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TOBY WILK INSON, t r ans la to rWritings from Ancient EgyptINTRODUCTION BY THE TRANSLATOR

Toby Wilkinson has translated a rich selection of pieces from Ancient Egypt, ranging from accounts of battles to hymns to stories to royal proclamations. Entertaining and re-velatory, this is an essential resource for studying one of humankind’s great civilizations.

Penguin Classics Paperback • 384 pages • 978-0-14-139595-1 • $17.00

SHIHAB AL -D IN AL -NUWAYRIThe Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of EruditionA Compendium of Knowledge from the Classical Islamic WorldEDITED AND TRANSLATED WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY ELIAS MUHANNA

“From the structure of the heavens to the curious anatomy of the hippopotamus, with stops to view everything from book-keeping to aphrodisiacs, this charming fourteenth-century encyclopedia gives a glimpse of the entire world as seen by a very learned Egyp-tian summing up the powerful tradition of medieval Islamic scholarship known in his time. Elias Muhanna’s very readable translation allows the reader to gain a rounded ex-perience of a deeply interesting bygone world.”—Roy P. Mottahedeh, Harvard University“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.” —Elliott Colla, Georgetown UniversityPenguin Classics Paperback • 352 pages • 978-0-14-310748-4 • $18.00ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARONE OF THE GUARDIAN’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

ABOLQASEM FERDOWSIShahnameh: The Persian Book of KingsTRANSLATED BY DICK DAVIS; FOREWORD BY AZAR NAFISI

Originally composed for the Samanid princes of Khorasan in the tenth century, the 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 and expanded his acclaimed translation of Ferdowsi’s masterpiece, adding more than 100 pages of newly translated text. Davis’s elegant combination of prose and verse allows the Shahnameh to sing its tales directly, interspersed with explanations to aid modern readers.Penguin Classics Paperback • 1,040 pages • 978-0-14-310832-0 • $30.00

MALCOLM C . LYONS, t r ans la to rTales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange: A Medieval Arab Fantasy CollectionINTRODUCTION BY ROBERT IRWIN Dating from at least a millennium ago, the earliest known Arabic short stories survived in a single, ragged manuscript in a library in Istanbul. Some found their way into The Arabian Nights, but most have never been read in English before. Tales of the Marvel-lous and News of the Strange collects these newly translated stories of monsters, lost princes, jewels beyond price, a princess turned into a gazelle, sword-wielding statues, and shocking reversals of fortune in one volume for an English-speaking audience.

Penguin Classics Hardcover • 496 pages • 978-0-14-139503-6 • $30.00 Penguin Classics Paperback • 496 pages • 978-0-241-29995-1 • $18.00Paperback available June 2017

THOMAS F. MADDENIstanbul: City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World“No place has had a better claim than Istanbul to being the historical center of our plan-et—capital to multiple empires, a focal point of Christianity and Islam, and now a global transport and commercial hub. Writing with verve and sympathy, Madden weaves scholar-ship, travel, and literature into a compelling narrative of crushing loss and unexpected re-newal.”—Charles King, author of Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern IstanbulViking Hardcover • 400 pages • 978-0-670-01660-0 • $32.00

J ERRY BROTTONThe Sultan and the QueenThe Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam

“The Sultan and the Queen is both a colorful narrative of [an] extraordinary time and a reminder that our own fortunes and those of the wider Islamic world have been inter-twined for much longer than we might think.”—Dan Jones, The Times“Brotton is a gifted writer who is able to present this history as an exciting series of criti-cal and suspense-filled encounters.”—The Washington PostViking Hardcover • 352 pages • 978-0-525-42882-4 • $30.00

JACK WEATHERFORDGenghis Khan and the Quest for GodHow the World's Greatest Conqueror Gave Us Religious Freedom“Weatherford returns to Genghis Khan and offers a startling conclusion: that the West-ern tradition of secularism in fact was enhanced by the religious tolerance of the great Mongolian warlord. An engaging, well-researched—and counter-intuitive—intellectual odyssey.”—Victor Davis Hanson, Stanford University, author of Carnage and CultureViking Hardcover • 432 pages • 978-0-7352-2115-4 • $28.00

SEAN MCMEEK INThe Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923“McMeekin, combining groundbreaking archival research with a genius for historical narrative, tells the story of the war in the East….There are many histories of World War I; few are as important or as readable as this one.”—Walter Russell MeadPenguin Paperback • 576 pages • 978-0-14-310980-8 • $20.00

WALTER LAQUEUR and DAN SCHUEFTAN, ed i t o r sThe Israel-Arab ReaderA Documentary History of the Middle East ConflictEighth Revised and Updated Edition

The eighth edition of this guide features a new introduction and a section recounting devel-opments, including the intra-Palestinian factional strife between Fatah and Hamas, the roles played by Egypt and Iran in the region, enduring arguments over a two-state solution and the right of return for Palestinian refugees, and issues of human rights abuse and terrorism.Penguin Paperback • 608 pages • 978-0-14-311005-7 • $22.00 Fo

