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The History of Islamic Theology
	Nagel, Tilman (translated by Thomas Thornton) Subject: Middle East, Religion	The book presents Muslim beliefs about God’s relationship to humans by drawing on relevant Islamic sources from Muhammad to modern times. In connection with the social and political history of Islam, the reader is introduced to the central ideas and … More Information

The History of the Maritime Wars of the Turks
	Çelebi, Kâtip (edited by Svatopluk Soucek) Subject: Middle East, World History	The book at its simplest level is fast-moving adventure story.The book at its simplest level is fast-moving adventure story. It is a breathtaking lesson in the geography and history of that period in which the Ottoman Turks swept past … More Information

The Horrors of Slavery and Other Writings by Robert Wedderburn
	Wedderburn, Robert (edited by Iain MacCalman) Subject: Caribbean	Robert Wedderburn was one of the first promoters of black power by revolutionary force, if necessary. His publications had an enormous impact in his time. The Horrors of Slavery is a vivid record of the history, ideas, and rhetoric of … 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 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 Life and Times of General China: Mau Mau and the End of Empire in Kenya
	Osborne, Myles (editor) Subject: Colonial Africa, Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean	An important addition to the corpus on Mau Mau, this book will be a wonderful asset in the classroom, and will be welcomed by all those interested in Africa’s modern history.” — David M. Anderson, Professor of African History, University … 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

The Travels of Ibn Battuta to India, the Spice Islands, and China
	Ibn Battuta, author; King, Noël Q., translator; Butters, Albion, M., editor Subject: Middle Eastern History, World History, Asia, India, China, Religion	The era in which Ibn Baṭṭūṭa traveled to the East was exciting but turbulent, cursed by the Black Plague and the fall of mighty dynasties. His chronicle provides a first-hand account of increased globalization due to the rise of … More Information

The Waters of the Nile: Hydropolitics and the Jonglei Canal, 1900-1988
	Collins, Robert O. Subject: African History	This is a history of the hydropolitics of the Nile Valley from 1900 to 1988. Attempts to develop the Nile and control its waters are of vital significance to the future of the inhabitants of Egypt, the Sudan, Ethiopia, and … More Information

Underground World of Secret Jews and Africans: Two Tales of Sex, Magic, and Survival in Colonia Cartagena and Mexico City
	Jonathan Schorsch Subject:	“This unique book should be read by scholars and students interested in the historical complexities of religious and racial identity and power.”–Hispanic American Historical Review, August 2022 Spanish colonial society was divided into a caste system based on … More Information