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Never having been particularly PC here at Signs of Life, we’d like to recommend another fascinating, if controversial book. In The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature, editor of the Conservative Book Club Elizabeth Kantor takes readers on a fascinating tour through great literature in all its politically incorrect glory. She includes a syllabus and a guide to the English literature education most people were denied in school. You’ll learn how Beowolf teaches us to admire heroes, Shakespeare shows how some choices are inherently destructive, and from Flannery O’Connor we learn that even modern American liberals aren’t immune to original sin. As a future dead white male, I’m delighted by this rehabilitation of those of my persuasion.

Islam is a religion of peace. This is a statement we’ve heard repeatedly from politicians and scholars since 9/11. In his new book The Truth about Muhammad: Founder of the World’s Most Intolerant Religion, New York Times bestselling author Robert Spencer presents his case that the “religion of peace” mantra is at best a useful fiction and at worst a recipe for world disaster.

Spencer doesn’t purport to give an exhaustive biography of the prophet but focuses on the aspects of his life and teaching most relevant to 21st century geo-politics. Using extensive documentation from the sources that Muslims themselves consider most reliable, Spencer shows the truth about Muhammad’s convenient “revelations” justifying his own licentiousness; his joy in the brutal murders of his enemies; and above all, his clear marching orders to his followers to convert non-Muslims to Islam-or force them to live as inferiors under Islamic rule.

One of the best features of this book is Spencer’s concluding remarks in which he offers a concrete plan of action which diplomats and theologians could follow to avoid a worldwide, jihadist-induced holocaust.