Digital Catalog – Interlink Publishing

All the questions you’ve been wondering about—up to and including Israel’s war on Gaza and the election of Donald Trump.

People across the US watched in horror as Israel responded to the terrible acts of October 7, 2023 with a brutal war against the people of Gaza. They poured into the streets demanding Ceasefire Now—and protested the US government financing, arming, and protecting Israel’s war. A key question was when to start the clock—because none of those events actually began on October 7; all had their origins in events 17, or 58, or 77 years earlier.

In straightforward, accessible language Phyllis Bennis takes on that question—and many more—providing answers to the queries so many never before had the chance to ask. What is the Balfour Declaration? What are the Occupied Territories? What is Zionism—and do all Jews support it? Does Israel have the right of self-defense? What were conditions like in Gaza before October 7?

$20.00 • 9" x 6" • 240pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623716479 • Release date: Spring 2025 • Foreword by: Omar Baddar •

The Four Roads to Heaven

France and the Santiago Pilgrimage

By Edwin Mullins

“Part medieval history and part modern-day travel guide, Mullins’ in-depth volume, including color photographs, brings St. James’ story to life.” � Booklist

“There are four roads leading to Santiago, which combine to form a single road.”

So begins The Pilgrim’s Guide, the world’s first guidebook. Written early in the twelfth century by Benedictine monks, it served travelers taking part in the great pilgrimage of the Middle Ages, to the tomb of the apostle St. James, the cousin of Christ, at Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain. The four roads are all in France: from Paris in the north; from Vezelay in Burgundy; from Le Puy-en-Velay in the Massif Central; and from Arles in Provence- all threading their way across the country before joining as a single road in northern Spain. A step-by-step account of these four journeys through medieval France, the Guide’s aim was to explain to pilgrims the religious sites they would see on their way to Santiago, but it also offered advice on where to stay, what to eat and drink, and how to avoid dishonest innkeepers and murderous boatmen.

Edwin Mullins follows the same four roads as they exist today in the footsteps of those medieval travelers. He explores the magnificent churches, abbeys, and works of art which are the proud legacy of the pilgrimage, as well as reconstructing a turbulent period of history that encompassed wars, crusades, and the re-conquest of Spain. Many of the buildings and landmarks that sprang up along the pilgrim routes still stand there today, and The Four Roads to Heaven brings to life their historical, architectural, and spiritual significance.

From imposing Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals to humble pilgrims’ hospices, this book looks at the living legacy of one of the great social phenomena of the Middle Ages- the pilgrimage to Santiago. Richly illustrated with Adam Woolfitt’s color photographs, The Four Roads to Heaven offers an invaluable guide- nine hundred years after its predecessor- to the paths still trodden by increasing numbers of pilgrims.

$20 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719913 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring/Summer 2018 • Awards: WINNER ENGLISH PEN AWARD

A Symphony of Stories

Musical Myths and Tuneful Tales

By James Mayhew

Six world famous orchestral pieces from six renowned composers feature in this beautiful gift book, introducing children to the world of classical music through story and illustration.

James Mayhew tells the stories of the following six much loved pieces of music, accompanied by breathtaking illustrations:

The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saens

The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi

The Sunken Cathedral by Claude Debussy

The Planets by Gustav Holst

The Butterfly Lovers by He Zhanhao and Chen Gang

The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky

Now this beautiful companion volume introduces children to six more dramatic and spellbinding classic orchestral works. Musical Notes on works and composers are included in the book as well as James Mayhew’s recommended recordings to download and listen to.

$22.95 • 11.4" x 9.8" • 96pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716493 • Crocodile Books • Release date: Fall 2024 •

Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands

By Sonia Nimr

An adventure-packed historical folkloric novel about a Palestinian girl who develops great healing skills and travels around the region on a daring journey across empires.

Winner of the prestigious Etisalat Award

Sonia Nimr’s award-winning Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands is a richly imagined feminist-fable-plus-historical-novel that tells an episodic travel narrative, like that of the great 14th century Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta, through the eyes of a clever and irrepressible young Palestinian woman.

The story begins hundreds of years ago, when our hero—Qamar—is born as an outcast, at the foot of a mountain in Palestine, near her father’s strange, isolated village. Qamar’s mother must solve the mystery of why only boys are born in this odd, conservative village. Then, in 1001 Nights style, this tale moves into another. Qamar’s parents die and a prince with many wives wants to marry her. Qamar takes her favorite book, Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands, and flees through Gaza, to Egypt, where she is captured, enslaved, and sold to the sister of the mad king in Egypt. After escaping, she flees to study with a polymath in Morocco. But when it’s discovered she’s a girl, she must leave again, disguising herself as a boy pirate to sail the Mediterranean.

Through all her fast-paced battles, mysteries, and adventures, Qamar never finds a home, but she does manage to create a family.

$16.95 • 8" x 5.25" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781623716486 • Interlink Books • Translator: Marcia Lynx Qualey • Release date: Fall 2024 • Awards: Winner of the 2021 Palestine Book Awards, Translation Award

Tanoreen

Palestinian Home Cooking in Diaspora; A new and extended edition of Olives, Lemons, and Za'atar

By Rawia Bishara

Recipes from the iconic Brooklyn restaurant.

It has been 10 years since the publication of the beloved cookbook, Olives, Lemons and Za’atar by Rawia Bishara, chef and owner of the iconic Brooklyn restaurant Tanoreen. In this new extended edition Rawia shares the flavors of her Palestinian childhood in Nazareth—with recipes passed down from her mother and recreated with Rawia’s creative flair, as well as dishes influenced from summers spent in Spain, and from living and cooking in the historically Italian neighborhood of Bay Ridge.

The result is a sensational cross-cultural mix and gives you everything you need—pickles, yogurt, bread, mezze, salads, stews, desserts, and more—to enjoy the best of Middle Eastern home cooking and share in the most convivial Arab hospitality.

$35.00 • 9.75" x 7.5" • 256pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716301 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2025 •

The Lives of Rain

20th Anniversary Edition

By Nathalie Handal

Shortlisted for the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize/The Pitt Poetry Series.

In The Lives of Rain, Nathalie Handal has brought forth a work of radical displacement and uncertainty, moving continent to continent, giving voice to Palestinians of the diaspora in the utterance of one fiercely awake and compassionate, who, against warfare, occupation and brutality offers her native language, olives, wind, a herd of sheep or a burning mountain, radio music, a butterfly’s gaze. It is a poetry of never arriving, of villages erased from the maps, of tattooed waistlines and kalishnikovs, a goat and a corpse cut open side by side, where every house is a prison. In a spare, chiseled language without ornament, she writes an exilic lyric, fusing Arabic, English, Spanish and French into a polyglot testament of horror and survival. Habibti, que tal? she asks of those who wander country to country, while those left behind in Jenin, Gaza City, and Bethlehem inhabit a continued past of blood/of jailed cities. Her subject is memory and forgetting, the precariousness of identity and the fragility of human community; it is the experience of suffering without knowledge of its end. Handal is a poet of deftly considered paradoxes and reversals, sensory evocations and mysteries left beautifully unresolved. Hers is a language seared by history and marked by the impress of extremity; so it is suffused with a rare species of wisdom.

—From the Foreword by Carolyn Forche

$20.00 • • 208pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623716271 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2025 •

Willow

By Elisabeth Sophia

Illustrated by: Anita Bagdi

A beautiful story of courage and resilience—Willow shows us that it is not the fall, but how we rise again, that matters.

A willow tree stood proud and tall, roots deep within the soil…

Willow is a heartfelt picture book inspired by a poem written during a time of profound grief. It tenderly captures the slow and gentle rebuilding of a broken spirit, showcasing the courage and resilience needed to push through life’s darkest moments. The stunning, evocative illustrations bring the story to life, creating a visual journey that mirrors the emotional healing process. Each page reflects the grace found in grief and the beauty in rediscovering hope. With its universal message, Willow reminds readers, both young and old, that from our struggles, we emerge stronger and more vibrant.

$19.95 • 9.4" x 11" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716387 • Crocodile Books • Ages 3-6 • Release date: Spring 2025 •

Queens of Islam

The Muslim World's Historic Women Rulers

By Tom Verde

A survey of prominent Muslim women rulers from the first centuries of Islamic history to early modern times.

From Pakistan to Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan to Nigeria, from Senegal to Turkey, it is not unusual in modern times for women in Muslim-majority countries to be appointed and/or elected to high offices, including heads of state.

Nor has it ever been.

Stretching back nearly to the founding of Islam itself, women have held positions of political power in numerous Islamic nations and empires. Some ascended to office in their own right; others served as regents for incapacitated husbands or male successors then too young to rule. Some proved insightful and able administrators, courageous military commanders, or both; others differed little from their equally flawed, power-hungry male counterparts, and sowed the seeds of their own downfalls.

Queens of Islam examines the lives of fifteen of the most remarkable female leaders of Muslim dynasties, empires, and caliphates—from Islam’s earliest centuries through the end of the seventeenth century. Their stories demonstrate that throughout the faith’s long history there were many women who achieved positions of power and served as effective rulers, revered by those they governed while being respected—even feared—by their contemporary world leaders.

Entertaining and informative, Queens of Islam is rife with palace intrigue, sex scandals, power-grabs, and military conquests, set against a backdrop of Islamic world history.

$20.00 • 9" x 6" • 248pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717940 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2025 •

Little Rhino Lost

By Candy Gourlay

Illustrated by: Jamie Bauza

A gentle story from the Philippines about kindness—with a lovable baby rhino character, and a strong argument for protecting the environment and making change.

Right in the middle of the crowded, bustling city, Maya meets a baby rhinoceros. “Excuse me,” he says politely, “I am lost.”

Maya is sure she can help the baby rhino find his home, where there are tall trees, plants with giant, yummy leaves and where the ground is covered in delicious grass. They walk and walk, but can find only streets and buildings—nowhere a little rhino can feel at home.

Maya doesn’t give up. She takes the baby rhino to her own home and gathers plants and flowers to help him feel at home. Kind neighbors help by bringing more. The polite little rhino is glad. “You made me my own jungle,” he says. In the morning he is gone, and there is a “thank you” message from his mummy. Maya is happy for him and hopes he will come back one day to visit. But she knows she must make changes to her crowded, polluted city.

Together Maya and her neighbors get to work and create a green city environment where people are happy and where a baby rhino might also feel at home… and perhaps return to visit Maya.

$19.95 • 10.8" x 9.4" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716400 • Crocodile Books • Release date: Spring 2025 •

Moonlight, Goodnight

By Elisabeth Sophia

Illustrated by: Karina Jambrak

Wish the animals a sweet goodnight in this gentle bedtime story with vivid illustrations and a rhythmic tone.

“Everywhere across the land, across the waters, to… Some very sleepy creatures are waiting just for you.”

Drift off into a dreamy bedtime journey in Moonlight, Goodnight. This magical, rhyming tale takes young readers on a serene flight over oceans and landscapes, where sleepy creatures await to wish them a gentle goodnight. From the depths of the sea to the highest mountaintops, they’ll encounter a world of drowsy animals, each inviting them to join in the peaceful slumber.

The vibrant and enchanting illustrations by Australian artist Karina Jambrak bring this soothing adventure to life, capturing animals and landscapes from every corner of the globe. A perfect story to lull children to sleep, again and again.

$19.95 • 9.4" x 11" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716370 • Crocodile Books • Release date: Spring 2025 •

Let’s Talk About Abortion

By Carly Kol

Illustrated by: Emulsify

Let’s Talk About Abortion is a groundbreaking, nonjudgmental, and gender-inclusive resource designed to help parents, caretakers, and providers compassionately discuss abortion with children ages 6 to 12.

Let’s Talk About Abortion is a groundbreaking and essential resource designed to help parents, caretakers, and providers discuss the topic of abortion with children ages 6 to 12. Authored by experienced abortion doulas, this book is crafted with the intention of fostering intentional, compassionate, and nonjudgmental conversations about abortion care.

In a landscape where no other children’s books in the US use the word “abortion,” Let’s Talk About Abortion fills a crucial gap. It provides a medically accurate, gender-inclusive, and nonjudgmental resource that acknowledges the diverse and complex nature of abortion care. The book’s text is carefully constructed without gender-specific language or a traditional narrative arc, recognizing that each abortion experience is unique and personal.

This book serves as a starting point, offering parents, caretakers, and those involved in young people’s lives a thoughtful and sensitive tool to approach discussions about abortion. By avoiding the portrayal of “good” or “bad” reasons for seeking an abortion, the authors ensure that all experiences are respected and validated.

Let’s Talk About Abortion is more than just a book; it’s a compassionate guide designed to support honest and open dialogue, empowering young readers with knowledge and understanding in a safe and supportive manner.

$19.95 • 10" x 7" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716202 • Crocodile Books • Release date: Spring 2025 •

The Month of Ramadan

By Inda Ahmad Zahri

Explore Ramadan through the eyes of a child in this graceful and authentic story that illuminates the sense of belonging that this month of fasting, prayer, and reflection brings.

This month is different from the others. It starts with the sighting of a new crescent moon.

“Slow down, be kind to yourself and think good thoughts.”

This month, we learn to do big things by changing one little thing at a time…

It’s the first time for Deenie, the youngest member of a Muslim family, to fast during Ramadan. She comes across some challenges, but by the end of the month, she learns that there is a lot more to Ramadan than giving up food and water. A warm and joyful story offering children the chance to see themselves or their friends in the celebration of the spiritual practice of Ramadan.

$18.95 • 11" x 8.5" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716189 • Crocodile Books • Ages 4 to 7 • Release date: Spring 2025 •

Indian Kitchens

Treasured Family Recipes from Across the Land

By Roopa Gulati

A vivid, contemporary portrait of a country through its food and the ordinary, extraordinary, people who make it.

In this joyful new book, Roopa Gulati travels through India and celebrates the wonderfully varied food that makes up a nation, making pitstops at the homes of the people who cook it every day. You’ll be taken to a remote kitchen in Gujarat, with shelves stacked high with pickle jars, where the air is heady with the scent of homegrown curry leaves and the nutty aroma of rotlas imbued with woody smoke from the open fire; to the old French Quarter of Pondicherry, where lunch is served on a banana leaf picked fresh from the garden; and to Delhi for a family reunion, a feast culminating in mouth-watering desserts, and a cooking lesson. Roopa’s writing, full of warmth and joy, brings these people and places to life, and her recipes bring them to our kitchens.

From dals to masalas, and quick and easy suppers to feasts for a crowd, the easy- to-follow recipes are bursting with authentic flavors using ingredients found in your local supermarket. Recipes include eggplant pakoras with onion and tamarind relish, potato and paneer tikki, corn bhajis, Tandoori sea bass, home- style Punjabi chicken curry, Kashmiri lamb with saffron, cardamom and red chiles, cumin potatoes, Bengali-style butternut squash with tamarind and jaggery, channa dal with spinach, black-eyed peas in garlic tomato masala, phirni with honey, orange, and saffron syrup, and pistachio and cardamom cookies.

From the monsoon-washed backwaters of Kerala to the crowded markets of Mumbai, this celebration of regional cooking will bring the sights, sounds and flavors of India to your table.

$35.00 • 9.75" x 7.5" • 248pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716516 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2025 •

Food for Sharing

Love and Spices from an Immigrant Kitchen

By Ashia Ismail-Singer

Sumptuous feasts, spice-infused flavors, and simple entertaining destined to impress and appeal to everyone.

Inspired by the melded cultures that make up Ashia’s extended family, Food for Sharing will take you on a journey full of flavors from India to Africa, the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, and New Zealand, where she now lives.

These are recipes for sharing, each infused with the spices and flavors of Ashia’s Memon Indian heritage, and the influences picked up through her family’s journey from India, to Africa, the Middle East, Europe and New Zealand.

With recipes for breakfast and brunch, summer picnics, festive feasts, sunset snacks and sweet and spiced desserts, interspersed with personal stories of Ashia’s immigrant family, this book shares all the ingredients to elevate your entertaining, all throughout the year.

The recipes in this book have been created to be as simple as possible, all inspired by the spices that Ashia grew up with at home, in the different countries she has lived.

Every element of this book is a fusion of cultures, the joys of sharing food, gathered together with loved ones. From Africa, to India, the Middle East, France, UK and New Zealand, this book will take you on a journey full of flavours and the melding of cultures dear to Ashia’s heart.

Includes themed menus, like “Inspired Indian Soiree” for the home cook who needs a little guidance when pairing dishes suitable for a crowd.

The recipes in this book are delicious, impressive, and simple to make, paired with exquisite photography and personal stories. It will make the perfect gift for anyone who loves to entertain.

$35.00 • 9.75" x 7.5" • 256pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716295 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2025 •

Big Veg Energy

Plant-based just got better

By Christina Soteriou

Photography by: Joe Woodhouse

Bold recipes, made with plants.

Experience vegetables like never before with 100 simple, tasty and nutritious recipes to be enjoyed by all. Packed with flavor in every bite, these are hearty meals that showcase just how delicious plant-based food can be.

With influences from Christina’s Greek Cypriot roots, expect nourishing, vibrant food, including Spicy Mushroom Skewers with Peanut Lime Sauce, Sweet Potatoes with Tahini Butter Chickpeas, Pulled Leeks with Pistachio Cream and Peanut Butter Cherry Jam Semifreddo.

Christina shares tips for making sure your meals are packed with protein and nutrients as well as being totally delicious.

$35.00 • 9.7" x 7.5" • 256 pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716233 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2024 •

Watermelon Journal

The Interlink Notebooks are high quality printed and bound volumes available in large and pocket formats. Each notebook has 192 ruled pages, acid-free paper, 70 gsm cream shade pages and includes a matching elastic band and pen loop. Each also has a ribbon-marker and an expandable inner note holder as well as informative text on the specific design used.

All Interlink Notebooks use ecological paper from sustainable forests.

High quality papers are sourced from paper mills promoting sources of sustainable forests using clean energy, without the use of harmful chemicals such as chlorine.

A new tree is planted for every tree felled.

Paper: Cream lined paper

Elastic Band: 0.3″Red

Ribbon-marker: 3/16” Dark Green

Pen loop: 0.4″ Black
Note holder: Rear pocket note holder

Packaging: Individually shrink-wrapped

Cover: Printed cover on satin art paper around a hard cardboard inner cover

Descriptive text: Includes informative text on the history of the watermelon symbol

$17.95 • 8.5" x 6" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716257 • Series: Interlink Notebooks • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2025 •

Read the World Book Club – One Year Subscription

READ THE WORLD BOOK CLUB
Join Interlink’s Read the World Book Club. Your annual subscription will bring you great literature from—Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Yemen to Nigeria, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Chile, Brazil, and more—each and every month of the year.

HOW DOES IT WORK?
Your annual membership gets you one new paperback novel each month for a total of 12 novels (a saving of over $160). You can start your subscription at any time and it will expire after the 12^thnovel has been shipped to you. Due to prohibitive international mailing costs, membership is open only to US residents.

A GIFT FOR NEW SUBSCRIBERS
Each new subscriber will receive a special gift valued at $30. This gift will be a deluxe first edition in hardback of one of our favorite novels.

DO I HAVE TO PAY ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES?
No, there will be no additional charges over and above the annual subscription fee.

CAN I PURCHASE A GIFT SUBSCRIPTION?
Yes, fiction subscriptions make perfect gifts. When checking out, click “Ship to a different address” and enter the recipient’s name and address.

CAN I EXCHANGE A NOVEL?
No, we are sorry we are unable to accept returns or exchanges. We are a small indie publisher and are not equipped to handle returns and exchanges. Of course, we hope that you will enjoy every new novel we’ve selected for you, but we understand that tastes vary. In this case, we suggest that you donate any unwanted copies to your local library.

QUESTIONS?

If you have any questions about the program email [email protected] directly.

$200 • 8 x 5.25 in • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 2024_FICBKCLUB • Interlink Books •

Genocide Bad

Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation

By Sim Kern

$18.95 • 9" x 6" • 200pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623716363 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: Spring 2025 •

Norteña

Authentic Family Recipes from the North of Mexico

By Karla Zazueta

Delicious and authentic recipes from a northern Mexican home kitchen.

In this vibrant and personal cookbook, Karla Zazueta explores the recipes, cooking techniques, ingredients and traditions passed down through the generations of her family. This is a true taste of northern Mexico, bursting with flavor, color and history.

In Nortena, Karla Zazueta invites you to share the dishes and ways of cooking that she grew up with. Nortenaâ€”meaning â€œnorthernerâ€œâ€”tells the tale of the northern states of Mexico: of the coastlines and fresh seafood, the cattle ranches, sun-ripened fruits and vegetables, and family gatherings around the table.

She shares easy-to-follow recipes for the world-famous Baja fish tacos, â€œpiggyâ€œ pinto beans, vegan chorizo, crab tostadas, sopes (corn patties) piled with fresh vegetables and served in a tomato broth, and empanadas Californianas (shredded beef empanadas), all accompanied by mouth-watering spicy salsas, fresh queso and zingy salads. There are recipes para la sed (for the thirst), which include the best margaritas, and favorite sweets like Mexican flan and camotes (sweet potato poached until tender in a sweet, spiced syrup). With ingredient substitutes and vegetarian variations, you can recreate authentic dishes for everyone to enjoy.

Engaging introductions describe the cultural events and influences that play such a huge part in the cuisine, such as for carne asada, which originated in the state of Sonora, or the tamales estilo Sinaloa, wrapped with special care at Christmas time.

Influenced by Karla’s family’s traditions, her travels and tastes, each recipe is packed with flavor and cooked with love. Let yourself be transported to the Baja peninsula, rolling corn tortillas in the sun, sipping on a refreshing michelada and cooled by the breeze coming in from the sea.

Contents

Buenos Dias/Good Morning

Esenciales Nortenas/Northern Essentials

Algo Picosito/Something Spicy

Del Huerto/From the Garden

Del Mar/From the Sea

Del Rancho/From the Ranch

Final Dulce/Sweet Ending

Para la Sed/For the Thirst

Carne Asada/Mexican Feast

$35.00 • 9.75" x 7.5" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716523 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2024 •

One Bake, Two Ways – SIGNED

Fifty bakes with an all-plant option every time

By Ruby Bhogal

Great British Bake Off finalist Ruby Bhogal is here to delight us with a flexible approach to baking tasty, sweet treats that give you double helpings of temptation. She brings us 50 like-for-like recipes, with a plant-based and non- plant-based version for each bake.

We all remember watching in horror as Ruby’s showstopper cake collapsed on the first-ever Vegan Week on the Great British Bake Off. Instead of slinking off with her tail between her legs, she was determined to master the art of baking and bake, bake, bake again until she could say with confidence that her recipes were failproof. Sharing new bakes and videos online, Ruby discovered a growing demand for adaptable recipes without eggs, dairy, or a full plant-based twist. She wanted her bakes to cater to everyone’s needs, no matter the dietary preference.

Raised in a British-Indian household, Ruby’s mostly vegetarian diet sparked a sugar rush to create recipes adaptable to a flexitarian approach. In this book, you get double the options, since each of the 50 recipes is presented twice: first in its traditional form and then with a plant-based alternative. This clever concept revolutionizes your baking experience, giving you the freedom to bake with choice.

Mouthwatering recipes include: Chai Custard Creams, Peanut Butter & Jelly Millefeuille Cake, Pina Colada Meringue Roulade, Medjool Date & Orange Sweet Samosas, and the Bruce Bogtrotter Chocolate Cake.

One Bake, Two WaysÂ has an inclusive approach that makes Rubyâ€™s recipes achievable for allâ€”there’s no sacrifices hereâ€”every last bite is delicious! With adaptability galore and flavors that offer twice the delight, dive into Ruby’s world of baking and savor the best of both worlds.

Contents:

Oh, Crumbs (Cakes)

Breaking Bread

Easy as Pie

Taking the Cookie

Sweeter Things (Desserts)

Keeping it Saucy

The Essentials

$35.00 • 9.75" x 7.5" • 320pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716790-signed • Release date: Summer 2024 •

Girls Who Slay Monsters

Daring Tales of Ireland's Forgotten Goddesses

By Ellen Ryan

Unsung stories from ancient Irish myths re-imagined for nine-to-twelve year olds

There was a time when tales of Ireland’s mythical goddesses—their astonishing powers, bravery, and unbreakable bonds with nature—were famous, in Ireland and beyond. But over time, these stories were lost, often replaced or rewritten to make room for male warriors and kings.

Until Now.

Girls Who Slay Monsters brings these heroes of Irish mythology back to vibrant, magical life. From Éire, Ireland’s fierce namesake, and Bé Binn, a giant who overcame her bullies, to Badb, a gleefully gruesome death prophet, and Bé Mannair, a gender-fluid spy who challenged an entire army. These are goddesses of many shapes, skin shades and sizes, from every corner of ancient Ireland, whose daring still inspires today.

Stand by their sides as they wield magic, fight monsters, and protect the powerless—and you might just discover that you, too, are a force of nature.

$26.00 • 9.7" x 7.4" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716738 • Ages from 9-12 years • Release date: Fall 2024 •

The Prophet

By Kahlil Gibran

A graphic novel of Kahlil Gibran’s masterpiece The Prophet.

“It was while reading The Prophet with a pencil in hand and a drawing pad on my knees that I finally met him…”

Kahlil Gibran is the third bestselling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Laozi. His masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics ever to be published. It sold over 9 million copies in the US alone and was translated into over 100 languages. Now his 1923 inspirational book is brought to life as a richly illustrated graphic novel.

The night before embarking on a long journey which will take him back to his homeland, the young Almustafa, “the chosen and loved,” responds to questions from residents of the city of Orphalese. Among them, he particularly addresses the Prophetess Almitra, who is keen to learn his teachings and wisdom on the big questions of human life: love, friendship, talent, self-awareness, time, good and evil, reason and passion, beauty and pleasure, suffering–everything including death.

In this philosophical and spiritual narrative, reproduced here in its full text, Zeina Abirached creates a graphic novel full of light and shadows, exploring the most lyrical images to the most conceptual passages.

A tour-de-force that Abirached brings to life with her characteristic style, this volume will attract and inspire readers of all ages as it pays a beautiful tribute to its author and celebrates 100 hundred years of The Prophet, whose beauty and power continues to inspire and surprise us.

$35.00 • 8.75" x 7" • 365pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716455 • Interlink Books • Illustrated by Zeina Abirached • Release date: Fall 2024 •

Live Like A Goddess

Life Lessons from Legends and Lore

By Jean Menzies

The perfect gift for the young goddess in your lifeâ€”inspire them to live a life of courage and confidence, inspired by twenty-one goddess myths from around the world and the modern life lessons of these legendary ladies.

Cultures around the world celebrate tales and myths of daring and brave goddesses. These twenty-one legendary ladies were tenacious, smart, and strong.

Meet…

Osun, the Yoruba goddess of love who refuses to be dismissed because of her gender and stands up to those who believe women are less important than men

Rhiannon, the Welsh queen of fairies who won’t let anyone make decisions for her and instead follows her heart

Freyja, the Norse goddess of love and death who doesn’t give into pressure, sets boundaries, and is comfortable with being a single independent woman

From demanding respect and recognizing unhealthy relationships, to standing your ground, helping others, and using words instead of violence, these rich and sometimes forgotten female stories of the ancient past teach girls and young women everything they need to know, so they can be just as fierce and fearless in the future.

$19.95 • 8.5” x 5.3” • 224pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716578 • Crocodile Books • Ages 12+ • Release date: Fall 2024 •

Hawaii

Interlink Traveller's Wildlife Guide

All the information you need to find, identify, and learn about Hawaii’s unique land animals and magnificent sea life can be found in this convenient easy-to-carry guide.

Travellers to Hawaii go for sun, sand, and surf, but increasingly leave the beach for part of their stay to explore the islands’ incredible natural attractions: stunning mountain scenery, wonderful hiking trails, glimpses of birds—many of them highly endangered—that occur nowhere else on Earth. In this book is all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about Hawaii’s unique land animals and magnificent sea life.

– Identification and location information on the most frequently seen animals, including essentially every bird species that occurs in the main Hawaiian Islands (and on Midway Atoll).

– Color illustrations of nearly 400 of Hawaii’s most common insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

– Up-to-date information on the ecology, behavior, and conservation of profiled animals. o Information on Hawaiian habitats and on the most common plants visitors encounter.

– A section on Hawaii’s famous coral reefs and on the underwater animals most snorkelers and divers actually see.

– Brief descriptions of Hawaii’s most frequently visited parks and reserves. Easy-to-carry, entertainingly written, beautifully illustrated—you will want to have this book as constant companion on your journey.

$30.00 • 8.5" x 5.5" • 520pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623716998 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Wildlife Guide • Release date: March 2024 •

“Free Palestine” Lawn Signs

Show your support for the people of Gaza and for the right to freedom for all Palestinians with this 18 x 24 inch all-weather corrugated plastic lawn sign.

Each sign comes with a metal stake.

The lawn sign says “Free Palestine” on both sides.

By making this purchase, you are contributing to our mission of amplifying marginalized voices through literature. Your support helps us publish works by Palestinian authors and books that educate readers about the injustices faced by Palestinians under occupation.

$23 • • N/Apgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: LSFP001 •

Young Palestinians Speak

Living Under Occupation

By Anthony Robinson & Annemarie Young

“Robinson and Young have produced a book which not only describes Palestinian reality through the voices of the younger generation, but also touches the reader in a special manner, in particular the realization that Palestine is- and always will be- exactly what Palestinians want it to be.“

—Middle East Monitor

Palestinian children share their dreams and fears for themselves and their country.

In Palestine today, a second generation of children and young people is growing up experiencing life under occupation. These are children who know only fear when they see an Israeli soldier or come across a roadblock.

This book provides a platform for children and young people, from all over this occupied land, to speak in their own voices about the day-to-day experience of living under occupation. It begins with an explanation of what the occupation means for those living under it, and is followed by the heart of the book: nine sections, each one focusing on one of the places visited by the authors. At the end, there is a timeline showing the main events that led up to the occupation.

As you read their words, you will see that what these young people want is a stable family life, security where they live, the freedom to move around their country, safety and space in which to grow up and dream of a future. They are just like young people everywhere; it is only the circumstances of their lives that are so different.

The young people in this book share with you their hopes and fears for

$19.95 • 8" x 9" • 118pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623716424 • Series: young-palestinians-speak • Interlink Books • Release date: 12 November 2024 •

A Spring That Did Not Blossom

Palestinian Short Stories

By Dr. Nejmeh Khalil Habib

Stories of Palestinian refugee lives during the Lebanese Civil War.

Drawing on cultural and oral history, Nejmeh Khalil Habib’s collection of five powerful short stories delves into the lives of ordinary Palestinians trying to find their way through relentless circumstances. Introducing us to characters loosely interconnected by time and place, the stories begin in 1975 with a family living in the Dbayeh refugee camp and end with the Israeli siege of West Beirut in 1982.

From Mariam, a mother devoted to her only child, to Nu’man, the soon-to-be-martyred young man who is ashamed of unwanted thoughts that mar his heroism, to Randa, the revolutionary, who is torn between glorifying her father’s sacrifices and denouncing them, to Amer who is spread thin between his familial obligations and aspirations, Habib accompanies each of her characters nimbly in language at times simple and embedded in popular vernacular, at others lyrical and poetic.

Marked by a storytelling style that is concise yet unconfined, Habib’s mastery of craft allows her to dive boldly into her characters’ depths and say what has not been said, revealing their hidden worlds with illuminating transparency that honors their unrequited longings for spring.

$16 • 8" x 5.25" • pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623716639 • Translator: Samar Habib • Release date: Fall 2024 •

Murjana

A novel of medieval Baghdad

By Ghada Karmi

A tale of love and passion in medieval Baghdad.

It is spring of the year 830. Baghdad, the capital of a vast Islamic empire, is one of the world’s glorious cities. There, a powerful, forward-thinking Sunni caliph champions reason, knowledge, and creativity against forces of ignorance and superstition. A hub of scientific, philosophical, and artistic discovery, the city is home to an Islam of free debate and philosophical inquiry. The Caliph’s court has become a dazzling academy of poets, musicians, philosophers, and theologians, a picture of a vibrant, self confident, fun-loving society.

Yet, it bears the fateful seeds of future strife. For its leader’s rule is austere and ruthless, as he quells discontent, division, and rebellion in the surrounding lands. Then the Caliph is afflicted by a mysterious illness.

Akin to madness, his condition worsens as physicians desperately search for a cure. Only Abu Mansour, Baghdad’s most famous doctor, is able to diagnose the cause. The malady turns out to be the Caliph’s passion for a humble, beautiful, young woman named Murjana (â€œSmall Pearlâ€œ). It is an affliction that only one remedy can cureâ€”marriage. But Murjana is from a Shia family, and it is discovered that her brother was executed for insurrection against the caliphate. Such a union could reopen wounds, posing many dangers.

The controversial marriage of Murjana and the Caliph captures Baghdad under its spell. A tribute to a treasured ancient city, the story of their night journey becomes an ode on the power of love to erase boundaries. At the same time, it reveals the power of passion and vengeance to erect dividing lines, and the futility of conflict that can destroy all sides.

$19.95 • 8" x 5.25" • 248pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623716646 • Release date: Fall 2024 •

Slow

Easy, comforting Italian meals worth waiting for

Savor the art of slow cooking the Italian way, where flavors deepen and texture is softened to create comforting, inexpensive meals with little fuss.

In Slow, beloved Italian chef Gennaro Contaldo shows you how to prepare authentic Italian meals in minutes and cook them to perfection with minimum effort by letting your oven or appliance do the work.

Accompanied by mouthwatering photography by David Loftus, you’ll find a selection of new recipes to complement cherished classics that celebrate both the slow food movement and slow cooking. Think hearty casseroles, and one-pot dishes that simmer to perfection, succulent roasts that tenderize from oven cooking, and comforting soups and stews that quietly bubble away on the stovetop. Delight in sweet treats like meringues and fruit compotes, as well as freshly baked bread.

Gennaro showcases the use of economical meat cuts, beans, and legumesâ€”all enhanced by the slow cooking process. With plenty of options to suit the thrifty home cook, this collection features timeless Italian classics like Roast Leg of Lamb with Baby Onions, Rich Tyrolean Beef Goulash, Lasagna, and Meringue with Zabaglione Cream and Custard.

Slow takes the hard work out of meal times to streamline your supper preparation; this is food worth waiting for while you enjoy the convenience of your slow cooker or oven doing all the heavy lifting.

$35.00 • 9.75" x 7.5" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716530 • Series: Gennaro Contaldo • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2024 •

In Defiance

20 Abolitionists You Were Never Taught in School

By Dr. Amilcar Shabazz, Tom Weiner

Inspiring stories of those who risked their lives so others would be free.

In Defiance is a corrective. American history has historically suffered from the systematic effort of many in power to suppress the stories of those whose lives serve as models for those who came afterâ€”models of conscience, activism, and dedication to the cause of the abolition of enslavement.

Following an introduction to the history of enslavement in the Americas, twenty people’s lives, Black and white, men and women, are profiled in order to convey the monumental commitmentâ€”its source and its expressionâ€”they carried with them throughout their lives. Those peopleâ€”and the circumstances that influenced, inspired, and motivated them to risk their well-being and their lives for the freedom and equality of enslaved peopleâ€”are conveyed in vivid vignettes, often including their own words.

Their stories are an antidote to the numerous attempts being made to deny, suppress, erase, and whitewash the actual people and events that occurred and that, in the telling, can cause discomfort. These stories need to be shared and recounted in classrooms. They are intended â€œto afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflictedâ€œ as Black and white people will experience them differently, a significant reason for the authors’ choice to write the book together. The book’s other primary purpose is to inspire and embolden readers to make John Lewis’s â€œgood troubleâ€œ and Drew Gilpin-Faust’s â€œnecessary troubleâ€œ in the face of on-going racism, now 160 years after the proclamation that accomplished at least some of the defiant quest of the men and women whose stories the book contains.

The authors bring their life experiences and activism into the telling of the stories and into the decisions about what to focus upon in the telling. It is their hope that readers will benefit from the two voices and see the importance of having such stories resonate with all people, regardless of race.

As you read, consider the obstacles faced by the people profiled and then imagine what it will take for you to become an advocate for racial justice. Then take whatever action you deem necessary and remember those who came before.

$20 • 9" x 6" • 248pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623716615 • By Dr. Amilcar Shabazz • Release date: Fall 2024 •

The Spoon

By Sandra Siemens

Illustrated by: Bea Lozano

A sweet immigration story, with unique illustrations, that reflects on the importance of family and tradition.

A compelling picture book that tells the story of a young girl who discovers an old spoon in a drawer in her kitchen. This spoon is a very special spoon, passed down through generations, originally belonging to her great-grandmother. But what use is a spoon if you can’t use it to dig holes, play music, or even just to eat soup?

A heart-warming and humorous story that reflects on themes of immigration, family, and tradition.

$19.95 • 10.2" x 7" • 40pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716509 • Crocodile Books • Ages 5-7 • Release date: Fall 2024 •

Umm Kulthum

The Star of the East

By Rhonda Roumani

Illustrated by: Ahmed Abdelmohsen

A picture book about the life and career of an unforgettable Arab icon, Umm Kulthum, the most powerful voice in the Arab world.

Umm Kulthum was an Arab icon, whose powerful voice defined an entire region for more than five decades. The famous Soprano Maria Callas praised her voice as “incomparable.” Bob Dylan, Robert Plant and Bono are said to be among her many fans.

The daughter of a poor Egyptian village sheikh, Umm Kulthum rose to fame at a time when young girls didn’t go to school and when “respectable” girls did not perform on stages. But Umm Kulthum was no ordinary girl. As a little girl, she convinced her parents to send her to school so that she could learn to read and recite the Qur’an. When her father discovered her powerful voice, he dressed her as a boy and toured the Egyptian countryside, performing at religious ceremonies to make extra money for the family. When she could no longer hide the fact that she was a girl, Umm Kulthum shed her costume and became known throughout the Nile Delta as the little girl with the powerful voice.

As she grew older, Umm Kulthum knew her future awaited her in Cairo. But her father still worried about her reputation. City theaters were definitely no place for a sheikh’s daughter. Stubborn and persistent, Umm Kulthum convinced her father to move Cairo. But life in the big city wasn’t easy. The city elite mocked the village girl and her religious folk songs. Umm Kulthum, nonetheless, persisted and worked harder than she had ever worked before. With help from famous singers, she learned to control her powerful voice and taught herself how to play musical instruments. The most important poets and musicians in Egypt and the Arab world wrote lyrics and composed music for her. Soon, record companies competed for her contracts. She held sold-out concerts that ran late into the night, and she sang songs that often lasted more than an hour.

Umm Kulthum was more than a singer. She helped reclaim the story and voice of an entire region. People took pride in her perfect pronunciation of the Arabic language, which they attributed to her knowledge of the Qur’an. More than a century after her birth, Umm Kulthum’s music can still be heard in taxis, cafes, and homes from Rabat to Baghdad and Damascus to Sana’a, giving her the nicknames The Lady (Al-Sit), Egypt’s Fourth Pyramid (Al Haram al-Rabe’), the Mother of the Arabs (Umm al-Arab)–and, unequivocally, The Star of the East (Kawkab al Sharq).

With stunning illustrations by renowned Egyptian artist Ahmed Abdelmohsen, Umm Kulthum is brought to life with each spread that sings in honor of the voice of this unforgettable icon.

$19.95 • 8.5" x 11" • 48pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716608 • Crocodile Books • Ages 5-8 • Release date: Fall 2024 •

My Name is a Gift

By Zeshan Akhter

Illustrated by: Asa Gilland

A heartfelt and touching celebration of the names we’re given, told through Zeshan Akhter’s lyrical text and paired with Asa Gilland’s stunning illustrations.

When I met Daddy and fitted in his hands, I didn’t have a name. So Daddy and Mommy whispered one in my ear. My name is the first present I ever got. It came wrapped in Daddy and Mommy’s love.

On the day Sitara is born, she receives a very special gift from her parentsâ€”her name. As Sitara grows, some people tumble up her name in their mouths until it’s not her name anymore. So Sitara learns about the history, tradition, and culture that went into choosing her name, giving her the confidence to help others say it right.

This heartwarming story not only teaches us the significance of our names, but it also highlights that trying to say names correctly, or asking if you’re unsure, goes a long way. The book also includes a spread for a child to fill in about their own name.

$18.95 • 10.4" x 9in" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716721 • Crocodile Books • Ages 0-5 years • Release date: Fall 2024 •

Good Night, Farm Animals

A Mindful Movement Storybook

By Whitney Sanderson

Illustrated by: Ruth Sanderson

A calming story, illustrated by award-winning artist Ruth Sanderson, that encourages children to act out their favorite farm animals’ bedtime activities.

Good night, farm animals–the sun is setting and it’s time to rest. This sweet and inclusive story encourages children to yawn, stretch, and breathe along with characters in the book as they act out the movements of farm animal friends winding down before bedtime.

$11.95 • 7” x 9” • 16pgs • Format: Board Book • ISBN: 9781623716592 • Crocodile Books • Ages 0-4 • Release date: Fall 2024 •

Good Morning, Farm Animals

An Active Play Storybook

By Whitney Sanderson

Illustrated by: Ruth Sanderson

A playful story that encourages children to act out their favorite farm animals’ morning activities.

With charming illustrations by award-winning artist Ruth Sanderson, this playful story, inclusive of children with differing abilities, encourages children to move, moo, and stretch along with the characters in the book.

$11.95 • 7” x 9” • 16pgs • Format: Board Book • ISBN: 9781623716585 • Crocodile Books • Ages 0-5 years • Release date: Fall 2024 •

Rosé Revolution

By Rasmus Emborg & Jens Honoré

Rosé is the wine that has experienced the most progress in recent years. It is inclusive, unsnobbish, and is a marker of the good life. Like rosé wine, Rosé Revolution is easy to embrace.

Rosé wine is authenticating itself as the third wine category, which acts as a versatile bridge-builder between red and white and is suitable for most occasions and meals. The wine has a broad reach–from the novice to the general wine consumer to the wine nerd–and is riding a wave of popularity, market availability, and expanding recognition that looks set to continue for years to come.

With most celebrated and well-known wine critics/writers not paying much attention to rosé and motivated by a gap in the market for a book about rosé told through the winemakers themselves–their motivations, ambitions, and foremost urge for quality–the authors traveled around the world to visit some of the most significant rosé producers. Both those who established the foundation for the rosé revolution and those who caused its eruption. Each producer has an exciting tale to tell. Each, in its way, contributes to the fascinating story of the Rosé Revolution.

As one of the participants, Sacha Lichine, creator of the world’s best-selling rosé, Whispering Angel, so precisely phrases it: “From the beginning, the idea was to make rosé into real wine. Everyone looked at us like we were completely crazy. I guess, we were.”

With 13 chapters filled with stunning photos and illustrations Rosé Revolution is a must-have for every wine lover. As lifelong wine enthusiasts Rasmus and Jens have both embraced rosé wine–its history, taste, appeal, color, and allure that come together in delightful harmony.

$45.00 • • 304pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716622 • Release date: Fall 2024 •

Good-for-Nothing-Girl

A young woman’s quest for a better education results in a case of modern-day slavery, written by the award-winning author of Swallow and Everything Good Will Come.

What’s in a name?… When Gift escapes the limited options of her small city in Nigeria for the chance to attend college in the U.S., she never imagines she could get entangled in an international controversy about domestic servitude. Refusing to blame or be labeled, Gift draws on her deep well of self-respect, determined to write her own story.

$22.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 184pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717568 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2024 •

Queers for Palestine Flag Round Pin

One button pin of the Palestinian flag with the text “Queers for Palestine.”

Show your support for the people of Gaza and for the right to freedom for all Palestinians.

We are donating 100% of profits of our stickers for Gaza to the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) for food, hygiene supplies, water, and fuel for hospital generators in Gaza.

$3.00 • • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: QPB002 •

It’s Debatable

Talking Authentically about Tricky Topics

By Robert Jensen

It’s Debatable: Authentic Discussions about Tricky Topics offers a path toward a deeper, richer public conversation than might seem possible in today’s polarized political climate. Robert Jensen writes for those who yearn for debates based on evidence, reason, critical self-reflection, and mutual respect. The book offers a model for how to engage others rationally without discounting the powerful emotional component of our lives; how to think for oneself and at the same time recognize that thinking is a collective enterprise; and how to defend strongly held political positions while inviting critique. It’s Debatable demystifies intellectual life and encourages rigorous thinking by ordinary people, to better equip citizens to participate in political life.

Jensen has logged 10 years in journalism and 30 years in academia, along with decades of community organizing in feminism and on the left side of the political fence. As a journalist, he learned to write clearly and concisely. In his teaching career, he got pretty good at explaining complex things to students. In his public speaking and writing, he presented radical ideas in ways that didn’t scare off people. This book draws on all those skills.

In polarized times, many people want to step back from the intensity of political disagreements that seem to escalate in a flash, leaving no time for reflection and little room for constructive engagement. Offering a robust defense of freedom of expression, Jensen moves beyond platitudes to articulate intellectual standards that can help us clarify our political disagreements. Then he wades into some of the most contentious debates of our time: the insights of Critical Race Theory in a white-supremacist society, the confused and confusing ideology of transgenderism, and the nearly universal cultural denial of the need for limits to population and consumption.

$20.00 • 6" x 9" • 176pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623716844 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: August 2024 •

Black Kaffiyeh Journal

All Interlink Notebooks use ecological paper from sustainable forests.

High quality papers are sourced from paper mills promoting sources of sustainable forests using clean energy, without the use of harmful chemicals such as chlorine.Â Â Â

A new tree is planted for every tree felled.

$17.95 • 6" x 8.5" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718893 • Series: Interlink Notebooks • Release date: Fall 2020 •

Stand with Gaza Watermelon Pin

Stand with Gaza.

Show your support for the people of Gaza and for the right to freedom for all Palestinians.

The pins are die-struck from a high quality steel iron and feature a butterfly clasp in the back.

We are donating 100% of profits of these buttons for Gaza to to Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) for food, hygiene supplies, water, and fuel for hospital generators in Gaza.

$10 • • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: GGB004-1 •

Queers for Palestine Rainbow Triangle Sticker

One Glitter die cut vinyl sticker with the text “Queers for Palestine.”

Show your support for the people of Gaza and for the right to freedom for all Palestinians.

We are donating 100% of profits of our stickers for Gaza to the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) for food, hygiene supplies, water, and fuel for hospital generators in Gaza.

$5.00 • • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: QPS003 •

Queers for Palestine Rainbow Border Sticker

One holographic, glitter vinyl sticker with the text “Queers for Palestine.”

Show your support for the people of Gaza and for the right to freedom for all Palestinians.

We are donating 100% of profits of our stickers for Gaza to the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) for food, hygiene supplies, water, and fuel for hospital generators in Gaza.

Design by Honey Dandy (@honey.dandy)

$5.00 • • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: QPS002 •

Almond Blossoms and Beyond

NEW COVER

The first English translation of recent poetry by the late Mahmoud Darwish, the most important Palestinian contemporary poet.

Almond Blossoms and Beyond is one of the last collections of poetry that Mahmoud Darwish left to the world. Composed of brief lyric poems and the magnificent sustained Exile cycle, Almond Blossoms holds an important place in Darwish’s unparalleled oeuvre. It distills his late style, in which, though the specter of death looms and weddings turn to funerals, he threads the pulses and fragilities and beauties of life into the lines of his poems. Their liveliness is his own response to the collection’s final call to bid Farewell / Farewell, to the poetry of pain.

$20.00 • 9" x 6" • 128pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623716769 • Release date: Summer 2024 •

Only in Trieste

A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

Discover Trieste’s Habsburg-era glories, multi-ethnic influences, and burgeoning cultural life with this explorer’s guide to Italy’s alternative city destination.

Published by The Urban Explorer these city tales from new and unusual perspectives provide independent travelers with unforgettable memories. Ideal for those who want to escape the crowds and get beyond the well-known paths, as well as for those inhabitants who perhaps thought they already knew their city. Eccentric museums, secret gardens, iconic structures, idiosyncratic shops, colorful characters and unusual places of worship.

The first real English-language guide to the city!
Roman ruins and cavernous caves, wartime tales and seaside traditions, classic cafés and museums galore.
Italy’s oldest dinosaur, the Theresian Aqueduct, Fascist skyscrapers, and a Brutalist housing complex.
The first Museum of Wind, the footsteps of James Joyce, the Pharaoh’s Villa, and Tito’s quarry of death.
Miramare Castle, the Victory Lighthouse, segregated sea bathing, and the world’s biggest regatta.

$16.00 • 8.5" x 5.5" • 120pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9783950539233 • Series: "Only In" Guides • Only In Guides • Release date: 05 March 2024 •

Queers for Palestine Sticker

One vinyl sticker with the text “Queers for Palestine.”

Show your support for the people of Gaza and for the right to freedom for all Palestinians.

We are donating 100% of profits of our stickers for Gaza to the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) for food, hygiene supplies, water, and fuel for hospital generators in Gaza.

**Please note, due to the urgency of the situation we are going on sale to raise funds during manufacture, expected ship time is 1 week from order.

$4.00 • • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: QPS001 •

Queers for Palestine Button Pin

One button pin with the text “Queers for Palestine.”

Show your support for the people of Gaza and for the right to freedom for all Palestinians.

We are donating 100% of profits of our stickers for Gaza to the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) for food, hygiene supplies, water, and fuel for hospital generators in Gaza.

**Please note, due to the urgency of the situation we are going on sale to raise funds during manufacture, expected ship time is 1 week from order.

$3.00 • • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: QPB001 •

Kassandra and the Wolf

Margarita Karapanou’s Kassandra and the Wolf was first published in 1974, and went on to become a contemporary classic in Greece, receive international acclaim, and establish its 28-year-old author as an intensely original new talent, who garnered comparisons to Proust and Schulz.

Six-year-old Kassandra is given a doll: “I put her to sleep in her box, but first I cut off her legs and arms so she’d fit,” she tells us, “Later, I cut her head off too, so she wouldn’t be so heavy. Now I love her very much.” Kassandra is an unforgettable narrator, a perfect, brutal guide to childhood as we’ve never seen it—a journey that passes through the looking glass but finds the darkest corners of the real world.

This edition brings Kassandra and the Wolf back into print—a tour de force and, as Karapanou liked to call it, a scary monster of a book.

$16.95 • 7.75" x 5.5" • 132pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623716974 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2024 •

Alaska

Interlink Traveller's Wildlife Guide

By Dennis Paulson, Les Beletsky

In this book you will find all the information you will need to find, identify, and learn about Alaska’s magnificent animal life.

Alaska has both vast wilderness tracts and a modern transportation system, making eco-travelling in the state easy as well as exciting. From the broad expanses of tundra in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the rich seabird colonies of the Bering Sea to the glacier-bedecked snowy mountains and magnificent forests of the Southeast, wildlife viewing opportunities abound.

In this book is all the information you will need to find, identify, and learn about Alaska’s magnificent animal life.

Identifying and location information on the most frequently seen animals.
Full-color illustrations of more than 320 of Alaska’s most common marine invertebrates, insects, amphibians, fishes, birds, and mammals.
Up-to-date information on the ecology, behavior, and conservation of the animals.
Information on Alaska’s habitats and on the most common plants you will encounter.
Brief descriptions of Alaska’s most frequently visited parks and reserves. Easy to carry, entertainingly written, beautifully illustrated—you will want to have this book as constant companion on your journey.

$30.00 • 8.5" x 5.5" • 456pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623716981 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Wildlife Guide • Release date: Spring 2024 •

Jerusalem Interrupted

Modernity and Colonial Transformation 1917 - Present

By Lena Jayyusi

This groundbreaking collection of essays brings together distinguished scholars and writers and follows the history of Jerusalem from the culturally diverse Mandate period through its transformation into a predominantly Jewish city.

Most histories of twentieth-century Jerusalem published in English focus on the city’s Jewish life and neighborhoods; this book offers a crucial balance to that history. On the eve of the British Mandate in 1917, Jerusalem Arab society was rooted, diverse, and connected to other cities, towns, and the rural areas of Palestine. A cosmopolitan city, Jerusalem saw a continuous and dynamic infusion of immigrants and travelers, many of whom stayed and made the city theirs. Over the course of the three decades of the Mandate, Arab society in Jerusalem continued to develop a vibrant, networked, and increasingly sophisticated milieu. No one then could have imagined the radical rupture that would come in 1948, with the end of the Mandate and the establishment of the State of Israel. This groundbreaking collection of essays brings together distinguished scholars and writers and follows the history of Jerusalem from the culturally diverse Mandate period through its transformation into a predominantly Jewish city.

Essays detail often unexplored dimensions of the social and political fabric of a city that was rendered increasingly taut and fragile, even as areas of mutual interaction and shared institutions and neighborhoods between Arabs and Jews continued to develop.

Contributors include: Lena Jayyusi, Issam Nassar, Samia A. Halaby, Elias Sahhab, Andrea Stanton, Makram Khoury-Machool, Sandy Sufian, Awad Halabi, Ellen L. Fleischmann, Widad Kawar, Rochelle Davis, Subhi Ghosheh, Mohammad Ghosheh, Tom Abowd, Nadia Abu El-Haj, Michael Dumper, Nahed Awwad, Ahmad J. Azem, Nasser Abourahme.

$35.00 • 9.5" x 7.5" • 550pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623716776 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: Summer 2024 •

Gods Don’t Cry

Unsung Stories of Ireland's Forgotten Immortals

By Ellen Ryan

A bold and brilliant collection of ancient stories that challenge the modern notion of what it means to be a hero.

The ancient gods of Ireland were once worshipped throughout the land. Powerful and brave, they were unafraid to show their vulnerability, reject violence, or lean on others for support. Sadly, their stories—passed down by our ancestors—are all but forgotten.

Gods Don’t Cry reawakens these gods, whose ancient tales redefine modern ideas of what it means to be a hero. From Mannanán, who uses his neurodiversity to discover the Otherworld, to Méiche, who finds the courage to accept his illness, Fer Maisse, a monster slayer who gives up glory to become a healer, and Cnú Deróil, who overcomes bullies with his musical talent. Hurlers and warriors, academics, and activists—these are gods of many abilities, sizes, and skin shades, from every corner of Ireland.

Follow their adventures as they perform magic, battle demons, overcome struggles and find the courage to be true to themselves. You might even see yourself in their stories and discover, that you too, are a hero.

$26.00 • 9.7" x 7.4" • 272pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716745 • Crocodile Books • Ages 9-12 • Release date: Summer 2024 •

The Nomad

Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt

By Isabelle Eberhardt

"A rich...fragmented chunk of pure romantic agony..."��New York Times Book Review

This book tells the fascinating tale of a character like no other—Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) came to be known as the ultimate enigma and representative of everything that seemed dangerous in nineteenth-century society.

In her short life Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) came to be known as the ultimate enigma and representative of everything that seemed dangerous in nineteenth-century society. Born the illegitimate daughter of an aristocratic Russian emigree she was a cross-dresser and sensualist, an experienced drug-taker and a transgressor of boundaries: a European reborn in the desert as an Arab and Muslim, a woman who reinvented herself as a man, wandering the Sahara on horseback. A profoundly lonely individual for all her numerous sexual adventures, she roused controversy and was loved and hated in equal measure. A mysterious attempt was made on her life and even her eventual death was ambiguous: she drowned in the desert at the age of twenty-seven. La bonne nomade, Isabelle’s diaries, is a fascinating account of her strange and passionate nomadic lifestyle; an evocative and deeply personal record of her torments, her search for inspiration as a writer, her spirituality and the intense color and fire of her living.

$17.95 • 8" x 5.25" • 208pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717100 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2024 •

Namesake

Reflections on a Warrior Woman

By N. S Nuseibeh

A Palestinian Woman’s dazzling exploration of heritage, gender and the idea of home.

I may not be brave enough, but somewhere deep inside of me there is, perhaps, the kernel of someone who is.

That brave someone was the legendary Nusayba bint Ka’ab al Khazrajia, who fought alongside the Prophet Muhammad at the dawn of Islam, the author N.S Nuseibeh’s ancestor. In drawing on Nusayba’s stories, Nuseibeh delves into the experience of being an Arab woman today and in the distant past—taking her from superheroes and the glorification of violence to the rise of Arab feminism, to what courage looks like in the context of interminable conflict. By seeking to understand her namesake in the context of her own twenty-first century concerns, Nuseibeh links our current ideas of Muslims and Arabs with their origins, exploring myth-making and identity, religion and nationhood, feminism and race.

As intimate as they are thoughtful, these linked essays offer a dazzling exploration of heritage, gender and the idea of home, while also showing how connecting with our history can help us understand ourselves and others today.

$20.00 • 6" x 9" • 288pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716875 • Release date: Summer 2024 •

The Jewel and the Ember

Love Stories from the Ancient Middle East

By Jennifer Heath

The Jewel and the Ember is a unique collection of enchanting, enlightening, joyful, painful, and funny pre-Islamic love stories drawn from ancient sources throughout the Middle East, illustrating our eternal search for enduring love and encouraging the heart to sing.

The human soul is eternally engaged in the search for enduring love.

The Jewel and the Ember is a unique collection of compelling, enlightening, sometimes joyful, sometimes painful, often funny love stories culled from pre- Islamic folktales and poems, drawn from ancient sources throughout the Middle East, including Zoroastrian Persia, Turkey, Afghanistan, Moorish Spain, and Arabia. These eleven timeless tales resonate across cultures and ethnicities, adapted and retold (though not reinvented) from lengthy, dense translations and provide alternatives to the all-too-common Arabian Nights and other Orientalist sagas.

Here, readers will encounter strong, smart, self-sufficient women—far different from the clichéd, frequently shrouded creatures characterized in popular fables—and vulnerable men—full participants in the sufferings, longings, ecstasies, foibles, and complexities shared by all lovers.

In haunting, entertaining, richly embroidered language, The Jewel and the Ember speaks of desire, sensuality, and passion. It welcomes us into lands and societies of which few in the West are acquainted. These enchanting stories illustrate love’s universal values and encourage the heart to sing.

$26.00 • 6.5" x 6.5" • 244pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717537 • Release date: Summer 2024 •

One Bake, Two Ways

Fifty bakes with an all-plant option every time

By Ruby Bhogal

One Bake, Two Ways has an inclusive approach that makes Ruby’s recipes achievable for all—there’s no sacrifices here—every last bite is delicious! With adaptability galore and flavors that offer twice the delight, dive into Ruby’s world of baking and savor the best of both worlds.

Contents:

Oh, Crumbs (Cakes)

Breaking Bread

Easy as Pie

Taking the Cookie

Sweeter Things (Desserts)

Keeping it Saucy

The Essentials

$35.00 • 9.75" x 7.5" • 320pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716790 • Release date: Summer 2024 •

Persiana

Recipes from the Middle East & Beyond

By Sabrina Ghayour

A special edition of the award-winning cookbook from the beloved Sabrina Ghayour. Persiana features over 100 flavorful and mouthwatering recipes that highlight the best of Persian culture.

A celebration of the food and flavors from the regions near the Southern and Eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, with over 100 recipes for modern and accessible Middle Eastern dishes, including Lamb & Sour Cherry Meatballs; Chicken, Preserved Lemon & Olive Tagine; Blood Orange & Radicchio Salad; Persian Flatbread; and Spiced Carrot, Pistachio & Coconut Cake with Rosewater Cream.

$35.00 • 9.75" x 7.5" • 240pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716806 • Release date: Summer 2024 •

Zao Fan

Breakfast of China

By Michael Zee

The Breakfast of China is a cookbook exploring the huge variety of dishes 1.4 billion people eat every morning. Recipes for buns, soups, noodles, and dumplings, delicious any time of day, have been expertly adapted for the home kitchen by SymmetryBreakfast creator, Michael Zee.

Breakfast in China is an important affair. At dawn, the streets come alive with vendors setting up for the morning breakfast rush. Each will have their specialty that they make day in, day out, honing their recipe over years, and even generations. Locals are spoiled for choice, with a huge variety of spicy noodles, plump dumplings, and fluffy buns all made fresh to order right on their doorsteps.

Michael Zee, creator of the popular SymmetryBreakfast account, has eaten his way around China, hunting down the very best versions of these morning favorites and recreating them at home so that you can too. In China, these are recipes devised for speed and convenience and so are also perfect for filling lunches, nourishing dinners, and quick and tasty snacks.

Why not try: Dan dan mian, Sichuanese street-style noodles with a sesame paste sauce,Jian bing,savory filled crepes, Xiaolongbao, steamed Shanghainese soup dumplings,Youtiao,or sweetened fried dough sticks,delicious dipped in fresh soy milk or covered in soft serve ice cream. With Michael as your knowledgeable tour guide, you’ll be transported to the bustling streets of China, see the mesmeric pulling of noodles and pleating of dumplings, and be fully immersed in one of the most exciting and diverse food cultures in the world.

