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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Sadeq Hedayat
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSadeq Hedayat offers the first reliable introduction to an Iranian writer whose genius is as elusive as the gazelle in the fourteenth-century Persian poet Hafiz's poem... Katouzian deftly dispels the legends about Hedayat that have grown up since his death... Katouzian has produced a study which all who want to understand Iran ought to read. This is a Life which inevitably tells more about Iran’s sufferings in the modern world than many other books do. * Peter Avery, Times Literary Supplement *“a skilful and pioneering study of Sadiq Hedayat which builds on previous scholarship.” * Muslim World Book Review *Homa Katouzian has merely reminded us in this revised edition of his already seminal work that he is bar-none the final word on Sadeq Hedayat. This work is a testament to Katouzian’s uncanny ability to synthesize society, literature, politics, and a literary persona in a particularly important century in Iran’s turbulent and experimental history. The unabashedly informed penmanship, invigorated by well-researched scholarship that is devoid of what we see today are flights of pomp and fancy makes this revised, larger edition a celebrated platform upon which studies on Hedayat can be nurtured: mindful of philology, sociology, and culture. Homa Katouzian carefully draws a logical road map of Hedayat’s time and life: from birth to suicide; all awhile surgically keeping the milieu and many of its most pertinent facet’s in a literary persona’s life present in his discourse. The development of the theme in this book leaves no room for confusion in the flow of this book and as such in the way it informs. Kudos to Professor Katouzian as this is simply a masterpiece: New and improved and AGAIN! * Alireza Korangy, Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Persian Literature *A must read for anyone who is exploring the field of modern Persian literature, culture, and politics. Katouzian brilliantly and carefully provides a tangible and original framework with which to present an alternative understanding of the life and career of Sadeq Hedayat in the socio-political context of modern Iran. * Fatemeh Shams, University of Pennsylvania, USA *'In this book Homa Katouzian walks the readers, both the experts on Iran and Persian literature and those who might not be familiar with that country and its culture, through the maze of Hedayat’s life and mind via his stories producing the most thorough, well researched, and reader friendly account of Sadeq Hedayat’s life and work.' * M. R. Ghanoonparvar, The University of Texas at Austin, USA *Table of ContentsPreface to Second Edition Chapter 1. Hedayat and Modern Persian Literature Chapter 2. Early Years Chapter 3. Hedayat in Europe Chapter 4. Life and Labour in the Golden Era Chapter 5. Iranian Culture and Romantic Nationalism Chapter 6. Iranian Culture and Critical Realism Chapter 7. The Blind Owl: A Critical Exposition Chapter 8. The Origins of The Blind Owl Chapter 9. Hopes and Despairs Chapter 10. Hajjis and Workers Chapter 11. Satire and Depression Chapter 12. The Trial: The Message of Hedayat Chapter 13. The Execution: Hedayat's Suicide Chapter 14. The Legend and the Man Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Mobility and Armenian Belonging in Contemporary
Book SynopsisSalim Aykut Öztürk holds a PhD in Anthropology from UCL, University of London, UK. He was formerly Research Fellow at the Armenian National Academy of Sciences, Armenia.Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Language Introduction A Prelude 1. Taking the Bus on the Way From Homes 2. Expanding ‘Outsides’ in Armenia 3. Making Centres at the Margins in Turkey 4. Following New Roads in Old Homelands 5. Building Homes of Unity 6. Taking the Slow Boat to Istanbul 7. An Island that is No More Conclusion Epilogue: Crossing Back to Georgia in a Changing World Bibliography
£102.87
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Seeds of Victory Psychological Warfare and
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Ghosts of Atonement
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Jezreel Valley Mysteres The Mystere Iva in
Book SynopsisIsrael acquired sixty-one Dassault Mystere IVA combat aircraft from France that were delivered to the Israeli Air Force from April to September 1956 and were issued to two units: Squadron 101 at Hatzor, in the south, and Squadron 109 at Ramat David, in the north. From 1956 until 1959, and to a lesser extent from 1959 until 1962, the Mystere was the ILAF''s cutting-edge interceptor. From 1959, the Mystere''s main mission shifted from air-to-air to air-to-ground, as more modern interceptorsSuper Mystere from 1959 and Mirage from 1962entered Israeli Air Force service. At the same time, the Israeli Air Force initiated an effort to introduce an attack aircraft to succeed the Mystere. The Squadron 109 Mystere era therefore covered mostly air-to-air from 1956 until 1962 and mostly air-to-ground from 1962 until 1968.
