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This selection represents a variety of reading categories, chosen for their value and impact throughout our journey of reading and reviewing books.
While Crescent Books does not endorse every aspect of the content in these titles, we believe they offer insightful perspectives and can greatly enhance our understanding of the topics they explore. Happy reading!

Anthropology / History / Societies / Culture

Guns, Germs and Steel | Jared Diamond

Factfulness | Hans Rosling et al.

One Thousand Roads to Mecca | Michael Wolfe

Rescue in Albania: One Hundred Percent of Jews in Albania Rescued from Holocaust | Harvey Sarner

The Ornament of the World | Maria Menocal

The Mongol World | May and Hope

Ten Myths About Israel | Ilan Pappe

Anthologies (nonfiction)

Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire | Jehad Abusalim, Jennifer Bing, and Mike Merryman-Lotze (eds.)

The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by Women | Dick Davis (tr.)

Balkans / Eastern Europe

Bosnia: A Short History | Noel Malcolm

Kosovo: A Short History | Noel Malcolm

The Balkans, 1804-2012: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers | Misha Glenny

Middle East / North Africa

Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History | Nur Masalha

Ten Myths About Israel | Ilan Pappe

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine | Ilan Pappe

The Making of the Medieval Middle East | Jack Tannous

Business / Economics / Success

Business Adventures | John Brooks

Give and Take: How Helping Other Drives Our Success | Adam Grant

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World | Adam Grant

Child Development / Parenting / Psychology / Education

How Children Succeed | Paul Tough

Helping Children Succeed | Paul Tough

Hold On to Your Kids | Neufeld and Mate

No Drama Discipline | Siegel and Bryson

NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children | Bronson and Merryman

Play | Stewart Brown

Raising a Secure Child | Hoffman et al.

The Collapse of Parenting | Leonard Sax

The Danish Way of Parenting | Alexander and Sandahl

The Secrets of Happy Families | Bruce Feiler

Education / Schools

Creative Schools | Robinson and Aronica

Dumbing us Down | John T Gatto

Getting What You Came For | R. L. Peters

Why Don’t Students Like School? | Daniel Willingham

Happiness / Community / Belonging / Personal Growth

Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and How to Find Hope | Johann Hari

The Blue Zones of Happiness: Lessons From the World’s Happiest People | Dan Buettner

The Little Book of Lykke: Secrets of the World’s Happiest People | Meik Wiking

The Village Effect | Susan Pinker

Together | Vivek Murthy

Islam: Faith and History

The Leadership of Muhammad | Joel Hayward

Islam: A Short History | Karen Armstrong

Islam in Focus | Hammudah Abdualati

Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time | Karen Armstrong

Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources | Martin Lings

The Divine Reality | Hamza Andreas Tzortzis

Islamophobia

The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims | Khaled Beydoun

The Fear of Islam: An Introduction to Islamophobia in the West | Todd Green

Muslim Civilization, Science and History

How Islam Created the Modern World | Mark Graham

Rediscovering the Islamic Classics | Ahmed El Shamsy

The Ottoman Empire | Halil Inalcik

Science and Civilization in Islam | Seyyed H. Nasr

The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History | Ibn Khaldun

Poetry

Tulip in the Desert | Muhammad Iqbal

My Voice Sought the Wind | Susan Abulhawa

Palestine Wail | Yahia Lababidi

Splitting the Moon | Joel Hayward

A Treasury of Rumi | Muhammad Isa Waley (tr.)

The Moon That Turns You Back | Hala Alyan

The Soul of Rumi | Jalaludin Rumi. Coleman Barks (ed.)

Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear | Mosab Abu Toha

Yesterday I Was the Moon | Noor Unnahar

Psychology / Healing/ Influence / Trauma / Mindset

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance | Angela Duckworth

Influence | Robert Cialdini

Mindset | Carol Dweck

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking | Susan Cain

Outliers: The Story of Success | Malcolm Gladwell

The Compass HOME | Marwa Assar

The Deepest Well | Nadine B Harris

The Power of Habit | Charles Duhigg

Qur’an and Hadith

Hadith: Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World | Jonathan A.C. Brown

Key Terms of the Qur’an | Nicolai Sinai

The History of the Qur’anic Text | M. M. Al-Azami

The Qur’an | M. A. S. Abdel Haleem (tr.)

The Qur’an | Habib and Lawrence (tr.)

The Study Qur’an | S. H. Nasr and others

Understanding the Qur’an | M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Stories

Hope is Alive | Burhan Al-Din Fili

The Spectacular Espace | Burhan Al-Din Fili

The Savage and Other Islamic Stories | Joel Hayward

World Religions

The Bible, the Qur’an and Science | Maurice Bucaille

The World’s Religions | Huston Smith

Writing / English Language

Do I make Myself Clear | Harold Evans

On Writing Well | William Zinsser

The Business of Being A Writer | Jane Friedman

The Elements of Style | Strunk and White

Technology / Media

Do I make Myself Clear | Harold Evans

On Writing Well | William Zinsser

The Business of Being A Writer | Jane Friedman

The Elements of Style | Strunk and White

Other Languages

Bir Cihan Hukumdari Fatih Sultan Mehmed | Erhan Afyoncu

Turklerin Tarihi | Ilber Ortayli

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