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Marguerite Duras

Novelist, playwright, and filmmaker, Marguerite Duras was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1984 for The Lover. She was also the author of India Song; Destroy, She Said; The Malady of…

George Macdonald Fraser

George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008) was the author of the legendary Flashman series. Born in England and educated in Scotland, he served in a Highland regiment in India, Africa, and the…

Louis Malle

…a winner, for The Silent World. Others among his twenty-four distinguished films are Viva Maria; Lacombe, Lucien; Murmur of the Heart; Phantom India; Atlantic City; and My Dinner with André….

Stephen Batchelor

Stephen Batchelor, the author of Alone with Others, was born in Scotland and was educated in Buddhist monasteries in India, Switzerland, and Korea. He was a monk for ten years…

The Middle East and Islamic World Reader

by Marvin Gettleman

A broad-ranging survey of the Muslim world, newly revised and expanded to include the dramatic events of the Arab Spring.

Searching for Zion

by Emily Raboteau

“This is a beautifully written and thought-provoking book. My head gets blown off every page. . . . Everyone [Raboteau] meets she renders with great deftness and empathy—a novelistic level…

Arafat’s War

by Efraim Karsh

“The savage battle between Palestinians and Israelis is often presented as if it were historically predestined.  But in this eye-opening and exhaustively researched book, Karsh shows us that it is…

David Shih

David Shih is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. His writing on race has appeared in the New York Times, NPR’s Code Switch, Electric Literature, and Inside Higher…

City of the Mind

by Penelope Lively

“Lively is a magical writer, and her sensuous prose tempers the metaphysical abstractions. . . . Her uncanny empathy and ability to evoke emotion make the reader feel more like…

Into Tibet

by Thomas Laird

“A scrupulously documented account of Cold War intrigue. . . . [Provides] a detailed view into the CIA’s shadowy world and the havoc it wreaks on individual lives. . ….