£46.74
Moody Publishers Understanding the ArabIsraeli Conflict
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Moody Publishers How Should Christians Think about Israel
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Schocken Books Not in Gods Name
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Beacon Press The Iron Cage
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Beacon Press In This Place Together
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University of Minnesota Press Dispatches from the Arab Spring Understanding the
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Syria through Jihadist Eyes A Perfect Enemy 586
Book SynopsisThe regime in Syria is in league with the theocrats in Iran, facilitating their access to Lebanon and to the Palestinian territories, but hints that it is open to accommodation with Israel and for a strategic bargain with the United States. In Syria through Jihadist Eyes, Nibras Kazimi, a young writer on Arab affairs, challenges that country's presumed readiness for peace and normalcy. With field notes accumulated in a Syrian environment not generally hospitable to research and inquiry, Kazimi provides a unique view of the Syrian regime and its base at home, filling a void in our understanding of the intelligence barons and soldiers who run that country. He offers a look at the tactical, propagandist, and strategic ingredients required, in jihadist eyes, for a successful jihad - and whether those ingredients are available in Syria. Kazimi assesses how sectarianism and the global jihadist interest in taking the battle to Syria could derail policy overtures from Washington aimed at norm
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Hoover Institution Press Crosswinds The Way of Saudi Arabia Hoover Inst
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. The End of Modern History in the Middle East
Book SynopsisWith the departure of imperial powers - and on its own for the first time in almost two centuries - the Middle East must now resolve its political, economic, cultural, and societal problems in order to advance its civilization. In this volume, historian Bernard Lewis discusses the future of the region in this new era.
£17.06
Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Trial of a Thousand Years World Order and
Book SynopsisCharles Hill analyses the refusal of the ideologues of pan-Islam to accept the boundaries and responsibilities of the order of states. He offers a historical perspective on the war of Islamism against the nation-state system, looking at changes in world order from the Thirty Years' War of the seventeenth century to Iran's Islamic revolution in 1979 to the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. The Wave Man God and the Ballot Box in the Middle
Book SynopsisMiddle East expert Reuel Marc Gerecht argues that the Middle East may be at the beginning of a momentous democratic wave whose convulsions could become the region's defining theme during Obama's presidency. He describes the powerful Middle Eastern democratic movements coming from both the secular left and the religious right and asserts that America must reassess democracy's supposed lack of a future in the region.
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. In This Arab Time
Book SynopsisIn this collection of bold and wide-ranging essays, Fouad Ajami offers his views on the Middle East, commenting on the state of affairs in Iraq, Iran, Syria, Egypt and more. He brings into focus the current struggles of the region through detailed historical standpoints and a highly personal perspective.
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. The Syrian Rebellion Herbert and Jane Dwight
Book SynopsisOffers a detailed historical perspective on the current rebellion in Syria. Focusing on the similarities and differences in skills between former dictator Hafez al-Assad and his successor son, Bashar, Ajami explains how an irresistible force clashed with an immovable object: the regime versus people who conquered fear to challenge a despot of unspeakable cruelty.
