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	Living in Morocco Click picture to look inside With its mountainous and desert landscapes, labyrinthine souks, delectable cuisine, exquisite rugs and textiles, vibrant mosaics, fragrant odours, mesmerizing music and welcoming people, Morocco is an alluring and tantalizing destination. Digging a little deeper into the myth of Morocco, this book brings us this eclectic selection of homes that demonstrate all that is most wonderful about Moroccan style. Flipping through these pages of fairy tale interiors (ideally whilst sipping a steaming cup of sweet, fragrant mint tea) you'll be instantly transported. 'An absolutely gorgeous collection of images that goes beyond the well-trodden tourist path and into people's homes' - TNT, London Authors: Barbara and René Stoeltie Publisher: Taschen ISBN: 3822813834 Published: 2003 Hardcover: 260 x 302 mm, 280 pages Price: £14.99


	Egypt Style Click picture to look inside Ancient culture meets modern style in this wide-ranging selection of interiors throughout Egypt. From an apartment in Cairo to a house at the foot of the pyramids, a casbah on the banks of the Nile, and an Arabian palace, the homes featured within offer the chance to explore Egypts most unique interiors. Authors: Christiane Reiter and Deidi von Schaewen Publisher: Taschen ISBN: 3822839116 Published: 2005 Flexicover: 140 x 195 mm, 192 pages Price: £4.99


	Ancient Egyptian Designs British Museum Pattern Books reproduce in line drawings the rich variety of designs which decorate art and artefacts in The British Museum and elsewhere. This visual anthology of over 300 patterns is drawn from the work of craftsmen in Egypt over three thousand years. Designers, artists, teachers and students will find this series endlessly useful. Publisher: British Museum Publications Author: Eva Wilson ISBN: 0714180610 Published: 2003 Paperback: 128 pages, 276 x 219 mm, 350 black and white illustrations Price: £9.99


	The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History - Ibn Khaldun The Muqaddimah is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldun, this monumental work laid down the foundations of several fields of knowledge, including philosophy of history, sociology, ethnography and economics. The first complete English translation, by the eminent Islamicist and interpreter of Arabic literature Franz Rosenthal, was published in three volumes in 1958 and received immediate acclaim. A one-volume abridged version of Rosenthal's masterful translation was first published in 1969. This new edition of the abridged version will reintroduce this seminal work to twenty-first-century students and scholars of Islam and of medieval and ancient history. From review of Princeton's original edition: 'Undoubtedly the greatest work of its kind that has ever been created by any mind in any time or place...the most comprehensive and illuminating analysis of how human affairs work that has been made anywhere' - Arnold J. Toynbee, Observer Publisher: Princeton University Press Translated by Franz Rosenthal Edited and abridged by N.J. Dawood ISBN: 0691120544 Published: 2004 Paperback: 504 pages, 127 x 203 mm Price: £15.95


	Naguib Mahfouz - Cairo Trilogy 1: Palace Walk 'It is Mahfouz's wonderful ability to delineate human beings from their outer appearances which gives Palace Walk its universal appeal. I shall read it again and again' - The Guardian, UK 'His masterpiece' - The Sunday Times Palace Walk is the first volume of the celebrated Cairo Trilogy, the story of twentieth century Egypt told through the eyes of the Al Jawad family. A sweeping family saga crossing three generations, the trilogy is set in the old quarter of Cairo, and spans the decades from the early part of the century to Nasser's historic overthrowal of the old regime in 1952. Palace Walk opens during the First World War. Ahmad, a prosperous shopkeeper, is a tyrant at home, who terrorises his devoted wife Amina and keeps her in strict seclusion behind the house's latticed windows. One day, however, Amina is persuaded to venture outside by her young son, but is discovered by Ahamd, who consequently banishes her from his home. As the story unfolds, we discover the sleazier side of Cairo and begin to see Ahmad's behaviour is not quite as moral as he would have his family believe... Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo in 1911 and began writing when he was seventeen. A student of philosophy and an avid reader, Mr Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. He lives in the Cairo suburb of Agouza with his wife and two daughters. Voted one of Africa's 100 best books of the past century. Publisher: Black Swan ISBN: 0552995800 Published: 1994 Paperback: 512 pages, 198 x 127 mm Price: £9.99


	Naguib Mahfouz - Cairo Trilogy 2: Palace of Desire 'Teeming with life and contention...it promises riches' - Anthony Burgess, The Independent 'A magnificent, Tolstoyan saga...unmissable' - Cosmopolitan Palace of Desire is the second volume of the celebrated Cairo Trilogy, in which the story of Al-Sayid Ahmad and his family is continued. Here we find the ageing patriarch pursuing a sexually alluring lute-player - only to find she has married his eldest son. Meanwhile, the women of the family test the loosening reins of parental and societal domination and the idealistic younger son ardently courts a rich, sophisticated young woman, in an affecting portrayal of unrequited love that is in many ways a portrait of the young Mahfouz. Palace of Desire, like Palace Walk, is a rich and teeming chronicle in which the city of Cairo becomes a character itself. Filled with compelling drama and earthy humour, this is an unforgettable story of the sometimes violent clash between ideals and realities, dreams and desires, which again displays Mahfouz's masterful storytelling talent. Naguib Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. Voted one of Africa's 100 best books of the past century. Publisher: Black Swan ISBN: 0552995819 Published: 1994 Paperback: 432 pages, 198 x 127 mm Price: £8.99


