Results for: books tagged ‘Islam’
Warriors of God: James Reston
This is the epic story of the battle for the Holy Land, and the two opposing warriors at its centre: legendary crusader Richard the Lionheart, and Sultan Saladin, iconic hero ... More
Opium: Salar Abdoh
Opium is the story of a world-weary young American who has spent a substantial part of his thirty-something years in the Middle East. Formerly a low-level drug-runner along the Afghan/Iran ... More
The Prayer Room: Shan Khan
There was a place, where The Christians and The Muslims existed in relative peace. Everyone was more or less happy, except for The Jews – who were few and had ... More
A History of the Arab Peoples: Albert Hourani
In a work of profound and lasting importance, Albert Hourani tells the definitive history of the Arab peoples from the seventh century, when the new religion of Islam began to ... More
The Word and the Bomb: Hanif Kureishi
For the last decade Hanif Kureishi has been writing about the rising tensions between Islam and the West - in his essays, as well as works of fiction such as ... More
Constantinople: Roger Crowley
In the spring of 1453, the Ottoman Turks advanced on Constantinople in pursuit of an ancient Islamic dream: capturing the thousand-year-old capital of Christian Byzantium.During the siege that followed, a ... More
Al Qaeda and What It Means to be Modern: John Gray
'The suicide warriors who attacked Washington and New York on September 11th, 2001, did more than kill thousands of civilians and demolish the World Trade Center. They destroyed the West’s ... More
Damascus: David Greig
Welcome to Damascus, the oldest continuously inhabited city on earth, a jewel of the Arab world and the crossroads of the Middle East. Paul is here to sell English language ... More
Trickster Travels: Natalie Zemon Davis
The man whom historians know as Leo Africanus, author of the first geography of Africa, is a celebrated but hitherto elusive figure. Al-Hasan al-Wazzan was born in Granada, and grew ... More
The Khyber Pass: Paddy Docherty
The Khyber Pass, more than any other place on earth, has shaped the fate of civilisations. Thirty miles long, and in places no more than sixteen metres wide, the Pass ... More
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