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The Book of Travels
Volume One
The adventures of the man who created Aladdin The Book of Travels is Hanna Diyab's remarkable first-person account of his travels as a young man from his hometown of Aleppo to the court of Versailles and back again, which forever linked him to one of the most popular pieces of world literature, the Thousand and One Nights. Diyab, a ......
ISBN-13: 9781479892303 (Hardback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Hanna Diyab, Johannes Stephan, Elias Muhanna, Yasmine Seale
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Local release date: 03/07/2021
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Categories: Anthologies (non-poetry) [DQ]Middle Eastern history [HBJF1]Middle East [1FB]

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Shakespeare through Letters
This book offers an innovative pathway into Shakespeare's plays-the letters, although small, impact narrative development, reveal character, and enhance the play's tone. The author posits that the letters constitute texts that warrant interpretation, as they delineate the intersection of oral and literate cultures.
ISBN-13: 9781793631688 (Hardback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
David M. Bergeron
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Local release date: 13/12/2020
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Categories: Anthologies (non-poetry) [DQ]Shakespeare studies & criticism [DSGS]United Kingdom, Great Britain [1DBK]Ireland [1DBR]

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Arabian Romantic
Poems on Bedouin Life and Love
Scenes from Arabian life at the turn of the twentieth century--
ISBN-13: 9781479804405 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
'Abdallah ibn Sbayyil, Marcel Kurpershoek, Annmarie Drury
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Local release date: 01/12/2020
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Categories: Poetry [DC]Anthologies (non-poetry) [DQ]Middle East [1FB]

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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
A new translation of a foundational text of yoga philosophy--
ISBN-13: 9781479804139 (Hardback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Abu Rayhan al-Biruni, Mario Kozah
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Local release date: 05/11/2020
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Categories: Anthologies (non-poetry) [DQ]Philosophy of religion [HRAB]Middle East [1FB]

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In Darfur
An Account of the Sultanate and Its People
An Arab merchant's account of his travels through the Sultanate of Darfur in the early nineteenth century.--
ISBN-13: 9781479804443 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Muhammad al-Tunisi, Humphrey Davies, Kwame Anthony Appiah, R.S. O'Fahey
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Local release date: 01/11/2020
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Categories: Anthologies (non-poetry) [DQ]Anthropology [JHM]Travel & holiday [WT]Middle East [1FB]Africa [1H]

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Shih-I Hsiung
A Glorious Showman
Shih-I Hsiung: A Glorious Showman narrates the transnational life story of Shih-I Hsiung, a Chinese writer known for his English language play Lady Precious Stream. It focuses on Hsiung's extraordinary literary accomplishments, broad theatrical experiences, and major social en...
ISBN-13: 9781683931065 (Hardback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Da Zheng, Frances Wood, Deh-I Hsiung, Yimin Foo
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Local release date: 29/10/2020
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Categories: Biography: general [BG]Biography: arts & entertainment [BGF]Anthologies (non-poetry) [DQ]Ethnic studies [JFSL]Black & Asian studies [JFSL3]

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Liberalization and Culture in Contemporary Israel
The book looks at the ways in which Israel's integration into the global economy has affected its main stream culture. Ofengenden uses works of Israeli film, literature, and television, from the past 30 years to conceptualize the changes in Israel's culture.
ISBN-13: 9781498570374 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: LEXINGTON BOOKS
Ari Ofengenden
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Local release date: 13/09/2020
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Categories: Anthologies (non-poetry) [DQ]Popular culture [JFCA]Media studies [JFD]Globalization [JFFS]Politics & government [JP]Middle East [1FB]

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Maqamat Abi Zayd al-Saruji
Maqamat Abi Zayd al-Saruji is a scholarly, Arabic-only edition of the celebrated work by al-Hariri, which is also available in English translation from the Library of Arabic Literature as Impostures. Al-Hariri's text consists of fifty stories about the adventures of the itinerant con man and master of persuasion Abu Zayd al-Saruji, as told by the ......
ISBN-13: 9781479800896 (Hardback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
al-Hariri, Michael Cooperson, Abdelfattah Kilito
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Local release date: 20/08/2020
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Categories: Anthologies (non-poetry) [DQ]Middle East [1FB]

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Our Osage Hills
Toward an Osage Ecology and Tribalography of the Early Twentieth Century
Our Osage Hills presents an exciting portrait of the Wahzhazhe (Osage) people and their prairie homelands in the early twentieth century and beyond, this book presents excellent lost work by the charismatic Osage author and naturalist, John Joseph Mathews, plus a wealth of contextual stories and Osage history. Dr. Michael Snyder discovered, ......
ISBN-13: 9781611463019 (Hardback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: LEHIGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Michael Snyder, John Joseph Mathews, Michael Snyder, Russ Tall Chief, Harvey Payne
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Local release date: 24/07/2020
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Categories: Literary essays [DNF]Anthologies (non-poetry) [DQ]Literature: history & criticism [DS]History of the Americas [HBJK]Social & cultural history [HBTB]Indigenous peoples [JFSL9]USA [1KBB]