Michael Sells: 6 books

Approaching the Qur’án is a major event in religious publishing. Professor Michael Sells has captured the complexity, power, and poetry of the early suras of the Qur’án, the sacred scripture of Islam. In this second edition, Sells introduces important new translations of suras and a new preface...

International football’s most intriguing stories are the tales of what might have been, those seemingly insignificant incidents that would have had the largest unforeseen effects. Imagine That… Messi is unable to afford growth hormone treatment … and Spanish football loses its charitable nature...

Technology’s most intriguing stories are the tales of what might have been, those seemingly insignificant incidents that would have had the largest unforeseen effects. Imagine That… Alexander Fleming cleans up his dishes … and penicillin is washed down the drain Steve Jobs skips the company...

The most intriguing stories from the history of cinema are the tales of what might have been, those seemingly insignificant incidents that would have had the largest unforeseen effects. Imagine That… The farmers of southern California revolt against plans for an aqueduct … and Chicago becomes...

Popular music’s most intriguing stories are the tales of what might have been, those seemingly insignificant incidents that would have had the largest unforeseen effects. Imagine That… Elvis is drafted into the army before his first studio session … and quietly lives out his days as a support...