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The Flight of the Intellectuals
Written by Paul Berman
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Melville House
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $26.00
ISBN: 978-1-933633-51-0 (1-933633-51-4)
It created a worldwide furor when Tariq Ramadan was barred from US entry to accept a prestigious appointment at Notre Dame University. After all, as a major profile in The New York Times Magazine observed, Ramadan is one of the Muslim world’s most charismatic and influential figures, with a long career... Read more >
Written by Paul Berman
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Melville House
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $26.00
ISBN: 978-1-933633-51-0 (1-933633-51-4)
It created a worldwide furor when Tariq Ramadan was barred from US entry to accept a prestigious appointment at Notre Dame University. After all, as a major profile in The New York Times Magazine observed, Ramadan is one of the Muslim world’s most charismatic and influential figures, with a long career... Read more >
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A Thousand Sighs, A Thousand Revolts
Journeys in Kurdistan
Written by Christiane Bird
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: June 14, 2005
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-46939-7 (0-345-46939-9)
Though the Kurds played a major military and tactical role in the United States’ recent war with Iraq, most of us know little about this fiercely independent, long-marginalized people. Now acclaimed journalist Christiane Bird, who riveted readers with her tour of Islamic Iran in Neither East Nor West, travels through this... Read more >
Journeys in Kurdistan
Written by Christiane Bird
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: June 14, 2005
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-46939-7 (0-345-46939-9)
Though the Kurds played a major military and tactical role in the United States’ recent war with Iraq, most of us know little about this fiercely independent, long-marginalized people. Now acclaimed journalist Christiane Bird, who riveted readers with her tour of Islamic Iran in Neither East Nor West, travels through this... Read more >
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Warriors of God
Inside Hezbollah's Thirty-Year Struggle Against Israel
Written by Nicholas Blanford
Format: Hardcover, 544 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $30.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-6836-4 (1-4000-6836-3)
Hezbollah is the most powerful Islamist group operating in the Middle East today, and no other Western journalist has penetrated as deeply inside this secretive organization as Nicholas Blanford. With Warriors and God, Blanford has written the first comprehensive inside account of Hezbollah and its enduring struggle against Israel.
Based on... Read more >
Inside Hezbollah's Thirty-Year Struggle Against Israel
Written by Nicholas Blanford
Format: Hardcover, 544 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $30.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-6836-4 (1-4000-6836-3)
Hezbollah is the most powerful Islamist group operating in the Middle East today, and no other Western journalist has penetrated as deeply inside this secretive organization as Nicholas Blanford. With Warriors and God, Blanford has written the first comprehensive inside account of Hezbollah and its enduring struggle against Israel.
Based on... Read more >
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Nine Parts of Desire
The Hidden World of Islamic Women
Written by Geraldine Brooks
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: December 1, 1995
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-47577-8 (0-385-47577-2)
Geraldine Brooks offers an intimate, often shocking portrait of the lives of modern Muslm women, and shows how male pride and despotic power have warped the original message of a once liberating faith. A captivating work of firsthand reportage, Nine Parts of Desire is also an acute analysis of the world's... Read more >
The Hidden World of Islamic Women
Written by Geraldine Brooks
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: December 1, 1995
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-47577-8 (0-385-47577-2)
Geraldine Brooks offers an intimate, often shocking portrait of the lives of modern Muslm women, and shows how male pride and despotic power have warped the original message of a once liberating faith. A captivating work of firsthand reportage, Nine Parts of Desire is also an acute analysis of the world's... Read more >
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Hamas
From Resistance to Government
Written by Paola Caridi
Translated by Andrea Teti
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
On Sale: March 27, 2012
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 978-1-60980-382-7 (1-60980-382-5)
A nuanced history, through the eyes of the people involved, of one of the most controversial political movements in the world.
The Palestinian elections of 2006 changed modern Middle Eastern history–as well as changing the perception of the Israel/Palestine conflict around the world. How, Westerners asked, could a secular people elect a... Read more >
From Resistance to Government
Written by Paola Caridi
Translated by Andrea Teti
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
On Sale: March 27, 2012
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 978-1-60980-382-7 (1-60980-382-5)
A nuanced history, through the eyes of the people involved, of one of the most controversial political movements in the world.