$35.00 • 9.75" x 7.5" • 304pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716950 • Release date: Spring 2024 •

Sobremesa

Easy Mexican Recipes for Every Day

By Chef Susana Villasuso

75 quick, easy and delicious recipes for Mexican weeknight meals, sharing plates, drinks, and desserts to make and enjoy together.

Sobremesa means “relaxing at the table after a heavy meal,” usually after getting together with family and friends. Mexican-born chef and recipe developer Susana Villasuso is on a mission to bring the flavors of Mexico to your table, and share her culture with the world. Inspired by the dishes she learned to cook from her mother and grandmother, this debut cookbook brings together authentic, modern, simple, and tasty recipes for feeding the whole family and for all occasions, made with everyday supermarket ingredients. It’s a real taste of Mexico, with a modern twist.

Try some of Susana’s family classics, such as: Crispy bean and ricotta taquitos with crema verde, Brown miso and porter carnitas, Salmon Ceviche with yellow beets and lime marinade, Mexican blood orange vanilla cake, and more.

Discover the Mexican art of easy everyday celebrations with Sobremesa.

$35.00 • 9.6" x 7.44" • 240pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716882 • Release date: Summer 2024 •

Until You Find the Sun

A Story About Discovering Home Wherever You Go

By Maryam Hassan

An uplifting story about coping with change and finding your way in a new and unfamiliar place, by debut author Maryam Hassan, beautifully brought to life with illustrations by Anna Wilson.

Aminah’s life is full of warmth and joy, from days spent in the golden sunshine eating juicy mangoes, to evenings curled up reading adventure stories with her grandfather, Da.

But one day, Aminah is told she’ll be leaving with her parents for their very own adventure, one that will take her away from Da and the sunny comforts of the life she’s known . . .

Written by debut author Maryam Hassan, illustrated by Anna Wilson.

$18.95 • 9.84" x 10.8" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716936 • Ages 0-5 • Release date: Summer 2024 •

Love is All We Need

By Krina Patel-Sage

A beautiful picture book from a talented emerging illustrator about all the different ways we can all show love and care about each other.

Through six diverse and inclusive families, Krina Patel-Sage shows how love infuses all kinds of activities in our daily lives. Big events, like the coming of a new baby, or special festivals or anniversaries throughout the year; but also small moments, like a warm towel after a bath, or a hug after a fall.

There are acts of friendship, kindness, consideration—all kinds of activities that foster the sense of happiness and comfort that love gives, all portrayed with brightly colored images and a simple rhyming text.

There is also the fun of identifying the children on every spread: Ella, Dylan, Roman, Ali, Sophia, and Adam are named on the front endpapers and appear with their families all through the book, at home, in the street, at school, or in the playground.

$18.95 • 10.4" x 10.2" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716929 • Crocodile Books • Ages 4-8 • Release date: Summer 2024 •

A Long Walk from Gaza

By Asmaa Alatawna

The violence of life in Gaza which has taken on immense proportions for the whole world to see is intimately rendered here in a human story of resistance and resilience.

In the tradition of Palestinian women writers, Asma Al-Atawna has gifted us a novel that is both personal and political, that exposes both the occupation and the patriarchy. A Long Walk from Gaza is a coming-of-age story that follows its teenage protagonist through her battles with a strict and abusive father, the exhilaration of her first crush, confrontations with occupation soldiers, and the heartbreak of leaving her home Gaza for a new life in Europe. Beginning in Europe and working backward to her own birth and early childhood, Al-Atawna’s creative narration mirrors the traumas of her life and her people.

A Long Walk from Gaza not only exposes the harshness of both male authority and the stifling of the dreams of girls in parallel with the devastating conditions Palestinians endure under a brutal Israeli occupation, but also the challenges of fleeing these for a cold, alienating life in Europe. Al-Atawna lays these bare within a story that also showcases moments of humor, joy, and the human capacity to survive and thrive at all costs. She skillfully weaves together the challenges of growing up in occupied Palestine while exposing the many intersections of violence, patriarchy, and growing up in a society that offers girls little to no compassion. Her teenage protagonist’s feminist point of view is fresh and honest, powerfully conveying the heartbreaking truths of her life.

At heart, A Long Walk from Gaza is a tale of freedom. Each of the characters is psychically wounded by their circumstances and each resists in their own way. Gaza comes to life in Al-Atawna’s novel, showing a rich and diverse society—its flaws along with its beauty, showing us worlds, which are being destroyed and some of which no longer exist today.

$16.00 • 8" x 5.25" • 248pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623716851 • Release date: Summer 2024 •

Dinner Tonight

Simple Meals Full of Mediterranean Flavor

By Meliz Berg

Serious flavor, simple recipes, answering the eternal question of “What’s for dinner?” Meliz Berg shares her go-to home cooking, inspired by her Turkish Cypriot kitchen.

Serious flavor, simple recipes, answering the eternal question of “What’s for dinner?”

This is the second book from the instant No. 1 Sunday Times Bestselling cook. Meliz Berg shares her go-to home cooking—quick and nourishing meals, instant dinners that come together with pantry essentials, clever shortcuts, one-pot and sheet-pan winners, easy Friday “fake-out” ideas, and lazy weekend inspiration for beautiful food that takes care of itself in the oven—perfect for stress-free gatherings with family and friends.

Meliz includes her meat-free and gluten-free simple swaps to cater for all cravings! As well as her tips for cooking with an air fryer and slow cooker. “Build-your-own,” “Fully Loaded” and “Restaurant-Style” Salad Bowls, One-Pot Orzo, Leftover Hummus Soup, Cheater’s Lahmacun Pide Pockets, Tavuk Kebab Curry, One-Pot Roasted Eggplant Pilav, Sheet-Pan Spiced Kofte and Crunchy Potatoes, Hellim-Crusted Fish Tacos, Mom’s Sunday Roast Chicken, Berry “Baklava” Pots, Oozy Helva Stuffed Filo Parcels, and more…

$35.00 • 9.75" x 7.5" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716899 • Release date: Summer 2024 •

The Violin

By Mary Auld

Illustrated by: Elisa Paganelli

A beautifully illustrated story bringing to life all that is wonderful about the violin. Created in partnership with, and featuring music downloads by, the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO).

Follow violinist, Lilu, as she prepares for her concert performances and uncovers more about the violin. Discover how the instrument is made, how it is played and its role within the orchestra. Get swept up in the magic of the music as Lilu rehearses for a dream summer evening performance.

With panels that offer suggestions for music to listen to and exclusive music to download from the LSO, this is a multi-sensory experience in which to enjoy and learn about the violin. From the creative team behind the award-winning book How to Build an Orchestra.

$18.95 • 9.6" x 7.87" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623711115 • Series: A Little Book of the Orchestra • Crocodile Books • Ages 7-9 • Release date: Spring 2024 • Foreword by: Sir Simon Rattle •

Rainbowsaurus

By Steve Antony

A joyful and fun read-along tale of one family’s quest to find the Rainbowsaurus, featuring lots of colorful creatures.

We’re following a rainbow to find the Rainbowsaurus.

We’re following a rainbow. Would you like to join us?

Join two dads and their three children as they set off on an adventure to find the Rainbowsaurus. On their way, they meet animals that are all the colors of the rainbow who all want to find the Rainbowsaurus too.

From the author and illustrator of the Mr Panda series and The Queen’s Hat collection, comes this instantly classic-feeling adventure. A perfect story to read at bedtime again and again.

$17.95 • 6" x 6" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717001 • Crocodile Books • Ages 3-5 • Release date: Spring 2024 •

The Flute

By Mary Auld

Illustrated by: Elisa Paganelli

A beautifully illustrated story bringing to life all that is wonderful about the flute. Created in partnership with, and featuring music downloads by, the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO).

Follow flute player, Sonja, as she plucks up the courage to play a flute solo in tonight’s concert. Discover how the flute is played, the different sounds it can make, and its role within the orchestra. Listen along to the vibrant concert performance at the end.

With panels that offer suggestions for music to listen to and exclusive music to download from the LSO, this is a multi-sensory experience in which to enjoy and learn about the flute. From the creative team behind the award-winning book How to Build an Orchestra.

$18.95 • 9.6" x 7.87" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623711122 • Series: A Little Book of the Orchestra • Crocodile Books • Ages 7-9 • Release date: Spring 2024 • Foreword by: Sir Simon Rattle •

A World For Me and You

Where Everyone is Welcome

By Uju Asika

Illustrated by: Jennie Poh

A delightful picture book about the incredible diversity in our world, perfect for starting conversations with little ones about inclusion, acceptance, and kindness.

In this uplifting picture book, you imagine a world where everyone looks identical, where all food tastes the same, where we all speak the same language. A world that is…well, pretty boring. But with an explosion of color, the pages soon come to life. This joyful picture book encourages children to imagine the world as a vast library, with room on the shelves for everybody’s story. It is a celebration of our incredibly diverse world as it really is: home to 195 countries with thousands of different cultures, 10 million colors, and 4,300 religions.

Written by Uju Asika, author of Bringing up Race, this beautiful picture book celebrates the beauty and joy of living in a wonderfully diverse world.

$18.95 • 10.2" x 10.2" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623711085 • Crocodile Books • Ages 5-7 • Release date: Spring 2024 •

Imad’s Syrian Kitchen

A Love Letter from Damascus

By Imad Alarnab

"Instructions are clear and thoughtful throughout, but it�s the author�s personal experiences that make this heartfelt cookbook shine." ��Publishers Weekly

Complete with heartfelt stories, stunning photography, and beautiful illustrations, Imad’s Syrian Kitchen features 90 sensational recipes celebrating the flavors of Syria.

This is the first cookbook by Imad Alarnab, a renowned chef from Damascus. Imad now runs an acclaimed restaurant in London, which was named GQ’s “Best Breakthrough Restaurant 2022.” Imad’s Syrian Kitchen is a bustling tour through 90 traditional and adapted Syrian dishes that can be made in the comfort of your own home. Imad introduces us to the delicious flavors and techniques of the Syrian kitchen. And alongside delicious recipes, mouthwatering photography, and beautiful illustrations, Imad shares the unforgettable details of how he came to settle in London, as well as the story of his home country, Syria. This book is a celebration of how food has the power to bring people together.

From Imad: “From the traditional dishes that my mother first taught me to cook, to the imaginative food that has become my own, my recipes tell my story. Enjoy them simply on their own or pile your table high and gather with family and friends. Come, join the feast, and let me share with you the unforgettable flavors of my Syrian kitchen.”

$35.00 • HB • 256pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781623711160 • Release date: 09 January 2024 •

Spreading My Wings

By Nadiya Hussain

Illustrated by: Ella Bailey

A touching story about being proud of who we are and embracing our differences, written by TV star Nadiya Hussain.

I am a boy, and this is Rayf, my bird.

Rayf is my friend.

On his first day of summer camp, a little boy arrives with his bird best friend perched proudly on his shoulder, but he soon discovers that he is different from everyone else—no one else has a bird. He hides Rayf away to try and fit in but it’s hard to pretend to be someone else for long.

$18.95 • 10.6 x 10.6 • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716820 • Crocodile Books • Ages 0-5 years • Release date: Summer 2024 •

The Bedtime Boat

By Sital Gorasia Chapman

Illustrated by: Anastasia Savorova

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A visually stunning, thoughtful and calming bedtime tale, featuring tried-and-tested mindfulness techniques.

Watch the boat, Chandan, it floats on the ocean. It rises and falls with your breath’s gentle motion.

Chandan has had an exciting day out with his mom—but now it’s time for bed, and however hard he tries, he just can’t sleep.

Luckily, his mom has some calming mindfulness techniques at her fingertips. The bedtime boat sits on Chandan’s tummy, rising and falling with his breath. As he travels on a voyage of imagination over the seas, the bedtime boat is always there to keep him grounded, and soon gently lulls him into arelaxed and peaceful sleep.

With stunning illustrations by award-winning illustrator Anastasia Suvorova, this lyrical rhyming picture book is the perfect way to help restless little ones drift off to sleep.

$18.95 • 10.8" x 9.6" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716783 • Crocodile Books • Release date: 06 August 2024 •

Somewhere for Little Bear

By Britta Teckentrup

A heartwarming migration story of connection and belonging, beautifully brought to life by prolific picture book author-illustrator Britta Teckentrup.

Little Bear lives happily in his cozy cave deep in the woods. He loves picking berries during the day, listening to the birds sing under his favorite tree in the evening, and curling up comfily on his soft leaves to sleep each night.

But when Bear wakes up one morning to find his beloved forest ablaze, he must make a quick escape, away from his cozy cave, friendly faces and the comforts he knows.

He walks and walks in search of somewhere new to call home, but finds he’s not welcome in the places that look most familiar to him.

Feeling hopeless and alone, Little Bear must journey even further into the unknown. And only in the most unfamiliar of places, does the kindness of new animal friends lead Little Bear to discover the true meaning of home . . .

$18.95 • 9.6" x 9.6" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716837 • Crocodile Books • Ages 0-5 years • Release date: Summer 2024 •

Anna Haugh?s Irish Kitchen

Modern home cooking with Irish heart

By Anna Haugh

85 simple, homey, accessible, and delicious recipes from a modern Irish kitchen, by standout young chef Anna Haugh.

For Anna Haugh cooking is in her bones and sharing in her nature. A born and bred Dubliner, Anna was raised on her mom’s Irish home cooking. In this, her debut cookbook, she shares 85 recipes that are as straightforward as they are delicious, such as Braised beef cheeks with sweet potato and basil crush, Dad’s fish pie from Howth, Vegan pulled pork, and Guinness chocolate cake.

Knowing full well the reality of juggling busy family life with work, Anna includes mouthwatering recipes that are easy to prepare for weeknight dinner without using every pot and pan in the house, such as Mammy’s shepherd’s pie with forked spuds, baby gem lettuce and chicken taco night, lentil bolognaise, coconut cod curry, and Anna’s Tuesday night stir-fry. And for when you have some time and want to push the boat out, there’s a celebration roast, or the duck breast and potato waffle with a mushroom and black garlic puree, or even Aunty Ann’s show-stopping carrot cake.

For all their heartiness, the recipes in this book taste incredible and look stunning all because Anna shares her tricks of the trade to level up flavor and bring casual elegance to simple home cooking.

$35.00 • 9.75" x 7.5" • 272pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716813 • Release date: Summer 2024 •

Only in Vienna

A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

The Holy Lance, the Fools’ Tower, Klimt’s Last Studio and the Knights of Blood Street. Uncover the secrets of the Danube metropolis with this ground-breaking guide. Now in its fourth edition this bestselling book is popular with visitors and locals alike!

$22.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9783950539226 • Series: Only In Guides • The Urban Explorer • Release date: Spring 2016 •

Only in Edinburgh

A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

The Innocent Railway, the Arthur’s Seat Coffins, Trainspotting in Leith, and the Skating Minister. The author’s offbeat explorations reveal more than a hundred unusual locations in the Scottish capital. A practical guide and a handsome tribute to one of Europe’s most fascinating cities.

$22.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 232pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9783950539202 • Only In Guides • Release date: Spring 2019 •

Only in Zurich

A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

A complicated clock, an elephant in the woods, the emperor’s paddle steamer, and the first “Dark Restaurant.” There is obviously more to Zurich than banking, clean streets, and punctuality. This guide shows a very different side to Switzerland’s largest city.

$22.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 232pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9783950539240 • Only In Guides • Release date: Spring 2019 •

Only in Boston

A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

The Boston Molasses Flood, America’s first subway, Harvard’s monster computer, and the skull of Phineas Gage. The author’s offbeat explorations reveal more than a hundred unusual locations in the Massachusetts’ capital. A practical guide and a handsome tribute to one of America’s most storied cities.

$22.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 232pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9783950539219 • Series: Only In Guides • The Urban Explorer • Release date: Spring 2024 •

Stand with Gaza Map of Palestine Pin Silver

Stand with Gaza.

Show your support for the people of Gaza and for the right to freedom for all Palestinians.

The pins are die-struck from a high quality steel iron and feature a butterfly clasp in the back.

We are donating 100% of profits of these buttons for Gaza to to Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) for food, hygiene supplies, water, and fuel for hospital generators in Gaza.

$10 • • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: GGB004 •

Stand with Gaza Map of Palestine Pin Gold

Stand with Gaza.

Show your support for the people of Gaza and for the right to freedom for all Palestinians.

The pins are die-struck from a high quality steel iron and feature a butterfly clasp in the back.

We are donating 100% of profits of these buttons for Gaza to to Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) for food, hygiene supplies, water, and fuel for hospital generators in Gaza.

$10 • • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: GGB003 •

Stand with Gaza Right to Return Key Pin

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$10 • • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: GGB002-1 •

Stand with Gaza Palestinian Flag Pin

Stand with Gaza.

Show your support for the people of Gaza and for the right to freedom for all Palestinians.

The pins are die-struck from a high quality steel alloy and feature a butterfly clasp in the back. The recessed colors allow for finer reproduction of details and a top epoxy coating creates a surface smooth to the touch.

We are donating 100% of profits of these buttons for Gaza to the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) for food, hygiene supplies, water, and fuel for hospital generators in Gaza.

$10 • • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: GGB002 •

Stand with Gaza Round Stickers (5 Pack)

Sold as a pack of 5 stickers.

Stand with Gaza.

Show your support for the people of Gaza and for the right to freedom for all Palestinians.

We are donating 100% of profits of our stickers for Gaza to the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) for food, hygiene supplies, water, and fuel for hospital generators in Gaza.

**Please note, due to the urgency of the situation we are going on sale to raise funds during manufacture, expected ship time is 1 week from order.

$5 • • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: GGS001 •

Stand with Gaza Button Pin

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$2 • • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: GGB001 •

Stand with Gaza Tank Top

Stand with Gaza.

Show your support for the people of Gaza and for the right to freedom for all Palestinians.

We are donating 100% of profits of all our garments for Gaza to the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) for food, hygiene supplies, water, and fuel for hospital generators in Gaza.

**Please note, due to the urgency of the situation we are going on sale to raise funds during manufacture, expected ship time is 3 weeks from order.

This project is undertaken with the support of Paper City Clothing Company based in Holyoke MA, for more information visit: papercityclothingcompany.com

$30 • • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: GGTT001 HB
ISBN: GGTT001M PB •

Stand with Gaza T-Shirt

Stand with Gaza.

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We are donating 100% of profits of all our garments for Gaza to the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) for food, hygiene supplies, water, and fuel for hospital generators in Gaza.

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$30 • • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: GGT001 HB
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Stand with Gaza Crewneck

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We are donating 100% of profits of all our garments for Gaza to the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) for food, hygiene supplies, water, and fuel for hospital generators in Gaza.

**Please note, due to the urgency of the situation we are going on sale to raise funds during manufacture, expected ship time is 3 weeks from order.

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$60 • • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: GGC001 HB
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Stand with Gaza Hoodie

Stand with Gaza.

Show your support for the people of Gaza and for the right to freedom for all Palestinians.

We are donating 100% of profits of all our garments for Gaza to the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) for food, hygiene supplies, water, and fuel for hospital generators in Gaza.

**Please note, due to the urgency of the situation we are going on sale to raise funds during manufacture, expected ship time is 3 weeks from order.

This project is undertaken with the support of Paper City Clothing Company based in Holyoke MA, for more information visit: papercityclothingcompany.com

$60 • • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: GGH001 HB
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Fragments of Memory

A Story of a Syrian Family

By Hanna Mina

An autobiographical novel, set in the early 20th century, about the life of a boy born to a poor family in northern Syria.

Fragments of Memory offers a picture of reality that is simple, direct, and quite emotional… an image of Syrian society in the thirties and forties through the struggle of an impoverished family- of an origin that is neither rural nor urban- which moves from the city to the countryside, only to be forced back unwillingly, groping for survival.

Khaldoun Shamaa’s Fragments of Memory is an autobiographical novel about the life of a boy born to a poor family in northern Syria. Mina sets these personal events against a richly detailed description of events in the history of early 20th century Syria, as the silkworm industry gave way to modern foreign technology. The mode of life described is one of a bygone era.

$17.95 • 8" x 5.25" • 248pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717032 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2024 •

The Secret Life of Saeed

The Pessoptimist

By Emile Habiby

NEW COVER!

This award-winning novel-in-translation is clever tragicomedy that demonstrates the complex life of a Palestinian living in Israel.

Saeed is the comic hero, the luckless fool, whose tale tells of aggression and resistance, terror and heroism, reason and loyalty that typify the hardships and struggles of Arabs in Israel. An informer for the Zionist state, his stupidity, candor, and cowardice make him more of a victim than a villain; but in a series of tragicomic episodes, he is gradually transformed from a disaster-haunted, gullible collaborator into a Palestinian—no hero still, but a simple man intent on survival and, perhaps, happiness.

The author’s own anger and sorrow at Palestine’s tragedy and his acquaintance with the absurdities of Israeli politics (he was once a member of Israel’s parliament himself) are here transmuted into satire both biting and funny. Translated by Anton Shammas into Hebrew, The Secret Life of Saeed won Israel’s foremost Prize for Literature; a stage version played to great acclaim for a decade.

$15 • 8" x 5.25" • 192pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717025 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2024 •

The Complete Middle Eastern Vegetarian

Classic Recipes from the Middle East and North Africa

By Habeeb Salloum

Explore 330 delicious vegetarian recipes in this incredible cookbook.

The vegetarian cuisine of the Middle East and North Africa is a treasure chest of pungent herbs and spices, aromatic stews and soups, chewy falafels and breads, couscous, stuffed grape leaves, greens and vegetables, hummus, pizzas, pies, omelets, pastries and sweets, smooth yogurt drinks, and strong coffees. Originally the food of peasants too poor for meat, vegetarian cooking in the Middle East developed over thousands of years into a culinary art form influenced both by trade and invasion. It is as rich and varied in its history as it is in flavor—culinary historians estimate the Arab kitchen has over 40,000 dishes!

Now noted food writer Habeeb Salloum has culled 330 savory jewels from this never-ending storehouse to create The Complete Middle Eastern Vegetarian—a rich, healthful, and economical introduction to flavors and aromas that have stood the test of time.

$25.00 • 9.75" x 7" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623711023 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2024 •

Huddud’s House

A Novel

By Fadi Azzam

A haunting contemporary novel, longlisted for the International Prize of Arabic Fiction, Huddud’s House is a rich tale of love in the time of war, based in the storied city of Damascus.

How far is love willing to travel in search of its own lost voice?

When tyranny unleashes destructive forces that threaten to overwhelm a country, what are the effects on the lives and choices of ordinary humans? When citizens become inhabitants of a land of extremes, what do they do, to whom do they flee?

Shadowing the days of Syria’s Arab spring, Fadi Azzam’s epic novel, Huddud’s House—a haunting, contemporary novel rooted in the soil of Damascus, the oldest inhabited city in humanity—is a sprawling tale of love in time of war. Focusing on a quartet of characters torn between leaving and returning to Damascus, it follows intertwining stories of love and violence to their boundaries.

Azzam writes the spirit of resilience and resistance of the Syrian peoples. A saga on the dangers of ignoring threats or forgetting atrocities, he braves a long-distance search for his people’s voice, one that violence cannot silence.

$18.00 • 8" x 5.25" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623711153 • Interlink Books • Translator: Ghada Alatrash • Release date: Spring 2024 •

I Really, Really Don’t Like Parties

By Angie Morgan

Illustrated by: Angie Morgan

A funny picture book about a little girl called Dora who really REALLY doesn’t like parties. A great tool to talk to children about being different, social anxiety, and how to overcome it.

Everyone likes parties… don’t they? Not if you’re Dora!

Dora is a fun-loving girl but she doesn’t like parties, even at her friend Rashid’s. They are too loud and too busy. When Rashid sends her an invitation, she thinks up all kinds of reasons not to go:

A gorilla broke into her bedroom and stole her party dress… She has a sore knee, or throat, or toe, or all three… One of her shoes fell in the pond and was eaten by a giant frog…

Dora does go the party—and it is very loud and busy. So loud and busy that Dora decides to retreat under the table. But someone else is there already. He’s called Tom and he thinks parties are too loud and busy too. Under the table, Dora makes a new friend and they have a lovely time.

Afterwards, Dora still thinks parties are too loud and busy. But she also knows that she’s not the only one who likes to be quiet—AND THAT’S ABSOLUTELY, COMPLETELY, TOTALLY, AND PERFECTLY OK.

$18.95 • 10.8" x 9.45" • 40pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623711146 • Crocodile Books • Ages 3-8 • Release date: Spring 2024 •

Gennaro’s Verdure

Over 80 Vibrant Italian Vegetable Dishes

Photography by: David Loftus

�Italian chef Contaldo, who has authored over a dozen books, comes quite close to an all-vegetarian cookbook with this celebration of all things verdure � Contaldo introduces each of the 28 vegetables he dubs most commonly found with quick fun facts plus good, sensible advice on cookery, prepping, cultivating, and similar topics. One to five dishes appear for each vegetable, from artichokes and asparagus to radicchio and tomatoes, categorized by color: green, red, sunshine, and purple � Contaldo ensures that all facets of the traditional menu are covered, particularly the main dishes and the sides. A rainbow of verdure.�

� Booklist,�starred review

Tasty, colorful, and loaded with flavor, Gennaro’s Verdure highlights the versatility of vegetables in various, delicious recipes.

This brand-new cookbook from Gennaro Contaldo is 6^th with long-time US publishing home, Interlink Books. In Gennaro’s Verdure, beloved Italian chef, Gennaro Contaldo transforms humble vegetables from side dish material into the hero of the plate, using punchy flavors from staple ingredients.

Structured by color, in chapters that group recipes into vegetable families, Gennaro champions their versatility and breaks the common misconception that veggies lack in texture and flavor. From Beet Carpaccio to Pea Souffle, Asparagus Carbonara, Tomato Sorbet, and Spinach “plumcake”; Gennaro maximizes the star-quality potential of the unassuming veggies that sit at the back of our fridge.

Not all recipes are entirely plant-based, but all include plants. These are innovative meals with an Italian touch; uncompromising in flavor and more than sufficient for hungry flexitarians, vegetarians, vegans, and meat-eaters alike.

$35.00 • 9.68" x 7.44" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623711191 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2024 •

Why Aren’t We Talking About This?!

An Inclusive Illustrated Guide to Life in 100 Questions

By Hazel Mead

An inclusive guide to the biggest questions we ask search engines about our bodies, our brains, and how we live together in society.

What is the most personal thing you’ve asked the Internet? Illustrator Hazel Mead turns to Google to uncover what we secretly ask search bars about our relationships, bodies, and identities. With hundreds of demystifying and empowering illustrations, she offers a fun, shame-free, and inclusive guide to life’s big questions. This is the emotional curriculum you’ll wish was taught in every classroom.

What if there was a book that explored the big lessons of life? Sure, formal education will equip you with requisite knowledge on photosynthesis. But when it comes to spotting the green flags in a prospective partner, navigating yours or a loved one’s grief, knowing how to prepare for a cervical screening, or to practicing self-defense, it can feel like total guesswork.

Using the latest research, interviews with experts, and her signature visuals, Hazel interrogates the taboos that shame us into silence. Since the answers to life’s big questions are rarely black and white, she answers them in color, with accessible design, and compassionate reflections. Why Aren’t We Talking About This?! is an exploration of the things we’re too afraid to ask but desperately need to know and talk about for greater acceptance of others and ourselves. It’s a bold invitation to forget normal and embrace what makes you unique.

The book features interviews and expert advice from:

Psychotherapist and grief expert, Dr. Julia Samuel @juliasamuelmbe

Clinical Psychologist, Dr Karen Gurney @thesexdoctor

Asexual Activist, writer and model Yasmin Benoit @theyasminbenoit

Anxiety Therapist, Joshua Fletcher @anxietyjosh

Journalist and founder of the Femedic, Monica Karpinski @thefemedic

Founder of Defend Yourself self-defense trainer, Lauren R. Taylor @thedefendyourself

$22.00 • 7.5" x 6.7" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716967 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2024 •

Graveyard Empire

Four Decades of Wars and Intervention in Afghanistan

By Emran Feroz

With deep insights into Afghanistan’s culture and history, this important book traces the chronology of catastrophe and the failed US “War on Terror.”

Operation Enduring Freedom on October 7, 2001 marked the beginning of the so-called “War on Terror” in Afghanistan, which to date has become the longest war fought by the USA and its allies, with thousands of deaths and injuries. For the first time, Emran Feroz describes this 20-year war from an inner Afghan perspective.

From speaking to Hamid Karzai and Taliban officials to interviews with affected citizens who suffered the most from this war, this important book gives a true picture from a non-western point of view—one that is rarely heard in mainstream media reporting. It makes one thing more than clear: The US’s “Saigon moment” in Kabul in August 2021 was more than foreseeable.

$20.00 • 9" x 6" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623711061 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2024 •

Eeny and Her Sisters

By Jane Yolen

Illustrated by: Kathryn Brown

Written by the prolific Jane Yolen, the charming characters from Eeny, Meeny, Miney Mole and Eeny Up Above return in the third installment of this picture book series that explores themes of agoraphobia, anxiety, and bravery.

Eeny Mole lives at the bottom of a deep dark hole with her two sisters. If it were up to her sisters, she would never leave the hole, but Eeny loves to go exploring—especially in the spring.

In this final Eeny Mole picture book, Eeny tries to encourage her sisters to face their fears as she has done and venture into the world Up Above.

$18.95 • 8.5" x 11" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717056 • Series: Jane Yolen's Eeny Series • Crocodile Books • Ages 3-8 • Release date: Spring 2024 •

Desified

Delicious Recipes for Ramadan, Eid & Every Day

By Zaynah Din

90 easy, delicious South-Asian inspired recipes for Ramadan, Eid, and beyond.

Desified is a celebration of South Asian flavors and spices. Inspired by the core principles of Ramadan, this book has more than 90 recipes, including show-stopping breakfasts, simple and satisfying dinners, and feasting dishes to share. Whether you’re looking for the best ways to break your fast or you simply want to eat well throughout the year, a desi twist is always delicious.

$35.00 • 9.7" x 7.4" • 240pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623711177 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2024 •

Sacred Soldier

The Dangers of Worshiping Warriors

By Robert F. Keeler

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and military veteran examines both the realities of our military and the worshipful attitude of Americans toward it.

How can our nation stop fighting needless wars, if we keep worshiping the warriors? Why do presidents so easily fool us by using “support the troops” to justify war? Is “Thank you for your service” merely meaningless, or a meaningful sign of a dangerous modern idolatry? Are today’s soldiers truly defending our freedom, or too often suppressing the freedom of other peoples? If our military is so powerful, why has it not definitively won a major war since 1945?

These are questions we seldom hear. Instead, what we see is ballplayers wearing military-style camouflage caps, baseball teams handing out a flag to the “veteran of the game,” and the Pentagon paying the National Football League to stage elaborate military displays like fighter-jet flyovers.

Sacred Soldier: The Dangers of Worshiping Warriors offers a more clear-eyed, warts-and-all view of our military. It argues that we owe our warriors more than those five empty words of gratitude. We owe them honesty as they enlist; we owe them protection from rampant sexual abuse by other members of the military; hesitance to shed their blood in multiple deployments to unwinnable wars; and the highest possible quality of care when they return from battle, wounded in mind, body, and spirit.

$20.00 • 9" x 6" • 248pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623711078 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2024 •

Guns and Almond Milk

A Novel

By Mustafa Marwan

�Told with real authority and pathos, in Guns and Almond Milk, Mustafa Marwan has created a timely and urgent work with a plot that will keep you gripped. An assured debut that deserves your attention. A fantastic read.�

�Abir Mukherjee, the Times bestselling author

An adrenaline-fuelled journey into war-torn Yemen, this novel is the perfect read for fans of fast-paced fiction.

Luke Archer, a British Egyptian doctor, runs from his problematic past in the UK and becomes a war surgeon. When he is taken hostage by Western security contractors in a besieged hospital in Yemen, he realizes that after spending years saving the lives of others, he needs to face the demons of his past in order to save his own.

Guns and Almond Milk is a study of identity, war and redemption. It is The Sympathizer mixed with M.A.S.H by the way of Ramy.

Born to Egyptian parents and raised as a first-generation British Muslim, Luke Archer struggles to be from two worlds at the same time. He is working in a humanitarian mission in Aden, at the height of the Yemeni conflict. Max Gorsky, Luke’s new patient, is a security contractor working for the government forces. Rebel forces have taken over the city, and Max’s team is now taking refuge in the city’s hospital, in preparation for their final stand. Luke and his team find themselves caught in a deadly clash between the ruthless rebel group and the desperate security contractors. At the same time, Max and Luke need to settle debts from their shared past in the UK where they joined forces in fencing a multi-million-dollar stolen artifact operation that went wrong.

Guns and Almond Milkis a fast-paced story of love, murder, and thrill that provides readers with a fresh perspective on humanitarian work, religion, assimilation, and Middle Eastern politics.

$17.95 • 8" x 5.25" • 248pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623711054 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2024 •

Frontières

The Food of France's Borderlands

By Alex Jackson

"This stunner is a compelling reminder that France's rich culinary heritage is indebted to the diverse peoples who have brought their ideas and foods across borders. After turning the final page, readers hungry for France will want to book a trip to North Africa, Spain, or Italy."

?Booklist, starred review

With over 80 mouth-watering recipes and fascinating introductions to each region, Fronti?res?will take you on a delicious gastronomic journey through France’s varied borderlands, adding many interesting dishes to your repertoire along the way.

Alex Jackson explores the cooking of France’s borderlands: from the geographical to the historical, linguistic, and metaphorical. His journey takes us through the Riviera, where the border has shifted many times but the cooking remains of a delicious whole, to the Occitan valleys of the Italian Alps, the Franco-German cooking of Alsace, and to Marseille, one of the most important ports of the Mediterranean, and its historic (and current) links with North Africa.

Alex explores how French cuisine has been influenced through history and that many of these dishes are part of a shared tradition of western European and Mediterranean cooking.

$35.00 • 9.75" x 7.5" • 288pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623711184 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2023 •

Everything Good Will Come

Winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for African Literature

A powerful story about two friends negotiating the politics of their nation, Sefi Atta's coming-of-age narrative is written with lyrical wisdom and brilliant insight.

Everything Good Will Come introduces an important new voice in contemporary fiction.

With insight and a lyrical wisdom, Nigerian-born Sefi Atta has written a powerful and eloquent story set in her African homeland. It is 1971, a year after the Biafran War, and Nigeria is under military rule- though the politics of the state matter less than those of her home to Enitan Taiwo, an eleven-year-old girl tired of waiting for school to start. Will her mother, who has become deeply religious since the death of Enitan’s brother, allow her friendship with the new girl next door, the brash and beautiful Sheri Bakare?

This novel charts the fate of these two African girls; one who is prepared to manipulate the traditional system and one who attempts to defy it. Written in the voice of Enitan, the novel traces this unusual friendship into their adult lives, against the backdrop of tragedy, family strife, and a war-torn Nigeria. In the end, Everything Good Will Come is Enitan’s story; one of a fiercely intelligent, strong young woman coming of age in a culture that still insists on feminine submission. Enitan bucks the familial and political systems until she is confronted with the one desire too precious to forfeit in the name of personal freedom: her desire for a child.

Everything Good Will Come evokes the sights and smells of Africa while imparting a wise and universal story of love, friendship, prejudice, survival, politics, and the cost of divided loyalties.

$17.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 336pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623711047 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2024 • Awards: Winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for African Literature Finalist, Multicultural Fiction, Independent Publisher Book Awards Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award

A Hand Full of Stars

"This unusual novel, written in the form of a diary, tells the story of four years in the life of a Damascene boy� This multifaceted work is at once a glimpse into a different culture, a plea for the right to free speech and a highly readable tale, as full of fun as it is of melancholy." (Ages 12-up) � Publishers Weekly

Amid the turmoil of modern Damascus, one teenage boy finds his political voice in a message of rebellion that echoes throughout Syria and as far away as Western Europe.

Inspired by his dearest friend, old Uncle Salim, he begins a journal to record his thoughts and impressions of family, friends, life at school, and his growing feelings for his girlfriend, Nadia. Soon the hidden diary becomes more than just a way to remember his daily adventures; on its pages he explores his frustration with the government injustices he witnesses. His courage and ingenuity finally find an outlet when he and his friends begin a subversive underground newspaper. Warmed by a fine sense of humor, this novel is at once a moving love story and a passionate testimony to the difficult and committed actions being taken by young people around the world.

$17.95 • 5.5" 8.25" • 208pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717124 • Interlink Books • Translator: Rika Lesser • Ages 12 • Release date: Fall 2023 • Awards: Winner of the Mildred L. Batchelder Award

The Shell

Memoirs of a Hidden Observer

By Moustafa Khalifa

"With echoes of Solzhenitsyn and Kafka's The Trial, this demanding novel is an important account of the horrors perpetuated by the Syrian regime." � Booklist (starred review)

The work of a modern-day Sozhenitsyn that exposes acts of violence and brutality committed by the Syrian regime.

This compelling first novel is the astonishing story of a Syrian political prisoner of conscience- an atheist mistaken for a radical Islamist- who was locked up for 13 years without trial in one of the most notorious prisons in the Middle East. The novel takes the form of a diary which Musa keeps in his head and then writes down upon his release. In Tadmur prison, the mood is naturally bleak and yet often very beautifully captured. The narrator, a young graduate, is defiant and stoical, and somehow able to pick out humor and irony in the shocking events and characters he describes.

Considered by many in the Arab world to be a symbol of the Syrian opposition in the current civil war, this novel provides an essential perspective on the tragedy the Syrian people are living through.

$17.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 192pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717131 • Interlink Books • Translator: Paul Starkey • Release date: Fall 2023 •

Master of the Eclipse

By Etel Adnan

"Precisely observed tales of love, loss, exile and other quotidian matters from Lebanese-American poet/novelist Adnan�[C]areful, impeccably chosen language. Discerns whole worlds in little slices of life." � Kirkus Reviews

A new collection of stories about displacement, love, loss, poetry and war, from the Lebanese poet and painter who has been called “arguably the most celebrated and accomplished Arab-American author writing today” (Melus)

The stories in Master of the Eclipse are populated by filmmakers, poets, girls, professors, and prostitutes who live in Beirut, Paris, Sicily, California, Saddam’s Iraq, and New York. The world of these stories is ours, with the same occupations and wars- a “world that would be a cemetery” were it not also a place where taxis are “yellow flowers floating down the avenues.”

From the collection’s title story, a long meditation on history and war, power and poetry, to its concluding tale, a strangely quiet vision of a tree floating in a Damascus stream, Etel Adnan’s painterly vision, her cosmopolitan flexibility, and her philosophical bent are on full display. This is a woman, after all, trained in philosophy at the Sorbonne, Harvard, and the University of California at Berkeley, who became a painter, and then a poet. Her voice comes to us as something the opposite of her title: She is a master of light and revelation, of language, variety, and color.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717117 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2023 • Awards: Winner of the 2010 Arab American Book Award, Recipient of the RAWI Lifetime Achievement Award (Radius of Arab American Writers)

The Book of Queens

By Joumana Haddad

�Haddad�s�The Book of Queens�packs in a century of Levantine cataclysms � [It] includes within its scope the Armenian genocide, the Palestinian Nakba, the Lebanese Civil War, Lebanon�s intifada against Syrian �tutelage��as it is termed in Arabic�and Syria�s (unrelated) descent into civil war � [T]he convergence of the novel�s protagonists and historical paroxysms of violence is explosive and often makes storytelling both suspenseful and emotionally affecting. That all the protagonists are female enhances these qualities because in this story, as in life, when people are caught up in war or oppressed due to their national/ ethnic/ religious identity, the women and girls among them endure the same outrages as their male counterparts�and then some. But they fight back. And Haddad, long known for her feminism, is keen to demonstrate the suffering, stoicism, and resistance of Qayah, Qana, Qadar, and Qamar � [A] laudable and often a poignant channeling of several violent and disruptive historical events into the trajectory of a single Armenian-Arab family. It is a family in which each generation produces at least one headstrong girl-cum-woman, the kind who tries valiantly to lodge a splint in the maw of this genocide or that Nakba or the other civil war intent on devouring her and her loved ones.��popMATTERS

A book of history, heritage, loyalty, religion, feminism, families, and the Armenian genocide

The Book of Queens is a family saga that spans four generations of women caught up in the tragic whirlwind of turf wars and suffering in the Middle East—from the Armenian genocide and the Israeli occupation of Palestine to modern-day civil wars and the struggles between Christians and Muslims in Lebanon and Syria.

Four queens of a deck of cards dealt a bad hand by fate—Qayah, Qana, Qadar and Qamar—form the branches of the same family tree rooted in the land of their origins despite the forceful winds that repeatedly try to carry them away. A line of red-haired women united by the ties of blood that runs through their veins—which violence has spread through the ages—each with a deep story and all with one thing in common: unwavering power and resilience in the face of adversities of being a woman in a war-torn region.

With the perfect mastery of finely chiseled writing, Joumana Haddad manages to construct a novel of extraordinary intensity, without ever sinking into pathos or grandiloquence. She also challenges the systematic abuse of political and religious power and authority that continues to cloud the lives of a culturally diverse and progressive youth until the present day.

$17.00 • 8" x 5.25" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717094 • Release date: Spring 2022 •

Only in Seville

A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

"In a world where places become ever more similar, it is an absolute joy to stumble on the Only In Guides. The author brings to the series the gaze of the enquiring outsider. A refreshing alternative to the prevailing tide of uniformity favored by too many travel guides." � Hidden Europe magazine

Discover Seville’s colorful history, astonishing architecture and dynamic street life with this explorer’s guide to Spain’s most alluring city.

It features more than 55 fascinating and unusual historical sites, including grand palaces and closed convents, artistic havens and secluded patios, fervent traditions and epicurean delights. From Moorish minarets and medieval shipyards to Andalusia’s tallest tower and the most modern suspension bridge, this guide is a must-have for visitors. The author visits the world’s largest wooden structure, Spain’s oldest tapas bar, a museum of tile making, and a former royal cigar factory. Escape the crowds and set off on your own urban expedition with the Only In Guides!

$16 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 120pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9783950421897 • Urban Explorer • Release date: Spring 2023 •

The Invincible Kingdom

By Rob Ryan

Illustrated by: Rob Ryan

"Ryan concludes the trilogy that began with The Invisible Kingdom as John, the king who fled his throne, attempts to outwit Lord Von Dronus, who has replaced him with an imposter. This circuitous installment follows John and his friend June as they grow closer while contacting a plan to take down not just Von Dronus but the monarchy itself" Fans of the previous books, though, will be glad to see John's long quest reach a happy conclusion. Ages 8- up." � Publishers Weekly

The third title in the stunningly illustrated fairytale trilogy for all ages from internationally-acclaimed papercut artist Rob Ryan.

Born into the royal family, John has always known he doesn’t want to be King. To escape his destiny he’s run away and built a different kind of future for himself. But just when everything seems to be going right for John, his past catches up with him: Lord Von Dronus, the palace’s senior courtier, is determined to hunt him down. Forced into hiding with his best friend, June, it seems as though John will never be able to live an ordinary life. Until one night he decides to put an audacious plan into place. Inspiring, funny, and moving, The Invincible Kingdom is about following your dreams and creating your own happily ever after.

$19.95 • 9" x 12.5" • 64pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717834 • Series: The Invisible Kingdom Trilogy • Crocodile Books • Ages 8 • Release date: Fall 2023 •

The Invisible Kingdom

By Rob Ryan

Illustrated by: Rob Ryan

"Ryan� offers a fanciful modern fairy tale illustrated with a whole sheaf of his intricately detailed cut-paper silhouettes, including a poster on the back of the dust jacket. The hero, a young prince, lives in a palace in the middle of the city, trapped by protocol. � It's the first of three volumes, and readers will long for the next book." �Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Gorgeous words and stunning illustrations combine in a book for anyone aged 8-80, by internationally renowned paper-cut artist.

This is a story about a prince. He lived in a palace that seemed to have been specially designed to make someone who already felt small feel even smaller. He rarely saw his parents, who were always busy being the King and Queen; and, unlike other children, the Prince never spent time dreaming about what he would be when he grew up because he knew that when his father died, he would become King. It was his destiny. The only person who treated the Prince like a normal child was the Bootman. Understanding that everyone needs something to call their own, the Bootman gave the Prince a pen with invisible ink and a special flashlight that allowed him to create a world that only he could see. One night, as the Prince was drawing on the curtains that surrounded his bed, he noticed a small hole and beyond that a trapdoor, which led to the attic. And in the attic he found a window and a way to sneak out of the palace and experience the real world.

The Invisible Kingdom is an exquisite book about a small boy, a big imagination, and learning to be your own person.

$19.95 • 9" x 12.5" • 64pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717827 • Series: The Invisible Kingdom Trilogy • Crocodile Books • Ages 8 • Release date: Fall 223 •

The Kingdom Revealed

By Rob Ryan

Illustrated by: Rob Ryan

"�Simple black figures set against a range of colorful, patterned backgrounds make for vibrant, engaging pages that echo the events in the text. A cliffhanger ending will leave readers waiting for the next volume in this enchanting series." � Booklist

This is a story about a young boy who doesn’t want to be King.

What he wants, more than anything, is to be normal. So one night, he runs away from the palace. He climbs out of his four-poster bed, disappears through a hidden door in the ceiling, creeps down a long-forgotten passageway, opens a small window and leaves behind everything he’s ever known. At first, the world outside the palace seems a magical place that the King delights in exploring. But with no friends to call on, no money in his pocket, in fact nothing apart from the clothes he is wearing, it isn’t long before the young King realizes that life on his own is going to be full of challenges Meanwhile, Lord Von Dronus, the most senior of all the King’s courtiers, is determined to find the young King before anyone realizes he’s disappeared. Beautiful, touching and surprising, The Kingdom Revealed is about appreciating the everyday and learning what matters most.

$19.95 • 9" x 12.5" • 64pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717810 • Series: The Invisible Kingdom Trilogy • Crocodile Books • Ages 8 • Release date: Fall 2023 •

Mao and the Chinese Revolution

Interlink Illustrated Histories

By Yves Chevrier

It has been more than a century since the birth of Mao Zedong. From the collapse of the old Chinese Empire in 1912 to the foundation of the People’s Republic in 1949, his history is linked with that of contemporary China, and beyond national borders, with the history of communism as well. His version of guerilla warfare and revolution resulted in the construction of a socialist society that became a model of socialism throughout the world.

Both a tyrant and rebel, Mao wanted to rule through revolution. Yet the Big Leap Forward (1958) and the Cultural Revolution (1966) each plunged China into chaos without saving it from totalitarianism. After 1978, de-Maoization and economic reforms by Deng Xiaoping helped heal the country’s wounds, but the future yet remains uncertain. Whether to be an empire united or broken, serenely “open” or in conflict, democratic or authoritarian, egalitarian or prosperous- so many lingering questions remain of those that Mao and his generation began asking nearly a century ago. Was the Maoist Revolution futile? Would China have been better off without Mao- and is such a thing imaginable?

$15 • 5.125" x 7.625" • 160pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717155 • Series: Interlink Illustrated Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2023 •

Chaplin

The Tramp's Odyssey

"A handsome and absorbing book� Louvish's tone is that of the dissecting surgeon overlaid with affection." � The Times

An essential volume for understanding Chaplin’s body of work.

An Everyman who expressed the defiant spirit of freedom, Charlie Chaplin was first lauded and later reviled in the America that made him Hollywood’s richest man. He was a figure of multiple paradoxes.

Simon Louvish’s book looks afresh at the “mask behind the man.” Louvish charts the tale of the Tramp himself through his films, from the early Mack Sennett shorts through the major features (The Gold Rush, City Lights, Modern Times, The Great Dictator, et al.). He retrieves Chaplin as the iconic London street kid who carried the “surreal” antics of early British music hall triumphantly onto the Hollywood screen.

Louvish also looks anew at Chaplin’s and the Tramp’s social and political ideas- the challenge to fascism, defiance of the McCarthyite witch hunts, eventual “exile,” and last mature disguises as the serial killer Monsieur Verdoux and the dying English clown Calvero in Limelight.

This book is an epic journey, summing up the roots of comedy and its appeal to audiences everywhere, who reveled in the clown’s raw energy, his ceaseless struggle against adversity, and his capacity to represent our own fears, foibles, dreams, inner demons and hopes.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 464pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717148 • Series: The Louvish Hollywood Biographies • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2023 •

A Traveller’s History of Australia

By John H. Chambers

"Australia, whose chequered past merits more than 'convicts find gold then government,' is laid open deftly, and we are effortlessly brought from 53, 000 BC to the present day." � The Observer

Essential reading for travelers who wish to enjoy the amazing diversity of Australia, this book outlines the history of that great southern democracy from the arrival of the earliest Aborigines some fifty or sixty thousand years ago to the present.

The ancient Aboriginal way of life is described; early European sightings; and the establishment of the British convict colony in 1788, which dragged the continent into the modern world. The dynamic story of Australia in the twentieth century, its role in two world wars, the post-war discoveries of huge mineral deposits, its courting of Asia in recent decades, the return of vast areas of land to the Aborigines, and its confident cultural vibrancy in wine, food, film, and art are also examined.

$14.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 368pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717339 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2023 •

Rosa’s Thai Cafe

The Cookbook

By Saiphin Moore

Photography by: Dan Jones

"Those familiar with Thai cuisine will recognize many recipes here, from pad Thai and fish cakes to spring rolls and all colors of curries. Moore loves to experiment and has discovered that some Thai dishes are perfectly tasty with Western ingredients. So she substitutes rutabaga for papaya in a refreshing Thai salad. Enough incendiary chilies hide in seafood spaghetti to subdue any hangover. There's even a recipe for homemade sriracha sauce." � Booklist

Succulent street food, family favorites, mouthwatering regional dishes.

This comprehensive new book from acclaimed chef, Saiphin Moore, looks at dishes from across Thailand in over 100 recipes. The recipes feature traditional and regional Thai dishes- and a whole lot of modern variations as well.

Saiphin Moore’s first book tells you how to cook Thai food in style, with delicious street-food recipes that are quick to make and go well with a modern lifestyle. Her enthusiasm is beautifully displayed in her collection of family-style dishes that appeals to all appetites and adventure levels. Each recipe is clearly explained and vividly photographed and is sure to motivate home cooks to get into the kitchen to whip up tasty Thai fare.

Divided into nine chapters (small bites, salads, soups, curries, stir-fries, grills and marinades, noodles and rice, sweet things, and basics) and in keeping with its contemporary twist on authentic Thai cuisine, Rosa’s Thai Cafe Cookbook celebrates traditional Thai cooking techniques and features dishes from her restaurant as well as family favorites from her frequent trips back home. Recipes range from the aromatic Beef Massaman Curry to the Soft Shell Crab Salad, Larb Spring Rolls, homemade Sriracha Sauce and Mangoes with Sticky Rice.

From food truck owner to celebrated restaurateur, Saiphin clearly knows her way around Pad Thais and spiced curries. This beautiful cookbook is a must-have for the Thai food lover and an essential addition to the foodie bookshelf.

$30 • 7.5" x 9.75" • 176pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717759 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2023 •

The Middle Eastern Cookbook

By Maria Khalifé

Photography by: Stuart West

A fabulous selection of recipes from Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

Middle Eastern food draws on the exotic tastes of various styles of cooking and combines them in a blend of unusual yet simple tastes for mouthwatering dishes. It is easy to prepare, wonderful to look at, and offers an amazing variety of healthy dishes, making it the ideal cooking style for the health-conscious.

From tabbouleh and dolmas to chicken salona and baklava, Middle Eastern cooking is a delicious collection of wonderful tastes, colors, and rich textures. The recipes in The Middle Eastern Cookbook are easy to follow, use ingredients that are readily available, and are accompanied by colorful and succulent photographs.

$20 • 8.5" x 10.5" • 160pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717650 • Interlink Books • Release date: Summer 2023 •

A Traveller’s History of Egypt

By Harry Adès

"Ades looks at the history of one of the world's most fascinating countries. The book presents the history of the country from its prehistory to the rise of ancient Egyptian civilization, to the Muslim period and the era of Sadat and allows the modern traveler to put matters into perspective." � History Magazine

Ancient Egypt has gripped the popular imagination like no other country and the lure of its pyramids and the Nile are a magnet for visitors from all over the world. This book provides a concise and fascinating journey from the country’s earliest beginnings right up to the present day.

A Traveller’s History of Egypt communicates the magic of the pharaohs alongside a level-headed discussion of Islam for the benefit of modern travellers.

The book will span the entire history of Egypt, from the murkiest origins of prehistory right up to the latest developments – all in a style that is as entertaining as it is well-informed. There are few books on the country that attempt this feat, but to do so is perhaps more important today than it has ever been, at a time when an understanding of contemporary Egypt is not merely an advantage for travel there, but a necessity. It will make sense of the major controversies and guide the reader carefully where Egyptologists cannot agree – whether it is the dates of certain kings or the positioning of whole dynasties. A full chronology of major events, a cross-reference historical gazetteer, a list of pharaohs, rulers and presidents, a bibliography, index and historical maps, will add to its accessibility, and afford it the most useful elements of a reference book.

$14.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 352pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717582 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: Winter 2023 •

A Traveller’s Companion to London

By Peter Ackroyd & Thomas Wright

"The city which shaped Ackroyd's imagination and granted him one of the most distinguished literary careers of the late 20th century." � Sunday Telegraph

London has witnessed everything from pilgrimages, celebrations, acts of heroism and moments of religious contemplation to riots, executions, grisly murders and disastrous fires.

It is a history of work and capital, of power and exuberance, and of great creativity from a rich host of artists and writers, Shakespeare and Dickens among them, but also of violent crime, exploitation, loneliness and extreme hardship; life in the poverty ridden East of the city could not be more different than life in its opulent West End.

Drawing upon extracts from contemporary letters, diaries and memoirs of fascinating inhabitants and visitors, this anthology by acclaimed London historian Peter Ackroyd and Thomas Wright tells the story of the city from its earliest years up to the present day. Here you will find Evelyn’s famous account of the Great Fire in 1666, Dickens’ brilliant evocation of the Gordon Riots of 1780, Boswell’s description of the compilation of Dr. Johnson’s Dictionary, and Churchill’s recollections of the Blitz.

There are also less familiar, though no less vivid, excerpts, many of which provide an entertaining, sometimes risque, glimpse into the life, customs and morals of this great city. Modern visitors and armchair readers alike are given a ringside view to the past and an unforgettable experience of the essential spirit of London.

$16.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 432pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717575 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Companions • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2023 •

The Sweet Polish Kitchen

A Celebration of Home Baking and Nostalgic Treats

By Ren Behan

�Drawing from her Polish background, Poland�s history, and her personal love of sweets, Behan (Wild Honey and Rye, 2019) introduces readers to the influences in Polish food and the concept of Polish hospitality in this cookbook that’s like looking through a fairy-tale cottage, with cakes and cookies set for teatime � Home cooks and bakers into all things cottage-core and soft living will love cozying up to this beautiful and functional book filled with lovely, simply elegant bakes.�

�Booklist,�starred review

A collection of traditional and modern Polish baking and dessert recipes including babkas, cheesecakes, tarts, pastries, and all things sweet and celebratory.

A collection of traditional and modern Polish baking and dessert recipes including babkas, cheesecakes, tarts, pastries, and all things sweet and celebratory. Ren Behan takes you from everyday baking to celebrations in this comprehensive, modern take on Polish sweet treats, and draws on influences from across central and Eastern Europe.

Honey, cinnamon, ginger, vanilla, citrus peel, cherries, sweet whipped cheese… With these warming scents and flavors, Ren Behan takes you from everyday baking to carnival doughnuts in a comprehensive tour of Polish sweet treats. Traditional and modern Polish recipes include babkas, cheesecakes, tarts, pastries, and all things sweet and celebratory. With modern twists and bold, folkloric styling, The Sweet Polish Kitchen will link traditional recipes with current trends, designed to bring the spirit of Polish patisserie and bakes to a new audience.

Poland’s rich, multi-national café culture underpins these recipes, which draw on many influences; the first patisseries in Warsaw were opened by Italian and Swiss immigrants, and there are also borrowings from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Russia, Lithuania and Belarus. A new and delicious baking world is in your hands!

$35 • 9.75" x 7.5" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717179 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2023 •

Sri Owen’s Indonesian Food

By Sri Owen

In this landmark book, renowned author Sri Owen provides a unique insight into the ancient, exotic and varied cuisine of the Indonesian archipelago.

$35 • 10.9" x 7.5" • 320pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717186 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2024 •

They Got to You Too

A Novel

By Futhi Ntshingila

�Futhi Ntshingila is a brilliant storyteller. The way in which she inhabits each character, portrays the inescapable inter-relatedness of humans and weaves the different layers of quite disparate lives is nothing short of magic." �Sindiwe Magona, award-winning author of�To My Children's Children

Winner of the Sharjah Int’l Book Fair Best International Fiction Award 2022

Hans van Rooyen is a former police general raised by two women who survived the 1899 South African War. He finds himself being cared for in an old age home by the daughter of liberation struggle activists. At age 80, he carries with him the memories of crimes he committed as an officer under the apartheid government. Having eluded the public confessions at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for his time in the Border Wars, he retained his position in the democratic South Africa, serving as an institutional memory for a new generation of police recruits.

Zoe Zondi is tasked to care for the old man. Her gentle and compassionate nature prompts Hans to review his decision to go to the grave with all his secrets. Zoe has her own life story to tell and, as their unlikely bond deepens, strengthened by the isolation that COVID-19 lockdown brings, they provide a safe space for each other to say the things that are often left unsaid.

They Got To You Too is just the right fiction for our troubled time. It is an ode to the power of storytelling to gently peel away the scars of old wounds and provide some sort of relief, catharsis, and healing.

$17 • 8" x 5.25" • 208pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717414 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2023 •

The Oud

An Illustrated History

By Rachel Beckles Willson

�Willson is equal parts musician and scholar, which positions her perfectly to tell the complex story of the oud � Willson�s comprehensive history draws upon folklore, design, and politics � In addition to tracing its movement across continents and its changing role in society, Willson explores in detail the construction, tuning, and fretting of the oud and maps its changing shape and sound up to the current moment. The book is lavishly illustrated with ancient and contemporary images that help tell the story of this fascinating instrument.�
� Booklist

�Extensively researched history with musical appeal, Rachel Beckles Willson�s illustrated book is an ode to the decorated instrument�s past �The topics covered include how the instrument was built, the materials used for its construction, the variations in the types of ouds, its changing repertoires and the lives of past and present virtuosos, such as the Iraqi musician Munir Bashir and Syrian-Egyptian film star Farid El Atrash. The text is enriched with illustrations, such as ancient Gandharan friezes, a drawing of various types of ouds by Napoleon's team in Egypt and more generally ouds of various shapes and sizes. The Oud: An Illustrated History will appeal not only to aficionados of chordophones�instruments that use vibrating strings to make sound�but anyone with curiosity about the culture and history of the Middle East.�

� The National

�

�In this engaging work, Beckles Willson � offers the complex story of the oud, a short-necked, unfretted lute�that has been a mainstay in Middle Eastern and North African music for soloists and in musical ensembles for centuries. Paired with photos, illustrations and other graphics, the book chronicles the evolution of the instrument � Beckles Willson�s multifaceted exploration of the instrument, details everything from oud construction to its most legendary players. Readers can even hear their distinctive styles through the included QR codes, bringing the world of ouds to life.�
� AramcoWorld

A beautifully-written illustrated history of one of the most important instruments in music cultures of the Middle East and North Africa.

According to a literary tradition of Iraq, the origin of the oud lies in the grief of Lamak, a descendent of Cain, son of Adam. When his 5-year-old son died, Lamak hung the boy’s limp body on a tree, and as time passed, he resolved to build a musical instrument from the remaining bones. He then played it, wept, and sang the first lament; his daughter Sila became an instrument maker. So the oud is a beautiful pear-shaped box, with neck and strings, that makes music, but it can also be a link to the world of storytelling that brings new voices into life.

Today the oud is one of the most important instruments in music cultures of the Middle East and North Africa, and while associated mainly with the Arab world, it is also played in Iran, Turkey and Greece. More recently it has spread into East Africa, numerous countries of Europe, Australia, the Americas, China and Japan.

This book explores the oud’s history and increasingly global lives today. It explores its varied construction over time and place, delves into its place in literature, and reveals its widespread repertoire and immensely diverse players.

