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Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Landby David K. ShiplerISBN 0142002291 (0-14-200229-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land'Book summary:The correspondent for The New York Times in Jerusalem from 1979 to 1984, David K. Shipler brings a very American moral commitment to the problem of Arab-Jewish relations. The occupation of the West Bank was by then a static fact of life; many young Israelis and Palestinians had grown up knowing no other reality. The Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the massacres of Palestinians by Lebanese militiamen at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps, which were under Israeli control, had shaken the consciences of many American Jews. Many of the voices in this book are American, from idealistic young secular Jews working for Arab-Jewish cooperation to the more fanatical followers of Meir Kahane. This work, which won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, gives Shipler's narrative the power of a terrible family argument. [via]
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- Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land: ISBN 0140103767 (0-14-010376-7)
Softcover, Penguin USA - Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land: ISBN 081291273X (0-8129-1273-X)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group - Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land: ISBN 0142002291 (0-14-200229-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
- Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land: ISBN 0140103767 (0-14-010376-7)
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Arab Historians of the Crusadesby Francesco GabrieliISBN 0520052242 (0-520-05224-2)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arab Historians of the Crusades'Book summary:The recapture of Jerusalem, the siege of acre, the fall of Tripoli, the effect in Baghdad of events in Syria; these and other happenings were faithfully recorded by Arab historians during the two centuries of the Crusades. First published in English in 1969, this book presents 'the other side' of the Holy War, offering the first English translation of contemporary Arab accounts of the fighting between Muslim and Christian.
Extracts are drawn from seventeen different authors encompassing a multitude of sources:
- The general histories of the Muslim world,
- The chronicles of cities, regions and their dynasties
- Contemporary biographies and records of famous deeds.
Overall, this book gives a sweeping and stimulating view of the Crusades seen through Arab eyes.
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The Arab Mindby Ralph PataiISBN 1578261171 (1-57826-117-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arab Mind'Book summary:The classic study of Arab culture and society is now more relevant than ever. Since its original publication in 1983, the revised edition of Raphael Patai's The Arab Mind has been recognized as one of the seminal works in the field of Middle Eastern studies. This penetrating analysis unlocks the mysteries of Arab society to help us better understand a complex, proud and ancient culture. The Arab Minddiscusses the upbringing of a typical Arab boy or girl, the intense concern with honor and courage, the Arabs' tendency toward extremes of behavior, and their ambivalent attitudes toward the West. Chapters are devoted to the influence of Islam, sexual mores, Arab language and Arab art, Bedouin values, Arab nationalism, and the pervasive influence of Westernization. With a new foreword by Norvell B. DeAtkine, Director of Middle East Studies at the JFK Special Warfare Center and School, Fort Bragg, N.C., this book unravels the complexities of Arab traditions and provides authentic revelations of Arab mind and character.
ONE OF THE GREAT LANDMARKS OF CULTURAL STUDIES
First published in 1973, revised in 1983, and now updated with new demographic information about the Arab world, The Arab Mind takes readers on a journey through the societies and peoples of a complex and volatile region. This sensitive study explores the historical origins of Arab nationalism, the distinctive rhetorical style of Arabic speakers and its effect on politics, traditional attitudes toward child-rearing practices, the status of women, the beauty of Arabic literature, and much more.
MORE RELEVANT NOW THAN EVER
Since September 11, the book s lessons have been misconstrued by some but have proven indispensable to those trying to truly understand the roots of the major political conflicts of our time. Patai s sympathetic but critical depiction of Arab culture explores the continuing role of the Bedouin values of honor and courage in modern Arab culture, inter-Arab conflict and the aspiration toward unity, and how anti-Western attitudes conflated with anti-modernization have led to stagnation in much of the Arab world.
DRAWS ON A LIFETIME OF EXPERTISE
Patai, a prominent anthropologist and historian, drew on both his research and his personal experience to produce this indispensable work in the field of Middle Eastern studies. With an updated foreword by Norvell B. DeAtkine, former director of Middle East Studies at the JFK Special Warfare School, The Arab Mind remains a relevant and crucial masterpiece of scholarship for anyone seeking to understand this multifaceted culture today. [via] -
Arabian Nightsby Husain Haddawy, Muhsin MahdiISBN 0393313670 (0-393-31367-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arabian Nights'Book summary:(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
These stories (and stories within stories, and stories within stories within stories), told by the Princess Shahrazad under the threat of death if she ceases to amuse, first reached the West around 1700. They fired in the European imagination an appetite for the mysterious and exotic which has never left it. Collected over centuries from India, Persia, and Arabia, and ranging from vivacious erotica, animal fables, and adventure fantasies to pointed Sufi tales, the stories of The Arabian Nights provided the daily entertainment of the medieval Islamic world at the height of its glory.