The Palestinian elections of 2006 changed modern Middle Eastern history–as well as changing the perception of the Israel/Palestine conflict around the world. How, Westerners asked, could a secular people elect a... Read more >
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Thermopylae
The Battle That Changed the World
Written by Paul Cartledge
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7918-6 (1-4000-7918-7)
In 480 B.C., the mighty Persian king Xerxes led a massive force to the narrow mountain pass called Thermopylae, anticipating no significant resistance in his bid to conquer Greece. But the Greeks, led by Leonidas and a small army of Spartan warriors, took the battle to the Persians and nearly halted... Read more >
The Battle That Changed the World
Written by Paul Cartledge
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7918-6 (1-4000-7918-7)
In 480 B.C., the mighty Persian king Xerxes led a massive force to the narrow mountain pass called Thermopylae, anticipating no significant resistance in his bid to conquer Greece. But the Greeks, led by Leonidas and a small army of Spartan warriors, took the battle to the Persians and nearly halted... Read more >
Imperial Life in the Emerald City
Inside Iraq's Green Zone
Written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: September 4, 2007
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-27883-8 (0-307-27883-2)
The Green Zone, Baghdad, 2003: in this walled-off compound of swimming pools and luxurious amenities, Paul Bremer and his Coalition Provisional Authority set out to fashion a new, democratic Iraq. Staffed by idealistic aides chosen primarily for their views on issues such as abortion and capital punishment, the CPA spent the... Read more >
Inside Iraq's Green Zone
Written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: September 4, 2007
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-27883-8 (0-307-27883-2)
The Green Zone, Baghdad, 2003: in this walled-off compound of swimming pools and luxurious amenities, Paul Bremer and his Coalition Provisional Authority set out to fashion a new, democratic Iraq. Staffed by idealistic aides chosen primarily for their views on issues such as abortion and capital punishment, the CPA spent the... Read more >
Imperial Life in the Emerald City
Inside Iraq's Green Zone
Written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 19, 2006
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-4487-0 (1-4000-4487-1)
An unprecedented account of life in Baghdad’s Green Zone, a walled-off enclave of towering plants, posh villas, and sparkling swimming pools that was the headquarters for the American occupation of Iraq.
The Washington Post’s former Baghdad bureau chief Rajiv Chandrasekaran takes us with him into the Zone: into a bubble, cut off... Read more >
Inside Iraq's Green Zone
Written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 19, 2006
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-4487-0 (1-4000-4487-1)
An unprecedented account of life in Baghdad’s Green Zone, a walled-off enclave of towering plants, posh villas, and sparkling swimming pools that was the headquarters for the American occupation of Iraq.
The Washington Post’s former Baghdad bureau chief Rajiv Chandrasekaran takes us with him into the Zone: into a bubble, cut off... Read more >
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Little America
The War Within the War for Afghanistan
Written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-94704-8 (0-307-94704-1)
A New York Times Notable Book
A Washington Post Notable Book
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch Best Book of the Year
The author of the acclaimed bestseller and National Book Award finalist, Imperial Life in the Emerald City, tells the startling, behind-the-scenes story of the US’s political and military misadventure in Afghanistan. In this meticulously... Read more >
The War Within the War for Afghanistan
Written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-94704-8 (0-307-94704-1)
A New York Times Notable Book
A Washington Post Notable Book
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch Best Book of the Year
The author of the acclaimed bestseller and National Book Award finalist, Imperial Life in the Emerald City, tells the startling, behind-the-scenes story of the US’s political and military misadventure in Afghanistan. In this meticulously... Read more >
Little America
The War Within the War for Afghanistan
Written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: June 26, 2012
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-95714-6 (0-307-95714-4)
From the award-winning author of Imperial Life in the Emerald City, a riveting, intimate account of America’s troubled war in Afghanistan.
When President Barack Obama ordered the surge of troops and aid to Afghanistan, Washington Post correspondent Rajiv Chandrasekaran followed. He found the effort sabotaged not only by Afghan and Pakistani malfeasance... Read more >
The War Within the War for Afghanistan
Written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: June 26, 2012
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-95714-6 (0-307-95714-4)
From the award-winning author of Imperial Life in the Emerald City, a riveting, intimate account of America’s troubled war in Afghanistan.
