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  • The Kiss Murder

    by Mehmet Murat Somer ...
    Series Book 1 - A Turkish Delight Mystery
    The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency meets Pedro Almodovar in this outrageous new series featuring an ultra-glamorous sleuthA male computer technician by day and a transvestite hostess of Istanbul's most notorious nightclub by night, the unnamed heroine of The Kiss Murder is the most charming and hilarious sleuth to debut in recent memory. When Buse, one of the "girls"at her club, fears someone ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Prophet Murders

    A HOP-CIKI-YAYA Thriller

    by Mehmet Murat Somer ...
    Something's gone seriously wrong in Istanbul - a killer is on the loose, and transvestites are being murdered, the modus operandi becoming increasingly bizarre with each death. Our protagonist - fellow transvestite, nightclub owner and glamour puss extraordinaire downs her lipstick and ups the ante in the search for the religious nut. Not an easy task with the pressures of everyday life - ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Serenity Murders

    by Mehmet Murat Somer ...
    Translated by Amy Marie Spangler ...
    Series Book 3 - A Turkish Delight Mystery
    Oh, no! Burçak Veral—kickboxing transvestite, nightclub owner, Audrey Hepburn lookalike, and amateur sleuth—has finally been invited to strut her stuff on a local television show. But during her appearance, an angry viewer calls in vowing to kill off everyone close to Burçak. Later that night, the show’s host is shot dead. What did Burçak do to infuriate the mystery caller? And in a city as ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Gigolo Murder

    by Mehmet Murat Somer ...
    Series Book 2 - A Turkish Delight Mystery
    Istanbul?s most fabulously flamboyant sleuth is back in her second hilarious adventureWith its exotic Istanbul setting and racy peeks into the city?s nightlife, The Kiss Murder left readers eager for more of Mehmet Murat Somer?s charmingly original heroine. Software programmer by day and drag-queen club owner by night, our girl is back again, just jilted and feeling so blue she?s violet?until she ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Return to Point Zero

    The Turkish-Kurdish Question and How Politics and Ideas (Re)Make Empires, Nations, and States

    by Murat Somer ...
    Analyzes Turkey's Kurdish conflict since post-Ottoman nation-building through recent peace attempts, from a novel perspective highlighting the dilemmas of the Turk majority and reshaping our understanding of ethnic conflicts, and offers solutions for a sustainable peace.How did the Turkish-Kurdish Conflict arise? Why have Turks and Kurds failed for so long to solve it? How can they solve it today? ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Remaking Turkey

    Globalization, Alternative Modernities, and Democracies

    by Bülent Aras, Feyzi Baban, Murat Borovali, Asli Cirakman, Simten Cosar, Andrew Davison, Senem Aydin Düzgit, Ahmet Icduygu, Engin Isin, Hasan Bülent Kahraman, E Fuat Keyman, Berrin Koyuncu Lorasdagi, Aylin Özman, Murat Somer, Ömer Turan ...
    Series series Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory
    In recent years there has been an upsurge of interest in Turkey's ability to create a secular, constitutional democracy within a predominantly Muslim population. Remaking Turkey provides a comprehensive and detailed account of how Turkey has achieved the possibility of modernity and democracy in a Muslim social setting as well as the important problems and challenges confronting this achievement. ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

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  • Life as Politics

    How Ordinary People Change the Middle East, Second Edition

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    $30.99 CAD

  • Honor

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    by Elif Shafak ...
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  • Terrifying Muslims

    Race and Labor in the South Asian Diaspora

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  • What You Are

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