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  • Shadows of My Father

    The Memoirs of Martin Luther's Son

    by Christoph Werner ...
    In celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, an enthralling and original novel that brings to life one of Christianity's most significant figures, Martin Luther, and the tumultuous world of late medieval Germany that shaped—and was reshaped by—him, told through the fictional letters and diary entries of his youngest son, Paul.Growing up in the shadow of his strict and pious father, ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Richard of Cornwall. An Englishman on the German throne

    Historical Tale

    by Christoph Werner ...
    This book is about Richard of Cornwall, an English earl and brother of the English king, who became King of the Germans in 1257 This historical tale tells his story. It takes the reader back to those turbulent times and into the life and deeds of Richard, "the wealthiest prince in Christendom", a man more inclined to resolve conflicts through negotiations than war. ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Culture and Cultural Politics Under Reza Shah

    The Pahlavi State, New Bourgeoisie and the Creation of a Modern Society in Iran

    Edited by Bianca Devos, Christoph Werner ...
    Series series Iranian Studies
    Culture and Cultural Politics Under Reza Shah presents a collection of innovative research on the interaction of culture and politics accompanying the vigorous modernization programme of the first Pahlavi ruler. Examining a broad spectrum of this multifaceted interaction it makes an important contribution to the cultural history of the 1920s and 1930s in Iran, when, under the rule of Reza Shah ... Read more

    $101.99 CAD

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  • "They Can Live in the Desert but Nowhere Else"

    A History of the Armenian Genocide

    by Ronald Grigor Suny ...
    Series series Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity
    A definitive history of the 20th century's first major genocide on its 100th anniversaryStarting in early 1915, the Ottoman Turks began deporting and killing hundreds of thousands of Armenians in the first major genocide of the twentieth century. By the end of the First World War, the number of Armenians in what would become Turkey had been reduced by 90 percent—more than a million people. A ... Read more

    $30.79 CAD

  • The Dönme

    Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks

    by Marc David Baer ...
    This book tells the story of the Dönme, the descendents of Jews who resided in the Ottoman Empire and converted to Islam along with their messiah, Rabbi Shabbatai Tzevi, in the seventeenth century. For two centuries following their conversion, the Dönme were accepted as Muslims, and by the end of the nineteenth century rose to the top of Salonikan society. The Dönme helped transform Salonika into ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • Forgotten Voices

    Power and Agency in Colonial and Postcolonial Libya

    by Ali Abdullatif Ahmida ...
    In Forgotten Voices, Ali Abdullatif Ahmida employs archival research, oral interviews and comparative analysis to rethink the history of colonial and nationalist categories and analyses of modern Libya. ... Read more

    $101.99 CAD

  • The Making of Modern Turkey

    Nation and State in Eastern Anatolia, 1913-1950

    by Ugur Ümit Üngör ...
    The eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire used to be a multi-ethnic region where Armenians, Kurds, Syriacs, Turks, and Arabs lived together in the same villages and cities. The disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and rise of the nation state violently altered this situation. Nationalist elites intervened in heterogeneous populations they identified as objects of knowledge, management, and ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • A History of Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Middle East

    by Heather J. Sharkey ...
    Series Book 6 - The Contemporary Middle East
    Across centuries, the Islamic Middle East hosted large populations of Christians and Jews in addition to Muslims. Today, this diversity is mostly absent. In this book, Heather J. Sharkey examines the history that Muslims, Christians, and Jews once shared against the shifting backdrop of state policies. Focusing on the Ottoman Middle East before World War I, Sharkey offers a vivid and lively ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • The Bazaar in the Islamic City

    Design, Culture, and History

    Edited by Mohammad Gharipour ...
    The Middle Eastern bazaar is much more than a context for commerce: the studies in this book illustrate that markets, regardless of their location, scale, and permanency, have also played important cultural roles within their societies, reflecting historical evolution, industrial development, social and political conditions, urban morphology, and architectural functions. This interdisciplinary ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Spies, Sadists and Sorcerers

    The history you weren't taught in school

    by Dominic Selwood ...
    Spies, Sadists and Sorcerers unveils the history you were never taught at school. With a breath-taking sweep spanning Rome to the modern day, popular historian and author Dominic Selwood challenges the traditional version of some of the best-known events of the past. From ancient Christianity to the voyages of Columbus, and from the medieval Crusades to ISIS and the modern Middle East, this book ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • A Brief Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature

    by David Tresilian ...
    Modern Arabic literature remains little known and poorly understood despite growing curiosity among European readers. This brief introduction offers a unique overview, focusing on developments over the last fifty years. It provides a guide to the literary landscape, indicating the major landmarks in the shape of authors, ideas and debates. The picture that emerges shows that the literature of the ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Saxons vs. Vikings

    Alfred the Great and England in the Dark Ages

    by Ed West ...
    Series series Very, Very Short History of England
    A witty and concise look at the beginnings of English history, when the nation consolidated after clashes between the Saxons and invading Vikings.In 871, three of England's four kingdoms were overrun by Vikings, the ruthless, all-conquering Scandinavian raiders who terrorized early medieval Europe. With the Norsemen murdering one king with arrows and torturing another to death by ripping out his ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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