When President Barack Obama ordered the surge of troops and aid to Afghanistan, Washington Post correspondent Rajiv Chandrasekaran followed. He found the effort sabotaged not only by Afghan and Pakistani malfeasance... Read more >
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Paradise Beneath Her Feet
How Women Are Transforming the Middle East
Written by Isobel Coleman
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7855-1 (0-8129-7855-2)
“Outstanding . . . [Isobel Coleman] takes us into remote villages and urban bureaucracies to find the brave men and women working to create change in the Middle East.”—Los Angeles Times
In this timely and important book, Isobel Coleman shows how Muslim women and men across the Middle East are working within... Read more >
How Women Are Transforming the Middle East
Written by Isobel Coleman
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7855-1 (0-8129-7855-2)
“Outstanding . . . [Isobel Coleman] takes us into remote villages and urban bureaucracies to find the brave men and women working to create change in the Middle East.”—Los Angeles Times
In this timely and important book, Isobel Coleman shows how Muslim women and men across the Middle East are working within... Read more >
Paradise Beneath Her Feet
How Women Are Transforming the Middle East
Written by Isobel Coleman
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $26.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-6695-7 (1-4000-6695-6)
Over the centuries and throughout the world, women have struggled for equality and basic rights. Their challenge in the Middle East has been intensified by the rise of a political Islam that too often condemns women’s empowerment as Western cultural imperialism or, worse, anti-Islamic. In Paradise Beneath Her Feet, Isobel Coleman... Read more >
How Women Are Transforming the Middle East
Written by Isobel Coleman
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $26.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-6695-7 (1-4000-6695-6)
Over the centuries and throughout the world, women have struggled for equality and basic rights. Their challenge in the Middle East has been intensified by the rise of a political Islam that too often condemns women’s empowerment as Western cultural imperialism or, worse, anti-Islamic. In Paradise Beneath Her Feet, Isobel Coleman... Read more >
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The Routes of Man
Travels in the Paved World
Written by Ted Conover
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 8, 2011
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7702-1 (1-4000-7702-8)
Roads bind our world—metaphorically and literally—transforming landscapes and the lives of the people who inhabit them. Roads have unparalleled power to impact communities, unite worlds and sunder them, and reveal the hopes and fears of those who travel them.
With his marvelous eye for detail and his contagious enthusiasm, Ted Conover explores... Read more >
Travels in the Paved World
Written by Ted Conover
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 8, 2011
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7702-1 (1-4000-7702-8)
Roads bind our world—metaphorically and literally—transforming landscapes and the lives of the people who inhabit them. Roads have unparalleled power to impact communities, unite worlds and sunder them, and reveal the hopes and fears of those who travel them.
With his marvelous eye for detail and his contagious enthusiasm, Ted Conover explores... Read more >
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From the Holy Mountain
A Journey Among the Christians of the Middle East
Written by William Dalrymple
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-94889-2 (0-307-94889-7)
In the spring of A.D. 587, John Moschos and his pupil Sophronius the Sophist embarked on a remarkable expedition across the entire Byzantine world, traveling from the shores of Bosphorus to the sand dunes of Egypt. Using Moschos’s writings as his guide and inspiration, the acclaimed travel writer William Dalrymple retraces... Read more >
A Journey Among the Christians of the Middle East
Written by William Dalrymple
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-94889-2 (0-307-94889-7)
In the spring of A.D. 587, John Moschos and his pupil Sophronius the Sophist embarked on a remarkable expedition across the entire Byzantine world, traveling from the shores of Bosphorus to the sand dunes of Egypt. Using Moschos’s writings as his guide and inspiration, the acclaimed travel writer William Dalrymple retraces... Read more >
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Return of a King
The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42
Written by William Dalrymple
Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $30.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-95828-0 (0-307-95828-0)
From the prizewinning historian, a masterly retelling of the first Afghan war, perhaps the West's greatest imperial disaster in the East: an important parable of neocolonial ambition and cultural collision, folly, and hubris.
With access to previously untapped primary sources, William Dalrymple gives us the most immediate and comprehensive account we have... Read more >
The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42
Written by William Dalrymple
Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $30.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-95828-0 (0-307-95828-0)
From the prizewinning historian, a masterly retelling of the first Afghan war, perhaps the West's greatest imperial disaster in the East: an important parable of neocolonial ambition and cultural collision, folly, and hubris.
