Muhammad and the Empires of Faith: The Making of the Prophet of Islam
By: Sean Anthony
4.36
Format: 302 pages, Hardcover
In Muhammad and the Empires of Faith, Sean W. Anthony demonstrates how critical readings of non-Mus…
Want to Read $ 11.99"Even skepticism has its limits."-Sean Anthony, Muhammad and the Empires of Faith: The Making of the Prophet of Islam
"Even skepticism has its limits."-Sean Anthony, Muhammad and the Empires of Faith: The Making of the Prophet of Islam
"Making sense of texts inevitably entails learning how others have done so, and often done so very differently."-Sean Anthony, Muhammad and the Empires of Faith: The Making of the Prophet of Islam
"Making sense of texts inevitably entails learning how others have done so, and often done so very differently."-Sean Anthony, Muhammad and the Empires of Faith: The Making of the Prophet of Islam
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1. The Intelligent Investor
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2. The Death of a Prophet: The End of Muhammad's Life and the Beginnings of Islam (Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion)
By: Stephen J. Shoemaker
3.98
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The oldest Islamic biography of Muhammad, written in the mid-eighth century, relates that the proph… read more
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3. The Prince
By: Niccolò Machiavelli , Adolph Caso , Rufus Goodwin , Benjamin Martinez
3.84
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Machiavelli needs to be looked at as he really was. Hence: Can Machiavelli, who makes the following… read more
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"Is it better to be loved or feared?"-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command"-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception."-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"It is a common fault of men not to reckon on storms in fair weather."-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
4. The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts
By: Israel Finkelstein , Neil Asher Silberman
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
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5. The Heirs of Muhammad
By: Barnaby Rogerson
4.26
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Within a generation of the prophet Muhammad's death, his followers-as vivid a cast of heroic indivi… read more
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6. In God's Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire
By: Robert G. Hoyland
3.76
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In just over a hundred years--from the death of Muhammad in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Cal… read more
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7. The Prophet
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4.01
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Kahlil Gibran's masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Publishe… read more
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8. The Assassination Of Julius Caesar: A People's History Of Ancient Rome
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4.10
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9. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
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4.08
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Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the expert… read more
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"Central planning was just not good at replacing what the great eighteenth-century economist Adam Smith called the “invisible hand"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"As mudanças graduais também impediram aventuras em territórios inexplorados. O derrube violento do sistema significa que é necessário construir algo inteiramente novo, em vez daquilo que foi eliminad…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"Sem o petróleo, os países do Médio Oriente são também todos pobres. (…) Foi a expansão e consolidação do Império Otomano, e é devido ao legado institucional desse império que o Médio Oriente continua…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"A América do Norte tornou-se mais próspera precisamente porque adotou com entusiasmo as tecnologias e os progressos da Revolução Industrial. (…) A desigualdade no mundo atual é, em grande medida, uma…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
10. In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire
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4.11
Format: 500 pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed author of Rubiconand other superb works of popular history now produces a thrillingly… read more
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11. Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam
By: Fred M. Donner
3.80
Format: 25 pages, Hardcover
The origins of Islam have been the subject of increasing controversy in recent years. The tradition… read more
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12. The Discourses
By: Niccolò Machiavelli , Bernard Crick , None
3.17
Format: 55 pages, Paperback
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13. After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam
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3.79
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14. The Hour of the Star
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4.09
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"Sou um monstro ou isso é ser uma pessoa?"-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
"Don't forget that for now it's strawberry season"-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
"Do not mourn the dead. They know what they are doing."-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
"Όσο για το γράψιμο, περισσότερο αξίζει ένα ζωντανό σκυλί."-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
15. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
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4.14
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3.77
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17. Hagarism: The Making of the Islamic World
