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GENERATION M
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Young Muslims Changing the World SHELINA JANMOHAMED What does it mean to be young and Muslim today? There is a segment of the world’s 1.8 billion Muslims that is more influential than any other, and will shape not just the future generations of Muslims, but also the world around them: meet ‘Generation M’. Tech-savvy and self-empowered, Generation M believe their identity encompasses both faith and modernity. Shelina Janmohamed, award-winning author and leading voice on Muslim youth, investigates this growing cultural phenomenon, at a time when understanding the mindset of young Muslims, and what drives them, is critical. Exploring fashion magazines, social networking and everyday consumer choices, Generation M shows how this dynamic section of our society is not only adapting to Western consumerism, but reclaiming it as its own. From the ‘Mipsters’ to the ‘Haloodies’, Halal internet dating to Muslim boy bands, Generation M are making their mark. It’s time to get hijabilicious!
August 2016 352 pages 198 x 126mm Paperback £12.99 9781780769097 10 B&W integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
Shelina Janmohamed is author of the acclaimed Love in a Headscarf – a novel about the life and loves of a young Muslim woman. She is also a columnist for the Muslim News and EMEL magazine and regularly contributes to The Guardian, The Telegraph, the BBC and Channel 4, as well as appearing on BBC’s Newsnight and The Heaven and Earth Show. Shelina runs the award-winning Spirit 21 blog, is a leading spokesperson on Muslim social and religious trends, and Vice President of Ogilvy Noor, the world’s first bespoke global Islamic branding practice for building brands with Muslim consumers.
My Way A Muslim Woman’s Journey Mona Siddiqui £20.00 Hardback 9781780769349
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THE ORIGINS OF ISIS
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The Collapse of Nations and Revolution in the Middle East SIMON MABON & STEPHEN ROYLE The real causes for the emergence of ISIS are revealed in this startling new book by two leading experts on the region The rapid expansion of ISIS and its swathe of territorial gains across the Middle East have been headline news since 2013. Yet much media attention and analysis has been focused on the military exploits, brutal tactics and radicalisation methods employed by the group. While ISIS remains a relatively new phenomenon, it is important to consider the historical and local dynamics that have shaped the emergence of the group in the past decade. In this book Simon Mabon and Stephen Royle provide a comprehensive overview of the roots, tactics and ideology of the group, exploring the interactions of the various participants involved in the formative stages of ISIS. Based on original scholarly sources and first-hand research in the region, this book provides an authoritative and closely analysed look at the emergence of one of the defining forces of the early twenty-first century.
November 2016 256 pages 198 x 126mm Paperback ÂŁ10.99 9781784536961 2 maps I.B.Tauris
Simon Mabon is Lecturer in International Relations at the
University of Lancaster. He is the author of Saudi Arabia and Iran: Power and Rivalry in the Middle East. Stephen Royle is a Research Fellow at the Richardson Institute, Lancaster University. He holds a PhD from Lancaster University.
Saudi Arabia and Iran Power and Rivalry in the Middle East Simon Mabon ÂŁ12.99 Paperback 9781784534660
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RADICALIZED
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The New Generation of Jihadis and the Threat to the West PETER R. NEUMANN Leading security commentator reveals the true extent of the terrorist threat that lives among us The attacks in Paris in January and November 2015 heralded the beginning of a new wave of terrorism – one rooted in the ongoing conflict in Syria and Iraq. As ISIS seeks to expand its reach in the Middle East, its territory serves as a base for training and operations for a new generation of jihadis. Thousands of young people from the West, primarily from Europe, have travelled to join ISIS, re-emerging as hardened fighters with military training and a network of international contacts. Many of them have now returned to their homelands, where it is feared they are planning a new series of brutal attacks. Peter R. Neumann here explains the phenomenon of the ‘new jihadis’, and shows why the threat of terrorism in the West is greater than ever before. Based on interviews and previously unseen material, Neumann provides an essential introduction to one of the greatest crises of our time.
September 2016 256 pages 216 x 135mm Paperback £11.99 9781784536732 15 B&W integrated illustrations, 2 maps I.B.Tauris
‘A vital contribution from one of Europe’s leading thinkers on jihadist terrorism’ – Gilles de Kerchove, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Peter R. Neumann is Professor of Security Studies at King’s College London and Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR). He is a prominent media commentator on terrorism and has appeared on BBC, CNN, CBS News, MSNBC and Al Jazeera.
Under the Black Flag At the Frontier of the New Jihad Sami Moubayed £10.99 Paperback 9781784533083
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UNDER THE SHADOW
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Rage and Revolution in Modern Turkey KAYA GENÇ An insight into a divided society at the crossroads of the Middle East Turkey stands at the crossroads of the Middle East – caught between the West, ISIS, Syria and Russia, and governed by an increasingly hard-line leader. Acclaimed writer Kaya Genç has been covering his country for the past decade. In Under the Shadow he meets activists from both sides of Turkey’s political divide: Gezi Park protestors who fought tear gas and batons to transform their country’s future, and supporters of Erdogan’s conservative vision who are no less passionate in their activism. While talking to Turkey’s angry young people Genç weaves in historical stories, visions and mythologies, showing how Turkey’s progressives and conservatives take their ideological roots from two political movements born in the Ottoman Empire, fuelled by a determination to make their country more democratic. He shows a divided society coming to terms with the twenty-first century, and in doing so, gets to the heart of the compelling conflicts between history and modernity in the Middle East.
September 2016 240 pages 216 x 135mm Paperback £12.99 9781784534578 I.B.Tauris
‘Kaya Genç’s writing is as evocative as it is charming’ – Elif Shafak, author of The Architect’s Apprentice and Honour ‘a wonderful writer and tireless champion of literature, [he] has done us all a great service by bringing together so many young voices on the Gezi movement’ – Elif Batuman, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
KAYA GENÇ is a novelist and essayist from Istanbul whose writing has appeared in The Paris Review, The Guardian, The Financial Times and TIME Magazine, among others. His article for The LA Review of Books ‘Surviving the Black Sea’ was selected as one of best non-fiction pieces of 2014 by The Atlantic.
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THE GÜLEN MOVEMENT IN TURKEY
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The Politics of Islam and Modernity CAROLINE TEE What is the Gülen Movement and why is Erdogan so convinced that the organisation was behind the failed military coup of 15th July 2016? The Gülen, or Hizmet, movement in Turkey was until recently the country’s most powerful and affluent religious organisation. At its head is the exiled Muslim preacher Fethullah Gülen, who leads from a gated compound in Pennsylvania, USA. The movement’s central tenet is that Muslims should engage positively with modernity, especially through mastering the sciences. At hundreds of Gülen-run schools and universities, not only in Turkey but also worldwide and particularly in the United States, instructors have cultivated the next generation of Muslim bankers, biologists, software engineers and entrepreneurs. In this groundbreaking study, Caroline Tee, an expert on the Gülen Movement, analyses the complex attitudes of Gülen and his followers towards secular modernity. Considered against the backdrop of Turkish politics, Gülenist engagement with modern science is revealed as a key source of the influence the movement has exerted.
September 2016 240 pages 216 x 134mm Hardback £20.00 9781784535889 I.B.Tauris
Caroline Tee is Research Associate at the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, St. Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge. She was previously Research and Policy Adviser at the Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS), London and has published numerous articles on Islam and society in modern Turkey.
Turkey A Modern History Erik J. Zürcher £15.99 Paperback 9781860649585
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GAZA UNDER HAMAS
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From Islamic Democracy to Islamist Governance BJÖRN BRENNER The inside story of the first democratically elected radical Islamist government The landslide victory of Hamas to the Palestinian Legislative Council in 2006 marked the first time Islamists had ascended to power in the Arab world by democratic means. But did Hamas proceed to govern in the same democratic manner it had displayed during these elections? Gaza Under Hamas scrutinises the workings of the Hamas government, tracing how its actually governed on the ground. The analysis tells the story of an inexperienced but self-confident Hamas in government, that perceived itself to be working under the constant threat of a possible coup d’état. The book features interviews with a wide range of Palestinian political personalities in the Hamas government, military commanders, internal security personnel and members of the Qassam Brigades. Interviewees also included those whom Hamas leaders identified as local troublemakers and critics, such as youth dissidents and members of the Fatah party. Gaza Under Hamas reveals exactly what happens when ideology is translated into political action.
December 2016 256 pages 216 x 134mm Hardback £25.00 9781784537777 I.B.Tauris
Björn Brenner is a Lecturer at the Swedish Defence University and a Research Fellow at the French Institute for the Near East based in Amman, Jordan. He is the author of numerous articles on Palestinian and Israeli politics, and a frequent commentator in the media, both in Scandinavia and Middle East.
Palestine in Israeli School Books Ideology and Propaganda in Education Nurit Peled-Elhanan £14.99 Paperback 9781780765051
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POWER STRUGGLES IN THE MIDDLE EAST
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The Islamist Politics of Hizbullah and the Muslim Brotherhood EVA DINGEL Who are the Muslim Brotherhood and Hizbullah? What do the two movements – one Sunni and one Shi’a – have in common? Despite being classified by a number of countries as ‘terrorist’ organisations, both are in fact serious political players in the states in which they operate – Egypt and Lebanon. Both have, at various points, advocated pan-Islamism: the unity of Muslims under an Islamic state or caliphate, but, rather than considering them as extremist religious movements, Eva Dingel here studies them as players within the political process. She considers why, at certain points, they have chosen to play by the conventional political rules, while during other periods, they have applied different, more extreme, methods of political protest. Dingel’s comparative history of two of the most prominent political Islamist movements sheds light on the complex – and often misunderstood – interaction between Islam and politics in the Middle East. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the changing dynamics of politics in the Islamic world.
November 2016 320 pages 216 x 134mm Hardback £25.00 9781784534332 I.B.Tauris
Eva Dingel has worked as a consultant and researcher with a variety of non-governmental organisations and academic institutions focusing on the Middle East. She holds a PhD in Politics from the Freie Universität Berlin (FU Berlin).
Syria and the USA Washington’s Relations with Damascus from Wilson to Eisenhower Sami Moubayed £14.99 Paperback 9781780767680
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TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY JIHAD Law, Society and Military Action
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ELISABETH KENDALL & EWAN STEIN The term ‘jihad’ has come to be used as a byword for fanaticism and Islam’s allegedly implacable hostility towards the West. But, like other religious and political concepts, jihad has multiple resonances and associations, its meaning shifting over time and from place to place. Jihad has referred to movements of internal reform, spiritual struggle and self-defence as much as to ‘holy war’. And among Muslim intellectuals, the meaning and significance of jihad remain subject to debate and controversy. With this in mind, Twenty-First Century Jihad examines the ways in which the concept of jihad has changed, from its roots in the Qur’an to its usage in current debate. This book explores familiar modern political angles, and touches on far less commonly analysed instances of jihad, incorporating issues of law, society, literature and military action. As this key concept is ever-more important for international politics and security studies, Twenty-First Century Jihad contains vital analysis for those researching the role of religion in the modern world. Elisabeth Kendall is Senior Research Fellow in Arabic and Islamic Studies, Oxford University. Ewan Stein is Lecturer in International Relations at the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. October 2016 376 pages 216 x 134mm Paperback 9781784536718 £14.99
THE FOG OF PEACE How to Prevent War
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GABRIELLE RIFKIND & GIANDOMENICO PICCO The world has become a much more dangerous place. Islamic State’s rise is the latest in a series of world events that have shaken the Middle East and the international order as we know it. Our news screens are full of shocking events taking place across the world, from the refugee crisis at Calais to the Turkish coup. Why does the world today seem so chaotic, so violent, so frightening? How to Prevent War shows how successive military interventions over the last twenty years have failed to increase our security. Leading international negotiators demonstrate here that we must ‘reset’ our thinking about the Middle East, try to understand why ordinary human beings resort to war, and why military intervention so often exacerbates the worst aspects of human behaviour. The book asks us to understand the mind of the enemy, and recognize the need to humanize conflict. From Iran, to Syria, to the boardrooms of the UN, this book shows how peace can be found, and what lessons we can draw for the future.
‘Stimulating and original’ – Independent Gabrielle Rifkind is the Director of the Middle East programme at Oxford Research Group. She is a psychotherapist and specialist in conflict resolution, immersed in the politics of the Middle East. Giandomenico Picco has worked for the UN for over 20 years and served as a negotiator on conflicts, focusing on Iran Iraq and Afghanistan. August 2016 304 pages 216 x 135mm Paperback 9781784536800 £9.99
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QATAR
The Rise to Power and Influence
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ALLEN J. FROMHERZ What role does Qatar play in the Middle East and how does it differ from the other Gulf states? And how is a traditional tribal society adapting to its status as a burgeoning economic superpower? Qatar plays a crucial part in the Middle East today. With the second greatest natural gas resources in the region, Qatar’s economic clout is considerable. At the same time the Qatar story is replete with paradoxes: the state hosts the Al-Jazeera media network, an influential expression of Arab nationalism and anti-Americanism, while also hosting the principal US naval base in the region. Its leaders, like Saudi Arabia’s, adhere to the Wahhabi form of Sunni Islam, yet Qatar eyes its Saudi neighbours with suspicion. It is a fervent champion of the Palestinian cause, yet welcomes the Israeli Foreign Minister to present the Jewish state’s case in its capital, Doha. With this groundbreaking modern history, Allen Fromherz presents a full portrait which analyses these paradoxes and Qatar’s growing regional influence within a broader historical context. Allen J. Fromherz is Associate Professor of History at Georgia State University. He is also the author of The Almohads: The Rise of an Islamic Empire and Ibn Khaldun, Life and Times. January 2017 224 pages 234 x 156mm Paperback 9781780767819 £12.99
THE MISSION AND THE KINGDOM Wahhabi Power Behind the Saudi Throne
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DAVID COMMINS Wahhabism has been generating controversy since it first emerged in Arabia in the 18th century. In the wake of September 11th instant theories have emerged that try to root Osama Bin Laden’s attacks in Wahhabism. Muslim critics have dismissed this conservative interpretation of Islam that is the official creed of Saudi Arabia as an unorthodox innovation that manipulated a suggestible people to gain political influence. David Commins’ book questions this assumption. He examines the debate on the nature of Wahhabism, and offers original findings on its ascendance in Saudi Arabia and spread throughout other parts of the Muslim world such as Afghanistan and Pakistan. He also assesses the challenge that radical militants within Saudi Arabia pose to the region, and draws conclusions which will concern all those who follow events in the Kingdom. The Mission and the Kingdom is essential reading for anyone interested in the Middle East and Islamic radicalism today. David Commins is Professor of History at Dickinson College, Pennsylvania. He was a visiting scholar at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh. He is the author of Islamic Reform: Politics and Change in Late Ottoman Syria ( 1990) and Historical Dictionary of Syria (2004). September 2016 304 pages 216 x 135mm Paperback 9781784536824 £10.99
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BREXIT
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How Britain Left Europe DENIS MACSHANE How could this have possibly happened? On 23 June 2016, UK voters elected to leave the European Union. The result was perhaps the biggest bombshell in modern British political history. In this new and updated edition of Denis MacShane’s bestselling history of the UK’s relationship with Europe, the former Europe Minister reveals the full story behind Britain’s historic EU Referendum decision. Denis MacShane was the only senior Remainer to have called the EU Referendum result correctly and his book provides the essential context to the new political and economic landscape of Brexit Britain.
