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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Saladin Saladin John Brian Walter "Who was the real Saladin? To answer this question, A. R. Azzam argues, it is essential to appreciate the age Saladin lived in. The first major biography of Saladin for twenty years, A. R. Azzam's ac… OL11971228W
Oleander, Jacaranda Oleander, Jacaranda Penelope Lively A poignant and bittersweet memoir from the distinguished British fiction writer Penelope Lively, Oleander, Jacaranda evokes the author's unusual childhood growing up English in Egypt during the 1930s… OL1983041W
The angel The angel Uri Bar-Joseph "The first English-language book to tell the sensational story of Ashraf Marwan, a top Egyptian official who spied for the Mossad and almost singlehandedly saved Israel from defeat in the Yom Kippur … OL20033558W
Ramses II Ramses II Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt "Over thirty-two centuries ago the glory of Ramses II - regarded as the living incarnation of God himself - radiated throughout Egypt. His sixty-seven year reign was punctuated with marvelous events:… OL9920697W