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  • Revolutions Aesthetic

    A Cultural History of Ba'thist Syria

    by Max Weiss ...
    Series series Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures
    The November 1970 coup that brought Hafiz al-Asad to power fundamentally transformed cultural production in Syria. A comprehensive intellectual, ideological, and political project—a Ba'thist cultural revolution—sought to align artistic endeavors with the ideological interests of the regime. The ensuing agonistic struggle pitted official aesthetics of power against alternative modes of creative ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Formations of Belief

    Historical Approaches to Religion and the Secular

    by Professor Katja Guenther, Max Weiss, Yaacob Dweck, Stefania Pastore, Peter Brown, Caterina Pizzigoni, Victoria Smolkin0, Brad S. Gregory1, Peter E. Gordon2, Muhammad Qasim Zaman3, Anthony T. Grafton4 ...
    Series series Publications in Partnership with the Shelby Cullom Davis Center at Princeton University
    For decades, scholars and public intellectuals have been predicting the demise of religion in the face of secularization. Yet religion is undergoing an unprecedented resurgence in modern life—and secularization no longer appears so inevitable. Formations of Belief brings together many of today's leading historians to shed critical light on secularism's origins, its present crisis, and whether it ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Syria from Reform to Revolt

    Volume 2: Culture, Society, and Religion

    by Max Weiss, Donatella Della Ratta, Shayna Silverstein, Laura Ruiz de Elvira, Andreas Bandak, Thomas Pierret ...
    Series series Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East
    As Syria’s anti-authoritarian uprising and subsequent civil war have left the country in ruins, the need for understanding the nation’s complex political and cultural realities remains urgent. The second of a two-volume series, Syria from Reform to Revolt: Culture, Society, and Religion draws together closely observed, critical and historicized analyses, giving vital insights into Syrian society ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Free Orgasms Volume 2

    by Max D, Lelith L, Weiss Kitty ...
    Series series Free Orgasms
    It's time for round two! How's your stamina, sexy contender?★★★★★ "You're in for a real treat! Have some lube handy!"★★★★★ "Dirty desires, dangerous ladies, and sexy submissives... oh my!"★★★★★ "Two words: Bubble Bath. What happens in the suds stays in the tub!"Unleash your pleasure with sexy taboos and demanding fetishes. Cherish Desire immerses readers in perverse passions and pleasure seeking ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Roundabout of Death

    by Faysal Khartash ...
    Narrated by Qarie Marshall ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 19 min

    Set in Aleppo in 2012, when everyday life was metronomically punctuated by bombing, Roundabout of Death offers powerful witness to the violence that obliterated the ancient city's rich layers of history, its neighborhoods and medieval and Ottoman landmarks. The novel is told from the perspective of an ordinary man, a schoolteacher of Arabic for whom even daily errands become life-threatening tasks ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Beekeeper

    Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq

    by Dunya Mikhail ...
    Translated by Max Weiss ...
    The true story of a beekeeper who risks his life to rescue enslaved women from DaeshSince 2014, Daesh (ISIS) has been brutalizing the Yazidi people of northern Iraq: sowing destruction, killing those who won’t convert to Islam, and enslaving young girls and women.The Beekeeper, by the acclaimed poet and journalist Dunya Mikhail, tells the harrowing stories of several women who managed to escape ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Facing Fear

    The History of an Emotion in Global Perspective

    Edited by Michael Laffan, Max Weiss ...
    Series series Publications in Partnership with the Shelby Cullom Davis Center at Princeton University
    Fear is ubiquitous but slippery. It has been defined as a purely biological reality, derided as an excuse for cowardice, attacked as a force for social control, and even denigrated as an unnatural condition that has no place in the disenchanted world of enlightened modernity. In these times of institutionalized insecurity and global terror, Facing Fear sheds light on the meaning, diversity, and ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • A Woman in the Crossfire

    Diaries of the Syrian Revolution

    by Samar Yazbek ...
    Translated by Max Weiss ...
    A well-known novelist and journalist from the coastal city of Jableh, Samar Yazbek witnessed the beginning four months of the uprising first-hand and actively participated in a variety of public actions and budding social movements. Throughout this period she kept a diary of personal reflections on, and observations of, this historic time. Because of the outspoken views she published in print and ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Roundabout of Death

    by Faysal Khartash ...
    Translated by Max Weiss ...
    “A remarkable book, a vivid testimonial to the horrors of the Syrian civil war.”—Robert F. Worth, author of A Rage for Order: The Middle East in TurmoilSet in Aleppo in 2012, when everyday life was metronomically punctuated by steady bombing, Roundabout of Death offers powerful witness to the violence that obliterated the ancient city's rich layers of history, its neighborhoods, and its medieval ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Wittgenstein's Lasting Significance

    Edited by Max Kölbel, Bernhard Weiss ...
    Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) has exerted a more powerful influence on contemporary philosophy than any other twentieth-century thinker. But what is the nature of this influence and why has it proved so enduring?In Wittgenstein's Lasting Significance, twelve contemporary philosophers explore the issues surrounding Wittgenstein's importance and relevance to modern thought. Their articles, all of ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • All The Prince's Men 1: Her Specialty (A Miez Story)

    Free Orgasms, #20

    by Max D, Weiss Kitty ...
    Series Book 20 - Free Orgasms
    Very Dirty Stories Free Erotica Series Presents:"All The Prince's Men 1: Her Specialty (A Miez Story)" from Very Dirty Stories #181 - written by Max with the Weiss KittyEvery dominant woman has a guilty pleasure or two. Miez enjoys the trembling of a man's tender virginity longing to be bent to her will.Approximately 5,900 words.Plus selections from the Cherish Desire Catalog.This book is intended ... Read more

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  • Arabic Thought beyond the Liberal Age

    Towards an Intellectual History of the Nahda

    Edited by Jens Hanssen, Max Weiss ...
    What is the relationship between thought and practice in the domains of language, literature and politics? Is thought the only standard by which to measure intellectual history? How did Arab intellectuals change and affect political, social, cultural and economic developments from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries? This volume offers a fundamental overhaul and revival of modern Arab ... Read more

    $47.99 USD