Islam A Short History (Modern Library Chronicles) by Karen Armstrong (z-lib.org)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

KAREN ARMSTRONG is one of the world's foremost
scholars on religious affairs. She is the author of sev-
eral bestselling books, including The Battle for God,
Jerusalem, The History of God, and Through the Narrow
Gate, a memoir of her seven years as a nun. She lives
in London.

T H E MODERN LIBRARY EDITORIAL BOARD

Maya Angelou
Daniel J. Boorstin

A. S. Byatt
Caleb Carr
Christopher Cerf
Ron Chernow
Shelby Foote
Charles Frazier
Vartan Gregorian
Richard Howard
Charles Johnson
Jon Krakauer
Edmund Morris
Joyce Carol Oates
Elaine Pagels
John Richardson
Salman Rushdie
Oliver Sacks
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Carolyn See
William Styron
Gore Vidal

A NOTE ON THE TYPE

The principal text of this Modern Library edition
was set in a digitized version of Janson,

a typeface that dates from about 1690 and was cut by Nicholas Kis,
a Hungarian working in Amsterdam. The original matrices have
survived and are held by the Stempel foundry in Germany.

Hermann Zapf redesigned some of the weights and sizes for Stempel,
basing his revisions on the original design.

TEACHER'S GUIDE

A free printed Teacher's Guide for Islam by Karen Armstrong
is available to educators to help frame in-class discussions
through questions that explore reading themes and compre-
hension. Appropriate for high school- and college-level stu-
dents, the guide also offers useful suggestions for further
study and additional thematic resources. Copies may be ob-
tained by writing to Random House High School Academic
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Please allow four to six weeks for delivery.

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