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The Island of Cuba: A Political Essay
	von Humboldt, Alexander (additional sections by Luis Martínez-Fernández and Frank Argote-von Freyre; translated by Shelley Frisch) Subject: Caribbean	Winner of the Lydia Cabrera Award This book remains an up-to-date and engrossing document more than one hundred fifty years after its initial publication. The Island of Cuba is a key source for studies of 19th-century Cuba and … More Information

Islands of the Ottoman Empire
	Hadjikyriacou, Antonis Subject: Middle East	The Ottoman Empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic. It included islands such as Cyprus, Crete, Rhodes, and many smaller ones in the Aegean, Adriatic, and Black Seas. These islands were its frontiers, … More Information

Israel and Palestine: Peace Plans and Proposals from Oslo to Disengagement (Updated 2008 Edition)
	Golan, Galia Subject: Middle East	“Delivering a readable and remarkably evenhanded account, Golan, an Israeli activist and professor of government, dissects each of the major Israeli and Palestinian peace attempts, from Oslo in 1993 to the 2005 Israeli disengagement from Gaza, and evaluates the current … More Information

Ivies in Athens: The Deep Bond Between Two Great Sporting Traditions: The Olympic Games and The Ivy League
	Bashivi, Jay V. Subject: U.S. History, World History	This remarkable history gives light to the Ivy League’s role in the fabric of the Olympic Games— thrilling victories, disappointing defeats, and enduring stories, topped off by a rare all-time index of Ivy League Olympians. The relationship between Ivy League … More Information

Japan’s Economy: A Bibliography of Its Past and Present
	Wray, William D. Subject: Asia	This useful bibliography covers Early Modern Japan (Tokugawa period through the Restoration era), Modern Japan (1868-1945, World War II, the Occupation and Postwar eras) and Contemporary Japan.

Japanese History and Culture from Ancient to Modern Times: Seven Basic Bibliographies
	Dower, John W. and Timothy S. George Subject: Asia, Japan	A collection of seven bibliographies on Japanese history and culture from ancient to modern times. It should be useful as a research list, and seeks to include many unusual, elusive and valuable sources. “An imagination and comprehensive guide … More Information

Jews and Judaism in African History
	Hull, Richard Subject: Africa, Religion, Middle East, Jewish Studies	This timely book is the first to cover the history of Jews from the times of Alexander the Great and Caesar to Idi Amin and Nelson Mandela. Jews have often been a marginalized minority, yet they have played a role … More Information

Jews of a Saharan Oasis: The Elimination of the Tamantit Community
	Hunwick, John Subject: Africa, Religion, Jewish Studies, Middle East	“Jews spread out from Israel into northern Africa after the Roman destruction of much of Jerusalem in 70 C.E. and settled in Saharan oases. Although there was no love for Jews after the birth of Islam five centuries later, Muslim … More Information

Jews of Nigeria: An Afro-Judaic Odyssey
	Miles, William F. S. Subject: Africa, Religion, Jewish Studies	While Jews have long had a presence in Ethiopia and the Maghreb, Africa’s newest Jewish community of note is in Nigeria, where upwards of twenty thousand Igbos are commonly claimed to have adopted Judaism. Bolstered by customs recalling an Israelite … More Information

Jihad: A History in Documents (2016 Expanded Edition)
	Peters, Rudolph F. Subject: Religion, Middle East	This updated and expanded 2016 edition of the classic text on Muslim thinking about war and peace features new chapters on jihad after 9/11, including translations and analyses of fatwas from ISIS and al-Qaeda. “Helps us understand the wider … More Information