With access to previously untapped primary sources, William Dalrymple gives us the most immediate and comprehensive account we have... Read more >
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Arabs and Israel For Beginners
Written by Ron David
Illustrated by Susan David
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: For Beginners
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-934389-16-4 (1-934389-16-1)
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is in the headlines daily, but do most Americans really understand what it is about? With dramatic events happening almost every day in this region, and the US government increasingly becoming involved, the American public deserves to hear both sides. Arabs & Israel For Beginners provides an intelligent... Read more >
Written by Ron David
Illustrated by Susan David
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: For Beginners
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-934389-16-4 (1-934389-16-1)
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is in the headlines daily, but do most Americans really understand what it is about? With dramatic events happening almost every day in this region, and the US government increasingly becoming involved, the American public deserves to hear both sides. Arabs & Israel For Beginners provides an intelligent... Read more >
The Struggle for Iran
Written by Christopher de Bellaigue
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: New York Review Books
On Sale: May 22, 2007
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 978-1-59017-238-4 (1-59017-238-8)
Who rules Iran, and how secure is their grip on a young and restless society? How should the world respond to allegations that the Islamic Republic is building nuclear weapons and supporting terrorists?
Christopher de Bellaigue traces Iran’s political upheavals since the early 1990s, from the failures of the reformist efforts... Read more >
Written by Christopher de Bellaigue
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: New York Review Books
On Sale: May 22, 2007
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 978-1-59017-238-4 (1-59017-238-8)
Who rules Iran, and how secure is their grip on a young and restless society? How should the world respond to allegations that the Islamic Republic is building nuclear weapons and supporting terrorists?
Christopher de Bellaigue traces Iran’s political upheavals since the early 1990s, from the failures of the reformist efforts... Read more >
Algerian White
A Narrative
Written by Assia Djebar
Translated by David Kelley and Marjolijn de Jager
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
On Sale: February 4, 2003
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 978-1-58322-516-5 (1-58322-516-1)
In Algerian White, Assia Djebar weaves a tapestry of the epic and bloody ongoing struggle in her country between Islamic fundamentalism and the post-colonial civil society. Many Algerian writers and intellectuals have died tragically and violently since the 1956 struggle for independence. They include three beloved friends of Djebar: Mahfoud Boucebi... Read more >
A Narrative
Written by Assia Djebar
Translated by David Kelley and Marjolijn de Jager
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
On Sale: February 4, 2003
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 978-1-58322-516-5 (1-58322-516-1)
In Algerian White, Assia Djebar weaves a tapestry of the epic and bloody ongoing struggle in her country between Islamic fundamentalism and the post-colonial civil society. Many Algerian writers and intellectuals have died tragically and violently since the 1956 struggle for independence. They include three beloved friends of Djebar: Mahfoud Boucebi... Read more >
The Dictator's Learning Curve
Inside the Global Battle for Democracy
Written by William J. Dobson
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: June 5, 2012
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-53335-5 (0-385-53335-7)
In this riveting portrait of authoritarianism in peril, acclaimed journalist William Dobson takes us inside the relentless battle between dictators and the people challenging their rule.
We are witnessing an incredible moment in the war between dictators and democracy—waves of protests are sweeping Syria and Yemen, and despots have fallen in Egypt... Read more >
Inside the Global Battle for Democracy
Written by William J. Dobson
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: June 5, 2012
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-53335-5 (0-385-53335-7)
In this riveting portrait of authoritarianism in peril, acclaimed journalist William Dobson takes us inside the relentless battle between dictators and the people challenging their rule.
We are witnessing an incredible moment in the war between dictators and democracy—waves of protests are sweeping Syria and Yemen, and despots have fallen in Egypt... Read more >
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Sex and the Citadel
Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World
Written by Shereen El Feki
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-37739-5 (0-307-37739-3)
If you really want to know a people, start by looking inside their bedrooms.
As political change sweeps the streets and squares, the parliaments and presidential palaces of the Arab world, Shereen El Feki has been looking at an upheaval a little closer to home—in the sexual lives of men and women... Read more >
Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World
Written by Shereen El Feki
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-37739-5 (0-307-37739-3)
If you really want to know a people, start by looking inside their bedrooms.
