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1. Trivium | Philosophy

SH continuosly comes back to the fact that most people can`t think logically, and are tricked by sophistry and sophistical reasoning. He`s never recommended a book, but he loves citing Socrates.

	Book Recommendation	Quote
0.	A Treatise of Human Nature
1.	Aristotle on False Reasoning: Language and the World in the Sophistical Refutations	I haven`t read it but I think this is probably useful
2.	Complete Works of Aristotle, Vol. 1	I`ve read Aristotle
		Not a recommendation
4.	Destiny of Man	Islam is not a simple Religion
5.	Ethics	This life is all leisure
6.	Poetics
7.	Reign of Quantity	Wonderful book
8.	The Apology - Socrates	One of many Socrates books mentioned by SHY. (Even though this one wasn`t written by him)
		Worth reading every once in a while
		SHY also quoted from the book, on how the state worries too much about its interests
11.	The Measure of Reality	How the West Measures everything
12.	The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View
13.	The Platonic Dialogue	SHY Quotes from this book
14.	The Portable Nietzsche (The Anti-Christ)	Christianity “cheated us … out of the harvest of the culture of Islam. The wonderful world of the Moorish culture of Spain, really more closely related to us, more congenial to our senses and tastes than Rome and Greece, was trampled down … because it said Yes to life even with the rare and refined luxuries of Moorish life."
		The Portable Nietzsche. Edited and translated by Walter Kaufmann. (New York, Penguin Books, 1982), 652. The actual text used was "The Anti-Christ".
16.	The Postmodern Condition	Regarding grand narratives and how Western culture doesn`t have one anymore.
17.	The Republic of Plato	How Aristotle called for the ban of music because it is too powerful
18.	The Trial and Death of Socrates: Four Dialogues (Dover Thrift Editions)
19.	Who we are	Not recommended just mentioned. On the racist beliefs of Samuel Hunington that Mexicans will soon overrun the US.

2. Trivium | Grammar/Language

	Book Recommendation	Quote
20.	Introduction to Grammer	How Arabic is a suspisciously constructed language
21.	Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society	Referenced
22.	Political Dictionary	Referenced in the Blog entry

3. Trivium | Grammar/Language | Arabic

	Book Recommendation	Quote
23.	Book on Arabic

4. Trivium | Grammar/Language | Literature

	Book Recommendation	Quote
24.	The Country of the Blind	About perception and reality.
25.	A Separate Peace	I lived this
26.	A Tale of Two Cities	I am currently reading Robert George’s The Clash of Orthodoxies and Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities with my two older boys.
27.	Alice in Wonderland	In this court we judge you then start the trial.
28.	Amazing Grace	This TRUE story is the backbone of many Christian American Hymns. The story of a slavetrader who repents.
29.	Billy Budd	About Envy
		`People will admit to fellonious crimes before they admit to envy.` - That Hikma is worth the Book
31.	Charles Dickens/David Cooperfield Studies in English Literature	SHYH has mentioned Uriah Heap at least twice in his speeches (Daajal and the new World Order Purification of the Heart) once even comparing the Dali Lama to him
32.	Chronicles of Narnia	My boys read it
33.	Coma	This book is about Mad Doctors keeping humans alive while they harvest their organs. Sh Hamza made the simily of Europeon powers doing the same to Asian/African countries...keeping them afloat while they harvest their riches/resources.
34.	Crime and Punishment
35.	Dantes Inferno	SHY spoke about the concept `life being like a mountain` and how this is the physical reality in the book.
		Dante lumped `userer` (bankers) in with homosexuals - both are unnatural acts. Back when Christianity still forbade Interest.
		The whole speech is an explanation of the book.
38.	David Copperfield	How everything is about Domestic Violence
39.	Don Quixote	The most important novel written in the West
40.	Hero with a 1000 faces	How the same archtype hero shows up in every story
41.	Jane Austen: The Complete Novels	How most families try to keep their wealth within their family specifically about the English.
42.	King Lear
43.	Merchant of Venice
44.	Moby Dick	(Herman Melville) Possibly the greatest American Author
45.	Selected Short Stories	I will never forget that story (SHY speaking about `The Necklace`)
		On further study I`m not sure if this was recommended.
47.	Song of Rolan
48.	The Brothers Karamazov	How this book is about Domestic Violence
		The Greatest Western Writer
		SHY quotes from the book talking about Shamelessness stemming from Shame
		The second most important novel in Western Literature (New Brunswick Fundraiser)
52.	The Chronicles of Narnia	My boys read it
53.	The Civil War: A Narrative : Fort Sumter to Perryville Civil War	All young men love war stories. Back in my day anyway
54.	The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Volume 1
55.	The Illiad	Shy quoted Achilles on lieing
		How The Illiad portrays vengeance killings
57.	The Odyssey of Homer	Its an incredible journey home
		SHY mentions this book alot but never really recommends it.
59.	The Sea-Wolf	How SHY`s children preferred the book version over the cinematic adoptation.
60.	War and Peace

5. Quadrivium | Theology | Islam | Orientalism

Non-referred anti-Islamic books that Sh Hamza has read to better understand the attack against Islam. These books are not recommended.

