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The Age of Alexander: Nine Greek Livesby Plutarchus, Ian Scott-KilvertISBN 0140442863 (0-14-044286-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Ancient Near Eastby William E. DunstanISBN 0030352991 (0-03-035299-1)
Softcover, Wadsworth Pub Co
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The Assassinsby Bernard LewisISBN 0195205502 (0-19-520550-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Assassins'Book summary:The Assassins is the most comprehensive, readable, and authoritative account of history's first terrorists. A fanatical sect of Islam, first mentioned in accounts of the Crusades, the Assassins were the first group to make planned, systematic use of murder as a political weapon. According to Medieval historians, and to such famous travelers as Marco Polo, the Assassins lived in the Levant Mountains and were ruled by a mysterious "Old Man of the Mountain" who housed his followers in a paradisical castle and sent them on murderous expeditions to visit rival princes and later imams.
One of "the hazards of the East," this group struck fear in the hearts of Crusaders and mainstream Muslims in and around Phoenicia, where tales abounded of princes felled in the night by Assassin daggers and of the Old Man's secret powers over his followers. (The name "assassin" comes from the Arabic "hashish," the narcotic effects of which were already known to Medieval Muslims.) According to Brocardus, a 14th-century German priest, "The Assassins...sell themselves, are thirsty for human blood, kill the innocent for a price, and care nothing for either life or salvation. Like the devil, they transfigure themselves into angels of light, by imitating the gestures, garments, languages, customs and acts of various nations and peoples; thus, hidden in sheep's clothing, they suffer death as soon as they are recognized."
In The Assassins, Bernard Lewis traces the history of this radical Islamic sect from the 13th century to the modern day. He studies the teachings of both the Assassins and their parent sect, the Ismailis, the spread of their ideas, and their continued influence on Muslim thought. He also traces the etymology of the word "assassin," which today is a common noun meaning one who kills by stealth or treachery, whose victim is a public figure, and whose motive is fanaticism or greed. Particularly insightful in light of the recent rise of Muslim fundamentalism, this readable, factual account of the group that lent its name to politically motivated murder places recent events in historical perspective and sheds new light on the fanatic mind.
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Baudolinoby Umberto Eco, William WeaverISBN 0156029065 (0-15-602906-5)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Baudolino'Book summary:The most playful of historical novelists, Umberto Eco has absorbed the real lesson of history: that there is no such thing as the absolute truth. In Baudolino, he hands his narrative to an Italian peasant who has managed, through good luck and a clever tongue, to become the adopted son of the Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa, and a minister of his court in the closing years of the 12th century. Baudolino's other gift is for spontaneous but convincing lies, and so his unfolding tale--as recounted in 1204 to a nobleman of Constantinople, while the fires of the Fourth Crusade rage around them--exemplifies the Cretan Liar's Paradox: He can't be believed. Why not, then, make his story as outrageous as possible? In the course of his picaresque tale, Baudolino manages to touch on nearly every major theme, conflict, and boondoggle of the Middle Ages: the Crusades; the troubadours; the legend of the Holy Grail; the rise of the cathedral cities; the position of Jews; the market in relics; the local rivalries that made Italy so vulnerable to outside attack; and the perennial power struggles between the pope and the emperor. With the help of alcohol and a mysterious Moorish concoction called "green honey," Baudolino and his ragtag friends engage in typical scholastic debates of the period, trying to determine the dimensions of Solomon's Temple and the location of the Earthly Paradise. And when the Emperor needs support in his claims for saintly lineage, who but Baudolino can craft the perfect letter of homage from the legendary Prester John, Holy (and wholly fictitious) Christian King of the East? A giddy and exasperating romp, Baudolino will draw you into its labyrinthine inventions and half-truths, even if you know better. --Regina Marler [via]
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The Bhagavad Gitaby Juan Mascaro, Simon BrodbeckISBN 0140449183 (0-14-044918-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bhagavad Gita'Book summary:The 18 chapters of "The Bhagavad-Gita" (c. 500 BC), encompass the whole spiritual struggle of a human soul, and the three central themes of this immortal poem - love, light and life - arise from the symphonic vision of God in all things and of all things in God. [via]