As political change sweeps the streets and squares, the parliaments and presidential palaces of the Arab world, Shereen El Feki has been looking at an upheaval a little closer to home—in the sexual lives of men and women... Read more >
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The Battle for Egypt
Written by Yasmine El Rashidi
Preface by Timothy Garton Ash
Format: eBook
Publisher: New York Review Books
On Sale: May 17, 2011
Price: $4.99
ISBN: 978-1-59017-514-9 (1-59017-514-X)
In a series of riveting dispatches, Cairo native Yasmine El Rashidi provides an eyewitness account of the entire 2011 Egyptian Revolution as it unfolded, from its origins in the days leading up to the first January 25 protest in Tahrir Square through the violent confrontations with the regime and the fall... Read more >
Written by Yasmine El Rashidi
Preface by Timothy Garton Ash
Format: eBook
Publisher: New York Review Books
On Sale: May 17, 2011
Price: $4.99
ISBN: 978-1-59017-514-9 (1-59017-514-X)
In a series of riveting dispatches, Cairo native Yasmine El Rashidi provides an eyewitness account of the entire 2011 Egyptian Revolution as it unfolded, from its origins in the days leading up to the first January 25 protest in Tahrir Square through the violent confrontations with the regime and the fall... Read more >
The Koran
Written by Everyman's Library
Format: Hardcover, 760 pages
Publisher: Everyman's Library
On Sale: January 11, 1993
Price: $26.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-41736-1 (0-679-41736-2)
An explanatory translation by Marmaduke Pickthall
Introduction by William Montgomery Watt
While in the service of India's Nizam of Hyderabad, Marmaduke Pickthall converted to Islam, and, with the help of Muslim theologians and linguists, produced this clear and lovingly precise English interpretation of the Holy Koran. His work is honored by believer and... Read more >
Written by Everyman's Library
Format: Hardcover, 760 pages
Publisher: Everyman's Library
On Sale: January 11, 1993
Price: $26.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-41736-1 (0-679-41736-2)
An explanatory translation by Marmaduke Pickthall
Introduction by William Montgomery Watt
While in the service of India's Nizam of Hyderabad, Marmaduke Pickthall converted to Islam, and, with the help of Muslim theologians and linguists, produced this clear and lovingly precise English interpretation of the Holy Koran. His work is honored by believer and... Read more >
Blind Into Baghdad
America's War in Iraq
Written by James Fallows
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: August 15, 2006
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-27796-1 (0-307-27796-8)
In the autumn of 2002, Atlantic Monthly national correspondent James Fallows wrote an article predicting many of the problems America would face if it invaded Iraq. After events confirmed many of his predictions, Fallows went on to write some of the most acclaimed, award-winning journalism on the planning and execution of... Read more >
America's War in Iraq
Written by James Fallows
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: August 15, 2006
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-27796-1 (0-307-27796-8)
In the autumn of 2002, Atlantic Monthly national correspondent James Fallows wrote an article predicting many of the problems America would face if it invaded Iraq. After events confirmed many of his predictions, Fallows went on to write some of the most acclaimed, award-winning journalism on the planning and execution of... Read more >
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A Mirror Garden
Written by Monir Farmanfarmaian and Zara Houshmand
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-27878-4 (0-307-27878-6)
In Persia in 1924, when a child still had to worry about hostile camels in the bazaar and a nanny might spin stories at her pillow until her eyes fell shut, the extraordinary and irresistible Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian was born. From the enchanted basement storeroom where she played as a girl... Read more >
Written by Monir Farmanfarmaian and Zara Houshmand
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-27878-4 (0-307-27878-6)
In Persia in 1924, when a child still had to worry about hostile camels in the bazaar and a nanny might spin stories at her pillow until her eyes fell shut, the extraordinary and irresistible Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian was born. From the enchanted basement storeroom where she played as a girl... Read more >
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The Jew is Not My Enemy
Unveiling the Myths that Fuel Muslim Anti-Semitism
Written by Tarek Fatah
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Signal
On Sale: December 6, 2011
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-7710-4784-8 (0-7710-4784-3)
A liberal Muslim and critically acclaimed author explores the historical, political, and theological basis for centuries of Muslim animosity towards Jews, debunking long-held myths and tracing a history of hate and its impact today.
More than nine years after 9/11 and 60 years after the creation of the state of Israel, the... Read more >
Unveiling the Myths that Fuel Muslim Anti-Semitism
Written by Tarek Fatah
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Signal
On Sale: December 6, 2011
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-7710-4784-8 (0-7710-4784-3)
A liberal Muslim and critically acclaimed author explores the historical, political, and theological basis for centuries of Muslim animosity towards Jews, debunking long-held myths and tracing a history of hate and its impact today.
More than nine years after 9/11 and 60 years after the creation of the state of Israel, the... Read more >
