There are some things in life about which we can have absolute certainty... or... can we?       Once we are sure about the truth, what will it take to make us think again?        Suicide bombers and people waiting for Rapture both are sure that they are right.  Is the world condemned to suffer a ‘Clash of Civilizations’, or is there a more hopeful future?        As a Muslim growing up in Britain, and living in America, Imran Ahmad was forced to face these issues.  The outcome will surprise you.       Often funny, deeply insightful, intelligent, poignant, provocative, challenging and ultimately uplifting, this is the true story of one journey: across continents, across life stages, across boundaries, across beliefs, across barbed wire, across all divides... taking a path unimagined.

The Path Unimagined

Ahmad, Imran

Biographies & Memoirs

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Both deliciously funny and deeply insightful, THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN is a beguiling multi-layered memoir that has touched the hearts of readers all over the world. At the age of one, Imran Ahmad moved from Pakistan to London, growing up torn between his Islamic identity and his desire to embrace the West. Join Imran in his lifelong struggle against corruption and injustice, and as he grapples with some of Life's most profound questions. What does God do exactly? Do you automatically go to Hell for following the wrong religion? How do you persuade a beautiful woman to become your girlfriend (and would driving a Jaguar XJS help?) Can you maintain a James Bond persona without the vodka, cigarettes and women - even whilst your parents are trying to arrange your marriage? Imran's unimagined journey makes thoughtful, compelling, and downright delightful reading. With a unique style and unflinching honesty, THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN addresses serious issues in an extraordinarily light way, and will leave readers both thinking deeply and laughing out loud.

The Perfect Gentleman: A Muslim Boy Meets the West

Community & Culture

Center st

Both deliciously funny and deeply insightful, THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN is a beguiling multi-layered memoir that has touched the hearts of readers all over the world. At the age of one, Imran Ahmad moved from Pakistan to London, growing up torn between his Islamic identity and his desire to embrace the West. Join Imran in his lifelong struggle against corruption and injustice, and as he grapples with some of Life's most profound questions. What does God do exactly? Do you automatically go to Hell for following the wrong religion? How do you persuade a beautiful woman to become your girlfriend (and would driving a Jaguar XJS help?) Can you maintain a James Bond persona without the vodka, cigarettes and women - even whilst your parents are trying to arrange your marriage? Imran's unimagined journey makes thoughtful, compelling, and downright delightful reading. With a unique style and unflinching honesty, THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN addresses serious issues in an extraordinarily light way, and will leave readers both thinking deeply and laughing out loud.

Center Street

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The Perfect Gentleman: A Muslim Boy Meets the West. Imran Ahmad [Paperback]

Hachette Book Group, USA

The pick of the literary crop 2007 - The Sydney Morning Herald The best books of 2007 - The Independent Books of the year 2006 - The Guardian '.clearly and vividly written, funny and perceptive [the narrator is a] character so original and unusual, and yet so warmly human and recognisable.' Philip Pullman '. beautifully written, funny and endearing, and in its own quiet way, important.' Sue Townsend 'I loved the fresh and uninhibited honesty of Imran Ahmad's Unimagined.' Bruce Elder, The Sydney Morning Herald 'Hurrah for a memoir that isn't miserable! Hurray for Imran Ahmad's terrific sense of humour . an entertaining, moving and thoroughly thought-provoking tale of our times.' The Daily Mail 'Wonderfully evocative and strangely touching.' The Sunday Times 'A compelling quest for belonging .' The Guardian Part White Teeth, part Adrian Mole, Unimagined is the hilarious and captivating memoir of a Muslim boy born in Pakistan, who moves to London aged one and grows up torn between his Islamic identity and his desire to embrace the West. The endearing narrator recalls his childhood in a series of vivid shapshots: outrage as deserved victory is snatched away from him in the Karachi Bonnie Baby contest; bitterness as he is tricked out of his collection of Tarzan bubble-gum cards by junior con artists; the heady early taste of success in the Metropolitan Police schools quiz; uncertainty as he seeks to become a doctor (like all good Asian boys); bewilderment as he tries to learn about women at university; and shock at experiencing racism in its many forms. Imran's response is a determined quest to become the quintessential English gentleman: tie perfectly knotted, shirt pristinely ironed, hair neatly combed. He yearns to emulate his hero, Simon Templar of The Saint, by driving off into the distance in a Jaguar XJS to encounter danger, adventure - and a vivacious young woman (preferably brunette, but any kind considered). Deliciously funny and painfully insightful, Unimagined is truly a joy to read.