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Revolution and Aftermath
Book SynopsisExamines one of the most under appreciated forces that has shaped modern US foreign policy: American-Iranian relations. The authors argue that America's flawed reading of Iran's politics has hamstrung decades of US diplomacy, resulting in humiliations and setbacks ranging from the 1979-81 hostage crisis to Barack Obama's nuclear weapons deal.Trade ReviewEric Edelman and Ray Takeyh cut through the wishful thinking that so often passes for analysis to deliver a needed warning: Iran's imperial aggression against us and our allies isn't a drain on the ayatollahs' power; it's the lifeblood of the regime. Many books predict and prognosticate, but Revolution and Aftermath gives the much-needed historical context to understand the feints and thrusts of our most dangerous enemy in the Middle East. Anyone who wants to understand the true nature of the Iranian regime-and the threat it poses-should read this book." - Tom Cotton, US Senator from Arkansas"The revolutionary regime in Iran represents one of the biggest challenges to US national security. In this short but important book, one of America's leading Iran experts and a deeply experienced national security practitioner explain why Iran has been such a daunting and persistent challenge for policymakers, the historical role it has played in US grand strategy, and what a realistic policy to prevent Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon might look like. If you are looking for a cogent and concise introduction to this vital topic-this is it." - Dick Cheney, 46th Vice President of the United States
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. A Window into Modern Iran The Ardeshir Zahedi
Book SynopsisThe inner workings of Iranian politics, as experienced by two key figures at their centre, are revealed as never before through the meticulously preserved documents and photographs in the Ardeshir Zahedi Papers at the Hoover Institution Library. These materials are essential for understanding modern Iranian history and its global context.
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. The Azerbaijani Turks Power and Identity under
Book SynopsisProvides the first comprehensive account of Azerbaijan's rich and tumultuous history up to the present time.
£17.06
Wesleyan University Press Copyright Consciousness
Book SynopsisHow copyright shapes the nature, value, and meaning of musical creativityCopyright Consciousness explores the mutual influence of intellectual property law, musical creativity, and state cultural policy in Turkey''s vibrant music industry. Drawing on ethnographic and archival data from the past five decades, this book is among the first in-depth ethnographies of music and the law. Adapting theories of legal consciousness and introducing them into ethnomusicology, it documents how a broad range of actors, from courts to composers, negotiate and constitute an emergent legality in music. It tracks how these actors make sense of and respond to the music copyright system''s purported failures and perceived injustices, often integrating their experiences into larger narratives about Turkish society, the nature and value of musical creativity, and the histories of national genres, especially folk music.
£21.89
Brigham Young University Books of the Dead Belonging to Tshemmin and Nefe
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Aris & Phillips Ltd The Excavations at Tell Al Rimah
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The Egypt Exploration Society (UK) Sais I The RamessideThird Intermediate Period at Kom Rebwa Excavation Memoirs
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Egypt Exploration Society The Delta Survey 20092015
Book SynopsisThis volume presents the results of recent explorations carried out by Jeffrey and Patricia Spencer for the Egypt Exploration Society''s Delta Survey. The sites considered here were identified in the course of preliminary inspections to possess some features worthy of additional investigation by magnetometer survey or by limited excavation.
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Michigan State University Press Shared LandConflicting Identity Trajectories of
Book SynopsisThis work presents the argument that rhetoric, ideology and myth have played key roles in influencing the development of the 100-year conflict between first the Zionist settlers and now the Israeli people and the Palestinian residents in what is now Israel.
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Hebrew Union College Press,U.S. Beyond Survival and Philanthropy
Book SynopsisWhat will hold American Jewry and Israel together as the traditional crisis glue melts down and the familiar Israeli call for aid retreats to the remote background? This book is a collection of answers to this complex question offered by leading Israeli and American scholars, educators, journalists, and communal leaders.Trade Review"Provocative essays"". - Howard Wachtel, American Jewish History
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Undena Publications,U.S. Old Canaanite Cuneiform Texts of the Third
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Undena Publications,U.S. NeoAssyrian Sculptures from Saddikanni Tell Ajaja
Book SynopsisAn important discovery of two large Neo-Assyrian sculptures was made in 1982 at Tell Ajaja on the Khabur River: a lamassu with the inscribed name of Muszib Ninurta, and a winged bull. Preliminary excavations undertaken at the site in 1982 have confirmed that the two sculptures were in situ at the entrance to a room in a monumental building.
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Undena Publications,U.S. The Role of the Temple from the Third Dynasty of
Book SynopsisThis essay discusses the role of temples in early Mesopotamian society, and then turns to more detailed consideration of the respective positions of temples in Babylonian society at the end of the third and during the first half of the second millennium B.C.
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Undena Publications,U.S. The Rabbeans
Book SynopsisThis study deals with the West Semitic nomadic tribe of the Rabbeans who at the time of the Mart archives belonged to the Benjaminite confederation and controlled one of the mixed urbantribal states on the upper Middle Euphrates.
