Historian Iftikhar H. Malik offers a wealth of case studies ranging from Muslim Spain and the Ottoman Empire to the present day, to examine what it is like to be a Muslim in the West today.
From 1975 to 1994 legislation banned spokespeople of proscribed organisations, such as Sinn Fé©®, from the Irish media. This collection of essays discusses the history and effects of the section 31 ban.
Historian Iftikhar H. Malik offers a wealth of case studies ranging from Muslim Spain and the Ottoman Empire to the present day, to examine what it is like to be a Muslim in the West today.
Clones, misogyny and acidic nihilism. Business as usual for IMPAC prize winning French writer Michel Houellebecq, author of Atomised, and Platform.
David Yallop’s book on the pontificate of John Paul II is subtitled ‘Inside the dark heart of John Paul II’s Vatican’.
The Lovely Bones is American writer Alice Sebold’s second book, following her memoir Lucky. It is the story of a fourteen-year-old rape victim, narrated from Heaven.
Guardian columnist, and biographer of Karl Marx, Francis Wheen launches a polemic on the retreat of reason in the late 20th century.
Fourteenth novel from American academic and satirist, Percival Everett. Originally entitled Making Jesus, apparently.
Man Booker prize nominated novel set in civil war Russia, with a cast of Czech soldiers, religiously inspired castrates, and communists.
Helen Garner’s first novel in fifteen years concerns itself with a truly universal theme – death.
A fictional conversation about killing President George W. Bush, that has outraged many, and called into question protections for freedom of speech.