$40.00 • 9" x 9" • 256pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717520 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2023 •

Small Stanley’s Big List of Scary Stuff

By Angie Morgan

�A fun and useful look at fears � A boy learns to break out of his anxiety-induced isolation in this hilarious yet empathetic story.�
� Booklist

A funny, reassuring picture book about how to deal with worries—perfect for sharing.

Small Stanley would like to be brave and fearless like a superhero. There’s just one problem, though—some things make Stanley feel scared… “Write a list of all the things that scare you,” says Grandpa. And Stanley does! Earwigs and centipedes are on the list, and the dark, and getting lost, and dogs and cats and lots and lots of other things. The list gets so long and Stanley gets so worried about forgetting fears to add to his list that he has no time to play with his friends…

Things are getting out of hand, but Grandpa has a plan. One windy day they go for a walk. Stanley brings his list of course, but just as he’s about to add ‘wind’ to the list… whoosh, the wind takes his list away. What will happen now to Stanley’s worries?

$18.95 • 10.8" x 9.45" • 40pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717209 • Crocodile Books • Ages 3-8 • Release date: Fall 2023 •

A Fool’s Journey

To the Beach Boys and Beyond

By Carli Muñoz

�A Fool’s Journey, like the metamorphosis of any artistic soul, is one that is born of innocence and curiosity and awakens through the lessons learned from triumph and loss. Our quest for enlightenment and fulfilment, and the communal search for understanding, is informed through this wondrous, shared experience.�� Adrien Brody, Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor in�The Pianist

A tell-all memoir of a rock and jazz sensation and former pianist of the legendary Beach Boys.

Cutting his musical teeth in a Puerto Rican jazz club in the 1960s, Carli Muñoz came of age during the countercultural flowering of that era; he lived for music, knowledge, and the mind-expanding magic of LSD. Wanting to expand creative horizons for his successful psychedelic rock band, Muñoz flew to New York on a whim with $11 in his pocket and embarked on a deep dive into the gritty scene of gigs, girls, and trips, struggling to fill his pockets with dollars and his belly with food. Free-falling into the dark underbelly of the city, Muñoz ended up homeless and penniless until an epiphany on the subway brought him back to the surface.

On the cusp of a new decade, Muñoz moved to LA to fight for a new life and a second chance. Hanging out in Houdini’s old mansion in Laurel Canyon, he watched the free-loving idealism of the ’60s melt into the disco- and cocaine-saturated hedonism of the ’70s, until one day he found himself on tour with the Beach Boys. He became close friends with Dennis Wilson—a friendship that ranged from pranking each other to working on an album together to watching him spiral irretrievably into self-destruction. He witnessed the feud between Mike Love and the Wilsons firsthand, as well as the unchecked instability of Brian Wilson. Despite the chaos and power struggles within the band, Muñoz was able to create enthralling music with them, as well as with some of the other popular musicians of the ’70s, including Wilson Pickett, the Association, George Benson, and Peter Cetera.

Populated with an eclectic cast of artists, musicians, clairvoyants, record producers, hippies, hobos, and superstars, A Fool’s Journey is a vivid snapshot of an era-defining moment that will never be repeated.

Although Muñoz toured with the Beach Boys for ten years and partied with rock stars, he was also just an island kid from Puerto Rico, forever in exile, forever “the other.” The story of his journey is as compelling as it is timely.

$30.00 • 9" x 6" • 256pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717513 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2023 •

The Ferris Wheel

By Tülin Kozikoğlu

Illustrated by: Hüseyin Sönmezay

A powerful and heartwarming story about empathy, hope, and longing.

This is the story of two parallel journeys in cities far apart. A mother and a son leave their home for a better day, while a father and a daughter leave their home for a safer day. The concerns of the parents are almost the same as they watch over their kids, but their experiences are sadly very different. The father and daughter are fleeing a city devastated by war, leaving their home—and beloved goldfish—behind. All through their journey the goldfish follows them as a symbol of longing and hope. The two families’ paths finally cross on a Ferris wheel and, as they go round and round, trading places with each other, we understand that we are all connected.

With beautiful illustrations full of symbolism, this simple and powerful story of displacement encourages us all to welcome newcomers with compassion and curiosity.

$18.95 • 11" x 9.4" • 40pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717216 • Crocodile Books • Ages 4-7 • Release date: Fall 2023 •

Buddhism

A Journey Through Art

By Rose M. Woodward

�Woodward explains the key role art plays in Buddhist rituals, ceremonies, and mediation, then presents more than 300 works that exemplify Buddhist art, each reproduced in gloriously rich detail � Each work is accompanied by a succinct, informative description charged with Woodward�s knowledge and passion. From the esoteric to the deeply human, these keenly curated spiritual creations are dazzling and transcendent.�
� Booklist

A groundbreaking and lavishly-illustrated chronicle of Buddhist art and artefacts from the first century to the present, accompanied by stunning photographs that establish the significance of every piece in antiquity.

Buddhism: A Journey through Art chronicles art and artefacts from the first to the twentieth century in a celebration of the artistic exchange of culture as Buddhism spread through Asia.

Featuring a selection of over 300 of the most important works that exemplify a rich and diverse array of Buddhist art, each accompanied by stunning photographs, the book establishes the significance of every piece in antiquity, highlighting the stylistic and iconographic traits of the art objects as well as the distinctive features of their historical-cultural milieu.

Buddhism: A Journey through Art showcases astonishingly diverse and exquisitely rendered artistic production in the Asian Buddhist world over two millennia.

This important book showcases the magnificent array of visual mythology, sculpture, and iconography deriving from the various Buddhist communities found around the world.

$59.95 • 10" x 8" • 400pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717162 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2023 •

Poison in the Air

A Novel

�Douaihy wrote several novels throughout his life, and though he never intended this role, critics and friends regarded him as the narrator of Lebanese life. He wrote about aspects of Lebanese life that history books could only dream of capturing, detailing Lebanon throughout its various historical moments to its current state of dystopian ruin and collapse, a world seen vividly in his last novel,�Poison in the Air.�

�Elie Chalala, Al Jadid�

�As Lebanon descends into civil war, a romantic young man turns into a monster � Twisting a likably naive protagonist into a malevolent beast, Douaihy invites readers to contemplate the losses and cruelties of a collapsing Lebanese society. The author�s final novel, completed just before his death in 2021, closes his oeuvre on a dissonant, mournful note.�
� Booklist

The final novel from one of Lebanon’s greatest writers and narrator of Lebanese life.

Poison in the Air, Jabbour Douaihy’s final novel, chronicles the decades of social, political, and economic turmoil leading up to and including the recent collapse of his beloved Lebanon after the horrific explosion that occurred at the Port of Beirut in 2020. Douaihy brings a multitude of bottled-up toxicity to the surface, as though he is writing his last letter to the world, or a suicide note for Lebanon, as he paints a picture of a society marching down a path to self-destruction.

A first-person narration by an unnamed male protagonist, his generation’s journey—like his country’s history—seems to echo that of the phoenix. While that mythical creature is continually reborn from its own ashes, ever resilient, we now see it once again plummeting back into the fire, but as if nearly defeated, “filled with the poison of disappointments.” (Elias Khoury, L’Orient Litteraire, 2021) As imagined by Douaihy, being cut off from others and absorbed in self-interest brings out humanity’s most lethal, destructive nature.

Poison in the Air might serve as a warning to us all about the dangers of isolation and polarization, about what happens when we “sentence ourselves” to listening only to our own voices. The novel’s bleak portrayal reflects how essential it is to break out of self-contained bubbles and, like the butterfly he depicts striving toward the light, reunite with the outside world and re-embrace others, in body and in spirit.

$17.00 • 8" x 5.25" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717544 • Interlink Books • Translator: Paula Haydar • Release date: Spring 2024 •

Ukraine at War

Street Art, Posters, and Poetry

By Daoud Sarhandi-Williams

�This book�will guide you through today�s Ukraine more honestly than any future history might.���Andrey Kurkov

�British filmmaker Sarhandi-Williams (Bosnian War Posters) spotlights the perseverance of art during war in this insightful collection of poetry and street art created by Ukrainians since the 2022 Russian invasion � This thoughtful assemblage brings into focus the myriad responses Ukrainians have had to the invasion. It�s an enlightening and worthwhile volume.
� Publishers Weekly

A unique book that showcases how Ukrainian society is expressing itself through art.

War came to Ukraine in February 2022; it was uninvited— although not entirely unexpected given Russia’s steady, massive troop build-up on Ukraine’s eastern border over the winter. When war exploded, millions of people around the world watched it compulsively on TV.

Daoud Sarhandi-Williams—author of the internationally–acclaimed Bosnian War Posters—travelled to Ukraine in the summer of 2022 to photograph street art. He gathered a lot more images besides—as well as a trove of extraordinary war poetry by Ukrainian citizens, shared internationally here for the first time. The author brings all these elements together in an original, multi-layered visual book that is moving, profound, and painfully beautiful.

With over 400 photos and artworks by the author and other contributors, the 320 pages of this book are a tribute to Ukraine’s courage, heroism and struggle—and to her creativity, too.

Ukraine at War is a unique artistic testament to Ukrainian resilience and to world-changing events that are far from over. If you want to know what’s in the heart of the Ukrainian people, look no further than this stunning book.

$40 • 9" x 9" • 320pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717261 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2023 • Foreword by: Andrey Kurkov •

Much Too Busy

By John Bond

�Slow and steady won�t win any races in this sweet story, but it will help you value the walk along the way � Don�t let the pigeon miss the forest for the trees � Vibrant art and hilarious body language keep eyes moving across every eclectic page. Meanwhile, elegant, even innovative, page designs parcel the action out in the same way that panels would in a comic. Don�t be surprised, though, if the lesson to be imparted in this tale is aimed less at kids than at their time-constrained caregivers.�(Picture book. 3-6)�
� Kirkus Reviews

�There are picture books that exist simply to entertain children, and there are those that exist to melt the hearts of adults reading them. Much Too Busy does both beautifully. Immediately, it thrusts readers into a bright, expressive world full of tall buildings and bustling streets that seem crafted from translucent tissue paper cut-outs in jewel tones. Any kid would go gaga over the quirky bystanders and their wacky background shenanigans. It�s made better when the deliciously grumpy protagonist Pigeon shows up, who is so busy he gets lost � This is a charming read for preschooler story hours, for classroom lessons on mindfulness, for encouraging almost anyone to revel in natural curiosity; an incessant push of toward an agenda isn�t actually always important in the long run.�

� School Library Journal

�Bond�s comical, textured illustrations feature a scowling, blue-feathered grump and a wide-eyed, expressive-eared, Frederick-esque optimist. The colorful details are eye-catching and fanciful; it�s easy to see why Mouse gets distracted�and why Pigeon sees the light.�
� Horn Book Review

A witty and exquisitely illustrated new picture book about appreciating the little things in life from the award-winning illustrator and creator of Mini Rabbit, John Bond.

Pigeon is extremely busy doing important things. He has no time to stop, and he definitely doesn’t have time to get lost. Luckily Mouse is on hand to help. Mouse is not busy at all. Mouse has all the time in the world to admire and appreciate the world around him. As this unlikely duo pair up to help Pigeon find his way home, Mouse wonders if Pigeon might be persuaded to stop and look at the world around him too . . .

A warm, witty and mindful tale of how the little things are sometimes the big things in life.

$18.95 • 10.4" x 10.2" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717223 • Crocodile Books • Ages 4-8 • Release date: Fall 2023 •

Gennaro’s Cucina

�Gennaro Contaldo focuses on cucina povera, the traditional cooking of rural Italy, where seasonality and a �waste not want not� lifestyle deliciously intersect. If you love to buy loaves of artisan bread but often find them stale before you can eat them up, grab this book..�
� Book Page

Delicious, hearty Italian meals using accessible and affordable ingredients, by one of the world’s most beloved Italian chefs.

In an era of excessive convenience and disposable food waste, Gennaro’s Cucina could not come at a better time—you will learn how to use simple ingredients in inventive ways, eat seasonally, spend less, and ultimately eat better.

“Cucina povera” is the food that traditionally fed the poor of Italy, yet remains the basis of most Italian dishes we love to eat today. It’s a simple philosophy—delicious, hearty meals using accessible and affordable ingredients. Encouraging an ethos of zero waste, Gennaro’s Cucina ensures that every part of the ingredient, and your budget, is put to good culinary use.

Along with the majority of post-war Italian families, a young Gennaro was raised on a diet harvested on a limited budget. Restricted choice of scarce ingredients meant they learned the value what they had, how to cook dishes lovingly, and use imaginative methods of preservation to make simple dishes go far: including salting, drying and curing.

In this inspirational cookbook, Gennaro takes you on a culinary journey of simple regional Italian staples and turns them into beautiful meals. With tips and ideas of what to do with leftovers, Gennaro helps home cooks squeeze maximum use from the “cucina povera” ethos, turning humble ingredients into nourishing feasts without sacrificing flavor.

From Sicilian chickpea fritters to lentil soups and bread salads, to more elaborate filled vegetables, delicious “poor-man’s” ricotta dumplings, and simple sweet biscotti, this book will transform the way you shop, cook, and eat.

$35 • 9.68" x 7.44" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717551 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2023 •

The Wall Between

What Jews and Palestinians Don�t Want to Know about Each Other

By Raja G. Khouri & Jeffrey J. Wilkinson

"That this book even exists is remarkable. It�s extraordinarily difficult for a Palestinian and a Jew to write a book that fairly conveys the dominant mood in both communities about Palestine-Israel. But this book not only exists�it�s wise, engaging and deeply humane. It will prove an essential text in bringing diaspora Jews and Palestinians together in the justice movement that this moment demands.�
�Peter Beinart, author of�The Crisis of Zionism

A groundbreaking book that offers concrete ways for Jews and Palestinians to speak (and listen) differently to each other.

The Wall Between is a book about the wall that exists between Jewish and Palestinian communities in the Diaspora. Distrust, enmity, and hate are common currencies. They manifest at university campuses, schools and school boards, at political events, on social media, and in academic circles. For Jews, Israel must exist; for Palestinians, the historic injustice being committed since 1948 must be reversed. Neither wants to know why the Other cannot budge on these issues. The wall is up.

These responses emanate, primarily, from the two “metanarratives” of Jews and Palestinians: the Holocaust and the Nakba. Virtually every response to the struggle, from a member of either community, can be traced back to issues of identity, trauma, and victimhood as they relate to their respective metanarrative. This book examines the role that propaganda and disinformation play in cementing trauma-induced fears for the purpose of making the task of humanizing and acknowledging the Other not just difficult, but almost inconceivable. The authors utilize recent cognitive research on the psychological and social barriers that keep Jews and Palestinians in their camps, walled off from each other. They present a clear way through, one that is justice-centered, rather than trauma-and propaganda-driven.

The authors have lived these principles and traveled this journey, away from their tribal traumas, through embracing the principles of justice. They insist that commitment to the Other means grappling with seemingly incompatible narratives until shared values are decided and acted upon. This book is a call to justice that challenges the status quo of Zionism while at the same time dealing directly with the complex histories that have created the situation today. The book is both realistic and hopeful—a guide for anyone who is open to new possibilities within the Israel-Palestine discourse in the West.

$20.00 • 9" x 6" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717193 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: Fall 2023 •

A Child Like You

By Na’ima B. Robert

Illustrated by: Nadine Kaadan

�A meaningful call to action � Encouragement for the future leaders and caretakers of our planet inspired by four real-life youth activists. As Robert points out, �the world can be a scary place sometimes.� Climate change is wreaking havoc on our environment, refugees make perilous journeys in search of a better life, many children from marginalized backgrounds are unable to see themselves reflected in literature, and young people feel uncertain and afraid. Despite these painful realities, the book points out several reasons to be optimistic. Young people are protesting, participating, imagining, and fighting their way toward a better future � Rather than brushing over harsh realities, Robert and Kaadan acknowledge children�s very real fears while empowering them and offering hope.�
� Kirkus Reviews

An empowering picture book that encourages children to feel that they can have a positive impact on the future in a troubled world, inspired by real-life activists and campaigners.

“Somewhere, out there, in the wide, wide world, a child like you is watching …”

Four brave children watch, listen, search, and feel, as they experience the inequalities, dangers, and injustices of life in our world.

Inspired by real-life activists and campaigners Greta Thunberg, Yusra Mardini, Marley Dias, and Iqbal Masih, each of these children are filled with courage, determination and hope.

They will campaign to help save the planet, show that refugees can contribute, and show leadership in sport in their new land, they will build a library of 1,000 books depicting black girls, they will speak out against the outrage of child slavery.

$18.95 • 10.6 " x 8.5" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717230 • Crocodile Books • Ages 4-8 • Release date: Fall 2023 •

The House on Butterfly Street

A Novel

By Mhani Alaoui

In a country where the precarious rights of women and children can be reversed in an instant, legacies of resilience still reverberate across time.

Present-day Morocco: With the breakdown of her marriage, physician Nadine Alam has become unable to work. Her teenage daughter Al has retreated into silence, and now her young housekeeper Ghalia has disappeared.

One morning, Nadine receives an envelope from an unidentified sender. Inside it is a newspaper clipping, an article about a single mother and her newborn child, a boy named Noor—typically a name given to girls, meaning light. Nadine’s country is one where single mothers and children born out of wedlock are considered pariahs, outside the protection of the law. Why would a journalist disclose the child’s name? And why was she sent this clipping?

Drawn to these mysteries, Nadine embarks on a search that takes her into a Casablanca she barely knew existed. There she encounters strong, inspiring people but also deeply flawed, terrible ones. Unraveling clues to her connection with the story, she is moved to try to help this mother and child. As she plunges deeper and deeper into an unknown world, Nadine finds she must come to terms with her own family’s history, and with lingering scars of her country’s past in which her family is entwined.

A vivid, kaleidoscopic portrait of a Casablanca household.

$18 • 8" x 5.25" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717278 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2023 •

Bao Family Cookbook

Recipes from the Eight Culinary Regions of China

By C?line Chung and team

�The complex flavors and textures of eight types of traditional regional Chinese cuisines are demonstrated with style and aplomb in this visual treat of a cookbook � The illustrated introduction provides essential information on types of condiments, noodles, flours, vegetables, and other ingredients and utensils for cooks � There�s a vibrant mix of grainy black-and-white photographs of chefs at work with candy-striped, eye-popping color backgrounds and photographs of the dishes. The recipes, spanning from breakfast to dessert, are a varied sampler of traditional Chinese cooking ��The Bao Family Cookbook�introduces elevated Chinese dishes with reverence for sharing food and having it define �the rhythm of the day.��
� Foreword Reviews

Through over 80 classic, accessible, and playful recipes, Bao Family Cookbook symbolizes the bridge between two cultures: the traditions of China and the modernity of Parisian life.

Bao Family Cookbook symbolizes the bridge between two cultures: the traditions of China and the modernity of Parisian life. The Bao family run four Chinese restaurants in Paris that bridge the gap between two cultures, and between traditional and modern cuisine—here they share their love of bao and other Chinese dishes, with recipes that span the eight culinary regions of China.

Through over 80 classic yet accessible and playful recipes, Céline Chung and her family push back against the stereotypes surrounding Chinese cooking and pay tribute to its diversity and regionality. Expect an explosion of flavor, with recipes for scallion pancakes, chile chicken salad, Chinese spring rolls, hot-and-sour soup, sweet-and-sour fish, cumin beef, Cantonese fried rice, and of course bao buns—that perfectly fluffy finger food that feeds a crowd and can be tailored with delicious sweet and savory fillings.

Bao Family is a bold celebration of Chinese food today, spanning meals all through the day. The key recipes all feature handy step-by-step instructions, and every dish is imbued with the love that Céline and her family have for their homeland of Wenzhou, from their home in Paris.

Recipes include:

• Stir-fried vegetarian noodles

• Pumpkin fries with salted egg

• Fried egg on rice

• Charsiu bao

• Har gow

• Chinese spring rolls

• Wonton soup

• Steamed pork ribs with garlic and black beans

• Salt-and-pepper chicken

$35 • 9.75" x 7.5" • 272pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717421 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2023 •

The Yogurt Cookbook: 10th Anniversary Edition

Recipes from Around the World

By Arto der Haroutunian

Photography by: Hiltrud Schulz

"Yogurt, a fermentation of milk by the beneficial bacteria Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus, contains lacti"�a marvelous volume all about yogurt� Arto wrote The Yogurt Cookbook for yogurt lovers and future yogurt lovers." � Super Chef Blog

The Yogurt Cookbook is the ultimate guide to cooking with yogurt and its significance around the world.

Yogurt is consumed in a variety of ways in many cultures throughout the world. The author—truly an authority on the subject—tells us the history of yogurt, how to make it, and how it is easily used in all kinds of delicious recipes.

This splendid cookbook offers over 200 yogurt recipes ranging from the delicate flavors Middle Eastern cuisine to traditional Armenian specialties; from spicy Indian curries to distinctive regional European dishes. There are delicious appetizers, fragrant soups, fresh salads, and interesting egg dishes. There are recipes for fish, poultry, meat, pasta, and vegetables. There is even a section on bread, pancakes, and fritters. The Yogurt Cookbook is the ultimate guide to cooking with yogurt, and its significance around the world. If you’re a yogurt lover, this is a book for you, and if you don’t care for it, this book will convert you.

$25 • 7" x 10" • 304pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717704 • Interlink Books • Release date: Summer 2023 •

All That’s Left to You

A Novella and Other Stories

By Ghassan Kanafani

Ghassan Kanafani’s writings are among the most influential in modern Palestinian literature. In his novels, short stories, and plays, he explores complex political questions encased in beautiful narratives and lyrical prose.

All That’s Left to You presents the vivid story of twenty-four hours in the real and remembered lives of a brother and sister living in Gaza and separated from their family. The desert and time emerge as characters as Kanafani speaks through the desert, the brother, and the sister to build the powerful rhythm of the narrative. The Palestinian attachment to land and family, and the sorrow over their loss, are symbolized by the young man’s unremitting anger and shame over his sister’s sexual disgrace.

This remarkable collection of stories provides evidence to the English-reading public of Kanafani’s position within modern Arabic literature. Not only was he committed to portraying the miseries and aspirations of his people, the Palestinians, in whose cause he died, but he was also an innovator within the extensive world of Arabic fiction.

$16 • 5.25" x 8" • 160pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717247 • Interlink Books • Translator: Jeremy Reed & May Jayyusi • Foreword by: Roger Allen •

We Are Palestinian

A Celebration of Culture and Tradition

By Reem Kassis

Photography by: Noha Eilouti

BOOKSTAGANG BEST BOOK OF 2023 WINNER

�A joyful and accessible introduction � A Palestinian cookbook author and food writer explores her country�s rich cultural heritage � Kassis covers geography, cultural symbols, major figures, agriculture, cuisine, performing arts, and history and religion � Kassis� details are well chosen and convey her love of her homeland; fun facts and �Did you know?� sidebars enliven the engaging text. Eilouti�s bright illustrations complement the writing, portraying important landmarks in cities, capturing the cross-stitch patterns in cushions, and bringing to life examples of native plants. (index) (Nonfiction. 9-12)��Kirkus Reviews

A stunning children’s book celebrating everything Palestinian!

From culture and food, to music and literature, We Are Palestinian?is a celebration of Palestinian heritage. Brought to life by award-winning writer Reem Kassis, every spread is filled with wonderful anecdotes, fascinating facts, and memorable quotes. It is beautifully illustrated by Noha Eilouti, an emerging Palestinian-Canadian illustrator.

Discover ALL about the history of iconic Palestinian symbols like tatreez embroidery, or the inspiration behind Mahmoud Darwish’s poetry. As you turn every page, you’ll find yourself lost in the world of Dabke (the folk dance of Palestine) and amazed by its famous old cities; you’ll try traditional food like knafeh, explore the different religions, and find out much more. Each spread of?We Are Palestinian?is accessible, richly inspiring, and visually stunning.

Young readers are going to love discovering more about Palestine. This is the perfect book for parents, educators, and caregivers wishing to explore new worlds of culture and custom with children!

$19.95 • 7.5" x 9" • 112pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717254 • Crocodile Books • Ages 9 • Release date: Fall 2023 •

Unexpected New York

By Sandy Miller

Photography by: Juliana Spear

This well-written and sumptuously illustrated book is filled with surprises that add texture and richness to life in the Big Apple.

Wild peacocks, parrots, and raccoons rather than the Bronx Zoo; cricket, lawn bowling, surfboarding, and pistol shooting rather than the Yankees and the Mets; a Japanese pagoda-inspired house and a Frank Lloyd Wright house rather than a Brooklyn brownstone or the Empire State building; wineries, rolling ladder manufacturers, and fishing tackle businesses rather than the New York Stock Exchange; key lime pies not seltzer; fragments of the Berlin Wall and Gaudi-like mosaic benches rather than the Guggenheim or the Met; a statue of Lenin rather than the Statue of Liberty.

Unexpected New York is about places, activities, events, and entities in New York City that surprise. These are not secret or hidden, nor necessarily off the beaten track, just not what the words New York City immediately call to mind. But perhaps the unexpected aspects of New York are what truly make its world-class diversity. If not quintessential New York, nonetheless, essential.

$25.00 • 8" x 9" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717674 • Interlink Books • Release date: Summer 2023 •

Beyond Shattered Glass

Voices from the Aftermath of the Beirut Explosion

By Zeina Saab

�Great tragedies in history often generate one epic moment that fully encapsulates the pain, the rage, and the absurdity of it all. The Beirut explosion was, undoubtedly, such an event.�Decades of war and destruction, so many lives broken and wasted, a nation humiliated and plundered by those who were supposed to protect it. And suddenly, in a single blast, everything is shattered, everything is exposed, everything is revealed.�On that fateful day in August, the authors of this book obviously suffered; they wept; they tried to comfort their loved ones; then they wiped their tears and began to write. Their testimony is powerful, as literature can be powerful when it discards all that is futile to focus on what is humanly essential."��Amin Maalouf, author of�Samarkand�and�The Gardens of Light

True stories of survival, strength, and solidarity.

On August 4, 2020, a massive explosion in the Beirut port decimated much of the capital city. The notoriously corrupt and criminally negligent Lebanese government was nowhere to be found. Instead, ordinary people were forced to fend for themselves in extraordinary situations.

They took on the monumental cleanup effort on ground zero. They set up makeshift online resources to find loved ones in hospitals that were overwhelmed. They pulled strangers out of the rubble, regardless of their religion or ethnicity. They set up mental health lines, launched missing persons platforms. They took care of neighbors and comforted one another through tragic losses.

This book is an anthology of creative nonfiction that chronicles their real stories as told by the writers who interviewed them. More than individual accounts, these stories are the product of a collective writing process to archive history and continue to resist injustice.

$20.00 • 6" x 9" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717476 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: Summer 2023 • Foreword by: Rawi Hage •

Only in Dubrovnik

A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

Discover Dubrovnik’s enthralling architecture, tumultuous history, and artistic treasures with this explorer’s guide to Croatia’s famous fortified city. More than 55 fascinating and unusual historical sites, including fearsome forts and forgotten palaces, saintly relics and vestiges of war, converted convents and cursed islands. From a macabre cathedral treasury and an ancient arboretum to the Red History Museum and a Game of Thrones’ tour. The author visits the world’s oldest quarantine hospital, Orlando’s Column, the Dubrovnik Beer Company, and a holiday resort in ruins. Escape the crowds and set off on your own urban expedition with the Only In Guides!

$16.00 • 8.25" x 5.5" • 120pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9783950421880 • Series: Only In Guides • Interlink Books • Release date: Summer 2023 •

Namaste Trump and Other Stories

�[A] magnificent collection � Indian poet, essayist, and author Tabish Khair nimbly interrogates relationships both enabled and sundered by religious and socioeconomic divides in�Namaste Trump & Other Stories�� Khair proves to be an elegant, diligent conduit for all of his characters, as he records incidents of desperate sacrifice, casual disregard, blind denial, and generational trauma to create an unforgettable mosaic of human frailty and unforgivable inhumanity.�
� Shelf Awareness, starred review

A collection of other stories from shining India—those not often told.

The short story “Namaste Trump” starts in a deceptive domestic setting, where a servant from the hinterlands is patronized and exploited by an upwardly mobile urban family. But as the nation celebrates Trump’s visit and copes with the pandemic, it ends up becoming a prophecy of endless haunting. This sets the agenda for a series of stories that delve into fracturing or broken lives in small-town India over the past fifty years.

In the novella-length “Night of Happiness,” pragmatic entrepreneur Anil Mehrotra has set up his thriving business empire with the help of his lieutenant, Ahmed, an older man who is different in more ways than one. Quiet and undemanding, Ahmed talks in aphorisms; bothers no one; and always gets the job done. But when one stormy night, Mehrotra discovers an aspect to Ahmed that defies all reason, he is forced to find out more about his trusted aide. What will he discover: madness or something worse?

In a series of three linked stories, “The Corridor,” “The Ubiquity of Riots” and “Elopement,” Khair traces, through the eyes of an adolescent, the tensions of living as a liberal Muslim in India in the 1970s and 1980s, tensions that isolate families, break friendships, and point to the violence to come. The narrator of these stories, now a busy professional, returns in the third person in another story, “Olden Friends are Golden,” about belonging and exclusion on WhatsApp. Then there is “Scam,” a flippantly narrated story about a crime that
can only be comprehended as a scam perpetuated by the victim, and in “Shadow of a Story” violence returns to a village family in an unimaginable shape.

“The Thing with Feathers” is perhaps about hope, but it is hope beyond despair, hope perhaps gone mad: or, is all hope mad now? Finally, “The Last Installment” narrates two farmers, a father and a son, in a village of North India, caught in a corporate vice: the breathless sentences of the story making the reader sense the desperation of the central character as he finally fights to breathe, to live.

By turns poetic, chilling, and heartbreaking, ranging from understated realism to gothic terror, this is a book of stories about precarious lives in a world without tolerance.

$17.00 • 8" x 5.25" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717483 • Interlink Books • Release date: Summer 2023 •

Tracing Homelands

Israel, Palestine, and the Claims of Belonging

By Linda Dittmar

�The memoir�Tracing Homelands�vividly conveys the unstable psychological ground under the feet of settlers of the �Promised Land��land that was�and continues to be�cruelly wrested from its original inhabitants � Readers are pulled along a winding and rocky path to and through the remains (or possible remains) of many destroyed villages � and bits and pieces of their history � The result is a highly original and engrossing exploration of many of the most gruesome events of the Nakba. Readers are offered a poignant, multilayered experience that brings together many sad and spooky Nakba sites.�
� Mondoweiss

A raw and courageous memoir of the 1948 war and its aftermath and searing personal journey to uncover the suppressed traumas, facts, and myths that undergird the so-called Israeli-Palestinian conflict

When author Linda Dittmar stumbles upon the ruins of an abandoned Palestinian village, she is faced with a past that sits uneasily with her Israeli childhood memories—and the history she was raised never to question.

Tracing Homelands is an intimate, beautifully written account that uncovers inconvenient truths about an embattled Israeli-Palestinian history that is often buried in silence. Its eloquently personal voice charts a reluctant eyewitness’ journey to uncover the ruins of Palestinian villages destroyed in the 1948 war, while weaving flashbacks to the author’s Israeli youth and Zionist upbringing. A braided narrative told with empathy and unflinching honesty, it reflects on the Palestinian and Jewish lives entwined in this searing history.

As Dittmar revisits the sites and sights of her childhood, her intimate understanding of the 1948 war and its aftermath opens up an inquiry into the language and silence, the seeing and willed not-seeing, that have been obscuring the Nakba and holding peace hostage. Spanning six decades of this history (1942-2008), this story of war and dispossession rests on deep attachment to a land that is claimed by both people. Here the land itself speaks its own truths: a tale told in rocks and mud, pine forests and parched summer grass, and vibrant modernity amid derelict sentinels of its past.

$20.00 • 6" x 9" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717506 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: Summer 2023 •

If Mama Sings

By Laura Wittner

Illustrated by: Maricel P. Clark

�This book is a simple but beautiful board book that highlights the bond a baby has with his/her mother's voice. It also brings out a heartwarming truth; that babies are comforted by singing. Readers will love the bright and nature-centered artwork and the repetitive theme of mama singing on each page � This book is perfect for new parents to read to babies or toddlers and is definitely meant for young hands to hold since it is printed in the form of thicker board book pages.�
� Children�s Literature

A heart-warming board book from Argentina for babies and toddlers.

The mother’s voice is that constant music that accompanies growth: everything changes very quickly for the baby, but his mother’s voice is always there to feed him, to hug him, to give him confidence.

This book is a lullaby that can be sung day and night.

$11.95 • 6" x 6" • 16pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717445 • Series: Babylink • Crocodile Books • Ages 0-3 • Release date: Summer 2023 •

Zebra in the Mirror

By Tina Arnuš Pupis

Illustrated by: Marta Bartolj

A beautifully-illustrated picture book that tackles themes of self-confidence and body neutrality.

A zebra is looking at her reflection in the lake. At first, she is unhappy with what she sees. Her ears are big and hairy; her legs are too long; and her stripes look silly. But then, she realizes that her body has an important function. Her ears allow her to hear distant sounds; her legs enable her to outrun danger; and her stripes make her unlike any other animal on the savannah. Soon, she is proud of what she sees.

This picture book offers an excellent starting point for conversations with children about body image. Offering multiple perspectives, Zebra in the Mirror can be read from front to back or from back to front, showing how self-confidence can come from within. Marta Bartolj’s stunning illustrations masterly depict a whole range of emotions that the zebra encounters while looking at herself in the water mirror.

$18.95 • 8.6" x 10.8" • 36pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717452 • Crocodile Books • Ages 4-8 • Release date: Fall 2023 •

Kantiga Finds the Perfect Name

By Mabel Mnensa

Illustrated by: Chantelle and Burgen Thorne

�In softly textured art, the Thornes depict Kantiga and her Black community alongside images of Gogo�s tale in this affirming picture book about familial identity.�
� Publishers Weekly

This endearing picture book from South Africa follows the story of a little girl who, with help from her grandmother, explores her identity and learns to appreciate her name.

“There was once a beautiful little girl with a heart as big as her name, Kantiga. But Kantiga did not like her name.” Hearing this, her gogo tells her a family tale of the magical clay pot that seems to be useless because it is cracked and broken. We learn how this flaw makes it more than perfect.

Follow this beautiful tale, full of color and folklore, as Kantiga tries to find the perfect name and on the journey learns a bit more about who she is and where she is from.

$18.95 • 10.7" x 9.5" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717438 • Crocodile Books • Ages 3-8 • Release date: Summer 2023 •

Pomegranates and Artichokes

A Food Journey from Iran to Italy

By Saghar Setareh

Library Journal Best Book of 2023

�Inspired by her time living in Iran and Italy, food writer and photographer Saghar Setareh explores the similarities between Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cooking. In over 80 recipes, this cookbook celebrates the culinary heritage of both countries while reflecting on her own experiences as an immigrant.��BookRiot�s Most Anticipated Cookbooks of 2023

�[A] fascinating and deeply personal debut recipe collection, which evinces warm feelings about both locales while also training a clear eye on the experience of being foreign in Italy � Setareh elegantly spins a web of connections � Gorgeous photography throughout enhances the experience. Setareh�s thoughtful tone and generosity of spirit make this well worth a look.�
� Publishers Weekly

From photographer and food writer Saghar Setareh comes a cookbook full of rich new recipes that show how ingredients and recipes–unconstrained by borders–are shared and transformed through the immigrant experience.

When Iranian writer and food photographer Saghar Setareh moved to Italy at the age of 22, she was enchanted by the rich food culture of her adopted country, and this inspired a curiosity in the cuisine of her homeland and the surrounding countries of the Levant and Eastern Mediterranean. Pomegranates and Artichokes is the story of Saghar’s own culinary journey from Iran to Italy, in which she describes the many parallels that link Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food cultures, and shows how ingredients and recipes–unconstrained by borders–are shared and transformed through the immigrant experience.

Divided into three sections representing stops on Saghar’s culinary “road trip”–Iran, In Between, and Italy–this book features more than 80 recipes celebrating the foods of these regions. Among the highlights are a simple Iranian breakfast platter, a celebratory Persian feast, Sicilian-style stuffed artichokes, guinea hen braised with pomegranate, sweet–sour meatballs from Aleppo, a Roman ricotta and wild cherry pie, and a velvety Middle Eastern milk pudding.

Illustrated with Saghar’s own beautiful photography and peppered with personal insights and experiences, Pomegranates and Artichokes tells the story of two food cultures, and the delicious space in between.

$27.95 • 9.75in x 7.5in • 288pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717407 HB
ISBN: 9781623716714 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: Summer 2023 •

The New Middle Eastern Vegetarian: 10th Anniversary Edition

Modern Recipes from Veggiestan: 10th Anniversary Edition

"Sally Butcher has yet again produced an excellent and fascinating group of recipes with infectious humor and charm." � Sam Clark, Moro

In this upbeat guide to Middle Eastern vegetarian cooking, Sally Butcher proves that the region is simply simmering, bubbling, and bursting with sumptuous vegetarian traditions and recipes.

Written in her trademark engaging and knowledgeable style, Sally takes a fresh look at many of the more exciting ingredients available today in local grocery stores and supermarkets as well as providing a host of delicious recipes made with more familiar fare. From fragrant Persian noodle rice to gingery tamarind eggplants, pink pickled turnips and rose petal jam, The New Middle Eastern Vegetarian is filled with aromatic herbs and spices, inspiring ideas and all the knowledge needed to cook wonderful vegetarian food from the Middle East and beyond.

$25.00 • 7.5" x 10.75" • 272pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717667 • Interlink Books • Release date: Summer 2023 • Awards: SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS' COOKERY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD

California

On-the-Road Histories

By Victor Silverman & Laurie Glover

"With much more history than classic travel guides like Fodor's or Frommer's but less depth than an academic monograph, this should appeal to readers of popular history, who will appreciate its wide range and respect for diversity." � Library Journal

A witty, expansive narrative that reveals the real story of the people and places that makes up the Golden State.

From the European conquest to today’s economic crisis, Californians have experienced tumultuous growth and painful conflicts. Like the grinding of tectonic plates that has produced the state’s very landscape, these encounters, disputes, and transformations have continuously made and remade California.

California: On-the-Road History doesn’t relate the cleaned-up tale of the California dream that school textbooks and the tourism commission tell. Rather it presents the sometimes bitter, sometimes triumphant history behind the California myth. Included are recommended museums, state parks, and other attractions, alongside literary excerpts from local authors who give readers a sense of California in different eras.

$22 • 5" x 9" • 400pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717353 • Series: On-the-Road Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: Summer 2023 •

Buenos Aires

A Cultural History

By Jason Wilson

The most European of South American cities, Buenos Aires evokes exile and nostalgia.

A nineteenth-century replica of Paris or Madrid set adrift in an alien continent, its identity is neither of the Old World nor the New. The Argentine capital’s rootlessness has famously found expression in the melancholy of tango and, more recently, in a vogue for psychoanalysis even more widespread than New York’s. Jason Wilson explores this contradictory and culturally rich city by tracing its development from remote ranching settlement to modern metropolis. Taking landmarks, both well-known and hidden, as starting points for a journey of discovery, he looks at the events, people and writing that have shaped modern Buenos Aires and its cultural life.

– The city of Borges and Cortazar: the European literary tradition, magical realism and fantasy, the construction of an Argentine voice, writers local and foreign

– The city of tango: the music of longing and despair, a meeting-point of machismo and sensuality, lowlife culture of the port

– The city of passions: the cult of Evita Peron, the life-and-death matter of soccer, the totalitarian political legacy.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717391 • Interlink Books • Release date: Summer 2023 •

History of International Fashion

By Didier Grumbach

"Fascinating undeniably informative book� casual and passionate fashion aficionados alike should both enjoy seeing how the people and industry that determines what we wear has changed over time." � Publishers Weekly

First English translation of critically-acclaimed book opens the door to the fascinating universe of fashion.

This book is not just a history of fashion from the early days of the creation of dressmaking fashion to the development of ready-to-wear manufacturing and the global enterprise it is today. Its ambition is to be the story of the creation, the evolution, and the implosion of the fashion related professions.

With readable, highly-informative, and entertaining text- coupled with stunning photography- this book offers valuable insights into a profession which, unlike any other social body, is determined as much by its origins as by its economic context. Didier Grumbach walks you down the runways of fashion history and unfolds the secrets of the industry with stories and accounts from those who have played an active part in its development from the 1920s to the present. And he knows what he is talking about: he was born, grew up and made his mark in the circle that he opens for us here. For decades, he has collected archives, met with witnesses, interacted with the most influential players, and opened doors which are normally kept firmly shut. In his international bestseller, he finally offers us a 20th century illustrated history of fashion like no other- a saga, a family business, with noble fathers, prodigal sons, enthusiasms, passions, hatreds, strokes of genius and, of course, failures. The heroes are Dior, Saint Laurent, Kenzo, Sonia Rykiel, Prada, Hermes, and others.

Their adventures are presented in an innovative chronological- and logical- order. From haute couture to the boom in ready-to-wear, the clothing industry, creators and designers, we witness the evolution in techniques, the shifting trends in the market, how an art matures and a culture changes. We also discover how the French ventured out of Paris to meet New York, London, Tokyo and Beijing.

This book is a must for fashion lovers, professionals, and students who will find a thousand references never before presented. It will also enlighten the curious reader who wishes to go behind the scenes of this most seductive of theatres.

$45 • 6.75" x 9.5" • 480pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717728 • Series: • Interlink Books • Release date: Summer 2023 •

Anti-Semitism

Interlink Illustrated Histories

By Roberto Finzi

For more than a thousand years the Jews have been objects of prejudice, hatred, bloody persecutions and massacres.

Even today, despite the horrors of Hitler’s holocaust, groups of neo-Nazis continue to form. In this well illustrated volume historian Roberto Finzi looks at the religious origins of this prejudice and investigates how anti-Semitism has spread even in secular, educated societies. The book provides a succinct history of the most significant, expressions of modern anti-Semitism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, including the infamous Dreyfus case, a microcosm of the prejudice in the heart of Europe that led to the vicious pogroms that swept across its Eastern half and eventually gave rise to the racist ideology of the Nazis.

This brief volume can describe only the tip of the iceberg of the anti-Jewish feeling which has tragically shaped our modern world, yet Finzi’s cogent analysis goes a long way toward helping us identify the elements that compose its great submerged body.

$15 • 5.125" x 7.625" • 128pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717742-1 • Series: Interlink Illustrated Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: Summer 2023 •

The North African Kitchen

Regional Recipes and Stories

By Fiona Dunlop

Photography by: Simon Wheeler

"In beautifully written prose that is sometimes lyrical, sometimes factual and always respectful, Fiona Dunlop takes us to the area of North Africa known as the Maghreb. The recipes are easy to follow and the photographs evoke not just the dishes of the region, but the region itself, while the stories show the great heart of this area of the world." � www.inmamaskitchen.com

Behind closed doors, North African home cooks are taking the region’s food to new heights. Traditional dishes such as tagines, stews, soups, and salads are being adapted and refined, and new dishes are being created using classic ingredients such as fiery spices, jewel-like dried fruits, lemons, and armfuls of fresh herbs.

The North African Kitchen is the result of Fiona Dunlop’s long fascination with the region. She visits eight of the best home cooks in Morocco, Tunisia, and Libya, shopping and cooking with them, and learning their favorite recipes and cooking tricks.

Simplicity is at the heart of the private medina kitchen. The exotic fuses with the domestic to produce dishes that are highly flavored yet quick and easy to prepare. Tunisian cuisine is perhaps the hottest of the region- due in large part to the popularity of the fiery chili paste harissa. As well as a strong French influence, pasta is a passion in Tunisia. Morocco’s great forte is its tagines and sauces- with meat and fish being cooked in one of four popular sauces. And Libya, although less gastronomically subtle than Tunisia and Morocco, excels in soups and patisserie.

This culinary journey creates a vivid and sensual picture of how food is really shopped for and cooked in the private kitchens of some of the world’s most extraordinary gastronomic cultures.

$29.95 • 9.25" x 10.5" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717711 • Interlink Books • Release date: Summer 2023 •

Andaluz

A Food Journey through Southern Spain

By Fiona Dunlop

"Both cookbook and travelogue, this homage to the land of the Arabs and Berbers reveals mouth-watering and educational excursions into the region's little towns and the kitchens of local professional chefs and home cooks. A little history adds to the mix, as British author Dunlop (Mexican Modern, 2013) explains how eight centuries of Moorish rule (from the eighth to the fifteenth century) defined southern Spain's personality, culinary and otherwise. Glorious color photographs alone beckon; what differentiates this 100-plus recipe collection are its origins in the cafes and restaurants of Andalusia, relying on chefs to contribute the best of their best. No one will be disappointed. Both unique and familiar fare populate the pages: gazpacho, caramel bread pudding, lemon cake, and seafood paella; falafel with beet tahini, hummus, and pickles; a fig and almond roll. Chef profiles are featured in tandem with restaurant descriptions; who could resist, for instance, a table in the middle of a bullring, or a chat with an 80-year-old preparing marinated turkey. Includes notes on regional specialties, like iberico ham and black pigs, and an annotated list of the featured restaurants. A true work of art and love. � Booklist (starred review)

With beautiful location photography and delicious recipes, this stunning cookbook from Fiona Dunlop is an enthralling Andalusian culinary journey from sierra to sea.

An enthralling Andalusian culinary journey from sierra to sea.

For nearly eight centuries from 711 to 1492, Moorish rule in Andalusía brought about a revolution in Spanish culture, resulting in architectural splendors like the Alhambra as well as a rich culinary history. Andaluz is a quest to illustrate the legacy of the Arabs and Berbers in the kitchens of southern Spain today.

Couscous, rice, eggplant, oranges, apricots, marzipan, and a wealth of spices are just a few ever-present ingredients that owe their influence to the Moorish people—along with a meticulous attention to the cultivation of olive varieties that Andalusía is renowned for. By digging deep into traditional dishes, scouring markets, and learning from home cooks, local tavern owners, and Michelin-starred restaurant chefs, Fiona Dunlop offers a vivid gastronomic window on this region. Entries from the author’s travel diary accompany sumptuous recipes—from Granada in the east to Córdoba at its heart and Seville in the south—bringing a taste of Moorish Spain to kitchens everywhere.

With beautiful food and location photography Andaluz is bound to become the cookbook you will visit time and time again.

$35 • 7.5" x 9.75" • 304pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717285 • Interlink Books • Release date: Summer 2023 •

Sun Bread and Sticky Toffee

Date Desserts from Everywhere: 10th Anniversary Edition

By Sarah al-Hamad

Photography by: Kate Whitaker

"Beginning with a brief history of the date's cultivation and uses then diving right into a collection of recipes from around the world, Al-Hamad offers a wide range of options and ideas for incorporating one of the most popular ingredients into delectable foods." � Matt Sutherland, ForeWord Magazine

Featuring sensual and delicious date desserts from around the globe, Sun Bread and Sticky Toffee is packed with delicious, natural, and healthy recipes that showcase the versatility of baking with dates.

Sensual and delicious date desserts from around the globe.

Sticky. Sweet. Gooey. Eating a date is like biting into a caramel cloud, its sweet and soft flesh tinged with molasses and flavor. Dates are one of the oldest cultivated foods with over 600 varieties grown around the world today. From California’s thirst-quenching date shakes to the quintessentially British sticky toffee pudding and its luscious butterscotch sauce, to wholesome date and sesame flatbreads, spicy ginger and date jam, and the creamiest, honeyed date cheesecake, Sun Bread and Sticky Toffee: Date Desserts from Everywhere is like a dense, shady date grove, packed with delicious, natural and healthy recipes that demonstrate the versatility of baking with dates and date syrup.

$20.00 • 8.5" x 10.75" • 144pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717766 • Interlink Books • Release date: Summer 2023 •

Seeking Palestine

New Palestinian Writing on Exile and Home

By Penny Johnson & Raja Shehadeh (ed.)

"In these grittily poetic stories, Palestinian writers imaginatively reclaim what has been lost." � Fiona Capp, The Age

How do Palestinians live, imagine and reflect on home and exile in this period of a stateless and transitory Palestine and a sharp escalation in Israeli state violence and accompanying Palestinian oppression? How can exile and home be written?

In this volume of new writing, fifteen innovative and outstanding Palestinian writers- essayists, poets, novelists, critics, artists and memoirists- respond with their reflections, experiences, memories and polemics. Their contributions- poignant, humorous, intimate, reflective, intensely political- make for an offering that is remarkable for the candor and grace with which it explores the many individual and collective experiences of waiting, living for, and seeking Palestine.

Contributors include: Lila Abu-Lughod, Susan Abulhawa, Suad Amiry, Rana Barakat, Mourid Barghouti, Beshara Doumani, Sharif S. Elmusa, Rema Hammami, Mischa Hiller, Emily Jacir, Penny Johnson, Fady Joudah, Jean Said Makdisi, Karma Nabulsi, Raeda Sa’adeh, Raja Shehadeh, Adania Shibli.

$17.95 • 6" x 9" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717469 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: Spring 2023 •

Veganistan

A Vegan Tour of the Middle East

By (Tree Beard) Hitakonanu'laxk

Photography by: Yuki Sugiura

�[A] fun and enticing volume � Throughout, Butcher complements the recipes with bits of lore and culinary culture � An expert guide to grilling vegetables and unique beverage concoctions including a sage cocktail and spiced brandy cream round things out. The result is a vegan cookbook with real universal appeal.��Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

The newest release from prolific food writer Sally Butcher, Veganistan is full of healthy, accessible, and delicious vegan recipes for everyone, inspired by a Middle Eastern kitchen.

The Middle East is a region lush in its vegetation, a gift to the non-meat-eater. Much of the cuisine is naturally plant-based, with a lot of the flavor of recipes coming from the herbs, spices, cooking methods, and sheer joie de cuisine traditional to Middle Eastern dining.

Vegan diets can often be dismissed as lacking in certain nutrients, but there is no doubt that one thing a Middle Eastern kitchen teaches us is balance: every dish from a traditional kitchen is carefully crafted to offer a balance of “hot” and “cold” elements to satiate the four humors of medieval yore with legumes, grains, nuts, and vegetables galore.

The original mission of The New Middle Eastern Vegetarian was to celebrate vegetables in all their glory, rather than recreating meat dishes, and in Veganistan Sally Butcher starts to play more with seitan, tofu, and tempeh using them as vehicles to showcase the wonderful range of flavor this cuisine offers.

This is not a book written from a moral point of view, but primarily from a food angle, a way of bigging up and celebrating the wonders of Central Asian, Iranian, Turkish, Arab, and East African vegetable cooking and creating a volume of accessible dishes.

$30.00 • 9.75" x 7.5" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717599 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2023 •

Tekebash and Saba

Recipes and Stories from an East African Kitchen

By Saba Alemayoh

�Written by a mother-and-daughter team, this Ethiopian cookbook offers family recipes and family history � Largely vegetarian, deeply personal, and rich with dishes that are likely to become part of many a dinner rotation.� �Library Journal

From Tigray to the World, A Love Story Through Food

Mother–daughter duo Tekebash and Saba tell their story, and the story of their homeland, Ethiopia, through the lens of food, demonstrating how sharing food from another culture can offer us all a path forward, towards empathy and understanding, and a world that is more cohesive and connected.

Born in Tigray, Tekebash escaped the civil war at the age of 17 to join other refugees in Sudan. She has been on a migration journey ever since. Despite having spent more time abroad than she has at home, she is unequivocally Tigre and has worked with food all her life. Her restaurant, Saba’s Ethiopia, brings Ethiopian food and culture to Melbourne.

Tekebash not only worked with food but loved her daughter Saba through food. The recipes in this book are its backbone and the structure around which personal and cultural stories are woven.

$35 • 9.75 x 7.5 • 208pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623710941 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2023 •

The Grandfathers Speak

Native American Folk Tales of the Lenape People

"Here are 24 gracefully told stories of the Lenape� [This collection] begins to fill a hole in documentation of the Lenape peoples." � Choice

Beautifully and authentically narrated, these stories tell among other things, of how Nanapush, the Grandfather of Beings and Men, created the earth upon the back of a great turtle; of how Manaka has the Rainbow Crow, flew to the twelfth heaven to receive the gift of fire from the Creator; and of how the Lenapé people came to live along the eastern seaboard of what is now known as the United States.

The Grandfathers Speak is part of the Interlink International Folk Tales Series. Rich in cultural significance, the tales in this series—suitable for both adults and young adults—represent the best, the strangest, and the most curious of the oral literature of peoples whose legends have been largely unavailable in English. Each title in this bestselling series includes a collection of 20 to 30 tales together with an introduction and a historical overview which give the reader compelling insights into the culture, the folk literature, and the lives of the people in the region.

$15 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 160pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717872 • Series: International Folk Tale Series • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2023 •

The Amazing Students of Venezuela

Illustrated by: Elizabeth Builes

Marcelo and Julio show determination and strength every day as they cross the border from Venezuela to Colombia to attend a better school in this empowering picture book.

Marcelo and her cousin Julio live in Venezuela, but every day they get up at dawn to make the arduous journey to cross the border to their school in Colombia. Some days are harder than others and some days they can’t even make it home. But for the amazing students of Venezuela, it is worth it since they know that the more they are able to learn, the more opportunities they will have.

The stories told in the Against All Odds picture book series are true stories of brave boys and girls from different parts of the world, who, with their small everyday actions, beat the odds and achieve something great. The series is intended to promote diversity and acceptance by exposing children to kids’ stories from faraway places facing unique situations or overcoming prejudice

$18.95 • • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717933 • Series: Against All Odds • Crocodile Books • Ages 5-8 • Release date: Spring 2023 •

The Mermaids of Jamaica

Illustrated by: Herikita

A two-time Olympic Gold Medal winner for synchronized swimming inspires Jamaican girls to dedicate themselves to swimming and invest in their futures in this heartening nonfiction picture book.

In the small coastal town of Port Antonio, Jamaica, something unusual is taking place. Many people in Jamaica cannot swim and are afraid of the sea, but the arrival of Olga—a two-time Olympic Gold Medal winner for synchronized swimming—is changing the hearts and minds of young female swimmers who might have otherwise become mothers too soon, before having had a chance to explore their ambitions.

$18.95 • • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717926 • Series: Against All Odds • Crocodile Books • Ages 5-8 •

Dreaming in Color

By Uvile Ximba

�This story is a cornucopia of queer experiences that looks at navigating the confusion that is intimacy, sex and identity. A thoughtful take on a timeless story of love, belonging, and a search for self.�� Tiffany Kagure Mugo, author of Quirky Quick Guide to Having Great Sex and curator of Touch: Sex, Sexuality and Sensuality

Written with fierce beauty, this coming-of-age/coming-of-queer story looks at navigating the confusion that is intimacy, sex, and identity.

In her debut novel, Dreaming in Color, Uvile Ximba explores with subtlety, humor, and probing insight the connections between the joyful reclaiming of pleasure and the healing of buried traumas.

As students at university in Makhanda, South Africa during the #RUReferenceList campaign, Langa and her lover Khwezi have a passionate and complex relationship. Puzzling gaps in her memory haunt Langa, yet her dreams are vivid with colors and symbols that hint at a nightmare of forgotten violations and losses. So many secrets—and Langa has had enough of secrets and silences. Who can she turn to? Her mother? Her grandmother? Khwezi? Or herself?

Dreaming in Color is Langa’s story of coming out to herself, of discerning the history behind the closed door of conscious memory.

$16 • 5.25" x 8" • 184pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717964 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2023 •

Meliz’s Kitchen

Simple Turkish-Cypriot Comfort Food and Fresh Family Feasts

By Meliz Berg

�Berg showcases her Turkish Cypriot roots in this vibrant collection of dishes � the inviting introductions and contextualizing head notes help readers understand the traditional roots of the dishes � Berg�s debut cookbook is a welcome addition to collections. It is wide-ranging and inviting.���Library Journal

Home cook @MelizCooks shares simple, vibrant meals that bring big Turkish-Cypriot flavors to the kitchen every day. Meliz shares her no-fuss family cooking and traditional Cypriot dishes to showcase the melting-pot of spices and flavors found in a Turkish-Cypriot kitchen.

Sunshine flavors everyone will love.

Meliz’s Kitchen is a celebration of the melting-pot of delicious spices and fresh flavors that make a Turkish-Cypriot kitchen.

In this book Meliz shares the best comforting recipes and her easy go-to meals for busy family life. Find inspiration in nine chapters of vibrant, nourishing cooking: Kahvalti (breakfast), Mezze & Salata (dishes and salads to share), Ocak & Kizartma (traditional stovetop dishes), Firin (hearty dishes from the oven), Yahni (easy one-pots and slow-cooking), Kebab & Kofte (barbecue dishes and accompaniments), Ekmek & Hamur Isi (breads, doughs, and pastries) and Kekve Tatlilar (crowd-pleasing sweets).

Recipes include:

Cypriot Breakfast Platter

One-Pot Halloumi & Tomato Pasta

Stuffed Artichokes & Vine Leaves

Cypriot Pasta Bake

Chicken Doner Kebab

Creamy Moussaka

BBQ Wings & Thighs

Halloumi, Olive & Herb Loaf

Tahini & Carob Molasses Baklava

With easy-to-follow steps and no special equipment needed, this book will bring sunshine to your kitchen every day.

$35 • 9.5" x 7.5" • 288pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717865 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2023 •

The Baghdad Villa

By Zuheir El-Hetti

Love, war, violence, and social disintegration as seen through the eyes of a young Iraqi woman and interpreted through the values and emotions expressed in seven world-famous paintings hanging in her family’s Baghdad villa.

The novel is set in Baghdad following the 2003 American invasion of Iraq that toppled Saddam Hussein and unleashed chaos. At the center of the narrative is a young woman, Ghosnelban, who belongs to what would have been an aristocratic family under the former Iraqi monarchy and sees herself and her family as guardians of an aristocratic code of noble values and traditions. She witnesses her world and family life collapsing as the violence around her intensifies.

The story encompasses three generations of the same family, and shows the effects of successive coups and wars on Iraqi society by focusing on the uprooting of a well-established family that has deep roots in Iraq.

Ghosnelban interprets the events unfolding around her through detailed descriptive analysis of seven paintings hanging on the walls of a formal reception room in the family’s palatial villa. The family’s fate embodies the wider ruination affecting the country at large.

$17 • 5.25" x 8" • 272pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717902 • Interlink Books • Translator: Samira Kawar • Release date: Spring 2023 •

Pandemic of Delusion

Staying Rational in an Increasingly Irrational World

By Tyson Gill

�Without the employment of critical thinking by our most famous inventors, scientists, artists, writers, and engineers, most of the achievements that have made human life better for the most part since the Middle Ages would not have occurred. When cultures reject critical thinking, they eventually sink below the intellectual horizon. This book is a remedy for that rejection. So, is this book important and necessary to read? The answer is a resounding yes!� �from the foreword by Jordan Grafman, Ph.D., director of Brain Injury Research and professor, Department of Psychology, Northwestern University

Resisting the outbreak of virulent delusion in our modern world and contributing to a healthier society by helping people to be more fact-based in their thinking.

As it promised, technology has produced an explosion of information. Unfortunately, much of that information consists of misinformation and seemingly conflicting facts. Our innate capacity to process all these purported facts, to distinguish fact from fiction and truth from lies, has become a nearly impossible challenge.

Yet, it is a challenge that we must meet because actual, verifiable facts and truth do still matter. Pandemic of Delusion is a very readable book that takes you on a wild journey through all of the ways that beliefs are spread and how they break through our defenses to become delusions. It offers practical advice to resist misinformation and to recognize fallacious arguments.

And beyond helping you to merely immunize yourself from delusional thinking, Pandemic of Delusion offers an inspirational vision of lives and societies that embrace the wonder of the universe as seen through science and fact-based thinking.

$22 • 6" x 9" • 448pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717957 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2023 • Foreword by: Jordan Grafman, Ph.D. •

Folktales for a Better World

Stories of Peace and Kindness

By Elizabeth Laird

Photography by: Mehrdokht Amini

�Laird offers folktales from Ethiopia, Sudan, Palestine, Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria, and China. Amini adds an exciting visual dimension to traditional oral storytelling, making this an ideal book for story times, read-alongs, or readers who rely on visuals for reading comprehension. In clear, crafted language, the collection presents children with �stories about community, reconciliation, and kindness from people living in hardship � Playful and serious, fraught and kind, these �stories�and the accompanying illustrations�are �essential, and will be at home when shared, or for one-on-one readings �.� �School Library Journal

Seven stories celebrating peace, kindness, and forgiveness from seven countries that have all suffered from wars and conflicts in recent times told by an award-winning author.

