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  • A Child From the Village

    by Sayyid Qutb ...
    Translated by William Shepard, John Calvert ...
    Series series Middle East Literature In Translation
    Well known throughout the Islamic world as the foundational thinker for a significant portion of the contemporary Muslim intelligentsia, Sayyid Qutb (1906–1966) was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and was jailed by Gamal Abdul Nasser’s government in 1954. He became one of the most uncompromising voices of the movement we now call Islamism and is perhaps best known for his book, Ma`lam fi al ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism

    by John Calvert ...
    Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) was an influential Egyptian ideologue credited with establishing the theoretical basis for radical Islamism in the post colonial Sunni Muslim world. Lacking a pure understanding of the leader's life and work, the popular media has conflated Qutb's moral purpose with the aims of bin Laden and al-Qaeda. He is often portrayed as a terrorist, Islamo-Fascist, and advocate of ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • If You Don'T Mind My Saying So

    Some Impertinent Thoughts on Education & Politics in the Age of Political Correctness

    by John Calvert ...
    This is an age in which even the most honest and intelligent debate on social topics is risky. Free inquiry, which was once the pride of higher education, has almost disappeared as our politicized campuses have become one-party systems tolerating little dissent from the established orthodoxy. The ideology of multiculturalism in particular has led to demands for conformity in education and in ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Another Sort of Life

    A Memoir of "Interesting Times"

    by John Calvert ...
    May you live in interesting times," runs the old Chinese curse. During the worst recession since the 1930s, a university professor leaves the safe routines of campus life and hits the road, looking for a change of pace. But as the economy plummets, a supposedly manageable adventure becomes a four-and-a-half year journey into times that prove "interesting" indeed. He finds work as a cut-rate ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Another Sort of Life

    A Professor's Life Among the Downwardly Mobile,The New Poor, and the Underclass of the Troubled 1980S

    by John Calvert ...
    Spurred by boredom and maybe a touch of mid-life crisis, a political science professor quits the security of academic life and with just the cash in his pocket, a worn-out station wagon and a cargo of books hits the road in search of something different.economy and the highest unemployment rate since the Great Depression. His new colleagues include neer-do-wells, zanies, bohemians, underachievers, ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Arabian Peninsula in Age of Oil

    by John Calvert ...
    The Arabian Peninsula in the Age of Oil examines the impact this valuable resource has had on the political and social development of the region. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Through the Eyes of a Believer: Education Today

    Difficulties and Solutions

    by John Calvert ...
    This book not only tells about the hardships and tributes of the life of John Calvert but also gives an in-depth view of the educational system today from the eyes of a man who has been involved with it almost fifty years. It includes concerns and complaints from many people in several states in the country, who have seen issues in the system as well and voice their views and hope to be heard. It ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • If You Don’T Mind My Saying So

    Some Impertinent Thoughts on Education and Politics in the Age of Political Correctness

    by John Calvert ...
    This is an age in which even the most honest and intelligent debate on social topics is risky. Free inquiry, which was once the pride of higher education, has almost disappeared as our politicized campuses have become one-party systems tolerating little dissent from the established orthodoxy. The ideology of multiculturalism in particular has led to demands for conformity in education and in ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • Nickel and Dimed

    On (Not) Getting By in America

    by Barbara Ehrenreich ...
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  • The Pale King

    by David Foster Wallace ...
    The "breathtakingly brilliant" novel by the author of Infinite Jest (New York Times) is a deeply compelling and satisfying story, as hilarious and fearless and original as anything Wallace ever wrote.The agents at the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, appear ordinary enough to newly arrived trainee David Foster Wallace. But as he immerses himself in a routine so tedious and ... Read more

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  • Our Own Worst Enemy

    The Assault from within on Modern Democracy

    by Tom Nichols ...
    A contrarian yet highly engaging account of the spread of illiberal and anti-democratic sentiment throughout our culture that places responsibility on the citizens themselves. Over the past three decades, citizens of democracies who claim to value freedom, tolerance, and the rule of law have increasingly embraced illiberal politicians and platforms. Democracy is in trouble--but who is really to ... Read more

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