	Naguib Mahfouz - Cairo Trilogy 3: Sugar Street 'Sugar Street is a marvellous novel, with many messages, open and concealed, for those who will be instructed' - The Times Literary Supplement 'Mahfouz's sequence telescopes a family chronicle into an unparalleled picture of Egypt' - The Times Sugar Street is the third and concluding volume of the celebrated Cairo Trilogy, which brings the story of Al-Sayid Ahmad and his family up to the middle of the twentieth century. Ageing and ill, the family patriarch surveys the world from his house's latticed balcony, as his long-suffering wife once did. While his children face middle age, it is through his grandsons that we see a modern Egypt emerging. Naguib Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. Voted one of Africa's 100 best books of the past century. Publisher: Black Swan ISBN: 0552995827 Published: 1994 Paperback: 320 pages, 198 x 127 mm Price: £8.99


	Gilgamesh Gilgamesh is the first and one of the most important works of world literature. Written in ancient Mesopotamia in the second millennium BCE, it predates the Iliad by roughly 1,000 years. Gilgamesh is extraordinarily modern in its emotional power but also provides an insight into the values of an ancient culture and civilisation. Gilgamesh is a born leader, but in an attempt to control his growing arrogance, the Gods create Enkidu, a wild man, his equal in strength and courage. Enkidu is trapped by a temple prostitute, civilised through sexual experience and brought to Gilgamesh. They become best friends and battle evil together. After Enkidu's death the distraught Gilgamesh sets out on a journey to find Utnapishtim, the survivor of the Great Flood, made immortal by the Gods to ask him the secret of life and death. 'It was a revelation. The translation is superb' - Harold Pinter Publisher: Profile Books Translator: Stephen Mitchell ISBN: 1861977182 Published: 2004 Hardback: 288 pages Price: £14.99


	The Travels of Ibn Battutah Ibn Battutah was just 21 when he set out in 1325 from his native Tangier on a pilgrimage to Mecca. He did not return to Morocco for another 29 years, travelling instead through more than 40 countries on the modern map, covering 75,000 miles and getting as far north as the Volga, as far east as China and as far south as Tanzania. He wrote of his travels, and comes across as a superb ethnographer, biographer, anecdotal historian and occasional botanist and gastronome. Publisher: Pan Macmillan Editor: Tim Mackintosh-Smith ISBN: 0330418793 Published: 2003 Paperback Price: £8.99


	T. E. Lawrence - Seven Pillars of Wisdom Although 'continually and bitterly ashamed' that the Arabs had risen in revolt against the Turks as a result of fraudulent British promises of self-rule, Lawrence led them in a triumphant campaign which revolutionized the art of war. Seven Pillars of Wisdom recreates epic events with extraordinary vividness. In the words of E. M. Forster, 'Round this tent-pole of a military chronicle, T. E. has hung an unexampled fabric of portraits, descriptions, philosophies, emotions, adventures, dreams'. However flawed, Lawrence is one of the twentieth century's most fascinating figures. This is the greatest monument to his character and achievements. Publisher: Penguin Classics ISBN: 0141182768 Published: 2000 Paperback: 704 pages Price: £10.99


	World Music (vol. 1) - Africa, Europe and the Middle East World Music Volume 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East has full coverage of everything from Congolese soukous to Greek rembetika, and biographies from Thomas Mapfumo to Cheb Khaled to the Afro Celt Sound System. Includes more than 80 articles from expert contributors, focusing on the popular and roots music live and on disc. Extensive discographies for each country, with biography notes on nearly 2000 musicians and reviews of the best available CDs. Publisher: Rough Guides ISBN: 1858286352 Published: 1999 Paperback: 781 pages Price: £17.99


	Islamic Designs British Museum Pattern Books reproduce in line drawings the rich variety of patterns and designs which decorate art and artefacts in The British Museum and elsewhere. This visual anthology of 280 designs and patterns is drawn from the rich heritage of Islamic art. Publisher: British Museum Publications ISBN: 0714180661 Published: 2003 Paperback: 128 pages, 276 x 219 mm, 280 black and white illustrations Price: £9.99


	Islam - Eyewitness Guide Click picture to look inside Explore the communities and cultures that make up Islam in this unique guide to the faith, history and traditions of the Islamic world, both past and present. Beautiful manuscripts and contemporary photographs, together with a clear account of the spread of Islam across several continents, combine to present a dramatic 'eyewitness' view of this complex religion. Find out what the Qur'an means to Muslims around the world, and see what elements make up The Five Pillars of Islam. Examining everything from why Muslims look to Mecca, to the Holy Law of Islam, and the importance of Ramadan, you'll discover the many faces of Islam. Journey along the original trade routes with great travellers such as Ibn Battuta, and see how spices, books and fake antiques were exchanged. With sections on everything from classical Islamic art to festivals and family life, this rich and compelling book provides a unique view of Islam. Suitable for children 8 years and above Publisher: Dorling Kindersley ISBN: 0751347752 Published: 2002 Hardback: 64 pages, 216 x 280 mm Price: £9.99


	The Qur'an This major new translation is accurate, easy to read and free from the archaisms, incoherence, and alien structures that mar most existing translations. It explains stylistic features peculiar to Arabic, and offers solutions to the difficulties of rendering these into English. Respect for the immediate context and different aspects of meaning produces greater clarity of meaning; dialogue addressed to the Prophet is identified to avoid confusion. Paragraphing and punctuation have been added to assist meaning and sentence structure. The beginning of each verse is marked in small superscript type in order not to interrupt the flow or distract the reader. The introduction offers a brief history of the revelation and compilation of the Qur'an, its structure and stylistic features, and considers issues of interpretation in relation to militancy, tolerance and the role of women. Notes explain geographical, historical, and personal allusions and cross-referencing within the Qur'an. 'one of the best [translations] to have appeared in recent times' - Muslim News Translator: M. A. S. Abdel Haleem Publisher: Oxford World's Classics ISBN: 0192831933 Published: 2005 Paperback: 512 pages, 1 map, 196 x 129 mm Price: £7.99

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