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The Bhagavad Gitaby W. J. JohnsonISBN 0192835815 (0-19-283581-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bhagavad Gita'Book summary:`I have heard the supreme mystery, yoga, from Krishna, from the lord of yoga himself.' Thus ends the Bhagavard Gita , the most famous episode from the great Sanskrit epic, the Mahabharata . In its eighteen short chapters Krishna's teaching leads the warrior Arjuna from perplexity to understanding and correct action, in the process raising and developing many key themes from the history of Indian relgions. The Bhagavad Gita considers social and religious duty, the nature of sacrifice, the nature of action, the means to liberation, and the relationship of human beings to God. It culminates in an awe-inspiring vision of Krishna as God omnipotent, disposer and destroyer of the universe. The poem has inspired a wide variety of interpretations, both within India and beyond, and it is the best known and most widely read Hindu religious text in the Western world. This new translation is ideal for the non-specialist as well as for students of Indian religions, providing a full cultural and historical context in its introduction and notes. This book is intended for university students from 1st year up, studying Indian religions and culture, comparative religion, theology. Translated with introduction and notes by: Johnson, W. J. (Lecturer in Religious Studies, University of Wales, College of Cardiff); [via]
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Bhagavad Gitaby S. RadhakrishnanISBN 0061317594 (0-06-131759-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins College Div
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Bhagavad-Gitaby R.C. ZaehnerISBN 0195016661 (0-19-501666-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Bhagavad-Gita: With an Introductory Essay, Sanskrit Text, English Translation and Notesby S. RadhakrishnanISBN 0048910295 (0-04-891029-5)
Hardcover, Unwin Paperbacks
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The Book of Dede Korkutby Geoffrey L. LewisISBN 0140442987 (0-14-044298-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Centuries of Darkness: A Challenge to the Conventional Chronology of Old World Archaeologyby Peter JamesISBN 022402647X (0-224-02647-X)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in Englishby Geza VermesISBN 0140245014 (0-14-024501-4)
Softcover, Penguin Uk
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English'Book summary:It's been 50 years since a Bedouin youth named Muhammed edh-Dhub went looking for a stray sheep and instead found the Dead Sea Scrolls. In the intervening decades, the scrolls have been enveloped in a storm of controversy and bitter conflict: the scholars entrusted with translating and editing the texts sat on many of them instead, creating suspicions that escalated to conspiracy theories about supposed cover-ups of sensitive, even damaging material. Geza Vermes, a former professor of Jewish studies at Oxford and a noted authority on the scrolls, marks the 50th anniversary of Muhammed edh-Dhub's find with his book The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English; the title, however, is misleading, for the collection of documents is by no means complete.
Vermes has left out the copies of Hebrew scriptures that are available elsewhere, instead focusing on the sectarian writings of the Essene community at Qumran and the intertestemental texts, and these are indeed complete translations. Vermes has also included an overview of five decades of research on the scrolls and a thumbnail sketch of the Qumran community's history and religion. For anyone interested in biblical history, The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English is a worthwhile read. [via]
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Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English: ISBN 0140245014 (0-14-024501-4)
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The Creation of Patriarchyby Gerda LernerISBN 0195051858 (0-19-505185-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Cross And The Crescent: The Dramatic Story of the Earliest Encounters between Christians and Muslimsby Richard FletcherISBN 0143034812 (0-14-303481-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Dead Sea Scrolls in Englishby Geza VermesISBN 0140237305 (0-14-023730-5)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dead Sea Scrolls in English'Book summary:The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls between 1947 and 1956 transformed the study of the Bible, early post-biblical Judaism and the beginnings of Christianity. Written in Hebrew and Aramaic, and dating roughly from 200 BC to the mid first-century AD, they afford insight into Palestinian Jewish life and ideology. This revised edition includes 26 newly translated scroll texts, an introduction discussing developments in Qumran scholarship, and an inventory of all the scrolls made available in 1991. [via]
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Documents from Old Testament Timesby ThomasISBN 0061300853 (0-06-130085-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins College Div
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East, Westby Salman RushdieISBN 0224041347 (0-224-04134-7)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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Eastern Asia and Classical Greece: The Illustrated History of the Worldby J. M. RobertsISBN 0195215206 (0-19-521520-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Epic of Kingsby FerdowsiISBN 014019231X (0-14-019231-X)
Softcover, Arkana
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Eusebius: The History of the Church from Christ to Constantineby Eusebius, G. A. WilliamsonISBN 0140445358 (0-14-044535-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eusebius: The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine'Book summary:[via]"Could I do better than start from the beginning of the dispensation of our Saviour and Lord, Jesus the Christ of God?"