Unimagined - Rights Reverted

Memoirs

MURDOCH BOOKS

Both deliciously funny and deeply insightful, THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN is a beguiling multi-layered memoir that has touched the hearts of readers all over the world and has received a truly astonishing list of endorsements from all quarters across the political, religious, ethnic and cultural spectrums. (Some say spectra, but spectrums is also valid.)At the age of one (and-a-half, nearly), Imran Ahmad moved from Pakistan to London, growing up torn between his Islamic identity and his desire to embrace the West.Join Imran on his struggle against corruption and injustice, his eternal quest to be the quintessential English gentleman (The Saint), his yearning for the coolest car (Jaguar XJ-S), his desire for the perfect girlfriend (preferably brunette, but any kind considered).  Can he maintain a James Bond persona without the vodka, cigarettes and women – even whilst his parents are trying to arrange his marriage?  Will he really burn in Hell for all eternity if he follows the wrong religion?  If you pray to God to help you pass an exam, do you still have to study for it?  What are the correct protocols to follow on your wedding night?Imran's unimagined journey makes thoughtful, compelling, and downright delightful reading. With a unique style and unflinching honesty, THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN addresses serious issues in an extraordinarily light way, and will leave readers both thinking deeply and laughing out loud.Originally published in the UK and Australia as Unimagined; picked up by Hachette for US publication as The Perfect Gentleman (in American English, with additional material and an extended ending); now re-translated back into British English as a global edition with even more material, a new Afterword by the author and, most helpfully, some notes to explain matters peculiarly British (especially for American readers).  This edition precedes the upcoming sequel, The Imperfect Gentleman, and the sequel’s sequel, The Gentle Man.

The Perfect Gentleman: a Muslim boy meets the West

New Generation Publishing

Imran Ahmad thought that life was clear and unambiguous, good-and-bad, Heaven-and-Hell - as long as you had a solid moral foundation and rational beliefs based on the application of reason to empirical observation. Apparently, this was an oversimplification. The Perfect Gentleman (originally published as Unimagined) has touched the hearts of readers all over the world and received an astonishing breadth of acclaim from all quarters. For years, readers have been impatient for this, the long-overdue sequel ... The Imperfect Gentleman. With searing clarity, breathtaking honesty and a unique structure which encompasses stunning story arcs that span decades, Imran Ahmad explores what it is to be human - imperfect, insecure, superficial, sometimes ignorant, perhaps arrogant - in a world of extremes and narrow-minded convictions. A beautiful, complex, multilayered, often surprising world in which there are many versions of humanity for him to discover ... and Time is merely a means of organising our understanding. The boy who grew up wanting to be the perfect gentleman learns that nothing is quite so black-and-white in reality, and that no life can be lived in only a single genre. Written in a unique 'multi-genre' style, this unimagined journey is guaranteed to provoke and fascinate, as it explores the possibility that nothing we hold as absolute truth may actually be so. And that those whom we hate may actually be worthy of our deepest love. His website is: www.unimagined.co.uk

The Imperfect Gentleman: on an Unimagined Journey

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40 Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know: Hone your problem-solving skills by learning different algorithms and their implementation in Python

Computers & Technology

Programming

Packt Publishing

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The Path Unimagined

The Perfect Gentleman: A Muslim Boy Meets the West

The Perfect Gentleman: A Muslim Boy Meets the West

The Perfect Gentleman: A Muslim Boy Meets the West. Imran Ahmad [Paperback]

Unimagined - Rights Reverted

The Perfect Gentleman: a Muslim boy meets the West

The Imperfect Gentleman: on an Unimagined Journey

40 Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know: Hone your problem-solving skills by learning different algorithms and their implementation in Python

50 Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know - Second Edition: Tackle computer science challenges with classic to modern algorithms in machine learning, software design, data systems, and cryptography

Build your own Programming Language - Second Edition: A programmer's guide to designing compilers, interpreters, and DSLs for modern computing problems