How to Read is a personal master class that brings you face-to-face with the work of some of the most influential and challenging texts in history.

Using excerpts from the major texts to explain essential topics, the How to Read series provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to the canon. The Qur'an is the scripture of Islam, sacred to over one billion Muslims ... read more>>>

Bernard Lewis is Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus, at Princeton University. He is the author of the best-sellers What Went Wrong: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response and The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror. He has performed the invaluable service of placing current events in the context of history. Lewis has advised policymakers in the U.S., UK, and the Middle Eas... read more>>>