The present new translation by Husain Haddawy is of the Mahdi edition, the definitive Arabic edition of a fourteenth-century Syrian manuscript in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, which is the oldest surviving version of the tales and is considered to be the most authentic. This early version is without the embellishments and additions that appear in later Indian and Egyptian manuscripts, on which all previous English translations were based. [via]More editions of Arabian Nights:
- Arabian Nights: ISBN 0448169843 (0-448-16984-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group - Arabian Nights: ISBN 0679413383 (0-679-41338-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - Arabian Nights: ISBN 0393959066 (0-393-95906-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - Arabian Nights: ISBN 0393027074 (0-393-02707-4)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - Arabian Nights: ISBN 0393313670 (0-393-31367-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
- Arabian Nights: ISBN 0448169843 (0-448-16984-3)
The Arabian Nightsby Rene BullISBN 0517619342 (0-517-61934-2)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Arabian Nightsby Earle GoodenowISBN 044806006X (0-448-06006-X)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arabian Nights'Book summary:A selection of thirteen tales told by Scheherazade in the Arabian Nights which enchanted the cruel sultan so much that he gave up executing his daily wives.[via]More editions of Arabian Nights:
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Arabian Nightsby H. W. DulckenISBN 089009800X (0-89009-800-X)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arabian Nights'Book summary:[via]In this superbly illustrated volume you will find dozens of wonderful stories of genies and jinns (those fantastic spirits that, according to Muslim folklore, inhabit the earth in various forms and exercise supernatural power), of magic carpets, Caliph Harun Al-Rashid, and the beautiful Scheherazade. There are classics such as 'Sinbad the Sailor', 'Aladdin' and 'The Seven Viziers', traditional stories that have given boundless pleasure down through the ages, which you too can now experience.
The wondrous illustrations are by the master Victorian artist engraver Thomas Dalziel, whose unique talent is displayed at its very best here.
This book to treasure is a rich mine of adventure to fire the imagination, a treasury of one thousand and one nights that you will want to return to again and again.
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Arabian Nightsby Jack ZipesISBN 0451525426 (0-451-52542-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arabian Nights'Book summary:Full of mischief and valor, ribaldry and romance, The Arabian Nights is a work that has enthralled readers for centuries. The text presented here is that of the 1932 Modern Library edition for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the "most famous and representative" of the stories from the multivolume translation of Richard F. Burton.
The origins of The Arabian Nights are obscure. About a thousand years ago a vast number of stories in Arabic from various countries began to be brought together; only much later was the collection called The Arabian Nights or the Thousand and One Nights. All the stories are told by Shahrazad (Scheherazade), who entertains her husband, King Shahryar, whose custom it was to execute his wives after a single night. Shahrazad begins a story each night but withholds the ending until the following night, thus postponing her execution.
This selection includes many of the stories that are universally known though seldom read in this authentic form:
"Alaeddin; or, the Wonderful Lamp, " "Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman, " and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves." These, and the tales that accompany them, make delightful reading, demonstrating, as the Modern Library noted in 1932, that Shahrazad's spell remains unbroken. [via]More editions of Arabian Nights:
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The Arabian Nightsby Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora A. Smith, Maxfield ParrishISBN 0684195895 (0-684-19589-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arabian Nights'Book summary:For nearly a century, Scribner has exemplified the very best in publishing by pairing classic texts with the illustrative giants of the time, such as N. C. Wyeth and Maxfield Parrish. With the same commitment to the high standards established by the series' founders, Atheneum Books for Young Readers is expanding the Scribner Illustrated Classics line over the next several years to include such modern-day classics as Jack London's The Call of the Wild and White Fang, J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, and The Stories of O. Henry, to be illustrated by some of the finest artists of our generation, including Wendell Minor, Ed Young, and Trina Schart Hyman. [via]
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Arabian Nightsby Kathryn Wesley, Kensington Publishing Corporation StaffISBN 1575665816 (1-57566-581-6)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nightsby Richard Francis Burton, A. S. ByattISBN 0375756752 (0-375-75675-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights'Book summary:Adapted from Sir Richard F. Burton's lavish unexpurgated translation, this volume illuminates the sensual mystery and lushness of the original Arabic tales. It includes a wide variety of tales--from magic fairy tales to torrid erotic tales--that reveal a great deal about what life was like in the Middle East during the Medieval period.
