{"product_id":"the-first-muslim-the-story-of-muhammad-9781594632303","title":"The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited--and remade. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLesley Hazleton's new book, \u003ci\u003eAgnostic: A Spirited Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e, is out now from Riverhead Books. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe First Muslim\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 hounded out of Mecca turn exile into a new and victorious beginning? How did the outsider become the ultimate insider? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Impeccably researched and thrillingly readable, Hazleton's narrative creates vivid insight into a man navigating between idealism and pragmatism, faith and politics, nonviolence and violence, rejection and acclaim. \u003ci\u003eThe First Muslim \u003c\/i\u003eilluminates not only an immensely significant figure but his lastingly relevant legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLesley Hazleton reported on the Middle East from Jerusalem for more than a dozen years, and has written for \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. Her last book, \u003ci\u003eAfter the Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the PEN-USA book Award. Hazleton lives in Seattle.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50358874767634,"sku":"9781594632303","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e8bacb92-ccf5-4934-b397-c17709b7955a.jpg?v=1728347485","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-first-muslim-the-story-of-muhammad-9781594632303","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}