September 2016 272 pages 216 x 134mm Paperback £8.99 9781784537845 I.B.Tauris
‘Trenchant and intelligent’ – Alex Preston, The Observer ‘Impressively severe and thorough’ – George Brock, Times Literary Supplement ‘Well worth reading’ – John Rentoul, Independent ‘This is an important analysis of the forces in Britain that have led us to the exit door of Europe. For those who do not wish this to happen MacShane’s book is essential reading.’ – Anthony Giddens Denis MacShane was a Labour MP serving in Tony Blair’s government as Minister for Europe. He was first elected as MP for Rotherham in 1994 and served until his resignation in 2012. MacShane studied at Oxford and London Universities and has four children. He is a prominent commentator on European issues.
The European Union An Introduction Mark Corner £15.99 Paperback 9781780766850
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WHAT NEXT?
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Britain’s Future in Europe PETER WILDING Where does Britain go from here? In 2016 forty years of uncertainty over Britain’s place in Europe ended with a decisive vote for Brexit in the EU referendum. What role will Britain now play in Europe and, indeed, the world? What will happen next? Peter Wilding offers an arresting answer, plotting out a new course for Britain’s troubled relationship with Europe. He channels the pride Britain draws from its heritage through the prejudice Britain has historically had against Europe, and proposes a new popular-based platform for British influence in Europe: ‘smart power’. Wilding identifies how British leaders from Pitt to Cameron have attempted to use exactly this ‘smart power’ in their approach to international diplomacy. He tells the story of their shared experiences in forging Churchill’s strategy – a long-term plan which put Britain at the heart of Europe and the Commonwealth and alongside the United States – and applies it to Britain today. This book will provide valuable new perspectives on the debate about what Britain does next after the Brexit vote.
October 2016 128 pages 216 x 134mm Paperback £8.99 9781784537593 I.B.Tauris
Peter Wilding is the Founder and Chair of the think tank British Influence. He has worked in European affairs for over twenty years, including practicing and lecturing as a solicitor in EU law. He has previously been Head of Media for the Conservative Party in the European Parliament, Director of CabinetDN, a Brussels public affairs consultancy, and Europe Director for BSkyB.
Churchill on Europe The Untold Story of Churchill’s European Project Felix Klos £4.99 Paperback 9781784537517
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THE RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN
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Privacy and the Media in the Digital Age GEORGE BROCK Should we have the right to control information about ourselves online? Can the internet be a personal menace? The human race now creates, distributes and stores more information than at any other time in history. Servers store data which can be found on the world wide web years after it has ceased to be accurate or relevant to its original use. These developments have given rise to a movement promoting a ‘right to be forgotten’: an argument that freedom of expression should be balanced by a right to erase information which affects an individual, under certain conditions. This strand of thinking influenced a significant judgement delivered by the European Court of Justice in May 2014. As a result, the dominant internet search engine in Europe, Google, has been required to remove links to hundreds of thousands of pieces of information on application from individuals who considered their interests harmed. This book looks at the implications of this decision for free expression, journalism and information in the digital public sphere.
September 2016 160 pages 216 x 134mm Paperback £12.99 9781784535926 5 B&W integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
George Brock is Professor of Journalism at City University London. He has previously worked as a journalist at The Observer and as Foreign Editor at The Times. He is also the author of Out of Print: Newspapers, Journalism and the Business of News in the Digital Age.
The Euro Crisis in the Media Journalistic Coverage of Economic Crisis and European Institutions Edited by Robert G. Picard £19.99 Paperback 9781784530600
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JOURNALISM IN AN AGE OF TERROR
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Covering and Uncovering the Secret State JOHN LLOYD How have the Snowden/NSA revelations changed the way journalists and governments interact? The threat of terrorism and the increasing power of terrorist groups have prompted a rapid growth of the security services and changes in legislation permitting collection of communications data. This provides journalism with acute dilemmas. The media claims responsibility for holding power to account, yet cannot know more than superficial details about the newly empowered secret services. This book is the first to analyse, in the aftermath of the Snowden/NSA revelations, relations between two key institutions in the modern state: the intelligence services and the news media. It provides the answers to crucial questions including: how can power be held to account if one of the greatest state powers is secret? How far have the Snowden/NSA revelations damaged the activities of the secret services? And have governments lost all trust from journalists and the public?
October 2016 272 pages 216 x 134mm Paperback £11.99 9781784537081 7 B&W integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
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‘Data regulation is creaking under the strain of information abundance, leaving both freedom of expression and privacy at risk. The politics and policy of the competing rights involved are a mess. Brock elegantly highlights the confusion while offering positive insights into possible solutions’ – Charlie Beckett, Director, POLIS John Lloyd is Senior Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, a contributing editor at the Financial Times, a columnist for Reuters.com and for La Repubblica of Rome.
Journalism and PR News Media and Public Relations in the Digital Age John Lloyd & Laura Toogood £12.99 Paperback 9781784530624
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UNMASKED
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Corruption in the West LAURENCE COCKCROFT & ANNE-CHRISTINE WEGENER Lifting the lid on the West’s battle with corporate, financial and political corruption How corrupt is the West? North America and Europe’s selfperception is one of high standards in public life. And yet, corruption is receiving ever greater attention in the American, Canadian and European press, with high-profile cases affecting both the corporate and political worlds. This book identifies the driving forces behind such cases, particularly the role of political finance, lobbying, the banking system and organized crime. It analyzes the sectors which are particularly prone to corruption, including sport, defense and pharmaceuticals. In the course of their investigation, the authors consider why anti-corruption legislation has not been more effective and why there is an increasing discrepancy between regulation and commercial and cultural practice. Are the US and Europe genuinely serious about fighting corruption and if so what measures will be taken to roll it back?
November 2016 288 pages 198 x 126mm Paperback £11.99 9781784536084 12 B&W integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
Laurence Cockcroft is a Development Economist. He is a Founder of Transparency International, the global civil society organization against corruption, and was formerly Chairman of its UK chapter. He is the author of Global Corruption: Money, Power and Ethics in the Modern World and Africa’s Way: A Journey from the Past. Anne Christine Wegener is a freelance anti-corruption consultant. Prior to starting her consultancy she was the deputy director and programme manager of Transparency International, the UK’s Defence and Security Programme.
Global Corruption Money, Power and Ethics in the Modern World Laurence Cockcroft £12.99 Paperback 9781780767604
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BATTLES FOR FREEDOM
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The Use and Abuse of American History ERIC FONER Pulitzer-prize winning historian reveals the roots of radicalism in American history For almost four decades, Eric Foner, one of America’s most distinguished historians, has introduced readers of his journalism to unknown or forgotten characters in American history, methodically unearthing the hidden history of American radicalism. In this polemical work, Foner expounds on the relevance of Abraham Lincoln’s legacy in the age of Obama and on the need for another era of Reconstruction. In addition to calling out politicians and the powerful for their abuse and misuse of American history, Foner assesses some of his fellow leading historians of the late 20th century, including Richard Hofstadter, Howard Zinn and Eric Hobsbawm. In his assessment of the American left, Foner analyses the great tradition of U.S. radicalism that he has spent his career studying and which, he argues, Americans of a progressive disposition should seek to celebrate and retrieve.
December 2016 224 pages 198 x 126mm Paperback £10.99 9781784537692 I.B.Tauris In association with The Nation
Eric Foner is a Pulitzer Prize winning historian and DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University. He is one of America’s leading historians of the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era. His books include The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery; Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution and Give Me Liberty! An American History.
Who is Hillary Clinton? Two Decades of Answers from the Left Edited by Richard Kreitner Introduction by Katha Pollitt £12.99 Paperback 9781784536350
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THE WINCHESTER
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Legend of the West LAURA TREVELYAN The story of the gun that settled the Wild West The Winchester rifle, the iconic gun made in New Haven, Connecticut, and sold in its hundreds of thousands around the world, mirrors American expansion at a key period in the young country’s history. The lethal repeating rifle became the defining image of America’s frontier – and was known amongst Native Americans as ‘the spirit gun’. It represented both the pioneering vigour and the brutal force which conquered the West. Laura Trevelyan explores the history of, and the family behind, this renowned representation of American power. The entrepreneurial drive of Oliver Winchester led the rifle to rapidly assume legendary status not long after its release in 1866, gaining endorsements from the likes of Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley and President Teddy Roosevelt. This engaging history sheds light on the story and myth of an American legend.
August 2016 264 pages 226 x 155mm Hardback £20.00 9781780764696 31 B&W integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
‘Fascinating and vividly evocative... deeply researched and beautifully written’ – Sir David Cannadine, Princeton University ‘By a writer who... knows the story far better than most and tells it better than all’ – Simon Winchester, author of Pacific: The Ocean of the Future Laura Trevelyan is the New York Correspondent of the BBC. She has worked for the BBC since 1993, reporting for many radio and television programmes including Newsnight, The Today Programme and the Ten O’Clock News. She lives with her husband and children in New York. She is the author of A Very British Family: The Trevelyans and Their World.
A Very British Family The Trevelyans and Their World Laura Trevelyan £12.99 Paperback 9781780762876
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REAGAN
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American Icon IWAN MORGAN A major new biography of Ronald Reagan, based on previously unseen sources Ronald Reagan is one of the most important – and arguably most successful – presidents in modern American history. He is broadly credited with renewing American prosperity in the wake of the most miserable economic era since the 1930s, laying the foundations for Cold War victory and doing much to bring about the late twentieth century shift to the right in American politics. In this book, Iwan Morgan presents the first thoroughly researched biography of Reagan, based on original materials and first-hand interviews. He plots a chronological path through Reagan’s life beginning with his childhood and early years in Illinois, through his Hollywood career, his emergent Republicanism and his election as governor of California, before acceding to the presidency in 1981. In office, Morgan assesses Reagan’s economic and foreign policies, as well as his idealization of the constitution and his near-impeachment over the Iran-Contra affair.
September 2016 408 pages 226 x 155mm Hardback £20.00 9781780767475 26 B&W illustrations in 16pp plates I.B.Tauris
‘WOW! It’s all here — and I mean all of it — in Iwan Morgan’s superb biography of America’s 40th president’ – Alex Butterfield, former Deputy Assistant to President Nixon Iwan Morgan is Professor of US Studies and Head of US Programmes at the Institute of the Americas, University College London. His publications include The Age of Deficits: Presidents and Unbalanced Budgets from Jimmy Carter to George W. Bush; Nixon and Beyond the Liberal Consensus: A Political History of the United States since 1965.
Selling Ronald Reagan The Emergence of a President Gerard DeGroot £20.00 Hardback 9781780768281
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GOTHAM RISING
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New York in the 30s JULES STEWART FOREWORD BY AMOR TOWLES ‘To him, no matter what the season was, this was still a town that existed in black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George Gershwin.’ – Isaac Davis (Woody Allen), Manhattan New York is often described as the greatest city in the world. Yet much of the iconic architecture and culture which so defines the city as we know it today – from the Empire State Building to the Pastrami sandwich – only came into being in the 1930s, in what was perhaps the most significant decade in the city’s 400-year history. After the roaring twenties, the catastrophic Wall Street Crash and ensuing Depression seemed to spell disaster for the vibrant city. Yet, in this era, New York underwent an architectural, economic, social and creative renaissance under the leadership of the charismatic mayor Fiorello La Guardia. After seizing power, he declared war on the mafia mobs running vast swathes of the city, attacked political corruption and kick-started the economy through a variety of construction and infrastructure projects. In weaving these stories together, Jules Stewart tells the story of an iconic city in a time of change.
October 2016 288 pages 226 x 155mm Hardback £20.00 9781784535292 16pp B&W plates, 1 map I.B.Tauris
‘Filled with enticing details and vivid portraits of the titans who drove New York in the 1930s... a delightful romp through one of the city’s most dynamic eras.’ – Eric Schmitt, New York Times correspondent Jules Stewart was born in New York and worked there in many guises – including as a cab driver. His books include Albert: A Life; The Kaiser’s Mission to Kabul; On Afghanistan’s Plains: The Story of Britain’s Afghan Wars (all I.B.Tauris).
Madrid The History Jules Stewart £10.99 Paperback 9781780769974
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WITH RESPECT, MINISTER
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A View from Inside Whitehall BRIAN UNWIN Revealing first hand account of the inner workings of the British government In this new memoir, Sir Brian Unwin discloses his veritable wealth of experience behind the scenes of British government. His reflections chart a course from his education at Oxford and Yale, through to a seven year stint as President of the European Investment Bank. On the way, his vivid and diverse career spanned diplomatic posts in Ghana and Southern Rhodesia, time at the Treasury and the chairmanship of HM Customs and Excise. Including a first-hand, eyewitness account of the air crash that killed UN Dag Hammarskjoeld, these memoirs encounter some of the most iconic moments and personalities of late 20th century politics. Over the course of his career, Unwin has attained an understanding of the finer details of British government like few others – at once nostalgic, personal and deeply knowledgeable, his memoirs shed light on the inner workings of Whitehall.
December 2016 288 pages 234 x 156mm Hardback £20.00 8pp colour plates, 8pp B&W plates I.B.Tauris
Sir Brian Unwin studied at the universities of Oxford and Yale. After a career in the Civil Service he became President of the European Investment Bank. He is the author of Terrible Exile: The Last Days of Napoleon on St Helena, which was shortlisted for the Fondation Napoleon History Prize, and A Tale in Two Cities: Fanny Burney and Adèle, Comtesse de Boigne.
Terrible Exile The Last Days of Napoleon on St Helena Brian Unwin £12.99 Paperback 9781780767383
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ALICE IN WESTMINSTER
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The Political Life of Alice Bacon RACHEL REEVES First biography of an iconic politician, whose influence far outweighed her fame Alice Bacon was one of the twentieth century’s most remarkable politicians. Born and raised in the Yorkshire town of Normanton, she defied the odds to be elected Labour MP for Leeds North East in the 1945 General Election. Famed in her home town for her unlikely love of sports cars, she was a much-respected, no-nonsense, hard-working representative for her beloved Yorkshire home in Westminster. Mentored by Herbert Morrison and Hugh Gaitskell, she rose through the party becoming a Home Office minister under Roy Jenkins and latterly an Education Minister with responsibility for the introduction of comprehensive schools. In the Home Office in the 1960s she oversaw the introduction of substantial societal changes, including the abolition of the death penalty, the decriminalisation of homosexuality and the legalisation of abortion. Her political career spanned some of the most momentous decades in Britain’s postwar history and she played an integral part in some of the most significant social, educational and political changes which the country has ever witnessed. Labour MP Rachel Reeves here tells Alice Bacon’s story, narrating one woman’s extraordinary progression from the coalfields to the Commons.
November 2016 240 pages 226 x 155mm Hardback £20.00 9781784537685 25 B&W illustrations in 16pp plates I.B.Tauris
RACHEL REEVES is Labour MP for Leeds West. She was elected to the House of Commons in 2010 and was a member of Ed Miliband’s Shadow Cabinet from 2011 to 2015. Prior to her parliamentary career, she worked as an economist.
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WILLY BRANDT
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Life of a Statesman HÉLÈNE MIARD-DELACROIX Major new biography of the pivotal Cold War German statesman, who knelt and wept at Auschwitz Willy Brandt was a statesman who witnessed Germany’s tumultuous twentieth century first-hand – from the rise of Nazism to the fall of the Berlin Wall. He was also at the forefront of some of Germany’s most definitive and controversial decisions, in his role as the first Social Democrat Chancellor of West Germany between 1969 and 1974. In this period he paved the way for the eventual reunification of the country, as well as strengthening European integration in western Europe. In 1971, he received the Nobel Peace Prize for ‘Ostpolitik’, his policy of reconciliation with Germany’s neighbours in the Eastern Bloc. During the treaty negotiations in Warsaw, he famously fell to his knees in recognition of the atrocities committed by his countrymen in the Warsaw Ghetto. This definitive new biography illuminates Brandt’s personal life and political career, providing new perspectives on one of the leading statesmen of the twentieth century.
