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NONFICTION

Released: Feb. 6, 2007

INFIDEL

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

"Crammed with harrowing details, Hirsi Ali's account is a significant contribution to our times."

Somali-born Dutch parliamentarian Hirsi Ali, now in hiding from Muslim militants angered by her outspoken views on Islam's enslavement of women (The Caged Virgin, 2005), offers a forthright, densely detailed memoir of growing up harshly amid revolution and religious restraint. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: Jan. 1, 2007

AMERICAN ISLAM: THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF A RELIGION

by Paul M. Barrett

"Necessary reading for police advocates of profiling, and highly useful for anyone wishing a greater understanding of Muslim compatriots."

"In America, Muslims do not think and act alike any more than Christians do." So writes Business Week editor Barrett (The Good Black, 1999) in this timely survey of America's six-million followers of Islam. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: May 1, 1993

ISLAM AND THE WEST

by Bernard Lewis

"A learned, forceful analysis that treats Islam with respect, not condescension."

Eleven superb essays on the culture clash between the Islamic nations of the Middle East and the more secularized West, from distinguished Orientalist Lewis (Near Eastern Studies/Princeton; Semites and Anti-Semites, 1986, etc.). Read full book review >

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