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by Geraldine Brooks  
Publisher Comments Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women is the story of Brooks's intrepid journey toward an understanding of the women behind the veils, and of the often contradictory political, religious, and cultural forces that shape their lives. In... (read more)  List Price $14.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Karen Armstrong
Powells.com Staff Pick In 1965, at the tender age of seventeen, Karen Armstrong took vows of poverty and chastity and entered a Catholic convent. However, she soon realized she was not suited to monastic life and left. Her experiences in the convent, though, never left... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Rumi
From Powells.com "I don't mean to claim a special relationship with Rumi...but a poet of such astonishing range and depth needs many translators and interpreters. Mystical poetry tries to reveal the apple orchard within the mist of language (Rumi's image). I hope these... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Baldock Synopsis A Compact yet thoroughly informative series on philosophical and religious topics, written with the general reader in mind.... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price $4.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Milton Viorst Publisher Comments The Middle East has long been a volatile yet vital region in world politics. In his captivating new book, In the Shadow of the Prophet, journalist Milton Viorst illuminates the complex struggle to reconcile the Muslim community’s fierce... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Irshad Manji Publisher Comments "I have to be honest with you. Islam is on very thin ice with me.... Through our screaming self-pity and our conspicuous silences, we Muslims are conspiring against ourselves. We're in crisis and we're dragging the rest of the world with us. If ever... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $7.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Rumi Publisher Comments Bahauddin, Rumi's father, was not only a major force in the development of Islamic spirituality, but also deeply influential in his son's life. This delightful and provocative collection reveals the depth of thirteenth-century Sufi mystical wisdom and... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $9.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by William Montgo Watt Publisher Comments 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.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Yahiya Emerick Publisher Comments An up-close and up-to-date look at an often misunderstood faith. This completely revised and updated guide explores the tenets of the Quran (a.k.a. Koran), examines the history of the religion and its relationship to Christianity and Judaism, and... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Sadi Publisher Comments Presented as an attractive gift book, this is a fitting tribute to the wit, wisdom, and subtle humor of Sa'di's work.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by David Levering Lewis
Powells.com Staff Pick God's Crucible is an eye-opener. It's a finely written history of the early years of Islam. Many westerners will come away from the book with new understandings of the intersection of religions and cultures which spawned the Crusades. Recommended by... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $20.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Karen Armstrong Publisher Comments Muhammad was born in 570 CE, and over the following sixty years built a thriving spiritual community, laying the foundations of a religion that changed the course of world history. There is more historical data on his life than on that of the founder of... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Andrew Harvey Synopsis Mystical scholar Andrew Harvey offers fresh interpretations of more than 250 selections from Rumi's major works. The works of Sufi mystic and poet Jalad-ud-Din Rumi have been revered in the East for centuries. Now, Western seekers and lovers of poetry... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Huston Smith Publisher Comments Originally titled The Religions of Man, this completely revised and updated edition of Smith's masterpiece, now with an engaging new foreword, explores the essential elements and teachings of the world's predominant faiths, including: Hinduism, Buddhism,... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price $5.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Yvonne L Seng Publisher Comments If we pause long enough, we can hear, above the din of our planet's rapid globalization and technological advancement, the quiet voices of spiritual leaders from ancient faiths. Middle East historian Yvonne Seng asks, What can these modern Desert Fathers... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Shaykh Fadhla Haeri Synopsis Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri was born in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, sacred to Shi'a Muslims around the world as the place where Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was martyred in CE 680, leading to the split between the Shia and Sunni. It... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Tariq Ramadan Publisher Comments Named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most important innovators of the century, Tariq Ramadan is a leading Muslim scholar, with a large following especially among young European and American Muslims. Now, in his first book written for a wide audience,... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price $15.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Neil Douglas Klotz Publisher Comments Part meditation book, part oracle, and part collection of Sufi lore, poetry, and stories, The Sufi Book of Life offers a fresh interpretation of the fundamental spiritual practice found in all ancient and modern Sufi schoolsthe meditations on the 99... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Farid Ud Din Attar Synopsis "Mantiq al-tayr" (the conference of the birds) is an elaborate allegory with many digressions. It describes how all the birds (human souls) set out in search of the Simurgh (the godhead). All but 30 die and the survivors realize that they themselves are... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Rumi And Helminski Publisher Comments Jelaluddin Rumi is a spokesman for the religion of love, and he conveys his message in the universal language of the heart. Beloved in the Middle East and Western Asia for the past seven centuries, the West is now coming to know and love his poetic words... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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