September 2016 256 pages 216 x 135mm Hardback £25.00 9781784536886 16 B&W illustrations in 8pp plates I.B.Tauris
Hélène Miard-Delacroix is Professor of the History and Civilisation of Contemporary Germany at the Sorbonne, Paris.
Nye The Political Life of Aneurin Bevan Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds Foreword by Neil Kinnock £10.99 Paperback 9781784535629
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EVITA
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The Life of Eva Perón JILL HEDGES The remarkable story of Argentina’s most charismatic national icon, who inspired love and hatred Eva Perón remains Argentina’s best-known and most iconic personality, surpassing even her own husband, President Juan Domingo Perón, himself a remarkable and charismatic political leader without whom she could not have existed as a political figure. In this book, Jill Hedges tells the story of an extraordinary woman whose glamour, charisma, political influence and controversial nature continue to generate huge interest 60 years after her death. From her poverty-stricken upbringing as an illegitimate child in rural Argentina, Eva made her way to the highest echelons of Argentinean society, via a brief acting career and her relationship with Juan Domingo Perón. After their political breakthrough, her charitable work and magnetic personality earned her wide public acclaim and there was national mourning following her death from cancer at the age of just 33. Based on new sources and first-hand interviews, the book explores the personality and experiences of ‘Evita’ and the contemporary events that influenced, and were influenced by, her.
October 2016 288 pages 226 x 155mm Hardback £20 9781784533274 24 B&W illustrations in 16pp plates I.B.Tauris
Jill Hedges has been Senior Editor for Latin America at Oxford Analytica since 2001 and was formerly Editorial Manager of business information service Esmerk Argentina. She has a PhD in Latin American Studies from the University of Liverpool and is the author of Argentina: A Modern History.
Argentina A Modern History Jill Hedges £17.99 Paperback 9781784531065
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MAO
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The Man Who Made China PHILIP SHORT New updated and revised edition of the classic biography of the man behind modern China One of the great figures of the twentieth century, Chairman Mao looms irrepressibly over the economic rise of China. Mao Zedong was the leader of a revolution, a communist who lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, an aggressive and distrustful leader, and a man responsible for more civilian deaths than perhaps any other historical figure. Now, four decades after Mao’s death, acclaimed biographer Philip Short presents a fully updated and revised edition of his groundbreaking and masterly biography. Vivid, uncompromising and unflinching, Short presents in one volume the man behind the propaganda – his family, his beliefs and his horrors. In doing so he shows us both the human being Mao was, and the monster he became.
October 2016 768 pages 216 x 135mm Paperback £14.99 9781784534639 24pp B&W integrated illustrations, 2 maps I.B.Tauris
‘Beautifully written, grippingly readable...A formidable piece of research’ – Independent ‘Philip Short’s excellent [book] deserves to be the standard history. It is everything one could hope for: magisterial, beautifully written...and rich in material’ – John Simpson, Sunday Telegraph Philip Short was a foreign correspondent for the BBC for thirty years, based in Washington, Moscow, Paris, Tokyo and Beijing. He lived and worked in China for two decades in the 1970s and 1980s, and has returned regularly to the country ever since.
China A Modern History Michael Dillon £14.99 Paperback 9781780763811
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THE RISE AND FALL OF OWAIN GLYNDWR
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England, France and Welsh Rebellion in the Middle Ages GIDEON BROUGH New biography of Wales’ greatest historical Prince, who remains an iconic national figure Owain GlynDwr is a towering figure in Welsh history. He was the warrior who led the Welsh Revolt and the last war of Welsh independence (1400-1415). He defeated Henry IV’s army, was a worthy opponent of the king’s champion, the legendary Henry Percy – ‘Hotspur’ – and last native Welshman to bear the title Prince of Wales. He held court at Harlech and envisioned an independent Welsh state and church with national universities. Yet GlynDwr’s success was short-lived – his ultimate defeat at the hands of the English saw the final abandonment of the Welsh cause by France and his own disappearance into an unmarked grave. Gideon Brough here provides a new biography of this iconic man – as military leader, diplomat, medieval statesman and staunch Welsh nationalist.
December 2016 352 pages 216 x 134mm Hardback £25.00 9781784535933 2 B&W integrated illustrations, 12 maps I.B.Tauris
Gideon Brough teaches medieval history at the University of Cardiff, from where he holds a PhD. He is a specialist in the medieval history of Europe, with special reference to England and Wales.
A Short History of the Wars of the Roses David Grummitt £10.99 Paperback 9781848858756
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THE POPES AND BRITAIN
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A History of Rule, Rupture and Reconciliation STELLA FLETCHER A major new history of Britain’s turbulent relationship with the Vatican When the British thought of themselves as a Protestant nation their natural enemy was the pope and they adapted their view of history accordingly. In contrast, Rome’s perspective was always considerably wider and its view of Britain was almost invariably positive, especially in comparison to medieval emperors, who made and unmade popes, and post-medieval Frenchmen, who treated popes with contempt. As the twenty-first-century papacy looks ever more firmly beyond Europe, this new history examines political, diplomatic and cultural relations between the popes and Britain from their vague origins, through papal overlordship of England, the Reformation and the process of repairing that breach.
December 2016 312 pages 226 x 155mm Hardback £25.00 9781784534936 20 B&W integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
Stella Fletcher is Associate Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Renaissance at Warwick University. She has taught at the universities of Manchester and Liverpool and at King Alfred’s College, Winchester. She is the author of Cardinal Wolsey: A Life in Renaissance Europe.
Popes, Cardinals and War The Military Church in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe D.S. Chambers £29.00 Hardback 9781845111786
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THE NAPOLEONIC MEDITERRANEAN
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Enlightenment, Revolution and Empire MICHAEL BROERS Acclaimed historian and biographer of Napoleon tells the story of the Emperor’s greatest region of influence The Mediterranean was one of Napoleon’s greatest spheres of influence. With territory in Spain, Italy and, of course, France, Napoleon’s regime dominated the Great Sea for much of the early nineteenth century. The ‘Napoleonic Mediterranean’ was composed of almost the entirety of the western, European lands bordering its northern shores, however tenuously many of those shores were held. The disastrous attempt to conquer Egypt in 1798-99, and the rapid loss of Malta to the British, sealed its eastward and southern limits. None of these regions were easily held; they were volatile societies which showed determined resistance to the new state forged by the French Revolution. In this book, acclaimed historian and biographer of Napoleon Michael Broers looks at the process of political, military and legal administration as well as the challenges in overcoming local hostility in the attempt to control Napoleon’s Mediterranean possessions.
November 2016 368 pages 216 x 134mm Hardback £25.00 9781784531447 I.B.Tauris
Praise for Napoleon: Soldier of Destiny ‘Stimulating and genuinely innovative’ – William Doyle, Times Literary Supplement ‘Judicious and magisterial ... Broers’ grasp of ‘violently changing times’ is unimpeachable’ – Daily Mail
MICHAEL BROERS is Professor of Western European History, University of Oxford and Fellow in Modern History, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. His books include The Napoleonic Empire in Italy, 1796-1814; The Politics of Religion in Napoleonic Italy; Napoleon: Soldier of Destiny and Europe Under Napoleon.
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SICILY AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT
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The World of Domenico Caracciolo, Thinker and Reformer ANGUS CAMPBELL The colourful world of 18th-century European politics, revealed through the writings of a leading Italian statesman Dominico Caracciolo was an important figure on the eighteenth-century European stage, holding high office as a diplomat in London, Turin and Paris, and as viceroy and prime minister in the Two Sicilies. He was an inveterate letter-writer and his huge correspondence, with his diplomatic despatches and other official writing is a unique original source, providing a detailed and vivid picture of the eighteenth-century European elite with all its extravagance and scandalous behaviour. Even more importantly, it is an account of an Enlightenment struggle against the increasingly outdated clerical and feudal rule in Sicily. Caracciolo was an abrasive and combative official and politician and vigorous scion of the Enlightenment. In this book, Angus Campbell provides a detailed portrait of Caracciolo and of the political, social, economic, legal and cultural context in which he lived and worked. In doing so, he offers a unique vantage point on the European diplomatic culture of the eighteenth century.
September 2016 240 pages 216 x 134mm Hardback ÂŁ20.00 9781784535759 B&W integrated ilustrations I.B.Tauris
Angus Campbell was an independent researcher, translator and writer.
Palermo, City of Kings The Heart of Sicily Jeremy Dummett ÂŁ18.99 Hardback 9781784530839
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REIMAGINING A LOST ARMENIAN HOME
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The Dildilian Photography Collection ARMEN T. MARSOOBIAN A unique photographic record of Armenian history, before and during the Genocide For nearly a century members of the Dildilian family practiced the art of photography in Ottoman Turkey, Greece and the United States. This book contains over 200 photographs, primarily from the Ottoman era, beginning with the creation of the family business by Tsolag Dildilian in Sivas in central Turkey in 1882 and concluding in 1922 in Samsun, when the family was forced into exile in Greece. The photographs and the stories that unfold around them capture a defining period in the nearly three thousand year history of the Armenians in Anatolia and the Armenian Highlands. The early twentieth century witnessed the violent erasure of the Armenians from their historic homeland, with catastrophic effects for the Dildilian family and their community. Yet this was also a period of unprecedented educational, cultural and commercial development for the Armenians. The Dildilian family was intimately involved in the triumphs and tragedies of these years and this book, through its rich pictorial history, sheds unprecedented light on the real-life experiences of Armenians in the devastating years of the Armenian Genocide and beyond. It is an unusual and original contribution to the social history of the Near East.
November 2016 224 pages 240 x 220mm Paperback ÂŁ20.00 9781784537500 200 B&W and colour illustrations I.B.Tauris
Armen T. Marsoobian is Professor of Philosophy at Southern Connecticut State University. His books include Fragments of a Lost Homeland: Remembering Armenia. He is a descendent of the Dildilian family.
Fragments of a Lost Homeland Remembering Armenia Armen T. Marsoobian ÂŁ22.50 Hardback 9781784532116
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THE MAN BEHIND THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
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The Life and Letters of Edward FitzGerald WILLIAM H. MARTIN & SANDRA MASON Revealing the life of one of the Victorian era’s most remarkable scholars and writers Edward FitzGerald’s translation of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is one of the best-known poems in the English language. Its lines and verses have become part of the Western literary canon and his translation of this most famous of poems has been continuously in print for almost a century and a half. But just who was Edward FitzGerald? Was he the eccentric recluse that most scholars would have us believe? Is there more to the man than just his famous translation? Drawing on their unique analysis of the more than 2,000 surviving letters of FitzGerald, together with evidence from his scrapbooks, commonplace books and materials from his personal library, the authors reveal a more convivial yet complex personality than we have been led to suppose.
August 2016 288 pages 234 x 156mm Hardback £25.00 9781784536596 14 B&W integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
‘A zestful, scholarly and indispensable addition to our knowledge of FitzGerald’ – Christine van Ruymbeke, University of Cambridge William Martin and Sandra Mason maintain a longstanding interest in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. They have been actively involved in creating exhibitions and other projects related to FitzGerald and the Rubáiyát. They are the authors of The Art of Omar Khayyam: Illustrating FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát and Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam.
Lewis Carroll The Man and his Circle Edward Wakeling, Foreword by Rhona Lewis £35.00 Hardback 9781780768205
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THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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GEOFFREY SWAIN History of the revolution that changed the course of a century and gave rise to the Soviet Union In 1917 revolutionary fervour swept through Russia, ending centuries of imperial rule and instigating political and social changes that would lead to the formation of the Soviet Union. Arising out of proletariat discontent with the Tsarist autocracy and Lenin’s proclaimed version of a Marxist ideology, the revolutionary period saw a complete overhaul of Russian politics and society and led directly to the ensuing civil war. The Soviet Union eventually became the world’s first communist state and the events of 1917 proved to be one of the turning-points in world history, setting in motion a chain of events which would change the entire course of the twentieth century. Geoffrey Swain provides a concise yet thorough overview of the revolution and the path to civil war. By looking, with fresh perspectives, on the causes of the revolution, as well as the international response, Swain provides a new interpretation of the events of 1917, published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the revolution.
January 2017 256 pages 216 x 134mm Paperback £10.99 9781780767932 I.B.Tauris
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Geoffrey Swain is Alec Nove Chair in Russian and East European Studies at Glasgow University. He is the author of Russia’s Civil War; Trotsky; Between Stalin and Hitler: Class War and Race War on the Dvina, 1940-46; Eastern Europe since 1945 (with Nigel Swain) and Tito: A Biography.
A Short History of Transatlantic Slavery Kenneth Morgan £10.99 Paperback 9781780763873
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THE ANGLO-SAXONS
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HENRIETTA LEYSER An essential introduction to the birth of England ‘Here lies our leader all cut down, the valiant man in the dust.’ The elegiac words of the Battle of Maldon, an epic poem written to celebrate the bravery of an English army defeated by Viking raiders in 991, emerge from a diverse literature – including Beowulf and Bede’s Ecclesiastical History – produced by the peoples known as the AngloSaxons: Germanic tribes who migrated to Britain from the continent in the early fifth century CE. The era once known as the ‘Dark Ages’ was marked by stunning cultural advances, and Henrietta Leyser here offers a fresh analysis of exciting recent discoveries made in the archaeology and art of the Anglo-Saxon world. Arguing that the desperate struggle (led by Alfred the Great) against the Norsemen helped define a distinctively English sensibility, the author explores relations with the indigenous British, the Anglo-Saxon conversion to Christianity, the ascendancy of Mercia and the rise of Wessex. This vivid history evokes both the emergent kingdoms of Alfred and Offa and the golden treasures of Sutton Hoo and the Staffordshire Hoard.
October 2016 256 pages 216 x 134mm Paperback £10.99 9781780766003 I.B.Tauris
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Henrietta Leyser is an Emeritus Fellow of St Peter’s College, Oxford. Her books include Beda: A Journey through the Seven Kingdoms at the time of Bede.
A Short History of the Normans Leonie V. Hicks £10.99 Paperback 9781780762128
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THE CHURCH OF THE EAST
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An Illustrated History of Assyrian Christianity CHRISTOPH BAUMER A sumptuously illustrated history of one of the world’s most mysterious and forgotten Christian traditions The so-called ‘Nestorian’ Church (officially known as the Apostolic Assyrian Church of the East, with its See in Baghdad) was one of the most significant Christian communities to develop east of the Roman Empire. In its heyday the Church had eight million adherents and stretched from the Mediterranean to China. Christoph Baumer’s highly acclaimed and lavishly illustrated volume charts in full the rich history and culture of this age-old yet endangered community, and remains an indispensable point of reference for anyone interested in the history of Christianity in the Middle East. The book is now reissued in a new edition with an additional chapter to take account of the recent sufferings of the Christians of Iraq inflicted by Islamic State, fresh archaeological discoveries in relation to the Assyrians and the most recent developments in the Church elsewhere. Abundantly illustrated with maps and over 170 full-colour photographs, the book will be essential reading for all those who want better to appreciate and understand this fascinating but depredated Christian community which has so profoundly shaped the history of civilization in both East and West.