* The companion volume to the popular Signet Classic edition of Arabian Nights (8/91), also edited by Jack Zipes
* Jack Zipes is the author of several books of fairy tales and is the editor of the Signet Classic edition of The Complete Fairy Tales Of Oscar Wilde (5/96)
* These volumes offer the uncensored, erotic versions of the tales, not the rewritten fairy tales for children [via]
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- The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights: ISBN 0451527496 (0-451-52749-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights: ISBN 0812972147 (0-8129-7214-7)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept - The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights: ISBN 0375756752 (0-375-75675-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
- The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights: ISBN 0451527496 (0-451-52749-6)
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The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nightsby Jack David Zipes, Richard Francis BurtonISBN 061321126X (0-613-21126-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights'Book summary:Full of mischief and valor, ribaldry and romance, The Arabian Nights is a work that has enthralled readers for centuries. The text presented here is that of the 1932 Modern Library edition for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the "most famous and representative" of the stories from the multivolume translation of Richard F. Burton.
The origins of The Arabian Nights are obscure. About a thousand years ago a vast number of stories in Arabic from various countries began to be brought together; only much later was the collection called The Arabian Nights or the Thousand and One Nights. All the stories are told by Shahrazad (Scheherazade), who entertains her husband, King Shahryar, whose custom it was to execute his wives after a single night. Shahrazad begins a story each night but withholds the ending until the following night, thus postponing her execution.
This selection includes many of the stories that are universally known though seldom read in this authentic form:
"Alaeddin; or, the Wonderful Lamp, " "Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman, " and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves." These, and the tales that accompany them, make delightful reading, demonstrating, as the Modern Library noted in 1932, that Shahrazad's spell remains unbroken. [via]More editions of The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights:
The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nightsby Marc Chagall, Richard Francis BurtonISBN 3791308424 (3-7913-0842-4)
Hardcover, Prestel Pub
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Arabian Nights' Entertainmentsby Robert L. MacKISBN 0192834797 (0-19-283479-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arabian Nights' Entertainments'Book summary:The Sultan Schahriar's misguided resolution to shelter himself from the possible infidelities of his wives leads to an outbreak of barbarity in his realm and to a reign of terror in his court, stopped only by the resourceful Scheherazade. The tales with which she nightly postpones the Sultan's murderous intent have entered our language and our lives like no other collection of stories before or since. Sinbad, Ali Baba, Aladdin: all make their appearance in Arabian Nights' Entertainments. This edition is the only one to offer the complete text of the earliest English translation, and also provides full notes and plot summaries, especially important in a such a sprawling work of great complexity. [via]
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The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Or, The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Nightby Bennett Alfred Cerf, Richard Francis BurtonISBN 0679602356 (0-679-60235-6)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Or, The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night'Book summary:Full of mischief and valor, ribaldry and romance, The Arabian Nights is a work that has enthralled readers for centuries. The text presented here is that of the 1932 Modern Library edition for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the "most famous and representative" of the stories from the multivolume translation of Richard F. Burton.
The origins of The Arabian Nights are obscure. About a thousand years ago a vast number of stories in Arabic from various countries began to be brought together; only much later was the collection called The Arabian Nights or the Thousand and One Nights. All the stories are told by Shahrazad (Scheherazade), who entertains her husband, King Shahryar, whose custom it was to execute his wives after a single night. Shahrazad begins a story each night but withholds the ending until the following night, thus postponing her execution.