Will two clans in Ethiopia make peace by throwing their most precious possessions in the river? Can a poor Palestinian shepherd show a rich sultan the value of true kindness? Or will an angel in Afghanistan find a way to turn the selfish Emir into a caring ruler? Buried treasure and an act of forgiveness reunite a father and daughter in Sudan while a camel is the key to choosing a kind and fair ruler for the kingdom of Yemen. Hear the Syrian story of the woodcutter and the lion to discover the meaning of friendship, and then follow nine courageous Uighur princesses of Kashgar, as they bring peace to their kingdom – without any fighting.

The importance of peace and kindness in our lives shines through these timeless, inspirational stories from seven countries, beautifully told and illustrated with empathy and humor.

$12.95 • 11.4" x 9" • 64pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717971 HB
ISBN: 9781623716561 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 5-8 • Release date: Spring 2023 •

100 Best Paintings in London

By Geoffrey Smith

Will not ship for the holidays

“An innovative guide� informative and laced with personal enthusiasm� this well-produced guide will be a welcome companion to those seeking out the city’s most treasured canvases.” � Publishers Weekly

The only book to provide a single volume introduction to the finest art in London.

100 Best Paintings in London is an essential guide to the cream of the great public collection of art in the capital. Each of the 100 chosen paintings is reproduced in full-color with a vivid description that provides both appreciation and analysis and includes fascinating details of why, how, and where the picture was painted. A biographical chronology of the artist’s life accompanies each entry together with a listing of works by contemporary painters.

Geoffrey Smith’s illuminating text makes you want to look afresh at favorite paintings and invites you to discover some that are not so familiar. From Duccio and van Eyck to Mark Rothko and Anselm Kiefer, 100 Best Paintings in London covers the complete spectrum of the treasures to be found in the city’s unsurpassed galleries.

Contains descriptions of works from: The Courtauld Institute • Dulwich Picture Gallery • The Estorick Collection • Kenwood House • The National Gallery • Sir John Soane’s Museum • Tate Britain • Tate Modern • The V & A • The Wallace Collection.

$22 • 5" x 9" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717896 • Series: 100 Best Paintings • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2023 •

Provence: The Cookbook

Recipes from the French Mediterranean

By Caroline Rimbert Craig

Photography by: Susan Bell

"Forget the elaborate preparations so often associated with French cuisine. Provence native Craig shows how the simple love of olive oil and garlic, infused in ingredients like eggplant and tomatoes, reduces time in the kitchen to a half hour or less. Color photographs of the south of France, by themselves, beckon; coupled with the 100-plus recipes and Craig's memorable family stories this collective will rank among reader favorites." �Booklist

Caroline Rimbert Craig’s love story with the food and flavors of Southern France is shared through over 100 simple recipesp assed to her from generations of family who have farmed, foraged, and cooked there.

Provence is the fruit and vegetable garden of France, where much of its most beautiful produce is grown. These ingredients, combined with Provence’s unique identity, position, and history have resulted in a cuisine full of heart, balance, and soul—a cuisine that showcases its peoples’ reverence for the produce, the changing seasons, and the land.

Caroline Rimbert Craig’s maternal family comes from the foothills of Mont Ventoux in the South of France, close to the Mediterranean coast, where the sun beats hard and dry, but aromatic herbs, vines, and fruit trees prosper. This is her guide to cooking the Provençale way, for those who want to eat simply but well, who love to cook dishes that rhyme with the seasons, and who want to recreate the flavors of the Mediterranean at home, wherever that may be.

With stunning color photographs to accompany the recipes, the book is also interspersed with shots of Provence’s beautiful landscapes, reflecting the region’s rich culinary culture

$35 • 7.5" x 9.5" • 208pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717889 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2022 •

New Middle Eastern Street Food: 10th Anniversary Edition

Snacks, Comfort Food, and Mezze from Snackistan

Photography by: Photography by Yuki Sugiura

Will not ship for the holidays

"Focusing mainly on Middle Eastern snacks and street food, Butcher's book features some 100 easy recipes that appeal to all ages, appetites and adventure levels� As both a seasoned author and owner of celebrated Persian grocer Persepolis in London, Butcher clearly knows her way around kebabs and mezzes." � New York Post

A fabulous collection of quick, healthy, and easy-to-prepare recipes from Snackistan, a fictitious land where tummies are always full, and there’s a slightly naughty smile on every face.

Tenth Anniversary Edition!

A fabulous collection of quick, healthy, and easy-to-prepare recipes from Snackistan, a fictitious land where tummies are always full, and there’s a slightly naughty smile on every face. This book features simple fare that people actually eat on a daily basis: street food, or dishes they prepare at home, or cook to share with friends, or look forward to indulging in at the end of the week. Street food has come of age and, increasingly, formal dining is being nudged aside in favor of mezze-style spreads. In malls and farmers markets across the world, food on the go has become a stylish and popular way to eat.

This book picks out the Middle East’s most exciting street foods and mezze dishes, together with a variety of homey and simple snack recipes elicited from family and friends. Chapters comprise Nuts and Nibbles, Fishy Things, Meat on Sticks, Meat Not on Sticks, Salady Stuff, Hot Veggie Dishes, Mostly Carbs, Desserts, and Something to Wash it Down with. The burst of flavors is intoxicating, as is Sally’s trademark wit and attention to detail—a must-buy for all Middle Eastern food enthusiasts.

$22.00 • 7.5" x 9.75" • 208pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717735 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2023 •

100 Best Paintings in New York

By Deanna MacDonald & Geoffrey Smith

"�this is a handy little guide book for the time-strapped tourist visiting New York. An excellent gift" � Art Times

100 Best Paintings in New York combines art history, commentary, and tourists’ guide to provide you with a deeper understanding and appreciation of New York’s greatest works of art.

The descriptions draw attention to fascinating details in each work and look at why, where, or for what occasion they were painted. A biographical chronology of each artist accompanies the essays as well as a sample listing of works by other contemporary painters. From Jan van Eyck to Mark Rothko, from Diego Velazquez to Georgia O’Keefe, 100 Best Paintings in New York covers the complete spectrum of masterpieces in New York’s great galleries.

100 Best Paintings in New York will inform and amuse both visitors and residents who wish to make the most of what their city has to offer. This accessible – and occasionally irreverent – guide has been written with both novice and veteran museum-goers in mind.

Contains descriptions of works displayed in: the Brooklyn Museum · the Cloisters · the Frick Collection · the Hispanic Society of America · Metropolitan Museum of Art · MOMA · Neue Gallerie · the Guggenheim Museum · Whitney Museum of American Art

$22 • 5" x 9" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623718220 • Series: 100 Best Paintings • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2022 •

Kilimanjaro

A Photographic Journey to the Roof of Africa

By Michel Moushabeck

Photography by: Hiltrud Schulz

"Blazing with photographs as radiant as the African sun, this superbly illustrated personal account of an odyssey to the ice-bound summit of the world's tallest free-standing mountain is as vastly rewarding and enriching as the journey itself. You sense yourself hiking alongside the author, wheezing and gasping every step of the way!" � Christopher P. Baker, author of Mi Moto Fidel: Motorcycling Through Castro's Cuba

A spectacular collection of images and words that offer a detailed glimpse into the unique beauty and rhythm of Africa’s natural wonder.

Mount Kilimanjaro is the African continent’s highest mountain and the world’s tallest freestanding mountain. It is a geological wonder formed, sculpted, and molded by the natural forces of volcanic fire and glacial ice. At 19,340 feet (5895 meters) high, Kilimanjaro towers above the Great Rift Valley and lies 3 degrees south of the equator, on the northern border of Tanzania, close to southeast Kenya. Kilimanjaro is an accessible mountain that one can climb without the help of any technical equipment. The ascent starts from the cultivated lower slopes with dry blistering heat, through a lush, wet rainforest jungle, into heath and moorland zones, all the way up to the desolate alpine desert landscape and the steep, exposed arctic summit area, where one will experience breathtaking views of the legendary snows of Kilimanjaro.

Moushabeck and Schulz invite you along as they explore and climb Mount Kilimanjaro. In this book they capture the essence of this majestic mountain with over 200 full-color photographs and an engaging and entertaining narrative that smoothly ties together personal observations with the mountain’s history, its people, and its ecology.

$30 • 8" x 8" • 160pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718282 • Interlink Books •

A Traveller’s History of Ireland

By Peter Neville

"This book will be appreciated by visitors who want more historical background than ordinary series guidebooks supply� Highly recommended"" � Library Journal

A Traveller’s History of Ireland gives a full and accurate portrait of Ireland from its prehistory right up to the present. The story opens with mysterious, early Celtic Ireland where no Roman stood, through Saint Patrick’s mission to Ireland which began the process of making it “an island of saints,” to the legendary high King Brian Boru and his struggle with Viking and Irish enemies alike.

It moves on through the arrival of the Norman “Strongbow” in the twelfth century, and the beginnings of the difficult and tragic Anglo-Irish relationship. Great historical figures like Hugh O’Neill, Oliver Cromwell, and Jonathan Swift figure, as well as ordinary people like the Londonderry “apprentice boys” who helped change the course of Irish history. The book then moves into modern times with the great revolts of 1798, the horrors of the potato famine, and the careers of the leading constitutional nationalists, Daniel O’Connell and Charles Parnell. The book ends with a description of modern Ireland, and of its two separate Catholic Nationalist and Protestant Unionist traditions.

$16.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623717988 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2022 •

Amber Revolution

How the World Learned to Love Orange Wine

By Simon J. Woolf

NEW YORK TIMES BEST WINE BOOK OF 2018

"An absorbing book? Magnificent photography? Excellent story?" � Eric Asimov, The New York Times

A must-have volume for all wine lovers and those who love orange wine.

Written by renowned orange wine expert and award winning writer Simon J. Woolf, Amber Revolution is the world’s first book to tell the full, forgotten story of this ancient wine (white wine made like a red wine) and its modern struggle to gain acceptance. It is a tale of lost identity, the fight for survival, and pioneering winemakers- from the Caucasus to the Adriatic.

White grapes are left in contact with their skins for days, weeks or months during fermentation, creating stunning complexity, unusual aromas and intense flavors. The extended skin contact gives these wines bold amber, russet, or orange tints. The technique is ancient, but the hype is new and fast growing.

This book includes profiles of 180 of the best producers from 20 countries worldwide and is crammed full of all the information you need to find the best orange wines worldwide together with tips for how to buy, enjoy, food-match and age them.

Beautifully illustrated with over 150 specially commissioned photos, Amber Revolution is an essential reference work for any wine lover, sommelier, retailer or producer who loves orange wine.

$25.00 • 6.75" x 9.5" • 320pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718572 HB
ISBN: 9781623718626 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2021 • Awards: NEW YORK TIMES BEST WINE BOOK OF 2018, FORBES MAGAZINE NOTABLE WINE BOOK OF 2018, STAR TRIBUNE GREAT WINE BOOK 2018

The Dalai Lama

Leadership and the Power of Compassion

By Ginger Chih

�This vibrant volume by Buddhist photographer Chih documents the relationship between the Dalai Lama�s leadership and the Tibetan diaspora � Chih�s most moving images document everyday life in the Tibetan diaspora ... Chih�s photos capture the intensity and humility of the Dalai Lama � this reverent account makes for a striking visual chronicle of the Dalai Lama and the diaspora.� �Publishers Weekly

A moving story of an influential global voice and a potent example of what leadership informed by compassion and selflessness could become in the 21st century. The Dalai Lama crafts an intricate tapestry of the Tibetan diaspora with evocative and moving photographs.

Framed with the eye of a photographer, The Dalai Lama: Leadership and the Power of Compassion crafts an intricate tapestry of the Tibetan diaspora, finely woven through accounts from the Dalai Lama’s storied life, the everyday lives of the Tibetan people, and the insights of a leadership coach who has applied the principles of Buddhism in her professional life.

Along the way, evocative and moving photographs of the author’s decade long journey provide deeper context into the Dalai Lama’s organic evolution into a dynamic global leader who has modernized Tibetan culture and shaped a potential humanitarian catastrophe into a thriving, if exiled, community. The Dalai Lama emerges as an influential global voice and a potent example of what leadership informed by compassion and selflessness could become in the 21st century.

The Dalai Lama’s passionate appeal for a spiritual and ethical revolution, which calls for a total reorientation away from our habitual preoccupation with the self, and toward the wider community, has new urgency. Nothing illustrates this concept of global interconnection more than the rapid spread of the global corona virus pandemic, which spared no one and affected every one of us. Because COVID has played out at a global scale, we can see how important a strong, effective, compassionate leader is. The Dalai Lama provides this selfless, compassionate role model.

$25.00 • 9.75" x 7.75" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718145 HB
ISBN: 9781623717049 PB • Interlink Books • Foreword by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama • Release date: Fall 2022 •

Ida in the Middle

By Nora Lester Murad

WINNER ARAB AMERICAN BOOK AWARD

2023 WINNER MIDDLE EAST BOOKS AWARD (MEOC) 2023

FINALIST 2024 JANE ADDAMS CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD (JACBA)

�An engaging, beautifully nuanced book for upper elementary and young adult readers, its central theme�How do you survive middle school while being true to yourself?�is one that will resonate. Readers will connect to Ida�s struggles as a 13-year-old Palestinian American trying to grapple with anti-Arab racism at school, her relationship to a homeland she has never seen, and the complicated dynamics of her family � A must read!� � Jody Sokolower, educator and author of Determined to Stay: Palestinian Youth Fight for Their Village

Ida, a Palestinian-American girl, eats a magic olive that takes her to the life she might have had in her parents’ village near Jerusalem. An important coming of age story that explores identity, place, voice, and belonging.

Every time violence erupts in the Middle East, Ida knows what’s coming next. Some of her classmates treat her like it’s all her fault—just for being Palestinian! In eighth grade, Ida is forced to move to a different school. But people still treat her like she’ll never fit in. Ida wishes she could disappear.

One day, dreading a final class project, Ida hunts for food. She discovers a jar of olives that came from a beloved aunt in her family’s village near Jerusalem. Ida eats one and finds herself there—as if her parents had never left Palestine! Things are different in this other reality—harder in many ways, but also strangely familiar and comforting. Now she has to make some tough choices. Which Ida would she rather be? How can she find her place?

Ida’s dilemma becomes more frightening as the day approaches when Israeli bulldozers are coming to demolish another home in her family’s village…

For more resources related to Ida in the Middle, check out www.idainthemiddle.com, which includes tools teachers can use to bring Palestine into the classroom. You can also sign up there to get emails about the book, reviews, events related to the book, and other information about Palestine.

$16.00 • 8" x 5.25" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718060 HB
ISBN: 9781623716868 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 12-16 • Release date: Fall 2022 •

Salamati: Hamed’s Persian Kitchen

Recipes and Stories from Iran to the Other Side of the World

By Hamed Allahyari & Dani Valent

Photography by: Armelle Habib

�In this satisfying debut, chef Allahyari weaves together personal and culinary history with recipes that call forth the flavors of his native Tehran � Persian food�s zesty and herbaceous traits show in solid recipes � Endearing headnotes continue the thread of personal connection and also drop in cultural tidbits � The result is a fresh and heartfelt take on a storied cuisine with enduring appeal.���Publishers Weekly

A heartwarming story of resilience, homesickness, and good Persian cooking in 70 accessible recipes

Hamed Allahyari cooks to connect—for that joyful moment you can say “salamati” (Farsi for “health” and “cheers”) around the table. The food of his native Tehran is a resonant and delicious gift, and a way of staying bonded to a country he hasn’t returned to for a decade.

Hamed’s food is anchored in tradition but accessible to all. The recipes are simple, celebratory, appealing, flexible, and full of flavor. As well as working as a chef and caterer, Hamed has road-tested his dishes at hundreds of cooking classes: he melds Persian culinary culture and an understanding of Western palates to create recipes that are truly his—and now ours to share.

Beyond the recipes, Salamati is a gateway to Persia. “It’s sharing my culture,” says Hamed. “It’s my dream that everyone tries Persian food. And with my food, they come into my family. They are sitting with me, with my grandparents, parents, and cousins, talking, sharing, and enjoying the feeling of being together.”

$35.00 • 9.75" x 7.5" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718022 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2022 •

Wanda the Brave

By Sihle Nontshokweni

Illustrated by: Chantelle & Burgen Thorne

�Sometimes kids must speak out until adults listen ��Whether a mirror or window for readers, this culturally rich story exemplifies the importance of self-advocacy � This brightly colored picture book, dominated by pinks and purples, showcases the beauty of brown skin and natural Black hair, as well as the versatility of hair, and spotlights beauty practices common throughout the African diaspora.� �Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

Meet Wanda, with her glorious head of hair. Written and illustrated by the South African team who brought you the award-winning book Wanda.

Today, Wanda is visiting the hair salon where she’ll use all the hair secrets Makhulu taught her. But Aunty Ada wants her to straighten her hair with a white chemical. Wanda and her new friend Nkiruka come up with a plan and both girls stand strong and brave in the face of this big challenge.

Bold and zesty, Wanda the Brave is a celebration of girl power, and a reminder that courage and friendship is a mighty force!

$8.95 • 10.75" x 9.5" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718114 HB
ISBN: 9781623716653 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 3-8 • Release date: Fall 2022 •

Palestine Hijacked

How Zionism Forged an Apartheid State from River to Sea

By Thomas Suarez

�A tour de force � Su�rez� diligent archival research that looks boldly at the impact of Zionism on Palestine and its people in the first part of the 20th century � is the first comprehensive and structured analysis of the violence and terror employed by the Zionist movement, and later the state of Israel, against the people of Palestine. Much of the suffering we witness today can be explained by, and connected to, this formative period �.� �Ilan Papp�, Israeli historian and author

How terror was used by Zionist militias to transform Palestine into an apartheid settler state

The Israel-Palestine “conflict” is typically understood to be a clash between two ethnic groups—Arabs and Jews—inhabiting the same land. Thomas Suárez digs deep below these preconceptions and their supporting “narratives” to expose something starkly different: The violent take-over of Palestine by a European racial-nationalist settler movement, Zionism, using terror to assert by force a claim to the land that has no legal or moral basis.

Drawing extensively from original source documents, many revealed here for the first time, Suárez interweaves secret intelligence reports, newly-declassified military and diplomatic correspondence, and the terrorists’ own records boasting of their successes. His shocking account details a litany of Zionist terrorism against anyone in their way—the indigenous Palestinians, the British who had helped establish Zionism, and Jews who opposed the Zionist agenda.

Far from being isolated atrocities by rogue groups, the use of terror was deliberate and sustained, carried out or supported by the same leaders who then established and led the Israeli state. We are still living this history: The book proves that Israel’s regime of Apartheid against the Palestinians and the continued expropriation of their country are not the result of complex historical circumstances, but the intended, singular goal of Zionism since its beginning.

$25.00 • 9" x 6" • 470pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623718190 • Olive Branch • Release date: Fall 2022 •

What Shall We Play Now?

By Taghreed Najjar

Illustrated by: Charlotte Shama

�Cape, butterfly wings, hula skirt, tent�a piece of cloth �soft as silk, green as grass, and cool as a breeze� fuels a day of imaginative play for two children in this lively picture book, first published in Arabic. �With a flick and a click, in just a blink, with no magic stick,� pretend begins immediately after the child�s seamstress mother passes on the textile � Shama�s narrative illustrations expressively capture the way the item helps the children to envision entire worlds. Ages 3�8.��Publishers Weekly

A fun picture book about the power of imagination from an award-winning female author and pioneer of children’s literature in the Arab world

Just imagine all the things you can do with a green piece of cloth. Will you turn it into the sail of a pirate ship or into a small tent? Just imagine. Will you turn it into a beautiful butterfly that will fly from one flower to another or into a super heroine that will protect everybody from evil? Just imagine…

Raya and Samar just imagine and have great fun playing with a green piece of cloth. This delightful picture book from the Middle East celebrates the imagination and creativity of children.

$18.95 • 7" x 10" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718091 • Crocodile Books • Ages 3-8 • Release date: Fall 2022 •

Only the Dead

A Levantine Tragedy

By T.J. Gorton

Only the Dead is part adventure story and part exploration of the moral complexities arising from war, brutality, and the desire for revenge

As old Vartan sits reading mystical Persian poetry among the dust and disintegration of war-torn Beirut, the fluted pillars of his decaying house weathered in shadows, his thoughts wander back, inevitably, to another conflict, many years before…

Only the Dead is the story of Vartan Nakashian, a young Armenian from Aleppo caught in the midst of a world war that is proving catastrophic for his people. We follow his journey of love, espionage, tragedy, betrayal, and revenge across the tumultuous Levant of 1915-1918, as the crucible of war and genocide makes a man of the boy we first encountered. Now advanced in years, Vartan ruminates on life, loss, guilt, and the many adventures and horrors of his youth, seeing them mirrored in the fresh catastrophe of the Lebanese Civil War.

This novel—based in part on a real man, a true story—is about the struggle to reconcile conflicting loyalties and affections, the desire for revenge, the search for atonement, and poetry’s power to make sense of the human condition.

$17.95 • 8" x 5.25" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623718213 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2022 •

Motherland

A Jamaican Cookbook

By Melissa Thompson

Photography by: Patricia Niven & Aaron Dabee

�A masterful work and a must for any lover of the food of Jamaica and the Caribbean region or simply anyone who loves good food � In�Motherland: A Jamaican Cookbook, Melissa Thompson gives us � a vivid history of the country and of her connections to it � Alongside the mouth-watering recipes, there�s family history and anecdotes and a glossary to aid novices.��Jessica B. Harris, culinary historian and author of�High on the Hog

A cookbook charting 500 years of influence on the vibrant cuisine of Jamaica, written by acclaimed food writer Melissa Thompson

Acclaimed food writer and chef Melissa Thompson takes us on a journey to this Caribbean jewel through 80 recipes and more than 500 years of history and influences. The recipes include classic Jamaican favorites, such as Jerk Pork, Braised Oxtail, Ackee & Saltfish, and Peanut Punch, as well as original dishes created with Jamaica’s abundant natural larder and twists on classics.

This beautiful cookbook features in-depth research into the evolution of Jamaica’s food. It charts the contribution of indigenous Jamaicans, the Taino. It follows the impact of colonization, and how the periods under Spanish and British rule left an indelible mark on the nation’s gastronomy, without shying away from their brutality: Eyewitness accounts describe the barbarity of the colonial powers. And it recounts how enslaved men and women from West and Central Africa brought inspiration from home and familiar cooking techniques to create legacy dishes that are still celebrated today. The contribution of Indian and Chinese indentured workers is also examined. These stories are woven into the recipes, so the reader is invested in the dishes they cook.

$35.00 • 9.75" x 7.5" • 288pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718015 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2022 •

Girls Rock Indonesia

Illustrated by: Josefina Schargorodsky

Three young Muslim girls in Indonesia discover their passion for heavy metal music in this empowering new picture book.

In a small village in Java, Indonesia, three young Muslim girls begin to explore their passion for heavy metal music after watching a Metallica concert on YouTube. They worry about what their parents and friends?and even their Imam?will think about their new interest. But they persevere regardless, and find new meaning in their lives and new ways to connect to their religion.

The stories told in the Against All Odds picture book series are true stories of brave boys and girls from different parts of the world, who, with their small everyday actions, beat the odds and achieve something great. The series is intended to promote diversity and acceptance by exposing children to kids? stories from faraway places facing unfamiliar situations or overcoming prejudice.

NEW SERIES LAUNCH: The first installments in Crocodile Books’ new Against All Odds children’s books

INSPIRING TRUE STORIES FOR YOUNG READERS: Real life and relatable stories of brave boys and girls from different parts of the world, who, with their small everyday actions, beat the odds and achieve something great

BEAUTIFUL & EXCITING ILLUSTRATIONS: Bright, bold artwork makes this book a fun visual feast for the eyes

ASSETS FOR S&L MARKET: Educator guide and event kit with geography, vocabulary, history, and art activities

PROMOTIONAL STICKERS: Against All Odds series sticker sheets available for indies; 1 sticker sheet per book, while supplies last. Limit 5 per store.

$18.95 • 8.75" x 7" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718084 • Series: Against All Odds • Crocodile Books • Ages 5-8 years • Release date: 2022-11-22 •

The Wrestling Cholitas of Bolivia

Illustrated by: Anna Carbone

�A beautiful entry in the Against All Odds series � In this true story, Noelia and Wara and many cholitas just like them inspire others to stand against prejudice faced by both women and the Indigenous people of Bolivia. Bold colors and patterns showcase the strength and beauty of the main subjects and the other fighting cholitas, while the informative and inspirational prose is set upon decorative text boxes that become part of the artful layout.� �Booklist

Two girls in Bolivia, with a passion for wrestling, beat the odds in this new empowering picture book

Noelia and Wara are two girls who live in the city of El Alto, Bolivia. Wrestling is their passion. They are often told that “fighting is for boys.” But despite this resistance, every Sunday they proudly put on the traditional costume of the Cholitas, the Aymara women of Bolivia, and head to the ring, where they would fight with courage and defy all the odds stacked against them.

The stories told in the “Against All Odds” picture book series are true stories of brave boys and girls from different parts of the world, who, with their small everyday actions, beat the odds and achieve something great. The series is intended to promote diversity and acceptance by exposing children to kids’ stories from faraway places facing unique situations or overcoming prejudice.

$18.95 • 8.75" x 7" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718077 • Series: Against All Odds • Crocodile Books • Ages 4-8 • Release date: Fall 2022 •

The Bookseller’s Notebooks

By Jalal Barjas

Winner of the 2021 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, this novel explores themes of loneliness, homelessness, and mental illness.?

After losing his job and refuge, Ibrahim al-Warraq, a bookseller, decides to live with the homeless people in his city and assuming the identities of the heroes of the novels he has read.

Set between 1947 and 2019, this novel is based on several notebooks of stories about people facing different hardships, such as losing their homes or not knowing who their families are. Their interwoven destinies reveal the value of the house, as a symbol of one’s homeland, as opposed to the surrounding ruination. The central character is Ibrahim the bookseller, a cultured man, and voracious reader of novels who takes on the identity of the protagonists in novels which appeal to him.?He becomes a professional thief who robs banks and the very wealthy in order to help the abject poor and impose his own form of justice like Robin Hood.?But due to his isolation, loneliness, and maltreatment by a cruel world, he suffers mental illness and descends into full schizophrenia. He attempts suicide, before meeting a mysterious woman who will change his life.

As events unfold, Barjas opens up many surprises for his reader, illustrating through his flawed characters the ruined state and complete emptiness of the world. In intensely poetic language, he throws light on a totally schizophrenic reality in his country, and brilliantly uses all the tools of emotional stress and engagement and of psychological exploration of human behavior that narration necessitates.

$17.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 368pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623718206 • Interlink Books • Translated by Paul G. Starkey • Release date: Spring 2023 •

Chinese-ish

Home Cooking Not Quite Authentic, 100% Delicious

By Rosheen Kaul & Joanna Hu

Photography by: Armelle Habib

�This unique and beautifully illustrated cookbook offers a combination of cuisines spanning Southeast Asia that reflect the authors� immigrant heritage � They also include anecdotes throughout the book to give readers insight into their lives and the meaning of the food they detail � Kaul and Hu have written an excellent introduction to Chinese and Southeast Asian cuisine, recommended for intermediate to advanced cooks. Readers who just love reading cookbooks, even if they never step foot in the kitchen, won�t want to miss it either.� �Library Journal, Starred Review

A cookbook celebrating the blending of cultures and identity through food, with a bounty of Chinese-influenced dishes from all over South-East Asia

As immigrants with Chinese heritage, Rosheen Kaul and Joanna Hu spent their formative years living between (at least) two cultures and wondering how they fitted in. Food was a huge part of this journey; should they cling to the traditional comfort of their parents’ varied culinary heritage, attempt to assimilate wholly by learning to love mashed potatoes, or forge a new path where flavor and the freedom to choose trumped authenticity? They went with option three.

Chinese-ish celebrates the confident blending of culture and identity through food—take what you love and reject what doesn’t work for you. You’ll find a bounty of inauthentic Chinese-influenced dishes from all over South-East Asia, including all the best rice and noodle dishes, wontons, and dumplings. There are also plenty of tips and shortcuts to demystify any tricky-sounding techniques, and a reassuring list of pantry staples and where to find them.

$35.00 • 9.5" x 7" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717995 • Release date: Fall 2022 •

Home Food: 100 Recipes to Comfort and Connect

Ukraine � Cyprus � Italy � England � And Beyond

By Olia Hercules

Photography by: Joe Woodhouse

�In addition to writing three critically acclaimed cookbooks, Hercules is also credited with the�launch of the #CookForUkraine movement. In this deeply personal cookbook, she pulls inspiration from her childhood in Ukraine, as well her years spent in Cyprus, Italy, and England.��Thrillist, The 11 Most Exciting Cookbooks to Look Out for this Fall

Acclaimed chef and food writer Olia Hercules shares 100 comforting recipes that can unite us no matter where we are from and where we end up

In her most personal book yet, Olia Hercules distills a lifetime of kitchen curiosity into her 100 most loved recipes. She draws on her broad influences: her childhood in Eastern Europe; her years in Cyprus and Italy; her simple, plant-centric family meals at home in London; and the special festive recipes she has gleaned along the way. All these seemingly diverse recipes are centered in comfort and connection. These are recipes that have been hand written, handed down, and shared among friends: “They are nostalgic like the potatoes of my childhood, they share trade secrets like Bisque-style red mullet pasta, they interweave every day like Joe’s beet, feta, and potatoes, and they make everything ok like Life-giving rhubarb cake. The foods we choose to cook time and again are part of what makes us, and when we share those recipes, we give a little of ourselves.” In this book Olia gives us her food story through her very favorite recipes.

$26.95 • 9.68" x 7.44" • 308pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718008 HB
ISBN: 9781623716554 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2022 •

The Dispersal

By Inaam Kachachi

Shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction

Tashari, the title of the novel in Arabic, is an Iraqi word for a shot from a hunting rifle, which scatters creatures in all directions. The word tashari expresses the scattering of Iraqis as a people across the globe and the separation from home and loved ones that pursues them.

The Dispersal, follows the career of Wardiyah Iskander, a physician working in the Iraq countryside in the 1950s. Delivering babies and tending to the many health needs of her rural women patients, she struggles to improve care for them. But as the years pass, the upheavals the country faces continue to worsen. Her family, like many others, is pressed to leave. Wardiyah finally goes, arriving in France. There her poet niece helps her now elderly aunt to get settled and, reflecting on their family’s dispersal, to tell her story.

Wardiyah develops a bond with her niece’s son Iskander, who has grown up in France alienated from his extended family, his language, and his culture. As he gets to know his great-aunt, the doctor, he learns more about his people’s calamities and extraordinary heritage. He is inspired to construct a virtual graveyard online, a digital resting place where families can be reunited again.

Inaam Kachachi’s unhurried, spontaneous reflection on the closest ties of family evokes quiet power and beauty, relayed by the warmth of Inam Jaber’s translation. Throughout it, Doctor Wardiyah’s journey conveys her dedication to the healing properties of trust and belonging, treasures lost whenever any homeland falls prey to the Beast of division and conflict.

$17.00 • 5.35" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623718299 • Interlink Books • Translated by Inam Jaber • Release date: Fall 2022 •

Forever Beirut

Recipes and Stories from the Heart of Lebanon

Photography by: Barbara Abdeni Massaad

Library?Journal?Best?Book of 2022

�This book beautifully captures the spirit of Beirut � And it�s not just about Beirut; it is a global book, connecting every city and country that has been touched by immigration of the Lebanese people.� �Chef Jos� Andr�s

A new cookbook from the bestselling author of Soup for Syria to support the Lebanese Food Bank and help families in dire need of food after the devastating blast and ensuing economic collapse

Beirut, nicknamed “Paris of the East,” is the capital of Lebanon. It is the culinary capital of the Arab world, with an unmatched cuisine that has ancient roots and is influenced by a number of civilizations and cooking styles, including Arab, Turkish, and French. It is one of the oldest cities in the world and one of the most cosmopolitan and religiously diverse in the region. Situated on the Mediterranean coast and flanked by the majestic Mount Lebanon, it boasts an abundance of flavorful ingredients and spices, including whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and seafood.

Written by renowned Lebanese chef and award-winning cookbook writer Barbara Abdeni Massaad, Forever Beirut is a collection of 100 easy-to-prepare recipes that celebrate Beirut’s rich culinary heritage, its resilience, and healing power. It is Barbara’s way of honoring the city of her childhood, her dreams, her Lebanese family kitchen, and the food that roots her. It is filled with stories and anecdotes about the customs, food, people, and traditions, with sections for soups, salads, breads and savory pastries, mezze, kibbeh, grilling, main dishes, pickles and preserves, and sweets.

With beautiful food and location photography, Forever Beirut is a must-have for cooks who love healthful and delicious Middle Eastern food.

$35.00 • • 256pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718534 • Interlink Books • Release date: Summer 2022 • Foreword by: Chef José Andrés •

Only in Seville

A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

Discover Seville’s colorful history, astonishing architecture and dynamic street life with this explorer’s guide to Spain’s most alluring city.

$15 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 120pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9783950421866 • Urban Explorer • Release date: Spring 2022 •

The Other End of the Sea

By Alison Glick

�This is a love story with more than one twist. Nothing is completely standard or expected, whether the characters, setting, plot events, or conclusion � Glick�s fluid writing style, intense imagery, and particular alertness to body language encourage visualization of the scenes in the novel, while her thoughtful and sometimes ironic tone prods one to ponder the themes she raises, which range from the struggle for justice to the perils and promise of connecting the personal and the political. At other times there are downright funny episodes � There are a lot of hard facts packed into this book � but what makes it special is the less tangible, less quantifiable insight into Palestinian culture and the meaning of commitment and family. While Gaza is often dismissed as a miserable place, Rebecca tells us how Gazans create beauty, meaning and fun out of nothing ��The Other End of the Sea�is not a lament over lost love or a romance gone astray. Rather, it is a window for reflecting on what ties us to other people ���The Jordan Times

A stirring story of love discovered in unexpected places, growing us beyond who we thought we were—or imagined we could become

Summer, 1981—Following the death of her father, Becky Klein, an adventurous, naive young woman from the Midwest, sets out for the Middle East, in search of her Jewish roots. She discovers something more, in a Gaza garden near a refugee camp by the sea. There she befriends the garden’s owner, a Palestinian activist who has served time in Israeli jails. As their relationship grows, Rebecca finds herself drawn into a story of roots unlike the one she had imagined.

The West Bank, Cairo, Yarmouk, Benghazi—before long, their romance careens across a region in flames, child in tow, wrestling with conflicting maps of love, family and home.

Moving, yet brimming with flashes of humor, Alison Glick’s tangle with the search for purpose and commitment yields a bracing, radiant story for these times.

$20 • 5.25" x 8" • 260pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719586 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2021 •

Bosnian War Posters

By Daoud Sarhandi-Williams

�Handsomely presented and rigorously detailed, this is a captivating look at the art of propaganda � Filmmaker Sarhandi delivers an unusual history of the Bosnian War (1992�1995) focused on propaganda posters created and distributed by various players in the conflict � [He] lucidly explains the Balkans� complex political, religious, and ethnic divisions; and sketches how the rise of nationalist parties in Serbia and Croatia contributed to the conflict. But the book shines in its presentation and analysis of the posters themselves � Detailed captions explain the meaning and background of each artwork, shedding light on the origins of anti-Muslim sentiment in Croatia, the horrors of the siege of Sarajevo, and Serbian nationalists� use of Vietnam War imagery to warn the U.S. to stay out of the conflict.� �Publishers Weekly

Bosnian War Posters is a unique compilation of posters and political graphic design. It includes key archive photos from the war as well as new photos that put all the images in context today.

This book illustrates the entire conflict: from April 1992—when the first shots were fired in Sarajevo—to December 1995—when peace was agreed upon in Dayton, Ohio. Subsequent images depict the post-war reconstruction period and the hunt for war criminals. The posters were gathered together in Bosnia and the former Yugoslavia shortly after the Bosnian war ended. They form the only large, pan-Bosnian collection of such material that exists, offering an eye-witness account of the war from the point of view of those who lived through all its horrors.

A unique pictorial study of the bloodiest European conflict since 1945, Bosnian War Posters will engage all those interested in graphic design, poster art, the tragic story of Yugoslavia, and the politics of nationalism in the modern age.

$35.00 • 10" x 8" • 336pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623718275 • Interlink Books • Release date: Summer 2022 • Foreword by: Carol A. Wells, Bojan Hadžihalilović & Vehid Šehić •

Babylink: Luna and the Moon

By Laura Wittner

Illustrated by: Pum Pum

Enjoy the cool and colorful illustrations by Argentinian street artist, known as Pum Pum, in this early concept board book

Two characters, Luna and the Moon, introduce children to basic concepts like above, below, far and close. A wonderful bedtime story for babies and toddlers!

$11.95 • 6" x 6" • 16pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623717612 • Crocodile Books • Ages 0-3 • Release date: Summer 2023 •

Mystery Bottle

By Kristen Balouch

Illustrated by: Kristen Balouch

Winner of the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award

�A brown paper parcel arrives in Brooklyn and upon opening it, a young boy finds a small bottle with a rolled-up map tucked inside. He soon discovers the jar is magical as it emits a strong wind that sends him on a trip around the world. VERDICT [This] title will spark imaginations and intrigue youngsters.� �School Library Journal, Starred Review

A delightful picture book that shows us that love has no borders

A boy in Brooklyn receives a package from Iran. When he opens up the mysterious bottle that lies within, a great wind transports him over the oceans and mountains, straight into the arms of his grandfather. Despite being separated by politics and geography, the boy and his Baba Bazorg can share an extraordinary gift, the bond of their love.

$18.95 • 8" x 10" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718244 • Crocodile Books • Ages 3-7 • Release date: Summer 2022 •

Glory to God in the Lowest

Journeys to an Unholy Land

By Donald E. Wagner

Glory to God in the Lowest provides a rare view of the spiritual turmoil which led Don Wagner, an untypical Christian Evangelical, to a painful life journey of unpredictable commitment to helping the Lowest, or the Palestinian, and discovering along the way what is unholy about American foreign policy and its totem pole of values. � ??"Ghada Hashem Talhami, D. K. Pearson's Professor of Politics, emeriti, Lake Forest College

A personal, political, and religious journey from Evangelical Christian faith and conservative politics to solidarity with the poor and advocacy for anti-war, anti-racism, and Palestinian rights.

After serving for five years as a pastor in a remarkable Black church, Donald Wagner comes to fully understand the original sin of racism. As his journey continues, he encounters another marginalized people—the Palestinians—and witnesses their struggle for justice and equality. Touched by their resilience and fight against injustice, he leaves the pastorate to assume full time work as an advocate for Palestinian political and human rights.

The memoir begins in mid-September 1982, with a gut-wrenching day interviewing survivors of the Sabra-Shatila massacre in Lebanon, as they wept and waited for the bodies of family members to be pulled from the rubble. Donald Wagner’s conversation with the local Imam ended with a challenge: “You must return home and tell what you have seen. This is all we ask. Go back and tell the truth.”

Glory to God in the Lowest is a metaphor for his counter intuitive journey with the victims of the “chosen people” in the “unholy land,” also called historic Palestine or Israel. The irony of the journey reminds us that God is everywhere especially with the disinherited, the victims of the powerful, including the victims of Israeli oppression.

The memoir touches on history and includes political analysis and theological reflection. In it, Donald Wagner describes Israel’s continued colonization and destruction of Palestinian lives and chronicles his involvement in a grassroots movement of resistance that demands justice based on full equality, an end to the Israeli military occupation and settler colonization project, the right of return for Palestinian refugees, and full political rights for the Palestinian people.

Filled with stories—some humorous and some shocking—as well as encounters with people of every race, gender, and religious affiliation working below the radar, this book will inspire, challenge, and offer a narrative that envisions a transformed “unholy land,” where justice, liberation, and equality for all is the reality for every citizen.

$20.00 • 9" x 6" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623718268 • Interlink Books • Release date: Summer 2022 • Foreword by: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II & Phyllis Bennis •

Sitti’s Bird

A Gaza Story

By Malak Mattar

Photography by: Malak Mattar

�Children's books�particularly picture books�that tackle the subject of war in sensitive and reassuring ways are rare ...�In�Sitti�s Bird: A Gaza Story,�the Palestinian painter Malak Mattar creates a slice-of-life narrative that explores how painting helped her overcome the fear and isolation she experienced during Israel�s invasion of Gaza in 2014. The tension between Mattar�s na�ve, fanciful paintings and her naturalistic, moment-by-moment storytelling underscores the value of creativity during times of crisis.� �The New York Times Book Review, Teaching Young Children About War Without Frightening Them"

A sensitive and heart warming story of how a little girl in Gaza finds strength and hope through her discovery of painting

Malak is a little girl who lives in Gaza with her parents. She goes to school, plays in the ocean, and visits Sitti’s house on Fridays. One day while she is in school, bombings begin. She spends the next 50 days at home with her parents worrying and feeling scared, until one day she picks up her paintbrush …

Sitti’s Bird: A Gaza Story is a unique children’s picture book, written and illustrated by Palestinian artist, Malak Mattar. Reflecting her experiences of childhood in occupied Palestine, Malak’s story brings warmth and wonder to children as it tells of her rebirth as an artist during the 2014 airstrikes on Gaza. It is the story of a young girl whose love for her family and discovery of art help her channel her fears and overcome traumas that few of us can imagine—traumas shared by countless children in Gaza and around the world.

Malak began painting at age 13. Unable to leave Gaza, she built up a reputation for her artwork through social media, garnering attention and praise from around the world. Now Malak’s paintings have been featured in exhibitions in the U.S. and Europe and she continues to be an important Palestinian voice on social media.

“Palestine is the place where I was inspired by the first art piece I saw, the place where I started painting, and where I grew up with a family who supported me in my journey. The struggles and the injustice I have witnessed in my life in Gaza inspired me to advocate for Palestine and Palestinian women through art and storytelling.” — Malak Mattar

$8.95 • 11" x 7.75" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718251 HB
ISBN: 9781623716912 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 4-7 • Release date: Summer 2022 •

The King of India

A Novel

�The best international crime fiction � this one takes place in Lebanon, where a newly returned prodigal son is found murdered. Did his cousins kill him to rob him of a valuable painting, or is the answer more complicated? The investigator assigned to the case is not so sure and perhaps more interested in solving the riddle of the murdered man�s life than the mystery of his death. Moody, poetic, and intellectual,�The�King�of�India�is the perfect introspective read �."�CrimeReads

The story of a Lebanese murder case set against the backdrop of sectarian animosity
Shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction

In mysterious circumstances, the body of Zakaria Mubarak is found in an orchard on the outskirts of his village of Tel Safra in northern Lebanon. He had just returned from a long exile in Europe, the US, and Africa, carrying with him a painting by Marc Chagall, the “Blue Violinist,” a gift from his girlfriend in Paris. Suspicion falls on the cousins, who may have killed him to get their hands on a treasure supposedly buried underneath the house built by their grandmother when she returned from America.

As investigator Abu Khalid wrestles with conflicting evidence surrounding Zakaria’s death, he is drawn into a picture of the victim’s life, one that recalls fables of gold, sibling strife, the love of French women, false promises of revolution, and the corruption and sectarian enmities that have plagued their homeland.

A riveting meditation on the riddle of a crime, Paula Haydar’s eloquent translation pays fitting homage to a compassionate, guiding light of Lebanese fiction.

$17.00 • 8" x 5.25" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719074 • Interlink Books • Translator: Paula Haydar • Release date: Summer 2022 •

Egyptian-American Journeys

An Anthology

By Fikry F. Andrawes & Mahmoud A. El-Shazly

Egyptians are relative newcomers to the United States. For thousands of years, ruling powers came and went, but the inhabitants of the Nile valley tended to stay in the land of their birth. They rarely emigrated from Egypt.
Modern times have seen a notable reversal. Successive waves of emigration from Egypt started after the Second World War. Independence from colonial rule, the creation of the state of Israel, and the 1956 War against England, France, and Israel caused increased political instability in the region. Small numbers of Egyptians began to leave the country. But after the 1967 War with Israel, the trickle became a flood. Many Egyptians became disillusioned with the governmental system and decided to emigrate.

Why did they leave Egypt? How did they adjust to and integrate into their new lives in the US? How did they relate to their motherland? The answers to these questions can be found in this anthology. The autobiographical essays include personal reflections of thirty-two Egyptian-American women and men from diverse backgrounds, living in cities and towns across the United States. They include engineers, medical doctors, taxi drivers, business people, scientists, stay-at-home moms, Egyptologists, artists, teachers, and university professors, among others. There are Jews, Christians, Muslims, and atheists.

Egyptians immigrated to the US for a variety of reasons: educational, political, religious, and economic. Some were pushed out of Egypt by adverse circumstances; others were pulled toward the United States seeking new opportunities. Often it was a combination of both.

Contributors include: Annie Whitney • Awatef Hamed • Dina Samir • Fayek Andrawes • Fekri A. Hassan • Fikry Andrawes • Gamal Omar • Giselle Hakki • Hisham Issawi • Joyce Zonana • Lofty Basta • Magda Saleh • Mahmoud F. Agha • Marlene Barsoum • Maysaa Barakat • Mohamed Elgamal • Mona Michail • Mona Mobarak • Moustafa Elkhashab • Naeem Mady • Nahla Bakry • Mahmoud EL-Shazly • Nimet Habachy • Norm Toma • Rawia El Wassimy-Agha • Reda Athanasios • Samia I. Spencer • Samir Ansary • Sherif Abou Sabh • Sherif Nasr • Souheir Eldefrawy Elmasry • Sylvia Iskander • Tarek Nazir Saadawi

$25 • 6 x 9 • 400pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623718985 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: Fall 2021 •

My Damascus

By Suad Amiry

"It is refreshing to read a story about Syria that is not only removed from the civil war but is about a family and its daily routines: snapshots of domestic life and houses that hold great drama within their walls." � The Wire

A nostalgic voyage that reveals the Syrian capital’s majestic past

Writer and architect, Suad Amiry, was born in an old neighborhood of Damascus, the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. In My Damascus she takes her reader by the hand through not only the narrow alleys and lively souqs adjacent to the grand Umayyad Mosque, but also into the intimate spaces of her rich merchant grandfather’s Baroudi Mansion.

Through a web of interwoven personal stories and an intricate mix of simple, complicated or sometimes devious characters, Amiry travels across space and time, spanning three generations of family history. The Baroudi women animate the story and sparkle like no others: Teta, Amiry’s grandmother, rendered mute after her husband’s great betrayal; her cousin, Norma, torn between love for her adoptive mother and longing for a real mother she will never know; Fatima and Ghalia, Karimeh and Laila, maids and aunts, in a kaleidoscope of vignettes.

Through them Amiry traces the social and political history of Greater Syria from the Ottoman Empire era until its present-day devastation, juxtaposing them with the most intimate, loving, often contentious, family relations and secrets. In the end, her Damascus becomes a metaphor for a dispersed family and a lost past, as well as an elegy for a city she can no longer claim as her own.

$20 • 6 x 9 • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623718831 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: Fall 2021 •

PEN

An Illustrated History

By Carles Torner & Jennifer Clement, Peter McDonald, Rachel Potter, Carles Torner & Laetitia Zecchini

�PEN has been instrumental in defending truth and facts. In fact, no other organization has done more to inoculate Americans against disinformation. No other organization has done more to protect the voices that the forces of racism and hatred seek to silence.� � Stephen King

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One hundred years of protecting freedom of expression–literature knows no frontiers

Defending freedom of expression • Supporting persecuted writers • Promoting literary culture

What was PEN’s role in shaping the very concept of human rights even before it was adopted by the United Nations in 1948? How did PEN develop fundamental ideas on free speech as well as the equality of languages and literatures?

This book tells the extraordinary story of how writers from around the world placed the celebration of literature and the defense of free speech at the center of humanity’s struggle against repression and terror. The extraordinary writers who have been PEN cases is a history of bravery and include, Federico García Lorca, Stefan Zweig, Musine Kokalari, Wole Soyinka, Salman Rushdie, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Anna Politkovskaya, Hrant Dink, Svetlana Alexievich, and many others.

PEN was founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship, intellectual co-operation, and exchange between writers from around the world. It has grown into a worldwide network of writers, a community extended to more than 100 countries who for 100 years has worked to celebrate all literatures without exception and protect freedom of expression.

Today, PEN plays a unique part in the defense of free expression, celebration of literary excellence, amplification of marginalized voices, and the fostering of dialogue across political and ideological boundaries.

$59.95 • 11.8" x 9.45" • 320pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719029 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2021 •

Foot Trodden

Portugal and the Wines that Time Forgot

By Simon J. Woolf & Ryan Opaz

NEW YORK TIMES BEST WINE BOOK OF 2021

�The cover image of bare feet stomping grapes in a lagar, the traditional shallow stone basin for treading fruit, beckons you to dive in. The book, which reads like a love letter to the country�s winegrowers, serves as a jumping-off point to consider the topic of red blends.� �Ellen Bhang,�The Boston Globe

A stunning book on one of Europe’s top wine-producing countries

Portugal’s rich wine culture dates back at least two millennia. Its vineyards teem with fascinating native grape varieties and its cellars harbor heritage wine styles and ancient techniques (including foot treading in stone troughs) that have died out elsewhere.

Foot Trodden is a book for everyone who loves a good story, wine, Portugal or modern social history—and for anyone who wants to dig deeper into Portuguese culture and the Portuguese soul. Written in an accessible, narrative style, this book is above all else about the people behind the wines: the challenges they faced, what drives them, and how they succeeded against the odds to put Portugal on the map.

With 80 specially commissioned photos, beautiful layout and design, Foot Trodden is crammed full of detail and depth about the wines and winemaking, but it’s emphatically not a text book or a Master of Wine study guide. You don’t need to be a wine geek or a history nut to enjoy it—this book is written for everyone.

Through eight chapters, Foot Trodden takes you on a journey from north to south, from the past to the future. The diversity of characters, landscapes and wines will have you salivating for your next bottle of Portuguese wine—and dreaming of the moment when you visit these historic winemaking regions.

$35 • 6.75" x 9.5" • 256pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719012 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2021 •

Ammu

Indian Home Cooking to Nourish Your Soul

By Asma Khan

Book Riot’s Most Anticipated Books of 2022
Food 52’s Cookbooks We Can’t Wait For in 2022
Food & Wine Best Cookbooks for Spring 2022
Asma Khan named Activist Chef 2022 by Le Cordon Bleu

�Chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author Khan (Asma's Indian Kitchen, 2018) takes readers on a walk down memory lane as she presents her family life, the foods her mother made for her, and the food she enjoys cooking as a mother herself � this book is highly recommended for families that cook together and beginner chefs seeking to recreate their own joys of enjoying food with family.� �Booklist

A new cookbook from the star of Netflix’s Chef’s Table and one of the world’s most prominent female chefs

A heart-warming cookbook of comforting aromatic Indian flavors: Indian food from home, cooked with heart

Ammu is a collection of recipes from Asma Khan’s childhood, her Indian family kitchen. It is a celebration of where she comes from, of home cooking, and the inextricable link between food and love. It is also a chance for Asma to honor her ammu—mother—and to share with us the recipes that made her and rooted her to home.

This book is a joyful celebration of memories of food, and its power to heal, restore, and comfort. It includes her ammu’s comfort food from childhood, the recipes with which she was taught to cook, celebratory food for special occasions, and slow-cooked recipes passed through the generations of her family.

The recipes and the memories she shares all possess something that is universal: food is a way for us to have this conversation about how similar we all are—how it connects us and unites us beyond differing appearances, accents, races and backgrounds.

With stunning food and family photos, this cookbook is a must-have for cooks and lovers of Indian food.

$35.00 • 9.75" x 7.5" • 256pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718411 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2022 •

Skirting History

Holocaust Refugee to Dissenting Citizen

By Eva S. Moseley

�Even if Eva Moseley had had only half the experiences�on several continents�she recounts here, hers would still be a remarkable life, public and private, told now with spirit and candor.��James O�Toole, Clough Professor of History Emeritus and University Historian, Boston College

How public events affect private lives is a Leitmotiv of this moving memoir. Eva and her secular Jewish family managed to evade the Holocaust and lesser public disasters, but not some private ones. They were able to leave Vienna a year after the Nazi Anschluss (Annexation) of Austria. In New York and several other places and cultures, she evolved from a shy, often fearful child and adolescent to an increasingly self-confident feminist and outspoken peace activist.

She married George Moseley believing he was the “black sheep” of his right-wing military family. While his political views and attitude toward her Jewishness sometimes wavered, she remained true to her parents’ social-democratic principles and the “Jewish value” of justice for everyone. Family relations and troubles play out in a context of the Cold War and changes in Jewish status with the rise of Israel. After a not-so-amicable divorce and George’s violent death (an unsolved murder?), her attitude toward Jewishness changed because of Israel’s oppression of the Palestinians.

Worried about the future her offspring—and everyone else—will face, she devoted much of her time as a dissenting citizen concerned with issues ranging from nuclear weapons and climate change to advocacy for Palestinian rights and opposing unquestioning US support of militarized Israel.

$20.00 • 9" x 6" • 430pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623718527 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: Spring 2022 •

The Body by the Shore

�Beware the fungus among us � Khair�s cerebral thriller, set in a pandemic-ravaged near future, borrows liberally from the Michael Crichton playbook, animating classic suspense tropes with heady scientific speculation and dire warnings regarding the hubris of humans tampering with forces beyond their control � The story�s real strength, however, lies in the shifting perspectives of his vividly realized characters, from the smart, resourceful woman stranded at sea to the reflexively racist but fundamentally decent old cop to the sophisticated and formidable secret agent; each is a fully dimensional and compelling point-of-view character, and their wildly divergent backgrounds and worldviews allow Khair to approach the novel�s questions about human nature from a variety of intriguing angles � navigated with intelligence and grace.��Kirkus�Reviews

A novel of suspense and intrigue set in the post-pandemic world

Harris Maloub, a killer with an erased official past, now in his fifties, is visited by someone who could not be alive and given an assignment. In Aarhus, Denmark, Jens Erik, police officer on pre-retirement leave, somehow cannot forget the body of a Black man recovered from the sea some years ago. On an abandoned oil rig in the North Sea, turned into a resort for the very rich, Michelle, a young Caribbean woman, realizes that the man she has followed to this job is not what he claims to be. And neither is the rig, where a secret laboratory bares to her a face that is neither human nor animal. Behind all this, there lurks the ghost of a seminar in 2007: most of the participants of that seminar are dead or untraceable. Why was their obscure research on plants and fungi and microbes so important? What is the secret that killed them? What is the weapon that powerful syndicates are trying to obtain – or develop?

Narrated from the perspective of the post-pandemic world around 2030, but moving back in time to cover all of the 21st century, and even bits and pieces from the 20th and the 19th, The Body by the Shore is a novel of suspense and speculation about the complexity of life and intricacy of the earth. It is also a novel about reason and emotion, love and despair, greed and hope, human beings and microbes. When the narrative strands come together, a world of great terror and beauty is revealed to the reader.

$17.00 • 8" x 5.25" • 280pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623718466 • Release date: Spring 2022 •

Taste Tibet

Family Recipes from the Himalayas

By Julie Kleeman & Yeshi Jampa

�Enticing cookbook��a labor of love ��Taste Tibet�presents its recipes in a fascinating cultural context � [and] includes a guide to basic techniques and ingredients, along with substitutions for harder to find items.� Flavorful, colorful, and inspired,�Taste Tibet�captures the spiritual and personal essence of a unique cuisine.�� Foreword, Starred Review

Dumplings, Noodles, and Bowls for Comfort, Pleasure, and Wellbeing

Nourishing, simple, seasonal food that heals as well as fuels:
This way of eating might be popular today, but it has been traditional in Tibet for over 8,000 years. Taste Tibet is a collection of over 80 recipes from the Tibetan Plateau, written for today’s home cook. Create comforting soups and stews, discover the secrets of hand-pulled noodles, and learn everything you need to know about making and eating momo dumplings, Tibet’s most legendary and addictive culinary export.

Alongside the recipes, award-winning food writer Julie Kleeman and Tibetan cook Yeshi Jampa, who run the Taste Tibet restaurant and food stall, interweave stories of Yeshi’s childhood in Tibet, and the shared love of food that brought them together. They reveal nomadic Himalayan food culture and practices, including mindful eating and communal cooking—a way of life that celebrates family, togetherness, and respect for food—while exploring the relationship between landscape and diet, evoking the simple, subtle, and unique flavors of Tibet.

$35.00 • 10.5" x 7.5" • 256pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718541 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2022 •

Saka Saka

South of the Sahara � Adventures in African Cooking

By Anto Cocagne

�In Saka Saka, Gabonese and French chef Anto Cocagne celebrates sub-Saharan African cuisine. The invigorating recipes [...] spotlight fresh, nourishing staples with creative flourishes [...] It details foods that are pertinent to both, with a helpful pantry list, and dispels misconceptions about African food being too oily or spicy, encouraging everyone to explore its bold tastes [...] Saka Saka is a congenial, welcoming cookbook that celebrates Africa�s culinary profile with tantalizing dishes and eye-catching photographs.� �Foreword Reviews, Starred Review

A continent with a great diversity of climates, Africa has a rich culinary heritage and a formidable wealth of produce and recipes with varied cuisines and flavors.

In her debut cookbook, Anto Cocagne—Chef Anto—takes us on a unique food journey and introduces us to the best pan-African recipes from Gabon, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Senegal, Congo, and beyond. We will discover the main characteristics of these cuisines, the specialties of each region, the produce, the ideal pantry, the basics, as well as mouthwatering recipes for appetizers, main courses, side dishes, street food, desserts, and drinks.

And since no one evokes a cuisine better than its daughters and sons, we will meet famous African personalities who tell stories about their favorite dishes, their family cooking memories, and what these recipes represent for them today.

With stunning food and landscape photography, complemented by beautiful and colorful design, this book is an ode to conviviality, generosity, and positivity. It is a love letter to Africa.

$35.00 • 10.5" x 7.5" • 208pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718558 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2022 •

A Storm of Horses

The Story of Artist Rosa Bonheur

You can order signed copies of all Ruth Sanderson titles! Write ‘signed copy’ in the note section at checkout.

2023 Rise Feminist Literature Honoree

2023 Rainbow Book List Honoree

�A stunning recreation of Bonheur�s work and life�both in words and in pictures.�

�Jane Yolen, author of over 400 books, including Owl Moon, How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night, Bear Outside, and Not All Princesses Dress in Pink

An inspiring picture book about Rosa Bonheur, the most famous and best-selling painter of her century

In a stunning ode to underrepresented women everywhere, award-winning illustrator Ruth Sanderson tells the untold story of French artist Rosa Bonheur in this picture book biography.

Rosa Bonheur was born in 1822 in France at a time when young women had limited options beyond being a wife and mother. But Rosa wouldn’t stand for this. She wore pants, rode horses astride, and often broke society’s rules. She wanted to be a famous painter just like her father. Female artists at the time were encouraged to paint domestic scenes of children and family, but Rosa was determined to capture the unbridled wild beauty of horses.

Her masterpiece The Horse Fair was eight feet high and sixteen feet wide. Rosa went on to become the most celebrated artist of her time with paintings purchased by art collectors, museums, and galleries around the world. With the decline in popularity of realistic painting, Rosa’s trailblazing story was almost forgotten.

Revel at the bravery and fortitude of young Rosa as you take in Ruth Sanderson’s immaculate rendition of her life and artistry.

Download a teacher’s guide here

$19.95 • 11" x 8.5" • 40pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718480 • Crocodile Books • Ages 6-12 • Release date: Spring 2022 •

Babylink: Animal Opposites

By Marcos Farina

Illustrated by: Marcos Farina

�Bold, playful design and animal appeal make this an ideal choice for teaching early learning concepts � Sixteen different critters introduce preschoolers to 16 antonyms... should captivate little ones and caregivers alike and are great candidates for solo toddler reading.��Kirkus Reviews

Revel in the warm, inviting, retro-style illustrations from Argentinian creator, Marcos Farina, in these early concepts board books featuring Animal Opposites and Colors In the Garden.

Small or large?

Few or many?

Hot or cold?

Teach your child early concepts while they delight in the playful depictions of some of their favorite animals. They can even spot subtle references to their favorite fairytale characters within the pages. Using whitespace and high contrast, graphic illustrations, these books make the perfect first gift for baby and toddler development.

