Murder in Amsterdam

Murder in AmsterdamBy: Ian Buruma A revelatory look at what happens when political Islam collides with the secular West Ian Buruma's Murder in Amsterdam is a masterpiece of investigative journalism, a book with the intimacy and narrative control of a crime novel and the analytical brilliance for which Buruma is renowned. On a cold November day in Amsterdam in 2004, the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was shot and killed by an Islamic extremist

Retold by performing storyteller Karima Amin

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the friends must save the Magic Forest from an evil that threatens to banish nighttime--forever

while deftly avoiding the stilted language and false archaisms of Archer's translation

s built for himself

Can Lulu wish Witch Baby back

fends off a giant

The case starts at a rally for a controversial cult that ends suddenly in bloodshed

With millions of devoted readers across the globe

the historical epic stunned readers and critics alike with its ambitious scope and gripping humanity

nutrient-dense

“Superbly researched