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Saladin
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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… |
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Cleopatra
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Stacy Schiff |
From back cover: Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons; her supple personality and the drama of her circumstances have been lost. In a mas… |
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Antony and Cleopatra
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Adrian Keith Goldsworthy |
In this dual biography of the two great lovers of antiquity, historian Adrian Goldsworthy goes beyond myth and romance to create a portrait of his subjects--who were first and foremost political anim… |
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Casting off the veil
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Sania Sharawi Lanfranchi |
Born into a wealthy and powerful Egyptian family, Huda Shaarawi was destined to lead a leisurely life in luxurious settings. She decided instead to acquire an education and to participate in the libe… |
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Dreams of Isis
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Normandi Ellis |
417 p. ; 24 cm |
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Oleander, Jacaranda
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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… |
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The angel
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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 … |
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The voice of Egypt
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Virginia Danielson |
Umm Kulthum, the "voice of Egypt," was the most celebrated musical performer of the century in the Arab world. More than twenty years after her death, her devoted audience, drawn from all strata of A… |
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The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge
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Laura Lee Hope |
The Bobbsey Twins solve a mystery which has estranged an old man and his nephew. |
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Nefertari, Princess of Egypt
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Roberta Angeletti |
While visiting Egypt with her parents, Anna follows a cat into a tomb and meets Nefertari who gives her a tour and explains about ancient Egyptian gods and customs. |
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Cleopatra
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Michel Chauveau |
""Cleopatra": kohl and vipers, barges and thrones, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. We have long been schooled in the myth of the Egyptian ruler. In his new book Michel Chauveau brings us a pictu… |
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Ramses II
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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:… |
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