This selection includes many of the stories that are universally known though seldom read in this authentic form:
"Alaeddin; or, the Wonderful Lamp," "Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman," and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves." These, and the tales that accompany them, make delightful reading, demonstrating, as the Modern Library noted in 1932, that Shahrazad's spell remains unbroken. [via]More editions of The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Or, The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night:
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Arabian Sandsby Wilfred ThesigerISBN 0140095144 (0-14-009514-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arabian Sands'Book summary:Wilfred Thesiger charts the time he spent living with the Bedu, during which time he crossed the Empty Quarter twice. [via]
The Arabsby Peter MansfieldISBN 0140147683 (0-14-014768-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arabs'Book summary:A consice introduction to the modern Arab world, this book draws on the author's experience as both a historian and journalist in the Middle East. The social, political and historical aspects of the area - the pre-Islamic nomads of Arabia, the life of Muhammad and the rise of Arab power that followed, to the Western colonial period, the tragedy of Palestine and the modern Arab renaissance, reinforced by the power of oil. He also shows how the consequences of centuries of struggle for dominance between Christendom and the Islamic world survives to this day in various forms. A section of this book surveys the Arab countries in Gazetteer-type fashion and the final section considers the Arabs themselves, their characteristics, aspirations and their future. [via]
The Arabs: A Short Historyby Philip K. HittiISBN 0895267063 (0-89526-706-3)
Softcover, Gateway Books
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Arabs and Zionism Before World War Oneby Neville MandelISBN 0520039408 (0-520-03940-8)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Arabs in Historyby Bernard LewisISBN 0192803107 (0-19-280310-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arabs in History'Book summary:This account of the history of the Arabs, from pre-Islamic times to the present day, considers Arabic culture, society and politics, as well as the place of the Arabs in human history. In this new edition of an established work, Professor Lewis examines the key issues of Arab development - their identity, the national revival which cemented the creation of the Islamic state, and the social and economic pressures that destroyed the Arab kingdom and created the Islamic empire. Similarly, he analyzes the forces which contributed to that empire's eventual decline: political break-up, economic decay and extravagance, invasions and the impact of the West. For, Lewis argues, Western inventions have shattered the traditional economic structure, and demand a social, political and cultural readjustment that is still to be made. Bernard Lewis has also written "The Emergence of Modern Turkey" and "The Muslim Discovery of Europe". [via]
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The Arabs: The Life-Story of a People Who Have Left Their Deep Impress on the Worldby Bertram ThomasISBN 1931541205 (1-931541-20-5)
Softcover, Simon Pubns
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Best Selections from the Arabian Nights Entertainmentsby Edward William Lane, Edward Stanley Poole, William HarveyISBN 0805502440 (0-8055-0244-0)
Hardcover, Hart Pub Co
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The Book of The Thousand Nights And One Nightby Richard Francis Burton, Leon CarreISBN 2843237254 (2-84323-725-4)
Hardcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of The Thousand Nights And One Night'Book summary:In the late 1920s, the art publisher H. Piazza produced a twelve-volume version of The 1001 Nights that was one of the most beautiful ever made. It included splendid illustrations by Mohammed Racim and wonderful miniatures by painter Leon Carre. Today, Assouline is publishing an abridged version of this masterpiece, which includes the most famous and most enchanting of the tales--from the story of King Shahryar, to Sinbad the sailor, to Ali Baba and the forty thieves, and Aladdin and the magic lamp--all told by the beautiful and sensual Shahrazad. This wonderful book is one of the classics that will stand next to the most handsome books in your library. For The 1001 Nights is a cultural testimony of the past, the source of myths and beliefs of the East. A collection of extraordinary stories from India and Persia passed down orally and told at night in public squares, this unique work is on a par with Homer's Odyssey. [via]
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The Closed Circle: An Interpretation of the Arabsby David Pryce-JonesISBN 1566634407 (1-56663-440-7)
Softcover, Ivan R Dee
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Closed Circle: An Interpretation of the Arabs'Book summary:The spirit of nationalism and self-determination swept through the Arab nations in the aftermath of World War II, as it did elsewhere in the world. The new men of the Arab world - Nasser, Ben Bella and others - saw a great future, yet modernity has not found suitable expression. In no Arab country today is there democratic process, freedom of speech, or security, guaranteed by law, for the individual or for property. Despite technical assistance and aid flowing into Arab countries and the stupendous wealth produced from oil, the vast majority of ordinary Arabs remain poor and violence is endemic. The author argues with extraordinary persuasiveness that the Arabs are caught in a closed circle from which they have not been able to escape, a circle defined by deeply rooted tribalism, religious and cultural traditions. It gives a completely new understanding of processes and events in the Middle East. [via]
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- The Closed Circle: An Interpretation of the Arabs: ISBN 0060981032 (0-06-098103-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins - The Closed Circle: An Interpretation of the Arabs: ISBN 0060160470 (0-06-016047-0)
Hardcover, Harper & Row - The Closed Circle: An Interpretation of the Arabs: ISBN 1566634407 (1-56663-440-7)
Softcover, Ivan R Dee
- The Closed Circle: An Interpretation of the Arabs: ISBN 0060981032 (0-06-098103-2)
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Discovery: Developing Views of the Earth from Ancient Times to Captain Cookby John Parker, Merrilyn A. SmithISBN 0880294604 (0-88029-460-4)
