A History of the Jews in Christian Spain (Jps Classic Reissue) Yitzhak Baer Jewish Publications Society, 1993             God's War: A New History of the Crusades24 reviews Christopher Tyerman Belknap Press, 2006 The best history on the Crusades as well as Medieval Europe + Informative and Even Handed But A Bit of a Slog + Well written, descriptive, and honest. + Very satisfied             Sea of Faith: Islam and Christianity in the Medieval Mediterranean World12 reviews Stephen O'Shea Walker & Company, 2007 Snapshots of Christian/Islamic History + When the Mediterraneum was the center of the world + a masterpiece of popular history and a meditation on imperial ambition + Both enjoyable and enlightening history + A suitable acquisition for both general-interest public libraries and college-level holdings             Jews, Muslims, and Christians in and Around the Crown of Aragon: Essays in Honour of Profesor Elena Lourie ... Brill Academic Publishers, 2004 This volume, in honour of Professor Elena Lourie, focuses on various areas of interaction between Jews, Muslims and Christians in the late medieval Crown of Aragon and its environs. The articles deal with topics such as war, military campaigns, government, politics, and economics, relations between scholars of the different faiths and their sources, sexual relations and the politics of ...             Islam: A Mosaic, Not a Monolith7 reviews Vartan Gregorian Brookings Institution Press, 2004 A Book On Islam That Engages Your Intelligence, Rather Than Insulting It + Very Good But Ignores a Key Question + Welcome voice of reason + Useful and reliable, but very introductory + Excellent Presentation of the Middle Ground             Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity6 reviews Otto F. A. Meinardus American University in Cairo Press, 2007 Encyclopedic Review of Two Millenia of Faith + A Modern Classic on Coptic Orthodoxy + Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity + A Must for All Church Scholars             Jewish Remnants in Spain: Wanderings in a Lost World2 reviews Sidney David Markman Scribe Publishers, 2003 A Masterpiece of Jewish History in Spain + English review of Sepharad Aljamas Dr. Markman is a wonderful writer and photographer. Remnants is a must have for anyone interested in either Jewish history or Spanish History. The illustrations are superb and his storytelling is a knowledgeable account of Jews in Spain. A great supplement to tour books as well.             Jews of Spain: A History of the Sephardic Experience14 reviews Jane S. Gerber Free Press, 1994 A great introduction to the history of a great nation + Important and informative + The best book of Sephardic Jewish History + Excellent summary of Sephardic History, well told and well paced. + An ideal read on the history of the Sephardic Jews             A Vanished World: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Medieval Spain12 reviews Lowney Chris Oxford University Press, USA, 2006 A Vanished world + An approachable good read + 'No single tradition has monopolised every human expression of truth..' + Religious Tolerance: 21st Century Pipedream?             A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam196 reviews Karen Armstrong Ballantine Books, 1994 A must own for any serious historian + If you want to learn about man's journey to discover GOD. What I love and respect about the author, is how she is open minded and honest enough to challenge the reader to think outside their comfort zone and all they have been taught to believe based on faith and not a serious study of history and how religion whatever the belief system, is something that ...             Holy War: The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World72 reviews Karen Armstrong Anchor, 2001 A Necessary Read + Prejudiced reviews + astounding + Armstrong             Islam for Dummies15 reviews Malcolm Clark For Dummies, 2003 Intro to Islam + Informative and factual + Islam I have been deeply saddened by the ongoing conflict between Christianity and Islam - when I thought we shared so many beliefs. So, I bought this book to educate me - and hopefully enlighten me. I can't compare it to any other intro book on Islam because this is the only one I have read. But I am ...             The Crusades Through Arab Eyes77 reviews Amin Maalouf Schocken, 1989 Unusual Historic Perspective, Written in Suspense + An interesting side + Not as biased as the title suggests. + Great Historical read from 1st person accounts. + The Perspective Everybody Must Read             Moorish Culture in Spain Titus Burckhardt Fons Vitae, 1999             Granada 1492: The Twilight of Moorish Spain (Praeger Illustrated Military History) David Nicolle Praeger Publishers, 2005 By 1481 Granada was the last Islamic enclave in Catholic Spain. Granada's last ruler, Muhammad XII 'Boadbil', faced the might of a Spanish royal army revitalised and lavishly equipped with modern artillery. Despite this mismatch of strength it took 11 years of hard campaigning before the Spanish troops could bring their guns to bear on the walls of Granada. After this, the outcome could not be ...             Moorish Spain17 reviews Richard Fletcher University of California Press, 2006 Riveting, accurate and succinct + A fine summary + Moorish spain + Tragic Downfall of the "Ornament of the World"             The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In16 reviews Hugh Kennedy Da Capo Press, 2007 Superb history of Islamic expansion + Very interesting book for a difficult task + From Tangiers to Tukharistan In 680, an Iraqi monk asked (I am paraphrasing) "How is it the Arabs created such an enormous empire (by 744 it would stretch from the Pyrenees to the Hindu-Kush) so quickly?" Hugh Kennedy answers this in _The Great Arab Conquests_. His conclusions may surprise you. Kennedy begins with an ...             No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam106 reviews Reza Aslan Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006 An intricately woven masterpiece + Wonderful Historical Perspective + A magnificent, well-written book Just as a great poet assembles their poem, Aslan has done the same, producing nothing short of a masterpiece. Thoroughly analytical, wonderfully written and well presented, this is one for an audience of the learned community of the complex intellectual world of the 20th century. Not an ...             Arab War Lords and Iraqi Star Gazers: Gertrude Bell's The Arab of Mesopotamia2 reviews Paul Rich Authors Choice Press, 2001 Arab War Lords + Scenes of Old Still Relevant Today We thank you for suggesting other titles in the same interest group. Have expanded our knowledge and found Gertrude Bell to be a fascinating character. Thank you for a good book at a good price and in good condition !             Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths26 reviews Karen Armstrong Ballantine Books, 1997 Highly informative, yet entertaining! + Jerusalem CD: One City, Three Faiths + An excellent book about a tough subject This book provides a very balanced view of the factors leading to the present day situation in Jerusalem. Although somewhat heavy on the religious influences, not inappropriately so, since this is what made Jerusalem what it is today. I would have liked to have learned more about the situation with ...