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et—capital to multiple empires, a focal point of Christianity and Islam, and now a global Toby Wilkinson has translated a rich selection of pieces from Ancient Egypt, ranging
transport and commercial hub. Writing with verve and sympathy, Madden weaves scholar- from accounts of battles to hymns to stories to royal proclamations. Entertaining and re-
ship, travel, and literature into a compelling narrative of crushing loss and unexpected re- velatory, this is an essential resource for studying one of humankind’s great civilizations.
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The Sultan and the Queen The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition
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The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam
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“From the structure of the heavens to the curious anatomy of the hippopotamus, with
reminder that our own fortunes and those of the wider Islamic world have been inter-
stops to view everything from book-keeping to aphrodisiacs, this charming fourteenth-

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twined for much longer than we might think.”—Dan Jones, The Times
century encyclopedia gives a glimpse of the entire world as seen by a very learned Egyp-
“Brotton is a gifted writer who is able to present this history as an exciting series of criti- tian summing up the powerful tradition of medieval Islamic scholarship known in his
cal and suspense-filled encounters.”—The Washington Post time. Elias Muhanna’s very readable translation allows the reader to gain a rounded ex-

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TRANSLATED BY DICK DAVIS; FOREWORD BY AZAR NAFISI
Originally composed for the Samanid princes of Khorasan in the tenth century, the
SEAN MCMEEKIN Shahnameh tells the story of pre-Islamic Persia, from the mythical creation.
Davis—“our pre-eminent translator from the Persian” (The Washington Post)—has revised
The Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution, and

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transport and commercial hub. Writing with verve and sympathy, Madden weaves scholar- from accounts of battles to hymns to stories to royal proclamations. Entertaining and re-
ship, travel, and literature into a compelling narrative of crushing loss and unexpected re- velatory, this is an essential resource for studying one of humankind’s great civilizations.
newal.”—Charles King, author of Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul
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Viking Hardcover • 400 pages • 978-0-670-01660-0 • $32.00

JERRY BROTTON S H I H A B A L - D I N A L - N U W AY R I
The Sultan and the Queen The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition
A Compendium of Knowledge from the Classical Islamic World
The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam
EDITED AND TRANSLATED WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY ELIAS MUHANNA

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“The Sultan and the Queen is both a colorful narrative of [an] extraordinary time and a
“From the structure of the heavens to the curious anatomy of the hippopotamus, with
reminder that our own fortunes and those of the wider Islamic world have been inter-
stops to view everything from book-keeping to aphrodisiacs, this charming fourteenth-

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twined for much longer than we might think.”—Dan Jones, The Times
century encyclopedia gives a glimpse of the entire world as seen by a very learned Egyp-
“Brotton is a gifted writer who is able to present this history as an exciting series of criti- tian summing up the powerful tradition of medieval Islamic scholarship known in his
cal and suspense-filled encounters.”—The Washington Post time. Elias Muhanna’s very readable translation allows the reader to gain a rounded ex-

375 Hudson Street

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“Finally, thanks to Elias Muhanna’s expert translation, editing, and explanatory notes,
we have access to a real encyclopedia to place alongside Borges’s mythical Chinese text.”
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Mongolian warlord. An engaging, well-researched—and counter-intuitive—intellectual ABOLQASEM FERDOWSI
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Viking Hardcover • 432 pages • 978-0-7352-2115-4 • $28.00
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
TRANSLATED BY DICK DAVIS; FOREWORD BY AZAR NAFISI
Originally composed for the Samanid princes of Khorasan in the tenth century, the
SEAN MCMEEKIN Shahnameh tells the story of pre-Islamic Persia, from the mythical creation.
Davis—“our pre-eminent translator from the Persian” (The Washington Post)—has revised
The Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution, and

P
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES
and expanded his acclaimed translation of Ferdowsi’s masterpiece, adding more than 100

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Arabian Nights, but most have never been read in English before. Tales of the Marvel-

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opments, including the intra-Palestinian factional strife between Fatah and Hamas, the roles

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student, finds herself witness to a contemporary Romeo and Juliet-like romance between a years, which is hugely valuable in helping us understand Iran’s complex back story….
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secrets she can keep, and how long she can fight for a romance that does not belong to her. Kakutani, The New York Times
"Robbins’ melodic novel is a story of war, family, language, but above all, a paean to Riverhead Paperback • 528 pages • 978-0-399-57334-7 • $17.00
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giving power of love."—Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner RICHARD HAASS
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In this mesmerizing debut set in Syria on the cusp of unrest, Bea, an American exchange “Secor’s portraits create an impressionistic montage of Iranian life during the last 37
student, finds herself witness to a contemporary Romeo and Juliet-like romance between a years, which is hugely valuable in helping us understand Iran’s complex back story….
housemaid and policeman of different cultural and political backgrounds that astonishes They provide sharp, pinhole windows into a country that for many years has seemed,
and changes her. But as the country drifts toward explosive unrest, Bea wonders how many in her words, like ‘a black box whose contents were all but unknowable.’”—Michiko
secrets she can keep, and how long she can fight for a romance that does not belong to her. Kakutani, The New York Times
"Robbins’ melodic novel is a story of war, family, language, but above all, a paean to Riverhead Paperback • 528 pages • 978-0-399-57334-7 • $17.00
unabashed, unbridled love. Told in quiet but elegant prose, each thump of this melodic
novel’s heart (and what an enormous, rousing heart it is) attests to the timeless and life-
giving power of love."—Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner RICHARD HAASS
Riverhead Hardcover • 304 pages • 978-1-59463-358-4 • $27.00
A World in Disarray
American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order DAN SMITH PETER MANSFIELD MAHMOOD JAMAL,
RAJIA HASSIB “A must-read....Haass takes the reader galloping through the last four centuries of history The Penguin State of A History of the translator
to explain how we got to where we are, and then offers an insightful and strategically the Middle East Atlas Middle East Islamic Mystical Poetry
In the Language of Miracles coherent approach to coping with and managing the challenges before us. Practical and Completely Revised and FOURTH EDITION Sufi Verse from the
provocative: a book that sets the policy table.”—Robert M. Gates Updated Third Edition Early Mystics to Rumi
Writing with unflinchingly honest prose, Rajia Hassib tells the story of an Egyptian- REVISED BY NICOLAS PELHAM
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for cultural difference….[She] handles the anatomy of grief with great delicacy….In the BEN EHRENREICH PADRAIG O'MALLEY JIM AL-KHALILI
Language of Miracles should find a large and eager readership. For the beauty of the writ- The Two-State Delusion The House of Wisdom AHMET HAMDI TANPINAR
ing alone, Hassib deserves it.”—Monica Ali, The New York Times Book Review The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine Israel and Palestine— How Arabic Science Saved The Time Regulation
Penguin Paperback • 304 pages • 978-0-14-310915-0 • $16.00 American writer Ehrenreich, who has been traveling to and living in the West Bank for three A Tale of Two Narratives Ancient Knowledge and Institute
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