Nonfiction-International

The Search for Omm Sety: A True Story of Eternal Love and One Woman’s Voyage through the Ages by Jonathan Cott ’62. Jonathan’s work is very wide-ranging: from interviews of great children’s writers

Brazilian Food: Race, Class and Identity in Regional Cuisines by Jane Fajans 60’s. An anthropology professor, Jane Fajans draws on food as an avenue of entry to the regional and social diversities o

The Flight of the Romanovs, A Family Saga by John Curtis Perry ’48? And Constantine Pleshakov. We all know little snippets of this story. We remember the strange (but very temporary) power of Raspu

A Concise History of the Middle East, tenth edition by Arthur Goldschmidt Jr, ’55 and Lawrence Davidson. My first impulse after reading this book was to send it off to Jared Kushner. But when Don Ro

Singapore, Unlikely Power by John Curtis Perry ’48?. A sweeping history of Singapore from its beginnings to the present, this book brings to life the vibrant city-state situated in the crossing paths

The Last Kings of Shanghai, The Rival Jewish Dynasties that Helped Create Modern China by Jonathan Kaufman ’74. The Last Kings of Shanghai sweeps through the 19th and 20th centuries, telling t

Where the Roads All End; Photography and Anthropology in the Kalahari by Ilisa Barbash ’77. This book tells three stories. First is the story of Lisa Barbash, Curator of Visual Anthropology at Harvar

A Hole in the heart of the World by Jonathan Kaufman ’74. Nonfiction-International. “L’écrivain ne peut se mettre aujourd’hui au service de ceux qui font l’histoire: il est au service de ceux q

Loyalty and Leadership in an Early Islamic Society by Roy Mottahedeh ’57?. This book examines the threads that weave the fabric of society in western Iran and southern Iraq during the years of the Bu

Uhuru Revisited by Ron Singer te, presents a wealth of African voices, all struggling with how to encourage open democracies in their lands A logistical tour de force, Uhuru Revisited includes inte

A Brief History of Egypt by Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. '55. The story of Egypt is a sweep through 12,000 years of history and about 5,000 years of recorded history. The authoritative voice of this book

Labor’s Lost, women’s Work and the Early Modern English Stage by Natasha Korda ’79. We all know that Juliet, Lady Macbeth and every female part in Shakespeare was played by a male actor in the time

Gardens of the Amalfi Coast by Robert I. C. Fisher 60’s? This book provides armchair travel to the gorgeous Amalfi Coast. The text is replete with tantalizing observations from history, literature,

Brazil’s Dance with the Devil, the World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy by Dave Zirin (’91). As Dave lifts the curtain to reveal life in the poor favela population of Brazil and how i