Softcover, Dorset Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Discovery: Developing Views of the Earth from Ancient Times to Captain Cook'Book summary:Presents the development of man's various concepts of the earth and his place on it throughout history. [via]
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Eothenby Alexander William KinglakeISBN 3895086916 (3-89508-691-6)
Hardcover, Konemann
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eothen'Book summary:This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition. [via]
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Eothen: Traces of Travel Brought Home from the Eastby Alexander William KinglakeISBN 1596055901 (1-59605-590-1)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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Favorite Tales from the Arabian Nights' Entertainmentsby Richard F. BurtonISBN 0486419177 (0-486-41917-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Favorite Tales from the Arabian Nights' Entertainments'Book summary:Six enchanting tales, told by an Arabian princess to delay her execution, teem with giants, magnificent palaces, and beautiful princesses. Includes "Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman;" "Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp;" "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves;" "The Fisherman and the Jinni;" "Judar and His Brethren;" and "Khalifah the Fisherman of Baghdad."[via]More editions of Favorite Tales from the Arabian Nights' Entertainments:
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From Beirut to Jerusalemby Thomas L. FriedmanISBN 0385413726 (0-385-41372-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From Beirut to Jerusalem: Updated With a New Chapter'Book summary:This revised edition of the number-one bestseller and winner of the 1989 National Book Award includes the Pulitzer Prize Winning author's new, updated epilogue.[via]More editions of From Beirut to Jerusalem:
- From Beirut to Jerusalem: ISBN 0374158959 (0-374-15895-9)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux - From Beirut to Jerusalem: ISBN 0002150964 (0-00-215096-4)
Hardcover, Collins - From Beirut to Jerusalem: ISBN 0374158940 (0-374-15894-0)
Hardcover, Farrar, Straus, Giroux - From Beirut to Jerusalem: Updated With a New Chapter: ISBN 0385413726 (0-385-41372-6)
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The Future of the Middle Eastby Bernard LewisISBN 0297819801 (0-297-81980-1)
Softcover, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Future of the Middle East'Book summary:A series of predictions about the Middle East in fifty years. [via]
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A History of the Arab Peoplesby Albert HouraniISBN 1567312160 (1-56731-216-0)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of the Arab Peoples'Book summary:Encyclopedic and panoramic in its scope, this fascinating work chronicles the rich spiritual, political, and cultural institutions of Arab history through 13 centuries. [via]
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- A History of the Arab Peoples: ISBN 0446393924 (0-446-39392-4)
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Hardcover, Belknap Pr - A History of the Arab Peoples: ISBN 0674395654 (0-674-39565-4)
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- A History of the Arab Peoples: ISBN 0446393924 (0-446-39392-4)
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In the Land of Israelby Amos Oz, Maurie Goldberg-BarturaISBN 0156481146 (0-15-648114-6)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Land of Israel'Book summary:Oz traveled throughout Israel and the West Bank in the 1980s and spoke with many people about the past, present, and future of his country. What he found is memorably set down here. New Authors Note and Postscript; map. Translated by Maurie Goldberg-Bartura. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book[via] -
L'Immoralisteby Andre GideISBN 2070362299 (2-07-036229-9)
Softcover, Gallimard
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› Find signed collectible books: 'L'Immoraliste'Book summary:Novel in French by the famous French novelist, very accessible for students of French compared to some other of Gide's novels. A fascinating look at morality and society. [via]
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Las Mil Y Una Nochesby Not AvailableISBN 9875504211 (987-550-421-1)
Softcover, Longseller S.A.
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The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle Eastby Sandy TolanISBN 1596913436 (1-59691-343-6)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
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Lettres Persanesby MontesquieuISBN 2253003212 (2-253-00321-2)
Softcover, Continental Book Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lettres Persanes'Book summary:L'étonnement de deux voyageurs persans est prétexte à une peinture sans tabou de la fin du règne de Louis XIV. Les particularismes du temps, tout comme les faiblesses et les inclinations naturelles de la nature humaine, sont observés d'autant plus attentivement qu'ils le sont d'un point de vue extérieur. Usbek, principal locuteur de ce roman épistolaire où les lettres s'entrecroisent pour créer un écheveau d'impressions et d'intrigues, a quitté Ispahan pour des raisons politiques. Il dirige donc son sérail depuis l'Europe et échange ses impressions avec ses amis demeurés en Perse, avec Rhédi, en voyage d'étude à Venise, puis avec son compagnon de route Rica, qui préfèrera le tumulte de Paris et la curiosité qu'il y suscite au calme de la campagne environnante élue par Usbek. Ce dernier, si lucide quant aux vices du royaume de France, si critique quant aux traditions européennes, se laisse pourtant duper par ses femmes. Les Lettres persanes, première oeuvre de Montesquieu, publiées dans l'anonymat en 1721, connurent un succès retentissant et furent rééditées plusieurs fois au cours du XVIIIe siècle. --Sana Tang-Léopold Wauters [via]
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The Middle East: 2,000 Years of History from the Rise of Christianity to the Present Dayby Bernard LewisISBN 0297813455 (0-297-81345-5)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Middle East: 2,000 Years of History from the Rise of Christianity to the Present Day'Book summary:To gain a better understanding of contemporary Middle Eastern culture and society, which is steeped in tradition, one should look closely at its history. Bernard Lewis, Professor of Near Eastern studies at Princeton University, considered one of the world's foremost authorities on the Middle East, spans 2000 years of this region's history, searching in the past for answers to questions that will inevitably arise in the future.
