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China on the Rocks

China: Alive in the Bitter Sea

by Fox Butterfield

From the Center of the Earth: The Search for the Truth about China

by Richard Bernstein


La Grande Mademoiselle

Nadia Boulanger: A Life in Music

by Léonie Rosenstiel


The Black Sheep of Pokrovskoe

The Life and Times of Grigorii Rasputin

by Alex de Jonge


Death of Venice

A History of Venice

by John Julius Norwich


Conjuring with Islam

Muslim Society

by Ernest Gellner

Loyalty and Leadership in an Early Islamic Society

by Roy P. Mottahedeh

On Understanding Islam: Selected Studies

by Wilfred Cantwell Smith

Islam and Revolution: Writings and Declarations of Imam Khomeini

translated and annotated by Hamid Algar

Studies on Islam

translated and edited by Merlin L. Swartz

Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World

by Edward W. Said

Islam in the Modern World and Other Studies

by Elie Kedourie

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The Priestly Comedy of J. F. Powers

Prince of Darkness and Other Stories

by J.F. Powers

Morte d'Urban

by J.F. Powers


Did FDR Invite the Pearl Harbor Attack?

At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

by Gordon W. Prange, in collaboration with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon

Infamy: Pearl Harbor and Its Aftermath

by John Toland


Fun in the Waste Land

Looking for Laforgue: An Informal Biography

by David Arkell


Mysteries in History

After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection

by James West Davidson and Mark Hamilton Lytle


The Rape of the Voice

Diva

directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, screenplay by Jean-Jacques Beineix and Jean Van Hamme. (adapated from the novel by Delacorta)


Slums of Empire

Growing Up Stupid Under the Union Jack

by Austin Clarke

Crown Jewel

by Ralph de Boissière


The Unhappy Medium

Thomas Couture and the Eclectic Vision

by Albert Boime


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