[DOWNLOAD] The First Muslim: The Story of Muhamm

<b>The extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited—and remade. <br /><br />Look out for Lesley Hazleton's new book, <i>Agnostic: A Spirited Manifesto</i>, coming in February 2016.</b><br /><br /> Muhammad’s was a life of almost unparalleled historical importance; yet for all the iconic power of his name, the intensely dramatic story of the prophet of Islam is not well known. In <i>The First Muslim</i>, Lesley Hazleton brings him vibrantly to life. Drawing on early eyewitness sources and on history, politics, religion, and psychology, she renders him as a man in full, in all his complexity and vitality.<br /><br /> Hazleton’s account follows the arc of Muhammad’s rise from powerlessness to power, from anonymity to renown, from insignificance to lasting significance. How did a child shunted to the margins end up revolutionizing his world? How did a merchant come to challenge the established order with a new vision of social justice? How did the pariah houn