Drawing on material from a multitude of sources, including the work of archaeologists and scholars, Lewis chronologically traces the political, economical, social, and cultural development of the Middle East, from Hellenization in antiquity to the impact of westernization on Islamic culture. Meticulously researched, this enlightening narrative explores the patterns of history that have repeated themselves in the Middle East.
From the ancient conflicts to the current geographical and religious disputes between the Arabs and the Israelis, Lewis examines the ability of this region to unite and solve its problems and asks if, in the future, these unresolved conflicts will ultimately lead to the ethnic and cultural factionalism that tore apart the former Yugoslavia. [via]
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The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Yearsby Bernard LewisISBN 0684832801 (0-684-83280-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years'Book summary:To gain a better understanding of contemporary Middle Eastern culture and society, which is steeped in tradition, one should look closely at its history. Bernard Lewis, Professor of Near Eastern studies at Princeton University, considered one of the world's foremost authorities on the Middle East, spans 2000 years of this region's history, searching in the past for answers to questions that will inevitably arise in the future.
Drawing on material from a multitude of sources, including the work of archaeologists and scholars, Lewis chronologically traces the political, economical, social, and cultural development of the Middle East, from Hellenization in antiquity to the impact of westernization on Islamic culture. Meticulously researched, this enlightening narrative explores the patterns of history that have repeated themselves in the Middle East.
From the ancient conflicts to the current geographical and religious disputes between the Arabs and the Israelis, Lewis examines the ability of this region to unite and solve its problems and asks if, in the future, these unresolved conflicts will ultimately lead to the ethnic and cultural factionalism that tore apart the former Yugoslavia. [via]
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The Mideast Peace Process: An Autopsyby Neal KozodoyISBN 1893554430 (1-893554-43-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mideast Peace Process: An Autopsy'Book summary:Launched in 1993 after an agreement at Oslo, the Middle East 'peace process' was solemnised in the famous handshake between Yitzak Rabin and Yasser Arafat on the White House lawn. In return for renouncing violence and terrorism, and accepting Israel, the Palestinians were to be given a state. In return for giving up land, the Israelis would get peace. But after seven fitful years, the process collapsed in bloodshed in the autumn of 2000. Today, Israelis and Palestinians are more bitterly divided than ever before. This book tells what went wrong and why. Comprised of essays from the pages of Commentary by David Bar-Illan, Douglas Feith, Daniel Pipes, Norman Podhoretz, and other leading observers, this book is a fever chart as well as an autopsy. Writing at ground level as the peace process careened from one crisis to the next, the authors show us step by step how the Israelis were forced increasingly on the defensive and how the Palestinians became convinced that they stood on the brink not of peace but of victory. [via]
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Palace Walkby Naguib MahfouzISBN 9774242203 (977-424-220-3)
Hardcover, The American University in Cairo Press
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Revolt in the Desertby T. E. LawrenceISBN 1579124380 (1-57912-438-0)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Revolt in the Desert'Book summary:Unabridged audiobook in MP3 format. [via]
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Seven Pillars of Wisdomby T. E. Lawrence, Angus CalderISBN 1853264695 (1-85326-469-5)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom'Book summary:This is the exciting and highly literate story of the real Lawrence of Arabia, as written by Lawrence himself, who helped unify Arab factions against the occupying Turkish army, circa World War I. Lawrence has a novelist's eye for detail, a poet's command of the language, an adventurer's heart, a soldier's great story, and his memory and intellect are at least as good as all those. Lawrence describes the famous guerrilla raids, and train bombings you know from the movie, but also tells of the Arab people and politics with great penetration. Moreover, he is witty, always aware of the ethical tightrope that the English walked in the Middle East and always willing to include himself in his own withering insight. [via]
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumphby T. E. LawrenceISBN 0385418957 (0-385-41895-7)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph'Book summary:This is the exciting and highly literate story of the real Lawrence of Arabia, as written by Lawrence himself, who helped unify Arab factions against the occupying Turkish army, circa World War I. Lawrence has a novelist's eye for detail, a poet's command of the language, an adventurer's heart, a soldier's great story, and his memory and intellect are at least as good as all those. Lawrence describes the famous guerrilla raids, and train bombings you know from the movie, but also tells of the Arab people and politics with great penetration. Moreover, he is witty, always aware of the ethical tightrope that the English walked in the Middle East and always willing to include himself in his own withering insight. [via]
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Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle Eastby Michael OrenISBN 0345461924 (0-345-46192-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East'Book summary:In Israel and the West it is called the Six Day War. In the Arab world, it is known as the June War, or simply as "the Setback." Never has a conflict so short, unforeseen and largely unwanted by both sides so transformed the world. The Yom Kippur War, the war in Lebanon, the Camp David accords, the controversy over Jerusalem and Jewish settlements in West Bank, the intifada and the rise of Palestinian terror: all are part of the outcome of those six days of intense Arab-Israeli fighting in the summer of 1967.
