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Kabul Under Siege: Fayz Muhammad’s Account of the 1929 Uprising
	Muhammad, Fayz (translated by R. D. McChesney) Subject: Middle East	In January 1929, the reigning monarch of Afghanistan, Amir Aman Allah Khan, was driven from his capital by a former soldier turned outlaw. The uprising was a response to the ruler’s attempts to modernize the tribal culture of Afghanistan. Kabul, … More Information

Kitsch Tropical: Los medios en la literatura y el arte en América Latina
	Santos, Lidia Subject: Latin America	Named the Best Book on Brazilian Studies 2006 by the Latin American Studies Association “Santos takes a keen look at the way mass culture has influenced artistic production in Latin America during the past 40 years. Santos maintains … More Information

The Kurds: A Divided Nation in Search of a State (2019 Edition)
	Gunter Michael M. Subject: Middle Eastern History, Middle East	Donald Trump betrayed the Kurds, America’s most reliable allies in the fight against ISIS, by announcing in a tweet that US troops would withdraw from Syria. Betrayal is nothing new in Kurdish history, especially by Western powers. The Kurds, a … More Information

The Kurds: A Modern History (2016 Edition)
	Gunter, Michael Subject: Middle Eastern History	“Professor Gunter’s easily accessible book offers readers an excellent state-of-the-art overview of Kurdish studies and reveals the continuities and violent ruptures that have shaped Kurdish history over the course of centuries.” — Hamit Borzarslan, École des hautes études en sciences … More Information

Lamu: History, Society, and Family in an East African Port City
	Romero, Patricia Subject: Africa, Women's History	This book depicts the history of Lamu, once an important East African port city but now known as an unspoiled tourist destination and scenic location for Hollywood movies. Records from both the distant past and the more recent period give … More Information

The Last Great Muslim Empires: History of the Muslim World
	Kissling, Hans J. et al. (translated and adapted by F.R.C. Bagley) Subject: Middle East, Religion, World History	“Islamic history feeds into world history … Islamic civilization became a global phenomenon, for example, in its capacity to receive and absorb culture from one end of the world and then pass it on to other parts of the world. … More Information

The Latest Style: The Fashion Writing of Bianca Valmont and Economies of Domesticity
	Davis, Kathleen E. Subject: Europe, Latin America	From her base in Paris, Bianca Valmont reported fashion and cultural trends for Ultima Moda, a magazine published in Madrid and circulated throughout the Iberian Peninsula, Latin America and the Philippines from 1888 to 1898. Her column was at first … More Information

Law and Society in Islam
	Stewart, Devin J., Baber Johansen, and Amy Singer Subject: Religion	This book covers significant themes explaining the practice of Islamic law. The first essay treats taqiyyah (literally, “caution”), the concealment of one’s religion when to reveal it would incur danger, which is based on a Koranic passage. The author provides … More Information

The Letters and Other Writings of Gustavus Vassa (Olaudah Equiano, the African): Documenting Abolition of the Slave Trade
	Sapoznik, Karlee Anne, editor (foreword by Paul Lovejoy) Subject: African Studies, Caribbean Studies, History of Slavery	Gustavus Vassa (alias Olaudah Equiano, the African) was on the vanguard of the anti-slavery movement in England at the end of the eighteenth century. He provided a voice for people of African descent in the British Atlantic world. His … More Information

The Levant: A Fractured Mosaic
	Harris, William Subject: Middle East: Israel/Palestine/Levant, World History	One of the “10 Must-Read Books on the Evolution of Terrorism in the Middle East” — The Wall Street Journal In the wake of the November terrorist attack in Paris, the Wall Street Journal asked several experts for book recommendations … More Information