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Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? Morgan Spurlock Academy Award-nominated filmmaker and director Morgan Spurlock, who volunteered his body as a guinea pig for the fast food industry in the hit documentary Super Size Me, now sets his sights even high… OL12282739W
Beyond Fundamentalism Beyond Fundamentalism Reza Aslan The wars in the Middle East have become religious wars in which God is believed to be directly engaged on behalf of one side against the other. The hijackers who attacked America on September 11, 200… OL14937140W
The end of days The end of days Gershom Gorenberg In this work, journalist Gershom Gorenberg portrays a deadly mix of religious extremism, violence, and Mideast politics, as expressed in the struggle for the sacred center of Jerusalem. Known to Jews… OL15138749W
From Bible belt to sunbelt From Bible belt to sunbelt Darren Dochuk This book is a sweeping, five-decade history of the evangelical movement in southern California that explains an epochal realignment of American politics. From Bible Belt to Sun Belt tells the dramat… OL15444316W
Fundamentalism Fundamentalism Torkel Brekke "This book investigates the origins of fundamentalism, outlining its characteristics and the history of key fundamentalist movements around the world, considering examples from Christianity, Islam, B… OL16528866W
Digital Jesus Digital Jesus Robert Glenn Howard In the 1990s, Marilyn Agee developed one of the most well-known amateur evangelical websites focused on the "End Times", The Bible Prophecy Corner. Around the same time, Lambert Dolphin, a retired St… OL16806088W
Trying Biology Trying Biology Adam R. Shapiro In Trying Biology, Adam R. Shapiro convincingly dispels many conventional assumptions about the 1925 Scopes "monkey" trial. Most view it as an event driven primarily by a conflict between science and… OL16806127W
After bin Laden After bin Laden Abdel Bari Atwan Osama bin Laden is dead, but Al Qaeda remains the CIA's "number one threat." The organization has evolved into a much more complex and far-flung entity. Moving well beyond the headlines, this new acc… OL20900580W
Pakistan on the Brink Pakistan on the Brink Ahmed Rashid Rashid focuses on the long-term problems: the changing casts of characters, the future of international terrorism, and the policies and strategies both within Pakistan and Afghanistan and among the W… OL21049958W
Das Paradies kann warten Das Paradies kann warten Jacques Vontobel SCHLAGWÖRTER<S>: Moonies<S>. Scientology<S>. HareKrischna<S>. KinderGottes<S>. OpusDei<S>. Evangelikale<S>. VPM<S>. HomeBoys<S> OL24259431W
Under the black flag Under the black flag Sami M. Moubayed The Islamic State movement (ISIS/IS) burst onto the world stage in 2014. From its heartland in Syria, where it arose from the chaos of the Syrian Revolt, the organisation has expanded in ideology and… OL26189679W
Al Qaeda Al Qaeda Paul L. Williams This book explores the history of Islam and the cultural, political, and socio-economic forces that have cultivated an environment that nurtures terrorism and idolizes its leaders. "On September 11,… OL4644953W
The turban for the crown The turban for the crown Said Amir Arjomand The Iranian revolution still baffles most Western observers. Few considered the rise of theocracy in a modernized state possible, and fewer thought it might result from a popular revolution. Said A… OL4969212W
The 9/11 Commission report The 9/11 Commission report National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States. Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States Including the Executive Summary and the complete Notes Section. Nearly three thousand people died in the terrorist … OL5772006W