	Book Recommendation	Quote
61.	On Heroes, and the Heroic	SHY doesn`t like Mr.Carlyle and doesn`t recommend him. But SHY did read this book and talked about it in the `Call to Dawah` Lecture. Mr.Carlyle is an orientalist that writes terrible things about Islam and also some good.

6. Contemporary Sciences | Psychology | Technology

	Book Recommendation	Quote
62.	The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology	SHY mentioned `The Philosophy of Technology`, which doesn`t exist. I think he meant this book, by the same author, as it deals with this topic.
63.	The Winter of our Disconnect	How people can get too abstracted from the reality of the world

7. Trivium | Grammar/Language | Literature | Poetry

In recent years, Sheikh Hamza has lamented on the loss of poetry. He feels this is an important subject, esspecially for the technically inclined

	Book Recommendation	Quote
64.	`For Those I Taught` By Donald Babcock	SHY had his son recite a Babcock poem as an anecdote to a man wasting his life
65.	Hamlet	On the fear of dieing
66.	How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry	I asked SHY for an intro to poetry for an engineer. This is what he recommended.
67.	Introduction to Poetry: Commentaries on Thirty Poems	I asked SHY for a book recommendation on an introduction to poetry. This is what he recommended first.
68.	Poem: Dream deferred
69.	Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	He`s fallen out of fashion but I really like him.
70.	The Blind Beekeeper	I don`t get it but SH called Abd al-Hayy `one of the greatest unknown American poets
		Check out his conversion story here: www.iiie.net/Brochures/Brochure-10.html
72.	The Burda of Al-Busiri	I asked SHY for an introduction to poetry. This is what he recommended (for Arabic Poetry). He specifically mentioned his notes at the beginning of the work.
73.	The Conquering Worm / The Heights	SHY said that EAP read The Quran and quoted from it...esspecially in the Poem The Heights. He also recited the poem `The Conquering Worm`
74.	The Essential Rumi	I arbitrarily picked this book. Rumi`s been mentioned numerous times by SHY
75.	The Masnavi	I read the Masnavi once
76.	The Rules of Dance
77.	Wordsworth

8. Quadrivium | Theology

	Book Recommendation	Quote
78.	The God Disillusion	Fascinating. I really recommend it
		This book is an athiest attack against God. SHYs recommendation stems from the great arguments the author uses which Muslims should think about...but not follow/endorse.

9. Quadrivium | Theology | Islam

	Book Recommendation	Quote
80.	In Pursuit of Virtue	a brilliant book
		Thanks to Farah for the reco.
82.	Jalalayn - Tafsir of Quran	SHY`s favored Tafsir. He`s mentioned it many times.
		SHY uses the Jalalyn to explain a verse of the Quran
		A great quick Tafsir
85.	Les Miserables	That story is about Justice and Mercy!
86.	Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources	Best ENGLISH Seerah I`ve read
87.	Possibilities of Dawah in North America	An interesting book
		how the author noted that Islamic organizations wont work together
		I can`t find this book on Amazon.
90.	Religion vs Religion	TRUE Prophetic religion vs bad religion created by politicians
91.	Shamail Tirmidhi	An account of every aspect of the Prophet`s life
92.	Spiders	Sh Hamza read a book on spiders in order to better understand the ayat in the Quran which relates the activities of the Kuffar to the Spider`s Web. This book wasn`t specifically recommended.
93.	Tafsir Al-Jalalayn	SHY`s favored Tafsir
94.	The Atlantic (Monthly)	Not Recommended - Mentioned once about Bernard Lewis and once about another orientalist. Obvious that SHY reads this journal regularly.
		Ive read Chomsky Daniel Pipes David Horowitz Bernard Lewis Edward Saeed...
96.	The End of the Jihad State	Speaking on the Ummayad Dynasty
97.	The Koran by George Sale	It is a reasonably good Quran
		SHY owns an original copy of this text from 1734
99.	The Lives of Man
100.	Vision of Islam	SHY follows this book to complete his lecture series of the same name
101.	Washington Irvings - Life of Muhammad	How the marriage of Aisha (ie at an early age) was not considered a big deal by post-modern Western Thinkers.

10. Quadrivium | Theology | Islam | End of Time

	Book Recommendation	Quote
102.	Ali Akbar
103.	Dajjal the Antichrist	A little convoluted but beneficial
104.	Myth of the Machine : Technics and Human Development	By Lewis Mumford. The definitive guide on why civilization is circling the drain - Part1
105.	Myth of the Machine the Pentagon of Powe Pentagon of Power
106.	The Book of Certainty
107.	The History and Future of Faith: Religion Past, Present, and to Come	Basically about the 5 stages that all religions go through and how Islam is the only religion that is left to go through stage 4 ie - REFORMATION. #NAME? Patel
108.	The Signs Before Judgement Day	Good but needs commentary
109.	The Technological Society

11. Quadrivium | Theology | Islam | Dawah

	Book Recommendation	Quote
110.	Extreme Islam: Anti-American Propaganda of Muslim Fundamentalism	People downloaded what Muslims wrote online and made a book out of it
		How violent rhetoric is determental to Islamic Dawah esspecially online. Not recommended but mentioned.
112.	Quranic Translation
113.	The Bible, the Qu`ran and Science: The Holy Scriptures Examined in the Light of Modern Knowledge	On Islamic Science
		About how the author Dr. Maurice Bucaille, learned arabic at 50.