September 2016 352 pages 289 x 237mm Hardback £29.00 9781784536831 Full colour illustrations throughout I.B.Tauris
Christoph Baumer is is a leading explorer and historian of Central Asia, Tibet and China. He is the author of many books, including China’s Holy Mountain and a celebrated fourvolume The History of Central Asia, the first three volumes of which are now available from I.B.Tauris.
The History of Central Asia The Age of Islam and the Mongols (Volume 3) Christoph Baumer £30.00 Hardback 9781784534905
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THE BASILICAS OF ETHIOPIA
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An Architectural History MARIO DI SALVO IN COLLABORATION WITH CAROLYN GOSSAGE The first illustrated guide to Ethiopian basilicas, hidden gems of Africa’s ancient Christian communities The basilica is symbolic of the history of Christianity in Ethiopia. Aizan, the first Christian king of the Aksumite empire was responsible for the creation of the large, five-aisled church of Maryam Sayon, sadly destroyed in 1535, and since then many hundreds of basilicas have been built in Ethiopia, many, including the UNESCO World Heritage site of Lalibela, literally ‘hewn from the rock’. In this book, architectural historian and architect Mario di Salvo considers the unique architectural features of Ethiopia’s basilicas and explains how they developed over time. Featuring almost 200 colour illustrations, this book is an attractive and comprehensive guide to some of Ethiopia’s most inspiring religious buildings.
November 2016 160 pages 280 x 235mm Hardback £25 9781784537258 193 colour and B&W illustrations I.B.Tauris
Mario Di Salvo is an architect and Director of the Fondation Carlo Leone et Mariena Montandon. He is the author of a number of publications on different forms of artistic expression, especially in the field of architecture and the figurative arts. His previous books include Churches of Ethiopia: The Monastery of Narga Sellase and Crosses of Ethiopia: The Sign of Faith - Evolution and Form. Carolyn Gossage is an author and historian. She has previously written books on Ethiopian icons and crosses.
Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia A Guide to the Remote Churches of an Ancient Land Maria-Jose & Bob Friedlander £25.00 Hardback 9781780768168
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MOLLA NASREDDIN
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Polemics, Caricatures & Satire SLAVS & TATARS An illustrated collection of cartoons from one of the most influential periodicals in the Muslim world Published between 1906 and 1930, Molla Nasreddin was a satirical Azeri periodical edited by Jalil Mammadguluzadeh and named after the legendary Sufi wise man-cum-fool of the Middle Ages. With an acerbic sense of humour and realist illustrations, Molla Nasreddin attacked the hypocrisy of the Muslim clergy, the colonial policies of European nations, and later the United States, towards the rest of the world and the corruption of local elites, while at the same time arguing for Westernisation, educational reform and equal rights for women. The publication was an instant success and became one of the most influential publications of its kind and was read across the Muslim world. Slavs and Tatars has brought together this collection of sketches, caricatures and satirical writings from Molla Nasreddin, in the process revealing an unusual manifestation of nationalism in the Caucasus and its surrounding regions.
November 2016 208 pages 280 x 240mm Hardback ÂŁ35.00 9781784535483 Colour illustrations throughout I.B.Tauris
Slavs and Tatars is a collective whose exhibitions, publications and lecture performances examine Eurasia, the area east of the former Berlin Wall and west of the Great Wall of China. Their work spans diverse media, disciplines and cultural registers, and highlights the often forgotten sphere of influence between Slavs, Caucasians and Central Asians.
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BUTCHER, BAKER, CANDLESTICK MAKER
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Surviving the Great Fire of London HAZEL FORSYTH The true story of how ordinary Londoners survived the Great Fire The Great Fire, which raged from 2 to 5 September 1666 caused more damage to the City of London than the Blitz in the Second World War. Buildings were destroyed and a new City rose from the ashes. But what impact did the fire have on individual lives and businesses? How did Londoners survive the fire? What did they have in their homes and shops? What did they lose or stand to lose as the flames swept towards them? These questions lie at the heart of this book; the first study of the material culture of the fire and its impact on the crafts and trades of the City. It is an enthralling and surprising story of tragedy and despair, courage and resilience. It is also a story about the ordinary, sometimes extraordinary, men and women who struggled to rebuild their lives and the civic institutions which came to their aid. The evidence is entirely drawn from primary sources, much of it published here for the first time. Beautifully illustrated with all kinds of goods from exquisite fabrics to the humble pot, we are treated to a visual feast; an evocative reminder of life in one of the most dynamic periods of English history.
August 2016 248 pages 274 x 216mm Paperback £20.00 9781784537487 155 colour illustrations I.B.Tauris In association with the Museum of London
Hazel Forsyth is the Senior Curator of the Medieval and Post-Medieval Collections at the Museum of London. She has worked on numerous exhibitions in the UK and abroad, and is also the author of London’s Lost Jewels: The Cheapside Hoard.
The Crime Museum Uncovered Inside Scotland Yard’s Special Collection Jackie Keily & Julia Hoffbrand £12.99 Paperback 9781781300411 In association with the Museum of London
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RECOGNIZING SUFISM
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Contemplation in the Islamic Tradition ARTHUR F. BUEHLER A fresh perspective on the rich, multilayered and often misunderstood Muslim tradition that has captured the imagination of the West Sufism is all too often associated just with ‘mysticism’ in the West. The author of this new textbook, a former pupil of Annemarie Schimmel, suggests that conflating Sufism and mysticism is only partially valid. He shows that the vast majority of Sufi practice, both historically and in the contemporary world, has little or nothing to do with a esoteric transcendence but is rather focused on contemplative activity. Such practice might involve art, music, devotional shrine visitation – even politics and psychology. Placing Sufism in a wider Islamic contemplative context enables Arthur F. Buehler to examine Sufi history, as well as current application, against a backdrop that is richer and more inclusive than that portrayed in many competing introductory surveys. Discussing the origins of Sufism; the development of Sufi lineages (via three founder figures); Sufi lodges and the role of Sufism in colonial resistance; Sufi poetry; Sufi shrines, and Sufism in the West, the author rescues his topic from the idea that it means only union with the divine. In this original new treatment, Sufism emerges as complex and multi-layered.
August 2016 256 pages 216 x 134mm Paperback £14.99 9781848857902 30 B&W integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
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Arthur F. Buehler is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies Emeritus at Victoria University of Wellington and Senior Editor of the Journal of the History of Sufism. He is the author of Sufi Heirs of the Prophet: The Indian Naqshbandiyya and the Rise of the Mediating Sufi Shaykh and Revealed Grace: The Juristic Sufism of Ahmad Sirhindi, 1564-1624.
Mystical Islam An Introduction to Sufism Julian Baldick £12.99 Paperback 9781780762319
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EMPEROR OF THE FIVE RIVERS
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The Life and Times of Maharajah Ranjit Singh MOHAMED SHEIKH A new biogaphy of the man who became one of the greatest figures in the history of the Punjab In 1801, at the age of 20, Ranjit Singh became the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire and subsequently emerged as one of the greatest figures in the history of Punjab. Despite the difficult conditions he faced, including harsh terrain, a mixed ethnic population and surrounding aggressors (particularly the British), Ranjit Singh managed to unite the various Sikh factions and built a nation that neighbours soon learnt to treat with respect. Following his death in 1839, the empire fell into gradual decline, and in 1845 the Sikhs were defeated in battle by the British and fell under the influence of the East India Company. It was Ranjit Singh’s leadership skills and personal characteristics which kept the Sikh empire strong and united in the face of adversity. Unusually for the time, the empire that Singh led was secular and he sought to promote inter-faith unity through policies of equality and non-discrimination. This biography sheds new light on this important figure in Sikh history and illustrates the extraordinary leadership qualities, military prowess and political skills which ensured Ranjit Singh’s success as a leader in challenging circumstances.
December 2016 288 pages 234 x 156mm Hardback £25.00 9781848857544 8pp B&W illustrations and 8pp colour plates I.B.Tauris
Lord Mohamed Sheikh is the Chairman of the Conservative Ethnic Diversity Council and the founder and Chairman of the Conservative Muslim Forum. He was made a life peer in 2006, and is a prominent promoter of interfaith activities.
Farzana The Woman Who Saved an Empire Julia Keay £20.00 Hardback 9781784530556
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VISITORS TO VERONA
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Lovers, Gentlemen and Adventurers CAROLINE WEBB A history of one of Italy’s most seductive cities, from the era of Shakespeare to the Risorgimento Even before the advent of mass tourism, Verona was a popular destination with travellers, including those undertaking the popular ‘Grand Tour’ across Europe. In this book, Caroline Webb compares the experiences of travellers from the era of Shakespeare to the years following the incorporation of the Veneto into the new kingdom of Italy in 1866. She considers their reasons for visiting Verona as well as their experiences and expectations once they arrived. The majority of English visitors between 1670 and 1760 were young members of the aristocracy, accompanied by tutors, who arrived on their way to or from Rome, as part of a ‘Grand Tour’ intended to ‘finish’ their classical education. With the Industrial Revolution in the second half of the eighteenth century, and the resultant increasing wealth of the upper middle classes, the number of visitors to Verona increased although this tourism was derailed once Napoleon invaded Italy in the late 1790s. After 1815 and the allied victory at Waterloo there was a new flood of visitors, previously deprived of the opportunity of continental travel during the Napoleonic wars. As the nineteenth century progressed, especially with the arrival of the railway, an increasing number of visitors appeared from across Europe and even from across the Atlantic, keen to explore the fabled city of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
December 2016 264 pages 226 x 155mm Hardback £20.00 9781784536473 22 colour illustrations in 8pp plates, 2 maps I.B.Tauris
Caroline Webb has worked as a historical researcher and teacher and is co-author of The Earl and His Butler in Constantinople: The Secret Diary of an English Servant among the Ottomans (I.B.Tauris, 2008).
Strolling Through Rome The Definitive Walking Guide to the Eternal City Mario Erasmo £12.99 Paperback 9781780763514
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A Literary Guide for Travellers ANDREW & SUZANNE EDWARDS Delving into the rich literary history of the soul of Spain Andalucia is the quintessence of Spain and yet, historically and culturally, it is surprisingly unlike the rest of the country. Its literary history began to develop with the Romans and reached an early flowering when Arabic poets drew on centuries of literary tradition, together with the landscapes and passions of Moorish Spain. Later, Prosper Mérimée, Byron and Washington Irving forged legends of exotic southern Spain that persist to this day and Spanish writers themselves captured the rich passions of Andalucian culture, from Cervantes’ Seville to Lorca’s ‘hidden Andalucia’. With the advent of the Civil War, a new generation flocked to Andalucia and were inspired to write some of the twentieth century’s most iconic works of literature, from Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls to Gerald Brenan’s The Spanish Labyrinth and Laurie Lee’s trilogy of books. As vibrant and compelling as the region itself, Andalucia: A Literary Guide for Travellers illuminates the very soul of Spain.
September 2016 272 pages 198 x 126mm Hardback £16.99 9781784533908 20 B&W integrated, 1 map I.B.Tauris
‘This superb literary guide... is essential reading for anyone who has fallen for the charms of southern Spain’ – Jason Webster, author of Andalus and Duende Andrew Edwards is a writer and the translator of two books set in Sicily by the Spanish author Alejandro Luque. Suzanne Edwards is a linguistics graduate and lecturer. Suzanne and Andrew co-authored the acclaimed Sicily: A Literary Guide for Travellers (I.B.Tauris, 2014).
Berlin A Literary Guide for Travellers Paul Sullivan & Marcel Krueger £16.99 Hardback 9781784536428
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BABYLON
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Legend, History and the Ancient City MICHAEL SEYMOUR One of the greatest cities of the ancient world, Babylon – home to the fabulous hanging gardens – has been eclipsed by its own sinful reputation. For two thousand years the real, physical metropolis lay buried while another, ghostly city lived on, engorged on accounts of its own destruction. More recently the site of Babylon has been the centre of major excavation: yet the spectacular results of this work have done little displace the many other fascinating ways in which the city has endured and reinvented itself in culture. Saddam Hussein, for one, notoriously exploited the Babylonian myth to associate himself and his regime with its glorious past. Why has Babylon so creatively fired the human imagination, with results both good and ill? Why has it been so enthralling to so many, and for so long? In exploring answers, Michael Seymour ranges across art, archaeology, history, politics and literature. From Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar to Rembrandt, Voltaire, William Blake and modern interpreters like Umberto Eco, Italo Calvino and Gore Vidal, the author explores a carnival of disparate sources dominated by the intoxicating idea of depravity. Michael Seymour is a Research Associate in the Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. He is co-author (with I.L. Finkel) of Babylon: Myth and Reality (2008). August 2016 384 pages 216 x 134mm Paperback 9781784536916 £14.99
THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES
A Chronicle of Sorcery and Death on Pendle Hill
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PHILIP C. ALMOND In the febrile religious and political climate of late sixteenth-century England, Lancashire was felt by the Protestant authorities to be a sinister corner of superstition, lawlessness and popery. And it was around Pendle Hill, a sombre ridge that looms over the intersecting pastures, meadows and moorland of the Ribble Valley, that their suspicions took infamous shape. The arraignment of the Lancashire witches in the assizes of Lancaster during 1612 is England’s most notorious witch-trial. The women who lived in the vicinity of Pendle, who were accused alongside the so-called Samlesbury Witches, then convicted and hanged, were more than just wicked sorcerers whose malign incantations caused others harm. They were reputed to be part of a dense network of devilry and mischief that revealed itself as much in hidden celebration of the Mass as in malevolent magic. They had to be eliminated to set an example to others. In this remarkable and authoritative treatment, published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the case of the Lancashire witches, Philip C. Almond evokes all the fear, drama and paranoia of those volatile times: the bleak story of the storm over Pendle. Philip C. Almond is Professor Emeritus of Religion at the University of Queensland. His other books include Afterlife: A History of Life after Death and England’s First Demonologist. October 2016 256 pages 216 x 135mm Paperback 9781784537715 £10.99
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A HISTORY OF THE ROYAL NAVY World War I
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MIKE FARQUHARSON-ROBERTS For many years the naval warfare of World War I has been largely overlooked; yet, at the outbreak of that war, the British Government had expected and intended its military contribution to the conflict to be largely naval. Britain was not simply defending an island; it was defending a far flung empire. Without the navy such an undertaking would have been impossible. Following the naval arms race in the early 20th century, both Britain and Germany were equipped with the latest naval technology, including revolutionary new vessels such as dreadnoughts and diesel-powered submarines. Although the Royal Navy’s operations in World War I were global, most of the fleet’s strength was concentrated in the Grand Fleet, which confronted the German High Seas Fleet across the North Sea. At the Battle of Jutland in 1916 the Royal Navy, under the command of Admiral Jellicoe, fought an iconic, if inconclusive battle for control of shipping routes. 43,244 Royal Navy personnel lost their lives fighting on the seas in World War I. This book tells their story and places the navy back at the heart of the British war effort. Mike Farquharson-Roberts holds a PhD in Maritime History from University of Exeter. He previously had a long and distinguished career in the Royal Navy. October 2016 256 pages 216 x 135mm Paperback 9781784536725 £9.99
AXEL MUNTHE
The Road to San Michele
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BENGT JANGFELDT The precociously bright son of a Swedish pharmacist, Axel Munthe worked under Jean Martin Charcot, and in 1880, became the youngest doctor in French history. By the 1890s, he was world-famous for his healing powers, believed by some to be supernatural. He moved in the most colourful and exalted circles of fin de siecle Europe, counting amongst his friends Henry James, Howard Carter, Rainer Maria Rilke, Lady Ottoline Morrell and Count Zeppelin. Though physician to the Swedish court, where he became the lover of the Crown Princess Victoria, Munthe was more at home with nature than with people. In 1929 he published The Story of San Michele, an account of his life, shot through with his love for Italy and Capri, where he built a bird sanctuary and the house of his dreams, the Villa San Michele. It became an international best seller, and is one of the classics of the last century. Bengt Jangfeldt is the first person to have gone through Munthe’s diaries, letters and notebooks to produce this definitive account of one of twentieth century Europe’s most vibrant figures. Bengt Jangfeldt is a Professor of Literature and best-selling writer. He is the author of several books on Russian literature, and in 1998 was awarded the August Strindberg Prize The Swedish edition of ‘Axel Munthe: The Road to San Michele’ was awarded the Swedish Academy’s biography prize. August 2016 400 pages 234 x 156mm Paperback 9781784537586 £14.99
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SECRET WAR IN SHANGHAI Treachery, Subversion and Collaboration in the Second World War BERNARD WASSERSTEIN The true and definitive story of Shanghai’s underworld in World War II ‘The paradise of adventurers’, Shanghai during World War II was suffused with dangerous glamour. Racketeers, cutthroats and con-men jostled for advantage as secret agents of the great powers waged a complex and sinister struggle for power. In this classic account, Bernard Wasserstein draws on the files of the Shanghai Police, as well as the intelligence archives of the many countries involved, to provide the definitive story of Shanghai’s secret war. He introduces the British, American and Australian individuals who collaborated with the Axis powers as well as subversive warfare operatives battling the Japanese – and one another. At times both shocking and amusing, this book lifts the lid on the bizarre underworld of the ‘sin city of the Orient’ during its most enthralling period in history.