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EMILY ROBB INSA Word for LoveIn this mesmerizing debut set in Syria on the cusp of unrest, Bea, an American exchange student, finds herself witness to a contemporary Romeo and Juliet-like romance between a housemaid and policeman of different cultural and political backgrounds that astonishes and changes her. But as the country drifts toward explosive unrest, Bea wonders how many secrets she can keep, and how long she can fight for a romance that does not belong to her."Robbins’ melodic novel is a story of war, family, language, but above all, a paean to 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 RunnerRiverhead Hardcover • 304 pages • 978-1-59463-358-4 • $27.00

RAJ IA HASS IBIn the Language of MiraclesWriting with unflinchingly honest prose, Rajia Hassib tells the story of an Egyptian-American family pushed to the brink by tragedy and mental illness, trying to salvage the life they worked so hard to achieve.“Assured and beautifully crafted….Hassib is a natural, graceful writer with a keen eye for cultural difference….[She] handles the anatomy of grief with great delicacy….In the Language of Miracles should find a large and eager readership. For the beauty of the writ-ing alone, Hassib deserves it.”—Monica Ali, The New York Times Book ReviewPenguin Paperback • 304 pages • 978-0-14-310915-0 • $16.00A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE

ETGAR KERETThe Seven Good Years: A MemoirThe seven years between the birth of Etgar Keret’s son and the death of his father were good years, though still full of reasons to worry. Lev is born in the midst of a terrorist attack. Etgar’s father gets cancer. The threat of constant war looms over their home in Israel and permeates daily life. This wise, witty memoir—Etgar’s first nonfiction book published in America, and told in his inimitable style—is full of wonder and life and love, poignant insights, and irrepressible humor.“[Etgar Keret is] a brilliant writer...completely unlike any writer I know. The voice of the next generation.”—Salman RushdieRiverhead Paperback • 192 pages • 978-0-399-57600-3 • $16.00

AHMET ALTANEndgameTRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER DAWE

A womanizing writer who has lived his entire life in the city retires to a sunbaked Turk-ish village. Instead of the quiet life he hoped for, he encounters a world of suspicion, paranoia, and violence. The town's mayor is both his only real ally and his greatest nem-esis; his lover shares an ambiguous past with the mayor; the town seems hell-bent on turning him into a murderer; and he is initiated into the town's biggest secret only to discover this knowledge will become a weapon used against him.“A deeply compelling and immersive narrative about love, desire, loneliness and landscape. Ahmet Altan is one of the foremost voices in Turkish literature and has much to say to the world.”—Elif Shafak, author of The Bastard of Istanbul and The Architect's ApprenticeEuropa Paperback • 320 pp. • 978-1-60945-377-0 • $18.00

LAURA SECORChildren of Paradise: The Struggle for the Soul of Iran“Secor’s portraits create an impressionistic montage of Iranian life during the last 37 years, which is hugely valuable in helping us understand Iran’s complex back story….They provide sharp, pinhole windows into a country that for many years has seemed, in her words, like ‘a black box whose contents were all but unknowable.’”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesRiverhead Paperback • 528 pages • 978-0-399-57334-7 • $17.00

RICHARD HAASSA World in DisarrayAmerican Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order“A must-read....Haass takes the reader galloping through the last four centuries of history to explain how we got to where we are, and then offers an insightful and strategically coherent approach to coping with and managing the challenges before us. Practical and provocative: a book that sets the policy table.”—Robert M. GatesPenguin Press Hardcover • 352 pages • 978-0-399-56236-5 • $28.00

BEN EHRENRE ICHThe Way to the Spring: Life and Death in PalestineAmerican writer Ehrenreich, who has been traveling to and living in the West Bank for three years, places us in the footsteps of Palestinians and tells their story with surpassing grace.“Ehrenreich’s rendition of the Palestinian experience is powerful, deep and heartbreak-ing, so much closer to the ground than the Middle East reporting we usually see. I wish there were more writers as brave.”—Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold’s GhostPenguin Press Hardcover • 448 pages • 978-1-59420-590-3 • $28.00

KATHER INE ZOEPFExcellent DaughtersThe Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab WorldRenowned reporter Zoepf illuminates the modern Middle East through the stories of Arab women who are questioning authority, changing societies, and leading revolutions. “Chronicles…the internal pressures and counter-pressures influencing the Arab world toward a form of social change that is by no means inevitable....[Zoepf] understand[s] these women’s lives on their own terms without losing her footing either in their world or in ours.”—The New York Times Book ReviewPenguin Paperback • 272 pages • 978-0-14-310994-5 • $17.00

JOHN N IXONDebriefing the PresidentThe Interrogation of Saddam HusseinNixon, the first man to conduct a prolonged interrogation of Saddam Hussein after his capture, offers expert insight into the history and mind of America’s most enigmatic ene-my. After years of parsing Hussein’s leadership from afar, Nixon faithfully recounts his de-briefing sessions and strips away the mythology surrounding a brutal and complex man. “Gobsmacking….Chilling.”—James Risen, The New York TimesBlue Rider Press Hardcover • 256 pages • 978-0-399-57581-5 • $25.00

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