12. Quadrivium | Theology | Islam | Aqidah

On the qualities and facets of Allah. Most of these books are in English, and written by orientalists. Might be better to read Arabic/Muslim ones.

	Book Recommendation	Quote
115.	Islamic philosophy and theology	Someone asked for book recommendations on Theology during this lecture.
		(Watts is an orientalist but ) He`s fairminded I dont think he`s a bad person.
117.	Roots of synthetic theology in Islam	Someone asked for book recommendations on Theology during this lecture.

13. Quadrivium | Theology | Islam | Dhikr

	Book Recommendation	Quote
118.	The Prophetic Invocations	Without a Wird you won`t get spiritual elevation.
		This Wird/book Recommended
		This wird is a healing and prophetic medicine from a doctor of the hearts Imam `Abdallah al-Haddad who learned his craft from TRUE scholars of knowledge and deeds until he himself became a master.

14. Quadrivium | Theology | Christian

	Book Recommendation	Quote
121.	Abolition of Man, The	Once you reject a part of a tradition you`re rejecting the whole thing.
		Not recommended only mentioned
123.	Arabic Thought and the Western World in the Golden Age of Islam	Myers does an A/B comparison of the two authors and shows how Thomas copied Ghazali...almost exactly.
124.	Christian Science Monitor	SHY reads the CSM and quotes from it regularly
125.	Christianity and the World Religions: Paths of Dialogue with Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism
126.	City of God	How Christianity rejects sensuality
127.	Confessions	`If you think Christian Theology is dumb then you haven`t read anything by St Augustine or...`
128.	Faith and Wealth: A History of Early Christian Ideas on the Origin, Significance, and Use of Money	I would recommend everyone read...
		How the traditional Christian community thought about money.
130.	God has a communication problem	Not Recommended but something SHY read and mentioned.
131.	Gospel of Barnabas	problematic as the gospel contains many unislamic principles but useful nonetheless
132.	How some people feel about Jesus	Brilliant
		Cant find this short story. Its most likely part of a larger collection
134.	Letter to the Reverend Mr. Cary - Containing Remarks upon his Review of the Grounds of - Christianity Examined by Comparing the New Testament to - the Old	SHY mentioned this book when talking about the author George English Bethune.
135.	Losing Moses on the Freeway	Sh Hamza recommended this author and this book.
136.	On Being Christian	How the Christians say `Islam is a lot like Christianity, they must have copied us`
137.	On Christian Doctrine	Its worth reading if you have an interest in religion
		The Usool of Christian laws
139.	On Christian Teaching	Requirements to decipher the Bible
140.	Oxford Dictionary of the Bible	SHY owns this book. Not recommended (unless you are active in Dawah with Christians)
141.	Pagan Christs	How some say that Jesus is not a historical character
142.	Putting Away Childish Things	A Christian Theologist who claims that there is no divinity in Christ.
143.	Saints and Psychopaths	An Interesting Book
144.	Suma Theologica	St. Thomas admits that he took (alot) from Ibn Sina and Imam Ghazali.
		Sh Hamza mentions Suma when reflecting on European authors that have quoted Imam Ghazali
146.	The Monastic Rules	If you think Christian Theology is dumb you haven`t read...
147.	Tolerance	An important document because it changed discourse in the West.
148.	Treatise on Happiness	If you think Christian Theology is dumb you haven`t read...
		How St.Thomas stole most of his concepts from Ibn Rushd and Imam Ghazaly.

15. Quadrivium | Theology | Atheism

	Book Recommendation	Quote
150.	Atheist Debater`s Handbook
151.	DARWINS BLACK BOX: THE BIOCHEMICAL CHALLENGE TO EVOLUTION	Read Dawins Black Box
152.	God the Evidence : The Reconciliation of Faith and Reason in a Postsecular World	Regarding the `moral argument` for the belief in God.

16. Quadrivium | Theology | Other Religions

	Book Recommendation	Quote
153.	Dhammapada : The Sayings of Buddha	Even the Dhammapada mentions the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). This translation by Thomas Cleary was mentioned
154.	Everyman`s Talmud: The Major Teachings of the Rabbinic Sages	SHY uses this as reference text when researching Jewish Theology.
155.	Jewish History, Jewish Religion	I would recommend this book to everyone who wants to read it.
		How Islam provides help for all of mankind, even non-Muslims.
157.	Jewish Theology	It is accepted within Jewish tradition that the Prophet Muhammad was a vehicle of divine intervention.
		An Extraordinary Book
		How traditional Judaism views Islam
160.	The Jews of Islam	He records letters from Dhimmi Jews to European Jews telling them to come live under Islamic law...because it was so good.