January 2017 384 pages 198 x 126mm Paperback £11.99 9781784537647 3 maps Tauris Parke Paperbacks
‘With the consummate skill of the storyteller, Wasserstein brings to vivid life one of the most thrilling, perplexing and enigmatic cities on earth.’ – Sunday Times Bernard Wasserstein is emeritus professor of history at the University of Chicago. His many books include The Secret Lives of Trebitsch Lincoln which was awarded the Golden Dagger for non-fiction by the Crime Writers Association.
Priam’s Gold Schliemann and the Lost Treasures of Troy Caroline Moorehead £11.99 Paperback 9781784534875 Tauris Parke Paperbacks
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YOUNG LOTHAR An Underground Fugitive in Nazi Berlin LARRY ORBACH & VIVIEN ORBACH-SMITH A singular true story of hope amidst the darkness of Hitler’s Berlin Lothar Orbach, the youngest son of a German Jewish family, was just 14 when the Nazis began rounding up Berlin’s Jews. His promising education was aborted; his close-knit family splintered. When the Gestapo came for Orbach’s mother on Christmas Eve 1942, they escaped with false papers; his mother found sanctuary with a family of Communists and Orbach – under the assumed identity of Gerhard Peters – entered Berlin’s underworld of ‘divers’. He scraped a living by hustling pool, cheating in poker and stealing – fighting, literally, to stay alive. Outwardly he became a cagey amoral street thug, inwardly he was a sensitive, romantic boy, devoted son and increasingly religious Jew, clinging to his humanity. In the end, he was betrayed and sent to Auschwitz, on the last transport, in 1944. This singular coming of age story of life in the Berlin underground during WWII is, in essence, a story of hope, even happiness, in the very heart of darkness.
January 2017 384 pages 198 x 126mm Paperback £10.99 9781784537630 10 B&W illustrations Tauris Parke Paperbacks
‘This is a book to make one both smile and weep... opens a window into the seamy underworld of wartime Berlin’ – Bernard Wasserstein, author of On the Eve: The Jews of Europe before the Second World War Larry (Lothar) Orbach (1924-2008) grew up in Berlin and assumed the identity of Gerhard Peters from 1942-44. He spent the last year of the war in Auschwitz and emigrated to New York in 1946.
Vivien Orbach-Smith is a Professor of Journalism at New York University and a freelance writer.
The Dark Heart of Hitler’s Europe Nazi Rule in Poland under the General Government Martin Winstone £20.00 Hardback 9781780764771
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INSIDE THE SERAGLIO Private Lives of the Sultans in Istanbul JOHN FREELY The classic history of the grandeur and intrigue of the Sultan’s palace This is the story of the House of Osman, the imperial dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire for more than seven centuries, an empire that once stretched from central Europe to North Africa and from Persia to the Adriatic. The capital of this empire was Istanbul, ancient Byzantium, a city that stands astride Europe and Asia on the Bosphorus. And it was in the great palace of Topkapi Sarayi that the sultans of this empire ruled. Inside the Seraglio – a classic of Ottoman history – takes us behind the gilded doors of the Topkapi and into the heart of the palace: the harem, where the sultan would surround himself with his wives, concubines, eunuchs, pages, dwarfs and mutes and where all the tempestuous events of empire were so often played out. This is the history of a remarkable palace in all its color and opulence and the story of its influence on a great empire.
September 2016 384 pages 198 x 126mm Paperback £9.99 9781784535353 90 B&W integrated illustrations, 4 maps Tauris Parke Paperbacks
‘A richly coloured, highly entertaining book that I wished I’d had to hand when I strolled round the Topkapi’ – Lawrence James, The Times John Freely was born in 1926 in Brooklyn. In 1944 he enlisted in the US Navy served with a commando unit in Burma and China. In 1960 John and his family moved to Istanbul, where he taught at Bogaziçi University. He is the author of over 40 acclaimed travel and history books, including The Western Shores of Turkey, Strolling through Venice, Children of Achilles and The Grand Turk (all I.B.Tauris Publishers).
Strolling Through Istanbul The Classic Guide to the City Hilary Sumner-Boyd & John Freely £12.99 Paperback 9781848851542 Tauris Parke Paperbacks
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THE MINT Lawrence After Arabia T. E. LAWRENCE NEW INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW SATTIN T. E. Lawrence’s compelling memoir of his time in the air force, following the Arab Revolt In 1922, his dreams of an independent Arabia shattered, T.E. Lawrence enlisted in the RAF under the assumed name John Hume Ross. Though methodical and restrictive, life there seemed to suit Lawrence: ‘The Air Force is not a mancrushing humiliating slavery, all its days. There is sun and decent treatment, and a very real measure of happiness, to those who do not look forward or back.’ With poetic clarity, Lawrence brings to life the harsh realities of barracks life and illuminates the strange twilight world he had slipped into after his war experiences. For anyone interested in the life of one of the 20th century’s most enduring heroes and his life beyond the well-documented Arab revolt, The Mint is essential and compelling reading.
August 2016 240 pages 198 x 126mm Paperback £9.99 9781784535414 Tauris Parke Paperbacks
‘A severely chiselled picture of barrack life: Joycean in style, sometimes brilliant in evocation, structured as a series of set-pieces.’ – Irving Howe T. E. Lawrence was born in 1888. Educated at Oxford, he was later made a research fellow of All Souls College. During World War I he was attached to the Hejaz Expeditionary Force and later transferred to General Allenby’s staff. In 1921 he became Advisor on Arab Affairs in the Colonial Office. Later, uncomfortable with his ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ legend, Lawrence changed his name again and joined the RAF. He was killed in a motorbike accident in 1935 at the age of 47.
Revolt in the Desert The Abridged Edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom T. E. Lawrence Foreword by Jeremy Wilson £9.99 Paperback 9781848856653 Tauris Parke Paperbacks
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THE SOUTH AMERICAN DIARIES JOHN HOPKINS A cult-classic tequila-infused journey through South America While writing a novel set in South America, John Hopkins travelled back there to ‘reacquaint himself with the scene’. In 1972-3, he travelled by train, bus and boat from Mexico City to the centre of the continent, through Belize, Guatemala and Nicaragua and on to Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina. Hopkins travelled slowly, deliberately, savouring every experience along the way. But the journey was fraught with his angst-ridden strivings to write his novel and with the troubled love he had for Madeleine, his travelling companion. In these heat-scorched, tequila-infused pages, Hopkins paints a sultry, exquisite portrait of South America and in so doing masters an art that he believed would forever elude him.
August 2016 192 pages 198 x 126mm Paperback £11.99 9781780768250 Tauris Parke Paperbacks
‘Mexico City, Paramaribo, Manaus, then over the Andes of Peru and Bolivia to Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil. All by bus, train, dugout canoe and cutting his way through the jungle with a machete. A year in which writer’s block turns a novelist into an incomparable diarist.’ – Elle John Hopkins is a writer who lived for many years in Tangier and was a central figure in the bohemian literary crowd of the ‘60s and ‘70s. He has written several novels, among them Tangier Buzzless Flies and The Flight of the Pelican. His latest book, The White Nile Diaries, is also published by I.B.Tauris. He lives in Oxford.
The Tangier Diaries John Hopkins £11.99 Paperback 9781780768458 Tauris Parke Paperbacks
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ROOTS AND CULTURE
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Cultural Politics in the Making of Black Britain EDDIE CHAMBERS Expressions of Black British identity in art, literature, music and protest How did a distinct and powerful Black British identity emerge? In the 1950s, when many Caribbean migrants came to Britain, there was no such recognised entity as ‘Black Britain.’ Yet by the 1980s, the cultural landscape had radically changed, and a remarkable array of creative practices such as theatre, poetry, literature, music and the visual arts gave voice to striking new articulations of BlackBritish identity. This new book chronicles the extraordinary blend of social, political and cultural influences from the mid1950s to the late 1970s that gave rise to new heights of Black British artistic expression in the 1980s. Eddie Chambers relates how and why during these decades ‘West Indians’ became ‘Afro-Caribbeans,’ and how in turn ‘Afro-Caribbeans’ became ‘Black British’ – and the centrality of the arts to this important narrative. The British Empire, migration, Rastafari, the Anti-Apartheid struggle, reggae music, dub poetry, the ascendance of the West Indies cricket team and the coming of Margaret Thatcher – all of these factors, and others, have had a part to play in the compelling story of how the African Diaspora transformed itself to give rise to Black Britain.
October 2016 304 pages 216 x 138mm Paperback £15.99 9781784536176 30 B&W integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
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Eddie Chambers is a Professor in the Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas at Austin, USA. He gained his PhD from Goldsmiths College, and since the early 1980s has been organising and curating artists’ exhibitions in Britain and a range of other countries, including the US, Australia and Jamaica.
Black Artists in British Art A History since the 1950s Eddie Chambers £16.99 Paperback 9781780762722
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3D WARHOL
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Andy Warhol and Sculpture THOMAS MORGAN EVANS An essential new perspective on one of the world’s most innovative and distinctive artists Rain machines; alarmed pickle jars; replica corn flakes boxes; ‘disco décor’; time capsules; birthday presents; perfume bottles and floating silver pillows; museum interventions; collected and curated projects; expanded performance environments; and holograms. This is a book about the varied, surprising ways in which Andy Warhol engaged with sculpture. It begins in 1954, long before his first Pop paintings, and ends in 1987, the year of his death. In 3D Warhol, Thomas Morgan Evans argues that Warhol’s experiments with sculpture, and engagement with both traditional and newly emerging understandings of sculpture, amounted to ‘trespasses’ across art historical and social territories. This groundbreaking, original book brings to the forefront a major, but overlooked dimension of Warhol’s work, providing an essential new perspective on the artist’s legacy.
October 2016 224 pages 216 x 138mm Paperback £16.99 9781784534288 26 B&W integrated, 30 colour in 16pp plates I.B.Tauris
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Thomas Morgan Evans is a Henry Moore Post-Doctoral Fellow. He has a PhD in art history from UCL. He is an editorial board member of the peer review journal Object, and contributes to a number of other art publications.
Alberto Giacometti The Art of Relation Timothy Mathews £17.99 Paperback 9781780767871
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FOREVER STARDUST
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David Bowie Across the Universe WILL BROOKER Bowie the artist uniquely revealed across the recurring matrix of his life and creative work Most of the many books about David Bowie track his artistic ‘changes’ chronologically throughout his career. This book, uniquely, examines Bowie’s ‘sameness’: his recurring themes, images, motifs and concepts as an artist, across all his creative work, from lyrics and music through to costumes, storyboards, films, plays and painting. To be published on Bowie’s 70th birthday, Forever Stardust looks at Bowie’s work not as a linear evolution through calendar time, to his tragic death in January 2016, but as a matrix, a dialogue, a network of ideas that echo back and forth across the five decades of his career, interacting with each other and with the surrounding culture. It explores Bowie’s creative output as a whole, tracing the repetitions and obsessions that structure his work, discovering what they tell us about Bowie in all his forms, from Ziggy Stardust to David Jones. David Bowie challenged cultural expectations from the early 1970s until his final masterpiece, Blackstar. Forever Stardust offers a new understanding of this remarkable and significant artist.
January 2016 256 pages 216 x 135mm Paperback £9.99 9781784531423 I.B.Tauris
‘A fascinating and engaging analysis of Bowie’s identity, meaning and significance... A must for Bowie fans at all levels’ – Peter Gillman, co-author, Alias David Bowie Will Brooker is Professor of Film and Cultural Studies at Kingston University in London. His research into David Bowie involved a year of immersion in Bowie’s styles, influences and experiences and has attracted international media attention.
Hunting the Dark Knight Twenty-First Century Batman Will Brooker £12.99 Paperback 9781848852808
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DELFT BLUE TO DENIM BLUE
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Contemporary Dutch Fashion EDITED BY ANNEKE SMELIK Exploring one of the world’s most successful and innovative fashion industries Contemporary fashion in the Netherlands is successful globally and shows a rich, paradoxical diversity. Delft Blue to Denim Blue maps the landscape of Dutch fashion in all its rich variety and complexity. Luxuriously illustrated in colour and black & white, the book uncovers the cultural heritage of Dutch fashion and explores the individual designers and brands, including romantic designer Jan Taminiau, who creates spectacular gala gowns for Queen Maxima, Iris Van Herpen, Kichael Van Der Ham and conceptual designer duo Viktor&Rolf, as well as the many popular brands, such as G-Star jeans, Mexx, Supertrash, CoraKemperman, Vanilla, Sjaak Hullekes, and the affordable retailer, C&A. Fashion photographers like Inez Van Lamsweerde and Erwin Olaf are explored too. Delft Blue to Denim Blue also looks into the future of Dutch fashion, discussing the vanguard of wearable technology, with cybercouture designers like Pauline vanDongen and Bart Hess.
January 2017 400 pages 246 x 189mm Paperback £17.99 9781784531973 102 colour and B&W illustrations I.B.Tauris
Anneke Smelik is Professor of Visual Culture on the Katrien van Munster chair at the Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands. She is also project leader of the research programme ‘Crafting Wearables; Fashionable Technology’. She is author and editor of many publications on visual culture and fashion, including The Mirror Cracked: Feminist Cinema and Film Theory and, co-edited with Agnès Rocamora, Thinking Through Fashion: A Guide to Key Theorists.
