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Amistad: A Hidden Network of Slavers and Merchants
	Zeuske, Michael (translated by Steven Rendall) Subject: Slavery, African History, Caribbean History, US History, African History	“This very readable book will be accessible to wide audiences, scholars specialized in slavery and Atlantic studies, and students at all levels. The story moves from the most well-known parts of this history (the Amistad case in popular history), … More Information

Women in the Islamic World: From Earliest Times to the Arab Spring
	Schneider, Irene (translated by Steven Rendall) Subject: Middle Eastern Studies, Women Studies, Religion, World History	This book describes and analyzes the different roles women have played in the Islamic world, past and present. Starting with Sharia regulations and their applications in societies throughout history, Schneider observes and pinpoints the obstacles and opportunities women … More Information

Simón Bolívar: History and Myth
	Zeuske, Michael (translated by Steven Rendall) Subject: Latin America	All over Latin America, and especially in the Venezuela of Hugo Chavez, Latin America’s liberator, Simón Bolívar, is a political idol and symbol of that continent’s new political self-confidence. The legends about him remain alive and have been the basis … More Information

The Siege of Magdala: The British Empire Against the Emperor of Ethiopia
	Matthies, Volker (foreword by Richard Pankhurst; translated by Steven Rendall) Subject: Africa, Europe, World History	In 1867-68, a petty diplomatic dispute between Ethiopian emperor Tewodros II and Queen Victoria led to one of the strangest and most dramatic military campaigns in history. The British Indian Army, with 60,000 men, 30,000 elephants, mules and horses, and … More Information

Islam in Europe: The Lure of Fundamentalism and the Allure of Cosmopolitanism
	Göle, Nilüfer Subject: Europe, Middle East, Religion	French Selection for the PEN World Voices Literary Festival Islam in Europe is a book full of striking images: the assassination of and the death threats against artists and intellectuals; violent demonstrations demanding Sharia [Koranic] law for … More Information

Iran: A Short History
	Gronke, Monika (translated by Steven Rendall) Subject: Middle East, Religion	No country in the Islamic Middle East presents as unique and distinguished a history and culture as Iran, which has managed to maintain its inherent characteristics — some of them from pre-Islamic times — over the course of centuries of … More Information

African Geopolitics
	Hugon, Philippe (translated by Steve Randall) Subject: Africa, Colonial, World History	For over a thousand years, foreign powers, including the Arabs, Portuguese, Spanish, British, French, and now Chinese, interfered in African affairs to pursue economic and political gains. In a similar way, African rulers exploited this foreign presence for their own … More Information