17. Quadrivium | Astronomy

	Book Recommendation	Quote
161.	A `David King` Bibliography http://www.ecademics.org/oasis/KingBiblioLong1.pdf
162.	Universal Solutions to Problems of Spherical Astronomy from Malmuk Egypt and Syria	David King has some fascinating books on this topic
		This author is german and for some reason not published or available easily. If you find it let me know

18. Quadrivium | History

	Book Recommendation	Quote
164.	A History of Knowledge: Past, Present and Future	Author acknowledges Ibn Khuldoon in the preface
165.	A Literary History of the Arabs	There is really no doubt about the authenticity of the Quran
166.	A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East	He documents how the entire colonial situation was designed to ensure continual war in the Middle East
		I recommend all Muslims read...
		Read David Fromkin A Peace to end all Peace...
169.	A Study of History	Admits that Ibn Khaldoon is his major influence
170.	Biography of John Locke	This book in particular was not recommended. Just a biography on Locke.
		I read a biography on Locke
172.	Cambridge History of Islam	How the book included a Biography of UmmHani
173.	Civil War Book by Shelby Foote	Shelby foote was mentioned not this book in particular.
		All young men love war stories. Back in my day anyway
175.	Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy	This book Contains a short story called `Haji Murad`. About the great Chechnyan Sheikh.
176.	History of Bombing	The author speaks of Imam Abu Hanifa as a jurist who spoke against unjust killing (Possibly the first)
		How Imam Abu Hanifa was the first man (in History) to codify the rules of war.
178.	History of the Peloponnesian War Penguin Classics	I read this a long time ago but recently reread this book
		On how the arrogance of the Athenians was the root of their downfall
180.	Knowledge Triumphant: The Concept of Knowledge in Medieval Islam	it`s really a fascinating book -- but one of the things he says in there is that the Islamic civilization was a civilization probably more than any other historically that really was centered around knowledge the ideal of knowledge.
		Inquiring minds should peruse Franz Rosenthal’s Knowledge Triumphant, a wonderful study on the centrality of knowledge in the Islamic world.
182.	Mecca: From Before Genesis Until Now	About the power of the tribes that controlled the Kabba/Mecca area.
183.	Over Morocco in a balloon
184.	The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History	On how even the Kuffar recognize the greatness of the Prophet.
185.	The Colonizer and the Colonized	How the colonized can be culturally turned.
186.	The Future of Islam	An extraordinary European, Wilfred Scawen Blunt, who was a passionate, Arabist, pro-Arab, anti-imperialist, British, man, who wrote a book...in that book he said, `I dont see the loss of Muslim Sovereignty as a negative thing. I see it as a posisitve thing. Because Islam will no longer be encumbered with the corruption of a political entity, masking itself as a religious entity. And it will enable the Muslims to discover their deep spiritual truths.`
187.	The Influence of Islam on Medival Europe
188.	The Muqaddimah	SHY recommended this version specifically, translated by Franz Rosenthal.
		The Muqaddimah is extraordinary
190.	The Web of Deceit - 0099448394	How the West subsidizes foreign wars
191.	The World and the West	SHY continuosly mentions the autho Arnold Toynbee. Once even calling him `brilliant`
		...notes in the 1940`s that Saudia Arabia and Afghanistan would be hot spots in the future. Most likely to be taken care of by Europe or America.
193.	Toynbee`s History	the pope paid Jizya
194.	Travels of Ibn Jubayr	SHY quoted extensively from this book, specifically around classical Islamic Education in the 11th Century.
		This is well documented in the travelogues of scholars such as Ibn Jubayr, which is available in English

19. Quadrivium | History | American

	Book Recommendation	Quote
196.	A People`s History of the United States : 1492-Present	A revisionist look at American History through non-white eyes
197.	Adam Smith`s Mistake	About Adam Smiths mistake with `supply and demand`
		I love this book
199.	African Muslims in Antebellum America: Transatlantic Stories and Spiritual Struggles	A Non-Muslim moved to prove that there were Muslims in the African Slaves. (Indirectly from Malcolm X and Alex Haley)
200.	Black Like Me	What happened when a White man dressed like a black man back in the 60`s.
201.	George Washington`s Farewell Address	Whether he lived up to it or not is his business. Not my business. This is truth. He`s speaking truth
		This is the Cherry tree. This is Truth
		SHY spoke about George`s goals in his career
204.	Hobbes: On the Citizen	Speaks of human inalienable rights.
205.	Islam in the United States of America
206.	Letter from the Birmingham Jail	How Christian leaders were mad at Martin Luther for `rocking the boat`
207.	Lincoln`s Greatest Speech : The Second Inaugural	How the civil war was unfinished business of the War of Independence. (Hey don`t look at me I just publish what SHY says)
		He blames the civil war on the sins of the American People; visavis the black people. And people accepted his criticism.
209.	Mark Twains Weapons of Satire : Anti-Imperialist Writings on the Philippine-American War	If anyone has read...
210.	Pat Buchanan	Not recommended but an author SHY reads for his ideas against Islam
211.	Roots	How Malcolm X effected Alex Haley enough to create this book/movie
212.	Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas	I recommend for all of you to read
		How Muslims first came over on Slave Ships to America
214.	The Jefferson Adams Correspondence	I was reading their correspondence and it mentioned this book (George English)
215.	The Jefferson Bible	He never recommended it but he mentioned it once
		How Jefferson was a materialist and removed all the miracles from the Gospel.
217.	Thomas Jefferson : Writings : Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia
218.	Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration	Locke is one of the key ideologies behind the founding of America
		SHY read his biography and turns to him often as an example of American ideas on tolerance