The Subversive Stitch Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine Rozsika Parker £14.99 Paperback 9781848852839
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SOFIA COPPOLA
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A Cinema of Girlhood FIONA HANDYSIDE First in depth look at one of Hollywood’s unique cinematic visionaries Sofia Coppola is widely regarded as one of the most astute, provocative and visionary directors in the contemporary film industry. She has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award and two Golden Globes, and in 2004 became the first ever American woman to be nominated for a Best Director Oscar. From The Virgin Suicides to The Bling Ring, her work carves out new spaces for the expression of female subjectivity that embraces rather than rejects femininity. Fiona Handyside here considers the careful counter-balance of vulnerability with the possibilities and pleasures of being female in Coppola’s films – albeit for the white and the privileged – through their recurrent themes of girlhood, fame, power, sex and celebrity. Chapters reveal a post-feminist aesthetic that offers sustained, intimate engagements with female characters. These characters inhabit luminous worlds of girlish adornments, light and sparkle and yet find homes in unexpected places from hotels to swimming pools, palaces to strip clubs: resisting stereotypes and the ordinary. In this original study, Handyside gives due attention to a rare female auteur.
December 2016 256 pages 234 x 156mm Paperback £15.99 9781784537159 15 B&W integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
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Fiona Handyside is Senior Lecturer in European Film at the University of Exeter. Previous publications include International Cinema and the Girl: Local Issues, Transnational Contexts and Cinema at the Shore: The Beach in French Cinema.
Authorship and the Films of David Lynch Aesthetic Receptions in Contemporary Hollywood Antony Todd £16.99 Paperback 9781848855809
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THE TV STUDIO PRODUCTION HANDBOOK
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LUCY BROWN & LYNDSAY DUTHIE The one-stop handbook to make your studio production shine The TV Studio Production Handbook explains the production process from beginning to end and covers everything media students need to know to create a successful studio television programme. It is an invaluable resource for those starting out in the industry and for students of media, film and TV. The book is packed with interviews from top TV executives from the UK, USA, Australia and China and includes live case studies from hit international formats covering every genre, with scripts from Britain’s Got Talent, Big Brother, Coronation Street, Teletubbies, Channel 4 News and more. The authors, both award-winning TV programme-makers and academic programme leaders, break things down genre by genre and explore pre-production, casting, scripting, as well as all the required paperwork from call sheets to running orders. They also examine the future of studio and the multiplatform opportunities available for programme makers internationally.
September 2016 224 pages 216 x 135mm Paperback £16.99 9781784536282 14 B&W integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
‘Delivers a window on the real world of programme making’ – David Williams, BBC Creative Director of Entertainment, North Lucy Brown has made television programmes around the world for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Nickelodeon and Disney. She has TV credits on BAFTA and RTS award winning programmes. She is Head of Film and Television at the University of Greenwich. Lyndsay Duthie is an Executive Producer with television credits for ITV, BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5 and SKY. Lyndsay is Course Director for the University of Hertfordshire’s Film & TV Programme.
Producing Behind the Silver Screen: A Modern History of Filmmaking Edited by Jon Lewis £14.99 Paperback 9781784534356
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COSTUME, MAKEUP AND HAIR
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Behind the Silver Screen: A Modern History of Filmmaking EDITED BY ADRIENNE L. MCLEAN Groundbreaking introduction to three major filmmaking art forms emerging from behind the scenes The contribution of makeup artists, hair stylists, and costumers to the filmmaking process has received little scholarly or public recognition – even when their artistry has inspired worldwide fashion trends. Costume, Makeup and Hair reveals how these three crafts have continually adapted to new conditions, making the transitions from stage to screen, from monochrome to colour, and from analog to digital. It considers them in relation to a wide range of film genres, from sci-fi spectacles to period dramas, and examines how they have been active participants in the marketplace for fashion and beauty products. Drawing on rare archival materials and lavish colour illustrations, the expert contributors provide readers in film and fashion with groundbreaking film history and an appreciation of cinematic costume, makeup and hairstyling as distinct art forms.
October 2016 248 pages 228 x 152mm Paperback £14.99 9781784537562 45 B&W integrated illustrations, 17 colour in 8pp plates I.B.Tauris
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‘A fascinating book’ – Lucy Fischer, author of Designing Women Adrienne L. McLean is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is the author or editor of numerous books, including Being Rita Hayworth: Labor, Identity, and Hollywood Stardom, Glamour in a Golden Age: Movie Stars of the 1930, and Cinematic Canines: Dogs and Their Work in the Fiction Film.
Art Direction and Production Design Behind the Silver Screen: A Modern History of Filmmaking Edited by Lucy Fischer £14.99 Paperback 9781784530952
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EDITING AND SPECIAL/ VISUAL EFFECTS
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Behind the Silver Screen: A Modern History of Filmmaking EDITED BY CHARLIE KEIL & KRISTEN WHISSEL The subtle and spectacular film arts and crafts, which so often dominate the movies Most filmgoers think of editing and special effects as distinct components of the filmmaking process. Yet film editors and visual effects artists have worked hand-in-hand from the dawn of cinema to the present day. Here, expert contributors together trace how the arts of editing and effects have evolved in tandem, starting with the ‘trick films’ of the early silent era, which astounded audiences by splicing in or editing out key frames, all the way to today’s cutting-edge effects technologies. Multiple filmmaking techniques are explored throughout, from classic Hollywood’s rear projection and matte shots to the fast cuts and wall-to-wall CGI of the contemporary blockbuster. The book introduces readers to the analog and digital tools used in these crafts, showing the impact of changes in the film industry itself.
October 2016 256 pages 228 x 152mm Paperback £14.99 9781784536985 29 B&W integrated illustrations, 16 colour in 8pp plates I.B.Tauris
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‘Essential reading’ – André Gaudreault, Université de Montréal Charlie Keil is Principal of Innis College and a professor in the History Department of the University of Toronto. His books include Early American Cinema in Transition and the co-edited collection, American Cinema’s Transitional Era. Kristen Whissel is a Professor of Film and Media at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Spectacular Digital Effects: CGI and Contemporary Cinema and guest editor of two issues of Film Criticism journal.
Cinematography Behind the Silver Screen: A Modern History of Filmmaking Edited by Patrick Keating £14.99 Paperback 9781784530198
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BEING BIONIC
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The World of TV Cyborgs BRONWEN CALVERT An exploration of the popular figure of the new humans in cult science fiction TV Technologically enhanced human bodies can be the stuff of dreams, but also of nightmares. The contradictions and complexities of the cyborg therefore hold particular appeal to makers of dramatic TV narratives. Bronwen Calvert examines the uses and representations of the cyborg in this groundbreaking text, by looking at its frequent appearance in a wide variety of popular and cult shows: from the iconic Daleks of Doctor Who and bionic female empowerment in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, to the duality of humanoid and distinctly robotic cyborgs in Battlestar Galactica. In doing so, she reveals how television’s defining traits shape our experience of cyborgs and help us as viewers to question contemporary issues such as surveillance and terrorism, as well as the function of simulation and ultimately what it means to be human.
November 2016 256 pages 216 x 134mm Paperback £14.99 9781784536480 15 B&W integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
Bronwen Calvert is an Associate Lecturer at the Open University in the North of England. Her research looks at embodiment in science fiction and fantasy narratives, with a focus on cyberpunk fiction and on the cult action heroine in television.
I’m Buffy and You’re History Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Contemporary Feminism Patricia Pender £16.99 Paperback 9781780767468
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LIQUID SPACE
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Science Fiction Film and Television in the Digital Age SEAN REDMOND An eye-opening account which reveals the impact of science fiction on the digital age Science fiction is the ideal genre for exploring the concerns of the present whilst reflecting on the possibilities of the future. But what can it tell us about present and future by setting these two timeframes together? Sean Redmond examines the issues and themes that are found across a range of contemporary science fiction films and television programmes, revealing the profound effects the digital age has had on our social lives. Through narratives that feature the ‘post-human’, genetic engineering and cloning, surveillance and data mining, space and time travel, artificial intelligence, online dating cultures and visions of catastrophe, they portray a world in which the material, and the stable, are being lost to the ever-more volatile and ephemeral idea of ‘liquid space’. Redmond examines a wide selection of popular films and TV series such as Gravity, Under the Skin, The Lobster, Children of Men and Doctor Who, to show how traditional values are being erased in favour of a new liquid modernity. This book is an illuminating account of the digital age through the world of science fiction, allowing a new understanding of our complex modern reality.
January 2017 224 pages 234 x 156mm Paperback £16.99 9781780761879 12 B&W integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
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Sean Redmond is Associate Professor of Media and Communication at Deakin University, Australia. He is the author of numerous books including Blade Runner, The Cinema of Takeshi Kitano: Flowering Blood and Liquid Metal: A Reader in Science Fiction Film.
Outer Limits The Filmgoers’ Guide to the Great Science-Fiction Films Howard Hughes £14.99 Paperback 9781780761664
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THE ARCHITECTURE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS
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Spaces of Transition JANE RENDELL How do external material environments and the inner world of emotion, memory and imagination influence each other? Here, Jane Rendell explores how architectural space registers in psychoanalysis. She investigates both the inherently spatial vocabulary of psychoanalysis and ideas around the physical ‘setting’ of the psychoanalytic encounter, with reference to Sigmund Freud, D.W. Winnicott and André Green. Building on the innovative writing methods employed in Art and Architecture and Site-Writing, she also addresses the concept of architecture as ‘social condenser’ – a Russian constructivist notion that connects material space and community relations. Tracing this idea’s progress from 1920s Moscow to 1950s Britain, Rendell shows how interior and exterior meet in both psychoanalysis and architectural practice. Illuminating a novel field of interdisciplinary enquiry, this book breathes fresh life into notions of social space.
November 2016 308 pages 234 x 156mm Paperback £16.99 9781784536541 91 B&W and colour illustrations I.B.Tauris
Jane Rendell is Professor of Architecture and Art, and Vice Dean of Research at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. She is author of Site-writing: The Architecture of Art Criticism (I.B.Tauris, 2011) and Art and Architecture (I.B.Tauris, 2006) among other publications.
Art and Architecture A Place Between Jane Rendell £18.99 Paperback 9781845112226
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BADIOU REFRAMED ALEX LING
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He has been regarded with suspicion by some, as an anti-postmodernist who dared to write about unfashionable concepts such as truth and meaning. But in recent years, the philosopher Alain Badiou has risen in prominence, pioneering new ways to produce, conceptualise and discover art. Badiou Reframed is an original book about an original thinker which applies – for the first time – Badiou’s philosophy to the visual arts. The three central concepts of this philosophy – ‘being and appearing’, ‘event and subject’ and ‘truth and ethics’ – are elucidated through detailed analysis of a range of visual artworks, including the films of Jean-Luc Godard, Marcel Duchamp’s readymades, the cubist works of Picasso and Braque, the sculpture of Constantin Brancusi and Ossip Zadkine, Kazimir Malevich’s suprematist paintings and Steve McQueen’s film Hunger. In focusing on Badiou’s critical relationship with the visual arts, Alex Ling reinterprets and represents not only the man, but art itself. Alex Ling is Research Lecturer in Communication and Media Studies at Western Sydney University. His research interests are in film theory and the intersections between art, science and philosophy, focusing on the work of Alain Badiou, Jacques Lacan, Jacques Rancière and Gilles Deleuze. He is the author of Badiou and Cinema and editor and translator (with A.J. Bartlett) of Mathematics of the Transcendental. December 2016 176 pgs 174 x 124mm PB 9781780762609 £12.99
SENECA CHRISTOPHER STAR
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After centuries of neglect there is renewed interest in the life and works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca (or Seneca the Younger, c.4 BCE-65 CE). At one time an advisor at court to Nero, Seneca and his political career came to ruin when he was implicated in a later plot to kill the capricious and matricidal emperor, and compelled to commit suicide. Discredited through collusion, or at least association, with a notorious and tyrannical regime, Seneca’s ideas were for a time also considered derivative of Greek stoicism and thus inferior to the real thing. In this first in-depth introduction to be published for many years, Christopher Star shows what a remarkable statesman, dramatist and philosopher his subject actually was. Seneca’s original contributions to political philosophy and the philosophy of the emotions were considerable. He was a favourite authority of Tertullian, who saw Seneca as proto-believer and early humanist. And he is a key figure in the history of ideas and the Renaissance, as well as in literature and drama. This new survey does full justice to his significance. Christopher Star is Associate Professor of Classics at Middlebury College, Vermont. He is the author of The Empire of the Self: Self-Command and Political Speech in Seneca and Petronius (2012). October 2016 192 pgs 216 x 134mm PB 9781848858909 £12.99
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EXPERIMENTAL FASHION
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Performance Art, Carnival and the Grotesque Body FRANCESCA GRANATA The story of modern fashion, from carnival to the grotesque Experimental Fashion traces the proliferation of the grotesque and carnivalesque within contemporary fashion and the close relation between fashion and performance art. Francesca Granata examines the designers and performance artists at the turn of the twenty-first century whose work challenges established codes of what represents the fashionable body. These innovative people, she argues, make their challenges through dynamic strategies of parody, humour and inversion. This book explores the experimental work of modern designers such as Georgina Godley, Bernhard Willhelm, Rei Kawakubo and fashion designer, performance artist and club figure Leigh Bowery. It also discusses the increased centrality of experimental fashion through the pop phenomenon Lady Gaga.
October 2016 256 pages 216 x 134mm Paperback £14.99 9781784533793 46 B&W integrated illustrations I.B.Tauris
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Francesca Granata is Assistant Professor in the School of Art and Design History and Theory at Parsons, the New School for Design, New York. She is the editor and founder of the journal Fashion Projects. Her work has appeared in Fashion Theory, Fashion Practice, and The Journal of Design History, as well as in a number of books and exhibition catalogues.
Thinking Through Fashion A Guide to Key Theorists Edited by Agnès Rocamora & Anneke Smelik £16.99 Paperback 9781780767345
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Modernism and the Art and Liberty Group SAM BARDAOUIL The untold story of how artists in Egypt reworked the Surrealist movement for cultural reform The Surrealist, Cairo-based Art and Liberty Group was founded in 1938 with the publication of its manifesto Long Live Degenerate Art. Rejecting the convergence of art and nationalism, and the academic style endorsed by the Egyptian state and bourgeois moral conventions, its members aligned themselves with a complex, international and evolving Surrealist movement. The group created a distinct reworking of Surrealism, which provided a generation of disillusioned Egyptian and non-Egyptian artists and writers with a platform for cultural reform and anti-Fascist protest. Surrealism in Egypt is the first comprehensive analysis of Art and Liberty’s artworks, literature and critical writings on Surrealism. By addressing the group’s long-lost and often misconstrued legacy, the author charts Art and Liberty’s significant contribution towards a new definition of Surrealism. Moving beyond the polarizing dichotomies, this book rewrites the history of Surrealism itself – advocating for a new definition of the movement that reflects an inclusive vision of art history.
October 2016 352 pages 246 x 189mm Hardback £25.00 9781784536510 104 B&W and colour illustrations I.B.Tauris
Sam Bardaouil (PhD) is an art historian and curator whose research focuses on the international expression of modernism. He has taught at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, and published in academic journals such as Dada/Surrealism. He is co-founder of Art Reoriented, which has curated critically acclaimed exhibitions including Art and Liberty: Rupture, War and Surrealism in Egypt, shown in Paris, Madrid, Dusseldorf and Liverpool (2016–18).
Photography and Surrealism Sexuality, Colonialism and Social Dissent David Bate £19.99 Paperback 9781860643798
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OTARED
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A Novel MOHAMMAD RABIE TRANSLATED BY ROBIN MOGER A gritty dystopian tale that is a dark meditation on Egypt’s future and failed revolution 2025: fourteen years after the failed revolution, Egypt is invaded once more. As traumatised Egyptians eke out an existence in Cairo’s dusty downtown, former cop Ahmed Otared joins a group of fellow officers seeking Egypt’s liberation through the barrel of a gun. As Cairo becomes a foul cauldron of drugs, sex and senseless violence, Otared finally understands his country’s fate. In this unflinching and grisly novel, Mohammad Rabie envisages a grim future for Egypt, where death is the only certainty.
