Books from I. B. Tauris
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A New Heritage of Horror: The English Gothic Cinema, Revised and Updated Edition
By David PirieFear in the Night Hammer 1971 Colour P / D Jimmy Sangster S Jimmy Sangster , Michael Syson Ph Arthur Grant W Judy ... Ph Nicolas Roeg W Oskar Werner , Julie Christie The Fall of the House of Usher Gib Films 1949 D Ivan Barnett S Duke ...
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Women Under Islam: Gender, Justice and the Politics of Islamic Law
By Chris Jones-PaulyIn this groundbreaking work, Chris Jones-Pauly explores what conditions sustain the most liberal interpretation of Islamic law on gender issues.
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Tropical Medicine and the Late British Empire: Science, Hygiene and Health in the Late British Empire
By Ryan JohnsonJourneying through both metropolitan and colonial sites and considering the perspectives of politicians, businessmen, missionaries, scientists, medical officers and local ruling elite, as well as that of ordinary British, African and South ...
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The Book and the Roses: Sufi Women, Visibility and Zikr in Contemporary Istanbul
By Catharina RaudvereThe Book and the Roses, however, reveals the place of women within Sufism--within its spiritual tradition and within its practice--looking particularly at the zikr prayer (the repetitive act of chanting "the most beautiful names of god").
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Kerr's Voyages 1: Europe, Asia and the Middle East
By Robert Kerr, FRSWith an introduction by a leading scholar this handsome 5 volume set presents Kerr's outstanding achievement in a unique and informative way.
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Kerr S Voyages 2
By Robert Kerr, Simon WinchesterKerr's Voyage 2: The Americas provides a lively account of the major voyages to the Americas--North, South and Central--as well as to the West Indies.
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The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant
By Michael Axworthy"The Sword of Persia" recreates the story of a remarkable, ruthless man, capable of both charm and brutality, who became a monster of insane cruelty.
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Winning Water Security for Palestinians and Israelis: Towards a New Cooperation in Middle East Water Resources
By Sandra Ruckstuhl, Isabelle Learmont, Christopher Stuart WardAn in-depth examination of the state of water security in Israel and Palestine.
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Philosophy: Antiquity and Its Legacy
By Associate Professor of Classical Studies Emily WilsonPhilosophy is arguably the most famous legacy bequeathed by the classical world to the modern age. But what is 'philosophy'? Is it an intellectual discipline, as it tends to be categorised in today's academic departments of philosophy?
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Smoke Signals: From Eminence to Exile
By Alexandra Fanny BrodskyAlexandra Brodsky has drawn on family archives and Russian-language publications to sketch her ancestors' life of affluence before the Russian Revolution.
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To Independence and Beyond: Memoirs of a Colonial Commonwealth Civil Servant
By Peter SnelsonThe importance of education and training in developing countries is central to Peter Snelson's memoirs. After Cambridge, RAF service and teaching in Britain, in 1954 he went to Zambia (then...
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Eden, Suez and the Mass Media: Propaganda and Persuasion during the Suez Crisis
By Tony ShawThis new edition of the definitive history of the media's role in the Suez crisis also draws interesting parallels with the contemporary Iraq War, which Shaw argues bears an uncanny resemblance to the earlier conflict.
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Lives, Lies and the Iran-Contra Affair
By Ann WroeThis book examines the Iran-Contra affair, the trials of Poindexter and North and the testimony of Ronald Reagan as a test-case of political morality.
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Between Reason and Revelation: Twin Wisdoms Reconciled
By Nasir-i KhusrawI.B.Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies This is the first English translation of the final philosophical work of the great eleventh-century Ismaili thinker, poet, and Fatimid emissary, N?sir-i Khusraw.
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Degrees of Excellence: A Fatimid Treatise on Leadership in Islam
By Arzina R. LalaniIt is in this work - which is here presented in a completely fresh edition and a new translation - that al-Naysaburi daringly uses rational tools to explain and expound his theology, rather than base his assertions exclusively on the ...
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The Hobbits: The Many Lives of Bilbo, Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin
By Lynnette PorterShe also reviews over 50 years of "Hobbit Art", including the work of Alan Lee, John Howe, and Ted Nasmith.
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Lebanese Cinema: Imagining the Civil War and Beyond
By Lina KhatibLina Khatib takes 1975 Beirut as her starting point, and takes us right through to today for this, the first major book on Lebanese cinema and its links with politics and national identity.
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La Grande Illusion: (Jean Renoir, 1937)
By Martin O'ShaughnessyDirected by the great Jean Renoir, "La Grande Illusion" (1937) is the finest of all anti-war films and a cinematic masterwork.
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Sir Garfield Todd and the Making of Zimbabwe
By Jane L. Parpart, Ruth Weiss"I had to save Rhodesia."Thus Sir Garfield Todd, a towering figure in the history of Zimbabwe and Southern Africa, defined his mission. He was a missionary from New Zealand who...
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Medicine: Antiquity and Its Legacy
By Caroline PetitCaroline Petit here offers a concise yet comprehensive account of medicine in antiquity which explores precisely that fascinating legacy.