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Undena Publications,U.S. Provincial Governance in Middle Assyria Assur 32
Book SynopsisIn the latter fourteenth and thirteenth centuries B.C., the Middle Assyrian state underwent a major expansion which raised it to the stature of a great power in the Near East. The efforts made to rule the newly acquired territories are the subject of this study.
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Museum of New Mexico Press americasfirstwarriors
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Peeters Classical Armenian Culture Influences and
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Peeters Definitions and Divisions of Philosophy by David
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Inner Traditions Bear and Company Hathor Rising The Power of the Goddess in Ancient
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American Society of Overseas Research Reflections of Empire
Book SynopsisThis monograph addresses a gap in the literature of Ottoman archaeology by pulling together technical studies on pottery from the eastern frontiers of the Ottoman Empire: Cyprus, Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Jordan.Trade Review Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Preface Chapter 1 – Defining the Levant (Bethany J. Walker) Chapter 2 – Ottoman Pottery Assemblages from Excavations in Israel (Miriam Avissar) Chapter 3 – The Ottoman Pottery of Palestine (Marwan Abu Khalaf) Chapter 4 – An Ethno-Archaeological Approach to Ottoman Pottery: The Case of “Gaza Gray Ware” (Hamed Salem) Chapter 5 – Identifying the Late Islamic Period Ceramically: Preliminary Observations on Ottoman Wares from Central and Northern Jordan (Bethany J. Walker) Chapter 6 – Stability and Change in Ottoman Coarse Wares in Cyprus (Ruth Smadar Gabrieli) Bibliography Contributors Index Illustrations
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Griffith Institute Culture through Objects Ancient Near Eastern
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The British School of Archaeology in Iraq Samarra Studies II Archaeological Atlas of
Book SynopsisThe Archaeological Atlas of Samarra sets out to map and catalogue the site and buildings of the Abbasid capital at Samarra in the period 836 to 892 AD, preserved as they were until the middle years of the 20th century. Site maps and catalogues are provided of all the approximately 5819 building and site units identified.
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Bartleby Press The Hague Odyssey
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Excavations Between Abu Simbel and the Sudan
Book SynopsisAlthough C-Group sites in the area had been thought to be poor or plundered, Cemeteries T, K, and U yielded large amounts of undisturbed material that provided a valuable opportunity to check the chronology of C-Group by plotting the occurrence of various objects and practices in the cemetery.
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Prehistoric Archaeology along the Zagros Flanks
Book SynopsisBraidwood set out in 1948 to explore the field evidence for the transition from hunter-gatherer way of life to sedentary food production in the region surrounding the Mesopotamian Plain. This volume is the final report on the Braidwoods' initial phase of exploration from 1948 to 1955 in the Chemchemal Valley and adjacent regions of Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures American Expedition to Idalion Cyprus 19731980
Book SynopsisReport on excavations at the urban site of Idalion and the Neolithic site of Shali-Agridhi in Cyprus. Stratigraphic analyses of both sites as well as multidisciplinary studies of mining and metallurgy, fauna, human remains, pottery, coins and sculpture.
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Town and Country in Southeastern Anatolia Volume
Book SynopsisThe Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago conducted excavations at Kurban Höyük, along with surveys of its immediate environs. Located in the lower portion of the Karababa reservoir area, it is one of several sites crucial to understanding the archaeological sequence of the lower portion of the Euphrates basin in southeastern Turkey.
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Excavations Between Abu Simbel and the Sudan
Book SynopsisThe excavations at these cemeteries provide a full range of X-Group objects, dated to the fourth through sixth centuries a.d. Of special interest is the military equipment, including many decorated quivers, parts of several unusual light composite bows, and a saddle date to the late fourth century.
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Excavations Between Abu Simbel and the Sudan
Book SynopsisDetails the New Kingdom remains from the Nubian sites of Qustul and Adindan. Nubia prospered, as it was more closely tied to Egypt during this period of its history than at any other time. The Egyptian influence and Nubia's prosperity are clearly depicted in the burials. 206 figures, 53 plates, 24 tables.
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