20. Quadrivium | History | Eastern

	Book Recommendation	Quote
220.	Colonizer and the Colonized
221.	History of Islamic Spain
222.	History of Spain	Watts should know better
		Not recommended - mentioned only.
224.	Islam in Britain, 1558-1685
225.	Social Reform in Syria	How the west dismantled all Islamic Religious institutions
226.	The Devil`s Horsemen: The Mongol Invasion of Europe	Chambers. SH loves to talk about the Mongols. (Munawar Recommended Not SH)
227.	The Gulag Archipelago: 1918-1956	How the Chechnyans maintained their dignity in the Gulag.
		Sheikh mentioned Sultan Yeats and his description of Chechnyan Muslims in the Gulah. I cant find Sultan Yeats and believe he was referring to this book.
		Sh Hamza quoted from the book in his speech `Making Sense of our Past`
230.	The Venture of Islam	How Muslims were the first cartographers and that maps were originally `south side up`
		He has a section on Qalam

21. Quadrivium | History | Great People

	Book Recommendation	Quote
232.	A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar	SHY quotes from this book and also recommends this book during the ISNA 2009 Speech
		I was reading the correspondence between Jefferson and Adams and they mentioned this book in their letters
234.	Al Ghazali: On the Duties of Brotherhood
235.	An-Nawawi`s Forty Hadith	The class `The 40 Hadith` was based on this book.
236.	Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin	How Benjamin Franklin created a non-denominational Church in Philly.
237.	Biography of Benjamin Franklin	How Ben Franklin felt that mistreated prisoners were better off under Muslim custody
238.	Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas	Crazy Horse was mentioned also.
239.	Disciplining the Soul and on Breaking the Two Desires	This book is worth reading.
240.	Florence Nightengale - Travel to Egypt	...The Muslim world was still unaffected in its everyday life by the incredible changes that were occurring in the West, and most Muslim countries in the nineteenth century were relatively stable and extremely safe places to visit. A cursory review of Western travel literature to the Muslim world at the time will verify this (see, for instance, Florence Nightingale’s travelogue to Egypt).
241.	Florence Nightingale	I fell in Love with Florence Nightingale
242.	Geronimo: His Own Story	Forget the biographies on A&E hear it from the lips of the original guerilla himself.
243.	Malcolm X: The Last Speeches	This book was not recommended but SH did mention the difference in Malcolm`s last speeches (After Hajj) vs those before his Hajj.
244.	Story of My Life	there cannot be intelligence without communication
245.	The American Spirit	Oscar Straus was the US ambasador to Turkey. He had a lot to say about Islam and the Ottoman Empire. SHY mentions him in passing and his book `4 administrations`
246.	Zarruq, the Sufi: A guide in the way and a leader to the truth : a biographical and critical study of a mystic from North Africa	SHY loves to quote `Sidi Ahmad Zarruq`. The book `Poor Mans Book of Assistance` is untranslated.

22. Quadrivium | Art

	Book Recommendation	Quote
247.	Critique of Pure Reason
248.	In the Shade of the Tree: A Photographic Odyssey Through the Muslim World	Sanders & SHY travelled together and he even has a foreward in this book.

23. Quadrivium | Music

	Book Recommendation	Quote
249.	Africa and the Blues	Speaking about the relationship of Arabic Music on the Blues (American Music)
250.	Big book of Music	SHY owns a copy of this book
		I have this book
252.	The Music of the Arabs	How Hamza el-Din (hamzaeldin.com) gave/recommended the book `kitab al-msigd al-kabir` By `Al-Faraji`. This book mentions it.

24. Contemporary Sciences | Education/Pedagogy

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	Book Recommendation	Quote
253.	Age of Faith	He talks about the peerless books and knowledge that was created by the...they call...golden age of Islam.
254.	How to Read a Book	Get the 1940 Edition
255.	How to Speak, How to Listen	SHY was at a workshop presided by this author.
256.	Instruction of the Student: The Method of Learning
257.	Life of Muhammad	Mediocore and not good
		Mentioned not recommended. Amazon doens`t sell it. it was published in the 18th century.
259.	Lost Tools of Learning	Liberal Arts refers to a mastery of the basic tools of learning (See Dorothy Sayers article, The Lost Tools of Learning)
260.	Might of the Maker
261.	New Oxford American Dictionary	I use an app from Random House on my iPhone for quick looks. I use the New Oxford American Dictionary for all my publications but have several different dictionaries I refer to. It is amazing how they differ in definitions sometimes.
		Sh Hamza reads the dictionary daily. He said once that he reads the Dictionary like most people read books
263.	Reforming Education
264.	Rise of Colleges: Institutions of Learning in Islam and the West
265.	The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire	The great debate between Islam and the West
266.	To Renew America	Newt Gingrich was recommended not this book particularly.
		Read Newt Gingrich`s book...
268.	Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher`s Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling	I highly recommend it

