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Caliphate - Tom Kratman
SUMMARY: “Slavery is a part of Islam . . . Slavery is part of jihad, and jihad will remain as long there is Islam.” —Sheikh Saleh Al-Fawzan, author of the religious textbook At-Taw... -
Veteran - Gavin Smith
SUMMARY:Three hundred years in our future, in a world of alien infiltrators, religious hackers, a vast convoying nation of Nomads, city sized orbital elevators, and a cyborg... -
Underground - Haruki Murakami; Alfred Birnbau
From Publishers Weekly On March 20, 1995, followers of the religious cult Aum Shinrikyo unleashed lethal sarin gas into cars of the Tokyo subway system. Many died, many more were i... -
The Quest for Meaning - Tariq Ramadan
In "The Quest for Meaning", Tariq Ramadan, philosopher and Islamic scholar, invites the reader to join him on a journey to the deep ocean of religious, secular, and indigenous spir... -
The Messiah Secret - James Becker
From Publishers WeeklyBecker gathers many familiar elements of the religious artifact subgenre and reshuffles them into an entertaining, hunt-and-chase thriller that races from the... -
The Everlasting Man (thINKing C - G. K. Chesterton
THIS BOOK NEEDS A preliminary note that its scope be not misunderstood. The view suggested is historical rather than theo-logical, and does not deal directly with a religious chang... -
The Dain Curse - Dashiell Hammett; James Ellroy
The Continental Op is a short, squat, and utterly unsentimental tank of a private detective. Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett is young, wealthy, and a devotee of morphine and religious ... -
The Assassin's Song - M. G. Vassanji
From Publishers WeeklyThe tension between India's centuries-old spiritual traditions and contemporary religious militancy drives this memorable, melancholy family saga by two-time ... -
Siege of Heaven - Tom Harper
SUMMARY: Starred Review. British author Harper brings to life the political and religious passions of the 11th-century in his excellent conclusion to his First Crusade trilogy (aft... -
Now Is the Time to Open Your He - Alice Walker
From Publishers WeeklyKate Talkingtree, the 57-year-old writer protagonist of Walker's latest concoction, is a lifelong seeker after enlightenment in the carnal, political and reli...