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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “elliott colla”
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  • Gold Dust

    A Novel

    by Ibrahim al-Koni ...
    Translated by Elliott Colla ...
    Series series Hoopoe Fiction
    “Imagine Cormac McCarthy's savage lyricism in a Paul Bowles desert landscape and you begin to enter the bleakly beautiful world of this mesmerizing, fable-like novel.”—The IndependentGold Dust is a classic story of the brotherhood between man and beast, the thread of companionship that is all the difference between life and death in the desert. It is a story of the fight to endure in a world of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Lady from Tel Aviv

    Translated by Elliott Colla ...
    by Raba'I Al-Madhoun ...
    Series series Saqi Bookshelf
    WINNER OF THE ENGLISH PEN AWARD Walid Dahman is going home. Returning to Gaza after nearly four decades in exile, he looks forward to embracing his mother and reconnecting with the people and place he once left behind. Boarding the flight from London, Walid's life intersects with that of Dana, an Israeli actress, on her way back to Tel Aviv. As the night sky hurtles past, what each confides and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Baghdad Central (A Hulu Series)

    by Elliott Colla ...
    Baghdad Central is a noir debut novel set in Baghdad in September 2003.Now a major TV series on HULU. The WSJ said: ‘Baghdad Central,” the impossible-to-stop-watching six-part series on Hulu, is a Middle Eastern western in the “High Noon” tradition, though that hardly does it justice. Yes, there’s a solitary hero with the cards stacked against him. High-stakes gambling. Even a saloon. But the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Conflicted Antiquities

    Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity

    by Elliott Colla ...
    Conflicted Antiquities is a rich cultural history of European and Egyptian interest in ancient Egypt and its material culture, from the early nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth. Consulting the relevant Arabic archives, Elliott Colla demonstrates that the emergence of Egyptology—the study of ancient Egypt and its material legacy—was as consequential for modern Egyptians as it was for ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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    Uncommon Stories of Life Inside the Strip

    by Louisa Waugh ...
    Do Gazans ever have fun? Is the Strip beautiful? And do TV reports actually reflect ordinary life inside the world's largest 'open-air prison'? From beautiful beaches to sealed borders, from a secret New Year's Eve party to a lingerie market staffed entirely by men, award-winning writer Louisa Waugh paints an intimate picture of Gaza, revealing the pleasures and pains, hopes and frustrations of ... Read more

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  • Victim 2117

    A Department Q Novel

    by Jussi Adler-Olsen ...
    Translated by William Frost ...
    Series Book 8 - A Department Q Novel
    **INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX SERIES DEPT. QIn the heart-pounding next installment of the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling Department Q series, a terrifying international investigation reveals the complex backstory of one of the department's own—the enigmatic Assad.**The newspaper refers to the body only as Victim 2117—the two thousand one hundred and seventeenth refugee to die in ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

    by Zoulfa Katouh ...
    A love letter to Syria and its people, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow is a speculative novel set amid the Syrian Revolution, burning with the fires of hope, love, and possibility. Perfect for fans of The Book Thief and Salt to the Sea.Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had her parents and her older brother; she still had her home. She had ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • The Mask of Ra (Amerotke Mysteries, Book 1)

    A novel of intrigue and murder set in Ancient Egypt

    by Paul Doherty ...
    The Pharaoh is murdered... who can the city of Thebes trust to uncover the truth?The Mask of Ra, the first mystery in Paul Doherty's intriguing series set in Ancient Egypt, introduces readers to his enigmatic sleuth, Amerotke, for the first time. Perfect for fans of Brad Geagley and Wilbur Smith.'The historical mystery genre is still thriving and Paul Doherty's The Mask of Ra is the best of its ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Sphinx's Princess

    by Esther Friesner ...
    Series series Princesses of Myth
    Nefertiti was far more than just a pretty face.Nefertiti may be the dutiful daughter of a commoner, but her inquisitive mind often gets her into situations that are far from ordinary, like receiving secret lessons from a scribe. And she’s the kind of girl who acts first, and apologizes later whenever she witnesses injustice or cruelty. But she is also extraordinarily beautiful. And news of her ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Company We Keep

    A Husband-and-Wife True-Life Spy Story

    by Robert Baer, Dayna Baer ...
    Robert Baer was known inside the CIA as perhaps the best operative working the Middle East. Over several decades he served everywhere from Iraq to New Delhi and racked up such an impressive list of accomplishments that he was eventually awarded the Career Intelligence Medal. But if his career was everything a spy might aspire to, his personal life was a brutal illustration of everything a spy is ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • The Spies of Sobeck (Amerotke Mysteries, Book 7)

    Murder and intrigue from Ancient Egypt

    by Paul Doherty ...
    The dangerous underbelly of Ancient Egypt grows ever more powerful...The Spies of Sobeck is the seventh novel in Paul Doherty's acclaimed ancient Egyptian series, featuring Amerotke, Chief Judge in the Hall of Two Truths. Perfect for fans of Brad Geagley and Wilbur Smith.'Choked with bloody killings, confrontations, and betrayals, the story is gripping' - Kirkus ReviewsAmerotke, Chief Judge of the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Man in the Middle

    by Brian Haig ...
    Despatched to investigate thesuicide of one of DC's most influential defence officials- an ardent, early supporter of the war in Iraq -Drummond and his female partner find themselves in themiddle of a tug-of-war between Washington's mostinfluential power brokers and his own personal allegianceto the soldiers dying overseas. What he uncovers are thesecrets that led to the war, secrets that once ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

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