$11.95 • 6" x 6" • 16pgs • Format: Board Book • ISBN: 9781623718503 • Series: Babylink • Crocodile Books • Ages 0-4 • Release date: Spring 2022 •

Babylink: Colors in the Garden

By Marcos Farina

Illustrated by: Marcos Farina

�Bold, playful design � an ideal choice for teaching early learning concepts � The images should provoke plenty of discussion beyond the text, which offers numerous vocabulary-building opportunities… should captivate little ones and caregivers alike and are great candidates for solo toddler reading.��Kirkus Reviews

Revel in the warm, inviting, retro-style illustrations from Argentinian creator, Marcos Farina, in these early concepts board books featuring Colors in the Garden and Animal Opposites.

In the garden you will find…

Yellow dandelions

Green clovers

Pink cherry blossoms

Teach your child early concepts while they delight in the playful depictions of colors found in the garden! Featuring an eclectic collection of plants and animals, children will recognize their favorites and may learn about a new plant or two! Using whitespace and high contrast graphic illustrations, these books make the perfect first gift for baby and toddler development.

$11.95 • 6" x 6" • 16pgs • Format: Board Book • ISBN: 9781623718497 • Series: Babylink • Crocodile Books • Ages 0-4 • Release date: Spring 22 •

Forest Fighter

The Story of Chico Mendes

By Anita Ganeri

Illustrated by: Margaux Carpentier

School Library Journal Best Book of 2022

�This stellar biography of a not-often featured environmental activist is a necessary addition to all biography shelves. A first purchase � In this gorgeous summary of the activist�s life, readers learn in short chapters that Chico Mendes was born in 1944, deep in the Amazon rainforest � The illustrations are mural-like and deceptively simple, with beautiful images of rainforest creatures spread throughout. The interplay of textures and shapes fill the pages with life and vibrancy, and text blocks are placed in open areas for easy readability. The powerful narrative focuses on the direct impact of deforestation on Chico�s community as well as his revolutionary work to enact change through unionization and protest. The text contains a wealth of information on the Amazon rainforest and the environmental impacts of deforestation, including back matter with Amazon facts ...� �School Library Journal, Starred Review

A picture book that tells the important story of Chico Mendes, who led the fight to protect the Amazon rainforest and demand fair treatment for the people whose livelihoods depended on it

Chico Mendes lived in the depths of the Amazon rainforest where trees grew tall and strong and wildlife roamed freely. From the age of 8, Chico worked with his father collecting sap from trees that could be sold to make rubber. Rubber tappers were very poor and the rainforest was increasingly being destroyed by burning and logging, threatening their livelihoods. Chico knew he had to take a stand. He became a spokesperson for the community, fighting hard to preserve the Amazon rainforest, and speaking up for the rights of other rubber tappers. He won several international awards for his campaigns, but the loggers still wouldn’t stop. At the age of 44, Chico was murdered by one of the loggers.

Grippingly written by award-winning author, Anita Ganeri, and vibrantly illustrated by Margaux Carpentier, Forest Fighter tells the inspiring story of Chico Mendes, who was not afraid to speak up for others and worked tirelessly to protect the rainforest. It depicts the incredible wildlife and peoples who co-exist there and shows why it is so important that all rainforests are protected.

AWARD WINNING AUTHOR: Anita Ganeri has written over 300 books, including the best-selling Horrible Geography series
NOTED ILLUSTRATOR: Illustrated by Margaux Carpentier, a celebrated artist, printmaker, and children’s book illustrator named in Taschen’s The Illustrator: 100 Best from Around the World; she has over 12k followers on social media
ACTIVISM FOR YOUNG READERS: Forest Fighter is the latest in Crocodile Books’ popular social and environmental justice series that includes Planting Peace by Gwendolyn Hooks
EARTH DAY PROMOTION: Print & online ads targeted at school and library markets tied to World Planting Day/International Day of Forests (March 21) and Earth Day (April 22)
TARGETED PUBLICITY OUTREACH: Dedicated campaign to children’s environmental, science, and social justice publications: NatGeo Kids, The Natural Parent, Cricket, Ranger Rick, The Week Junior, Zoobooks, Owl, and Chirp, among others
PRE-ORDER CAMPAIGN FOR SCHOOLS: Plant a Tree promotion aimed at classrooms, libraries, and independent bookstores
FEATURED TITLE AT S&L CONFERENCES: Promotion at school and library conferences, including Winter Institute, ALA, TLA, and SLJ Picture Book Palooza

$11.95 • 9.5 x 11.5 • 48pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718565 HB
ISBN: 9781623718183 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 7-12 years • Release date: 2022-03-08 •

Amber & Rye: A Baltic Food Journey

Estonia � Latvia � Lithuania

By Zuza Zak

Longlisted for the 2021 André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards

�Such a joy� beautiful Baltic cuisine� I will enjoy reading and cooking from this wonderful book.� � Olia Hercules, author of Mamushka: Recipes from Ukraine and Eastern Europe

A culinary journey through Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

In the Baltics, two worlds meet: the Baltic Sea connects Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, bringing with it cultural exchange and culinary influences. All three Baltic capitals, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius, are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, steeped in history and culture.

Amber & Rye explores this exciting part of Eastern Europe, guiding you around the capitals, sharing stories from the locals, and discovering a dynamic, new style of cooking. Contextualized within the Baltics’ rich history and culture, this food journey is a doorway to a deeper understanding of what makes the region so exciting.

The recipes in this book explore new culinary horizons—grounded in Baltic traditions yet inspired by contemporary trends—making them modern, unique, and easy to recreate at home. In addition to the food and stories of travel, there are snippets of poetry, literature, songs, and proverbs, adding a rich layer of context that makes Amber & Rye a cultural reference point for travelers as well as a showcase for the vibrant new cuisine of the Baltic States.

$35 • 7.5" x 9.75" • 240pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719005 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2021 •

Adrift

By Heidi E.Y. Stemple

Illustrated by: Anastasia Suvorova

�This moving story, with wondrous art, feels like childhood itself. The journey of eagerness, discovery, joy, and fear�with comfort at the end.� �Patricia MacLachlan, Newbery Medal-winning author of Sarah, Plain and Tall

A timely and relevant picture book about the power of community

Finding himself alone and scared in the middle of a storm, a small mouse finds comfort and strength when he sees another boat and is joined by others. They ride out the storm together—close enough to see each other, but not close enough to crash.

In a gentle metaphor for the global pandemic, Adrift is a way to start conversations with young readers about fear, hope and being together even from afar. It was written by award-winning children’s author Heidi E. Y. Stemple while she was in lockdown missing her friends and family. Her beautiful words are brought to life by Anastasia Suvorova, who has won high acclaim for illustrating stories about nature, children, dreams, traveling, magic, hope, and kindness.

$17.95 • 10" x 10" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719098 • Crocodile Books • Ages 3 - 12 • Release date: Sept 2021 •

Memoirs of a Militant

My Years in the Khiam Women's Prison

By Nawal Qasim Baidoun

Shattering the notion that Muslim women did not play an active role in armed resistance and national liberation struggles

“In order to carry on with life in prison, you must believe you will be there forever.”

In the haunting and inspiring Memoirs of a Militant: My Years in the Khiam Women’s Prison Nawal Baidoun offers us her first-person account of the life of a young woman activist imprisoned for four years, as well as the events leading up to her arrest and detention. Born into a nationalist family in Bint Jbeil, Lebanon, not far from the location of the prison itself, Baidoun, like so many others, found herself compelled to take up arms to resist the Israeli occupation. Her memoir skillfully weaves together two stories: that of the oppressive conditions facing ordinary people and families in South Lebanon, and that of the horrors of daily life and the struggle for survival inside the prison itself.

Arrested for her role in planning the assassination of the well-known Israeli agent and collaborator, Husayn Abdel Nabi, Baidoun was at one point detained with Soha Bechara, a fellow militant whose similar operation is better known. Her activism rooted in her Islamic faith, Baidoun shatters the notion that Muslim women did not play an active role in the armed resistance. Much like her sisters in Algeria and Palestine, Nawal Baidoun belongs to a generation of Muslim women in the Arab world who played a significant role in their national liberation struggles. She describes the intense mental and physical torture she endured, and her refusal to confess despite this. Memoirs of a Militant offers us rare and unique insight into the strength and courage of Baidoun in extreme circumstances and conditions. Nawal Baidoun herself has said that she wrote this book as a sort of history lesson for the generations who come after her, to show the ways in which women actively took part in the resistance and struggle against the occupation. Her strongly abolitionist message about prisons and the need to liberate all prisoners and detainees resonates strongly today, as does her call for solidarity in the face of injustice.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719036 • Olive Branch Press • Translator: Caline Nasrallah & Michelle Hartman • Release date: Fall 2021 •

The Kitchen Witch

Seasonal Recipes, Lotions, and Potions for Every Pagan Festival

By Soraya

An essential guide to following a Pagan/Wiccan lifestyle

You don’t need to be Wiccan to enjoy this friendly book of home cooking and natural remedies. To the kitchen witch, every recipe is like a little spell bringing the opportunity to create love and positive energy in the home and for loved ones.

The word “witch” comes from the words “wise” or “wisdom” and witches or Wiccans originally were called “The Wise Ones.” They study natural remedies and the influences of the cycles of the moon and the planets. Witches seek to harm no one, knowing that the energy they send out comes back threefold. Wicca is a peaceful, balanced, and harmonious way of life. This year-round guide to seasonal recipes and rituals for all the pagan festivals will be invaluable to Wiccans and those wishing to celebrate the good things that are given to us by the land. 

The Kitchen Witch follows the eight pagan festivals: Samhain, Yule, Imbolc, Ostara, Beltane, Litha, Lughnasadh, and Mabon. These festivals celebrate birth, life, death, rebirth, and union, and involve sharing food with loved ones or friends. In this book, you will find delicious recipes to accompany each of the eight festivals, using a variety of seasonal foods and ingredients commonly found in most kitchens. There is also information on herbs, plants, spices, flowers, and essential oils that you can use for spell or circle work, and homemade lotions and potions.

This book is a guide for the everyday witch that can be enjoyed by everyone.

$18.95 • 8.75" x 7.5" • 248pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623718619 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2021 •

Eeny Up Above

By Jane Yolen

Illustrated by: Kathryn Brown

�Like Spring � Brown�s soft illustrations echo Beatrix Potter�s in both delicacy and whimsy, and Yolen�s story of bravery justified should put a smile in readers� hearts.� �Kirkus Reviews

Curious Eeny Mole emerges from her dark hole home to discover the world up above

Eeny Mole lives with her family at the bottom of a deep, dark hole. One day she discovers something wonderful Up Above. And she goes exploring.

The amazingly prolific Jane Yolen, has been called “America’s Hans Christian Andersen.” She is the distinguished author of over 365 books, including Fairy Tale Feasts, Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts, Owl Moon and Devil’s Arithmetic. She lives on an old farm in western Massachusetts with numerous moles who do not seem to be afraid of anything. She enjoys taking walks along the river near her house and visiting people, including her editors—in fact, she wrote this book in the office of one of them.

$8.95 • 11" x 8.5" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718657 HB
ISBN: 9781623718152 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 3 - 8 • Release date: Fall 2021 •

The Seafood Shack

Food and Tales from the Scottish Highlands

By Kirsty Scobie & Fenella Renwick

Photography by: Clair Irwin & Charlotte Watters

�Delightful, delicious reading (and perhaps cooking) � The nearly 100 recipes, even for landlocked cooks, will easily become highly rated on household menus � Scobie and Renwick, the�Shack's two owners, explain the history of their take-out shop and its environs, interspersing along the way elegant, inviting, and scene-stealing color photographs as well as excellent how-tos on buying�seafood.� �Booklist, Starred Review

Winner of the Jane Grigson Trust Award 2020
Winners of BBC Radio 4 Food & Farming Award for Best Street Food

Welcome to The Seafood Shack, a small food truck in Ullapool in the Scottish Highlands. It’s here that Kirsty Scobie and Fenella Renwick take whatever their fishermen friends bring them each day and serve it up for their ever-growing band of loyal customers.

Join them and discover how easy it is to cook mouthwatering seafood with over 80 down-to-earth recipes, plus essential tips on how to responsibly source, prepare, dissect, fillet, and cook white fish, smoked fish, and shellfish. The recipes are punctuated with tall tales from the fishermen who go out on fine days and foul to catch this fantastic produce from the clear and icy North Atlantic waters.

Whether it’s their signature haddock wrap for a mid-week dinner or their garlic & thyme langoustines for a weekend party treat, this is food that is simple and quick, but more importantly fresh, delicious to eat and an absolute joy to cook.

$35 • 7.75" x 10" • 240pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719104 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2021 •

Arab Fairy Tale Feasts

A Literary Cookbook

By Karim Alrawi

Illustrated by: Nahid Kazemi

Winner of the Saskatchewan Arts Council's 2021 Wallace Stegner Award

�A delicious series of original stories that shares Arabic culture with young readers as each story not only takes them on a mouth-watering journey but includes a traditional recipe.� �The Globe & Mail

An entertaining, multifaceted, and delicious way to explore Arab culture

Arab Fairy Tale Feasts is the latest title in the highly-praised Fairy Tale Feasts Collection, a creative series that folds enchanting folk tales into cookbooks of kid-friendly recipes.

Award-winning writer and storyteller, Karim Alrawi, draws on his deep knowledge of Arab culture to create original stories that are a feast for young imaginations. Told with intriguing details, the tales take young readers on a delicious cultural journey and invite them to consider an Arab perspective. Each tale symbolically incorporates food and concludes with a traditional recipe, lovingly flavored with colorful folkloric illustrations, making this a literary banquet to savor with family and friends across generations time and again.

This charming, whimsical, and beautifully illustrated book will capture children’s fancy and will be enjoyed by the whole family.

$20.00 • 8.25" x 10.25" • 200pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719081 HB
ISBN: 9781623716905 PB • Crocodile Books • Recipes by Sobhi and Tamam al-Zobaidi & Karim Alrawi • Ages 8 - 12 • Release date: Fall 2021 •

Gennaro’s Limoni

Vibrant Italian Recipes Celebrating the Lemon

Photography by: David Loftus

�The Amalfi Coast is known for extra-sweet, thick-skinned lemons, and native Contaldo digs into the area�s flavor in a collection as bright and cheerful as its subject � Whether codifying the 17-day process for crafting limoncello or explaining how friends at a hometown pastry shop candy citrus peel, Contaldo evokes joy.��Publishers Weekly

Gennaro Contaldo’s love letter to his Amalfi Coast home

Ask a foodie about the Amalfi Coast and lemons immediately spring to mind. The sweet, aromatic, large and thick-skinned sfusato Amalfitano is the extraordinary and delectable citrus fruit that Gennaro Contaldo grew up with.

Lemons were and still are a part of daily life for locals of the Amalfi Coast, and Gennaro continues this tradition in his everyday cooking. From a sliver of zest in his morning espresso to helping with minor ailments and even household chores, lemons have a wealth of uses. No part of the lemon is wasted—flesh, pith, and skin are chopped into salads, juice is drizzled over meat, fish, and veggies, while the aromatic zest adds a complexity to a dish’s flavor. Even the leaves are used to wrap meat, fish and cheese for extra flavor, or finely chopped and made into a tea infusion.

Lemons can cleanse, refresh, preserve, “cook,” and add a vibrant flavor to dishes, giving color and an uplifting aroma. Through vibrant recipes like Ravioli with Ricotta, Lemon, and Mint; Sicilian Chicken Involtini; Lemon Cookies; and Coffee and Lemon Semi-Freddo, this is a beautiful and inspiring homage to the most revered of fruit.

Chapters include: The Amalfi—a little history including stories of Gennaro’s childhood; Lemons in the kitchen; Salads & Appetizers; Pasta & Risotto; Meat & Fish; Veggie & Vegan; Dressings & Sauces; Desserts; and Drinks.

– Gennaro Contaldo is one of the world’s most-loved chefs regularly appearing in Jamie Oliver’s TV show “Jamie Cooks Italy.”
– Beautiful food and location photography on the Amalfi coast by celebrated photographer David Loftus.
– “Gennaro’s Pasta Perfecto deserves to become a well-thumbed kitchen classic.” (The Daily Mail, “Best Cookbooks of 2019”)

$35 • 7.5" x 9.75" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718602 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2022 •

Ashia’s Table

Family Recipes from India and beyond

By Ashia Ismail-Singer

Photography by: Manja Wachsmuth

�A joy to cook from as well as to read, this is a great addition to any cookbook collection � exquisite photography � recipes are simple, filled with comfort, and easy to execute � Fans of Indian cuisine will love the rice dishes, robust chutneys, and many vegetarian options, like pea and paneer curry and�mung dhal. Ismail-Singer�s observation that home is wherever family is reflects the beauty of her recipes and her life journey.��Booklist

Authentic Indian recipes that are simple and totally doable

Ashia’s Table features well-known traditional Indian dishes alongside a selection of exciting new dishes based on Indian flavors and textures, all of which can be easily made at home.

Ashia Ismail-Singer’s debut cookbook pays homage to her heritage, blending it seamlessly with a modern and authentic take on her native Indian cuisine. Her recipes aren’t just a list of ingredients and measurements: For Ashia, they are memories of childhood, food experiences that have been passed down through generations, and which connect her to her family and homeland. With chutneys and bites for grazing, light lunches, nourishing main dishes, desserts, home baking, and more, this book brings you a collection of recipes inspired by India’s rich food culture, made with ingredients that are easy to find wherever you are.

Ashia’s Table is a beautiful book to be cherished for its delicious recipes, stunning photography, and attractive design.

$35 • 8" x 10" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718848 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2021 •

The Bad Immigrant

�Atta is unflinching in her portrayal � This is a trenchant and notable take on the�immigrant�experience.� �Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

An account of an immigrant family’s struggle and the lessons learned about diversity

Writing at the height of her powers, The Bad Immigrant cements Sefi Atta’s place as one of the best storytellers of our time. Through the voice of her first male protagonist, Lukmon, Atta peels away nuanced layers to expose the realities of migration from Nigeria to the USA, such as the strains of adjustment and the stifling pressure to conform without loss of identity.

Covering a wide range of issues, including interracial and intra-racial tensions, and familial strains exacerbated in a new geographic and cultural environment, this novel is a thoroughgoing exposition of the many challenges that confront a modern migrant, told from the perspective of a protagonist whose sophistication and educational prowess is no guarantee of success in a country that is prone to valuing conformity over merit. Atta grounds Lukmon’s narrative in a wide array of cultural and literary allusions that testify to the author’s wit and sophisticated management of complicated matters in a manner at once erudite and accessible.

In The Bad Immigrant, Atta deftly drives the narrative forward with repartee that forges deep intimacy with the characters and engenders sympathy for all of them, even those we find infuriating.

$16.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 368pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719050 HB
ISBN: 9781623718442 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2021 •

The Drowning

By Hammour Ziada

�Ziada (The Book of Khartoum) delves into forced marriages, sexual violence, and oppression in a rural Sudanese town in this affecting if opaque nonlinear narrative � [A] haunting portrayal of the Nile as both lifeblood and ever-present threat �.� �Publishers Weekly

Lifting a corner of the veil that covers the misery of so many women’s lives

Sudan, 1968, the military coup taking place in Khartoum echoes all the way to the small rural town of Hajer Narti, where the body of a young girl has just been found in the Nile. Like every time a body is washed up on the shore, Fatima shows up. According to popular belief, when the Nile brings a new body back, it also brings back an old one. Fatima is still looking for her daughter Su’ad, believed to have drowned many years ago.

The Drowning is Hammour Ziada’s third novel. With scarce descriptions, and just the minimal amount of words, Ziada succeeds in portraying very convincing characters, and in poignantly capturing the violence of social relations in a strictly codified society. Only 13-year-old Abeer eludes the reader. Like a dream all men try to catch throughout the novel, Abeer floats silently across town, a fluttering butterfly.

$16 • 5.25" x 8" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719067 • Interlink Books • Translator: Paul G. Starkey • Release date: Fall 2022 •

Sumac

Recipes and Stories from Syria

By Anas Atassi

Photography by: Rania Kataf & Jeroen van der Spek

NPR BEST COOKBOOK OF 2021

�As a Syrian who has had, due to the devastation of war, to spend most of his life outside Syria, Atassi presents the food that creates the feeling of home, gathering memories, flavors, and dishes both as a homage to his mother and his homeland. It is a remarkably generous book that wants you the reader to take pleasure in the food that means so much to him. And reading this book, I long, too, to savor those meals and those flavors.�� Nigella Lawson

Exploring the connection of food and culture

The Syrian kitchen, shaped by influences from neighboring countries, has deep historical roots and evolved to perfection over thousands of years.

Sumac is filled with traditional and contemporary Syrian recipes that were inspired by personal stories. The gorgeous photography illustrates how beautiful this country was and still is, and family photographs add depth to the author’s history. Each chapter is filled with the author’s memories of family celebrations and the country that inspired the book. He tells stories of traditional weekend breakfasts in his grandmother’s garden and of the mezze his mother cooked for family gatherings. There are memories of the rich aromatic flavors of the Syrian kitchen where fragrant spices like the lemony and deep red sumac are prized ingredients.

In the author’s words: “With this book, I hope to build a bridge between Syrian culture and the rest of the world, with food the common denominator. But even more, I hope that Sumac will present a positive image of my country, in spite of all the unfortunate events now taking place in Syria.”

– Over eighty recipes, inspired by the author’s family recipes and his travels

– Beautiful location photography by Rania Kataf, who shot Humans of Damascus

– For anybody curious about a country so often in the news headlines but so difficult to visit as a tourist

$35 • 7.5 x 9.75 • 248pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718978 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2021 •

All the Women Inside Me

By Jana Elhassan

�[A] compelling, philosophical narrative about women, power, and oppression Lebanese novelist El Hassan's intimate and enigmatic English-language debut plumbs the depths of one woman�s psychological interior and her attempts to define herself instead of being defined by others.�
�Booklist

Shortlisted for the International Prize of Arabic Fiction

Surviving a cold childhood, overshadowed by her parents’ unhappiness and their distant relationship to her, Sahar expects to escape through marriage when she meets the compelling and charming Sami, who is interested in every detail of her life. But what seemed at first to be his loving interest rapidly becomes controlling and ultimately abusive. Sahar yearns for a way out of her intertwined experiences of loss and loneliness.

In All the Women Inside Me, Jana Elhassan presents an intricate psychological portrait of a woman, as well as the complexities of interpersonal relationships. The novel’s innovative structure allows it to plumb psychological and philosophical depths beyond the specific characters revealing a profound humanity. Sahar’s father is the lapsed leftist who masks his boredom by busying himself with great causes. Her depressed mother’s nerves are as delicate as the crystal she keeps immaculately polished in her home. A charlatan sheikh trades in religious magic, making a profit off of people’s misery. A boyfriend leaves his great love to marry a “more appropriate” good girl.

Sahar navigates her way through so many relationships, ill-prepared by her parents and unhappy childhood home. Her imagination is what allows her to act out all of the desires she has been denied throughout her whole life, from her childhood to her abusive marriage. But she also finds solace in her best friend, Hala, who has faced her own difficult childhood and adolescence and later a series of destructive relationships. At the same time that this novel is able to capture the intensity of emotions and experiences in women’s lives, it is not merely a story about the power of imagination to enrich the lives of oppressed women. Elhassan’s novel is a stark appraisal of how far women are pushed and the length to which women will go to escape a reality that is rotten at the core.

$15 • 5.25 x 8 • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623718862 • Interlink Books • Translator: Michelle Hartman • Release date: Spring 2021 •

Determined to Stay

Palestinian Youth Fight for Their Village

By Jody Sokolower

"What is life like for you, Jody Sokolower asks the children and young people of the Palestinian village of Silwan. Her extraordinary book tells their stories � And she brings the stories home, documenting the parallel histories in which Israeli efforts to destroy Palestinian lives and seize their land are met with the same generations of resistance as US efforts to eliminate the Indigenous people of this land." � Phyllis Bennis, author of Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Palestinian youth and the fight for their village

Silwan is a Palestinian village located just outside the ancient walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. Determined to Stay: Palestinian Youth Fight for Their Village is a moving story of a village and its people.

As Silwani youth and community members share their lives with us, their village becomes an easily accessible way to understand Palestinian history and current reality. Written with young people in mind, the richly illustrated text stresses connections between the lives of youth in the US and Palestine: criminalization of youth, forced relocation, the impact of colonialism on Indigenous communities, efforts to bury history, and inspiring examples of resistance and resilience.

$20 • 6 x 9 • 240pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623718886 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: Spring 2021 • Foreword by: Nick Estes •

Planting Peace

The Story of Wangari Maathai

By Gwendolyn Hooks

Illustrated by: Margaux Carpentier

�The book covers aspects of Maathai�s life with clarity, explaining how she went from schoolgirl to biologist to an important environmentalist� Vibrant colors and patterns, along with people playing, working, and planting among the Kenyan landscape, create a strong look� A worthy addition to all biography collections.� � Booklist

Explores political and environment issues in an inspirational way

This picture book tells the inspiring story of Wangari Maathai, women’s rights activist and one of the first environmental warriors.

Wangari began the Green Belt Movement in Kenya in the 1960s, which focused on planting trees, environmental conservation, and women’s rights. She inspired thousands across Africa to plant 30 million trees in 30 years and was the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

– Explores environmental and political issues in an inspirational way

– Vibrant illustrations from print-maker Margaux Carpentier, one of the featured artists in Taschen’s The Illustrator: 100 Best from Around the World

– Narrative non-fiction text by Gwendolyn Hooks, winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Children

$12.95 • 9.5 x 11.5 • 64pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: N/A HB
ISBN: 9781623717605 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 7 • Release date: Spring 2021 •

Under the Gaze of Angels

Stories

By Said Habib

"Crafted with labor to keep the heart free from hate, these beautiful stories allowed me the enormous privilege of access to a Palestine I'd never have otherwise known�" � Isabel Huggan, author of Belonging: Home Away from Home

Under the Gaze of Angels offers treasured views of family and neighborhood life, native to the Galilee, in the years leading up to and following the upheavals of 1948. A collection of four stories, told with simplicity and warmth, they include three set during the time of British mandate rule: “Zuha and the Book Vendor,” “The English Gramophone,” and “Yildiz the Turkish Woman.” These are followed by the book’s title work, a remembrance that travels from childhood to elder years, pursued by loss.

Imagined or recalled in exile, these vivid, evocative mementos quietly disarm the violence that surrounds them, restoring a stolen past to memory under the gaze of angels.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 192pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623718992 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2021 •

Morocco in a Box

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Cedar of Lebanon Journal

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High quality papers are sourced from paper mills promoting sources of sustainable forests using clean energy, without the use of harmful chemicals such as chlorine.

A new tree is planted for every tree felled.

$17.95 • 6" x 8.5" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718954 • Series: Interlink Notebooks • Release date: Fall 2020 •

Cedar of Lebanon Pocket Journal

Shipping December 1st

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$13.95 • 4" x 6" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718961 • Series: Interlink Notebooks • Release date: Fall 2020 •

Map of Palestine Pocket Journal

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$13.95 • 4" x 6" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718947 • Series: Interlink Notebooks • Release date: Fall 2020 •

Map of Palestine Journal

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A new tree is planted for every tree felled.

$17.95 • 6" x 8.5" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718930 • Series: Interlink Notebooks • Release date: Fall 2020 •

Red Kaffiyeh Journal

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$17.95 • 6" x 8.5" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718916 • Series: Interlink Notebooks • Release date: Fall 2020 •

Red Kaffiyeh Pocket Journal

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High quality papers are sourced from paper mills promoting sources of sustainable forests using clean energy, without the use of harmful chemicals such as chlorine.

A new tree is planted for every tree felled.

$13.95 • 4" x 6" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718923 • Series: Interlink Notebooks • Release date: Fall 2020 •

Black Kaffiyeh Pocket Journal

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$13.95 • 4" x 6" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718909 • Series: Interlink Notebooks • Release date: Fall 2020 •

Stand with Gaza Journal

Stand with Gaza.

Show your support for the people of Gaza and for the right to freedom for all Palestinians.

We are donating 100% of profits of all our garments for Gaza to to Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) for food, hygiene supplies, water, and fuel for hospital generators in Gaza.

**Please note, due to the urgency of the situation we are going on sale to raise funds during manufacture, expected ship time is 3 week from order.

This project is undertaken with the support of Plusfile UK based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, for more information visit: https://www.plusfile.co.uk/

The Interlink Notebooks are high quality printed and bound volumes available in large formats. Each notebook has 192 ruled pages, acid-free paper, 70 gsm cream shade pages .

All Interlink Notebooks use ecological paper from sustainable forests.

High quality papers are sourced from paper mills promoting sources of sustainable forests using clean energy, without the use of harmful chemicals such as chlorine.

A new tree is planted for every tree felled.

$12 • 6" x 8.5" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623716943 • Series: Interlink Notebooks • Release date: Fall 2023 •

The Ruth Sanderson Collection

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The Camel’s Neighbor

Travels and Travelers in Yemen

By Andrew Moscrop

Insightful descriptions of an enchanting country and its people

In 2014, a coup d’état in Sanaa paved the way for a devastating conflict in Yemen. Andrew Moscrop, a physician, cancelled plans to return to the country that he had once called home. Instead, he returned to his diaries and delved into memories of a time when he lived in a rambling old tower house in Sanaa. As the war unfolded, he re-read the accounts of past travelers to the country. And while working in Greece, treating refugees from other Middle Eastern war zones, he began writing a book set in Yemen.

Both a personal travelogue and a reflection on travel and travelers in Yemen, The Camel’s Neighbor offers a unique window into the country and provides a context and alternative to the often dehumanizing stories of conflict and crisis. Examining the impressions of adventurers, merchants, and scientists, as well as travel writers, Moscrop explores how Yemen has been seen and understood by foreigners from Europe and the US. These visitors include blundering missionaries, aristocratic Englishmen, and unlikely spies such as Norman Lewis and Freya Stark.

Moscrop delivers an intriguing perspective on Western encounters with the Islamic world, examining the imagery and clichés by which Yemen has been represented from the sixteenth century to the present. Evocative descriptions of Sanaa and its unique cityscape, as well as empathetic portrayals of people encountered and events experienced, all create a narrative by turns thoughtful and unexpected.

$20 • 5.25" x 8" • 292pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719340 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2020 •

Let Freedom Reign

The Words of Nelson Mandela

By Henry Russell

On February 11, 1990 Nelson Mandela was released from Robben Island after 27 long, hard years of imprisonment. Four years later he became president following the first fully representational democratic election in South Africa. He is a universally revered bastion of freedom, unity, and sacrifice, whose life story and reputation often obscure the man behind the icon. This book reveals the nature of that man through his own words.

Mandela’s oratorical prowess and irrepressible conviction have been his most potent tools in the struggle against apartheid and the forging of a new, inclusive South African national identity. His is not the rhetoric of a demagogue but that of an educated man engaging in a logical and reasoned argument against an illogical, oppressive system and its values. His unashamed honesty and the accessibility of his language have earned him the love and respect of rich and poor, white and black, politician and layman.

Let Freedom Reign is a collection of Mandela’s greatest speeches, showing that he stood for the principles of equality and democracy as a man, and transparency and accountability as a politician. This is the essence of his universal, enduring popularity.

Henry Russell is the author of eighteen books, including The Politics of Hope: The Words of Barack Obama. He has contributed to numerous international newspapers and magazines, including Cosmopolitan, The New Statesman and The Literary Review.

In Let Freedom Reign, he analyzes the linguistic features, content, and context of Mandela’s speeches.

$5 • 4.8 x 7.5 • 136pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 978-1-56656-800-5v HB
ISBN: 978-1-56656-800-5e PB • Foreword by: André Brink •

The Mysterious Stones

By Enrique Peréz Díaz

Illustrated by: Yayo

"The book has universal appeal. Perhaps most strikingly it offers readers the suggestion of finding magic, beauty, and hope in ordinary things." � Quill & Quire

Kiki is a young boy, growing up in Cuba in a house by the sea. He lives with his uncle and grandmother ever since his father sailed off across the ocean in search of a new life. One night, Kiki dreams about a ghost-like woman in white. He is amazed to encounter her the next day on a nearby beach, the same beach his father sailed off from. She leaves him a mysterious gift of colorful stones that give him newfound hope to be reunited with his father.

$17.95 • 9.5" x 10" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718695 • Crocodile Books • Translator: Alina Ruiz • Ages 4-7 • Release date: November 2020 •

Interlink Publishing eGift Card

By Anna Arutunyan

Choose the amount you would like to purchase below and give the gift of Interlink books to someone special in your life! Once purchased, the eGift card will be delivered to the recipients email address immediately with your message.

$25 • • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: Gift001 HB
ISBN: Gift001 PB •

The American Granddaughter

By Inaam Kachachi

WINNER OF FRANCE'S THE LAGARDERE PRIZE

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE OF ARABIC FICTION

�This excellent second novel from Kachachi is a fast-paced, insightful look at the Iraq War and the torn allegiances of American immigrants whose loyalties and identities are in two places at once.� �Publishers Weekly

In her award-winning novel, Inaam Kachachi portrays the dual tragedy of her native land: America’s failure and the humiliation of Iraq.

The American Granddaughter depicts the American occupation of Iraq through the eyes of a young Iraqi-American woman, who returns to her country as an interpreter for the US Army. Through the narrator’s conflicting emotions, we see the tragedy of a country which, having battled to emerge from dictatorship, then finds itself under foreign occupation.

At the beginning of America’s occupation of Iraq, Zeina returns to her war-torn homeland as an interpreter for the US Army. Her formidable grandmother—the only family member that Zeina believes she has in Iraq—gravely disapproves of her granddaughter’s actions. Then Zeina meets Haider and Muhaymin, two “brothers” she knows nothing of, and falls deeply in love with Muhaymin, a militant in the Al Mehdi Army. These experiences force her to question all her values.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 192pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623718688 • Interlink Books • Translator: Nariman Youssef • Release date: October 2020 •

Summer with the Enemy

By Shahla Ujayli

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION

"Ujayli's latest novel shines a light on the diversity and complexities of Syria and its people through the eyes of three generations of women in Raqqa." �Ms. Magazine

An intergenerational tale of life and love seen through the eyes of three women from Raqqa

The western popular imagination about the now devastated city of Raqqa, Syria is filled with static and clichéd images of the Arab world. On the news, Raqqa looks like a dusty and abandoned desert village overrun by ISIS and other brands of Islamic fundamentalists, making its desperate, impoverished people yearn to flee at all costs. In the Arab popular imagination, the image of Raqqa is not much different—this ancient city, nestled along the Euphrates river in northeastern Syria, is typically thought of by Arabs as a remote Bedouin outpost, far removed from the nearest large metropolis, Aleppo.

People’s real lives, however, are always more complex. Nothing could help bring these real and complex histories to more widespread attention than Shahla Ujalyli’s brilliant new novel, Summer with the Enemy. This novel is a compelling tale that follows the charming, if at times difficult, everyday life of three women—Lamis, her mother Najwa, and her grandmother Karma – and all of the complexities of their relationships with each other, their extended family, and the wider social worlds they inhabit. The diversity of life in Syria, especially Raqqa, is on display throughout this book, and the stories told in its seven chapters move back and forth between time and place, with attention to the intimate details of lives and relationships, and with an eye to the larger historical and political contexts in which they live.

An intergenerational novel, Summer with the Enemy traces the lives of these women not only in Raqqa where the bulk of the novel is set, but also in the places their families lived before — Turkey, Jerusalem, Aleppo and Damascus. It reminds us that Syria and Syrians have never been isolated from the world, and that indeed the lives of people stretched far beyond the confines of Raqqa’s city limits, long before the online world existed.

$16 • 5.25" x 8" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623718671 • Interlink Books • Translator: Michelle Hartman • Release date: April 2021 •

Dream of Ages

Portuguese Home Cooking Errata Sheet

A tale of a Jewish family in Eastern Europe in 1905, a novel of history, ideas and delusions

Fanning out from the small Moldavian village of Celovest at the turn of the 20th century, the Dream of Ages follows the global saga of the four sons and two daughters of a traditional Jewish family as their lives twist and turn in the storms of war, politics, art and ideology that rip apart the old Empires of the 19th century and create the schisms, aspirations, conflicts and realities of the modern world. Through WW I, the Russian Revolution and civil war, the dream of Zion, the magnet of America, the lure of the far east in China, the epic narratives of the scattered siblings turn from 1905 Odessa, the golden ages of Paris and Berlin, to the foundation years of Cecil B. DeMille’s Hollywood, the mad frenetic world of vintage vaudeville, the Jewish settlements in Palestine, resistance and terror, the tale is drawn together by the reluctant quest of the next generation for answers to the moral, social, political and psychological puzzles that bedevil our own Age of Confusion, our worship of the “new” undermined by the unavoidable consequences of what passed before.

Told in the intertwined voices of the protagonists, a novel of history, ideas, delusions, myths, magic, the trials and errors of life, and the forces that made us what we are.

$24 • 6 x 9 • 800pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719234 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring/Summer 2021 •

His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

An Illustrated Biography and Tibetan Chronicle

By Tenzin Geyche Tethong

"Tenzin Geyche Tethong has written a book for all times: delightful, insightful, truthful, authentic, fun, moving, and important. Tenzin Geyche's narrative is warm and knowing_he was there. This is a completely necessary addition to understanding who and what His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama truly is … and to feeling the heart and soul of Tibet. The photographs are rare and superb. The stories are fresh and beautifully told. I was transported. I love this book." � Richard Gere

This biography of the Dalai Lama—blessed by His Holiness himself—is the most authentic and intimate profile of the world’s greatest living spiritual figure. Tenzin Geyche Tethong, a close aide of His Holiness for forty years who became family, offers readers unprecedented access to the Dalai Lama in this beautifully illustrated book. The Dalai Lama’s youngest brother, Ngari Rinpoche Tenzin Choegyal, who was only 12 years old when he accompanied His Holiness on his dangerous 1959 escape to India, is a personal friend of Tethong and the mentor for this book project. As “elders” to the Tibetan community in exile, these men have come together to tell the true story of His Holiness—their brother, friend, and leader.

Featuring previously unpublished photographs, as well as interviews and memories of those closest to him, this book renders unparalleled insights into the Dalai Lama’s experiences as the preeminent leader of Tibet, and the wealth of his compassion and gentle humor in the face of the ongoing conflict. This is in no small part due to Tethong and Ngari Rinpoche’s unique perspectives on many sensitive issues.

Richly compelling, His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama: An Illustrated Biography is a stunning visual celebration of the Dalai Lama, sketching a memorable portrait of an icon and a cause that have won the attention and hearts of billions across the world.

• As his long-time personal secretary, Tethong was privy to the Dalai Lama’s difficult relationship with India during his exile, with many challenges arising from his host country’s ambivalence to Tibet. Tethong candidly discusses India’s lackluster attempts at uplifting his people—denying them official documentation, restricting employment, and crowding refugees in the remote location of Dharmsala—citing its fear of angering China as the reason behind its ambivalence towards Tibet.

• Tethong also sheds much-needed light on the Dalai Lama’s Nobel Prize-winning campaign for the spiritual and political liberation of his people. He adopts a nuanced approach towards the Dalai Lama’s non-violent struggle for Tibetan autonomy, writing frankly about their attempts to mediate the political differences between younger Tibetans in Dharmsala and the Tibetan administration. He also explores the numerous political difficulties faced by the Dalai Lama’s cause in the years before its worldwide recognition.

$35 • 6.75" x 9.25" • 352pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718770 • Interlink Books • photo research and editing by Jane Moore • Release date: November 2020 • Foreword by: Tendzin Choegyal, Ngari Rinpoche •

Aegean

Recipes from the Mountains to the Sea

By Marianna Leivaditaki

�Marianna Leivaditaki�s Aegean is the work of a London chef longing for home, Crete. Showcasing recipes for grilled squid with lemon, arugula, and sheep�s milk cheese and slow-cooked leg of lamb with orzo, it exudes love; the splendid light in the photos also provides vicarious Vitamin D.� � Boston Globe, Round Up of Holiday Cookbooks 2020

So much more than a cookbook; it is a love song to a special place and its cuisine

Marianna Leivaditaki is a natural storyteller. She grew up in Chania, on the Greek island of Crete, and spent her childhood helping out in the family-run taverna. After school, she carried around her blue notebook, writing down all the recipes she would like to cook, helped by the kitchen wisdom of her Greek grandmothers.

Marianna’s love for the food of her heritage flows through every page, but she brings it her own contemporary style, honed through an illustrious career in professional restaurant kitchens. As head chef of the celebrated London restaurant Morito, she has championed high-quality ingredients, presenting them in simple, beautiful sharing plates.

The recipes in her book, inspired by the Sea, the Land, and the Mountains of the Aegean islands, celebrate the wealth of the Mediterranean diet, rich in olive oil, fresh vegetables and fruit, nuts, fish, and whole grains, and a passion for good food and shared meals. Marianna offers achievable, delicious dishes celebrating fresh, seasonal ingredients that you can take time to enjoy with friends and family.

$26.95 • 7.75" x 9.75" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718749 HB
ISBN: 9781623718237 PB • Interlink Books • photography by Elena Heatherwick • Release date: September 2020 •

Parwana

Recipes and Stories from an Afghan Kitchen

By Durkhanai Ayubi

Winner of the Art of Eating Prize for Best Food Book of the Year 2021

"Parwana is a multigenerational affair, and dining there mimics the boisterous energy of visiting a large family's home � Rice is central � and it may be Farida Ayubi's greatest gift to the universe. It is not often that a dish as common as rice will knock me off my dinner chair, but the aged, long-grain narej palaw at Parwana left me agog. Shot through with slivered almonds, pistachios and a restrained amount of candied orange zest, its main attribute was the toasty fragrance of the rice itself the other ingredients acted only as brilliant supporting characters. I couldn't keep myself from repeatedly bending over to inhale the steam rising from the platter, so much so that I started to make my table mates anxious. To hell with decorum: If someone made a perfume that accurately evoked the rice at Parwana, I would bathe in the stuff." �Besha Rodell, The New York Times

Authentic Afghan recipes with family narratives and stunning photography

Parwana tells one family’s story of a region long afflicted by war, but with much more at its heart. Author Durkhanai Ayubi’s parents, Zelmai and Farida Ayubi, fled Afghanistan with their young family in 1987, at the height of the Cold War. When their family-run restaurant Parwana opened its doors in Adelaide, Australia in 2009, their vision was to share an authentic piece of the Afghanistan the family had left behind—a country rich in culture, family memories infused with Afghanistan’s traditions of generosity and hospitality.

These recipes have been in the family for generations and include rice dishes, curries, meats, dumplings, Afghan pastas, sweets, drinks, chutneys and pickles, soups and breads. Some are celebratory special dishes while most are day to day dishes. Each has a story to tell.

With beautiful food and location photography, this compilation offers valuable insights into the origins and heritage of Afghan cuisine and a fresh perspective to one of the oldest civilizations.

• Authentic recipes from an Afghan kitchen.

• Inspiration and ideas for special and everyday dishes, combined with stories about the ritual and significance of Afghan ingredients and recipes.

• A vivid and enriching story about how food connects people and communities, showing how food anchors us to our ancestry and can also be a bridge that connects us to people with very different experiences of life.

• With more than 65 million refugees, asylum seekers or displaced people worldwide, there is a poignant universality in this story, regardless of where in the world the story starts and ends.

• Approximately 100 recipes that have been in the family for generations, especially adapted for the home cook.

• Breathtakingly beautiful food photography and family photos.

$35 • 7.5" x 9.5" • 256pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718756 • Interlink Books • Release date: September 2020 • Awards: Winner of The Guild of Food Writers Award for Best International Cookbook 2021, Shortlisted for Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Award

Portuguese Home Cooking

By Ana Patuleia Ortins

Photography by: Hiltrud Schulz

�Rich in love and flavor, this is a must for any well-rounded cookbook collection � In a delectable tribute to the dishes of the author�s friends and family, Ortins once again considers her culinary roots, this time with an even more personal bent. A first-generation Portuguese American, Ortins blends traditional fare with modern convenience �� Publishers Weekly

Authentic Recipe that unlock the mysteries of Portuguese cooking

The Mediterranean diet is famed for its fresh and vibrant cuisine. In this book, Ana Patuleia Ortins invites you to discover or revisit the soul-comforting, peasant food of Portugal, just as vibrant, yet distinct from that of its neighbors.
Peppered with a lifetime of anecdotes from a passionate cook, Portuguese Home Cooking draws us into an immigrant kitchen where traditional culinary methods were handed down from father to daughter, shared and refined with the help of the family and friends who watched, chopped, and tasted. The recipes in this cookbook are of dishes prepared as they are in Portugal–with the measurements tried and tested, and the ingredients and methods fully explained.

With warmth and gusto, Ana Patuleia Ortins shares garden-fresh salads, hearty wine and garlic braises, legumes and leafy greens, meat and shellfish dishes, rustic breads, and the luscious desserts for which Portugal is known. Beautiful food and location photography will transport you to Portugal’s picturesque countryside, and novices and experienced chefs alike will delight in the culture and cuisine, whether nostalgic for home, or discovering it for the first time.

$35 • 7.5 x 9.75 • 304pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718800 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2021 •

Macedonia: The Cookbook

Recipes and Stories from the Balkans

By Katerina Nitsou

Photography by: Oliver Fitzgerald

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 TASTE CANADA AWARDS IN THE REGIONAL/CULTURAL COOKBOOKS CATEGORY

�Nitsou�s passion for her heritage is evident throughout � her personal variations on dishes, and her unassuming perspective on life and on food � Nitsou's family hails from Macedonia, a southeastern European country nestled between Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, and Kosovo/Serbia. Traces of all these nations plus Italian, Turkish, and more influences are evident in the 100-plus colorfully photographed dishes Nitsou provides here �.��Booklist

Discover the flavors and traditions of Northern Macedonia

The cuisine of Northern Macedonia is a rich mosaic of influences from the Mediterranean and Middle East, and the neighboring countries of the Balkan Peninsula. Known for its opulent family meals, the regional dishes play important symbolic roles in local traditions and family celebrations.

Macedonia: The Cookbook is a love letter to Macedonian culture, and a cuisine deeply rooted in its land and traditions. Through over 100 mouthwatering recipes for mezze dishes, salads, soups, fish, poultry, meat, vegetables, and delicious sweets and preserves, chef and food writer Katerina Nitsou shares the authentic flavors and wisdom brought along with her family from the mountainous villages of Northern Macedonia, recreated and adapted in her North American kitchen.

Coupled with beautiful photography of the food, people, and landscapes of Northern Macedonia, this cookbook captures the country’s essence and belongs on the kitchen shelf of every foodie.

$35 • 7.5 x 9.75 • 272pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718794 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2021 •

Wanda

By Sihle Nontshokweni & Mathabo Tlali

Illustrated by: Chantelle and Burgen Thorne

Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner 2021

�An affirmation of Afro hair that speaks to Black girls all over the African diaspora � With a bright color palette of yellow, pink, blue, aqua, and green, this story highlights Wanda�s positive female relationships and role models and helps her understand who she is in a broader cultural context. This story also addresses systemic racism rooted in the apartheid system that lingers today in South African schools. A fine addition to the expanding body of picture books about Afro hair.� � Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

An empowering picture book from South Africa about a young girl who overcomes endless teasing

Meet Wanda, with her beautiful head full of hair. She is brave and strong, but she’s unhappy because of the endless teasing by the boys at school for her “thorn bush” and “thunderstorm cloud.” Through Grandma Makhulu’s hair secrets and stories she finds the courage to face her fears and learn to appreciate that her hair is a crown‚ “not a burden‚” and it is something to be proud of. This book is about identity and beauty, celebrating how cultural pride is learned and passed on over generations.

$8.95 • 9.5 x 10.75 • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718640 HB
ISBN: 9781623718879 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 3 to 8 • Release date: Spring 2021 •

Every Child a Song

A Celebration of Children's Rights

By Nicola Davies

Illustrated by: Marc Martin

For every book purchased we are donating 5% of the selling price to The Young Center for Immigrant Rights, a human rights organization that advocates for the rights and best interests of immigrant children.

�Written in celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Davies� newest picture book focuses on how special all children are upon entering the world and the promise they carry… Every child�s universal birthright should be to be loved and protected, to be heard and esteemed. The free-verse text and the impactful watercolor images reveal children being held, being fed, and being allowed to play and learn … Colorful birds soar through the pages and represent both the song each child sings and the freedom each child merits.� � Booklist

An international look at children’s rights, exploring global issues faced by children, encouraging compassion and empathy. Illustrated by award-winning illustrator Marc Martin.

When you were born, a song began…

So begins this lyrical and unique nonfiction picture book by award-winning children’s author Nicola Davies. With tenderness and heart, Nicola introduces young readers to the universal rights that every child is entitled to under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Using the metaphor of song, the book opens with the arrival of a newborn and its unique “song,” then pans out to explore all the essential things that every song needs to thrive—love, protection, a home, a name, the chance to explore and learn. In the latter half of the book, the issues of child labor, exploitation and war are sensitively introduced to emphasize that we all must play our part in championing children’s rights and offering support to those who need it most.

With deeply moving watercolor illustrations by award-winning artist Marc Martin, this is a book that encourages children and adults alike to speak up for young people all around the world, and to treat one another with compassion and kindness.

Crocodile Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing, will donate 5% of the selling price of each book sold to The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, a human rights organization that advocates for the rights and best interests of immigrant children.

About The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights:

The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights is a human rights organization that advocates for the rights and best interests of immigrant children. It protects and advances the rights and best interests of immigrant children according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and state and federal law. It is a champion for the rights and best interests of unaccompanied immigrant children, making sure that wherever they land, whether here in the U.S. or in their home country, they are safe.

$17.95 • 10" x 11" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718725 • Crocodile Books • Ages 3-8 • Release date: September 2020 •

There’s a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom

By James Sellick

Illustrated by: Frann Preston-Gannon

�A good, green read… A fanciful approach to raising children�s consciousness about conservation… Moved by the orangutan�s plight, the child writes letters to corporations asking them to curb deforestation, and back matter provides readers with practical, accessible steps to do the same.� � Kirkus Reviews

A stunning picture book about one little girl and her orangutan friend, based on the Greenpeace film that became a viral sensation

When a little girl discovers a mischievous orangutan on the loose in her bedroom, she can’t understand why it keeps shouting OOO! at her shampoo and her chocolate. But when Rang-tan explains that there are humans running wild in her rainforest, burning down trees so they can grow palm oil to put in products, the little girl knows what she has to do: help save the orangutans!

Published in collaboration with Greenpeace, featuring a foreword from Emma Thompson and brought to life by award-winning illustrator Frann Preston-Gannon, this is a very special picture book with a vital message to share.

This timely picture book focusing on the environmental crisis we all face includes information about orangutans and palm oil plus exciting ideas about how young readers can make a difference.

$17.95 • 10.5 x 10.5 • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718732 • Crocodile Books • Ages 3 • Release date: Spring 2021 • Foreword by: Emma Thompson •

How to Build an Orchestra

By Mary Auld

Illustrated by: Elisa Paganelli

�[A]n inspired book that will motivate young readers to learn more about orchestral instruments and the wonder of the music an orchestra can make.�
� NYJB

Find out what makes up an orchestra and learn about its different instruments!

A beautifully illustrated book produced in association with the London Symphony Orchestra

This wonderfully illustrated story follows a conductor who is auditioning each instrument for his orchestra, building to a performance of two pieces of classical music. With links to downloadable music, follow our conductor on his journey and discover the beautiful music of an orchestra.

With pictograms of a full-size symphony orchestra and information on all of the instruments and music featured, as well as a foreword by Sir Simon Rattle, renowned Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra, this is the must-have book on the makeup of an orchestra and its instruments for children aged 7 .

$11.95 • 9.5" x 12" • 48pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718718 HB
ISBN: 9781623717063 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 7 • Release date: October 2020 • Foreword by: Sir Simon Rattle •

Man’oushe

Inside the Lebanese Street Corner Bakery

Photography by: Barbara Abdeni Massaad & Raymond Yazbeck

"Man'oushe is the definitive guide to baking the namesake flatbread. It is organized by topping, with chapters on za'atar, wild thyme, as well as ones on sweet renditions like chocolate and halawa." � Felicia Campbell, Saveur

The Arabic pizza that is fast becoming the world’s most favorite snack.

The man’oushe is the cherished national pie of Lebanon. It has a reserved place on the country’s breakfast table and has the unique ability to be worked into every meal of the day due to its simple versatility. This cookbook is dedicated entirely to the art of creating the perfect man’oushe. With over 70 simple recipes, it offers you a way to enjoy these typical pies- traditionally baked in street corner bakeries- in the comfort of your own home.

Man’oushe: Inside the Street Corner Lebanese Bakery is a journey to discover Lebanon’s favorite snack. One only has to leaf through the pages in order to realize that this typical Lebanese creation can be as simple as an on-the-go breakfast and as intricate as a family meal. Anyone who enjoys the simplicity of good food and appreciates a good story will love this book from cover to cover.

$30 • 9.25" x 11.5" • pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719326 • Interlink Books • Release date: March 2020 •

Sicily

A Cultural History

By Joseph Farrell

"Reading these guides is the next best thing to actually going there with them in hand." — Foreword Magazine

An engaging introduction to a cultural giant

Long before it became an Italian offshore island, Sicily was the land in the center of the Mediterranean where the great civilizations of Europe and Northern Africa met. Sicily today is familiar and unfamiliar, modernized and unchanging. Visitors will find in an out-of-the-way town an Aragonese castle, will stumble across a Norman church by the side of a lesser travelled road, will see red Muslim-styles domes over a Christian shrine, will find a Baroque church of breathtaking beauty in a village, will catch a glimpse from the motorway of a solitary Greek temple on the horizon and will happen on a the celebrations of the patron saint of a run-down district of a city, and will stop and wonder. There is more to Sicily than the Godfather and the mafia.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719579 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2020 •

Only in Cologne

A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

"The Only In Guides help passionate travellers uncover the hidden treasures of a city, sending them home with indelible memories." — Timeless Travels magazine

Often overlooked by visitors, Cologne is a fascinating city just waiting to be explored. Discover more than 80 unusual locations with this explorer’s guide to Germany’s most historic city. Roman ruins and religious relics, forgotten fortresses and abandoned cemeteries, industrial relics and historic hotels. Where did the Red Baron learn to fly? Is there really a chandelier in the sewers? Where is Europe’s first art hotel? Descend into the city’s crypts, marvel at the cathedral’s curiosities, and smell the city’s famous perfume. The author also visits a mustard museum, samples Cologne’s famous Kölsch beer, and goes in search of wartime bunkers.

$22.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 232pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9783950421859 • Urban Explorer • Release date: Spring 2020 •

Venetian Republic

Recipes from the Veneto, Adriatic Croatia, and the Greek islands

By Nino Zoccali

"Zoccali (Pasta Artigiana) enticingly explores the rich culinary history of the 118 islands that make up Venice in this enticing and informative collection of recipes? Italophiles will delight in this informed culinary history." — Publishers Weekly

Charting the culinary history and traditions of the lands that once belonged to the Venetian Republic

Part Culinary journey, part cookbook this gorgeous cookbook is informed by the cultural heritage of Italian Chef Nino Zoccali and his Greek wife.

The food of the Venetian Republic is diverse: prosecco & snapper risotto, Croatian roast lamb shoulder with olive oil potatoes, the sweet & sour red mullet of Crete, zabaglione from Corfu, or Dubrovnik’s ricotta & rose liqueur crepes.

These are recipes steeped in history; dishes from the days when Venice was a world power. How did this small city state rule the waters of the Mediterranean, enjoying unrivaled wealth and prestige? How could this serene, safe-haven city of canals come to play a defining role in shaping the cuisine, culture, and architecture of her Mediterranean neighbors? Yet, for a thousand years, the ships and merchants of the Republic dominated salt, silk, and spice trade routes.

To tell this story, respected writer and restaurateur Nino Zoccali focuses on the four key regions that geographically encapsulate the Venetian Republic, each of which has its own distinct cuisine: Venice and its lagoon islands; the Veneto, of which Venice is the capital; the Croatian coast and the Greek Islands formerly under Venetian rule. The 80 dishes he has selected all have strong traditional Venetian roots or influence, celebrating ingredients and techniques that show how, to this day, food in this magnificent region continues to be influenced by neighboring cultures.

Stunning food and location photography from around Venice, the Dalmatian Coast, and Greek Islands make this cookbook a must-have for foodies and lovers of Mediterranean cuisine.

$35 • 8.25" x 10.5" • 256pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719432 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2020 •

Carpathia

Food from the Heart of Romania

By Irina Georgescu

"Romanian food writer Irina Georgescu brings the often-overlooked European country of Romania into the spotlight with Carpathia. Mixing east and west influences, this gorgeously styled collection of country recipes takes you from the banks of the Black Sea to the peaks of the dramatic Carpathian Mountains."
� Forbes Magazine

The first book to celebrate the culturally diverse and delicious cuisine of Romania

A true fusion of East and West, where traditional recipes are given a truly modern twist

Romania is a true cultural melting pot, its character rooted in many traditions from Greek, Turkish, and Slavic in the south and east, to Austrian, Hungarian, and Saxon in the north and west.

Carpathia, the first book from food writer Irina Georgescu, aims to introduce readers to Romania’s unique, bold and delicious cuisine. Bringing the country to life with stunning photography and recipes, it will take the reader on a culinary journey to the very heart of the Balkans, exploring Romania’s history, traditions, and food, one mouth-watering recipe at a time.

From chargrilled eggplants, polenta fritters, and butter bean hummus, to tangy borş, stuffed breads, and Viennese-style layer cakes, this book is a true celebration of a country that’s never afraid to mix things up!

$26.95 • 7.75" x 9.75" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719548 HB
ISBN: 9781623716660 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2020 •

Badger’s Journey

By Cecilia Heikkilä

Illustrated by: Cecilia Heikkilä

�A terrific tale of the joy in forged friendships and unanticipated adventures�� Badger makes for an incredibly charming, if grumbly, protagonist. The inviting illustrations create a cozy world, and younger readers will delight in the visual details on every page.� � Booklist

There was once a lonely Badger. She had been a brave captain who sailed the world’s seas. But now she was too old for adventure, and she didn’t like when unexpected things happened…

$9.95 • 10.5" x 10.5" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719517 HB
ISBN: 9781623719593 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 3-8 • Release date: Fall 2020 •

Rainbow Revolutions

Power, Pride, and Protest in the Fight for Queer Rights

By Jamie Lawson

Illustrated by: Eve Lloyd Knight

"This beautiful, well-written book provides a sense of historical continuity, remembrance, and stability. Highly recommended for all collections? Lawson offers a perfect balance between celebrating the community's achievements and inspiring young leaders to keep fighting for justice. Gr 7 Up"�School Library Journal, Starred Review

A beautifully illustrated children’s book about the fight for queer rights

Around one o’clock in the morning on June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York, sparking days of intense rioting. What happened at Stonewall sent shockwaves around the world, and became a defining moment for the LGBTQ community.

From the impassioned speeches of bold activists Karl Ulrichs and Audre Lorde to the birth of Pride and queer pop culture, Rainbow Revolutions — a middle grade children’s book — charts the dramatic rise of the LGBTQ rights movement, and celebrates the courageous individuals who stood up and demanded recognition. With bold and beautiful illustrations by pop artist Eve Lloyd Knight.

$13.95 • 8.5" x 11" • 96pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719524 HB
ISBN: 9781623717919 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 11 • Release date: Fall 2020 •

Eating for Pleasure, People and Planet

Plant-based, Zero-Waste, Climate Cuisine

By Tom Hunt

“Tom’s recipes are easy to make, delicious to eat and his important message is clear_eat well, waste nothing.” � Guardian

Cooking and eating more consciously every day to help fight food waste and climate change

Tom Hunt is on a mission to have us all sourcing, cooking, and eating more consciously every day to help fight food waste and climate change. His recipes are seasonal and sustainable, enabling us to eat better food that supports not only our health but also the well-being of the planet.

Eating for Pleasure, People, and Planet showcases Tom’s manifesto—Eat for Pleasure; Eat Whole Foods; Eat the Best Food You Can—and is filled with inspirational recipes divided into Breakfasts, Slow Lunches & Dinners, A New Way with Salads, Family Meals & Feast Plates, Sweet Treats and Pantry essentials.

$35 • 7.75" x 10.25" • 240pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719531 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2020 •

This is the End

The Last Cartoons from The New York Times

By Patrick Chappatte

This really is a wonderful new book of cartoons. The silver lining to Trump's presidency is that he makes for brilliant cartoons like these?." — Nicholas Kristof, New York Times columnist

Patrick Chappatte’s eighth—and last!— collection of editorial cartoons published in The New York Times

This is the End offers us a witty, savage, and thought-provoking testimony of a dizzying world, swirling around an oxygen-sucking black hole named Donald Trump. In this era of strongmen, closing borders and selfie narcissists, humor is needed more than ever.