Bishop Eusebius (c. AD 260339), a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, broke new ground in writing the History and provided a model for all later ecclesiastical historians. In tracing the history of the Church from the time of Christ to the Great Persecution at the beginning of the fourth century and ending with the conversion of the Emperor Constantine, his aim was to show the purity and continuity of the doctrinal tradition of Christianity and its struggle against persecutors and heretics, and he supported his account by extensive quotations from original sources.
This edition of G. A. Williamsons clear, fluid translation is accompanied by an introduction by Andrew Louth discussing the life and works of Eusebius, together with notes, bibliography, map of the world of Eusebius and brief biographies of the figures who appear in the work.
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Fourteen Byzantine Rulers: The Chronographia of Michael Psellusby Michael PsellusISBN 0140441697 (0-14-044169-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallelsby Alexander HeidelISBN 0226323986 (0-226-32398-6)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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The Golden Horde: From the Himalaya to the Mediterraneanby PaineISBN 0140253963 (0-14-025396-3)
Softcover, Penguin Uk
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Horde: From the Himalaya to the Mediterranean'Book summary:Sheila Paine's journey in search of this elusive talismaic triangle had been frustrating. Her new travels begin in an Himalayan valley, take her though the turbulent island of the disintegrating ex-Soviet Union and end on the Greek island of Karpathos in the Dodecanese, where the embroidered Afghan amulet she is seeking is still worn by the women on the island to ward off evil spirits. [via]
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Haroun and the Sea of Storiesby Salman RushdieISBN 0140157379 (0-14-015737-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Haroun and the Sea of Stories'Book summary:Immediately forget any preconceptions you may have about Salman Rushdie and the controversy that has swirled around his million-dollar head. You should instead know that he is one of the best contemporary writers of fables and parables, from any culture. Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a delightful tale about a storyteller who loses his skill and a struggle against mysterious forces attempting to block the seas of inspiration from which all stories are derived. Here's a representative passage about the sources and power of inspiration:
So Iff the water genie told Haroun about the Ocean of the Stream of Stories, and even though he was full of a sense of hopelessness and failure the magic of the Ocean began to have an effect on Haroun. He looked into the water and saw that it was made up of a thousand thousand thousand and one different currents, each one a different colour, weaving in and out of one another like a liquid tapestry of breathtaking complexity; and Iff explained that these were the Streams of Story, that each coloured strand represented and contained a single tale. Different parts of the Ocean contained different sorts of stories, and as all the stories that had ever been told and many that were still in the process of being invented could be found here, the Ocean of the Streams of Story was in fact the biggest library in the universe. And because the stories were held here in fluid form, they retained the ability to change, to become new versions of themselves, to join up with other stories and so become yet other stories; so that unlike a library of books, the Ocean of the Streams of Story was much more than a storeroom of yarns. It was not dead, but alive.
[via]"And if you are very, very careful, or very, very highly skilled, you can dip a cup into the Ocean," Iff told Haroun, "like so," and here he produced a little golden cup from another of his waistcoat pockets, "and you can fill it with water from a single, pure Stream of Story, like so," as he did precisely that.
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A History of the Ancient Worldby Chester G. StarrISBN 0195066294 (0-19-506629-4)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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A History of the Ancient Worldby Starr, Chester G., Jr.ISBN 0195066286 (0-19-506628-6)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of the Ancient World'Book summary:In a long and distinguished career, Chester Starr has written on topics ranging from early man, to the early Athenian democracy, to the role of sea power in the classical world. And one of his finest works--the product of his broad interests and expertise--has been A History of the Ancient World, long a standard work on the distant past. Now this landmark book is available in a new edition, offering a informative account of early history from the rise of the first cities to the fall of the Roman Empire.