August 2016 352 pages 205 x 130mm Paperback £9.99 9789774167843 Hoopoe
‘Part early Ian McEwan, part Philip K. Dick, Mohammad Rabie’s apocalyptic take on the Arab Spring in Egypt is an expressionist coup — urgent disturbing and eminently readable.’ – Youssef Rakha, author of The Crocodiles and The Book of the Sultan’s Seal Mohammad Rabie was born in 1978 and is the author of three acclaimed novels. His first novel, Amber’s Planet, won first prize in the Emerging Writers category of the Sawiris Cultural Award in 2012. He lives in Cairo, Egypt. Robin Moger is the translator of Women of Karantina by Nael Eltoukhy, among other books, and his translation for Writing Revolution won the 2013 English PEN Award for outstanding writing in translation. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa.
The Televangelist A Novel Ibrahim Essa Translated by Jonathan Wright £10.99 Paperback 9781784532840 Hoopoe
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NO KNIVES IN THE KITCHENS OF THIS CITY
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A Novel KHALED KHALIFA TRANSLATED BY LERI PRICE A profound portrayal of life under tyranny by an acclaimed Syrian writer In the once beautiful city of Aleppo, one Syrian family descends into tragedy and ruin. The mother, abandoned by her husband, struggles to raise her children alone. Her daughter Sawsan flirts with the militias, the ruling party, and finally religion, seeking but never finding salvation. All are slowly choked in the fog of violence and decay, as their lives are plundered and their dreams wrecked by the brutal Assad regime. Set between the 1960s and 2000s, No Knives in the Kitchens of this City is a graceful and profound depiction of life under tyranny. Through the story of a single family, it speaks of the persecution of a whole society.
September 2016 256 pages 205 x 130mm Paperback £9.99 9789774167812 Hoopoe
WINNER OF THE NAGUIB MAHFOUZ MEDAL FOR LITERATURE 2013 ‘One of the rising stars of Arab fiction... a rare public voice.’ – New York Times Khaled Khalifa was born in Aleppo, Syria, in 1964. A founding editor of the literary magazine, Alif, he is the author of four novels, including In Praise of Hatred. Leri Price is a translator of contemporary Arabic literature. Her translation of Khaled Khalifa’s In Praise of Hatred was longlisted for the 2013 Independent Prize for Foreign Fiction.
Time of White Horses A Novel Ibrahim Nasrallah Translated by Nancy Roberts £10.99 Paperback 9789774167577 Hoopoe
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A BEAUTIFUL WHITE CAT WALKS WITH ME
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A Novel YOUSSEF FADEL TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER ELINSON A modern Moroccan tale of power, love and loss Hassan makes a living in his native Marrakesh as a comic writer and performer, through satirical sketches critical of Morocco’s rulers. Yet, when he is suddenly conscripted into a losing war in the Sahara, and drafted to a far-flung desert outpost, it seems that all is lost. Could his estranged father, close to power as the king’s private jester, have something to do with his sudden removal? And will he ever see his beloved wife Zinab again?
September 2016 272 pages 205 x 130mm Paperback £10.99 9789774167768 Hoopoe
With flowing prose and black humour, Youssef Fadel weaves a tale of 1980s Morocco.
‘An astonishing novel’ – Le Monde Diplomatique
Youssef Fadel is an award-winning Moroccan novelist and screenwriter. He was born in Casablanca in 1949 and, during Morocco’s Years of Lead, was imprisoned in the notorious Derb Moulay Cherif prison (1974-75). Alexander Elinson is an associate professor of Arabic at Hunter College of the City University of New York.
A Rare Blue Bird Flies With Me A Novel Youssef Fadel Translated by Jonathan Smolin £8.99 Paperback 9789774167546 Hoopoe
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THE FINAL BET
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A Novel ABDELILAH HAMDOUCHI TRANSLATED BY JONATHAN SMOLIN A thrilling noir novel from the author of Whitefly Young, handsome Othman found his ticket out of a life of desperate poverty in the slums of Casablanca when he married Sofia. Sophisticated, French, rich, and forty years his senior. But when she is brutally murdered in their bedroom one night, August 2016 the police quickly zero in on Othman as the prime suspect. 160 pages 205 x 130mm Set to inherit everything and with his mistress, the love of Paperback £8.99 his life, waiting in the wings he certainly has motive. But is 9789774167799 Hoopoe he guilty? Or is he an innocent man, framed by circumstance and an overzealous corrupt police force?
‘Abdelilah Hamdouchi seems to have found the formula for the emergence of the Moroccan detective novel.’ – Liberation Kaleidoscope Abdelilah Hamdouchi is one of the first writers of police fiction in Arabic and a prolific, award-winning screenwriter of police thrillers. He is the author of Whitefly (2016) and lives in Rabat, Morocco. Jonathan Smolin is the author of Moroccan Noir: Police, Crime and Politics in Popular Culture (2013) and translator of Abdelilah Hamdouchi’s Whitefly. He lives in the USA.
Whitefly A Novel Abdelilah Hamdouchi Translated by Jonathan Smolin £7.99 Paperback 9789774167515 Hoopoe
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THE LONGING OF THE DERVISH
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A Novel HAMMOUR ZIADA TRANSLATED BY JONATHAN WRIGHT A masterful history of love and revenge in a time of war and slavery At the close of the nineteenth century in Sudan, freed slave Bakhit is let out of prison with the overthrow of the Mahdist state. On the brink of death, the memory of his beloved Theodora is all that has sustained him through seven years of grim incarceration – that and his vow to avenge her killing. Set against a backdrop of war, religious fervor, and the massive social and political upheavals of the time, The Longing of the Dervish is a love story in the most unlikely of circumstances.
August 2016 288 pages 205 x 130mm Paperback £9.99 9789774167881 Hoopoe
WINNER OF THE NAGUIB MAHFOUZ MEDAL FOR LITERATURE 2013 ‘Neither starry-eyed nor cynical... exquisitely lyrical... A rich and sensitive novel [that] reflects on tolerance, prejudice and freedom in ways that transcend its historic setting.’ – Financial Times Hammour Ziada was born in Umm Durman, Sudan in 1977. He has worked as a civil society and human rights researcher, and is currently a journalist based in Cairo. He is the author of two novels and two collections of short stories. Jonathan Wright was formerly the Reuters bureau chief in Cairo. He is the translator of the winning novel in the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and winner of the Saif Ghobash– Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation.
Mortal Designs A Novel Reem Bassiouney Translated by Melanie Magidow £11.50 Paperback 9789774167140 AUCP
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THE TIME-TRAVELS OF THE MAN WHO SOLD PICKLES AND SWEETS
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A Novel KHAIRY SHALABY TRANSLATED BY MICHAEL COOPERSON The misadventures of a modern time traveller through Egypt’s recent and medieval past Ibn Shalaby, like many Egyptians, is looking for a job. Yet, unlike most of his fellow citizens, he is prone to sudden dislocations in time. Armed with his trusty briefcase and his Islamic-calendar wristwatch, he bounces uncontrollably through Egypt’s rich and varied past, with occasional return visits to the 1990s.
September 2016 320 pages 205 x 130mm Paperback £10.99 9789774167928 Hoopoe
Through his wild and whimsical adventures, he meets, befriends, and falls out with sultans, poets, and an assortment of celebrities – from Naguib Mahfouz to the founder of the city of Cairo. Khairy Shalaby’s nimble storytelling brings this witty odyssey to life.
‘Fantastical and surreal’ – Cairo 360 Khairy Shalaby (1938–2011) was born in Kafr al-Shaykh in Egypt’s Nile Delta. He wrote seventy books, including novels, short stories, historical tales, and critical studies. His novel The Lodging House was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in 2003 Michael Cooperson is is professor of Arabic language and literature at the University of California, Los Angeles
Temple Bar A Novel Bahaa Abdelmegid Translated by Jonathan Wright £12.99 Paperback 9789774166600 AUCP
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THE PHARAOH’S KITCHEN Recipes from Ancient Egypt’s Enduring Food Traditions
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MAGDA MEHDAWY & AMR HUSSEIN How to cook and eat like the ancient Egyptians Judging from the evidence available from depictions of daily life on tombs and in historical texts, the ancient Egyptians were just as enthusiastic about good food and generous hospitality as are their descendants today. Magda Mehdawy and Amr Hussein have done extensive research on the cultivation, gathering, preparation and presentation of food in ancient Egypt and have developed nearly a hundred recipes that will be perfectly recognisable to anyone familiar with modern Egyptian food.
October 2016 176 pages 235 x 165mm Paperback £18.95 9789774168130 62 color photographs, 11 B&W Beautifully illustrated with scenes from tomb reliefs, objects illustrations
and artifacts in museum exhibits, and modern photographs, the recipes are accompanied by explanatory material that describes the ancient home and kitchen, cooking vessels and methods, table manners and etiquette, banquets, beverages, and ingredients. Traditional feasts and religious occasions with their own culinary traditions are described, including some that are still celebrated today. A glossary of ingredients and place names provides a useful guide to unfamiliar terms.
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Magda Mehdawy holds a degree in archaeology from the University of Alexandria. She is the author of My Egyptian Grandmother’s Kitchen (AUC Press, 2006), which received the Al-Ahram Appreciation Prize for the original Arabic edition in 2004. Amr Hussein artist and graphic designer, graduated from Cairo University in 1979 with a degree in archaeology.
Tastes of Byzantium The Cuisine of a Legendary Empire Andrew Dalby £14.99 Paperback 9781848851658 I.B.Tauris
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THE TASTE OF EGYPT
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Home Cooking from the Middle East DYNA ELDAIEF A modern approach to one of the world’s oldest cuisines Combining mouthwatering recipes with a fresh, contemporary design, The Taste of Egypt brings the sophisticated colors and flavors of Egyptian and Middle Eastern cuisine to the modern home kitchen in unpretentious, down-to-earth style. Impress your dinner guests with sublime appetisers such as stuffed vine leaves and roast eggplant dip. Cook up a storm with silky cumin-infused lentil soup, sensational spiced meatballs, and delicious artichokes cooked in red pepper sauce. There are summery salads to fill a picnic hamper and hearty slowcooked beans and basterma (fenugreek-spiced cured beef) to evoke the bustling warmth of a Middle Eastern food market. And the recipes for sweet delights are designed to satisfy even the most persistent sweet tooth. Presented in a vibrant, accessible style and beautifully illustrated with full-color photography, The Taste of Egypt is a celebration of a great culinary tradition and an exciting addition to the repertoire of the modern home cook.
August 2016 184 pages 255 x 190mm Hardback £22.99 9789774167553 120 colour photographs The American University in Cairo Press
Dyna Eldaief was discovered by the Middle East edition of the reality television cooking show, The Taste, after she began to blog and post clips on YouTube about her mother’s recipes. She continues her passion for Middle Eastern cuisine by maintaining her blog and giving cooking classes. She lives in Melbourne with her husband and three children.
From a Persian Kitchen Fresh Discoveries in Iranian Cooking Jila Dana-Haeri £20.00 Hardback 9781780768014 I.B.Tauris
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WOMEN TRAVELLERS ON THE NILE
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An Anthology of Travel Writing through the Centuries EDITED BY DEBORAH MANLEY Egypt’s fabled sights through the eyes of women travellers across the centuries Until late in the nineteenth century, few guidebooks acknowledged the presence of women as travelers – although women had been travelling around the world for centuries. Women’s accounts of their journeys, distinct from those of male travellers, began to appear more frequently in the early nineteenth century, and Egypt was a popular destination. From Eliza Fay’s description of arriving in Egypt in 1779 to Rosemary Mahoney’s daring trip down the Nile in a rowboat in 2006, this lively collection of writing by over forty women travellers includes Lady Evelyn Cobbold, Isabella Bird, Winifred Blackman, Norma Lorimer, Harriet Martineau, Florence Nightingale, Amelia Edwards, and Lucie Duff Gordon.
September 2016 160 pages 160 x 120mm Hardback £11.99 9789774167874 24 B&W illustrations The American University in Cairo Press
Deborah Manley is the co-editor of Travelling through Egypt: From 450 B.C. to the Twentieth Century, Travelling through Sinai: From the Fourth to the Twenty-first Century, and Travelling through the Deserts of Egypt: From 450 B.C. to the Twentieth Century (all AUC Press).
A Beirut Anthology Travel Writing through the Centuries Edited by T.J. Gorton £11.99 Hardback 9789774166983 AUCP
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ANCIENT EGYPT IN POETRY
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An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Verse EDITED BY DONALD P. RYAN A collection of romantic verse celebrating Egypt’s monumental ruins and pharaonic civilisation Egypt’s ancient pyramids, temples, and tombs along the Nile, which have inspired artists and writers for centuries, have also inspired poets and particularly in the nineteenth century when romanticism was at its height. Egyptologist Donald Ryan here collects a wide variety of English verse composed by British, Irish and North American poets fired up by the magic, the splendor, or the desolation of the pharaonic ruins and their echoes of a distant history. Includes verse by: Robert Browning, Lord Byron, John Keats, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Herman Melville, John Ruskin, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Alfred Tennyson, Lady Wilde, and many more.
October 2016 160 pages 160 x 120mm Hardback £11.99 9789774167836 13 B&W illustrations The American University in Cairo Press
Donald P. Ryan is an Egyptologist and archaeologist who has excavated for several years in the Valley of the Kings.
An Istanbul Anthology Travel Writing Through the Centuries Edited by Kaya Genç £11.99 Hardback 9789774167218 AUCP
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LIFE IS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN PARADISE
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A Jihadist’s Own Story KHALED AL-BERRY TRANSLATED BY HUMPHREY DAVIES One man’s account of a fateful, and sometimes comical, journey into extremism In 1986, when this autobiography opens, the author is a typical fourteen-year-old boy in Asyut in Upper Egypt. Attracted at first by the image of a radical Islamist group as ‘strong Muslims’ his involvement develops until he finds himself deeply committed to its beliefs and implicated in its activities. This ends when, as he leaves the university following a demonstration, he is arrested. Prison, a return to life on the outside, and attending Cairo University all lead to Khaled al-Berry’s eventual alienation from radical Islam. This book opens a window onto the mind of an extremist who turns out to be disarmingly like many other clever adolescents, and bears witness to a history with whose reverberations we continue to live. Fluently written, intellectually gripping, exciting, and often funny, Life Is More Beautiful than Paradise provides a vital key to the understanding of a world that is both a source of fear and a magnet of curiosity for the west.
October 2016 192 pages 230 x 150mm Paperback £14.95 9789774168062 The American University in Cairo Press
Khaled al-Berry was born in Sohag, Egypt, in 1972. He has a degree in medicine from Cairo University, and currently works as a journalist and writer in London. Humphrey Davies is the translator of a number of Arabic novels, including The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany. He has twice been awarded the Saif Ghobash-Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Tranlation.