Michael B. Oren's Six Days of War is the most comprehensive history ever published of this dramatic and pivotal event, the first to explore it both as a military struggle and as a critical episode in the global Cold War. Oren spotlights all the participants--Arab, Israeli, Soviet, and American--telling the story of how the war broke out and of the shocking ways it unfolded.
Drawing on thousands of top-secret documents, on rare papers in Russian and Arabic, and on exclusive personal interviews, Six Days of War recreates the regional and international context which, by the late 1960s, virtually assured an Arab-Israeli conflagration. Also examined are the domestic crises in each of the battling states, and the extraordinary personalities--Moshe Dayan and Gamal Abdul Nasser, Hafez al-Assad and Yitzhak Rabin, Lyndon Johnson and Alexei Kosygin--that precipitated this earthshaking clash. [via]More editions of Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East:
Sword of Islam: Muslim Extremism from the Arab Conquests to the Attack on Americaby John Francis MurphyISBN 1591020107 (1-59102-010-7)
Hardcover, Prometheus Books
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Tales from the Arabian NightsISBN 0721417590 (0-7214-1759-0)
Hardcover, Ladybird Books Ltd
Find This BookBook summary:The fables and legends of "Aladdin" and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", taken from the "Arabian Nights". In these two tales filled with mystery, intrigue and excitement, Aladdin and Ali Baba each make magical discoveries. [via]
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Tales from the Arabian Nightsby C. Lang, Andrew LangISBN 1853261149 (1-85326-114-9)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tales from the Arabian Nights'Book summary:The beautiful Scheherazade's royal husband threatens to kill her, so each night she diverts him by weaving wonderful tales of fantastic adventure, leaving each story unfinished so that he spares her life to hear the ending the next night. This is the background to the Arabian Nights. In this selection made by that master of folklore and fairy-tale Andrew Lang, the reader meets Aladdin with his wonderful lamp, the Enchanted Horse, the Princess Badoura, Sinbad the Sailor, and the great Caliph of Bagdad, Haroun-al-Raschid. [via]
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Tales from the Arabian Nightsby Edmund Dulac, C. LangISBN 0895773740 (0-89577-374-0)
Hardcover, Reader's Digest Association
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tales from the Arabian Nights'Book summary:Beautiful princesses, genies who emerge from bottles, and talking birds in 26 magical tales: "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp," "Sindbad the Sailor," "Noureddin and the Fair Persian," "Merchant of Bagdad," and more. 66 illustrations. [via]
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Tales from the Arabian Nights Selected from the Book of a Thousand Nights and a Nightby Richard BurtonISBN 0671808036 (0-671-80803-6)
Hardcover, Bookthrift Co
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Tales from the Arabian Nights: Selected from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Nightby David Shumaker, Richard Francis BurtonISBN 0517261847 (0-517-26184-7)
Hardcover, Avenel Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tales from the Arabian Nights: Selected from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night'Book summary:This retelling of the magnificent tales told by Scheherazade to the King of India in order to save her life includes such magical classics as ""Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,"" ""Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp,"" and many other favorites. [via]
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Tales from the Thousand and One Nightsby N. J. DawoodISBN 0140442898 (0-14-044289-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tales from the Thousand and One Nights'Book summary:The tales told by Shahrazad over a thousand and one nights to delay her execution by the vengeful King Shahriyar have become among the most popular in both Eastern and Western literature. From the epic adventures of "Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp" to the farcical "Young Woman and her Five Lovers" and the social criticism of "The Tale of the Hunchback", the stories depict a fabulous world of all-powerful sorcerers, jinns imprisoned in bottles and enchanting princesses. But despite their imaginative extravagance, the Tales are anchored to everyday life by their realism, providing a full and intimate record of medieval Islam. [via]
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The Thousand Nights and One Nightby E. Powys Mathers, MardrusISBN 0710208693 (0-7102-0869-3)
Hardcover, Marboro Books
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Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Modern Timesby Margaret K. NydellISBN 1931930252 (1-931930-25-2)
