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The Locust and the Bird
My Mother's Story
Written by Hanan Al-Shaykh
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: August 25, 2009
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-37820-0 (0-307-37820-9)
“One of the most daring female writers of the Middle East” (San Francisco Chronicle) gives us an extraordinary work of nonfiction: an account of her mother’s remarkable life, at the core of which is a tale of undying love.
In a masterly act of literary transformation, Hanan al-Shaykh re-creates the dramatic... Read more >
My Mother's Story
Written by Hanan Al-Shaykh
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: August 25, 2009
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-37820-0 (0-307-37820-9)
“One of the most daring female writers of the Middle East” (San Francisco Chronicle) gives us an extraordinary work of nonfiction: an account of her mother’s remarkable life, at the core of which is a tale of undying love.
In a masterly act of literary transformation, Hanan al-Shaykh re-creates the dramatic... Read more >
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eBook and a
trade paperback.
Images of Muhammad
Narratives of the Prophet in Islam Across the Centuries
Written by Tarif Khalidi
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Doubleday Religion
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $27.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-51816-1 (0-385-51816-1)
From one of today’s leading Muslim scholars, this compelling look at how the Prophet Muhammad has been portrayed throughout the centuries offers a fascinating history of the diversity of Islamic cultures and beliefs.
The Prophet Muhammad has been revered for more than fifteen centuries. Today, one in five people throughout the world... Read more >
Narratives of the Prophet in Islam Across the Centuries
Written by Tarif Khalidi
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Doubleday Religion
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $27.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-51816-1 (0-385-51816-1)
From one of today’s leading Muslim scholars, this compelling look at how the Prophet Muhammad has been portrayed throughout the centuries offers a fascinating history of the diversity of Islamic cultures and beliefs.
The Prophet Muhammad has been revered for more than fifteen centuries. Today, one in five people throughout the world... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Censoring an Iranian Love Story
Written by Shahriar Mandanipour
Translated by Sara Khalili
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-26978-2 (0-307-26978-7)
“With the many books about Iran flooding the shelves, it is a joy to come across Censoring an Iranian Love Story, which offers a perspective that is neither sentimental nor nostalgic, romanticized nor demonized. Looking at his country and its inhabitants through a fiction writer’s authentic spectacles, Shahriar Mandanipour has written a... Read more >
Written by Shahriar Mandanipour
Translated by Sara Khalili
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-26978-2 (0-307-26978-7)
“With the many books about Iran flooding the shelves, it is a joy to come across Censoring an Iranian Love Story, which offers a perspective that is neither sentimental nor nostalgic, romanticized nor demonized. Looking at his country and its inhabitants through a fiction writer’s authentic spectacles, Shahriar Mandanipour has written a... Read more >
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Lion of Jordan
The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace
Written by Avi Shlaim
Format: Trade Paperback, 768 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7828-8 (1-4000-7828-8)
The first major account of the life of an extraordinary soldier and statesman, King Hussein of Jordan.
Throughout his long reign (1953—1999), Hussein remained a dominant figure in Middle Eastern politics and a consistent proponent of peace with Israel. For over forty years he walked a tightrope between Palestinians and Arab radicals... Read more >
The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace
Written by Avi Shlaim
Format: Trade Paperback, 768 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7828-8 (1-4000-7828-8)
The first major account of the life of an extraordinary soldier and statesman, King Hussein of Jordan.
Throughout his long reign (1953—1999), Hussein remained a dominant figure in Middle Eastern politics and a consistent proponent of peace with Israel. For over forty years he walked a tightrope between Palestinians and Arab radicals... Read more >
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