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  • History of the Arabs: from the earliest times to the present 
    Hitti, Philip K. (MacMillan Education, 1970)
    This authoritative study of the Arabians and the Arabic-speaking peoples is a hugely valuable source of information on Arab history. Suitable for both scholars and the general reader, it unrolls one of the richest and most ...
  • A literary history of the Arabs 
    Nicholson, Reynold Alleyne (Cambridge University Press, 1907)
    A compilation of the history of Islamic authors and writings, A Literary History of the Arabs is considered one of the best explanations of Arabic culture and literature today. R.A. Nicholson explains in the book's preface ...
  • The white man's burden: why the West's efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little good 
    Easterly, William (The Penguin Press, 2006)
    The white man’s burden is his widely anticipated counterpunch—a brilliant and blistering indictment of the West’s economic policies for the world’s poor. Sometimes angry, sometimes irreverent, but always clear-eyed and ...
  • No god but God : the origins, evolution and future of Islam 
    Aslan, Reza (Random House, 2005)
    No god but God: the origins, evolution, and future of Islam is a non-fiction book written by Iranian-American Muslim scholar Reza Aslan. The book describes the history of Islam and argues for a liberal interpretation of ...