On June 10, 2019, Chappatte posted an essay titled “The End of Political Cartoons at The New York Times,” breaking the news that was quickly confirmed by the newspaper. Chappatte’s piece, which received worldwide attention and triggered a global discussion about self-censorship by the media in the age of internet angry mobs, appears as an appendix to this cartoon book. It has inspired a TED talk given by Chappatte on July 23, 2019 at TED Summit.

$16.95 • 7.5" x 9.5" • 120pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719562 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2020 • Foreword by: Joseph E. Stiglitz •

Aesop’s Fables

The Cruelty of the Gods

By Carlo Gébler

"A wonderful, gloomy and welcome addition to the Aesopic corpus… The illustrations by Gavin Weston are likewise magnificent." — The Irish Times

The greatest collection of fables ever written, updated for our turbulent times

A witty, scatological illustrated version of the world’s greatest collection of fables, allegedly written by a slave in the 5th century BC. A book for our times: as Gebler notes, Aesop has two subjects–the exercise of power and the experience of the powerless who endure life and all that it inflicts on them. This retelling of the Fables makes them relevant and richly enjoyable.

Large and fierce animals kill and butcher weaker creatures; gods play games with the hopes and fears of lesser species, including men and women; and occasionally the weak turn the tables on the strong, exposing their pretensions. This is a stunning new version of a book that was often bowdlerized and used to teach moral lessons to children. Gebler’s Aesop is darker and more realistic, and compulsively readable.

$16 • 5.5" x 8 .5" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719500 • Interlink Books • Illustrated by Gavin Weston • Release date: Fall 2020 •

Wrestling with Zionism

Jewish Voices of Dissent

By Daphna Levit

"An invaluable study of the dissent that political Zionism has generated among Jews ever since its articulation by Theodor Herzl. Ambitious and comprehensive in scope? Biographical sketches of the authors covered enliven the narrative and show how each came to question Zionist ideology or to reject it entirely." � Carolyn L. Karcher, professor emerita of English and American Studies at Temple University and editor of Reclaiming Judaism from Zionism: Stories of Personal Transformation

A Chronology of voices, from the birth of Zionism until today

Theodor Herzl, Ahad Ha’am, Martin Buber, Albert Einstein, Hannah Arendt, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Noam Chomsky, Tanya Reinhart, Zeev Sternhell, Uri Avnery, Tikva-Honig Parnass, Shlomo Sand, Tom Segev, Simha Flapan, Baruch Kimmerling, Benny Morris, Avi Shlaim, Ilan Pappe, Gideon Levy, Amira Hass, and Michael Sfard

Portrayals of Israel in mainstream Western media as the “homeland of the Jews” and “the only democracy in the Middle East” are commonplace. Since the realities behind them are rarely shown, these truisms have become habitual assumptions underlying news coverage, public policy, and ordinary conversation. At the same time, while criticism of a government’s policies is considered an essential right and safeguard of democracy, criticism of Israeli policy is persistently attacked as anti-Zionist—or even anti-Semitic—by a majority of Israelis and by those outside the country who claim to be Israel’s friends. The views of independent Israelis and Jews who examine, challenge, or oppose extreme Israeli governments and policies are rarely heard. This book attempts to recover a history of dissent.

In Wrestling with Zionism: Jewish Voices of Dissent, Daphna Levit amplifies the voices of twenty-one Jewish and Israeli thinkers—scholars, theologians, journalists, lawyers, activists—who have grappled with the evolution of Zionism since its inception on political, religious, cultural, ethical, or philosophical grounds. Beginning in the late-nineteenth century, well before the founding of the State of Israel, and surveying pioneering figures up until the present, she introduces, examines, and brings together a range of contrasting viewpoints into a single historical conversation. As well, with these portraits she honors a tradition of courageous intellectual inquiry and activism, rooted in Jewish ethical imperatives. Drawing on her own lifetime of activism and research, Levit has assembled a foundational text, enabling us to consider the relationship of modern political Zionism and Judaism today, in revealing historical light.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719494 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: Spring 2020 •

Tales of the Seal People

Scottish Folk Tales

By Duncan Williamson

WINNER OF THE ANNE IZARD STORYTELLERS' CHOICE AWARD

"Duncan Williamson has been hailed as the greatest living English-speaking storyteller." — Storytelling Festival

A collection of 14 selkie (half-seal half-human creatures) tales from the Orkney and Shetland islands off the northern tip of Scotland, which embrace the fantasy, romance, and unusual perspective of the Scottish travellers.

$15 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 160pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719333 • Series: Interlink International Folk Tale Series • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2019 •

Walking Palestine

25 Journeys into the West Bank

By Stefan Szepesi

NEW UPDATED AND REVISED EDITION

With the images of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict so dominant in our minds, walking for leisure is the one activity probably least associated with the West Bank region. But Stefan Szepesi’s book wanders well off the beaten track of Palestine as only a synonym for occupation and strife, exploring its inspiring natural and cultural landscape, its intriguing past and present, and the hospitality of its people.

The book takes first-time walkers and experienced hikers, as well as armchair explorers, through Palestine’s steep desert gorges, along its tiny herders’ trails and over its quiet dirt roads running past silver green olive groves. With side stories and anecdotes on heritage, history, culture and daily life in the West Bank, the book ventures into the traits and character of Palestine today. Beyond the 250 km of walking trails described and mapped in detail throughout the book, Walking Palestine offers a wealth of practical walking tips, including references to local guides, the West Bank’s best leisure spots and countryside restaurants, and the most charming places to spend the night.

$25 • 6" x 8.25" • 272pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719272 • Release date: Fall 2020 • Foreword by: Raja Shehadeh •

Traditional Palestinian Costume

Origins and Evolution

By Hanan Karaman Munayyer

"A mesmerizing must-have coffee table book." � Elle (Middle East)

"A stunning, 560-page volume, in which Munayyer painstakingly documents the history and intricacies of Palestinian fashion, specifically the legacy of tatreez. Perusing the volume is akin to strolling through a museum, as page after page displays vivid and colorful photos of Palestinian thobes, headdresses, and jewelry_some dating back to ancient times? More than the historical documentation and the importance of tracing Palestinian culture back across centuries, Traditional Palestinian Costume is a project of resistance in itself and quite simply a feast for the eyes. The quality of the photographs and the vibrant colors make it difficult to put down. It is a book to keep close to hand, proof of the beauty and artistry of Palestinian women, from Ramallah to the Galilee, to al-Khalil, to Gaza.

� Susan Muaddi Darraj, Middle East Eye

A joyous celebration of pattern and color, and of an enduring Palestinian tradition.

The historical and cultural richness of Palestine is reflected visually in its costume and embroidery. Distinguished by boldness of color, richness of pattern, and diversity of style, and combined with great needlework skill, these textiles have long played an important role in Palestinian culture and identity and manifested themselves in every aspect of Palestinian life.

Based on over twenty-five years of extensive field research and the culling of museum resources and publications from around the world, this book presents the most exhaustive and up-to-date study of the origins of Palestinian embroidery and costume—from antiquity through medieval Arab textile arts to the present. It documents region by region the evolution of costume and the textile arts in Palestine in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is lavishly illustrated with over 500 full-color photographs from the highly praised Munayyer Collection, which includes a whole range of embroidered textiles from traditional costumes and coin headdresses of Palestinian village women to cloaks and jackets worn by village men to belts, sashes, and footwear. The exquisite colors of the silk stitching on natural linens are a feast for the eye.

The sumptuous photography and author’s well-informed text greatly enrich our appreciation of Palestinian embroidery and make this book a valuable resource that displays this unique art in all its splendor.

$100 • 10" x 14.25" • 560pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719241 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: Spring 2020 •

Valencia

A Cultural History

By Michael Eaude

A thoughtful examination of this contradictory and divided land, pulled between the Spanish state and Catalonia.

The towns of Valencia’s long coast and privileged climate, in particular Benidorm, southern EuropeÍs skyscraper capital, are famous beach tourism destinations. Country of fire, fireworks and long meals (often featuring the renowned paella), Valencia is a Mediterranean land where people know how to enjoy life. This book tells the story of today’s Spanish provinces of Valencia, Castelló and Alacant (Alicante), with their profound Moorish legacy. The Moors designed the intricate system of irrigation that still nourishes Valencia’s prosperous horta (market garden). They brought, too, the silk, paper, and orange industries.

The area is rich in monuments, many from its golden fifteenth century, when the capital became the wealthiest city on the Western Mediterranean. This book discusses Sagunt’s Roman theater and castle; Gandia, home to the ill-reputed Borja (or Borgia) family of popes; Elx, embraced by 200,000 palms; and Alcoi, anarchist stronghold. Michael Eaude discusses ValenciaÍs art, literature and architecture: the painters Ribera and light-filled Sorolla; the great medieval poet of anguish Ausiös March. Santiago Calatrava’s architecture, conjuring the sensation of soaring flight from steel, has given Valencia City its new trophy buildings.

Despite its continuing popularity as a tourist destination, there are still deserted beaches, sinister and beautiful marshland, orange groves and a depopulated mountainous interior. Valencia: A Cultural History seeks to explain this contradictory and divided land, its identity pulled between the Spanish state and Catalonia.

$16 • 5.25" x 8" • 388pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719319 • Series: Interlink Cultural Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: September 25, 2019 •

A Traveller’s History of Poland

By John Radzilowski

NEW REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION

Poland is a major European country with nearly 40 million inhabitants and a land area comparable to Spain. It has played a major role in European history but its subjugation by foreign powers in the nineteenth century and during the Cold War eclipsed Poland in the minds of many in Western Europe and the United States. Throughout its long and diverse history it has been a meeting place of many cultures and has given the world the poetry of Czeslaw Milosz, the music of Chopin, and the scientific discoveries of Copernicus and Marie Curie, to name but a few.

In A Traveller’s History of Poland, John Radzilowski vividly describes the beginnings of the country, first fragmented then reborn to overcome the aggression of the Teutonic Knights and its greedy neighbors. Poland enjoyed a Golden Age in the fifteen and sixteenth centuries but a gradual decline then led to Poland losing its autonomy despite winning many battles with its armyÍs legendary military skill and gallantry. Yet the spirit of the country and its people lived on.

Since the horrors of the Second World War and Soviet control, Poland has gradually regained its rightful place in Europe, joining NATO in 1989 and in May 2004, the EU. It is playing a new role on the European and international stage. This makes now an ideal time to introduce students and travellers to Poland and its complex history.

The book includes a full chronology, a list of monarchs and rulers, a gazetteer, historical maps and is fully illustrated.

$16.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719401 • Series: Traveller's History Series • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2022 •

That Untravel’d World

Seven Journeys through Turkey

By Nicholas Dylan Ray

"Through a series of seven essays told in the form of journal entries, Ray introduces the reader to his impressions of Turkey both as a young man and then later in his life. Ray first visited the country at the age of 22, when he left the U.S. for France and then traveled through Turkey on his way to Tibet. After that trip he focused his life on intense academic study for six years, which led to a career working with the Middle East. His subsequent visits to Turkey occurred from 2014_16, when he traveled to various regions including Central Anatolia and the Black Sea Coast. Through his approach to travel it is clear that Ray has the spirit of a wanderer; he is not content to just be a tourist. Ray's extensive academic background (including a PhD and a master's in international affairs from the Fletcher School) contributes to a more layered understanding of Turkey's economic and political climate as well as its culture and history." — Booklist

Nicholas Dylan Ray grew up next to a US national park, whose mountains and forests he explored to escape his troubled home. As a young man, he left the United States, and aged twenty-two set out on a six-month journey from France to Tibet, traveling through Turkey. That journey forms the first chapter of this book, and led to a career working with the Middle East. In middle age, the author returned to the road, traveling throughout Turkey. In the six subsequent chapters, one for each journey, he recounts his adventures, discusses the archaeology and history of the places visited, and the people met along the way.

In Konya he is transported by the beauty of an Arabic quotation from the Qur’an inscribed on Rumi’s tomb. In Istanbul, among Syrian refugees, he considers the concept of charity in Islam. In Antalya, just after the ISIS terrorist attack in his adopted country of France, he analyses the textual foundations of jihadism in Islamic law. Within earshot of the shelling in Syria, he contemplates genocide, and climbs Musa Dagh mountain, the last redoubt of the Armenians who fought the Ottoman troops in 1915. In the coastal region of the Black Sea, he examines the monastic urge in religion and experiments with fasting during Ramadan. And finally, on the northwestern Mediterranean coast, he visits two battlefields, Troy and Gallipoli, before returning to Istanbul for a last visit to Sultanahmet, the center of the Islamic world for five centuries.

During these wanderings Nicholas Dylan Ray shares with the reader his deep knowledge of Islamic religion, culture, and history, discussing the foundational texts and their role in current events in the Middle East. He also takes note of those who have traveled these lands before him and reflects on the mixed experience of travel itself.

$17 • 5.25" x 8" • 292pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719302 • Interlink Books • Release date: October 22, 2019 •

The Ghoul

By Taghreed Najjar

Photography by: Hassan Manasra

Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s Book 2020

"A stimulating and funny fantasy about acceptance? great potential to serve caregivers and educators in facilitating discussions about perceiving_and more importantly, accepting_the 'other' despite differences and initial assumptions." �Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

A story about facing your fears and accepting differences, inspired by Arabic folk tales.

The villagers are afraid of the “Ghoul.” For years, they’ve tiptoed around the village for fear of disturbing it. The monster doesn’t look like them, and it is believed to eat humans.

One day, the brave Hasan embarks on a dangerous mission to face the long-feared Ghoul. When Hasan finally meets the Ghoul living on top of the mountain, he discovers that the Ghoul is just as terrified of people as they are of him. Hasan and the Ghoul realize that they can still be friends, despite their differences.

The Ghoul is a beautifully illustrated story that can be used as a springboard to discuss how we perceive those who are different and how our fears and prejudices may be built on false assumptions.

$8.95 • 8.5" x 11" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719258 HB
ISBN: 9781623719456 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 3-8 • Release date: Fall 2022 • Awards: Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s Book 2020, Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best List

Mother Goose and Friends

Illustrated by: Ruth Sanderson

You can order signed copies of all Ruth Sanderson titles! Write ‘signed copy’ in the note section at checkout.

"Sanderson's elegant, richly descriptive language contributes to a smooth retelling, and her lavish oil paintings are as beautifully handled as the narrative." � Booklist

Here’s dear Mother Goose and the entire clan–all our old friends are together again.

Whether at storytime, playtime, or bedtime, Mother Goose will once again have children giggling at jumpy Miss Muffet and clumsy Jack and Jill, twisting their tongues in knots with Peter Piper, and singing along to well-loved verses such as “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush,” “Yankee Doodle,” and “Ring Around the Rosies.”

You’re sure to find your favorites in this stunning new version of the classic, now made complete with other beloved nursery verses traditionally not included in most Mother Goose collections.

Ruth Sanderson soars as never before in her elegant portrayal of these enduring rhymes.

$19.95 • 8.5" x 11" • 64pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719296 • Crocodile Books • Ages 3-8 • Release date: Fall 2019 •

Gennaro’s Pasta Perfecto!

The Essential Collection of Fresh and Dried Pasta Dishes

Photography by: David Loftus

"'There is no limit to the joys of pasta,' writes chef Contaldo (Panetteria) in this excellent cookbook. He sorts the 100 recipes into four main pasta types that include classics and inventive variations: dried (linguine with clams; whole wheat tagliatelle with anchovies and walnuts), fresh (orecchiette with tomatoes and lemon burrata; fusilli with rabbit and orange), filled (broccoli and sausage parcels in tomato sauce; seabream ravioli with capers, lemon, and cherry tomato sauce), and baked (rigatoni with meatballs; butternut squash lasagne). Whether he shares an anecdote ('My sisters would patiently make each meatball'), celebrates Italy's regional cooking ('Sicilian cooking is all about simple "cuicina povera"?'), or offers ingredient substitutions ('If you can't get this shape, then use conchiglie or penne'), the introductions written for each recipe are equally fun to read. In conjunction with these recipes are plenty of pasta fundamentals, such as basic sauces, matching shapes to sauces (rigatoni can be used in baked dishes and rag�s, while farfalle is best with pesto), and info on the equipment needed for it all. This delightful cookbook will educate and inspire." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Over 100 ideas for sauces, fillings, and bakes.

This new book from celebrated chef Gennaro Contaldo is all about pasta, one of the most popular of all Italian dishes. Bestselling author and much-loved personality Gennaro reveals all of his tips and tricks to making the best of the most versatile of dishes.

Featuring recipes for dried, fresh, filled, and baked pasta dishes such as lasagna four ways, classic minestrone soup, homemade ravioli and perfect pesto, these are dishes that can be quickly whipped up for the whole family. An inexpensive staple that can be easily transformed into a luxurious meal, the possibilities of pasta are endless–perfect for busy families and for easy entertaining. Join Gennaro on an exciting Italian adventure, and discover both new and traditional recipes that will quickly become household favorites.

A delicious collection of over 100 recipes and featuring beautiful photography by distinguished photographer David Loftus, many of these recipes can be cooked in a matter of minutes. Packed full of tips for picking the best shape for sauces and featuring recipes from across Italy, this is an essential book for any pasta enthusiast.

– Gennaro appears in every episode of “Jamie Cooks Italy.” He is one of the world’s most-loved chefs and here he shines attention on one of the most popular of Italian dishes.
– Featuring recipes for dried, fresh, filled, and baked pasta dishes–these are recipes that can quickly come together to feed the whole family.
– Features beautiful photography by celebrated photographer David Loftus.

$30 • 7.5" x 9.75" • 176pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719265 • Interlink Books • Release date: October 10, 2019 •

Salt & Time

Recipes from a Russian Kitchen

By Alissa Timoshkina

Photography by: Lizzie Mayson

"Timoshkina corrects the misperceptions of her homeland's food. She sets out to demonstrate that Russian cuisine, combined with foods from the Ukraine, Central Asia, and other lands, is far more than caviar and blinis? Well-composed color photographs and layouts give this book a true flavor, while narrative-like instructions welcome all into a new look at a very old world." � Booklist (starred review)

A collection of delicious modern recipes from Siberia and beyond.

Salt & Time will transform perceptions of the food of the former Soviet Union, and especially Siberia–the crossroads of Eastern European and Central Asian cuisine–with 100 inviting recipes adapted for modern tastes and Western kitchens, and evocative storytelling to explain and entice. Why not try the restorative Solyanka fish soup (a famous Russian hangover cure), savor the fragrant Chicken with prunes or treat yourself to some Napoleon cake.

In Alissa Timoshkina’s words:

“Often we need distance and time, both to see things better and to feel closer to them. This is certainly true of the food of my home country, Russia–or Siberia, to be exact. When I think of Siberia, I hear the sound of fresh snow crunching beneath my feet. Today, whenever I crush sea salt flakes between my fingers as I cook, I think of that sound. In this book, I feature recipes that are authentic to Siberia, classic Russian flavor combinations and my modern interpretations. You will find dishes from the pre-revolutionary era and the Soviet days, as well as contemporary approaches–revealing a cuisine that is vibrant, nourishing, exciting and above all relevant no matter the time or the place.”

$27.95 • 7.5" x 9.75" • 240pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719210 HB
ISBN: 9781623718053 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2022 •

August the Tiger

By Marieke van Ditshuizen

Illustrated by: Marieke van Ditshuizen

"An imaginative and playful escapade? many elements for readers to laugh at and explore." � Kirkus Reviews

A funny picture book from a leading Dutch children’s book author and illustrator.

August is a tiger, that’s for sure, because Mom always says he’s wild.
And tigers are wild, so August must be a tiger.
But what if he becomes a real tiger?

A funny and imaginative picture book about an energetic boy for wild tigers ages four and up.

$8.95 • 10" x 10.5" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719364 HB
ISBN: 9781623719470 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 4-8 • Release date: November 7, 2019 •

A Christmas Sweater for Nina

By Cecilia Heikkilä

Illustrated by: Cecilia Heikkilä

"A warm tale for Christmas time. A cozy cat tale�" � Kirkus Reviews

A heartwarming Christmas story that will delight young readers.

During the wintertime, life is not easy for Nina the homeless cat. She lives in the middle of a big city in a house made of cardboard. When it gets cold, Nina puts on her warm woolly red sweater. But one day when she’s out for a walk, the sweater starts unraveling. Without her sweater, the windy winter weather is unbearably hard! Nina follows the yarn as it winds through alleys, up walls, and over rooftops and towers. Luckily for her, this race ends in an unexpected place, where Nina receives her first Christmas present.

$8.95 • 8.5" x 8.5" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719371 HB
ISBN: 9781623719487 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 3-8 • Release date: October 4, 2019 •

The Reader

By Luciana De Luca

Illustrated by: Cynthia Alonso

"Young bookworms will savor this ode to the joy of reading." — Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

An enchanting picture book about the magic of books and reading

While their parents are sleeping in, a young bookworm sneaks out of bed with one goal in mind: to spend the day reading.

The Reader is a whimsically illustrated love letter to books. This breathtaking picture book, from two acclaimed Argentinean creators, is a celebration of reading and a child’s imagination. Inspire beginning readers to become armchair adventurers by exploring what lies between the pages of a book.

$17.95 • 7.75" x 10.5" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719388 • Crocodile Books • Ages 3-8 • Release date: October 22, 2019 •

Twenty Years of the Caine Prize for African Writing

By The Caine Prize Committee

"Essential for students of contemporary world literature? Best-of gathering of stories from the first two decades of the distinguished literary award devoted to African letters? All the stories are excellent, but some are especially memorable?." — Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

The leading African Literary Award, known as the African Booker, named after the Booker Prize Founder, Michael Caine.

Now entering its twentieth year, the Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa’s leading literary prize, and is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere.

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Caine Prize for African Writing–often referred to as the “African Booker Prize”–this collection showcases the winning short stories of African writers from the past 20 years and reflect the vast range of modern African experience. The writers include:

As Ben Okri said: “That’s what the Caine Prize is about: celebrating the genius of human diversity. The idea is to enrich the world through its greater contact with Africa, and to enrich Africa through its greater contact with the world.”

$20 • 5.25" x 8" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719357 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2020 •

Writings on the Wall

Palestinian Oral Histories

By Thomas Suarez

"Thomas Suarez has organized a moving collection of oral histories conveying the hopes and humanity of Palestinians living under Israel's seven-decade military occupation? Accompanied by photographs and detailed factual text in order to contextualize the people's memory of their experienced history, the book conveys insight into the Palestinian process of remembering? Suarez makes some important observations within the context of these collected testimonies. Focusing upon the concepts of holding identity hostage, Suarez notes that the Israeli narrative has created a human shield 'to insulate the state from accountability'? The misinformation and propaganda spread by Israel can only be countered by Palestinian memory and its dissemination. This collection of brief testimonies emphasizes the repetitive violations which require persistent resistance by Palestinians."

� The New Arab (Al-Araby Al-Jadeed)

“[We express our] grave concern about the continuing construction, contrary to international law, by Israel of the wall inside the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem … in departure from the Armistice Line of 1949 … [and] the failure of the Government of Israel to cooperate…” – United Nations Commission on Human Rights

Oral histories of Palestinians collected by Bethlehem’s Arab Educational Institute.

A book that truly “sees through walls,” Thomas Suàrez has organized a remarkable collection of Palestinian oral histories, most of which hang on IsraelÍs apartheid Wall. Following his forthright introduction deconstructing the so-called “conflict,” the author’s annotations and photographs provide background to these testimonies of ordinary people living under a sadistic, seven-decade military occupation.

Lost in the chaos of Israel’s war against Palestine are the voices of the ordinary Palestinians who are its primary victims. This book puts a dent in that injustice by preserving oral testimonies collected and translated by the Sumud Story House project of Bethlehem’s Arab Educational Institute and hung as posters on Israel’s apartheid Wall.

Despite their brevity–each oral history occupies a single page in this book–each conveys the fears, the hopes, the resolve, the humanity of people under brutal military occupation, and their unwavering determination to realize a better future for their children.

$15 • 6" x 9" • 232pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719227 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: October 15, 2019 •

June Rain

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARAB FICTION

"A 1957 gunfight at a village funeral mass in Lebanon was incubated by a dispute more than 40 years earlier. This is the fulcrum for this multidimensional, multi-viewpoint novel enriched with cultural and linguistic anthropology by Lebanese author Douaihy (Printed in Beirut, 2018). At the center is Eliyya Kfoury, born nine months after the battle to Kamileh, whose husband died that day. Now a middle-aged man in the habit of inventing autobiographies to elicit the interest of blond girlfriends, Eliyya returns from America after 20 years to visit his mother and probe his father's history. He interviews people present at the massacre and, in Douaihy's nod to The Bridge of San Luis Rey, keeps a diary of their stories, which dovetail as often as they diverge. He's warned to not believe anything. Douaihy describes a world both 'ancient and shallow,' 'as if just around the bend is Peter denying his master Jesus Christ.' Amidst age old dynamics shaped by clan and vendetta, and where names broadcast familial connections going back four generations, Eliyya searches for his identity." — Booklist

A moving novel about Lebanon shortlisted for the International Prize for Arab Fiction.

One of Lebanon’s leading writers recreates a village forever transformed by the massacre of one Christian community by another, and its impact on a mother and her long-estranged son.

On June 16, 1957, a shoot-out in a village church in northern Lebanon leaves two dozen people dead. In the aftermath of the massacre, the town is divided in two: the Al-Ramis in the north and their rivals, the Al-Semaanis, in the south. But lives once so closely intertwined cannot easily be divided. Neighbors turn into enemies, and husbands and wives are forced to choose between loyalty to each other and loyalty to their clan.

Drawing on an actual killing that took place in his home town, Douaihy reconstructs that June day from the viewpoints of people who witnessed the killings or whose lives were forever altered by them. A young girl overhears her father lending his gun to his cousins but refusing to accompany them to the church. A school boy walks past the dead bodies, laid out in the town square on beds brought out from the houses. A baker, whose shop is trapped on the wrong side of the line, hopes the women who buy his bread will protect him.

At the center of Douaihy’s masterful novel is Eliyya, who, twenty years after emigrating to the US, returns to the village to learn about the father who was shot through the heart in the massacre: the father he never knew. But can the village, alive with the ghosts of his childhood, really provide Eliyya answers to questions he canÍt even articulate?

With an incredible eye for detail, Douaihy describes that fateful Sunday when rain poured from the sky and the traditions and affections of village life were consumed by violence and revenge.

$16 • 5.25" x 8" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719289 • Interlink Books • Translator: Paula Haydar • Release date: November 6, 2019 • Awards: Shortlisted for the International Prize for Arab Fiction

Dune Song

By Anissa M. Bouziane

WINNER OF THE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE, PRIX LITTÉRAIRE SOFITEL TOUR BLANCHE

"A sophisticated examination of cross-cultural tension at the dawn of the 21st century" � Kirkus Reviews

“I came to the Sahara to be buried.”

After witnessing the collapse of the World Trade Center, Jeehan Nathaar leaves her New York life with her sense of identity fractured and her American dream destroyed. She returns to Morocco to make her home with a family that’s not her own. Healed by their kindness but caught up in their troubles, Jeehan struggles to move beyond the pain and confusion of September 11th. On this desiccated landscape, thousands of miles from Ground Zero, the Dune sings of death, love, and forgiveness.

$16 • 5.25" x 8" • 368pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719418 • Interlink Books • Release date: October 2019 •

Palestine as Metaphor

"These interviews are a rich trove of his reflections on his art, personal revelations, and political insight? vivid and fluid translations, one clearly hears Darwish's voice: self-assured yet sensitive, witty yet sincere." ? New York Review of Books

First English publication of interviews with the late Mahmoud Darwish.

Palestine as Metaphor consists of a series of interviews with Mahmoud Darwish, which have never been translated and published in English before. The interviews are a wealth of information on the poet’s personal life, his relationships, his numerous works, and his tragedy. They illuminate Darwish’s conception of poetry as a supreme art that transcends time and place.

Several writers and journalists conducted the interviews, including a Lebanese poet, a Syrian literary critic, three Palestinian writers, and an Israeli journalist. Each encounter took place in a different city from Nicosia to London, Paris, and Amman.

These vivid dialogues unravel the threads of a rich life haunted by the loss of Palestine and illuminate the genius and the distress of a major world poet.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719425 • Interlink Books • Translator: Amira El-Zein and Carolyn Forché • Release date: Fall 2019 •

Only in Munich

A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

A Jugendstil swimming pool, Little Asia, the sunken village, and Hitler’s secret headquarters. There’s a lot more to the Bavarian capital than beer and the Oktoberfest. It’s time to experience Munich off the beaten track.

$22.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 232pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9783950366204 • Series: Only In Guides • The Urban Explorer • Release date: Spring 2016 •

Only in Prague

A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

The Faust House, the Hunger Wall, the English sewers and the Alchemists’ tower. There are many guidebooks to beautiful Prague but none quite like this one. Escape the throng and dive into the back streets for an adventure with a difference.

$22.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 232pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9783950366242 • Series: Only In Guides • The Urban Explorer • Release date: Spring 2016 •

Only in Hamburg

A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

John Lennon’s doorway, a floating church, the English sewers, and the grave of an Arabian princess. A unique guide to unusual spots in the port on the Elbe. A heady mix of the workaday and the cosmopolitan in Germany’s second city.

$22.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 232pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9783950366211 • Series: Only In Guides • The Urban Explorer • Release date: Spring 2016 •

Only in Berlin

A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

Devil’s Mountain, the Bridge of Spies, Checkpoint Charlie and the Fhrer Bunker. Berlin’s unique wartime remains still fascinate many visitors. This guide covers them all and much more besides from medieval churches to modern art.

$22.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9783950366235 • Series: Only In Guides • The Urban Explorer • Release date: Spring 2016 •

Only in Budapest

A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

The Children’s Railway, Rabbit Island, Ruin Pubs and the Hospital in the Rock. Discover Budapest with this explorer’s guide to the Paris of the East. The first and only guide to the Hungarian capital’s unique and unusual locations!

$22.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 244pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9783950366273 • Series: Only In Guides • The Urban Explorer • Release date: Spring 2016 •

Only in Paris

A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

The long and colorful story of Paris told through an original and eclectic mix of unusual historic locations. Quiet cloisters and eccentric museums, covered passageways and secret gardens, idiosyncratic shops and unusual places of worship.

Who was the real Hunchback of Notre-Dame? Is there really a lake hidden beneath the Opera? Where is the best bistro in Paris? Explore the Pagoda cinema, the Museum of Magic, Foucault’s pendulum, and a subterranean necropolis. The author also throws new light thrown on old favorites, including La Tour Eiffel and the Arc de Triomphe.

Published by The Urban Explorer these city tales from new and unusual perspectives provide independent travelers with memorable itineraries.

$22.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 240pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9783950366297 • Series: Only In Guides • The Urban Explorer • Release date: Spring 2016 •

Only in London

A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

The Necropolis Railway, Soho’s Buddhist temple, ghost stations on the Tube, and the best Eel and Pie shop. From Roman ruins to City skyscrapers. Uncover the treasures of old London and the delights of the new with this fascinating guide!

$22.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 244pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9783950366259 • Series: Only In Guides • The Urban Explorer • Release date: Spring 2016 •

Only in Boston

A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

$22.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 232pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9783950421811 • Series: Only In Guides • The Urban Explorer • Release date: Spring/Summer 2018 •

Only in Zurich

A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

$22.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 232pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9783950421842 • Only In Guides • Release date: Spring 2019 •

Only in Edinburgh

A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

$22.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 232pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9783950421835 • Only In Guides • Release date: Spring 2019 •

Only in Krakow

A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

Explore Kraków rich royal heritage, astonishing architecture and dynamic street life with this new explorer’s guide.

Legendary churches and mysterious monasteries, novel art spaces and industrial remains, colorful customs and candlelit cellars. Where is the city’s prettiest street? Was there a dragon beneath Wawel Hill? Where was Schindler’s List filmed?

Venture beneath Europe’s biggest medieval marketplace, wander around a Communist-era steelworkers’ town, and climb mysterious mounds in the suburbs. The author also visits a stained glass workshop, a paradise for pinball machine players, and Poland’s oldest university

$22.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 232pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9783950421828 • Only In Guides • Release date: Spring 2019 •

Ethiopia

Recipes and Traditions from the Horn of Africa

By Yohanis Gebreyesus

Photography by: Peter Cassidy

WINNER 2020 JAMES BEARD AWARD FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL COOKBOOK

WINNER IACP JULIA CHILD FIRST BOOK AWARD FOR BEST COOKBOOK 2020

SHORTLISTED GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS AWARD 2019

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER BEST NEW COOKBOOk

“Chef Yohanis’ commitment to Ethiopian cuisine is rooted in protecting the history of the food and its preparation, which includes the produce, especially the spices� Emerging as a culinary star in Ethiopia, he sheds light on the nation’s diverse palate.” � Cuisine Noir

Experience the wonderful flavors of Ethiopia and Chef Yohanis’ dazzling collection of recipes.

Ethiopia stands as a land apart: never colonized, it celebrates ancient traditions. The fascinatingly distinct cuisine is influenced by a history enriched with a religious mix of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as some of the most fertile land on the continent.

In this cookbook, Ethiopia’s gourmet guru seeks to spread love for the country’s cuisine. After working as a chef around the world, Yohanis Gebreyesus decided it was time to go home and put his skills to showing off what his home country has to offer. Now, he’s dedicating his work to opening the world’s eyes to Ethiopian cuisine

The delicious dishes featured here include Doro Wat, chicken stewed with berbere spice, Siga Tibs, flashfried beef, and Asa Shorba, a hearty spiced fish soup, plus vegetarian dishes such as Gomen, collard greens with ginger and garlic, Azifa, green lentil salad, and Dinich Alicha, potatoes and carrots in an onion turmeric sauce.

Along with photography of the stunning landscapes and vibrant artisans of Ethiopia, combined with insightful cultural and historical details, this book demonstrates why Ethiopian food should be considered one of the world’s most singular and enchanting cuisines.

$35 • 8" x 10" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719630 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2019 • Awards: Winner 2020 James Beard Award for Best International Cookbook, Shortlisted IACP Award for Best Cookbook 2020, Shortlisted Guild of Food Writers Award 2019, National Geographic Traveller Best New Cookbook

Asma’s Indian Kitchen

Home-Cooked Food Brought to You by Darjeeling Express

By Asma Khan

Photography by: Kim Lightbody

WINNER GOURMAND COOKBOOK AWARD

"Khan, owner of London's acclaimed Darjeeling Express restaurant and a subject of Netflix's Chef's Table documentary series, shares a delightful collection of personal recipes sure to entice lovers of Indian food." — Publishers Weekly

Feed your soul with Asma Khan’s collection of Authentic Indian Recipes.

Asma Khan stars in Netflix’s award-winning series Chef’s Table.

Award-winning restaurant Darjeeling Express began life as a dinner party with friends; Indian food lovingly cooked from family recipes that go back generations. In this book, Asma reveals the secret to her success, telling her immigrant’s story and how food brought her home. The recipes pay homage to her royal Mughlai ancestry and follow the route of the Darjeeling Express train from the busy streets of Bengal, through Calcutta, where she grew up, and along the foothills of the Himalayas to Hyderabad.

Platters of dishes boasting texture and intense flavor encourage you to gather for a traditional dawaat (feast). Starting with simple midweek Feasts for Two, Asma then reveals the way to quick and easy cooking with less spice for Family Feasts. There are Feasts for Friends, for when you want to show off a little, and Celebratory Feasts. Many of the recipes are vegetarian, there are sweet treats and drinks, too, and all feature alongside lesser-known recipes and stories unique to Asma’s family.

This is more than just a collection of delicious and accessible recipes, it is a celebration of heritage, culture, community and quality. This is Asma’s Indian Kitchen.

$30 • 7.5" x 9.75" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719128 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2019 • Awards: Winner Gourmand Cookbook Award

Goldilocks and the Three Rhinos

A South African Retelling

By Joan Rankin

Illustrated by: Joan Rankin

"An old tale with a new facade… [T]he beautiful, detailed illustrations, which have the look of ink and watercolor… [offer] a lively picture of the rhinos' home, with plenty of white space to inspire readers' imaginations… A visually pleasing revision…." — Kirkus Reviews

A new whimsical picture book from the award-winning illustrator of The African Orchestra

Goldilocks was not supposed to be in the forest alone, but she didn’t always do as she was told.

Join Goldilocks as she stumbles across the Rhino family’s home, unknowingly dabbling in their daily activities, and the hilarity that follows.

$17.95 • 8.5" x 11" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719166 • Crocodile Books • Ages 3 to 8 • Release date: Spring 2019 •

Darwin’s Tree of Life

By Michael Bright

Illustrated by: Margaux Carpentier

"This fresh approach to evolution provides young readers with an innovative introduction to natural selection and adaptation? Satisfying picture captions emphasize how these evolving traits led to the ascendancy of certain species, and also offer well-chosen factoids to further pique readers' curiosity. A boon for STEM collections, this is also a natural for those kids who have already memorized lists of prehistoric raptors and worked their way through the entire animal book canon." � Booklist (starred review)

A beautifully illustrated exploration of the evolution of plants and animals on earth.

From the first living things six billion years ago to the animals living around the world today, explore how the huge diversity of the life on Earth came to be. Follow the branches of Charles Darwin’s “Tree of Life” and discover how plants and animals have evolved in many amazing ways.

Find out why crabs run sideways, which fish was the first to walk on land, why birds are similar to dinosaurs, and why brains are located in our heads and not in our feet.

The book is stunningly illustrated by Margaux Carpentier in a bright and bold distinctive style.

$11.95 • 9.5" x 11.5" • 48pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719197 HB
ISBN: 9781623717070 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 9 • Release date: October 2, 2019 •

When All Else Fails

By Rayyan Al-Shawaf

"When All Else Fails is politically complex, and its humor is razor-sharp." � Susan Muaddi Darraj, PopMatters

A darkly humorous saga set in post-9/11 America and the Middle East

When All Else Fails begins on September 12th, 2001. It is the story of Hunayn, a luckless and lovelorn Iraqi college student living in Orlando, Florida, after having graduated from high school in Beirut. Hunayn’s life is upended by 9/11—but not immediately, and not in the way that he, fearful in the aftermath of the attacks, initially expects.

As America settles into its post-9/11, open-ended “Septemberland” phase (vigilant but also overly suspicious and even paranoid), many Arab and Muslim Americans are made to feel it’s no longer their home. With Hunayn, who muddles through a series of surreal episodes in Orlando and nearby Indiantown, the situation proves almost the opposite: Septemberland—so many of whose citizens think they have Hunayn figured out just because of his name or origins—comes to remind him of his most recent unhappy home, Lebanon, which he assumed he’d left behind. Now, having had his fill of disconcerting experiences, Hunayn returns to Beirut. At least he knows how to navigate life back there—or so he thinks.

It turns out that Lebanon is about to undergo political upheaval of its own: a former prime minister opposed to neighboring Syria’s control of the country is assassinated; subsequent popular protests compel the Syrian regime to withdraw its army; a spate of mysterious bombings terrorizes everyone; and Israel, another neighbor, launches a war on Lebanon in retaliation for an attack by a Lebanese militant group. Hunayn finds himself aswirl in the maelstrom. And all the while, he watches from afar as Iraq, his fabled homeland and the owner of his heart, unravels in the wake of the US-led invasion.

$16 • 5.25" x 8" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719777 • Interlink Books • Release date: October 2, 2019 •

The Old Woman and the River

By Ismail Fahd Ismail

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION

"A memorable tale by an author who deserves wider circulation in English? An understated, simply told story of the hell of war from an unusual perspective. Kuwaiti writer? Ismail's story has a fairy-tale-like quality at points, reminiscent here of Don Quixote and there of Jean Giono's The Man Who Planted Trees, and it speaks plainly, without sentimentality or obviousness, about the terrors of war_and in particular a war that few Westerners know about." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

After the ceasefire in 1988, the devastation to the landscape of Iraq wrought by the longest war of the twentieth century – the Iran-Iraq War – becomes visible. Eight years of fighting have turned nature upside down, with vast wastelands being left behind. In southeastern Iraq, along the shores of the Shatt al-Arab River, the groves of date palm trees have withered. No longer bearing fruit, their leaves have turned a bright yellow. There, Iraqi forces had blocked the entry points of the river’s tributaries and streams, preventing water from flowing to the trees and vegetation. Yet, surveying this destruction from the sky, a strip of land bursting with green can be seen. Beginning from the Shatt al-Arab River and reaching to the fringes of the western desert, several kilometers wide, it appears as a lush oasis of some kind. The secret of this fertility, sustaining villages and remaining soldiers, is unclear. But it is said that one old woman is responsible for this lifeline.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 160pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719821 • Interlink Books • Translator: Sophia Vasalou • Release date: October 7, 2019 •

My Nakba

A Palestinian's Odyssey of Love and Hope

By Samir Toubassy

"My Nakba is an extraordinary and highly recommended addition to personal, community and academic library." �Midwest Book Review

The story of a refugee child uprooted with his family from their home in Jaffa.

The exodus of Palestinians from their homes during the 1948 war—the Nakba, or catastrophe—is the starting point for this memoir by Samir Toubassy. But it is his trek to excel, while wrestling with his roots and identity as a Palestinian in the shadow of his family’s expulsion that is at the heart of his story.

Global business leader, philanthropist, and educator, Samir Toubassy left Jaffa with his family when he was nine, seeking refuge from the fighting that had engulfed their city. Amid never-ending turbulence, we accompany him from Jaffa to Tripoli, to Beirut where he becomes a student of business and politics, to Riyadh, London and finally to the US, as he seeks to raise a family and build an international business career, most prominently with the noted Olayan Group and its rags-to-riches founder Sulaiman Olayan. After a long career in international business, Samir embarks on a new path, as a Harvard Advanced Leadership Senior Fellow, seeking to apply his experience to global education in the developing world.

Toubassy shatters glass ceilings that hold Palestinians back over lifetimes and generations. But his race to achieve and to succeed is always inseparably tied to, and tempered by, the fate of his homeland. Searching to regain what is lost, his memoir My Nakba offers unique perspective, encouragement, and cherished lessons learned from the aspirations of a refugee.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 192pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719173 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: October 15, 2019 •

Reclaiming Judaism from Zionism

Stories of Personal Transformation

By Carolyn L. Karcher

"Carolyn L. Karcher has superbly edited a fascinating collection of autobiographical essays describing how devout American Jews disentangled themselves from the distortions of Zionism. In the process they recovered their authentic religiously and ethnically framed identities. Required reading for Jews, and engaging reading for everyone." — Richard Falk, Milbank Professor of International Law Emeritus, Princeton University

Personal narratives by Forty Jewish activists and scholars.

Today Jews face a choice. We can be loyal to the ethical imperatives at the heart of Judaism—love the stranger, pursue justice, and repair the world. Or we can give our unconditional support to the state of Israel. It is a choice between Judaism as a religion and the nationalist ideology of Zionism, which is usurping that religion.

In this powerful collection of personal narratives, forty Jews of diverse backgrounds tell a wide range of stories about the roads they have traveled from a Zionist world view to activism in solidarity with Palestinians and Israelis striving to build an inclusive society founded on justice, equality, and peaceful coexistence.

Reclaiming Judaism from Zionism will be controversial. Its contributors welcome the long overdue public debate. They want to demolish stereotypes of dissenting Jews as “self-hating,” traitorous, and anti-Semitic. They want to introduce readers to the large and growing community of Jewish activists who have created organizations such as Jewish Voice for Peace, IfNotNow, and Open Hillel. They want to strengthen alliances with progressives of all faiths. Above all, they want to nurture models of Jewish identity that replace ethnic exclusiveness with solidarity, Zionism with a Judaism once again nourished by a transcendent ethical vision.

Contributors include: Joel Beinin • Sami Shalom Chetrit • Ilise Benshushan Cohen • Marjorie Cohn • Rabbi Michael Davis • Hasia R. Diner • Marjorie N. Feld • Chris Godshall • Ariel Gold • Noah Habeeb • Claris Harbon • Linda Hess • Rabbi Linda Holtzman • Yael Horowitz • Carolyn L. Karcher • Mira Klein • Sydney Levy • Ben Lorber • Shoshana Madmoni-Gerber • Carly Manes • Moriah Ella Mason • Seth Morrison • Eliza Rose Moss-Horwitz • Hilton Obenzinger • Henri Picciotto • Ned Rosch • Rabbi Brant Rosen • Alice Rothchild • Tali Ruskin • Cathy Lisa Schneider • Natalia Dubno Shevin • Ella Shohat • Emily Siegel • Rebecca Subar • Cecilie Surasky • Rebecca Vilkomerson • Jordan Wilson-Dalzell • Rachel Winsberg • Rabbi Alissa Wise • Charlie Wood

Contents:

Introduction: History of Zionism and Anti-Zionism from 1880–1948 by Carolyn L. Karcher

Chapter 1: Rabbinic Voices
Non-Zionism and the New Jewish Diaspora by Rabbi Brant Rosen
Zionism in My Life by Rabbi Linda Holtzman
From Zionism in Jerusalem to Diasporism in Chicago by Rabbi Michael Davis

Chapter 2: Transformative Experiences in Israel/Palestine
Becoming a Jew without Borders by Joel Beinin
Remembering a Baghdad Elsewhere: An Emotional Cartography by Ella Shohat
A Mural with No Wall by Sami Shalom Chetrit
Their Cries I Cannot Forget: How My Investigation of the Yemenite Babies Affair Disillusioned Me with Zionism by Shoshana Madmoni-Gerber
Coloring the Closets of Transparency: The Endless Struggles of One Feminist Mizrahi Lawyer by Claris Harbon
Dismantling Zionism: Centering Equality and Justice by Ilise Benshushan Cohen
X-Ray Glasses by Cecilie Surasky
Finding Community and the Right Pair of Glasses by Emily Siegel
Owe Me Nothing by Tali Ruskin
Not a Birthright, an Obligation by Charlie Wood
My Jewish Story by Ariel Gold
From the Tokyo JCC to JVP DC Metro by Carolyn L. Karcher
From AIPAC to JVP: My Evolution on Zionism and Israel by Seth Morrison

Chapter 3: Voices from the Campuses
Wrestling with History: My Journey in the Movement for Palestinian Rights by Ben Lorber
Moving Away from Zionism by Yael Horowitz
An Epiphany in Slow Motion: Solidarity in Seven Parts by Moriah Ella Mason
Denial by Noah Habeeb
I’ll Live Where My Feet Are: Imagining My Jewishness with and Beyond the Bund by Natalia Dubno Shevin
From Compost Queen to BDS: Arriving at Anti-Zionism through Environmental Justice by Mira Klein
Faith, Loss, and Liberation by Rachel Winsberg
Redefining My Values, Myself, and My Jewish Community by Carly Manes
Healing Myself, Healing Community by Jordan Wilson-Dalzell
My Journey from Zionism to Anti-Zionism by Chris Godshall
To Dream of a Just Jewish Future in a World of Suffering by Eliza Rose Moss-Horwitz

Chapter 4: Progressive Values versus Zionism
Choosing a Different Path by Alice Rothchild
Palestine and My Journey of Self-Discovery by Ned Rosch
Widening My Field of Vision by Rebecca Subar
Unlearning Zionism, Learning to Listen to Palestinians by Sydney Levy
Escape from Zion by Hilton Obenzinger
Choosing Sides by Marjorie N. Feld
My Jewish Journey by Hasia R. Diner
East of Eden and West of Jerusalem: Two Sisters on Opposite Sides of the Israel-Palestine Divide by Cathy Lisa Schneider
Who Are the Chosen People? by Linda Hess
A “Nice Jewish Girl” Critiques Israel by Marjorie Cohn

Chapter 5: Reflections of Leading Organizers
Zionism versus Anti-Zionism: Not My Main Concern by Henri Picciotto
“The Discarded Materials Have Become the Cornerstone” by Rebecca Vilkomerson and Rabbi Alissa Wise

Afterword: American Jews’ Changing Attitudes toward Israel, 1948–2018 by Carolyn L. Karcher

Acknowledgements

$20 • 6"x 9" • 400pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719142 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: October 18, 2019 •

Look Back!

By Trish Cooke

Illustrated by: Caroline Binch

"Beautiful realistic watercolors mirror the plot and let the reader in on the secret. This will make a great read-aloud, and youngsters will love chiming in with the call-and-response, 'eh kwik eh kwak.'" � Booklist

A beautiful picture book that tells children that it is okay to be afraid.

Who was the mysterious Ti Bolom? Could he be real or was he just one of Grandma’s inventions from her Caribbean childhood? Illustrator Caroline Binch and writer Trish Cooke – both acclaimed award winners – come together to tell this magical story of Grandma’s rainforest adventure.

$6.27 • 8.25" x 10.25" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569804 HB
ISBN: 9781566560993 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 3 to 8 • Release date: 09/12/14 •

When All the Lands Were Sea

A Photographic Journey into the Lives of the Marsh Arabs of Iraq

By Tor Eigeland

"This book suits home coffee tables as well as the bookshelves of anyone interested in the human history of Iraq." — Aramco World

Rare and visually stunning images of a lost world.

This remarkable collection of photographs, captured by internationally acclaimed photojournalist Tor Eigeland in 1967, offers unprecedented insight into the daily life of the Marsh Arabs of Iraq. These photographs illustrate the beauty of this unique environment – the marshlands between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers – and show a culture that existed practically unchanged for over 2,000 years. Some have even speculated that this place was the site of the original Garden of Eden. Under Saddam Hussein’s rule, vast areas of the marshlands were dammed and drained, causing catastrophic environmental damage and brutally forcing the marshes’ inhabitants to abandon their way of life.

Now Tor Eigeland’s photographic journey stands as a monument, a rare record of a lost world and an ancient civilization. These precious photographs celebrate the people and culture of the marshlands and bring us back to a time and place where people lived in harmony with their environment.

$30 • 9" x 9" • 112pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566569828 • Series: • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 10/14/14 •

Miami

A Cultural History

By Anthony P. Maingot

"Reading these guides is the next best thing to actually going there with them in hand." — ForeWord Magazine

Sociologist and Miami resident Anthony P. Maingot has written a cultural history of this vibrant city, which boasts the highest percentage of foreign-born residents in the US. Miami, or “Sweet Water” in the Creek Indian language, is one of the newest cities in the United States.

While northern Florida was fought over by European powers and finally taken by the Americans as part of the slave-worked plantation South, Miami lay largely ignored and populated by more alligators than humans until its incorporation as a city in 1896. The driving force was Henry Flagler, who brought his railroad down to Miami and from there to Key West- and trade with Cuba. Once settled, “Tin Can” tourists from the North, Midwest and South rode their Model-T Fords down to Florida and Miami and the boom in land sales began. After the Prohibition period and the heyday of the bootleggers, a new but still segregated Miami emerged from the Second World War. Miami Beach became a tourist mecca and once Disney World opened in Orlando, millions passed through Miami to reach it and Florida and Miami entered a new era of growth and development. It was Fidel Castro, however, who created present-day Miami by exiling over a million of Cuba’s middle class.

Showing enormous entrepreneurial skill and an exuberant taste for life, Cubans and more recently, Brazilians, Venezuelans and Colombians created the first Latin and “tropical” city in the US. Anthony P. Maingot explores the momentous history and vibrant culture of this most cosmopolitan city. With the highest percentage of foreign-born residents in the US, Miami is a melting-pot of music, dance, visual arts, cuisine sports and political argument. Maingot reveals how this unique cultural mix keeps the new city humming and ensures the perpetuation of its tropical joie de vivre.

– City of migrants and tourists: “capital of Latin America and the Caribbean”; Little Havana and Little Haiti; exiles and entrepreneurs; the world’s biggest cruise ship hub.

– City of crime: the Prohibition boom; Al Capone, Meyer Lansky and the mob; Miami Vice and modern-day drug crime.

– City of culture: art deco architecture; the Latin recording industry; writers of the Caribbean Diaspora; center of performing arts.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569835 • Series: Interlink Cultural Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 07/14/14 •

Wrapped

Crepes, Wraps, and Rolls from around the World

By Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra

Photography by: Keiko Oikawa

"A distinctive book� delicious recipes� the global inspiration makes this a one-of-a-kind resource� Highly recommended." � Library Journal

Wrap! Roll! Eat! A delicious collection of world food recipes from the award-winning author of Warm Bread and Honey Cake.

Whether as a snack on-the-go or as part of a family feast, filled pancakes or wraps are found on every Main Street and served up in homes the world over. Each country has a favorite way of serving these batter- and dough-based morsels and they are fun and easy to prepare. This eye-catching collection of international recipes covers crêpes, galettes, tacos, burritos, spring rolls, dosa, kebabs, dumplings, griddle cakes, pancakes and pastries… all wrapped, rolled or parceled. It’s a truly exciting mix.

Wrapped has a touch of the homely and the exotic in one volume, with simple dishes that are perfect for students, family cooks and street food enthusiasts alike. With beautiful photography and delectable design, the book itself is a treat and makes an ideal gift.

$22 • 7.25" x 8.75" • 160pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569842 HB
ISBN: 9781566569996 PB • Series: wrapped • Interlink Books • Release date: 09/01/14 •

The Snow Princess

Illustrated by: Ruth Sanderson

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"Painted with oils, the artwork is simply stunning � among the most beautiful picture books I have seen." � Mary Helen Sheriff, Children's Literature

A beautiful retelling of the classic Russian folktale with lavish full-color oil paintings.

When the Snow Princess sets off to see the world, Father Frost and Mother Spring warn her never to fall in love, lest she lose her immortality. She journeys alone through many lands, keeping her heart cold, but finds herself drawn to a kind and handsome young shepherd named Sergei. The Snow Princess begins to fall in love with him, but her parents’ warning haunts her dreams, and she must finally decide her own fate in the chaos of a powerful snowstorm that threatens Sergei’s life.

Inspired by a Russian ballet and illustrated with Ruth Sanderson’s lush oil paintings, this original fairy tale will charm readers of all ages.

$8.95 • 8.5" x 11" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569859 HB
ISBN: 9781566560986 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 3 to 8 • Release date: 10/16/14 •

The Aleppo Cookbook

Celebrating the Legendary Cuisine of Syria

By Marlene Matar

WINNER OF THE ART OF EATING PRIZE 2017

"Long before the beleaguered Syrian city figured so prominently in the war headlines, it earned renown as the intersection of the trade route between Asia and Europe, called the Silk Road, that deposited a rich mixture of cuisines and cultures there. Chef Marlene Matar reminds us of the city's culinary glory in her new The Aleppo Cookbook: Celebrating the Legendary Cuisine of Syria." � The Washington Post, BEST COOKBOOKS OF 2016

An inspiring collection of recipes from one of the world’s oldest cities.

It is hardly surprising that Aleppo, one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited cities, is also home to one of the world’s most distinguished and vibrant cuisines. Surrounded by fertile lands and located at the end of the Silk Road, Aleppo was a food capital long before Paris, Rome, or New York.

Here, one of the Arab world’s most renowned chefs unlocks the secrets to this distinctive cuisine in this comprehensive cookbook filled with practical guidance on Middle Eastern cooking techniques as well as step-by step explanations of over 200 irresistible recipes, such as Chili and Garlic Kebab, Syrian Fishcakes, Lamb Stuffed Eggplants, Semolina and Butter pudding, and the queen of the mezze table, Red Pepper and Walnut Spread. Divided into 15 chapters (Basic Recipes, Appetizers and Mezze, Soups, Salads and Accompaniments, Grains, Fish, Poultry, Meat, Kibbeh, Stuffed Dishes, Vegetables, Stews, Bread, Desserts and Sweets, Pickles and Preserves, and Beverages), traditional cooking and pre-servation methods go hand-in-hand with modern combinations of flavors and today’s desire for healthful and natural meals.

Wonderful full-color photography of the food, people, and markets of Aleppo make this a stunning cookbook, a great gift for food lovers, and a fitting tribute to a beautiful city and the suffering its people have endured.

$13.75 • 7" x 10" • 352pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569866 HB
ISBN: 9781566569972 PB • Interlink Books • Awards: Winner of the art of eating prize 2017, Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2016, The Washington Post Best Cookbook 2016, Winner of the International Academy of Gastronomy Award 2016, Library Journal Editors' Pick 2016, Booklist Starred Review Best Cookbook 2017, Wall Street Journal Featured Review

Divine Names

The 99 Healing Names of the One Love

By Rosina-Fawzia Al-Rawi

"With a view toward fostering cross-cultural sensitivity, the creative team (author, translator, calligraphy artist) behind this reference offers several pages of discussion on each of the 99 names that were deemed divine by the Prophet Muhammad, explaining their meaning and how they can and should be used as springboards for meditation and good conduct� All entries are accompanied by their related Arabic numeral identification and representation in Arabic calligraphy. VERDICT An insightful Arabic 'names book.'" � Library Journal

The path to self-discovery and inner and outer peace…

Divine Names is a unique contribution to understanding life and oneself on a deeper level: by learning to open to the Divine. It draws on original Arabic literature- often not available in European languages- and on the author’s many years of personal practice, teaching, and guiding others on their spiritual paths to healing, to becoming whole. It focuses on the use of the Divine Names in dhikr, individual meditations and healing practices.

Whether we admit it or not, human beings are searchers: we want to understand; we want to know; we want to be known. Our quest may take many forms, yet ultimately it ends in nothing but pure praising of the Divine, even if this comes after our last breath. The outside always furthers the inside because the task and the meaning of life is always about reuniting- about connecting everything on the outside to its inner truth. It is the knowledge of the heart which is always capable of uniting. Such is the path of the Sufis.

The Sufi tradition centers on the opening of the heart and nothing touches the heart as much as beauty. In this book, the author’s unique style of writing, which combines clarity and poetic inspiration, is coupled with distinctive and ornamental Arabic calligraphy of each of the 99 Divine Names to make it a visually stunning tribute to this tradition. It will be enjoyed regardless of a person’s religious beliefs.

$32.95 • 8" x 8" • 388pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623718138 • Interlink Books • Calligraphy by Majed Seif • Translator: Monique Arav • Release date: Fall 2022 •

Sherazade

By Leila Sebbar

"Fresh, first-hand insight into the chaotic, marginalized lives of young, second-generation immigrants in a big city… This is the story of a young woman searching for self-definition. Following her path to self-realization, the reader is exposed to the underground world of transnational youth as well as to many references to the Algerian Revolution, to French and Algerian culture, to Orientalist paintings and French film. The author's writing style makes the story seems especially real and immediate. Sebbar reels off raw sensations, random occurrences and direct conversations at a rapid, sometimes dizzying, pace that approximates stream of consciousness. She also knows well the settings she describes. Born in Algeria to a French mother and an Algerian father, and having lived in Paris for many years, Sebbar straddles the two worlds between which her protagonist and other characters rotate." — The Jordan Times

Sherazade, aged 17, dark curly hair, green eyes, missing.

Sherazade is seventeen, Algerian, and a -runaway in Paris. Although she has no morals, no scruples, no politics, no apparent emotional depth and little education, Sherazade remains curiously unattached but innocent in the city’s underworld of drop-outs, outcasts, political activists and junkies.

With honesty and lyricism this novel exposes the various issues that affect a young woman living in a city which is both sophisticated and provincial, liberal and conservative, tolerant and prejudiced.

In Paris, Sherazade is pursued by Julian, the son of French-Algerians who is an ardent Arabist. Pigeon-holed by Julian into the -traditional exotic mold, Sherazade endeavors to create her own definition of Algerian -femininity and in doing so breaks down conventions and stereotypes. It is Julian’s obsession with her that spurs her on to self-discovery and to make decisions about her future.

Sherazade is about a young woman haunted by her Algerian past. It is a powerful account of a person who searches for her true identity but is caught between worlds- Africa and Europe, her parents’ and her own, colony and capital. Ultimately it is an -account of possession, identity and the realities of urban life today and what can happen when society fails to acknowledge its younger generations.

$17.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 304pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569880 • Interlink Books • Release date: 09/01/14 •

Chinese Fairy Tale Feasts

A Literary Cookbook

By Paul Yee

Illustrated by: Shaoli Wang

"Paul Yee draws on his deep knowledge of Chinese culture and history to create and retell these tales. Being a storyteller, he has heard them, read them, spoken them, and here shares them once more �they seem to be in his bones. They are full of witches, monkey gods, and magic makers. The tales speak of monks, peasants, greedy leaders and honest beggars. They unearth the full variety of human nature and experience." � from the foreword by Jane Yolen, award-winning author and celebrated folklorist

A fun book for parents and children to enjoy and treasure.

The fairy tales and folklore of China- like stories told throughout the ages everywhere- bring the fantastic world of ghosts and demons into our everyday lives. So it is not surprising that food makes an appearance here- each story is followed by a simple recipe.

