Title: Stranger to History: A Son’s Journey Through Islamic Lands Author: Aatish Taseer Publication Year: 2009 Pages: 336 Genre: Non-Fiction Source: Review copy from the publisher From the cover: As a child, all Aatish Taseer ever had of his father was his photograph in a browning silver frame. Raised by his Sikh mother in Delhi, [...]
Title: Gladdy’s Wake Author: B. K. Anderson Publication Year: 2010 Pages: 384 Genre: Fiction Source: Review copy from the publisher From the cover: Gladys Sage escaped the backwoods of Northern Ontario, leaving behind the body of her stepfather, to arrive in New York and the world of political revolutionaries. Hired to find her is Pinkerton [...]
Title: The Jew is Not My Enemy: Unveiling the Myths that Fuel Muslim Anti-Semitism Author: Tarek Fatah Publication Year: 2010 Pages: 272 Genre: Non-Fiction Source: Review copy from the publisher From the cover: A liberal Muslim and critically acclaimed author explores the historical, political, and theological basis for centuries of Muslim animosity towards Jews, debunking [...]
Title: The Day Nina Simone Stopped Singing Author: Darina Al-Joundi (with Mohamed Kacimi) Translator: Marjolijn de Jager Publication Year: 2011 Pages: 144 Genre: Non-Fiction Source: Review copy from the publisher From the cover: Raised on Charles Baudelaire, A Clockwork Orange, and fine Bordeaux in 1970s Lebanon, Darina Al-Joundi was encouraged by her unconventional father to defy [...]
