Now They Call Me Infidel: Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror
Author: Nonie Darwish
A political and personal odyssey from hatred to love
When Nonie Darwish was a girl of eight, her father died while leading covert attacks on Israel. A high-ranking Egyptian military officer stationed with his family in Gaza, he was considered a "shahid," a martyr for jihad.
Yet at an early age, Darwish developed a skeptical eye about her own Muslim culture and upbringing. Why the love of violence and hatred of Jews and Christians? Why the tolerance of glaring social injustices? Why blame America and Israel for everything?
Today Darwish thrives as an American citizen, a Christian, a conservative Republican, and an advocate for Israel. To many, she is now an infidel. But she is risking her comfort and her safety to reveal the many politically incorrect truths about Muslim culture that she knows firsthand.
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932, Vol. 1
Author: William Manchester
When Winston Spencer Churchill was born in Blenheim Palace, Imperial Britain stood at the splendid pinnacle of her power. Yet within a few years, the Empire would hover on the brink of a catastrophic new era. This first volume of the best-selling biography of the adventurer, aristocrat, soldier, and statesman covers the first 58 years of the remarkable man whose courageous vision guided the destiny of those darkly troubled times—and who looms today as one of the greatest figures of the 20th century. Black and white photos & illustrations. "Adds a grand dimension...Rich in historical and social contexts."—Time. "Bedazzling.''—Newsweek. "Absolutely magnificent...A delight to read."—Russell Baker. "Stylish...The heroic Churchill is in these pages, but so is the little boy writing forlorn letters to the father who all but ignored him, and the romantic who once courted Ethel Barrymore and ended up with a lovely fifty-seven-year-long marriage to a woman whose pet name for him was 'Pig'...An altogether absorbing popular biography."—People.
Time
"Adds a grand dimension...Rich in historical and social contexts."
Magazine Staff People
"Stylish...The heroic Churchill is in these pages, but so is the little boy writing forlorn letters to the father who all but ignored him, and the romantic who once courted Ethel Barrymore and ended up with a lovely fifty-seven-year-long marriage to a woman whose pet name for him was 'Pig'...An altogether absorbing popular biography."
Newsweek
"Bedazzling.''
What People Are Saying
Russell Baker
Absolutely magnificent…a delight to read…It's one of those books you devour line by line and word by word and finally hate to see it end.
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