Chinese Fairy Tale Feasts is a creative book which folds fairy tales into a cookbook of kid-friendly recipes. Most of the thirteen fairy tales included in the book have been adapted and retold from original sources by master storyteller, Paul Yee- a few are original to this text, but remain true to the spirit of the collection. They are accompanied by an introduction by Jane Yolen, one our most celebrated folklorists. The splendid illustrations by Shaoli Wang bring the collection to life.

$20.00 • 8.25" x 10.25" • 160pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566569934 HB
ISBN: 9781623717087 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 5 to 11 • Release date: 10/22/14 • Foreword by: Jane Yolen •

Salmagundi

A Celebration of Salads from around the World

Photography by: Yuki Sugiura

"Sally Butcher has yet again produced an excellent and fascinating group of recipes with infectious humor and charm." � Sam Clark, Moro

Fresh • Seasonal • Hot • Cold • Raw • Delicious

Salmagundi is a 17th century English expression denoting a salad dish comprising, well… everything. The nearest modern equivalent is Fiambre, a Guatemalan salad containing in excess of twenty ingredients. This comprehensive new book from acclaimed author, Sally Butcher, looks at salad bowls across the world in 150 recipes. The recipes feature a number of archaic, traditional and staple dishes—and a whole lot of funky new stuff as well.

Divided into fourteen chapters (Herbs and Leaves; Vegetables; Beans; Roots; Grains and Pasta, Rice, Cheese, Fish, Meat, Dips, Fruity Salads, Salads for Pudding, The Dressing Room, The Prop Cupboard), no stone is left unturned in pursuit of the ultimate salad recipe. Recipes are flagged where relevant with tags such as “super-healthy” or “skinny-minny” or “main course” to make it more user-friendly. Heavily punctuated with Sally’s trademark mixture of folklore and anecdotes, this is an essential update for the foodie bookshelf.

– Fourth book from an acclaimed cookbook author

– Over 150 salad recipes from around the world

– An inspirational and uplifting read as well as a gold-mine of unusual salad recipes

– A beautifully photographed culinary and cultural tour

$25 • 7.5" x 9.75" • 272pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569941 HB
ISBN: 9781566566230 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: 10/01/14 •

Persiana

Recipes from the Middle East and Beyond

By Sabrina Ghayour

Photography by: Liz Haarala & Max Hamilton

"Loving Persiana" � Nigella Lawson

NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
WASHINGTON POST BEST COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR
LOS ANGELES TIMES BEST COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR
SAVEUR MAGAZINE BEST COOKBOOK RELEASES
THE OBSERVER FOOD MONTHLY BEST NEW COOKBOOK
LIBRARY JOURNAL COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR
BBC GOOD FOOD MAGAZINE’S BEST COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR
DELICIOUS MAGAZINE BEST COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR
THE TELEGRAPH BEST COOKBOOK TO READ
THE SPECTATOR BEST COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR

A fabulous collection of recipes from one of the strongest voices in Middle Eastern food today.

$25.00 • 7.5" x 9.75" • 240pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566569958 HB
ISBN: 9781623718763 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: 11/14/14 •

Chinese Love Poetry

By Jane Portal

Classical and modern Chinese love poems, illustrated with brushwork calligraphy and scenes from rarely exhibited paintings.

The three arts of poetry, calligraphy and painting are regarded in China as the Triple Excellence, and they are brought together here in a beautifully presented anthology of forty Chinese love poems ranging from the earliest known works in the famous Book of Songs to the work of Chairman Mao and other twentieth-century poets, including poignant examples from the high point of Chinese poetry in the Tang dynasty (618-906). The subject of all the poems and extracts is love, in all its variations: the love of husbands and wives, family and friends, times and places as well as courtship, passion and parting.

Selected English translations are each illustrated with a scene from a Chinese painting and are illuminated by the artistic brushwork calligraphy of Qu Lei Lei. Jane Portal’s introduction summarizes the history and development of Chinese poetry and provides brief biographical notes on the poets.

$17.95 • 6.125" x 7.5" • 100pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569965 • Interlink Books • Illustrated by Qu Lei Lei • Release date: 09/12/14 •

Rebel Voices

The Global Fight for Women's Equality and the Right to Vote

By Louise Kay Stewart

Illustrated by: Eve Lloyd Knight

"[A] vividly written and powerfully illustrated volume? clear, evocative descriptions and useful timelines." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A timely, beautiful and bold compendium of women around the world who said “time’s up” on inequality.

Rule Breakers. Risk Takers. Rebel Women. Law Makers. This book is a celebration of women standing up, speaking out, and sticking together to battle inequality and win the vote.

In January 2017, more than 3 million women around the world marched, demanding their voices be heard and their rights defended. Rebel Voices is a book about historical events, but truly for our times. It features the brave campaigners who fought for women’s right to vote. Discover that it was never illegal for women to vote in Ecuador, or how 40,000 Russian women marched through St. Petersburg demanding their rights. Find out how one Canadian woman changed opinions with a play, and Kuwaiti women protested via text message. And learn that women climbed mountains, walked a lion through the streets of Paris, and starved themselves, all in the name of having a voice. Tracing its history from New Zealand at the end of the 19th century, follow this empowering movement as it spread from Oceania to Europe and the Americas, then Africa and Asia up to the present day. Meet the women who rioted, rallied and refused to give up.

Stunningly illustrated by Eve Lloyd Knight, this book celebrates the women who refused to behave, rebelling against convention to give women everywhere a voice. If you loved Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls, Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World, or Women in Science then you’ll love this!

$18.95 • 8.5" x 11" • 48pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719647 • Crocodile Books • Ages 9 • Release date: Fall 2018 •

From the Land of Nightingales and Roses

Recipes from the Persian Kitchen

By Maryam Sinaiee

"Excellent work? Blogger Sinaiee (of The Persian Fusion) waxes nostalgic about her childhood growing up in 1970s Tehran in this delightful cookbook? Persian cuisine is made both approachable and alluring in this stellar first effort." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

In From the Land of Nightingales and Roses, Iranian food blogger and home cook, Maryam Sinaiee, takes us through a full year in the Persian kitchen.

Each seasonal chapter offers up delicious recipes alongside insights into the festivals, traditions and rituals that color day-to-day life in this region. From spring through to winter, Maryam offers the reader a true taste of real Persian cooking- Lamb and Eggplant Stew, Baked Fish with Tamarind, and Rosewater Ice Cream with Pistachios. Full of flavor, history and culture, Maryam’s recipes are a wonderful introduction to the varied and delectable cuisine of this region.

Colorful, stunning photography evoking the vibrancy and romance of the country will bring Iran into your home and make you fall in love with this unique way to cook and enjoy food.

$35 • 7.5" x 9.75" • 336pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719678 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2018 •

Aya Dane

A novel

By Mhani Alaoui

"A lush, vividly rendered exploration of the link between art and the depths of the psyche." — Booklist

An evocative novel from the award-winning author of Dreams of Maryam Tair.

Aya Dane creates mixed media paintings and writes a diary in her studio above a strange, old Cambridge townhouse. There she lives alone, having left her childhood home in Tangiers. Though she has carved a name for herself in the art world, she allows herself just one close relationship, to an intimate companion named David.

One day, Aya receives a letter from a powerful, enigmatic patron, an invitation to submit her ultimate work to his collection. If he deems it worthy, he promises, her art will live on forever. Aya finds herself unable to resist the mysterious invitation, and challenge.

But as she begins to work on the commissioned painting, from her top-floor perch, the streets of Tangiers reappear to her. Their white-and-blue walls, purple bougainvillea, sweetness and sorrow bring back to life people and events she thought she’d left behind. Aya becomes haunted by forgotten scenes, only to discover that she herself is being painted, on a canvas from which it seems impossible to escape.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 272pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719685 • Interlink Books • Release date: March 2019 •

Redemption Song

and Other Stories

By Chris Brazier & the Caine Prize Committee

"A rich collection full of work of accomplishment and great promise alike." — Kirkus Reviews

The leading African literary award, known as the African Booker, named after the Booker Prize founder, Michael Caine.

Now entering its nineteenth year, the Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa’s leading literary prize, and is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. This collection brings together twelve short stories- the five 2018 shortlisted stories, along with others written at the 2018 Caine Prize Writers’ Workshop that took place in Rwanda.

The collection showcases young writers who go on to publish successful novels, for instance: Leila Aboulela, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Sefi Atta, Brian Chikwava and Helon Habila.

The collection also includes the following twelve stories written at the workshop:

No Ordinary Soiree by Paula Akugizibwe, Tie Kidi by Awuor Onyango, Calling the Clouds Home by Heran T. Abate, America by Caroline Numuhire, All Things Bright and Beautiful by Troy Onyango, Departure by Nsah Mala, Where Rivers Go to Die by Dilman Dila, Ngozi by Bongani Sibanda, The Weaving of Death by Lucky Grace Isingizwe, Redemption Song by Arinze Ifeakandu, Spaceman by Bongani Kona, Grief is the Gift that Breaks the Spirit Open by Eloghosa Osunde

The prize was launched in 2000 to encourage and highlight the richness and diversity of African writing by bringing it to a wider audience internationally. The focus on the short story reflects the contemporary development of the African storytelling tradition.

$16.95 • 5.25" x 7.5" • 284pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719708 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2018 • Awards: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2018

The Storyteller of Damascus

Illustrated by: Peter Knorr

KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK 2018

"A highly humorous book about tradition in changing times, bravery, and love? A writing, translation, and illustration masterpiece. (Picture book. 8-12)." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

An authentic taste of the old Damascene tradition of storytelling that will inspire children’s imagination.

An old storyteller roams through the old quarter of Damascus. For only one piaster, he offers to show the children the wonders of the world. The children look through the peepholes of his magic box, which he carries on his back from one neighborhood to the next. There they see and hear the love story of Sami, the shepherd boy, and the beautiful Leyla. But over time, the story changes” pictures inside the wonder box become old and start to fade away, replaced by cutouts from recent advertisements.

A stunningly-illustrated children’s book filled with love, intrigue, courage, loyalty, and the sounds and smells of old Damascus.

$18.95 • 8.5" x 11" • 48pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719715 • Crocodile Books • Ages 8 • Release date: Fall 2018 •

Indivisible

Global Leaders on Shared Security

By Ru Freeman & Kerri Kennedy

"From this collection emerges a timely, poignant vision about what a truly secure and peaceful world might look like." — Erica Chenoweth, Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Global leaders and activists writing about what they understand shared security to be.

More than forty global leaders and activists reflect on the state of the world, and the indivisibility of lasting peace and security.

From renowned peacemaker Archbishop Desmond Tutu to the twenty-eight year old UN Secretary General’s Envoy for Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake, from UK Minister of Parliament Caroline Lucas to IMPAC Dublin Literary Award winner and creator of Story4, Colum McCann, a world-renowned cast of writers disavow the notion of security as stemming from walls, x-ray machines, armed security forces, and other militarized means of separating one population or group from another, refuse to identify particular groups or demographics as threats to other groups, and redefine security as being inclusive and egalitarian.

Taken together these global citizens articulate a persuasive and powerful argument in favor of a new way of looking at a world where we reframe security as a shared goal. This is an exceptional compilation of voices whose places of origin reflect the world of which they speak, and who, in chorus, become a testament to the fact that we can come together, no matter how far-flung we are, how solitary our endeavors, to shape our common future.

Contributors include: Amy Siskand · Andrés Álvarez Castañeda · Andrei Gómez-Suárez · Ashu Varshney · Azza Karam · Archbishop Desmond Tutu · Brian Ganson · Caroline Lucas · Charlie Taylor · Cindy and Craig Corrie · Colum McCann · Diana Francis · Edwin Rekosh · Haifa Najjar · Hector Rosada Granados · Jayathma Wikramanayake · Jean Paul Lederach · Jimmy Carter · John Freeman · Johan Galtung · Kerri Kennedy · Khaled Mansour · Khury Peterson-Smith · Lana Baydas · Maya Tudor · Nancy Lindborg · Nigel James Kudzanai Nyamutumbu · Raja Shehadeh · Ru Freeman · Scilla Elworthy · Steven Pinker · Sue Williams · Tatyana El-Kaur · Victor Ochen · and others

$25 • 6" x 9" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719722 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: Fall 2018 •

Spiralize!

40 Nutritious Recipes to Transform the Way You Eat

By Stephanie Jeffs

Photography by: Tony Briscoe

"The book provides a simple primer on the spiralizer- different types and how to best use them (though they're pretty intuitive), and then goes on to present 40 vegan recipes that use spiralized fruit and vegtables. Each recipe has a large, full color picture, and nutritional information and are all designed for a novice cook. In other words, they're dead easy to do" Not even the fanciest dessert is difficult, and the recipes will appeal to most people, even the pickiest eaters." For anyone who has a spiralizer or who has purchased one and is not using it to its full potentially, this book is a must" Jeffs book has certainly broadened my culinary horizons and helped me get more use out of the spiralizer." — The Compulsive Reader

Quick and easy spiralizing recipes, coupled with expert tips and advice for a healthy lifestyle.

This book is the ultimate beginners guide to spiralizing, featuring over 40 quick and easy recipes for super-healthy, flavor-packed, spiralized meals. A brief introduction to spiralizing explains all of the health benefits and features a step-by-step guide to transforming your vegetables with a few cranks of a spiralizer’s handle.

Having a healthy relationship with food should never mean denying ourselves enjoyment from the meals that we eat but making small changes to our diet and incorporating more of the food that truly nourishes our bodies is something that can be easily achieved with the help of one simple tool: a spiralizer.

Giving you all of the tools that you need to transform your diet, this is a must-have book for anyone looking to make small, positive changes towards living a healthier, happier life.

– Add exciting new dimensions to the way you cook with a spiralizer, an innovative slicer that quickly transforms vegetables and fruit into noodles, shoestrings, thin spreads and wafer-like slices

– 40 low-cal, low-carb, quick and easy spiralizing recipes, coupled with expert tips and advice for a healthy lifestyle

– Beautiful photography illustrate step-by-step instructions to help you get the most out of your spiralizer

$20 • 8" x 8" • 100pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566560801 • Interlink Books • Release date: 09/30/15 •

Bali

A Cultural History

By Arthur Cotterell

"An ideal selection for those who desire very comprehensive details about Bali." — Library Journal

Bali is unlike anywhere else. Despite the advent of international tourism, this Indonesian island remains an untarnished cultural gem set in an idyllic landscape.

Spirit-haunted as is the rest of Southeast Asia, Bali boasts a unique mixture of beliefs because Hinduism overlays a much older relationship with the physical world. Nothing is considered to be inanimate. Towering volcanoes, majestic lakes, lush forests, gushing springs, flooded paddies, golden sands and blue seas- all these spectacular features have convinced the Balinese that their island is in itself a cosmos.

Even though Bali suffered under the Japanese during World War II, in the struggle afterwards to expel the Dutch, and through the violence which accompanied the military overthrow of President Sukarno, the resilience and kindness of its inhabitants ensure that no visitor leaves the island today unimpressed by its heritage.

– Land of Temples: Besides an estimated 20,000 temples, there are hundreds of thousands of shrines for the good reason that hardly anywhere is said to lack divine significance.

– Festivals and Drama: So widespread are places of worship that every village and town possesses its own religious festival, an important part of which is dance-drama. Most popular is the story of the defeat of the chief witch Rangda by the good lion Barong, but the audience knows that she will be back again.

– Art and Handicrafts: Because the Balinese believe that making beautiful objects is pleasing to the gods, artists and craftsmen are highly esteemed. On display along roadsides are their astounding works, which range from monumental sculpture to bright textiles.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560818 • Series: Interlink Cultural Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 02/15/16 •

Frankfurt

A Cultural Guide

By Brian Melican

Frankfurt is a city that punches well above its weight.

Despite its diminutive size- it has fewer than a million inhabitants- it is a financial center of global importance, named alongside metropolises and capitals such as Tokyo, London, and New York. Yet Frankfurt is a city that is also continually underestimated: many of the millions who visit it on business- both German and from other countries- see little more of it than its airport and its skyscrapers.

The city’s role in the global financial markets often obscures its importance as a historical and cultural center, not just for Germany, but for Europe and the West as a whole. In the Middle Ages, Frankfurt was the city in which the Holy Roman Emperors were crowned and in which, at the dawn of the Renaissance, a tradition of printing and publishing was established which lives on in today’s Frankfurt Book Fair. The German language’s most enduring author, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, was born in the city, and the university named for him gave birth to one of the twentieth century’s most revolutionary academic developments, the Frankfurt School. Architecturally, too, the city has always been a pioneer: its famous skyline is only the latest and most visible in a series of bold experiments. Frankfurt has always been a capital without a country: the capital of the book trade, the capital of modern social studies, the capital of the Eurozone. Today, it rivals Brussels, Berlin, Paris, and London, and yet retains a deeply provincial, down-to-earth identity interwoven with the thick forests and farming country of its Hessian hinterland. While its population is one of the world’s most international, its dialect is one of Germany’s most impenetrable.

For those looking to do more than just change flights or sign a contract, this cultural guide takes a closer look at Frankfurt, exploring and explaining these dichotomies.

$17 • 5.25" x 8" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560825 • Series: Interlink Cultural Guides • Interlink Books • Release date: 02/15/16 •

Man Enough?

Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and the Politics of Presidential Masculinity

By Jackson Katz

"An elucidating, nuanced study of gender and feminist dynamics perfect for our current political moment." — Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

Why has the U.S. never had a woman president?

The big story about gender in the 2016 presidential year was supposed to be about Hillary Clinton, and her quest to become the first woman president of the United States. Then Donald Trump’s candidacy for the Republican nomination took off, and the narrative took an unexpected turn. Gender was still a central force to be reckoned with, but contrary to the popular understanding of “gender” as synonymous with “women,” the gender issue at the heart of the Trump phenomenon had less to do with women and more to do with men.

Trump’s appeal was rooted in right-wing populism and know-nothing racism, but it was also based on his performance of a kind of can-do white masculinity that had been in decline in recent decades. Like Ronald Reagan, Trump understood implicitly that the desire for a strong, virile man in the White House runs deep in the American DNA. His supporters confirmed this every time they opened their mouths: He tells it like it is. He’s his own man. He’s not politically correct. He’s got balls. In other words, it’s time to return a “real man” to the White House.

To date, most conversations about gender and the presidency have focused on the special challenges women presidential candidates face: endless media scrutiny about their looks, their clothes, the deeply sexist attitudes and beliefs that keep people from believing a woman is capable of serving as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces.

But gender has always been a crucial factor in presidential politics. In Man Enough? Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and the Politics of Presidential Masculinity, Jackson Katz puts forth the original and highly provocative thesis that in recent decades presidential campaigns have become the center stage of an ongoing national debate about manhood, a kind of quadrennial referendum on what type of man—or one day, woman—embodies not only our ideological beliefs, but our very identity as a nation.

Whether he is examining right-wing talk radio’s relentless attacks on the masculinity of Democratic candidates, how fears of appearing weak and vulnerable end up shaping candidates’ actual policy positions, how the ISIS attacks on Paris and elsewhere have pushed candidates to assume an increasingly hypermasculine posture, or the groundbreaking quality of Hillary Clinton’s runs for the presidency in 2008 and 2016, Katz offers a new way to understand the role of identity politics in presidential campaigns. In the end, Man Enough? offers nothing less than a paradigm-shifting way to understand the very nature of the American presidency.

$22.95 • 6" x 9" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560832 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 03/15/16 •

Kahlil Gibran

Beyond Borders

By Jean Gibran & Kahlil Gibran

"A splendid biography�" � The Boston Globe

Painter and poet, immigrant, rebel, global citizen, author of the beloved classic, The Prophet.

Kahlil Gibran: Beyond Borders tells the inspiring saga of the artist’s life and creative vision Gibran’s story is one of overcoming barriers faced by many immigrants at the turn of the twentieth century – and still today.

From his childhood and spiritual roots in Mount Lebanon to the city wilderness of urban America; from his apprenticeships in the creative circles of Boston, Beirut, Paris, and New York to his art and activism for “Greater Syria”; and from his friendships and loves to his emergence during the populist waves of the early 1900s as a people’s poe, Gibran crafted an art embracing a universal message that has become treasured in over forty languages. Exiled between the worlds and conflicts of the Middle East and the West, Gibran defied boundaries to assert a vision of an underlying humanity and faith that people share.

This colorful, richly illustrated biography draws on a lifetime of dedicated, persistent research to bring Gibran’s compelling story into our time. It will make obsolete all previous accounts and will become the definitive study of this extraordinary and well-loved writer.

$25 • 7" x 9" • 464pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560856 HB
ISBN: 9781566560931 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: 11/20/16 •

Frontline Madrid

Battlefield Tours of the Spanish Civil War

By David Mathieson

Takes the reader into the gripping world of the Spanish Civil War: gun emplacements, bunkers, trenches and more.

In July 1936 insurgent Spanish troops organized a military coup to oust the elected Republican government in Madrid. The rebel generals expected to force a quick, clean regime change but they failed. The botched uprising turned into a bloody civil war. Hundreds of thousands died in a bitter conflict which tore the country apart and rapidly turned into the prelude for an even greater conflict yet to come- World War II. The siege of Madrid was the key battle of the war. The world watched and waited for the city to surrender as General Franco’s Nationalist army, backed by Hitler and Mussolini, closed in on the Spanish capital. But Madrid did not fall. Madrileños fought tooth and nail to defend their city. Helped by volunteers from fifty other countries- the International Brigades- they held out against all the odds until the end of the conflict in 1939. Despite its central role in twentieth-century history, the siege of Madrid is an episode largely hidden from today’s visitor. There is no guide to the war sites and few clues for the inquisitive traveler who wants to know more. Frontline Madrid fills that gap.

This unique guide book explains what life was like in the city under siege and what happened in the battlefield dramas. The simple to follow maps and diagrams make it easy to visit the frontline sites. The vividly written descriptions bring events and people compellingly to life. The role of prominent individuals, American and British- Orwell, Hemingway, John Cornford- is explored. Off the beaten track, from the University district in the city center to the mountains of Guadarrama less than an hour away, the remains of the war in Madrid can still be found- gun emplacements, bunkers, trenches and occasional debris. Frontline Madrid retraces the footsteps of those who lived through the conflict to take the reader on a tour in time. The usual tourist traps are left far behind to enter the gripping world of a war which shaped modern European history.

$18 • 5.5" x 8.5" • 208pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560863 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 03/15/15 •

Oxford

A Cultural Guide

By Martin Garrett

Entertainingly-written and concise guide to Oxford and its environs.

Oxford started as an Anglo-Saxon border outpost, with a bridge replacing the “oxen ford” from which it takes its name. It became a center for trade and religion and developed one of the oldest universities in Europe from the late twelfth century. Since the Middle Ages its individual colleges have gone on building- chapels, halls, accommodation, libraries- in an extraordinary variety of styles from Gothic to Brutalist. Oxford also has many churches, a Covered Market, an extraordinary museum of Natural History in soaring iron, glass and stone, and a flamboyant neo-Jacobean Town Hall.

In such a place, suggested W.B. Yeats, “one almost expects the people to sing instead of speaking.” Nevertheless, Oxford has become a busy modern city. For much of the twentieth century the car industry, established in Cowley by William Morris (Lord Nuffield), dominated local life. Today there are cinemas, theaters, innumerable restaurants, shopping centers, an ice-rink, business and technology centers, close links to London by bus and train. Amidst the expanding city Oxford University retains its academic excellence, its student exuberance and its physical beauty. And it has been joined by a notably successful second university, Oxford Brookes.

Martin Garrett discusses the literature Oxford has generated: from Chaucer to Lewis Carroll, Wilde, Evelyn Waugh, Barbara Pym, Tolkien and C.S. Lewis and Iris Murdoch. There are also chapters on architecture, on religion, on theater, film and art- including Oxford’s great museum of art and history the Ashmolean- and on leisure pursuits (punting and rowing, gardens, student pranks, city fairs and carnival). A chapter on commerce focuses on Victorian shops, Cornmarket and the Morris Motor Works, while a brief social history includes the former Oxford Castle and a gallery of dons as rulers- visionary or ignorant, charismatic or dull.

Garrett looks at social change, especially the transformation in the position of Oxford women, and considers the city’s darker side of crime. A final chapter explores its rich surroundings: the countryside where Matthew Arnold’s “black-winged swallows haunt the glittering Thames,” the baroque grandeur of Blenheim Palace, the ancient windswept Ridgeway and White Horse.

$17 • 5.25" x 8" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560870 • Series: Interlink Cultural Guides • Interlink Books • Release date: 04/15/15 •

Brittany

A Cultural History

By Wendy Mewes

A cultural guide to a region on the edge of Europe that has been visited by the Romans, Franks, Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Germans.

Brittany’s richly layered landscape has contributed depth and character to the region’s traditional oral culture, from stories of the sea and shore to tales of misty moors, sacred hill-tops and secretive forests. Evangelizing Dark Age saints from Britain laid the foundations of Breton language and society, imposing Christianity on the landscape and in the minds of the people. Their legacy rests visually in the prolific spread of chapels, churches and cathedrals, and the Celtic language still preserved with pride.

Right on the edge of Europe, the region has been vulnerable to assault and exploitation. Franks, Vikings, English, Germans have all made their mark, resisted at every turn with resilience. The problematic relationship with neighboring France before and after Union in 1532 has left wounds to this day. The rapacity of the ancien regime was followed by deprivation of privileges during the Revolution, attacks on religion and subsequent suppression of the Breton language which struck at the very heart of Brittany.

The nineteenth century combined economic stagnation with growing interest in Celtic roots, fuelling the search for that ultimate chimera- Breton identity. Historians and poets began to assert the distinct character of the region, while foreign travelers also left accounts of a people speaking an unfathomable language and appearing a race apart. This “primitivism”å coupled with the lure of the mysterious megaliths created an image of wild exoticism, and made Brittany a prime target for tourists and artists. Today the past is perpetuated and the future welcomed in a packed festival calendar of Celtic music and Breton culture. Yet for all its modernity, Brittany remains as intensely complex and challenging to preconceived notions as ever.

– Landscape and legends: Marches of Brittany; Druids and megaliths; St-Malo and sea adventures; mysteries of the Monts d’Arre;Merlin in the Forêt de Brocéliande.

– Complexity and ambiguity: part of France yet a separate world; nationalism, regionalism, resistance, unity and division of language; four departments or five?

– Writers and artists: Chaucer, Balzac, Hugo, Flaubert, Ernest Renan, Thomas Adolphus Trollope, Arthur de la Borderie, Mathurin Meheut, Max Jacob, Yves Tanguy.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560887 • Series: Interlink Cultural Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 04/15/15 •

Soup for Syria

Recipes to Celebrate Our Shared Humanity

Photography by: Barbara Abdeni Massaad

"Soup is elemental, and it always makes sense, even when the world around us fails to." � Anthony Bourdain

A beautiful cookbook to be cherished for its look, its content, and the cause it supports.

The world has failed Syria’s refugees and some of the world’s wealthiest countries have turned their backs on this humanitarian disaster. Syria’s neighbors- Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, and Iraq- have together absorbed more that 3.8 million refugees. The need for food relief is great and growing. Acclaimed chefs and cookbook authors the world over have come together to help food relief efforts to alleviate the suffering of Syrian refugees. Each has contributed a recipe to this beautifully illustrated cookbook of delicious soups from around the world.

Contributors include: Alice Waters, Paula Wolfert, Claudia Roden, Chef Greg Maalouf, Chef Alexis Coquelet, Chef Chris Borunda, Chef Alexandra Stratou, Necibe Dogru, Aglaia Kremenzi, and many others.

– Celebrity chefs contribute favorite recipes to help feed Syrian refugees

– Fabulous soups from around the world- from hearty winter warmers to chilled summer soups

– Easy-to-follow instructions with stunning color photos throughout

– Recipes made with no-fuss ingredients found in your local supermarket.

All profits from the sales of the cookbook will be donated to help fund food relief efforts through various nonprofit organizations. Most Syrians hope that one day they will be able to return to their country and rebuild their lives. For now, though, what we can do is listen to their pleas. Be part of this vital work of saving lives and help us deliver essential food items to the displaced refugees.

$30 • 8.5" x 10.75" • 208pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566560894 • Interlink Books • Release date: 05/15/15 •

Papa Gatto

An Italian Fairy Tale

Illustrated by: Ruth Sanderson

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"Sanderson's elegant, richly descriptive language contributes to a smooth retelling, and her lavish oil paintings are as beautifully handled as the narrative, evoking the lush textures of the clothing and textiles, the lovely landscaped gardens, and the luxurious apartments� if you have this book on hand, other versions won't be necessary. A wonderful picture book" � Booklist, starred review

Children will love this retelling of a classic Italian fairy tale.

Papa Gatto, trusted adviser to the prince, learns that judgment can be clouded by appearances when he hires the lovely Sophia to care for his eight tiny kittens. When Papa Gatto realizes his mistake, his home is in shambles, his kittens are neglected, and a priceless heirloom is in Sophia’s hands. Fortunately, the next helper he hires is Beatrice, whose affection for his kittens assures him that this time he has found someone he can trust. The crafty Sophia, however, has other ideas…

With its surprising twist to the happily-ever-after ending and its exquisitely detailed illustrations, this charming Italian fairy tale is sure to become a favorite of cat lovers, caretakers, and hopeless romantics everywhere.

$6.27 • 10" x 8" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560900 HB
ISBN: 9781566560535 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 3 to 8 • Release date: 05/15/15 •

Dreams of Maryam Tair

Blue Boots and Orange Blossoms

By Mhani Alaoui

"The author laces together legend and myth, epic and quest, realism, fantasy into a complex novel, rich with meanings… everywhere the writing sings of the literary talents and acuity of its author. Hers is a new voice to listen out for." — The Washington Times

An exciting debut and a wonderful work of magical realism.

Outside of time, the legendary storyteller and queen Sheherazade tells a little girl a story that has happened and is yet to happen, the rebirth of a story ancient and forgotten. Dreams of Maryam Tair: Blue Boots and Orange Blossoms brings readers to a Casablanca of myth and metaphor; curses and student revolts; and of witches, demons, djinns, and bureaucrats. Long after Biblical Adam set aside forgotten first-wife Lilith for Eve, star-crossed highborn Leila and scholar Adam catch the attention of the demons during Casablanca’s 1981 Bread Riots, and are disappeared. Months later- after centuries in the demons’ lair- Adam and Leila reunite at her parents’ once grand and now cursed house as shadows of themselves. But Leila returns from her ordeal pregnant with a special, singular child, one who draws out magical beings and has the power to change everything. A daughter she named Maryam, born with the scent of orange blossoms and a body filled with pain.

Seamlessly interweaving a sprawling, multi-generational family tale with ancient creation stories, Mhani Alaoui’s cyclical half-myth half-reality story celebrates the radical power of disobedience.

$18 • 5.25" x 8" • 352pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560917 • Interlink Books • Release date: 05/15/15 •

Ali and His Russian Mother

By Alexandra Chreiteh

"Chreiteh is a fresh voice in the Arab world." — Kirkus Reviews

A fresh, daring voice in arabic literature today.

Alexandra Chreiteh’s Ali and his Russian Mother is at once an ordinary and extraordinary story of two young people in Lebanon. At the outbreak of the July War in 2006, the novel’s unnamed young protagonist reconnects with her childhood friend and develops a little crush on him, as they flee the bombs unleashed upon their country by Israel. Displaced, along with a million others across the country, she and her Russian mother have joined an evacuation for Russian citizens, when she again meets up with Ali, her former schoolmate from the South, who also has a Russian (Ukrainian) mother.

As the two friends reunite, chat, and bond during a harrowing bus caravan across the Syrian border to Lattakia, en route to Moscow, Chreiteh’s unique, comic sense of the absurd speaks to contradictions faced by a young generation in Lebanon now, sounding out taboos surrounding gender, sexual, religious, and national identities. Carrying Russian passports like their mothers- both of whom married Lebanese men and settled there- they are forced to reflect upon their choices, and lack of them, in a country that is yet again being torn apart by violent conflict.

Like Chreiteh’s acclaimed first novel, Always Coca-Cola, this story employs deceptively simple language and style to push the boundaries of what can be talked about in Arabic fiction. Again focused on the preoccupations of young people and their hopes for the future, Ali and his Russian Mother represents a fresh, daring voice in Arabic literature today.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 144pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560924 • Interlink Books • Translator: Michelle Hartman • Release date: 03/15/15 •

Understanding ISIS and the New Global War on Terror

A Primer

"With her customary lucidity and talent for judicious interpretation, Phyllis Bennis provides an authoritative introduction to all that is now known about ISIS. It is more than a 'primer,' offering an indispensable account of the complex turmoil afflicting the Middle East." — Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law & Practice at Princeton University, and former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Clear explanations of recent events in the new global War on Terror.

The US is back at war. A new version of what was once known as George W. Bush’s “global war on terror” has become the central component of American foreign policy. The US/NATO assault on Libya in 2011, thousands of troops on the ground in Iraq, plans to keep combat troops in Afghanistan, drone wars rising in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and elsewhere- and now new air wars are underway against ISIS and others in Iraq, Syria and perhaps beyond.

In this newest addition to Interlink’s wide-ranging Understanding Global Issues series, Phyllis Bennis asks and answers the basic questions facing so many Americans: What is ISIS? Why are they so violent? Should Obama have kept troops in Iraq? Is ISIS the same as al-Qaeda? Can you really go to war against terror? How should the US respond to ISIS violence? What dangers lie ahead? Without jargon, in an easy-to-use Frequently Asked Questions format, Bennis sorts through the hype to get to the root of this newest edition of the continuing global war on terror.

$15 • 4.75" x 7 • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560948 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 6/30/15 •

The Best of Irish Country Cooking

Classic and Contemporary Recipes

By Nuala Cullen

Photography by: Tony Briscoe & Michael Diggin

100 traditional recipes with historical information and beautiful landscape photography.

Ireland’s rich culinary heritage is being rediscovered. Irish food has always been thought of as rustic and filling- hearty comfort food to get you through a cold winter- but a new strand of cooking is emerging, still based on Ireland’s rural heritage and favorite ingredients, but with a modern twist. A new wave of artisanal producers is bringing a variety of high-quality ingredients to a wider market- from the freshest wild salmon and oysters to award-winning marsh-fed lamb, farmhouse cheeses, and whiskey. Delis, supermarkets, and gourmet food stores around the world are stocking and celebrating Irish fare for the first time, and the movement for seasonal Irish home cooking is gaining momentum.

Written by accomplished Irish food writer Nuala Cullen, The Best of Irish Country Cooking takes a new look at traditional Irish fare. It is filled with mouthwatering, user-friendly recipes, seasonal cooking suggestions, festive Irish traditions, and gorgeous scenes of Ireland’s unspoiled landscapes. Seafood and vegetables feature heavily alongside time-honored favorites like Irish Stew, Pork and Apple Pie, and Christmas Pudding in the book’s six chapters (Appetizers, Soups, Mains, Sides and Salads, Desserts, Baking, and Preserves). There’s even an Irish cocktail recipe dating back to the 18th century!

With lush photography and over 100 traditional, contemporary, and seasonal recipes, The Best of Irish Country Cooking is an essential guide to classic Irish cooking today. Written by accomplished Irish food writer Nuala Cullen, The Best of Irish Country Cooking takes a new look at Ireland’s culinary heritage, with over 100 traditional recipes and historical and seasonal information. The rustic classics are all here, but you will also find plenty of elegant dishes suitable for light meals or entertaining.

More than a fabulous cookbook, it is also a photographic record of the beautiful landscapes of Ireland, highlighting especially her wild west coast.

$12.10 • 9" x 9" • 176pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560955 HB
ISBN: 9781566560962 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: 4/15/15 •

On Entering the Sea

The Erotic and Other Poetry of Nizar Qabbani

By Nizar Qabbani

"One of the greatest love poets of all time… Whether he's writing of love or war, Qabbani achieves a mythic dimension…[a] beautiful collection… " — Booklist

A unique collection by the Arab world’s most renowned poet.

In a political age, in which the struggle against external and internal oppression has become central in Arabic poetry, Nizar Qabbani has succeeded in re-establishing the vitality and perennial force of the erotic in human life. Picking up a tradition of Arabic love poetry sixteen centuries old, he has enriched it with the experience of a modern man deeply aware of the changing status of women in contemporary times, and given the most eloquent poetic expression to the imperative of woman’s freedom and her right to assume control over her body and emotions.

An accomplished master of the erotic, standing among the best love poets of the world, Qabbani has asserted life and joy in the face of chaos and tragedy, paying fervent homage, sustained over five decades, to woman’s grace and loveliness. As such he has been able to bring equilibrium and decorum to poetry in crisis, reviving faith in the possibility of happiness and emotional fulfillment. Yet he is also moved to anger by the forces of evil around him, and the opposing poles of exaltation and rage, of agony and ecstasy, describe his unique experiment. A man of his times and of all times, he is by far the most popular poet in the Arab world.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 192pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566561938 • Interlink Books • Translator: Lena Jayyusi et al. • Release date: 06/01/13 •

Wild Thorns

By Sahar Khalifeh

"A vivid depiction of life in the West Bank during the first decade of the Israeli occupation...The difficulties and hazards faced by these workers are poignantly portrayed... The author succeeds quite well in conveying the tension and inquietude of daily life in the territories...she also evokes the irrepressible and indomitable spirit of Nablus and its people." - MultiCultural Review

Wild Thorns is a chronicle of life in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Written in Arabic and first published in Jerusalem in 1976, Wild Thorns, with its panorama of characters and unsentimental portrayals of everyday life, is the first Arab novel to give a true picture of social and personal relations under occupation. Its convincing sincerity, uncompromising honesty, and rich emotional texture plead elegantly for the cause of survival in the face of oppression.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 208pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566563369 • Interlink Books • Translator: T. LeGassick & E. Fernea •

A Traveller’s History of China

By Stephen G. Haw

"The author manages to get 2 million years into 300 pages —and he does it without gimmicks or colour pictures. An excellent addition to a series which is already invaluable. Whether you're travelling or not." — The Guardian

A Traveller’s History of China provides a concise but fascinating journey from the country’s earliest beginnings right up to the creation of the economic powerhouse that is today’s China.

Stephen Haw carries the reader back in time to the prehistoric civilizations of 4,000 years ago, and from there to the centuries of China’s silk trade with the less-developed countries of Europe. Some of the most significant inventions of the pre-modern world, including paper, gunpowder, and the magnetic compass originated in China and were then transmitted to the West.

The author describes the glories of the Tang and Song Dynasties, which saw the creation of the great Chinese cities to the period of its decline and the efforts of Europe to conquer and subdue this giant land. It covers the tumult and triumphs of the Chinese revolution and the dramatic changes in political policies since the late 1970s, which have now made it one of the world’s fastest-developing countries.

$14.95 • 5" 7.75" • 310pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564861 • Series: Interlink TravellerÕs Histories • Interlink Books •

A Traveller’s History of Turkey

By Richard Stoneman

"One of an excellent new series of brief histories." — The New York Times

Throughout the millennia Turkey formed the core of several Empires- Persia, Rome, Byzantium- before becoming the center of the Ottoman Empire. All these civilizations have left their marks on the landscape, architecture and art of Turkey- a place of fascinating overlapping cultures.

A Traveller’s History of Turkey offers a concise and readable account of the region from prehistory right up to the present day. It covers everything from the legendary Flood of Noah, the early civilization of Catal Huyuk seven thousand years before Christ, through the treasures of Troy, Alexander the Great, the Romans, Seljuks, Byzantines and the Golden Age of the Sultans, to the twentieth century’s great changes wrought by Kemal Ataturk and the strong position Turkey now holds in the world community.

$14.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 272pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566209 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 09/30/15 •

Buenos Aires

A Cultural Guide

By Nick Caistor

"Founded in the late sixteenth century, Buenos Aires has a rich history steeped in Spanish trade and indigenous roots. This book not only expands upon this history, but also captures the culture of today, sharing its literature, art, music, popular culture, social justice movements, and crime. Caistor brings the capital of Argentina alive for the reader, discussing its beautiful landscape, buildings, and its development." — Proto View

The architect Le Corbusier once called Buenos Aires “the capital of an imaginary empire.”

From its foundation in the sixteenth century, Argentina’s main city has been a place of the imagination as well as the scene of many striking historical events. From foreign invasions to more modern-day coups d’etat and dictatorships, the city’s turbulent history has been paralleled by a vibrant popular culture born out of the hardships of immigration and longing for a lost homeland.

This cultural guide looks at the impact of history and the efforts of men and women to build a city that would fulfill their dreams, as well as bringing today’s Buenos Aires vividly to life for the visitor. From the new skyscrapers along the front of the huge “river of silver” to the picturesque portside La Boca where hundreds of thousands of immigrants first faced a new continent, Buenos Aires has created its own legend, lived out today in tango bars, on football pitches, in cafes where intense debates take place, or where people simply watch the ever-changing parade of passers-by.

Nick Caistor takes the reader to the insider’s Buenos Aires. He shows how the past has shaped its streets, how Argentine politics has left its mark on almost every corner, how each wave of new inhabitants has added to the city’s cultural mix. He explores the complex legacy of Spanish colonialism and Peronism as well as considering the city’s representation by writers from Darwin and Humboldt to Borges andCortázar. Analyzing the foundations of Porteño culture, he reveals a city obsessed by nostalgia yet rich in music, dance and spectacle.

– Compact cultural guide to Buenos Aires with color illustrations

– Author is a long-term resident of Buenos Aires and has reported for the BBC/WGBH from there

– Looks at the city’s rich literary and musical heritage

$17 • 5.25" x 8" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566308 • Series: Interlink Cultural Guides • Interlink Books • Release date: 10/01/14 •

The Scottish Highlands

A Cultural History

By Andrew Beattie

"In Scottish Highlands, Andrew Beattie offers a cultural history of this most famous part of Scotland by exploring the novels that have been set here, the poems that have been inspired by the landscape and the many travelers who have journeyed there over the centuries. But Beattie also surveys the geographical, social and political history of the Highlands" Scottish Highlands is a fine and informed guide to one of the best known, and beloved, destinations in the world." — Hartford Courant

The Scottish Highlands form the highest mountains in the British Isles, a broad arc of rocky peaks and deep glens stretching from the outskirts of Glasgow, Perth and Aberdeen to the remote and storm-lashed Cape Wrath in Scotland’s far northwest.

The Romans never conquered the region, and in the Dark Ages the island of Iona became home to a Celtic Church that was able to pose a serious challenge to the Church of Rome. Few travelers ever ventured there, however, disturbed by the tales of wild beasts, harsh geography and the bloody conflicts of warring families known as the clans. But after the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie at the Battle of Culloden the influence of the clans was curbed and the Scottish Highlands became celebrated by poets, writers and artists for their beauty rather than their savagery. In the nineteenth century, inspired by the travel reportage of Samuel Johnson, the novels of Walter Scott, the poems of William Wordsworth and the very public love of the Highlands espoused by Queen Victoria, tourists began flocking to the mountains- even as Highlanders were being removed from their land by the brutal agricultural reforms known as the Clearances. With the popularity of hiking and the construction of railways, the fate of the Highlands as one of the great tourist playgrounds of the world was sealed.

Andrew Beattie explores the turbulent past and vibrant present of this landscape, where the legacy of events from the first Celtic settlements to the Second World War and from the construction of military roads to mining for lead, slate and gold have all left their mark.

– Disputed Land: From Rob Roy, William Wallace and Robert the Bruce to Bonnie Prince Charlie and the clansmen who participated in the notorious massacre at Glencoe, the Highlands have provided the arena for centuries of conflict.

– Folklore and Tradition: The wildness of the mountains has inspired a unique popular culture, from legendary tales of water-beasts and people with “second sight” to popular gatherings such as ceilidhs and the Highland Games.

– Scenic Inspiration: From visiting English poets such as Wordsworth and Byron to native Scots writers such as Neil Gunn and Hugh MacDiarmid; from Turner to Mendelssohn; the scenery of the Highlands has inspired novelists, composers, poets, filmmakers and artists through the centuries.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567411 • Series: Interlink Cultural Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 10/16/14 •

Hamburg

A Cultural History

By Matthew Jefferies

As Germany’s “gateway to the world,” Hamburg is a cosmopolitan city, whose culture has been shaped by those passing through as much as by those who stayed.

Matthew Jefferies explores a city-state boasting the highest per capita GDP in Germany, but where ostentatious displays of wealth are shunned; a place synonymous with fast food and beer, in which fine dining and luxury shopping abound; a city without palaces, castles or cathedrals, yet bursting with monuments and memorials.

With nearly eight million visitors each year, Hamburg is fast becoming one of Europe’s most popular city-break destinations: it is a city well worth getting to know.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568463 • Series: Interlink Cultural Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/05/11 •

Sultans of Rome

The Turkish World Expansion

"When the Turks entered Anatolia in the 11th century, the Byzantine Emperor appointed a minor Turkish prince with the title of Sultan of Rome. Ball believes that this was no accident, and instead was a sign of how much the Ottoman Empire had truly become a Eurasian power, a reality cemented when they captured Constantinople from the west. Ball is described…as a Near East archaeologist, and this is the third volume of his four part series designed to explore the complex history of European relations with the East. Although well researched, it is…appropriate for the interested general reader." — Book News

It has become conventional to think of the Turkish capture of Constantinople in 1453 as an Asiatic conquest. The Turks originated in Asia- it is true- but Constantinople was conquered from the west not the east: the Ottomans became a European power before they became a Middle Eastern one and remained a primarily European power. Indeed, the Middle East and even most of Anatolia itself was conquered from Europe. This demonstrates that it was no sudden rush of semi-civilized horse-riding nomads from the steppe, but the culmination of complex movements that had seen Turkish dynasties establish glittering monuments and cities throughout Asia. And when Turks first entered Anatolia in the 11th century, it was a Byzantine Emperor who made a relatively minor Turkish prince the first Sultan in the land that would come to be known as Turkey- a prince, furthermore, who called himself not Sultan of Turkey, but Sultan of Rome! Few people, therefore, combine so thoroughly the legacies of Europe and Asia, East and West, the civilizations of Greece and Rome with that of Islam, the Near East and beyond. Few have bridged so many civilizations; have brought so many cultural strands together. Their story is as much our history as well as theirs and others

$22.95 • 5.5" x 8.5" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568487 • Series: Asia in Europe and the Making of the West • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 01/09/12 •

Granada, Seville and Cordoba

Cadogan Guides

By Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

"A balance of infectious enthusiasm and solid practicality" — Michael Palin

The 5th edition of a highly-praised guidebook that captures the individual character of each of these remarkable Andalucían jewels.

Cadogan’s expert authors explore Granada, Seville and Cordoba, the three great cities of al-Andalus. Discover the unique monuments, vibrant culture and secret gardens of delight bequeathed by the brilliant golden age of an extraordinary civilization. Gaze in wonder at Granada’s Alhambra and the Mezquita in Cordoba; explore the whitewashed warrens and hidden patios at the heart of each city; and escape to wild sierras or Mediterranean beaches.

$17.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 208pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568500 • Series: Cadogan Guides • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/09/10 •

So Good in Black

By Sunetra Gupta

Photography by: Ruth Sanderson

"Acclaimed writer Gupta … creates a tale as sumptuous as a tropical jungle with its dark mysteries and ripe undercurrents of lust and danger." — Booklist

After years of absence, American travel writer Max Gate returns to Bengal, to the beach home of his longtime friend, the businessman Byron Mallick. The occasion is a funeral: for Damini, fervent investigative journalist and founder of a women’s shelter, with whom Max once collaborated, until ultimately she scorned the book he wrote on their work together. It is irrefutable that Byron Mallick donated not milk, but milk adulterated with chalk, to the women and children at Damini’s shelter- but did he also, to save his reputation, have her killed? The weight of this question burdens each character in this intricate, superbly crafted novel- Max; his former brother-in-law Piers O’Reilly, convinced of Byron’s guilt; and Damini’s cousin and Byron’s former ward Ela, whose affair with Max has haunted both their lives, ending his marriage and setting him unaccountably adrift.

Sunetra Gupta’s consummate prose recreates the ache and complication of memory, as Max considers the tantalizing ambiguities of each of their pasts, the exquisite layers of emotion and action out of which, perhaps, the truth about Byron may be revealed.

$18 • 5.5" x 7.25" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568531 • Clockroot Books • Release date: 01/03/11 •

Afghanistan

A Cultural History

By St. John Simpson

"…the book definitely belongs in any university or public library collections on Afghanistan…" — Choice

While the modern nation can trace its origins back to 1747, the history of Afghanistan is far more ancient.

It has long been a focal point of the Silk Road and human migration and many native peoples such as the Kushans, Samanids, Saffarids, and Mughals have founded their empires here. Afghanistan has also been the target of numerous invasions and is therefore one of the most critically diverse places on earth. Essential reading for anyone seeking a thorough understanding of the current situation in the region, this lively book places this rich and ancient seam of creativity in its broad historical context and offers the reader a full appreciation of a most remarkable country.

$19.95 • 6.75 x 9 • 160pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568548 • Interlink Books •

The Mouse Who Saved Egypt

By Karim Alrawi

Illustrated by: Bee Willey

"The Mouse Who Saved Egypt receives Bee Willey's lovely drawings and tells of a young prince who rescues a tiny mouse. When Egypt is threatened by a powerful enemy, the mouse then saves the kingdom. This ancient Egypt folk story requires some reading skills but will provide a satisfying addition to any ethnic folk story collection." — Midwest Book Review

See how a small kindness can be repaid a thousand times over in this retelling of an ancient Middle Eastern folk tale.

$16.95 • 10.5" x 8.5" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566568562 • Crocodile Books • Ages 3 to 8 • Release date: 01/04/11 •

The Ancient Egypt Guide

By William J. Murnane

"By far the best-informed book on the monuments of Egypt…" — The Guardian

Originally published as the Penguin Guide to Ancient Egypt, William Murnane’s highly-acclaimed book has been fully revised and updated by Professor Aidan Dodson.

This new edition will bring Murnane’s engaging yet rigorous learning to a new audience, complete with up-to-date guidebook information as well as a compact yet wide-ranging cultural history.

$25 • 6" x 8" • 528pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568586 • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/04/11 •

We Are All Equally Far From Love

By Adania Shibli

Photography by: Steve Woolman

"This novella is a challenging read; not because of Ms. Shibli's sparing style of writing, which is strikingly different from the traditional Arabic style and quite riveting, but because of the intensely difficult insight it gives on the minutiae of the lives' of others� We Are All Equally Far from Love is not a book to be picked up and put down� [it] demands to be read" � New York Journal of Books

A new award-winning novel from the acclaimed author of Touch.

A young woman, asked at work to write a letter to an older man, does as she is told. So begins an enigmatic but passionate love affair conducted entirely in letters. A love affair? Maybe. Until his letters stop coming. Or… maybe the letters do not reach their intended recipient? Only the teenage Afaf, who works at the local post office, would know. Her favorite duty is to open the mail and inform her collaborator father of the contents- until she finds a mysterious set of love letters, apparently returned to their sender. In the hands of Adania Shibli, the discovery of these letters makes for a wrenching meditation on lives lived ensnared within the dictates of others.

$15 • 5.5" x 7.75" • 144pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568630 • Clockroot Books • Translator: Paul Starkey • Release date: 01/11/11 •

Northern Spain

Cadogan Guides

By Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

Photography by: Simon Wheeler

"Cadogan's specialty is uncovering delightful secrets in some of the Earth's most travelled spots." — New York Daily News

Let Cadogan’s experts take you to a green haven, with unspoiled coastline, soaring mountains, and lush valleys of pine and beech forest.

Discover Visigothic to modernista architectural treasures and a visible cultural history stretching back to Paleolithic times. Enjoy the pick of the best beaches, hikes, wine routes, and skiing destinations and immerse yourself in history, from the cave paintings at Altamira to the Santiago de Compostela pilgrim route.

$21.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 376pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568784 • Series: Cadogan Guides • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/03/12 •

Languedoc-Roussillon

Cadogan Guides

By Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

"Cadogan's specialty is uncovering delightful secrets in some of the Earth's most travelled spots." — New York Daily News

Discover the vibrant cities of Montpellier, Perpignan, and Narbonne, the medieval splendor of Carcassonne, lagoons full of oysters and flamingos, medieval Catalan villages in quiet Pyrenean valleys, and houseboats lazing down the Canal du Midi, all punctuated by Roman ruins, Cathar castles and Gothic cathedrals.

With illuminating commentary from Cadogan’s local experts, this comprehensive cultural guide uncovers the very best that Languedoc-Roussillon has to offer.

$21.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568791 • Series: Cadogan Guides • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/03/12 •

The House of Jasmine

By Ibrahim Abdel Meguid

"Set in 1970s Alexandria, Egypt, Meguid's deeply satisfying new novel…chronicles a brief but significant period in the life of Shagara Muhammad 'Ali…Meguid's novel is richly atmospheric and has a splendid sense of both place and time; readers not only observe the intricate lives of these characters, but feel as if they're sitting next to them at the cafe. Radwan's translation is especially fine." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

On June 13, 1974, Shagara, a low-level employee at the Alexandria shipyard, is charged with taking workers to cheer for the motorcade of Egyptian President Sadat and his guest President Nixon. Instructed to pay each worker half a pound at the end of Nixon’s visit, Shagara pays them half that, spares them the festivities, and pockets the difference.

So begins The House of Jasmine, which follows Shagara, a loner who yearns for female companionship, as he traverses the city of Alexandria and tries to parse his feelings toward its changing landscape. Within the humor of this classic novel is nestled an indicting eyewitness account of this essential period of Egyptian history. In it one can observe the social changes and popular sentiments that comprise the prologue for the Egyptian revolution of January 2011.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568821 • Interlink Books • Translator: Noha Radwan • Release date: 01/05/12 •

Born in Jerusalem, Born Palestinian

A Memoir

By Jacob J. Nammar

"His memoir of his experiences in Israel until he emigrated to the U.S. is heartfelt and engrossing, and it provides an immensely valuable perspective from among the rarely heard voices of Israeli Arabs… his story provides valuable insights into the hopes, difficulties, and sorrows of Israeli Arabs." — Booklist

When Jacob Nammar was a young boy growing up in Harret al-Nammareh, his family, his friends, and the streets of his West Jerusalem neighborhood were the center of his life. It wasn’t long, however, before his existence was turned upside down when his family was forced out of their home during al-nakba, the catastrophe that resulted in the ethnic cleansing of nearly 750,000 natives and the destruction of over 500 Palestinian villages and towns.

In this heartwarming memoir, Jacob paints a vivid portrait of Palestinian life- from his childhood days in pre-1948 Jerusalem, the struggles of the Palestinian community under Israeli rule, to his ultimate decision to leave for America at age 23. Readers will laugh, cry, and be inspired by this charming coming of age story set amid the backdrop of one of the most tragic historical events that engulfed the region.

$15 • 6" x 9" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568869 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 01/03/12 •

Pocket Timeline of Ancient Greece

By Emma McAllister

Explore the world of the Ancient Greeks, from the earliest farmers and settlers to the great flowering of Greek culture in Classical Athens, and the conquests of Alexander the Great.

This Pocket Timeline tells you the story of ancient Greece, with short chapters on the gods, the wars, the Olympic Games, Athens and Sparta, Greek homes and family life, the theater, and the legacy of ancient Greek achievements in the modern world.

$13.95 • 6.25" x 7.5" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566568944 • Series: Pocket Timelines • Interlink Books • Ages 9 • Release date: 01/04/12 •

Pocket Timeline of Ancient Egypt

By Helen Strudwick

Discover ancient Egypt, from the earliest prehistoric Egyptians, through the ages of the pyramids and pharaohs, to the Roman conquest and the end of ancient Egyptian civilization.

Travel back in time to see the pyramids and temples of ancient Egypt, meet some of the great pharaohs, find out about Egyptian art and writing, and investigate the mummies and their tombs.

$13.95 • 6.25" x 7.5" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566568951 • Series: Pocket Timelines • Interlink Books • Ages 9 • Release date: 01/04/12 •

The Roman Provence Guide

By Edwin Mullins

"Provence boasts more Roman-era architecture than anywhere else in the world; this new guide to the area's Roman heritage provides a hefty dose of ancient history along with maps, photographs, and a list of museums and visitor centers." —France Magazine

A guide to the hidden traces of the ancient world in modern Provence

The Roman occupation of Provence lasted six centuries, beginning more than one hundred years before the birth of Christ, and surviving until well after most of Europe had become Christian. Today the region remains richer in Roman monuments than anywhere in the world. They are everywhere you look, from vast amphitheatres and triumphal arches to paved road and aqueducts which bestride the countryside. Two thousand years later, the Roman genius for engineering still astonishes.

Provence owes its name to Julius Caesar who described the region as “the Province of Rome.” It was then a much larger area, stretching westwards to include Languedoc and Roussillon as far as the Pyrenees, eastward to the Riviera and the Maritimes Alps, and northwards up the Rhône Valley as far as Lyon. This book covers much of that larger area while concentrating on the area of present-day Provence and neighboring Languedoc, the heartlands of the former Roman colony.

Edwin Mullins seeks out hidden traces of that ancient world along with the many spectacular monuments that today adorn the cities of Nîmes, Arles, Vienne and Orange. He tells the story of how the Romans came to invade Provence, how they stayed to colonize it and how they transformed Provençal cities into imitations of Rome. His narrative also tells how the Emperor Constantine brought about the conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity from his favorite city of Arles—and how the Romans were eventually driven out by the Visigoths.

Roman Provence is also a guide to the principal sites in the region as well as those rarely visited, with separate chapters on various Roman achievements: triumphal arches, aqueducts, farming, city life, bridges and road-building, temples and shrines, theatres and amphitheaters. A further section considers the aftermath of Roman rule, the restoration of ancient ruins and the debt we owe to those remarkable engineers who inspired the first great achievement in medieval church architecture known, appropriately, as “Romanesque.”

$20 • 6" x 8" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568968 • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/03/12 •

Jewish London

A Comprehensive Guidebook for Visitors and Londoners

By Rachel Kolsky & Roslyn Rawson

Photography by: Sima Elizabeth Shefrin

"An easy-to-read, organized and beautiful guide to all-things Jewish in London" Jewish London: A Comprehensive Guidebook for Visitors and Londoners (Interlink Publishing) offers a way to explore London through Jewish culture and history, which spans back to the 11th century. The book features everything from historical synagogues and sculptures to kosher restaurants and even the best place to get a bagel with cream cheese and smoked salmon." — JUF News

Packed with fascinating and practical information, Jewish London features everything for the visitor to London, from walking tours of historic areas such as the old Jewish East End to listings of kosher restaurants and shops, and information on important Jewish Londoners and where they lived.

$17.95 • 5.75" x 8.25" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569002 • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/03/12 •

Thinner than Skin

By Uzma Aslam Khan

"Smart, fierce, and poignant: perhaps the most exciting novel yet by this very talented writer." — Mohsin Hamid

Thinner than Skin is a riveting novel about identity and belonging.

It’s also a love story: between a young Pakistani man trying to make his way as photographer in America, and the daughter of a Pakistani father and German mother brought up in the US, who wants to return to a country she’s never seen. Together they make the trip to Pakistan, where a chance meeting with a young nomad changes their lives, and the lives of those around them, forever.

The novel is also a love letter to the wilds of Northern Pakistan, to glaciers, to the old Silk Road, and to the nomadic life of the indigenous people in the Northern territories, where China encroaches and Pakistanis, Uzbeks, Russians, Chinese, and Afghans all come together to trade.

$18 • 5.5" x 7.75 • 448pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569088 • Clockroot Books • Release date: 15/10/12 • Awards: LONGLISTED FOR THE 2012 MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE, WINNER OF FRENCH EMBASSY FICTION PRIZE

Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts

A Literary Cookbook

By Jane Yolen & Heidi E. Y. Stemple

Illustrated by: Sima Elizabeth Shefrin

"Renowned storyteller Jane Yolen and daughter Heidi E.Y. Stemple are making magic again. They've written another cookbook for kids, and it's delightful. The authors have designed the book to appeal to all ages for, as they note, recipes and folk tales have always been adaptable. Recipes get tweaked by cooks to suit their taste buds, skills and budgets. So do stories, whether the listener is a toddler or teenager." — Chicago Tribune

Master storyteller Jane Yolen and her daughter Heidi Stemple have teamed up to bring the magic of their acclaimed Fairy Tale Feasts to the time-honored and delicious traditions of Jewish storytelling and cuisine.

