omar ali Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Tao Te Ching: A New English Version
Stephen Mitchell
@TheEmissaryCo ..and the IE word comes from teh fact that Beckwith is thinking about central asian IE people (eg in Sogdiana) who may have played a role in this.. anyway, Lao Tzu is outstanding (IF he existed).. u shud read the Tao Te Ching, you will want to own him :)
Paperback, 2006
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Orbat 1965 India Pakistan War: Pakistan Army
Agha H. Amin
Listen to "1965 War summed up -Why Indian Army and Pakistan Army Failed in 1965 War" by agha h amin ⚓ https://t.co/fY2WffeZPt
Out of stock

The Silver Waterfall: How America Won the War in the Pacific at Midway
Brendan Simms
Anyone read this book? (recommended by maj Amin) @zenpundit The Silver Waterfall: How America Won the War in the Pacific at Midway https://t.co/iRHU65MyPF
Hardcover, 2022
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tao Te Ching
Lao-Tzu
@TheEmissaryCo ..and the IE word comes from teh fact that Beckwith is thinking about central asian IE people (eg in Sogdiana) who may have played a role in this.. anyway, Lao Tzu is outstanding (IF he existed).. u shud read the Tao Te Ching, you will want to own him :)
Paperback, 1992
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ataturk: The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey
Andrew Mango
@NisarMi43047441 Mirza sahib, aap toh samajhte hain :) (there is scene in Andrew Mango's Ataturk where the mullahs come to ataturk and complain that Grand National assembly is humiliating them non-stop "you can ban the quran, but dont treat us like this" (I paraphrase, if someone has the book,… https://t.co/zUHwZKJvnQ
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What Is Islam?: The Importance of Being Islamic
Shahab Ahmed
@barbarikon @kartheeque This is why Shahab Ahmed wrote in his "what is Islam" that BOTH the formal prohibition of alcohol AND the regular (and celebrated in poem and song) use of alcohol, are standard features of Islamic society :)
Paperback, 2017
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
Interesting thread. I am surprised Hilary Mantel's "Place of greater safety" gets mentioned, but not "wolf hall".. (both are excellent)... (btw, another nominee: China by Edward Rutherford) https://t.co/iq3wBEZEup
Paperback, 2021
$20.99$10.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tao Te Ching
Lao Lao Tzu
@TheEmissaryCo ..and the IE word comes from teh fact that Beckwith is thinking about central asian IE people (eg in Sogdiana) who may have played a role in this.. anyway, Lao Tzu is outstanding (IF he existed).. u shud read the Tao Te Ching, you will want to own him :)
Paperback, 2001
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
In the Shadow of the Gods: The Emperor in World History
Dominic Lieven
TIL that in 1815 revenue in British India was bigger than that collected in the Russian or Austrian empires.. (read in a throwaway line in Dominic lieven's "in the shadow of the gods")
Hardcover, 2022
$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Tao Te Ching: Annotated Edition
Lao Tzu
@TheEmissaryCo ..and the IE word comes from teh fact that Beckwith is thinking about central asian IE people (eg in Sogdiana) who may have played a role in this.. anyway, Lao Tzu is outstanding (IF he existed).. u shud read the Tao Te Ching, you will want to own him :)
Paperback, 2016
$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book