This richly illustrated new edition deftly explores the broad expanse of early human history. Though Greece and Rome occupy center stage, Starr also surveys the cities and empires of Mesopotamia, India from the early Indus civilization to the Gupta state, and China from the Hsia dynasty to the Han empire. In this new edition, he has incorporated the latest research into his lucid and informative narrative, reworking virtually every chapter to bring the work completely up-to-date. He has revised his discussions of early humankind to account for the most recent findings; he presents a new view of the Jewish revolt against Rome led by Bar Kochba; and he has thoroughly updated the bibliographies. In addition, his account of the end of the Roman Empire has been rewritten in light of the most recent thinking by classical historians. Numerous maps and illustrations, carefully composed and selected, highlight the text. And throughout, Starr clearly expresses the complexities of ancient history in lively, engaging prose, making the finest scholarship accessible to the nonspecialist.
When A History of the Ancient World appeared in earlier editions, The Philadelphia Inquirer hailed it as "an excellent one-volume history" and "fascinating reading." And The Classical Journal wrote, "In scope, accuracy, and soundness of judgment this is one of the best general ancient histories." This completely updated Fourth Edition will continue to provide one of the most distinguished and comprehensive one-volume introductions to the ancient past available today. [via]More editions of A History of the Ancient World:
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The Hittitesby Oliver Robert GurneyISBN 0140126015 (0-14-012601-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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In the Wake of the Goddesses : Women, Culture and the Biblical Transformation of Pagan Mythby Tikva Frymer-KenskyISBN 0029108004 (0-02-910800-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Inanna: Queen of Heaven and Earth Her Stories and Hymns from Sumerby Diane Wolkstein, Samuel Noah KramerISBN 0060908548 (0-06-090854-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Jason and the Golden Fleeceby Apollonius of Rhodes, Richard HunterISBN 0192824619 (0-19-282461-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Jason And the Golden Fleeceby Rhodius ApolloniusISBN 0141026324 (0-14-102632-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Jason and the Golden Fleece: (The Argonautica)by Richard L. Hunter, ApolloniusISBN 0192835831 (0-19-283583-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jason and the Golden Fleece: (The Argonautica)'Book summary:The Argonautica is the dramatic story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece and his relations with the dangerous princess Medea. The only surviving Greek epic to bridge the gap between Homer and late antiquity, this epic poem is the crowning literary achievement of the Ptolemaic court at Alexandria, written by Appolonius of Rhodes in the third century BC. Appollonius explores many of the fundamental aspects of life in a highly original way: love, deceit, heroism, human ignorance of the divine, and the limits of science, and offers a gripping and sometimes disturbing tale in the process. This major new prose translation combines readability with accuracy and an attention to detail that will appeal to general readers and classicists alike. [via]
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Jewish Warby G. A. Williamson, Flavius Josephus, E. Mary SmallwoodISBN 0140444203 (0-14-044420-3)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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The Kingdomby Robert LaceyISBN 0151472602 (0-15-147260-2)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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The Koranby N. J. DawoodISBN 0140449205 (0-14-044920-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Koran'Book summary:Universally accepted by Muslims to be the infallible word of God as revealed to Mohammed by the Angel Gabriel nearly fourteen hundred years ago, the Koran still provides the rules of conduct fundamental to the Arab way of life. [via]
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The Koran Interpretedby A.J. ArberryISBN 0020832605 (0-02-083260-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Koran: With a Parallel Arabic Textby N. J. DawoodISBN 0140445420 (0-14-044542-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Koran: With a Parallel Arabic Text'Book summary:The Koran, as N. J. Dawood states, is 'not only one of the most influential books of prophetic literature but also a literary masterpiece in its own right. Universally accepted by Muslims to be the infallible Word of God as revealed to Mohammed by the Angel Gabriel nearly fourteen hundred years ago, the Koran still provides the rules of conduct fundamental to the Arab way of life. N. J. Dawood's masterly translation, first published in the mid-1950s and now completely revised in the light of a life-long study of the language and style of the Koran, presents the English reader with a clear, fluent and authoritative rendering, while fully reflecting the characteristic flavour and rhythm of the original. The present edition follows the original sequence of the Koranic suras and is accompanied by a comprehensive index and a parallel Arabic text.[via]More editions of The Koran: With a Parallel Arabic Text:
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Life and Work of Flavius Josephusby F. JosephusISBN 0030370159 (0-03-037015-9)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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The Mainstream of Civilization Since 1660by Stanley Chodorow, Conrad Schirokauer, MacGregor KnoxISBN 0155515810 (0-15-551581-0)
Softcover, Harcourt College Pub
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Middle East: Past and Presentby Yahya Armajani, Thomas M. RicksISBN 0135815541 (0-13-581554-1)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall
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Middle East:past and Present: Past and Presentby Yahya ArmajaniISBN 0135815797 (0-13-581579-7)
Hardcover, Prentice-Hall
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Middle Eastern Mythologyby S. H. HookeISBN 0140136878 (0-14-013687-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Mountain Arabs: A Window on the Middle Eastby John SykesISBN 009088180X (0-09-088180-X)
Hardcover, Hutchinson
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New Oxford Annotated Apocrypha, New Revised Standard Versionby Bruce MetzgerISBN 0195283686 (0-19-528368-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The New Oxford Annotated Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Versionby Michael D. Coogan, Pheme Perkins, Carol A. Newsom, Marc Z. BrettlerISBN 0195288009 (0-19-528800-9)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New Oxford Annotated Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version'Book summary:The New Oxford Annotated Apocrypha, Third Edition is a useful reference tool for students of intertestamental or Jewish history. It contains all the notes found in the Apocryphal / Deuterocanonical books of the New Oxford Annotated Bible, Third Edition. Students, professors and general readers alike have relied upon the Oxford Annotated Bible for four decades. Now a new editorial board and team of contributors have completely updated this classic work. The result is a volume which maintains and extends the excellence the Annotated's users have come to expect, bringing new insights, information, and approaches to bear upon the understanding of the biblical text. [via]
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The Ottomans: Dissolving Imagesby Andrew WheatcroftISBN 0140168796 (0-14-016879-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ottomans: Dissolving Images'Book summary:The Ottoman Empire was a "mystery wrapped inside the enigma". This book aims to unravel the mystery in two ways. Firstly, it looks at the Ottomans and their world in terms relevant to an eastern Islamic society, with its own principles and practices that seemed merely barbaric to the West. The book also comes to terms with the West's expectations of the Ottomans. The author's aim is both to tell the story and offer some explanation. The book interprets the Ottomans, to make sense of a society that to Western eyes seemed feckless and utterly corrupt, cruel and craven by turns. It was frequently all of these things but not without reason or cause. [via]
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Pity the Nation: Lebanon at Warby Robert FiskISBN 0192801309 (0-19-280130-9)
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The Qur'anby M. A. Abdel HaleemISBN 0192831933 (0-19-283193-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Qur'an'Book summary:One of the most influential books in the history of literature, recognized as the greatest literary masterpiece in Arabic, the Qur'an is the supreme authority and living source of all Islamic teaching, the sacred text that sets out the creed, rituals, ethics, and laws of Islam. Yet despite the growing interest in Islamic teachings and culture, there has never been a truly satisfactory English translation of the Qur'an, until now.
This superb new translation of the Qur'an is written in contemporary language that remains faithful to the meaning and spirit of the original, making the text crystal clear while retaining all of this great work's eloquence. The translation is accurate and completely free from the archaisms, incoherence, and alien structures that mar existing translations. Thus, for the first time, English-speaking readers will have a text of the Qur'an which is easy to use and comprehensible. Furthermore, Haleem includes notes that explain geographical, historical, and personal allusions as well as an index in which Qur'anic material is arranged into topics for easy reference. His introduction traces the history of the Qur'an, examines its structure and stylistic features, and considers issues related to militancy, intolerance, and the subjection of women.
