MINI BOOK HAUL 2

As salaamu alaii kumm wa rahmatullahi wa barakath,

“I ate them like salad, books were my sandwich for lunch, my tiffin and dinner and midnight munch. I tore out the pages, ate them with salt, doused them with relish, gnawed on the bindings, turned the chapters with my tongue! Books by the dozen, the score and the billion. I carried so many home I was hunchbacked for years. Philosophy, art history, politics, social science, the poem, the essay, the grandiose play, you name ’em, I ate ’em.”

~ Famous American novelist, Ray Bradbury in Fahrenheit 451.

Certainly not as passionate but of late I happened to purchase and or collect some of the books mentioned below, no, this isn’t an ‘unboxing’ – that 21st century (Internet) ritual that follows everything new you purchase. I’ll insha-Allah be previewing, reviewing some of the books if they are worth it. 

Mini Book Haul and Unboxing.

As salaamu alaii kumm wa rahmatullahi wa barakath,

Few weeks back bought some books…

a. The Prophetic Medicine

• By Ibn Qayyim Al Jawziyyah [Tibb e Nabwi]

b. How Well Do You Know The Sahabah?

• By Maulvi Khalid Dhorat
• Brilliant book but this copy was a gift to someone. 

c. The Travels of Ibn Battuta

• By H. A. R. Gibb
• This book is close to the real deal – translation of the ‘Rihla’ of Ibn Battuta and from the little I have read, its superb.  

Book Unboxing and Preview of ‘Ibn Battuta’ by L. P. Harvey.

As salaamu alai kum wa rahmatullahi wa barakth,

Of the few pages and paragraphs (about 30 pages) that I read of the book, Ibn Battuta by L. P. Harvey, I felt like being in the company of a bitching wife (sorry for the strong word), who is deeply pessimistic and doubts if you really had work in the office when you said you’d be coming home late. 

Which is why I feel the book should have been titled: ‘Ibn Battuta: A Perspective’ – this is what it really is, the British author, L. P. Harvey’s perspective on Ibn Battuta’s life and travels.