Hi Shelley, There's an English translation of the Koran in the colllection. We had an English translation of the Koran donated to our used-book store a couple of weeks ago. I looked through it quickly and found it a little difficult to read, but I wasn't reading carefully. Parts that had been published after 9/11-- translations of what had been found in the terrorists' rooms--I found difficult to understand, too--obscure. I checked the bookshare collection. There are 31 books with Islam in the title. Running down the list I found five that seemed to be good histories or explanations, i.e., not political discussions but explanations of the religion, its history, etc. The synopses are good and will tell you which ones you want--and which supposedly are Excellent and which are not. Cindy __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.