Lists of Bests: Fish Creek Library Calgary Public Library's "Islam & the Middle East" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/28526 A list of books relating to the Middle East -- history, culture, foreign relations, past and present Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:23:21 GMT en-us 0 50 19 0 0 Orientalism (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2487042 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2487042"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141187425.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward W. Said</div> Dangerous Knowledge: Orientalism and Its Discontents http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1260381 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1260381"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/158567835X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Irwin</div> Mirrors of the Unseen: Journeys in Iran http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/588614 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/588614"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/031230191X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jason Elliot</div> In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2250521 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2250521"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0195308808.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tariq Ramadan</div> American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2030492 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2030492"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374104239.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul M. Barrett</div> The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33341 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33341"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/185984457X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tariq Ali</div> Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25591 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25591"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/081297106X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Azar Nafisi</div> Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9220 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9220"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/037571457X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marjane Satrapi</div> Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50876 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50876"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375714669.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marjane Satrapi</div> Infidel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2657988 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2657988"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743289684.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ayaan Hirsi Ali</div> The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/818166 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/818166"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743288335.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ayaan Hirsi Ali</div> Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America And American in Iran http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980206 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980206"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1586483781.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Azadeh Moaveni</div> Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1383375 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1383375"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0609810308.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roya Hakakian</div> A History of the Modern Middle East http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1559436 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1559436"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0813334896.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William L. Cleveland</div> The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/589617 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/589617"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374530556.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Packer</div> Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18295 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18295"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0674008774.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gilles Kepel</div> The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92988 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92988"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400041511.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1126893551_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Fisk</div> The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25558 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25558"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812967852.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bernard Lewis</div> Why the French Don't Like Headscarves: Islam, the State, and Public Space http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2358318 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2358318"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0691125066.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V65553113_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John R. Bowen</div>