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Religions of Antiquityby Robert M. SeltzerISBN 0028973739 (0-02-897373-9)
Softcover, Gale Group
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The Secret Historyby Procopius, G. WilliamsonISBN 0140441824 (0-14-044182-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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To Jerusalem and Back: A Personal Accountby Saul BellowISBN 0141180757 (0-14-118075-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Travels of Sir John Mandeville: An Abridged Versionby Norman Denny, John Mandeville, Josephine Filmer-SankeyISBN 0001923293 (0-00-192329-3)
Hardcover, Collins
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The Travels of Sir John Mandeville: The Fantastic 14th-century Account of a Journey to the Eastby John Mandeville, C.W.R.D. MoseleyISBN 0141441437 (0-14-144143-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Travels of Sir John Mandeville: The Fantastic 14th-century Account of a Journey to the East'Book summary:By the standards of the 14th century, the writing style of the man who called himself Sir John Mandeville is so informal as to be nearly chummy: "He who wants to pass over the sea to Jerusalem, may go by many ways, both by sea and by land depending on the countries he comes from; many ways come to a single end. But do not think I shall tell of all the towns and cities and castles that men shall go by, for then I must make too long a tale of it." Historians remain skeptical as to whether the author really did journey to the Holy Land and Egypt, or hire himself out as a soldier to the Great Khan of China. Whatever the case, it is indisputable that he is one of the first modern travel writers, as we have come to know the genre, and that his book was considered authoritative in matters geographical throughout Europe--consulted by Leonardo da Vinci and Christopher Columbus alike. [via]
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Voyage of Argoby Apollonius of RhodesISBN 0140440852 (0-14-044085-2)
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War and Peace in the Middle East: A Concise Historyby Avi ShlaimISBN 0140245642 (0-14-024564-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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What Went Wrong: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Responseby Bernard LewisISBN 0195144201 (0-19-514420-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What Went Wrong: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response'Book summary:Bernard Lewis is the West's greatest historian and interpreter of the Near East. Books such as The Middle East and The Arabs in History are required reading for anybody who hopes to understand the region and its people. Now Lewis offers What Went Wrong?, a concise and timely survey of how Islamic civilization fell from worldwide leadership in almost every frontier of human knowledge five or six centuries ago to a "poor, weak, and ignorant" backwater that is today dominated by "shabby tyrannies ... modern only in their apparatus of repression and terror." He offers no easy answers, but does provide an engaging chronicle of the Arab encounter with Europe in all its military, economic, and cultural dimensions. The most dramatic reversal, he says, may have occurred in the sciences: "Those who had been disciples now became teachers; those who had been masters became pupils, often reluctant and resentful pupils." Today's Arab governments have blamed their plight on any number of external culprits, from Western imperialism to the Jews. Lewis believes they must instead commit to putting their own houses in order: "If the peoples of Middle East continue on their present path, the suicide bomber may become a metaphor for the whole region, and there will be no escape from a downward spiral of hate and spite, rage and self-pity, [and] poverty and oppression." Anybody who wants to understand the historical backdrop to September 11 would do well to look for it on these pages. --John Miller [via]
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What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle Eastby Bernard LewisISBN 0060516054 (0-06-051605-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East'Book summary:Bernard Lewis is the West's greatest historian and interpreter of the Near East. Books such as The Middle East and The Arabs in History are required reading for anybody who hopes to understand the region and its people. Now Lewis offers What Went Wrong?, a concise and timely survey of how Islamic civilization fell from worldwide leadership in almost every frontier of human knowledge five or six centuries ago to a "poor, weak, and ignorant" backwater that is today dominated by "shabby tyrannies ... modern only in their apparatus of repression and terror." He offers no easy answers, but does provide an engaging chronicle of the Arab encounter with Europe in all its military, economic, and cultural dimensions. The most dramatic reversal, he says, may have occurred in the sciences: "Those who had been disciples now became teachers; those who had been masters became pupils, often reluctant and resentful pupils." Today's Arab governments have blamed their plight on any number of external culprits, from Western imperialism to the Jews. Lewis believes they must instead commit to putting their own houses in order: "If the peoples of Middle East continue on their present path, the suicide bomber may become a metaphor for the whole region, and there will be no escape from a downward spiral of hate and spite, rage and self-pity, [and] poverty and oppression." Anybody who wants to understand the historical backdrop to September 11 would do well to look for it on these pages. --John Miller [via]
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