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4.95
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18. The Emergence of Islam: Classical Traditions in Contemporary Perspective
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4.54
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19. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
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3.68
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5.00
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21. Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
By: Martin Lings
3.72
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
Martin Lings' biography of Muhammad is an internationally acclaimed, comprehensive, and authoritati… read more
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22. Children of Dune (Dune, #3)
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3.96
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"Every judgment teeters on the brink of error,"-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)
"Most deadly errors arise from obsolete assumptions."-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)
"The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion."-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)
"The joy of living, its beauty is all bound up in the fact that life can surprise you."-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)
23. Heretics of Dune (Dune, #5)
By: Frank Herbert
3.86
Format: 669 pages, Paperback
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"Tedbirler al, ama onların gölgesinde yaşama."-Frank Herbert, Heretics of Dune (Dune, #5)
"Hatred was as dangerous an emotion as love. The capacity for hatred was the capacity for its opposite."-Frank Herbert, Heretics of Dune (Dune, #5)
"We never completely escape the teachers of our childhood nor any of the patterns that formed us, do we?"-Frank Herbert, Heretics of Dune (Dune, #5)
"Life cannot find reasons to sustain it, cannot be a source of decent mutual regard, unless each of us resolves to breathe such qualities into it."-Frank Herbert, Heretics of Dune (Dune, #5)
24. The Conference of the Birds
By: Attar of Nishapur
4.24
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Considered by Rumi to be “the master” of Sufi mystic poetry, Attar is best known for this epic poem… read more
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"El amor ama las cosas difíciles."-Attar of Nishapur, The Conference of the Birds
"چون بلند و پست با هم یار شد آدمی اعجوبه ی اسرار شد"-Attar of Nishapur, The Conference of the Birds
"Quando o amor me subjuga o coração, meu canto é como o suspiroso mar."-Attar of Nishapur, The Conference of the Birds
"في قرارة كل شخص مــائة خنزير...فإما أن يسفك دم الخنزير، أو أن يعقد الزنار"-Attar of Nishapur, The Conference of the Birds
25. The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
By: Vincent Bevins
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"locals came to him, time and time again, and asked, with genuine mystification: 'We just don't understand America. You were once a colony. You know what colonialism is. You fought and bled and died f…"-Vincent Bevins, The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
26. How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
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"Найліпше нашу пасивність і надзвичайну складність проблеми глобального потепління можна проілюструвати таким фактом: тридцять років масштабних міжнародних кліматичних конференцій ніяк не вплинули на …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
"У 2010-х роках саме джипи стали другою найбільшою причиною зростання викидів CO2, лишивши позаду важку промисловість, вантажоперевезення й авіацію. Обігнала їх тільки електроенергетика. Якщо народна …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
27. Muhammad and the Empires of Faith: The Making of the Prophet of Islam
By: Sean Anthony
4.36
Format: 302 pages, Hardcover
In Muhammad and the Empires of Faith, Sean W. Anthony demonstrates how critical readings of non-Mus… read more
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"Even skepticism has its limits."-Sean Anthony, Muhammad and the Empires of Faith: The Making of the Prophet of Islam
"Making sense of texts inevitably entails learning how others have done so, and often done so very differently."-Sean Anthony, Muhammad and the Empires of Faith: The Making of the Prophet of Islam
"History uses memory and its reconstructions of the past as a source, even an extraordinarily important source, but still just one source to be read and utilized in light of many others."-Sean Anthony, Muhammad and the Empires of Faith: The Making of the Prophet of Islam
"Patricia Crone famously quipped that, with regard to Muhammad's trade journeys in sīrah-maghāzī literature, "What the [Arabic] sources offer are fifteen equally fictitious versions of an event that n…"-Sean Anthony, Muhammad and the Empires of Faith: The Making of the Prophet of Islam
28. The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium
By: Anthony Kaldellis
4.61
Format: 1160 pages, Hardcover
A major new history of the eastern Roman Empire, from Constantine to 1453. In recent decades, the s… read more
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29. A Prophet Has Appeared: The Rise of Islam through Christian and Jewish Eyes, A Sourcebook
By: Stephen J. Shoemaker
4.21
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Early Islam has emerged as a lively site of historical investigation, and scholars have challenged … read more
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30. Allah: God in the Qur’an
By: Gabriel Said Reynolds
4.06
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
A concise and illuminating portrait of Allah from one of the world’s leading Qur’anic scholars The … read more
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31. The Qur'an: A Historical-Critical Introduction (The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys)
By: Nicolai Sinai
4.21
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The Qur'an represents both Islam's historical point of origin and its scriptural foundation, inaugu… read more
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