25. Contemporary Sciences | Education/Pedagogy | Homeschooling

	Book Recommendation	Quote
269.	A Different Kind of Teacher: Solving the Crisis of American Schooling	I Highly Recommend this book
270.	A Is for Ox : The Collapse of Literacy and the Rise of Violence in an Electronic Age	A brilliant book
271.	Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling	SHY advocates John Taylor Gatto`s books. The AlhambraProductions.com webpage also pushes: *`Homeschooling for Excellence`
272.	Evolutions End : Claiming the Potential of Our Intelligence	Here`s a book that I think everyone here should read.
		This is an amazing book
		How heart cell`s synchronize after being cut off then joined back onto the Heart.
		`Evolutions End` was the class reading homework for the Islamic Roadmap lecture/workshop
276.	Homeschooling for Excellence	Homeschooling is good
277.	The Disappearance of Childhood	How `adolesence` is a post-modernist created idea.
278.	The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School

26. Contemporary Sciences | Social Studies

	Book Recommendation	Quote
279.	365 things to do with your kids	When asked `What else can the kids do except play Video Games` SHY responded by recommending this book.
280.	Bell Curve	How statistics can be used to prove anything. In this case that Blacks are stupid. Not recommended rather mentioned in SHY`s speech. Bell Curve by Richard Herrnstein.
281.	Born to Rebel	How birth order sibling rivarly and parental attention effects social structures.
282.	Brain Sex : The Real Difference Between Men and Women	The difference between men and women...I dont think there`s any religious significance to this book.
		She has said that it is categorically undeniable now that there are certain intellectual capacities in which men supercede women.
		...and read that book it`s enlightening. It`s really good
		...A book you should all read
286.	Brave New World	Mentioned not Recommended
287.	Envy: A Theory of Social Behavior	A fascinating book
288.	Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
289.	How the other half dies: The real reasons for world hunger	Worth Reading
290.	I`m Dysfunctional, You`re Dysfunctional: The Recovery Movement and Other Self-Help Fashions
291.	Information Theory
292.	Magical Child	Chilton Pierce was recommended not this book particularly.
		How highest spiritual receptibility and change occurs in the teen years.
294.	Pedagogy of Freedom	Powerless people lack language
295.	Pedagogy of the Oppressed	Poweless people lack language
296.	Pornified	On the effects of Pornography.
297.	Revenge of God	About the reemergence of Religion all over the world
298.	The BOOK OF VIRTUES
299.	The Case against Adolescence	The ever present attempt by society to prolong teenage life.
300.	The Culture of Disbelief	In Secular States we allow people to have God as a hobby.
301.	The new Goodlife	The American version of Zuhd
		I recently got...(this book)
303.	The Open Society	"The last interview" is worth reading. Censorship is a good thing
304.	The Roots of the Self: Unraveling the Mystery of Who We Are	How the Sahaba had `The Flow` while they were with the Prophet yet the rest of us must seek it
305.	The Sibling Society	How society has changed for the worse
306.	The Story of Eve	somewhat problematic but some basic points are good.
307.	Toxic Parents	Mentioned not recommended. How we`ve become a Blame Society. (Hence the title of this book)
308.	VITAL LIES SIMPLE TRUTHS: The Psychology of Self Deception

27. Contemporary Sciences | Social Studies | War

	Book Recommendation	Quote
309.	On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society	How todays society has desensitized us from Killing.
		It`s worth reading
		How video games are used to desensitize children to kill
312.	The Lessons of Terror: A History of Warfare Against Civilians: Why It Has Always Failed and Why It Will Fail Again	Caleb Carr is the most brilliant military historian...
		All attacks against civilians is terrorism
314.	War as I knew it	Sh Hamza read this book and mentioned it during speech `Does God Love war`
315.	War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning	Chris Hedges was recommended in the Sandala Blog. Possibly his newer books.

28. Contemporary Sciences | Social Studies | For the elimination of TV

	Book Recommendation	Quote
316.	Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business	If you love Lewis Mumford then you`ll love this
		How God commanded not to draw him, therefore he must be understandable by symbols
318.	Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television
319.	How to Watch TV News
320.	The Evil Eye	SHY searched for this book for many years and was unable to find it until recently. It was written in the 50s and SHY was interested in seeing what the understanding back then was around TV hypnosis and subconcious advertising.
		How TV was sped up to capture the attention of Young Children
		It took me a long time to find this book. I found a copy in Australia on the internet
		Possibly SHY`s most recommended book
324.	The Plug-In Drug: Television, Computers and Family Life	Reasons not to watch TV.

