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This lively collection of short stories, some set in India and some in contemporary America, explores love, loss, and the muddle between the two. In the title story, a student falls in love with his mysterious neighbor, who would be perfect... if she weren't dead. In "Rage, " an actor discovers a wrenching truth about the boy he has killed in anger. And in "Break-up, " a husband draws the wrong conclusion from his wife's emotional withdrawal.

Poetry in Urdu covering diverse themes, from traditional love poetry to modern issues of exile and integration. With introductory material by Prof. Afaq Ahmad, Dr. Syeda Imrana Nashtar, Syeda Naheed Nashtar, Syed Zia Khairabadi, and Rukhsana Waseem.

Karen Donohue is keeping a dangerous secret. Her first love, a Soviet diplomat's son, has reappeared in her life, but he has a new name and an assumed identity. What does he want from her now, her love, or national security secrets? The very balance of global power is at stake.

British diplomat Nigel adores India and its culture, but not his spoiled wife, Pamela. Instead, he has fallen hopelessly in love with Mehru, a married Muslim princess. When Pamela is murdered, Nigel is imprisoned as the prime suspect, but did he do it? The only one who could help free Nigel is the state's brilliant Jewish prime minister, but he, too, is in prison!

Rashida, an Indian Muslim woman with a questing spirit, falls in love with an author whose work she admires, though she's never laid eyes on him. She refuses other suitors, to the horror of her large, loving family. After years of political turmoil have convulsed India, with the author's fate unknown, he suddenly appears at her door. Rashida marries him at last, and sees him for the first time on their wedding night. His ugliness, slovenly hab...

When a Mafia princess is found dead in her dorm, her roommate Sabby, the daughter of Pakistani immigrants, is arrested for murder. Both girls were rivals for the love of the same handsome classmate. And why is Sabby so fascinated with poisons? As the action moves from Pakistan to Sicily to Hollywood, international vendettas, double-crosses, and surprises abound, involving everyone from academics to Mafia molls to the President of the United St...

A heart's journey, from doubt and mistrust to love and intimate connection.

Mayu is divorced, struggling with a defiant teenage son, a house full of dog hair, and a few stubborn extra pounds. Her trust has been shattered by an abusive alcoholic father and a chronically unfaithful ex-husband. Can the new man in her life break the cycle? One woman struggles to find love in a messy world.

Two small-town girls, lifelong friends, make it to the the top in Washington, DC in very different ways. Gentle, conscientious Minnie finds love, while scheming, ambitious Maxie's relentless pursuit of wealth and influence attracts two powerful men: a grasping Senator, no stranger to dirty tricks, and the handsome, vapid President. A satirical look at politics, power, and sex in the nation's capital.

A cobra who can foretell the future unites an orphan boy with a princess. A boy who yearns to fly has his wish granted in a most astonishing way. A crocodile helps save a drowning village. Five magical tales of India and enchantment, illustrated with vivid watercolors by artist Laurie McLaughlin Ward.

Jemi is one of the last people evacuated from Earth before its final ecological catastrophe. As she attempts to adapt to life in a refugee colony on Mars, and finds herself falling for a Martian, she faces tough questions. How can she remain faithful to her past, while embracing the challenges and opportunities of her new life in a different world? How to manage an intercultural, interstellar romance? And who is stalking and killing the vulner...

Arsalan, a Pakistani student, wins a chance to be educated in Cold War-era America. He begins a rise to the very top of the US foreign policy establishment-- the National Security Council. Two beautiful women are strangely eager to help him, and insinuate themselves into his life and into his bed. An FBI agent discovers that the women are Soviet sexpionage spies, ready to pry secrets from Arsalan by any means necessary. Meanwhile, Arsalan conf...

A new collection of poems by Shahzad Rizvi, on the wonders of nature and the insights and experience gained from a long life.

Where will he show up next, and who will he be? From the fertile imagination of Shahzad Rizvi comes a foreign affairs fantasy, full of incident, humor, and adventure. Follow the novel's identity-shifting protagonist from the Chinese steppes to Buckingham Palace, and from a Bollywood studio to the Norwegian fjords, in escapades ripped from today's headlines.

Sami Ullah, an Indian executive, feels mysteriously drawn to the ruined mansion. But his move to Purfiza plunges him into a complex political mess outside his doors, and a bewitching romance within. A beautiful shape-shifting ghost claims him as her lost love. She lures him inexorably into a world of royal tyranny, colonial greed, ethnic strife, and deathless love unresolved for more than 150 years.

The fortunes of an Indian princess are upended in New York City. Two strangers on a cruise discover the shocking truth of their intertwined past. A sudden windfall attracts a glamorous grifter. These new stories from Shahzad Rizvi brim with romance, imagination, and surprise.

Romance, rivalry, and the revelation of an astonishing inheritance intertwine with global geopolitics in this rollicking novel.

A collection of new poems on the pandemic and many other topics.

Shahzad Rizvi's second collection of poetry in Urdu, with ghazals and nazms on both traditional and modern themes. Elegant language, rich imagery, and unique insights. A significant addition to the great tradition of Urdu literature.