Popular science readers embrace epics—the sweeping stories that claim to tell the history of all the universe, from the cosmological to the biological to the social. And the appeal is understandable: in writing these works, authors such as E. O. Wilson or Steven Weinberg deliberately seek to move beyond particular disciplines, to create a compelling story weaving together natural historical events, scientific endeavor, human discovery, and contemporary existential concerns.In A

Missing everything but the point: visual poetry celebrating excitement!The exclamation point is much maligned. It’s bad style. It’s like laughing at your own joke. It screams, it yells, it’s hysterical, it’s maybe even embarrassingly obsequious.Nasser Hussain disagrees! What’s so bad about expressing enthusiasm? What if you really need to scream? The prescriptions of ‘style’ can feel like an artificial limit placed on our language, insist...

The Software Engineering industry often evaluates engineers based on how many lines of code they write, how many years of experience they have, or how many features they ship. But I think a more powerful metric is the number of bugs they encountered, reproduced, traced to their root cause and fixed. Those experiences shape an engineer far more than raw output or time served in my opinion, let me elaborate.Bugs hinder the stability of software, which affects the user experience. You...

CBC BOOKS CANADIAN POETRY COLLECTIONS TO WATCH FOR IN FALL 2023In his follow-up to SKY WRI TEI NGS, Nasser Hussain tackles the absurdity of the English language through a modern take love poemsThe term “Love Language” can be read at least three ways: as an imperative, as the signoff to a letter, and as a contemporary way of talking about relationship styles. None of these would be wrong in this book.Love Language l...

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A nuanced portrait of one of the most complex figures of the Middle East, Gamal Abd al-Nasser.More than fifty years after his death, Gamal Abd al-Nasser remains a towering figure in the Arab world. As one of the young officers who overthrew British-backed King Farouk in Egypt in 1952, Nasser rose to prominence as a charismatic visionary who challenged foreign dominance. At just thirty-six years old, he became the undisputed leader of Egypt in a presidency that woul...

Religion has left an undeniable mark in our world. Some see it as the answer to every problem, while others see it as the problem itself. Simply put, religion is the single greatest force in history. But in a much more intimate sense, what does religion mean to one life?In this honest, suspenseful, and moving memoir, author David Nasser tells of a life filled with heartbreak and healing. Forced to escape from a country gripped in a religious revolution, David and his family run for...

When I was growing up in Morocco, I remember opening the Qur’an and feeling a little overwhelmed. The words were beautiful, but the lessons felt so big, so deep, and sometimes so hard to understand as a child. I wished someone would just sit beside me and explain those stories in a way my young mind could actually connect with… gently, simply, and with warmth.That’s exactly what this bookwas created to do.Inside, your child will discover meaningful Qur’anic stories brought ...

Shivers of excitement shot up my spine. It was time to draw a line under the past and find a new me.By forty, I thought I’d be living my best life. When my idiot husband gambles away our savings, I divorce him and try not to kick him in the nuts when he fights me for custody of my cat. I throw myself into teaching English and survival skills to anyone unlucky enough to land in my night class in godforsaken London.That is, until my mum dies in a car crash an...

From Chaos to Control: The Operations Manager's Guide to Restaurant Excellence is a powerful, 237‑page field manual for operators who want to run restaurants that perform with discipline, consistency, and confidence every single day. Built on four decades of real operational experience across restaurants, hospitality, and manufacturing, this book reveals the systems, truths, and leadership behaviors that separate high‑performing operations from those trapped in firefighting and in...

A woman in her midlife knows who she is. Unless her family has been hiding a magical secret.Short Story 0.5: ‘The Magical Grandmother’Rajika Verma is a grandmother. She is also Custodian of a library amongst the stars. What happens when the Celestial Library needs her on the night she is babysitting her grandchildren?Book 1: Midlife DawnBroken by grief at forty years old, I’m ready for change. When a mysterious man ...

Nasser Hussain was acclaimed as England's best cricket captain since Mike Brearley. Under his leadership, a side more famous for its batting collapses and ability to seize defeat from the jaws of victory discovered its backbone. With coach Duncan Fletcher he put some steel into the side; they became a difficult team to beat.Hussain wore his heart on his sleeve: railing against complacency, defying critics of his place in the batting line-up and making a principled stand at the last...