Softcover, Intercultural Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Modern Times'Book summary:Now more than ever, Margaret Nydell's book Understanding Arabs is a must-read.The fourth edition of this classic introduction to Arab culture has been completely revised and updated to help readers understand the complex issues playing out on the world stage. Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Modern Times is a handbook accessible to everyone. Written by the highly esteemed academic Margaret Nydell, the book promotes understanding between modern-day Arabs and Westerners without pushing a political agenda. Updated to include the complex global issues going on today, new chapters include information about Islamic Fundamentalism, anti-Americanism and an updated and expanded chapter on Arabs and Muslims in the West. Contents A Message From the Authors Map of the Arab World Preface Introduction: Patterns of Change 1 Beliefs and Values 2 Friends and Strangers 3 Emotion and Logic 4 Getting Personal 5 Men and Women 6 Social Formalities and Etiquette 7 The Social Structure 8 The Role of the Family 9 Religion and Society 10 Communicating with Arabs 11 Islamic Fundamentalism (Islamism) 12 Anti-Americanism 13 Arabs and Muslims in the West 14 The Arab Countries: Similarities and Differences Conclusion Appendix: The Arabic Language End Notes Bibliography and References Index About the Author [via]
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Las Cruzadas Vistas Por Los Arabes / Crusades Through Arab Eyesby Amin MaaloufISBN 8420656860 (84-206-5686-0)
Softcover, Grupo Anaya Comercial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Las Cruzadas Vistas Por Los Arabes / Crusades Through Arab Eyes'Book summary:Basandose en los testimonios de los historiadores y cronistas arabes de la epoca, Amin Maalouf relata la historia de las cruzadas tal y como las vieron y vivieron en «el otro campo», es decir, en el lado musulman, un punto de vista hasta ahora olvidado. Las cruzadas vistas por los arabes abarca el periodo comprendido entre la llegada de los primeros cruzados a Tierra Santa en 1096 y la toma de Acre por el sultan Jalil en 1291, dos agitados siglos que dieron forma a Occidente y al mundo arabe y que aun hoy siguen condicionando sus relaciones. [via]
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La Historia De Los Arabes / a History of the Arabsby Albert HouraniISBN 8466615385 (84-666-1538-5)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Historia De Los Arabes / a History of the Arabs'Book summary:Beginning in the 7th century, when Islam began to spread from the Arabian peninsula to the West, and working through to the modern day, this study effectively documents the history of Arab peoples and their relationship to the major turning points in world history. The expansion of Islamic monotheism to countries as widespread as Egypt, Syria, and Morocco is described, as is the rise and fall of the Ottoman Empire, the expansion of European commerce during the 19th century, the surge of nationalism and statehood in the 20th century, the transformation of the Arab culture by modern influences, and the reaffirmation of the Islamic identity in recent decades.[via]More editions of La Historia De Los Arabes / a History of the Arabs:
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Lettres Persanesby MontesquieuISBN 2070364755 (2-07-036475-5)
Softcover, Flammarion et Cie
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lettres Persanes'Book summary:L'étonnement de deux voyageurs persans est prétexte à une peinture sans tabou de la fin du règne de Louis XIV. Les particularismes du temps, tout comme les faiblesses et les inclinations naturelles de la nature humaine, sont observés d'autant plus attentivement qu'ils le sont d'un point de vue extérieur. Usbek, principal locuteur de ce roman épistolaire où les lettres s'entrecroisent pour créer un écheveau d'impressions et d'intrigues, a quitté Ispahan pour des raisons politiques. Il dirige donc son sérail depuis l'Europe et échange ses impressions avec ses amis demeurés en Perse, avec Rhédi, en voyage d'étude à Venise, puis avec son compagnon de route Rica, qui préfèrera le tumulte de Paris et la curiosité qu'il y suscite au calme de la campagne environnante élue par Usbek. Ce dernier, si lucide quant aux vices du royaume de France, si critique quant aux traditions européennes, se laisse pourtant duper par ses femmes. Les Lettres persanes, première oeuvre de Montesquieu, publiées dans l'anonymat en 1721, connurent un succès retentissant et furent rééditées plusieurs fois au cours du XVIIIe siècle. --Sana Tang-Léopold Wauters [via]
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Le Proche-Orient eclateby Georges CormISBN 2707126985 (2-7071-2698-5)
Softcover, Decouverte
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