Al: 2273 books

This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of Islamic studies find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data...

Friendly Fire, the first collection of short stories from Alaa Al Aswany, acclaimed author of Chicago and The Yacoubian Building, deftly explores the lives of contemporary Egyptians. Here are stories of generational conflict, corruption, repression, infidelity, and the dangerous clashing of western...

Rama and the Dragon, a multi-layered novel about the depths of human experience and the struggle between polarities, on the surface presents a love story of unrequited passion between Rama the symbol of multiplicity and creativity and Mikhail the symbol of unity and constancy. Their story reflects...

Al Jennings lived a life more akin to tall tales than reality. He was an attorney in business with his two brothers in Oklahoma until one was killed and the other wounded in a shootout with a rival attorney. Jennings then joined an outlaw gang and made his living robbing trains. He and his brother...

This book offers practical advice for our everyday lives taken from the Qur'an and Sunnah. It shows us how to purify our hearts, since a heart that is not pure cannot find tranquillity.

This book is a collection of the top 60 most critically acclaimed essays and articles written by Al Stefanelli. They represent the cream of the crop, and have been re-edited and refreshed for relevancy and content. This is a compilation that you will definitely want to have on your digital book shelf.

After Barack Obama's solid win in the 2012 election, it's easy to forget that there was a time, not long ago, when the Democrats were shut out of power for over a decade. But Al From remembers. In 1984, he led a small band of governors, US senators, and members of Congress to organize the Democratic...

Birch Bay residents Al Krause and Ruth Higgins will discuss their new book, Lessons from the Obama 2012 Grasssroots Campaign on Sunday, April 14 at 4:00 p.m., in the Readings Gallery of Village Books, 1200 11th Street, Bellingham, WA. 360-671-2626, villagebooks.com. To obtain a free book stub for...

In Let's re-Great Britain, Al Murray's Pub Landlord sets out his party's vision for the country, and explains how politics actually works. Citizens of Hope & Glory! It's time to bring common sense to the House of Commons. Parliament is a nest of slippery, poisonous vipers and only...

Al Lee reveals the establishment of a fourth branch of our government that is not bound by the constitutional restrictions that the Founders built into the three branches they established. He traces back a century to explain how the groundwork was laid and then how it was done so that we can understand...

L’uso parsimonioso degli aggettivi «strano», «bizzarro» e «misterioso» è indubbiamente una buona regola. Quindi, per mettere bene in chiaro che l’argomento del suo nuovo libro è davvero molto strano, bizzarro e misterioso, Jim Al-Khalili lo dice subito, e si capisce perché lo fa. Il tema...

People may be divided into two types, those who repent and turn to Allaah, and those who do wrong; there is no third category. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): ". And whosoever does not repent, then such are indeed zaalimoon (wrong-doers, etc.)." [al-Hujuraat 49:11]. We are living...

Shaykh Saalih Ibn Saalih al-Fawzaan clarifies the issues related to Jihaad. He begins by establishing its place in the history of mankind. He then explains the wisdom behind its legislation, its linguistic and religious meanings, and the different rulings and regulations pertaining to its performance....

A myth-shattering view of the Islamic world's myriad scientific innovations and the role they played in sparking the European Renaissance. Many of the innovations that we think of as hallmarks of Western science had their roots in the Arab world of the middle ages, a period when much of Western...