29. Contemporary Sciences | Social Studies | Politics

	Book Recommendation	Quote
325.	A Fate Worse Than Debt
326.	After Jihad: America and the Struggle for Islamic Democracy	Ive read Chomsky Daniel Pipes David Horowitz Bernard Lewis Edward Saeed...
		I`m not making any money for saying this, but I think Muslims should buy and read this book
		I`ve read it
329.	All the Shahs Men	Eisenhower`s Role in the Iranian Coup
330.	Animal Farm
331.	Civilization on trial	SHY quoted from this book during the ISNA 2001 lecture
332.	Clash Of Orthodoxies: Law Religion & Morality In Crisis	I am currently reading Robert George’s The Clash of Orthodoxies and Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities with my two older boys.
333.	Communist Manifesto, The	If you read his book...you know
		I don`t think he wanted to recommend this book but he mentioned it.
335.	Confessions of an Economic Hitman	Read that book. It`s an important book
336.	Deterring Democracy
337.	Failure of Political Islam	I think this is the best one (of the several books on political Islam)
338.	Foreign Policy Journal
339.	Hard Power, Soft Power And the Future of Transatlantic Relations	An Interesting Book
340.	Herald Tribune	SHY read an article on the Muslim Cosmologist `Bruno`
341.	Ill Fares the Land: Essays on Food, Hunger, and Power
342.	International Herald Tribune	Not recommended. SHY mentioned it.
343.	Journal of International Foreign Affairs
344.	Lee Atwater Biography	Really Worth Reading
345.	Mirror of Production
346.	Neoconservatism	SHY recommended any book by Leo Strauss on Neo-Conservatism.
347.	New York Times
348.	On Liberty and Utilitarianism
349.	Out of Control: Global Turmoil on the Eve of the 21st Century	How Islam threatens the West
350.	Plausible Denial: Was the CIA Involved in the Assassination of JFK?	How anything can be made to look true.
351.	Siraj al-muluk - The Lamp of Rulers	...one of my favorite books...
352.	Spiders Web - The Secret History of How the White House Illegally Armed Iraq	An interesting book to read
353.	The 101 most dangerous academics	Not Recommended. A Book Sh Hamza read and commented on to one of his friends who is mentioned in the book.
354.	The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization	I think people should read this book.
		SHY did a lecture with Richard Bulliet, where they discussed Islamo-Christian values. During this lecture, Sh Hamza recommended people to read his book.
356.	The CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS AND THE REMAKING OF WORLD ORDER	Regarding the loss of the Caliphate and its effect on Islam.
		Not recommended - Mentioned. Specifically that Mr Huntington took his information from Ian Macdonald
358.	The Death of the West: How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization	Not recommended but Pat B. was mentioned. This book wasn`t recommended but I think this was the one SHY was indicating.
359.	The Federalist Papers
360.	The Great Big Book of Tomorrow: A Treasury of Cartoons	Only comedians can tell the truth anymore. SHY mentioned that he reads Tom Tommorows comic/cartoon.
361.	The Last Century
362.	The Prince
363.	The Vision of Islam	A Wonderful Book...
364.	Wall Street Journal	SHY has mentioned The WSJ Several times. I thought I would finally capture it.
365.	What Went Wrong?	Ive read Chomsky Daniel Pipes David Horowitz Bernard Lewis Edward Saeed...
		How the Ottomans didn`t blame others for their losses.
367.	Year 501: The Conquest Continues

30. Contemporary Sciences | Social Studies | Terrorism

	Book Recommendation	Quote
368.	ARABISTS : THE ROMANCE OF AN AMERICAN ELITE	Why the CIA gets bored tapping Muslims
		I wouldn`t buy it but if you see it...
370.	The Art of War
371.	The Essential Koran: The Heart of Islam	with key Ayat highlighted. Specifically recommended for non-Muslims
372.	The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden and the Future of Terrorism	This is a monster we spawned ourselves
		Info regarding the training of Osama by the CIA
374.	THUNDER IN THE SKY	On the use and MISUSE of power (hint hint). Thomas Cleary (The Author) has lectured at Zaytuna before and is possibly a friend of SHY (I`m guessing).
375.	Who Becomes a Terrorist and Why	Not Recommended Mentioned in speech: Shaikh Hamza read this book after 9/11.

