Arab World & Culture
The rich tapestry of Arab traditions, language, and modern identity
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Ruby Lal
The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan. Norton & Company, Inc., 2018.
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On Impatient Love, Long Life, and Good Witches. Ballantine Books, 2021.
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From Refugee to Olympian—My Story of Rescue, Hope, and Triumph. Pan MacMillan, 2018
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Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables. Storey Publishing, 2011.
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A History of the Vikings. Basic Books, 2020.
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Tom Vanderbilt
Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us). Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Tania Gergel
The Brief Life and Towering Exploits of History’s Greatest Conqueror as Told by His Original Biographers. Penguin Books, 2004.
Mark Pendergrast
The History of Coffee and How It Transformed the World. Basic Books, 2019.
David Goldblatt
A Global History of the Olympics. W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
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The Secret Lives of Color. Penguin Books, 2017.
Neil Price
A History of the Vikings. Basic Books, 2020.
Martin Lings
Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources. Inner Traditions, 2006.
Durreen Shahnaz
Daring to Fight Global Inequality, Reinvent Finance, and Invest in Women. Broadleaf Books, 2023.
Toby Wilkinson
The Golden Age of Egyptology. W.W. Norton & Company, 2020.
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A Smart, Irreverent Guide to Biography, History, Journalism, Blogs, and Everything in Between. Harper Perennial, 2020.
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On Impatient Love, Long Life, and Good Witches. Ballantine Books, 2021.
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Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China. Vintage, 2015.
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Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables. Storey Publishing, 2011.
Laura Lee
How the Weather Has Changed History. HarperCollins, 2006.
Raewyn Connell
Social Science and the Global Dynamics of Knowledge. Polity, 2007.
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Christina Thompson
The Puzzle of Polynesia. HarperCollins, 2019.
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A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator. Dutton, 2019.
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Loving the Game That Saved Me. McClelland and Stewart, 2017.
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From Refugee to Olympian—My Story of Rescue, Hope, and Triumph. Pan MacMillan, 2018
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