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Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
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Muhammad Yunus
A founder of a bank in rural Bangladesh shows how he combated poverty through microlending, the practice of making small loans to the poor in order to provide for basics and to encourage small scale private enterprise. The result was the breaking of the cycle of poverty and improved living standards. Yunus has been doing this since 1976 with ...
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The Truth about Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion
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Robert Spencer
New York Times" bestselling author and Islam expert Spencer offers an honest and telling portrait of the founder of Islam--a portrait that is unbounded by fear and political correctness, unflinching, and willing to face the hard facts about Muhammads life that continue to affect the world today.
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Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time
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Karen Armstrong
The "New York Times" bestselling author of "A History of God" and "The Battle for God" presents a fascinating portrait of the founder of a religion that has changed the course of world history.
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Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet
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Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong works to dispel a lot of the uneasiness Western readers may have about this ancient prophet and political figure who united Arab tribes due to his charisma, intelligence, passion and deep spiritual connections. The author clearly knows her history backwards and forwards and readers coming to this material knowing nothing in advance ...
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King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero
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David Remnick
Remnick compares Muhammad Ali to previous champions Patterson and Liston, and shows how Ali the man, made himself a champion and a symbol. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.
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The Jewel of Medina
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Sherry Jones
Set in ancient Arabia during the dramatic birth of Islam, this captivating debut novel paints a fascinating portrait of A'isha, child bride of the prophet Muhammad, who overcame great obstacles to reach her full potential as a woman and a leader.
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The Soul of a Butterfly
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Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali
A New York Times Bestseller A Publishers Weekly Editor's Choice After fighting some of the fiercest bouts in boxing history, Muhammad Ali now faces his most powerful foe - outside the ring, battling an illness that limits his physical abilities. Here the great champion takes readers on a spiritual journey through the seasons of life, from ...
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Jesus and Muhammad: Profound Differences and Surprising Similarities
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Dr. Mark A Gabriel, PH.D.
This volume explores the surprising similarities and differences between two of the most important religious leaders of all time--Jesus and Muhammad. Born into a Muslim family in Egypt, Gabriel is a converted Christian and former professor of Islamic history at Al Azhar University in Cairo.
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In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad
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Tariq Ramadan
Named by "TIME" magazine as one of the 100 most important innovators of the century, Ramadan delivers this fresh and perceptive biography of the Prophet Muhammad, one that highlights the spiritual and ethical teachings of one of the most influential figures in human history.
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Muhammad: Prophet and Statesman
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William M Watt
A short account of the life and achievements of one of the great figures of history, this volume also serves as an excellent introduction to one of the world's major religions.
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Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali
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Charles R Smith, Jr., Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
A dynamic author-illustrator team follows the three-time heavyweight champ through 12 rounds of a remarkable life. Rap-inspired verse weaves, bobs, and jabs with relentless energy, capturing the great gift of rhyme of the man who shed the name Cassius Clay to take on the world as Muhammad Ali.
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Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
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Martin Lings
This work is acclaimed worldwide as the definitive biography of the Prophet in the English language. Martin Lings' life of Muhammad is unlike any other. Based on Arabic sources of the eighth and ninth centuries, of which some important passages are translated here for the first time, it owes the freshness and directness of its approach to the ...
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The life of Muhammad
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Muhammad Husayn Haykal, Ismail R. Al-Faruqi
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The Fight
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Norman Mailer
Mailer writes with eloquence, expertise, and insight about the 1975 world heavyweight championship bout in Zaire between Muhammad Ali, who was defending his title, and the up-and-coming fighter George Foreman.
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Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times
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Thomas Hauser
The first major pictorial retrospective of the American boxer Muhammad Ali, with photographs by Howard Bingham and text by bestselling author and Ali biographer Thomas Hauser.
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Muhammad, Man of God
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Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr
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The Greatest, My Own Story
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Muhammad Ali
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The Faith and Practice of Al-Ghazali
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William Montgomery Watt, Ghazzali
Al-Ghazali was one of the great Muslim theologians. In this book the author provides a translation of some of his works, including his spiritual autobiography. Al-Ghazali's description of his own emergence from scepticism anticipates the philosophical method of systematic doubt employed by Descartes. Another work translated here sets out Al ...
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Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad
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Natana J DeLong-Bas
Before 9/11, few Westerners had heard of Wahhabism. Today, it is a household word. Frequently mentioned in association with Osama bin Laden, Wahhabism is portrayed by the media and public officials as an intolerant, puritanical, militant interpretation of Islam that calls for the wholesale destruction of the West in a jihad of global proportions. ...
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Critical Lives: Muhammad
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Yahiya J Emerick
-- Given the current prominence of Islam, it has become more important than ever that Westerners -- and Muslims -- gain an accurate look at who Muhammad was and what he stood for. -- Provides a fascinating picture of both Muhammad and the world in which he lived. Rather than settling in to the comfortable life of a merchant, Muhammad had a vision ...
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And Muhammad is His Messenger: The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic Piety
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Professor Annemarie Schimmel
This study looks to Islamic poetry and other literature to understand how mystic elements are manifest.
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The Messenger: The Rise and Fall of Elijah Muhammad
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Karl Evanzz
This biography of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad traces the unlikely transformation of Elijah Poole, the son of a Georgia sharecropper, who grew up to espouse a form of Islam empowering blacks and denouncing white people.
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The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey
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Muhammad Ali, Hana Ali
The world's most famous goodwill ambassador offers inspiration and hope as he describes the spiritual philosophy that sustains him and his family. In this memoir, Muhammad Ali, with the assistance of his daughter Hana, writes about the values that shaped him and continue to guide his life beyond the boxing ring. Includes illustrations. 0-7432-5569 ...
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The Life of Muhammad
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'Abd Al-Malik Ibn Hisham, I Ishaq, A Guillaume (Introduction by)
Professor Guillaume's translation of the Sira of Ibn Ishaq is now reissued. The translator used Ibn Hisham's abridgement and also included many additions and variants found in the writings of early authors. The book thus presents in English practically all that is known of the life of the Prophet. In the introduction, the translator discusses ...
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An Original Man: The Life and Times of Elijah Muhammad
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Claude Clegg (Editor)
A Professor of History at North Carolina A&T, Andrew Clegg has crafted a careful, balanced, and nuanced rendering of the life and times of the "Messenger of Allah," who led the Nation of Islam for more than four decades until his death in 1975.
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