Irregular War ISIS and the New Threat from the Margins Paul Rogers £18.99 Hardback 9781784534882 I.B.Tauris
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CAIRO INSIDE OUT
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TREVOR NAYLOR & DORIANA MACMULLEN
Experiencing the splendour of Cairo through 150 stunning photographs shot from the city’s indoor havens Cairo is a city of splendor and spectacle, long celebrated as much for its warmth and bustling street life as for the legacy of its tumultuous past. Yet for the countless visitors who fall under its spell, the prolonged din of its crowds and traffic can seem overwhelming at times, tempting them out of the city’s open spaces into its shadow light, the cooler, quieter interiors of restaurants, homes, hotels and terraces. Cairo Inside Out evokes the light and moods of this great metropolis with stunning photographs shot from the city’s indoor havens. We observe it through and from nostalgic haunts, such as Café Riche and the Windsor Hotel, and look out onto its great sights – the Nile, the Red Pyramid at Dahshur, Ibn Tulun mosque – from the most intimate urban interiors, homes, and watersides. For those who may have lived in Cairo, this is a reminder of a city that moves and yet remains wonderfully unchanged. For visitors and residents, this evocative collection, an unabashed homage to Cairo’s persistent color and allure, will inspire them to visit those places once more.
November 2016 160 pages 210 x 210mm Hardback £19.50 9789774167560 150 colour photographs The American University in Cairo Press
Trevor Naylor is the author of Living Normally: Where Life Comes Before Style. He lives normally in Cairo.
Grand Hotels of Egypt In the Golden Age of Travel Andrew Humphreys £18.99 Paperback 9789774167195 AUCP
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GAYER-ANDERSON
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The Life and Afterlife of the Irish Pasha LOUISE FOXCROFT A fascinating biography of the renowned Orientalist and collector, who wrestled Turks and crocodiles Based on the personal journals of Robert Grenville GayerAnderson (1881–1945), Egyptologist, poet, surgeon, soldier, psychic, and noted collector, this candid and charming historical biography tells of Gayer-Anderson’s strange and eclectic life in the final days of the British empire. As a child, he crossed an unforgiving America with his entrepreneurial and eccentric Irish parents. As a man, he immersed himself in the Arab way of life as colonials seldom did; he sailed the Nile, wrestled Turks and crocodiles, fought at Gallipoli, smoked opium, performed surgery in the desert and survived an assassination attempt. His personal journals are filled with frank accounts of his exploits and of the illustrious and colorful people who wandered by: Lawrence of Arabia, Gordon, Kitchener, Conan-Doyle, Eric Gill and Stephen Spender, among others. Drugs, race, class, family, sex and selfhood are vividly mixed in this tale of two wars, colonial life, medicine, anthropology and psychic phenomena. The stiff-upper-lipped ritual of a very British upbringing vied with his Romantic and consuming love of beauty, vividly embodied in the Gayer-Anderson Museum in Cairo, which to this day houses his vast collection of carpets, furniture, glassware, and other curios.
November 2016 272 pages 230 x 150mm Hardback £24.95 9789774168000 12 B&W illustrations The American University in Cairo Press
Louise Foxcroft is a prize-winning historian and Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Magdalene College, Cambridge. She has published six books, and has appeared on television and radio.
Howard Carter The Path to Tutankhamun TGH James £12.99 Paperback 9781845112585 Tauris Parke Paperbacks
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The Necropolis of the Sons of the Sun MIROSLAV VERNER A comprehensive account of half a century’s excavation and investigation at one of Egypt’s most significant pyramid sites At the centre of the world-famous pyramid field of the Memphite necropolis lies a group of pyramids, temples and tombs named after the nearby village of Abusir. Long overshadowed by the more familiar pyramids at Giza and December 2016 Saqqara, this area has nonetheless been the site, for the last 352 pages 230 x 150mm Hardback £29.95 fifty years, of an extensive operation to discover its past. 9789774167904
This thoroughly updated in-depth study documents the 25 color illustrations and line uncovering by a dedicated team of Czech archaeologists of drawings a hitherto neglected wealth of ancient remains dating from The American University in Cairo the Old Kingdom to the Late Period. This is Abusir, realm of Press Osiris, God of the dead, and its story is one of both modern archaeology and the long-buried mysteries that it seeks to uncover. Miroslav Verner is an Egyptologist, archaeologist and epigrapher who has been working in archaeological excavation and research in Egypt since 1964, and has published thirteen academic monographs and numerous academic articles. He is the author of Temple of the World: Sanctuaries, Cults, and Mysteries of Ancient Egypt (AUC Press, 2013).
Tombs of the South Asasif Necropolis, Vol 1 Thebes, Karakhamun (TT 223), and Karabasken (TT 391) in the Twenty-fifth Dynasty Edited by Elena Pischikova £49.50 Hardback 9789774166181 AUCP
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AUTHENTIC EGYPTIAN COOKING
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From the Table of Abou el Sid NEHAL LEHETA Traditionally, Egyptian cooking has been best practiced and enjoyed at home, where generations of unrecorded family recipes have been the sustaining repertoire for daily meals as well as sumptuous holiday feasts. Abou El Sid, one of Cairo’s most famous restaurants, has become well known for its authentic Egyptian dishes, and now presents more than fifty of its most classic recipes in a cookbook for the enjoyment of home cooks all over the world. Egyptians will recognise their favorites, from holiday dishes such as Fettah to the arrays of appetisers like aubergine with garlic, special lentils, and tahina; those new to Middle Eastern food will find the recipes simple and simply delicious, and enjoy the Egyptian table even if they don’t have the heritage of the pharaohs in their family backgrounds. Nehal Leheta is an interior designer in Cairo with a strong interest in cuisine. She has designed a number of restaurant interiors in Egypt, and is a co-founder of Design Point, an interior and architecture design and consulting firm. October 2016 144 pages 240 x 190mm Paperback 9789774167430 £14.95
AMARNA SUNRISE
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Egypt from Golden Age to Age of Heresy AIDAN DODSON The latter part of the fifteenth century B.C. saw Egypt’s political power reach its zenith, with an empire that stretched from beyond the Euphrates in the north to much of what is now Sudan in the south. The wealth that flowed into Egypt allowed its kings to commission some of the most stupendous temples of all time, some of the greatest dedicated to Amun-Re, King of the Gods. Yet a century later these temples lay derelict, the god’s images, names and titles all erased in an orgy of iconoclasm by Akhenaten, the devotee of a single sun-god. This book traces the history of Egypt from the death of the great warrior-king Thutmose III to the high point of Akhenaten’s reign, when the known world brought gifts to his newly built capital city of Amarna, in particular looking at the way in which the cult of the sun became increasingly important to even ‘orthodox’ kings, culminating in the transformation of Akhenaten’s father, Amenhotep III, into a solar deity in his own right. Aidan Dodson is a senior research fellow in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol, where he teaches Egyptology. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2003. He is the author of Amarna Sunset, Poisoned Legacy, and Afterglow of Empire. October 2016 288 pages 230 x 150mm Paperback 9789774167744 £12.95
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3D Warhol 49 Abdelmegid, Bahaa 67 Abusir 75 Al-Berry, Khaled 72 Alberto Giacometti 49 Alice in Westminster 20 Almond, Philip C. 40 Amarna Sunrise 76 Ancient Egypt in Poetry 71 Andalucia 39 Anglo-Saxons, The 31 Architecture of Psychoanalysis, The 58 Argentina 22 Army of the Night 47 Art and Architecture 58 Art Direction and Production Design 54 Authentic Egyptian Cooking 76 Authorship and the Films of David Lynch 52 Axel Munthe 41 Babylon 40 Badiou Reframed 59 Baldick, Julian 36 Bardaouil, Sam 61 Basilicas of Ethiopia, The 33 Bassiouney, Reem 66 Bate, David 61 Battles for Freedom 15 Baumer, Christoph 32 Beautiful White Cat Walks with Me, A 64 Being Bionic 56 Beirut Anthology, A 70 Bell, Gertrude 47 Berlin 39 Black Artists in British Art 48 Brenner, Björn 6 Brexit 10 Brock, George 12 Broers, Michael 26 Brooker, Will 50 Brough, Gideon 24 Brown, Lucy 53 Buehler, Arthur F. 36 Burgess, Anthony 47 Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 35 Cairo Inside Out 73 Calvert, Bronwen 56 Campbell, Angus 27 Chambers, D.S. 25 Chambers, Eddie 48 China 23 Churchill on Europe 11
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Church of the East, The 32 Cinematography 55 Cockcroft, Laurence 14 Commins, David 9 Corner, Mark 10 Costume, Makeup and Hair 54 Crime Museum Uncovered, The 35 Dalby, Andrew 68 Dana-Haeri, Jila 69 Dark Heart of Hitler’s Europe, The 43 DeGroot, Gerard 17 Delft Blue to Denim Blue 51 Dillon, Michael 23 Dingel, Eva 7 Dodson, Aidan 76 Dummett, Jeremy 27 Duthie, Lyndsay 53 Editing and Special/Visual Effects 55 Edwards, Andrew & Suzanne 39 Eldaief, Dyna 69 Emperor of the Five Rivers 37 Erasmo, Mario 38 Ernest Hemingway 47 Essa, Ibrahim 62 Euro Crisis in the Media, The 12 European Union, The 10 Evita 22 Experimental Fashion 60 Fadel, Youssef 64 Farquharson-Roberts, Mike 41 Farzana 37 Final Bet, The 65 Finlayson, Iain 47 Fischer, Lucy 54 Fletcher, Stella 25 Fog of Peace, The 8 Foner, Eric 15 Forever Stardust 50 Forsyth, Hazel 35 Foxcroft, Louise 74 Fragments of a Lost Homeland 28 Freely, John 44 Friedlander, Maria-Jose & Bob 33 From a Persian Kitchen 69 Fromherz, Allen J. 9 Gayer-Anderson 74 Gaza Under Hamas 6 Genç, Kaya 4, 71 Generation M 1 Global Corruption 14 Gorton, T.J. 70 www.ibtauris.com
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Gossage, Carolyn 33 Gotham Rising 18 Granata, Francesca 60 Grand Hotels of Egypt 73 Grummitt, David 24 Gülen Movement in Turkey, The 5 Hamdouchi, Abdelilah 65 Handyside, Fiona 52 Hedges, Jill 22 Hicks, Leonie V. 31 Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia 33 History of Central Asia, Vol III, The 32 History of the Royal Navy, A: World War I 41 Hoffbrand, Julia 35 Hopkins, John 46 Howard Carter 74 Hughes, Howard 57 Humphreys, Andrew 73 Hunting the Dark Knight 50 Hussein, Amr 68 I’m Buffy and You’re History 56 Inside the Seraglio 44 Irregular War 72 Istanbul Anthology, An 71 James, TGH 74 Jangfeldt, Bengt 41 Janmohamed, Shelina 1 Journalism and PR 13 Journalism in an Age of Terror 13 Keating, Patrick 55 Keay, Julia 37 Keil, Charlie 55 Keily, Jackie 35 Kendall, Elisabeth 8 Khalifa, Khaled 63 Klos, Felix 11 Kreitner, Richard 15 Krueger, Marcel 39 Lancashire Witches, The 40 Lawrence, D. H. 47 Lawrence, T. E. 45 Leheta, Nehal 76 Lewis Carroll 29 Lewis, Jon 53 Leyser, Henrietta 31 Life Is More Beautiful than Paradise 72 Ling, Alex 59 Liquid Space 57 Lloyd, John 13 Longest Day, The 47 Longing of the Dervish, The 66
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Mabon, Simon 2 MacMullen, Doriana 73 MacShane, Denis 10 Madrid 18 Man Behind the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, The 29 Manley, Deborah 70 Mao 23 Marnham, Patrick 47 Marsoobian, Armen T. 28 Martin, William H. 29 Mason, Sandra 29 Mathews, Timothy 49 McLean, Adrienne L. 54 Mehdawy, Magda 68 Miard-Delacroix, Hélène 21 Mint, The 45 Mission and the Kingdom, The 9 Molla Nasreddin 34 Moorehead, Caroline 42 Morgan Evans, Thomas 49 Morgan, Iwan 17 Morgan, Kenneth 30 Mortal Designs 66 Moubayed, Sami 3, 7 Mystical Islam 36 My Way 1 Napoleonic Mediterranean, The 26 Nasrallah, Ibrahim 63 Naylor, Trevor 73 Neumann, Peter R. 3 No Knives in the Kitchens of This City 63 Nye 21 Orbach, Larry 43 Orbach-Smith, Vivien 43 Origins of ISIS, The 2 Otared 62 Outer Limits 57 Palermo, City of Kings 27 Palestine in Israeli School Books 6 Parker, Rozsika 51 Peled-Elhanan, Nurit 6 Pender, Patricia 56 Persian Pictures 47 Pharaoh’s Kitchen, The 68 Photography and Surrealism 61 Picard, Robert G. 12 Picco, Giandomenico 8 Pischikova, Elena 75 Pollitt, Katha 15 Popes and Britain, The 25 Popes, Cardinals and War 25 www.ibtauris.com
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Power Struggles in the Middle East 7 Priam’s Gold 42 Producing 53 Qatar 9 Rabie, Mohammad 62 Radicalized 3 Rare Blue Bird Flies With Me, A 64 Reagan 17 Recognizing Sufism 36 Redmond, Sean 57 Reeves, Rachel 20 Reimagining a Lost Armenian Home 28 Rendell, Jane 58 Revolt in the Desert 45 Rifkind, Gabrielle 8 Right to be Forgotten, The 12 Rise and Fall of Owain GlynDwr, The 24 Rocamora, Agnès 60 Rogers, Paul 72 Roots and Culture 48 Royle, Stephen 2 Russian Revolution, The 30 Ryan, Cornelius 47 Ryan, Donald P. 71 Salvo, Mario di 33 Saudi Arabia and Iran 2 Secret War in Shanghai 42 Selling Ronald Reagan 17 Seneca 59 Seymour, Michael 40 Shalaby, Khairy 67 Sheikh, Mohamed 37 Short History of the Normans, A 31 Short History of the Wars of the Roses, A 24 Short History of Transatlantic Slavery, A 30 Short, Philip 23 Sicily and the Enlightenment 27 Siddiqui, Mona 1 Slavs & Tatars 34 Smelik, Anneke 51, 60 Sofia Coppola 52 South American Diaries, The 46 Spalding, Frances 47 Star, Christopher 59 Stein, Ewan 8 Stewart, Jules 18 Strolling Through Istanbul 44 Strolling Through Rome 38 Subversive Stitch, The 51 Sullivan, Paul 39 Sumner-Boyd, Hilary 44
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Surrealism in Egypt 61 Swain, Geoffrey 30 Syria 47 Syria and the USA 7 Tangier 47 Tangier Diaries, The 46 Taste of Egypt, The 69 Tastes of Byzantium 68 Tee, Caroline 5 Televangelist, The 62 Temple Bar 67 Terrible Exile 19 Thinking Through Fashion 60 Thomas-Symonds, Nicklaus 21 Time of White Horses 63 Time-Travels of the Man Who Sold Pickles and Sweets, The 67 Todd, Antony 52 Tombs of the South Asasif Necropolis, Vol I 75 Toogood, Laura 13 Trevelyan, Laura 16 Turkey 5 TV Studio Production Handbook, The 53 Twenty-First Century Jihad 8 Twilight in Italy 47 Under the Black Flag 3 Under the Shadow 4 Unmasked 14 Unwin, Brian 19 Vanessa Bell 47 Verner, Miroslav 75 Very British Family, A 16 Visitors to Verona 38 Wakeling, Edward 29 Wasserstein, Bernard 42 Webb, Caroline 38 Wegener, Anne-Christine 14 What Next? 11 Whissel, Kristen 55 Whitefly 65 Who is Hillary Clinton? 15 Wilding, Peter 11 Willy Brandt 21 Winchester, The 16 Winstone, Martin 43 With Respect, Minister 19 Women Travellers on the Nile 70 Young Lothar 43 Ziada, Hammour 66 Zürcher, Erik J. 5
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