31. Contemporary Sciences | Science

	Book Recommendation	Quote
376.	Collapse of Darwinism	Read Darwins Black Box The collapse of Darwinism
377.	Grammatical Man: Information, Entropy, Language and Life	I`m not sure how this book relates to anything. But SHY reads a quote from the book and relates it to the Quran.
378.	Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies	A European man meets Malaria
379.	Human Embryology	SHY owns a copy of this book due to the authors statements about Science and the Quran
		The Introduction to this book states that the first accurate embryology statements were made in the Quran
381.	In the Absence of the Sacred: The Failure of Technology and the Survival of the Indian Nations	This book details how the culture of the Canadian Inuit was completly destroyed in 5 years by the introduction of Satelite TV.
382.	Power of Ten	A great book to read is `The Power of Ten`
383.	The Atom in the History of Human Thought
384.	The Measure of Everything	Numerals are the secret to the West`s power
385.	The Structure of Scientific Revolutions	Regarding the theories of science vs the facts of science
		A very profound book
387.	Time Wars: The Primary Conflict in Human History Touchstone Books Paperback
388.	Under Technology
389.	Understanding the Present: Science and the Soul of Modern Man	The Damage incurred by Science on Man
		On Western mans way of `knowing`

32. Contemporary Sciences | Science | Medicine/Health

	Book Recommendation	Quote
391.	American Journal of Medicine
392.	Healing Words : The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine	A book that I read. It`s a really interesting book on how prayer helps health.
393.	How to Raise a Healthy Child: In Spite of Your Doctor	Pretty much why you shouldn`t take your child to a doctor.
		I recommend this book for all mothers and fathers
395.	Sa Vante`s Book	Protect your teeth for they are more precious then diamonds
		I cant find this book

33. Contemporary Sciences | Science | Medicine/Health | Food

	Book Recommendation	Quote
397.	Beyond Beef: The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture	There`s a book that I recommend which you can read
398.	Diet for a New America	How the author is a Hippy and comes out to say don`t eat bad stuff. SHY made a point of recommending this book...but honestly, I`m not too sure why this book is recommended. There are many food books out there.
399.	Eating through the Seasons	On the specifics of eating specific foods at specific times. I can`t fnd this book anywhere. If you know where I can get it please let me know.
400.	Food Combining and Digestion: Easy to Follow Techniques to Increase Stomach Power and Maximize Digestion	Very short to the point. Excellent
401.	Food Combining Made Easy	Topic by SHY Book recommended by Anthony Robbins
402.	Kitab buqrat fil-amrad al-biladiyya: Hippocrates: On endemic diseases (airs, waters and places)	Greek knowledge on Medicine specifically food. Includes data on why cold climate cultures are more violent

34. Contemporary Sciences | Science | Medicine/Health | Meditation

	Book Recommendation	Quote
403.	Meditations

35. Contemporary Sciences | Self Help

	Book Recommendation	Quote
404.	Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ	Not Dan Goleman`s best book but still a good book
405.	Mastery: The Keys to Long-Term Success and Fulfillment	He`s an Aikido Master
		On the value of mastering vs dabbling. In reference to a quote by Sidi Ahmed Zurruq in `Foundations of the Spiritual Path`.
407.	Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People	This speech was based on this book. SH indicated this book had some value
		There is some knowledge in this book
		I only read it because so many Muslims were asking me about it. Suhanallah... You`re taking your deen from a Mormon?
410.	Silent Pulse	How the Sahaba lived with `Flow` - a concept discussed in this book.
411.	The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People	There is some knowledge in this book.
		SHY wasn`t completely enthusiastic about this book. But he does recommend it in the end.

36. Contemporary Sciences | Psychology

	Book Recommendation	Quote
413.	Playstation Nation	A good book to read
414.	Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill : A Call to Action Against TV, Movie and Video Game Violence	How a small percentage of the population is adversely effected by the violence in media.
415.	The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power	How corporations are psychotic.

37. Contemporary Sciences | Psychology | Advertising

	Book Recommendation	Quote
416.	Adbusters	Mentioned
417.	Adweek - National Ed	Where humans are bought and sold
418.	Decoding Advertisements
419.	HIDDEN PERSUADERS	Dangers and reality of subliminal advertising.
420.	The Manchurian Candidate	We`re all under control
421.	The Naked Consumer: How Our Private Lives Become Public Commodities	We`re all under control
		He always comes back to this book

38. Contemporary Sciences | Magic

	Book Recommendation	Quote
423.	Skeptic	A magazine debunking fake magicians
424.	Why People Believe Weird Things	Regarding superstition. Michael Shermer explains their origins

39. Contemporary Sciences | Misc

	Book Recommendation	Quote
425.	Life After Life : The Investigation of a Phenomenon-Survival of Bodily Death	At 17 I went to see him (Author Moody) lecture...
		Sh Hamza`s near death experience led him to learn about this topic. One book on his path.
		How a women who committed suicide kept doing so until revived.

40. Contemporary Sciences | Misc | Movies

	Book Recommendation	Quote
428.	Bambi
429.	Naqoyqatsi	Thanks to Naeem Randhawa for the tip
430.	Powaqqatsi - Life in Transformation	Thanks to Naeem Randhawa for the Reco
431.	The Parallax View	On why you can`t subvert the system from the inside

41. Contemporary Sciences | Misc | Non-Referred

	Book Recommendation	Quote
432.	Just War Against Terror: The Burden of American Power In a Violent World
433.	Muslims in the West: From Sojourners to Citizens
434.	The Right Man : The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush

42. Contemporary Sciences | Misc | Books SH Wrote

	Book Recommendation	Quote
435.	Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart
436.	The Content of Character: Ethical Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad