Islamic Mystical Poetry

Mahmood Jamal

Written from the ninth to the twentieth century, these poems represent the peak of Islamic Mystical writing, from Rabia Basri to Mian Mohammad Baksh. Reflecting both private devotional love and the attempt to attain union with God and become absorbed into the Divine, many poems in this edition are imbue...

History Year by Year: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Events that Shaped the World

DK

Join us on a journey through the ages, from the origins of our earliest African ancestors right up until the present day. History Year By Year will take you through history like never before; discover the events, cultures, inventions and ideas that have shaped the world in this innovative and visually i...

AZADI: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction.

Arundhati Roy

With fascism on the march once more, this is an urgent dispatch from one of the great writers and intellectuals of our time'Azadi!' - Urdu for 'freedom' - is the iconic chant of the Kashmiri freedom struggle. And now, while Kashmir's streets have been silenced, the irony is that this same anthem echoes ...

Futari Escape Vol. 4

Shouichi Taguchi

EDITORIAL ESCAPEKouhai is hard-pressed by deadlines (what's new?) and is looking (as she always is) for ways to lighten the mood. The difference? This time, she and her unemployed partner-in-crime Senpai are embarking on a journey to escape the realities of adulthood--with the help of her editor!The fin...