 | Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $7.39 The personal journey of a true hero of our times. Ayaan Hirsi Ali endured indescribable torture at the hands of her Somali Muslim family members during her childhood. Infidel his Ali's path to freedom from Islamic inhibitions that distorted her understanding of the world around her.
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 | Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson
Buy new: $7.50 / Used from: $4.15 One American's journey to obliterate illiteracy and build bridges of peace in Pakistan. Greg Mortenson is heroic, beginning with absolutely no funding, he has now built well over 100 schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. This is his story.
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 | Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $4.88 A first hand look at the retrogression that occurred in Iran after the revolution in '79. Nafisi went from open university revolutionary to closet literature professor to a devoted group of students. Great read for those who love the Middle East and classic literature.
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 | All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror by Stephen Kinzer
Buy new: $9.72 / Used from: $7.50 The chronicle of one of the US's biggest blunders in the Middle East. A detailed account of the overthrow of Iran's only true friend to the United States and the West, Mohammad Mossedegh. Kinzer shows how Operation Ajax was one of the worst coups the CIA and MI-6 could have fabricated in the region.
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 | Brick Lane: A Novel by Monica Ali
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $1.98 The story and inner growth of a Bangladeshi immigrant to the UK. While Brick Lane advocates a classic feminist conclusion on life, the main character's journey is extremely telling.
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