured spy.A woman looking for redemption.A national security advisor trying to hold his country together.When a captured spy reveals the presence of a mole within the intelligence establishment, it is left to Constantine D'Souza, an ex-police officer and a man forgotten by time, to lead the hunt. In a world of shadows, where lying is an art and betrayal is currency, will D'Souza be able to unearth the mole in time?

**A NEW YORKER “ESSENTIAL READ”A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER, VOGUE, AND NPR“Perhaps Hamid’s most remarkable work yet … an extraordinary vision of human possibility.” –Ayad Akhtar, author of Homeland Elegies“Searing, exhilarating … reimagines Kafka’s iconic The Metamorphosis for our racially charged era.” Hamilton Cain, Oprah DailyFrom the New York Times

A haunting Russian tale about the environmental legacy of the Cold War. Yerzhan grows up in a remote part of Soviet Kazakhstan where atomic weapons are tested. As a young boy he falls in love with the neighbour's daughter and one evening, to impress her, he dives into a forbidden lake. The radioactive water changes Yerzhan. He will never grow into a man. While the girl he loves becomes a beautiful woman. Why Peirene chose to publish this book: 'Like a Grimm's fairy tale, this story transfo...

Rethinking Business and Management offers a timely and critical examination of how business and management are being reshaped by digitalization, globalization, and deep socio-economic change. As contemporary capitalism becomes increasingly driven by intangible assets, data, digital platforms, and financial power, this book challenges conventional assumptions about how markets, organizations, and managerial authority operate.Bringing together insights from ...

The Book of Knowledge is the foundation of the forty books of the Revival of the Religious Sciences, Imam al-Ghazali's magnum opus. In the Book of Knowledge, he defines knowledge, its relation to faith, theology, and jurisprudence. The book deals with the virtue of knowledge from both rational and traditional points of view. It elucidates the types of knowledge and the nature of people's obligation to seek knowledge. Imam al-Ghazali defines jurisprudence and theology as branches of Islamic...

Microorganisms form the very foundation of life on Earth. Without them, other living beings could not have existed or evolved. These tiny but powerful forms of life are found everywhere. They thrive in conditions where most other organisms cannot survive.This book explores one fascinating group of such microorganisms known as extremophiles—organisms that flourish in extreme environments. Among them are the psychrophiles, or cold-loving microbes, wh...

The Mysteries of the Human Soul is the English translation of Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali's al-Madnun Bihi 'Ala Ghairi Ahlihi — a work whose title itself signals its nature: truths entrusted only to those fit to receive them. Written in the form of an extended philosophical inquiry structured as questions posed by sincere seekers and answered by al-Ghazali, this text ventures into terrain few Islamic scholars dared map openly: the metaphysical constitution ...

This book displays two fundamental arguments from al-Ghazali's Incoherence of the Philosophers. He goes into depth refuting claims of fellow philosophers of his time.

When Adam steps off a dusty bus into the silence of Merzouga's golden dunes, he is searching for escape. What he finds instead is a desert storm that strips him of everything — and a tribe of strangers whose warmth and wisdom rebuild him from within.Adam in the Heart of Merzouga is a short but powerful adventure story set in the heart of Morocco's Sahara. Through survival, starlit nights, and the ancient rituals of desert life, Adam discovers that getting lost was never a mistake — ...