Here you’ll find Yolen’s dynamic, enchanting retellings of Jewish tales from around the world paired with Stemple’s recipes- for everything from challah to matzo brei to pomegranate couscous, tzimmes chicken, and rugelah, in creative versions of classic dishes that any family will delight in cooking together. And Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts is filled with fun facts and anecdotes, about the creation of the stories and the history of the dishes, designed to encourage future cooks and storytellers to make up their own versions. Readers of all ages will learn about Jewish folktales, culture, and cooking, all the while captivated by the humor and wisdom of these enduring stories (and ready to eat!).

$20 • 8.25" x 10.25" • 160pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560405 • Interlink Books • Ages 5 to 11 • Release date: Spring 2020 •

Rose Red and Snow White

Illustrated by: Ruth Sanderson

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"This faithful retelling of an original Grimm's fairy tale is enhanced by Sanderson's rich oil paintings." � Booklist

Red Rose and Snow White are as different as two sisters can be. Even so, they get along and, together with their mother, make a cozy life in their cottage in the woods. Then one night, Rose Red answers a knock at the door and finds a huge shaggy bear who gruffly asks for a warm place to sleep! Although alarmed at first, mother and daughters alike are soon charmed by the bear and happily shelter him from winter nights. When spring arrives, the girls sadly watch their friend lumber off. Soon after he disappears, they make a new acquaintance. Was this the little man the bear warned them of before he left?

$7.95 • 8.5" x 11" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569101 • Crocodile Books • Ages 3 to 8 • Release date: 01/09/12 •

The Putin Mystique

Inside Russia's Power Cult

By Anna Arutunyan

"Intriguing and insightful" one of the sharpest observers of the Kremlin leader and his court. She gets to grips with the almost mystical bond between Russia's leader and its led." � The Times

Getting to grips with Russia’s 21st century Tsar.

Vladimir V. Putin has confounded world leaders and defied their assumptions as they tried to figure him out, only to misjudge him time and again. The Putin Mystique takes the reader on a journey through the Russia of Vladimir Putin, named by Forbes magazine in 2013 as the most powerful man in the world. It is a neo-feudal world where iPads, WTO membership, and Brioni business suits conceal a power structure straight out of the Middle Ages, where the Sovereign is perceived as both divine and demonic, where a man’s riches are determined by his proximity to the Kremlin, and where large swathes of the populace live in precarious complacency interrupted by bouts of revolt. Where does that kind of power come from? The answer lies not in the leader, but in the people: from the impoverished worker who appeals directly to Putin for aid, to the businessmen, security officers and officials in Putin’s often dysfunctional government who look to their leader for instruction and protection.

In her writing career, Anna Arutunyan has traveled throughout Russia to report on modern Russian politics. She has interviewed oligarchs and policemen, bishops and politicians, and many ordinary Russians. Her book is a vivid and revealing exploration of the way in which myth, power, and even religion interact to produce the love-hate relationship between the Russian people and Vladimir Putin.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 336pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569132 HB
ISBN: 9781566569903 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: 09/15/14 •

Lagos

A Cultural History

By Kaye Whiteman

Photography by: Richard Row

"Reading these guides is the next best thing to actually going there with them in hand." —ForeWord Magazine

An engaging and well-written cultural and literary history.

Lagos is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. Kaye Whiteman explores a city that has constantly re-invented itself, from the first settlement on an uninhabited island to the creation of the port in the early years of the twentieth century. Lagos is still defined by its curious network of islands and lagoons, where erosion and reclamation lead to a permanently shifting topography, but history has thrust it into the role of a burgeoning mega-city, overcoming all nature’s obstacles. The city’s melting-pot has fertilized a unique literary and artistic flowering that is only now beginning to be appreciated by a world that has only seen slums and chaos.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569194 • Series: Interlink Cultural Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/09/12 •

Sun Bread and Sticky Toffee

Date Desserts from Everywhere

By Sarah al-Hamad

Photography by: Kate Whitaker

Sensual and delicious date desserts from around the globe.

Sticky. Sweet. Gooey. Eating a date is like biting into a caramel cloud, its sweet and soft flesh tinged with molasses and flavor. Dates are one of the oldest cultivated foods with over 600 varieties grown around the world today. From California’s thirst-quenching date shakes to the quintessentially British sticky toffee pudding and its luscious butterscotch sauce, to wholesome date and sesame flatbreads, spicy ginger and date jam, and the creamiest, honeyed date cheesecake, Sun Bread and Sticky Toffee: Date Desserts from Everywhere is like a dense, shady date grove, packed with delicious, natural and healthy recipes that demonstrate the versatility of baking with dates and date syrup.

$20 • 8.5" x 10.75" • 144pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569217 HB
ISBN: 9781566569309 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/03/13 •

Islam in Retrospect

Recovering the message

By Maher S. Mahmassani

"This is a timely and seminal book… a major scholarly work… will come as a shock to many in the west as well as in today's Islamic world… It is a must read." — Contemporary Arab Affairs

Renewing our understanding of Islam in today’s world.

Islam, in many of its current guises, no longer resembles its original Message. In a world of intractable conflicts plagued by political Islam and Islamophobia- and where other forms of fundamentalism within the major religious creeds are on the rise, as well- this book serves as a reminder. It aims to recover and reaffirm Islam’s underlying and guiding principles. Setting out to distinguish the divine from the human in order to elucidate the pristine nature of the divine Message, Mahmassani reasserts Islam’s universal, secular, and progressive character.

In Part One of this comprehensive and meticulously researched volume, the author places the Message of Islam within its historic, geographic, and cultural contexts. Focusing on the primacy of the Holy Qur’an among the sources of Islam, he examines the controversies which have surrounded the Prophetic Tradition- Sunna and Hadith- as a source of Islam, demonstrating the full scope of Islam’s universality. In Part Two he goes on to clarify Islam’s secular nature by reconsidering inherited beliefs about the relationship between Islam and the state, and Islam and Sharia’a law, revealing Islam’s inherent humanism. This leads, in Part Three, to reflections on the progressive nature of Islam, and on the importance of the role of the mind in understanding and taking full benefit of religion as an engine of progress. In particular, the author focuses on human rights, including issues of human dignity, freedom of faith, and gender equality.

Islam in Retrospect: Recovering the Message is a rich contribution to continuing efforts to reform perceptions of Islam. Scholars and students in the fields of Islamic studies, religion, and the humanities, teachers, policy makers, and general readers will find this carefully constructed sourcebook invaluable for its fresh outlook and approach to understanding Islam and Muslim Scriptures in the light of today’s world. As Mahmassani affirms, “Islam, as a divine message, has been- and continuously remains- perfect.”

$35 • 6" x 9" • 672pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569224 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 09/05/14 •

Cracked Open

Liberty, Fertility and the Pursuit of High Tech Babies

By Miriam Zoll

"A scathing attack on the fertility industry in the form of a memoir by a woman whose experience was marked by repeated disappointment and physical and emotional trauma…A must-read for any couple contemplating fertility treatments." — Kirkus Reviews

A woman’s battle with the billion-dollar baby business

Cracked Open is Miriam Zoll’s eye-opening account of growing into womanhood with the simultaneous opportunities offered by the U.S. women’s movement and new discoveries in reproductive technologies. Influenced by the pervasive media and cultural messages suggesting that science had finally eclipsed Mother Nature, Zoll postponed motherhood until the age of 40. When things don’t progress as she had hoped, she enters a world of medical seduction and bioethical quagmires. Desperate to conceive, she surrenders to unproven treatments and procedures only to learn that the odds of becoming a mother through reproductive technologies are far less than she and her generation had been led to believe.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569231 • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/04/13 •

Teaching Arabs, Writing Self

Memoirs of an Arab-American Woman

By Evelyn Shakir

"In her memoir, Evelyn Shakir keeps readers on their toes and turning pages as much with her lively prose as with her insightful observations about herself, her family, new people and places, culture and life itself" Brimming with humor, humanity, and thinking outside the box, Shakir's book offers many new insights on Arab-Americans, the younger generation in Beirut, Damascus and Manama, cross-cultural exchange and, not least, the art of teaching." � The Jordan Times

Evelyn Shakir’s witty, wise, and beautifully written memoir explores her status as an Arab American woman, from the subtle bigotry she faced in Massachusetts as a second-generation Lebanese whose parents were not only foreign but eccentric, to the equally poignant blend of dislocation and homecoming she felt in Bahrain, Syria, and Lebanon, where she taught American literature to university students.

She effortlessly combines personal anecdote with cultural, political, and historical background, and is incapable of stereotyped thinking: one of the book’s many pleasures is the diversity she finds among the people she encounters in the Middle East, including not only students, but cab drivers, storekeepers, and the guys who make the spinach pies at the bakery down the street from her apartment.

As Shakir explores her own identity, she leads the reader to an appreciation of the richness and complexity of being Arab American (or any mixed heritage) in an increasingly small world.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569248 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 10/15/13 •

The Storyteller of Jerusalem

The Life and Times of Wasif Jawhariyyeh, 1904-1948

By Wasif Jawhariyyeh

WINNER OF THE 2014 MEMO PALESTINE BOOK AWARDS

"For those with background knowledge of Palestine under Ottoman and Mandate rule, it will be source of fresh perspectives and details. For those new to the period, the book provides a highly readable, intimate account of life for urban Palestinians. And for all readers, its portrayal of a diverse, vibrant society is a bitter-sweet glimpse into what Palestine might have been, in a world without European and Zionist colonialism." — Electronic Intifada

The memoirs of Wasif Jawhariyyeh are a remarkable treasure trove of writings on the life, culture, music, and history of Jerusalem.

Spanning over four decades, from 1904 to 1948, they cover a period of enormous and turbulent change in Jerusalem’s history, but change lived and recalled from the daily vantage point of the street storyteller. Oud player, music lover and ethnographer, poet, collector, partygoer, satirist, civil servant, local historian, devoted son, husband, father, and person of faith, Wasif viewed the life of his city through multiple roles and lenses. The result is a vibrant, unpredictable, sprawling collection of anecdotes, observations, and yearnings as varied as the city itself.

Reflecting the times of Ottoman rule, the British mandate, and the run-up to the founding of the state of Israel, The Storyteller of Jerusalem offers intimate glimpses of people and events, and of forces promoting confined, divisive ethnic and sectarian identities. Yet, through his passionate immersion in the life of the city, Wasif reveals the communitarian ethos that runs so powerfully through Jerusalem’s past. And that offers perhaps the best hope for its future.

$25 • 6" x 9" • 384pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569255 • Olive Branch • Translator: Nada Elzeer • Release date: 01/06/13 •

Ben Barka Lane

By Mahmoud Saeed

"Published in Iraq in 1970 and subsequently banned, Saeed's novel appears for the first time in English. In 1964, Iraqi political refugee Sharqi arrives in al-Mohammediya, Morocco, to teach high school and finds a country in turmoil, following the exile of leftist opposition leader Mehdi Ben Barka (for whom his street is named), and an oppressive government in the hands of King Hassan II…The rhythm and pace of the prose…gathers momentum as the characters come to life and the stakes of their ordinary decisions play out in a hyper-politicized society." — Publishers Weekly

First English translation of award-winning novel banned in Iraq.

In Ben Barka Lane we see the Morocco of the late 1960s through the eyes of a young political exile from Iraq- its beauty and misery, its unforgettable people. In this contemporary classic, Mahmoud Saeed offers us a unique portrait of a time and place, and a tale of the passion, politics, vengeance, and betrayal that take place there. “A landmark of the modern Arab novel,” in the words of one critic, Ben Barka Lane is now, at last, in English translation, as compelling today as when first published.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569262 • Interlink Books • Translator: Kay Heikkinen • Release date: 01/04/13 •

In the House Un-American

By Benjamin Hollander

"It is difficult to speak of Benjamin Hollander's masterpiece, so America, so like an inner emigration, as if we had all changed names….A book of this order comes very rarely to our consciousness; we are so censorious of new genres….[T]his book exists as music barely heard in the air becomes music of our ground, grain." — David Shapiro

A novel for out times and radical proof that “America was fable before it became fact.”

In the 1950s, a Puerto Rican Jew with roots in Leipzig and the Middle East lands in New York Harbor. So begins In the House Un-American, where Carlos ben Carlos Rossman, wannabe heir to the American poet William Carlos Williams and distant cousin of Kafka’s boy immigrant sensation Karl Rossman, is forever an absurdist stumble away from falling into a satirical wormhole. In his wanderings among Americans and “un-Americans,” Carlos leads us through a mirage of genres and historical lenses- memoirist fictions, essayistic stories, fables, anti-communist scripts. He comes to the Coney Island boardwalk only to arrive in his own mind at the shores of the Mediterranean. As he journeys from the golden age of Spain to the Statue of Liberty among East Coast Jewish Buddhist pilgrims going West, Carlos reinvents the rest of us as he remakes himself. In a Mecca of his own making in the heart of America, Carlos offers a prophetic new vision reconciling Islam and the American. In the House Un-American maps the continual transformation of where and who Carlos is and where America might someday arrive with him.

$15 • 5.5" x 7.75" • 192pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569279 • Clockroot Books • Release date: 01/04/13 •

Small Planet, Small Plates

Earth-Friendly Vegetarian Recipes

By Troth Wells

"Small Planet, Small Plates is definitely an invitation to cook new recipes that will rock your world… " — elephantjournal.com

Moving towards a more vegetable-based diet is the only sustainable and healthy way to feed the world.

The extraordinary abundance of nutritious plant foods gives great opportunities to conjure them into delicious, planet-friendly meals. Some of the best non-meat dishes come from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East and we have selected a variety of highlights. From the tempting coconut milk rich dishes of South India, to the warming bean and chili concoctions of South America; from the fragrant soups and stir-fries of Thailand to the delicate wat stews of Ethiopia, this cookbook has intriguing tastes for every palate.

– Over 100 vegetarian recipes from all parts of the globe

– Recipes presented in mezze-style- with suggestions of a number of small dishes that combine to make a full meal

– Easy to follow recipes with suggestions for substitute ingredients

– Useful facts and helpful hints

– Tips on sourcing fair trade and local ingredients

– Full-color recipe photographs throughout

$25 • 7.5" x 9.75" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569316 • Interlink Books • Release date: 03/02/14 •

Sugar and Spice

Sweets & Treats from Around the World

By Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra

"This book offers great variety for the novice confectioner" — Library Journal

A delicious collection of international recipes from the award-winning author of Warm Bread and Honey Cake.

This enchanting cookbook offers recipes for the best of the world’s sweets, tiny cakes and patisserie, from Indian milk sweets to the nutty filo dainties of the Middle East; from tiny French sponge cakes to Scottish fudge. Alongside over 120 easy-to-follow recipes, the author offers engaging narratives on the history of sweets- tales of trade and sea voyages that have enchanted children for centuries. All the sweets and cakes can be eaten in one or two mouthfuls- ideal for the family, entertaining, or gifts.

Sugar and Spice is filled with stories from around the world and it is as much an armchair read as a practical cookbook. With beautiful photography and delectable design it makes the book itself an ideal gift and will be as much a treat as the recipes themselves.

$25 • 7.5" x 9.75" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569323 • Interlink Books • Release date: 11/15/13 •

Orient Express

Fast Food from the Eastern Mediterranean

By Silvena Rowe

Photography by: Jonathan Lovekin

"Highly recommended for readers looking to explore new spices." — Library Journal

For busy cooks who want a touch of the light, beautiful cuisine of the Eastern Mediterranean. New in paperback.

Following her acclaimed Purple Citrus & Sweet Perfume, Silvena Rowe turns her focus to the delicious small dishes that you would find in the bustling street markets of Damascus or Istanbul – koftes, falafels and pilafs- as well as delicious desserts such as vanilla baklava, and chocolate and pistachio mousse.

In this treasure trove of a book she presents 100 light, enticing new recipes, perfectly balanced for mezze-style summer meals. This is a cuisine both for celebrating and for sharing: Ottoman-inspired food based around stunning combinations of sweet and sour- honey and cinnamon, saffron and sumac- and given a brilliant modern twist by one of the most exciting chefs working today.

Silvena Rowe has an encyclopedic knowledge of the foods and culinary traditions of the eastern Mediterranean. Her enthusiasm for the food of her heritage is evident on every page.

$22.95 • 7.75" x 9.5" • 208pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569330 • Interlink Books • Release date: 09/01/14 •

The Conference of the Birds

The Selected Sufi Poetry of Farid Ud-Din Attar

By Farid Ud-Din Attar

"Farid Ud-Din Attar was a thirteenth-century Iranian Sufi poet …wrote ecstatic verse describing the experience of mysticism. In 'The Conference of Birds', or Manteq ut-Tair, Attar explores the themes of Sufism through an allegorical story of a gathering of birds facing a difficult journey to find the Simurgh, or king of the birds. Some birds never set out, others are lost along the way, and only a few succeed in completing the journey. This particular edition has beautiful illustrations on every page." — Multicultural Review

A richly-illustrated mystical classic. New in paperback.

The Conference of the Birds is a twelfth-century Sufi allegorical poem. The story of the quest for a king undertaken by the birds of the world, it also describes the Sufi (or mystical Islamic) path to enlightenment. Though hugely popular and influential in the Islamic world, the poem is still relatively unfamiliar in the West.

In this edition, the poet Raficq Abdulla has reinterpreted key extracts to make the wisdom of Sufism accessible to the contemporary reader. Combining amusing anecdotes and satire with passages of great mystical beauty, the poem uses the birds’ journey to describe the stages of spiritual experience. This edition is richly illustrated with illuminations from Persian manuscripts.

$17.95 • 7" x 8.5" • 96pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569354 • Interlink Books • Translator: Raficq Abdulla • Release date: 01/03/13 •

Capitalism Hits the Fan

The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do About It

By Richard D. Wolff

"Probably America's most prominent Marxist economist." — The New York Times

A breathtakingly clear analysis of today’s ongoing economic crisis.

In this updated edition of Capitalism Hits the Fan, Professor Wolff explains why capitalism’s global crisis persists, why bank bailouts and austerity policies fail, and why deepening economic inequality now generates historic social tensions and conflicts and worsens the ongoing crisis. This book chronicles one economist’s growing alarm and insights as he watched, from 2005 onwards, the economic crisis build, burst, and then change the world. The argument here differs sharply from most other explanations offered by politicians, media commentators, and other academics. Step by step, Wolff shows that deep economic structures- the relationship of wages to profits, of workers to boards of directors, and of debts to income- account for the crisis.

The book’s essays engage the long-overdue public discussion about capitalism as a system and about the basic structural changes needed not only to fix today’s broken economy but to prevent future crises.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569361 • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/05/13 •

Berlin

A Cultural Guide

By Norbert Schurer

"A richly textured and idiosyncratic take on the city of Schurer's childhood, as if the reader were surveying Berlin in the company of a friend who grew up there." — Times Literary Supplement

Exploring the cultural heart of Europe inside out.

Berlin is much more than the former capital of Nazi Germany- it is often described today as innovative, fast-paced, avant-garde, rough, exciting, and even sexy. At the political and geographical center of the Second World War and the Cold War, the city had already been at the cultural heart of Europe for hundreds of years- and continues to set architectural, musical, literary and fashion trends in the twenty-first century. Berlin has been shaped by politicians such as Frederick the Great, dictators like Adolf Hitler and architects such as Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Hans Scharoun, and it boasts icons including the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag. Yet no one individual put a decisive stamp on the city, which had to reinvent itself again and again because of its turbulent history.

The staid baroque capital of Prussia was succeeded by the up-and-coming capital of newly united Germany; village homes replaced by tenement housing in the nineteenth century; the hierarchical orderliness of the early twentieth century followed by the unconventional statements of modernism. After the destruction of the Second World War, the Berlin Wall cut the city in half and created the brooding image of the Cold War frontier, and since the dramatic collapse of the Wall the latest version of a unified Berlin has arisen as new Germany’s capital. Even today, the various communities that now make up the city have their own distinctive identities.

Norbert Schurer’s cultural guide explores the juxtaposition of Berlin’s past and present in history, architecture, literature, art, entertainment and religion and offers an insider account that provides contexts to make sense of Berlin’s dazzling variety.

$17.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569385 • Series: Interlink Cultural Guides • Interlink Books •

Chomsky and Dershowitz

On Endless War and the End of Civil Liberties

By Howard Friel

"Howard Friel presents a superb depiction of the adversarial encounter between Noam Chomsky and Alan Dershowitz, two iconic figures of American intellectual life for the past many decades. Friel brilliantly assesses their contradictory political ideas and values, and their influence on our country and the world." � Richard Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor Emeritus of International Law and Practice, Princeton University

Through the lens of a careful assessment of the political views of MIT’s Noam Chomsky and Harvard’s Alan Dershowitz- the two protagonists of a Cambridge-based feud over the past forty years- author Howard Friel chronicles an American intellectual history from the U.S. war in Vietnam in the 1960s to the contemporary debate about the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Major findings reveal the consistency of Chomsky’s principled support of international law, human rights, and civil liberties, and a reversal by Dershowitz from support in the 1960s to opposition of those legal standards today. Friel’s volume argues that a Chomskyan adherence by the United States to international law and human rights would reduce the threat of terrorism and preserve civil liberties, that the Dershowitz-backed war on terrorism increases the threat of terrorism and undermines civil liberties, and that the incremental but steady transition toward a preventive state threatens the permanent suspension of civil liberties in the United States.

$11.00 • 6" x 9" • 288pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569422 HB
ISBN: 9781566569743 PB • Olive Branch Press •

Voice Male

The Untold Story of the Pro-Feminist Men's Movement

By Rob A. Okun

"Finally a book for women to feel hopeful about men. Longtime editor of Voice Male magazine Rob Okun and a chorus of contributing writers chronicle a movement of men standing with women in the struggle to end violence against women and girls. But this brave book does more than that, revealing an emerging new man culture where men are reclaiming their tears and their hearts as they join women in creating a world where we are all safe and free." �Eve Ensler, playwright of The Vagina Monologues; author of I Am an Emotional Creature and In the Body of the World

Here is a stunning new book that succeeds in doing nothing less than chronicling the social transformation of masculinity over a three-decade span.

Through thematically arranged essays by leading experts, Voice Male illustrates how a growing movement of men is redefining masculinity. In this collection, Rob Okun directs a chorus of pro-feminist voices, introducing readers to men examining contemporary manhood from a variety of perspectives: from overcoming violence, fatherhood, and navigating life as a man of color, a gay man, or a boy on the journey to manhood. It also provides a critical forum for both male survivors and GBTQ men to speak out.

This inspired book is evidence of a new direction for men, brightly illuminating what’s around the bend on the path to gender justice.

$25 • 6" x 9" • 480pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569446 HB
ISBN: 9781566560023 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: 03/28/14 •

Gertrude

By Hassan Najmi

"This nuanced portrait of Gertrude Stein, presented through the eyes of a fictional male lover from Morocco known only as Muhammad, comes from noted Moroccan journalist and poet Najmi (A Little Life). The narrator, a poet and journalist named Abu Hasan, befriends the elderly Muhammad, who claims that during his younger days, he met Stein while she was in Tangier and was afterward invited to live at her celebrated Parisian salon. Knowing that he is dying, Muhammad persuades Hasan to write his memoirs. In turn, Hasan enlists the research aid of an American diplomat, Lydia Altman, who becomes his lover. Meanwhile, Muhammad tells of how, as a habitue of Stein's salon, he befriended famous artists and poets like Pablo Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire. He also fell in love with Stein, despite her "masculine" and "arrogant" personality, creating domestic discord with her longtime companion and lover, Alice B. Toklas. While Stein affectionately addressed Muhammad as 'Mo, ' she was never a monogamous lover and continued her sexual liaisons with Toklas. In the present day, Hasan, who is married, and Lydia have their own relationship problems while he wrestles with writing Muhammad's life story. But Najmi makes the difficult, idiosyncratic Gertrude Stein as much the focus of his novel as Muhammad, Hasan, and Lydia, presenting the famed writer in a refreshingly new light." � Publishers Weekly

As Hassan Najmi’s acclaimed novel begins, our unnamed narrator befriends an elderly man, Muhammad, who, as a young man, worked as a tour guide in the city of Tangier. Muhammad tells the narrator about his most famous clients, the renowned Gertrude Stein and her companion Alice Toklas, who- on the recommendation of Henri Matisse- hired Muhammad as their guide when they visited Morocco. Now close to death, Muhammad begs the narrator to take his papers and write his life story. We learn that Muhammad accepted Stein’s invitation to visit her in Paris. He participated in Stein’s famous salon, meeting the many luminaries in Stein’s circle.

As the narrator is drawn into Muhammad’s story, he finds himself also drawn to a beautiful African-American woman who becomes as interested in the story of Stein’s visit to Morocco as she is in the young Moroccan who is researching it. Together they continue their quest into the past to rediscover Stein, in a novel that bursts with different varieties of passion at the hands of a master storyteller and poet.

$8.25 • 5.25" x 8" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569453 HB
ISBN: 9781566569712 PB • Interlink Books • Translator: Roger Allen •

How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position

A Novel

"This is a fast-paced, hilarious novel that nonetheless has sufficient depth to withstand several re-readings. If there's any justice, it's going to be as big a hit in Euro-America as it has been in Khair's home country of India." � Claire Chambers, The Huffington Post

A hilarious, satirical novel from award-winning Indian writer.

Funny and sad, satirical and humane, this novel tells the interlinked stories of three unforgettable men whose trajectories cross in Denmark: the flamboyant Ravi, the fundamentalist Karim, and the unnamed and pragmatic Pakistani narrator. As the unnamed narrator copes with his divorce, and Ravi- despite his exterior of skeptical flamboyance- falls deeply in love with a beautiful woman who is incapable of responding in kind, Karim, their landlord, goes on with his job as a taxi driver and his regular Friday Qur’an sessions. But is he going on with something else? Who is Karim? And why does he disappear suddenly at times or receive mysterious phone calls? When a “terrorist attack”å takes place in town, all three men find themselves embroiled in doubt, suspicion, and, perhaps, danger.

An acerbic commentary on the times, How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position is also a bitter-sweet, spell-binding novel about love and life today.

$8.25 • 5.25" x 8 • 224pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569460 HB
ISBN: 9781566569705 PB • Interlink Books •

Cinderella

Illustrated by: Ruth Sanderson

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"An exceptionally exquisite rendering� Sanderson paints personality and emotion into each of her characters." � Booklist, starred review

Sweet Cinderella is forced to spend her days waiting on her cruel stepsisters and stepmother, almost forgetting that she, too, was once a fine young lady with handsome clothes and a soft bed to sleep in. But when Cinderella is left at home on the night of the Prince’s ball, her fairy godmother turns pumpkin into coach, mice into horses, lizards into footmen, and Cinderella’s rags into a beautiful ball gown. At the ball Cinderella secretly captures the heart of the Prince, but it is not until he finds the true owner of the delicate glass slipper that the two can live happily ever after.

$6.27 • 8.5" x 11" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569477 HB
ISBN: 9781566569699 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 3 to 8 • Release date: 09/01/13 •

Oh, Salaam!

By Najwa Barakat

"Without any taboos or limits, [Barakat] depicts here the return to life after war with a remarkable freedom of tone and evocative power" The strangest thing is that upon finishing the book, one has the feeling of being caught in the net of a work that is suffocating but enthralling, which fascinates with the resplendence of its images and the clarity of its vision." � Le Monde Diplomatique

Acclaimed novel with compelling treatment of gender roles, and the effects of civil war.

Najwa Barakat’s Oh, Salaam! (Yaa Salaam!, Arabic, 1999) tells the story of three friends whose lives are transformed by their participation in the inhuman civil war of some unnamed Arab country- and by their relationship with the novel’s anti-heroine, Salaam. Two of the friends live to see the arrival of peace, but they struggle to make a life for themselves in a society that has no need for former militiamen. Meanwhile, the death of the third, Salaam’s fiance, remains a mystery until the closing pages of the novel. Some scenes recall No Exit as the three main characters use and torment each other. In others, their cruelty and coarse behavior is reminiscent of the antisocial counterculture of Clockwork Orange. Initially repulsed, the reader is drawn to discover whether any of the characters will succeed in finding love, making it rich, or getting out of the country alive.

The fast-reading plot is shocking throughout, yet it generates a compelling fascination to observe the ultimate consequences of violence and sexual exploitation. The depictions of civil war, torture, oppressive gender roles, and sexual exploitation are challenging to read, but unfortunately they remain very relevant.

Oh, Salaam! has been translated into Italian and French. Both the original and the translations alike have received the praise of critics for the novel’s compelling treatment of antisocial characters, gender roles, and the effects of civil war.

$8.25 • 5.25" x 8" • 288pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569484 HB
ISBN: 9781566569927 PB • Interlink Books • Translator: Luke Leafgren • Release date: 10/14/14 •

The Andalucia Guide

By Michael Jacobs

"The best one volume guide to Andalucia." — Rough Guide

One of the world’s most beautiful places captured gloriously.

In this masterly book, Michael Jacobs looks with fresh eyes at all the traditional delights of Andalucia while doing full justice to the lesser-known aspects of the region. He examines the underrated local food and drink, the extraordinarily varied natural scenery, the composers and writers who created the romantic myths and legends of the nineteenth century, the strange legacy of Lorca and the Spanish Civil War. Moorish remains, its outstanding prehistoric and classical heritage and its exuberant Renaissance and Baroque monuments make it one of the richest regions of Europe for the visitor. Nearly a hundred Andalucian villages and towns are described in the gazetteer, some of which- Seville, Granada, Cordoba and Cadiz- are as lovely and as haunting as anywhere in the world.

$25 • 6" x 8" • 592pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569514 • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/05/13 •

Persian Love Poetry

By Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis & Sheila R. Canby

"A pleasure to browse through, Persian Love Poetry is beautiful, both in appearance and in content. This book will entice its readers into the rose garden of Persian poetry so that they will become intoxicated by the fragrance of its many flowers." — American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences

Love is a major theme in Persian poetry and can be interpreted in various ways- as mystic love, the basis of the relationship between humans and God, or as passionate or affectionate love between lovers, husbands and wives, parents and children, family and friends, or even as patriotic love of Iran. The literary style and indeed the Persian language itself are floral and elaborate, but the themes differ little from our preoccupations with love and romance today.

This collection of extracts has been selected from the best of traditional and contemporary Persian poetry. Each poem is illustrated with a fine example of Persian art from the collections of the British Museum.

With a brief introduction to the Persian poetic tradition and a short biographical note about each of the poets, this beautiful anthology is the perfect way to discover the treasures of Persian literature and art.

$15 • 6" x 7.5" • 100pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569552 • Interlink Books • Translator: Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis & Sheila R. Canby • Release date: 09/15/13 •

Prague

A Cultural Guide

By Andrew Beattie

Since its foundation in the ninth century Prague has punched way above its weight to become a fulcrum of European culture.

The city’s most illustrious figures in the fields of music, literature and film are well known: Mozart staged the premiere of his opera Don Giovanni here; in the early twentieth century Franz Kafka was at the forefront of the city’s intellectual life, while later writers such as Milan Kundera and film directors such as Milos Forman chronicled Prague’s fortunes under communism.

Yet the city has a cultural heritage that runs far deeper than Kafka museums and Mozart-by-candlelight concerts. It encompasses the avant-garde punk group Plastic People of the Universe, the “new wave” film directors of the 1960s who made their striking movies in the city’s famed Barrandov studios, and artists such as Alfons Mucha and Frantisek Kupka whose revolutionary canvases fomented Art Nouveau and abstract art at the dawn of the twentieth century.

Beyond art galleries, concert halls and cinemas the history of Prague has been one of invasion and sometimes brutal oppression. The great German chancellor Otto von Bismarck once commented that “whoever controls Prague, controls mid-Europe” and a succession of imperialist powers have taken this advice to heart, most recently Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Opposition has taken many forms, from the religious reformer Jan Hus in the fifteenth century to playwright and dissident Václav Havel, whose elevation to the Czechoslovak presidency in 1990 made him a symbol of the rebirth of democracy in Eastern Europe.

In this book Andrew Beattie also reflects on the modern city, where bold new buildings such as Frank Gehry’s “Dancing House” rub shoulders with monuments from the Gothic and Baroque eras such as the Charles Bridge and St. Vitus’ Cathedral. He considers the suburbs too, home to world-renowned soccer and ice hockey teams, gleaming shopping centers and grim communist-era apartment blocks that are often home to Vietnamese, Romany and Muslim minority groups who live in a city with a growing international outlook. The Prague he reveals is an increasingly confident and diverse city of the new Europe.

$17 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569569 • Series: Interlink Cultural Guides • Interlink Books • Release date: 03/02/14 •

Flying Carpets

Short Stories

By Hedy Habra

"Surveying what appears as familiar ground, Hedy Habra's Flying Carpets plunge deep into the bygone and the irrecoverable. Steeped in childhood memories of Egypt and Lebanon, and intensified in the act of fictional recollection, Habra's stories are joyous and tragic at once, witty and profound. In Habra we have a Sheherazad of our times, not one trying to save her life, but one intent on bringing enchantment, gravitas, and sensitivity to ours. This is a book full of marvels, beautifully written." — Khaled Mattawa, author of Amorisco and Tocqueville

A charming and captivating voyage through time and space.

Flying Carpets is a story collection in the grand tradition of Arab storytelling. In it, Habra masterfully waves her writing wand and takes us on a journey as we read about people and places far away and encounter temples and mountain villages, gliding boats and fragrant kitchens, flaming fish and rich tapestries.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 208pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569576 • Interlink Books • Release date: 09/15/13 •

Pure and Special

Gourmet Indian Vegetarian Cuisine

By Vidhu Mittal

"The minimalist aesthetic and photographs will appeal to a wide audience, and readers familiar with Indian cuisine will appreciate the diversity of dishes represented. Mittal's helpful visual instructions, chapter devoted to cooking techniques, and tips will have home cooks making paneer and spice blends with confidence." — Library Journal, starred review

A mouthwatering collection of recipes reflecting the very best of Indian vegetarian cuisine.

Celebrated food writer Vidhu Mittal’s eagerly-awaited new cookbook delves deeper into the nuances of Indian vegetarian food and offers a collection of recipes that elevates the food lover to the next level of vegetarian cooking. A mix of traditional, festive dishes, contemporary favorites and innovative renditions, each recipe extols the variety and virtue of vegetables in Indian cooking.

Continuing in the tradition of her previous book, Pure & Special features easy-to-follow recipes with step-by-step photographs for each dish. Every recipe carries useful tips and special notes from the author, explaining the uniqueness of each dish. Vidhu has created a wide range of vegetarian recipes that retain and enhance natural flavors, textures, and colors but are simple and easy to prepare. Compared to traditional Indian cooking, which can sometimes be too rich and elaborate, her recipes are healthy and appealing.

Pure and Special is filled with helpful menu suggestions and ingredient descriptions. With beautiful photography and tasteful design this book makes a perfect gift and is a must have for both the beginner as well as the seasoned cook.

$30 • 9" x 11" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566569590 • Interlink Books • Release date: 10/15/13 •

Other Lives

"A rewarding and cohesive fictionalized meditation on the nature of place, emigration, and memory." —World Literature Today

A new novel from award-winning Lebanese writer Iman Humaydan.

“Did I live many lives or only one life enough for many women?” asks Miriyam in Other Lives. This third novel by Lebanese writer, Iman Humaydan, starkly and poignantly demonstrates how war, violence and dislocation have an impact not only on the lives of people who live through them but what life itself means, particularly for women. In Other Lives, Miriyam’s travels take her from her Shouf mountain village to Beirut, Melbourne and Paradise, Australia to Nairobi, Mombasa and Cape Town. Unwilling to be tied down by geography, language or men, Miriyam forges a path through the world that is at once hers uniquely and also deeply informed by her life’s experiences. Again and again, she is drawn back to the Lebanon of her birth and childhood, only to find it no longer there. She is forced to confront the ghosts of the civil war- her dead brother, her disappeared lover, and the life that she left behind when she immigrated to Australia.

Humaydan deftly explores one woman’s negotiation of love and war, intimacy and loss, migration and home in a way that speaks beyond individual but to a collective experience.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569620 • Interlink Books • Translator: Michelle Hartman • Release date: 04/02/14 •

Renaissance Emir

A Druze Warlord at the Court of the Medici

By T.J. Gorton

"T.J. Gorton's main aim is to tell an extraordinary story, and he does so with great enthusiasm and sympathy… lively and readable book" — Literary Review

A groundbreaking biography of the mysterious Levantine prince Fakr ad-Din.

The year is 1613: the Ottoman Empire is at its height, sprawling from Hungary to Iraq, Morocco to Yemen. One man dares to challenge it: the Prince of the mysterious Druze sect in Mount Lebanon, Fakhr ad-Din. Yielding before a mighty army sent to conquer him, he- astonishingly- takes refuge with the Medici in Florence at the height of the Renaissance. Fakhr ad-Din took along with him a diverse party of Moslem, Christian, and Jewish Levantines on their first visit to the “Lands of the Christians.” During his five-year stay in Italy, he fights to persuade Popes, Grand-Dukes and Viceroys to support a grand plan: a new Crusade to wrest the Holy Land from the Ottomans, giving Jerusalem back to Christendom and himself a crown.

This groundbreaking biography of Fakhr ad-Din, Prince of the Druze, is based on the author’s vivid new translations of contemporary sources in Arabic and other languages. It brings to life one remarkable man’s beliefs and ambitions, uniquely illuminating the elusive interface between Eastern and Western culture.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569637 • Series: • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 06/02/14 • Awards: HIS037020

Faces of Egypt

Images and Observations

By Deborah Shea Doyle

A lavish celebration of the lives of a wonderful people.

For ten years, photographer Deborah Shea Doyle traveled throughout Egypt- from bustling Cairo to remote parts of the Sinai region- to explore the landscape and learn about the lives of ordinary Egyptians, especially the Bedouins. She visited large cities and small villages and traversed through the country’s inaccessible areas, which presented her with a gold mine of opportunities to capture and record interesting faces of people she encountered along the way. Her splendid collection of photographs of ordinary Egyptian men, women, and children as they work and play in their everyday lives invites readers to discover Egypt and its people as they have not been seen before. The humanity captured through her expert lens is matched by an engaging text and observations that give readers insight into the local customs and habits.

$11.00 • 9" x 9" • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569644 HB
ISBN: 9781566569613 PB • Olive Branch Press •

Germany: A Literary Anthology

Beyond the Enchanted Forest

By Brian Melican

"What a delight to find this unusual approach to armchair travel in Germany… Seasoned travelers to Germany as well as those taking their first trip there will find this a useful introduction to the country over the last 400 years. The diverse traveler reactions to their adventures will inspire most readers to take a trip there and formulate their own opinions." — Library Journal, starred review

A literary anthology of over 80 visitors to Germany.

By following over eighty North American and British literary travellers, starting in the sixteenth century with some of the earliest travel accounts in English, Brian Melican presents a wide range of writing about, or set in, Germany. Letters from Boswell and Garrick, Coleridge and Wordsworth; the journals of Herman Melville and Henry James; fiction by D. H. Lawrence and Ford Madox Ford reveal an oft-forgotten richness in encounters with Germany before the horrors of the twentieth century. Post-war writing ranges from the spy fiction of Len Deighton, to travel writing by Leigh Fermor, and the writers who dissected post-Nazi Germany. The diversity of writing about Germany today encompasses light-hearted accounts and more searching passages taken from an eclectic selection of authors. Recorded and imagined images of Germany have changed dramatically across the centuries. Yet views on many of its features especially its cities and rivers, customs and cuisine have often remained constant.

This anthology invites readers to venture beyond the usual discussion about this country at the very heart of Europe.

$16 • 5.50" x 8.5" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569682 • Interlink Books • Release date: 06/02/14 •

The Birth of the Arab Citizen and the Changing Middle East

By Stuart Schaar & Mohsine El Ahmadi

The widespread revolt that began with the Tunisian revolution of December 2010 and inspired uprisings in several Arab countries is arguably one of the most important events to take place in the Middle East this century.

But despite the popularity of the uprisings; the overthrow of dictatorships; and revolt’s huge costs in human life and economic hardship, the Arab world remains a tense region, the so-called Arab Spring an unfinished cause. This collection of original essays by 21 internationally respected scholars and experts explores the underlying tensions and conditions that gave rise to the revolt- social, political, economic, and ideological- and explains how Arab citizens are defining new destinies for their societies. It is an essential resource for understanding the popular uprisings and the future of the Middle East and North Africa.

$25 • 6" x 9" • 352pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569736 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 05/15/15 •

America and World War I

A Traveler's Guide

By Mark D. Van Ells

"As we reach the centennial of what Europe calls the Great War, World War I, we all need to gain insight into that war. It was the war that set up all the other wars of the twentieth century. Mark D. Van Ells's book is a must-read experience. It is invaluable in learning the unmistakable lessons of history." — U.S. Senator Max Cleland (Ret.)

Following the doughboy from the home front to the Western front – and mapping the many memorials built in his honor.

It has now been a century since World War I began, but America’s role in this colossal struggle has been largely forgotten on both sides of the Atlantic. Historian and travel writer Mark D. Van Ells aims to change that. America and World War I follows in the footsteps of the Doughboy – as the U.S. soldier of the Great War was known – from the training camps of the United States to the frontlines of Europe. Tracing the totality of America’s experience from the factors that led the nation to enter the war in April 1917 to the armistice in November 1918, his riveting narrative describes a military buildup on a scale the world had never seen, as well as the war’s major battles and campaigns and, throughout, it leads the traveler to the memorials erected in the Doughboys’ wake, as well as to the many places that remain unmarked and uncommemorated.

Through their own words, we learn the feelings of those young men and women who served in the war. What were their private thoughts and fears? Their personal memories? Such eyewitness accounts, woven into the fabric of each chapter, give this absorbingly written book an immediacy and vividness that marks a new departure in guidebooks.

Complete with photographs, the voices of the doughboys themselves, and up-to-date travel information, America and World War I is an indispensable guide for those who wish to explore this vital but neglected chapter in the American and European experience.

– Major battles and battlefields

– Memorials, museums, sites, cemeteries, and statues

– How to get there

– What to see

– Eyewitness accounts

– Maps

– Then and now photographs

$22 • 5" x 9" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569750 • Interlink Books • Release date: 09/01/14 •

Extraordinary Rendition

American Writers on Palestine

By Ru Freeman

"It is both the artist's burden and duty to witness what is going on in the world. Sometimes it is easier to remain silent, but as the incredible poet and activist Audre Lorde reminded us, our silence won't protect us. In Extraordinary Rendition: (American) Writers on Palestine, silences are broken, poignant and powerful narratives and testimonials are offered on Palestine that make it impossible for the reader to remain unmoved, unshaken, and unaffected. I hope this book will not only stir emotions and reflections, but will also lead to urgent and necessary change." — Edwidge Danticat

Sixty-five writers contribute to a groundbreaking anthology on Palestine.

This collection brings together the work of sixty-five prominent writers to examine America’s culpability in the denial of human rights and dignity to Palestinians in Israel/Palestine and beyond. It includes pieces by writers such as Chana Bloch, Marilyn Hacker, Jane Hirshfield, Colum McCann, Claire Messud, Roger Reeves, George Saunders and Alice Walker. In writing that is always clear, and often startlingly beautiful, they cover a range of issues including the erasure and reconstruction of histories, the examination of identity, the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of speaking out as artists, the conditions of occupation, and the potential for activism. The anthology makes a significant contribution toward an understanding of the ways people of conscience in general, and writers in particular, can take on one of the most pressing political questions of our time.

$25 • 6" x 9" • 452pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560603 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 04/15/16 •

Unholyland

The Trilogy

By Aidan Andrew Dun

"Told in a series of sonnets, the story draws on a litany of influences, including the political slingshot hip-hop of Palestine, Rastafarian reggae, religious myth, and slang". an innovative work that draws the reader in with a real sense of danger and urgency." — Publishers Weekly

A novel in verse that tells the story of a romance between an Israeli DJ and a Palestinian rapper, set in 21st century Israel and Palestine.

Through the story of two lovers, Mosh and Jalilah, this verse novel encapsulates the personal tragedy of the Palestine-Israel conflict. Set in the popular music culture of modern Palestine, using rap rhythms and the sonnet form, Aidan Andrew Dun’s new book is verbally accomplished and rhythmically creative, and yet gripping to read as the story unfolds in a fast-moving narrative of twists and turns. From a first meeting in an underground dive in the Galilee, through Jalilah’s home life in Sabra and Shatila camp, and Mosh’s capture and interrogation by Israeli security, the story builds to a climax in an improvised music gathering in the Sinai desert.

This is a unique and original piece of writing. It will also appeal to younger readers through the use of rap rhythms and the inclusion of leading rap and reggae musicians in the narrative.

$20 • 5" x 7.75" • 264pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560627 • Interlink Books • Release date: 07/15/16 •

Out West

Travels through the American West - Past and Present

By Tim Slessor

"BBC filmmaker Slessor might seem like an unlikely writer to take on the American West, but his obvious enthusiasm for the region, many visits, and a year living and working in Nebraska should wipe away any concerns. Focused on history, especially the deeply personal history of small towns and the clash of truth and legend (his belief that Butch Cassidy survived and returned to the U.S. from Bolivia makes for an exceptionally convincing, myth-busting chapter), Slessor is funny, smart, and delightfully lively as he shares stories he found while on and off assignment in this legendary region. Each chapter delves into a fresh tale as he follows history's trail from Lewis and Clark to the railroads, the gold rush, and Wounded Knee. Slessor has no grand pronouncements to make about what the frontier or its people mean to America, but he obviously loves the place and can't get enough of it. He teases out plenty of new facets to make any reader happy, and has crafted what can easily be termed an armchair-traveler's favorite kind of escape." — Booklist

Many books about the American West leave out the more intriguing details. For example, was Butch Cassidy really killed in a Bolivian shoot-out? It seems that he probably returned, under a false name, to live out his days in the West. In 1935 he even submitted an autobiographical script to Hollywood- only to have it rejected as being “too preposterous to be believable.” He died two years later, penniless.

Working for the BBC, British writer Tim Slessor has filmed and traveled “out West” for over forty years; indeed, at one time he quit his job to go and work for “a very happy year” in western Nebraska. In this book he selects a series of beguiling stories that range from the mountain men and their fur trade to the pioneers of the overland trail, from Custer and the disaster at the Little Big Horn to the last stand of the Sioux at Wounded Knee, from the early cow-towns and the railroads to the cattle barons and the emigrant sod-busters.

Full of surprises and insights, Out West casts new and entertaining light on the history and personalities of the American West.

$20 • 5.5" x 8.5" • 356pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560641 • Interlink Books • Release date: 07/15/16 •

Just Another Jihadi Jane

"Required reading for anyone interested in trying to understand our mad, bloody world." — Kirkus Reviews, starred review

A gripping novel that comments movingly on our lives today. It brilliantly engages prejudices and preconceptions and turns them upside down.

A novel about friendship, faith, and alienation, Just Another Jihadi Jane tells the tale of Islamist radicalization from the inside. Two children of Muslim immigrants in England’s industrial north- thoughtful Jamilla and rebellious Ameena- become best friends, and find in religion and social media a community as welcoming and encouraging as their public education is estranging. After Jamilla’s father dies and her brother marries, the two girls leave England and join the Islamist cause in Syria. The intellectual and emotional poverty as well as the violence they find there creates a story as gripping as it is heart-wrenching.

As did All Quiet on the Western Front, Tabish Khair’s novel reminds a new generation that heroism and sacrifice are not limited to one side in a conflict, and that the first victims of a murderous regime are those who live within it.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 176pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560672 • Interlink Books • Release date: 09/15/16 •

Palestine on a Plate

Memories from My Mother's Kitchen

By Joudie Kalla

Photography by: Ria Osborne

“Joudie Kalla is an exceptionally talented chef with a deep understanding of tradition and ingredients that enables her to create exciting and adventurous dishes.” � Loyd Grossman

A beautifully photographed culinary and cultural tour of Palestine

Palestinian food is not just found on the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem with the ka’ak (sesame) bread sellers and stalls selling za’atar chicken and mana’eesh (za’atar and sesame bread), but in the home too; in the kitchens all across the country, where families cook and eat together every day, in a way that generations before them have always done.

Palestine on a Plate is a tribute to family, cooking, and home- old recipes created with love that brings people together in appreciation of the beauty of this rich heritage. Immerse yourself in the stories and culture of Palestine through the food in this book.

This is a celebration of real Palestinian food, cooked with the ingredients that Joudie’s mother and grandmother use, and their grandmothers used before them. Experience the wonderful flavors of Palestine through zingy fattet hummus (tangy yoghurt, chickpeas and hummus, served over toasted pita bread and drizzled in buttered pine nuts), satisfyingly spiced makloubeh (an upside down spiced rice dish with lamb neck and fried eggplant), eggplant and zucchini stuffed full with spiced and herbed lamb, and sublimely decadent awameh (honey dumplings) all accompanied by fresh mint tea and white coffee (not actually coffee at all, but a refreshing mix of water, orange blossom water and sugar).

Colorful, stunning photography evoking the vibrancy and romance of the country will bring Palestine into your home and make you fall in love with this wonderful way to cook and enjoy food.

$26.95 • 7.5" x 10" • 240pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566560696 HB
ISBN: 9781623718169 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: 09/15/16 •

Bush and Cheney

How they Ruined America and the World

"In this devastating critique of the enduring harm done by the Bush/Cheney presidency, Griffin provocatively links an informed account of American foreign policy failures to a definitive critique of the official version of the 9/11 attacks. All who regard themselves as responsible citizens should expose themselves to Griffin's arguments set forth so lucidly, persuasively, and imaginatively in this indispensable book." � Richard Falk, Emeritus Professor of International Law, Princeton University

Was America’s response to the 9/11 attacks at the root of today’s instability and terror?

Because of various factors, including climate change, ISIS, the war in Syria, the growing numbers of immigrants, and the growing strength of fascist parties in Europe, commentators have increasingly been pointing out that the chaos in the world today was sparked by the post-9/11 attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq. At the same time, there has also been much discussion of ways in which the Bush-Cheney administration’s response to 9/11 has damaged America itself by stimulating Islamophobia and fascist sentiments, undermining key elements in its Constitution, moving towards a police state, and in general weakening its democracy.

While the first two parts of this book discuss various ways in which 9/11 has ruined America and the world, the third part discusses a question that is generally avoided: Were the Bush-Cheney attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq really at the root of the ruination of America and the world in general, or did the original sin lie in 9/11 itself?

$11.00 • 6" x 9" • 256pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560719 HB
ISBN: 9781566560610 PB • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 09/01/16 •

Lusaka Punk and Other Stories

The Caine Prize for African Writing 2015

By Lizzy Attree

"Africa's most important literary award." — International Herald Tribune

Now entering its sixteenth year, the Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa’s leading literary prize, and is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. This collection brings together eighteen short stories- the five 2015 shortlisted stories, along with stories written at the 2015 Caine Prize Writers’ Workshop that took place in Ghana.

The collection showcases young writers who go on to publish successful novels, for instance: Leila Aboulela, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Sefi Atta, Brian Chikwava and Helon Habila. The shortlisted writers include Segun Afolabi (Nigeria), Caine Prize winner in 2005; Elnathan John (Nigeria), who was shortlisted in 2013; F. T. Kola (South Africa); Masande Ntshanga (South Africa); and Namwali Serpell (Zambia), who was shortlisted in 2010. The 2015 Caine Prize workshop participants included Diane Awerbuck (South Africa) and Efemia Chela (Zambia/Ghana) who were shortlisted for the 2014 prize, Onipede Hollist (Sierra Leona) who was shortlisted in 2013, and nine other promising writers: Dalle Abraham (Kenya), Nkiacha Atemnkeng (Cameroon), Akwaeke Emezi (Nigeria), Timothy Kiprop Kimutai (Kenya), Jonathan Mbuna (Malawi), and Jonathan Dotse, Jemila Abdulai, Aisha Nelson and Nana Nyarko Boateng (Ghana).

Chair of judges, Zoë Wicomb described the shortlist as, “an exciting crop of well-crafted stories.- Unforgettable characters, drawn with insight and humour, inhabit works ranging from classical story structures to a haunting, enigmatic narrative that challenges the conventions of the genre.”

She added, “Understatement and the unspoken prevail: hints of an orphan’s identity bring poignant understanding of his world; the reader is slowly and expertly guided to awareness of a narrator’s blindness; there is delicate allusion to homosexual love; a disfigured human body is encountered in relation to adolescent escapades; a nameless wife’s insecurities barely mask her understanding of injustice; and, we are given a flash of insight into dark passions that rise out of a surreal resistance culture. Above all, these stories speak of the pleasure of reading fiction.”

$16.95 • 8.25" x 8" • 240pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560740 • Interlink Books • Release date: 09/30/15 •

Night in Gaza

By Mads Gilbert

Photography by: Guy Puzey

“One puts down this book feeling that had the Nobel Peace Prize not been irrevocably stained by its repeated conferral on warmongers (Henry Kissinger, Barack Obama, the European Union), one would nominate Mads Gilbert for it. For now, one can only paradoxically hope that he never has to write such a beautiful but scarifying book again.” �Raymond Deane, electronicintifada.net

A moving account in words and pictures of a doctor at work in Gaza.

This book is a medical doctor’s account of what he witnessed in Gaza in the summer of 2014. It is the photo story you will not see on television or in the newspapers.

On July 7, 2014, Israel launched a series of aerial attacks on Gaza, followed by the ground phase of the operation ten days later. Mads Gilbert arrived in Gaza on July 13th, and worked day and night for the next two weeks at Al-Shifa Hospital, dealing with casualties, repairing serious injuries, and trying to save lives. With the help of a small, black camera ready in the pocket of his green operating scrubs, he was able to document some of the human cost paid by the Palestinian people for enduring the Israeli occupation. He also kept a daily journal about the situation, with eye-witness accounts of the havoc wreaked by the Israeli attacks, and moving accounts of his interactions with ordinary Palestinians- men, women and children- who had done nothing to deserve the horrific disruption to their lives.

What Gilbert experienced was awful, and it was immense- the sounds of bombs and screaming, bodies torn to pieces and a society reduced to rubble- but he also saw camaraderie, dignity, human courage and unflinching resolve.

$25 • 8.25" x 9.25" • 192pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560757 • Olive Branch Press • Translator: Guy Puzey • Release date: 09/30/15 • Foreword by: Max Blumenthal •

The Immigrant Cookbook

Recipes that Make America Great

By Leyla Moushabeck

WINNER BEST IN THE WORLD/GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARDS

"This is a powerful, important, and delicious cookbook which everyone should own. Roots cooking at its finest." ? Anthony Bourdain

A diverse bounty of recipes by immigrant chefs from around the world. Interlink Publishing will donate a minimum of $5 from the sale of each book to the American Civil Liberties Union to support the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Projects.

More than 42 million people living in the United States emigrated here from other countries. In the most idealized tales told about America, it is a safe?haven for people seeking?refuge or in search of adventure and prosperity in a land where opportunity is promised to all?promises that, in reality, are?selectively applied and have been systematically denied to the communities on whose freedom and opportunities they are built.

Along with hopes and dreams, immigrants have brought valuable gifts: recipes and ancestral knowledge that has transformed the way America eats. Imagine an America without pizza or pad Thai,?hummus or hot dogs, sushi or strudel?for most people, it wouldn’t taste much like America at all.

In these times of troubling anti-immigrant rhetoric and vilification,?The Immigrant Cookbook: Recipes that Make America Great?offers a celebration of the many immigrant communities that have?contributed to America’s vibrant food culture, and uplifts the experiences of it’s culinary innovators. This beautifully photographed cookbook features appetizers, entrees, and desserts?some familiar favorites, some likely to be new encounters?by renowned American chefs from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Europe.

$35 • 7.5" x 9.75" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566560382 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring/Summer 2018 •

This is the Chick

By Wendy Hartmann

Illustrated by: Joan Rankin

"A humorous addition to any picture book collection and a great read-aloud that children and adults will love." � School Library Journal

A humorous picture book that teaches children about African animals.

A tiny guinea fowl chick hatches early one morning and lets out a “cheep.” Find out what happens in the bush when the “cheep” is heard by all the African animals.

Written in rhyme by best-loved children’s author Wendy Hartmann, this humorous story will enchant and entertain.

$8.95 • 5.5" x 10.75" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566560399 HB
ISBN: 9781566560443 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 3 to 8 • Release date: Fall 2017 •

A Day with Yayah

By Nicola I. Campbell

Illustrated by: Julie Flett

"This cheerful story of a spring-day outing ultimately balances instruction and entertainment. Flett's lovely collages add beauty and a fresh, contemporary tone, while the text captures the essence of the young learning from the old. Timeless values, such as gratitude for the earth, are seamlessly integrated." � Booklist

Set in the Nicola Valley, British Columbia, in Canada’s westernmost province, a First Nations family goes on an outing to forage for herbs and mushrooms. A grandmother passes down her knowledge of plant life and the natural world to her young grandchildren.

$18.95 • 9.5" x 10.5" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566560412 • Crocodile Books • Ages 3 to 8 • Release date: Spring/Summer 2018 •

St. Petersburg

A Cultural Guide

By Neil Kent

St. Petersburg is one of the world’s most beautiful cities.

Most of its baroque and neoclassical palaces and churches are modelled on those of Italy and France, in turn inspired by the temples of classical Greek and Rome. Yet it is situated on a swamp, a location so insalubrious that it took the lives of the thousands who built the city.

Founded by Peter the Great on land seized from Sweden in 1703, the Tsar made it into his new capital and Russia’s gateway to Europe. Guarded by the Kronstadt Fortress, it was never conquered and under his successors the city achieved a splendor and cultural richness that vied with other European capitals. After the Golden Age of the 1830s when Pushkin and Lermontov wrote some of Russia’s greatest literature, famine and war would undermine political and cultural life, and the Revolution led to calamity. Nonetheless, in the dying embers of the old regime, music, art and theatre all thrived, creating a Silver Age which brought the city renewed renown.

During the Soviet period, the city, renamed Leningrad, fell into a Cinderella-like slumber, with Moscow taking primacy. Yet it survived both wars to enjoy a revival after the fall of the Soviet Union under its old name.

Neil Kent considers the extraordinary history of St Petersburg along with its political, religious, cultural and social dimensions, rich in stories and anecdotes from its various periods. Its musical heritage is unrivalled: Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov are all associated with the city. A walk today through the streets and courtyards evokes the world of Dostoyevsky who immortalized its violent underbelly in his 1865 novel Crime and Punishment. He turned to Orthodoxy for inspiration, as does the modern city today. This revival has been multifaceted, its pictorial glories on display in the Russian Museum and Hermitage Gallery. As Kent stresses, St Petersburg remains a city of paradox, full of tragedy but also of breathtaking beauty and endurance.

$17.95 • 8.25" x 8" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560467 • Series: Interlink Cultural Guides • Interlink Books • Release date: 05/15/17 •

Madrid After Dark

A Nocturnal Exploration

By Ben Stubbs

"This guidebook is subtitled 'A Nocturnal Exploration' and it takes readers on a tour of the Spanish capital many visitors may never see. Though the city is known for nightlife and late dinners, author Ben Stubbs reveals the hidden side of Madrid's nighttime world, from all-night taxi drivers and party-goers to stories of religious observances and the lives of the poor." — The Associated Press

In 1762 the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau observed that we are blind half our lives because of what we miss during the night. Yet there have long been literary walkers, flneurs, who wander the dark streets of their cities to uncover the secrets of the night: from Restif de la Bretonne, in his 1789 Les Nuits de Paris, labeled both eccentric and pornographic—to Charles Dickens, who in his Night Walks(1861) evoked the sleeplessness of “a man who defied the night, with all its sorrowful thoughts.”

Writer Ben Stubbs was drawn like the flneurs of the past to explore the Spanish capital famed for its late hours and exuberant nightlife. He sets out when the sun goes down, and as each hour of the night unfolds, Stubbs uncovers cultural quirks, clandestine stories, and more in a side of Madrid that visitors may not see if they stick to well-trodden guidebook itineraries: Cross-dressing migrants, people who live at the airport, Muslims celebrating Ramadan, hotel workers hidden in the bowels of the Ritz, all-night taxi drivers, party-goers enjoying their nightly marcha from bar to bar, poodle-blessing priests and locals in the poorer barrios who walk the streets with him to share the experience of a trasnochador—one who lives during the hours of the night.

Mixing personal observation with literary and historical references, Stubbs introduces us to a hitherto unknown and fascinating dimension of Madrid. Madrid After Dark reveals a multifaceted city, full of surprises and possibilities, and very much awake and alive between dusk and dawn.

$15 • 5.25" x 8.25" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560474 • Interlink Books • Release date: 04/15/17 •

The African Orchestra

By Wendy Hartmann

Illustrated by: Joan Rankin

"Traditional lutes, drums, rattles, and reed flutes join crackling fires, thundering hooves, and the sounds of the wind in the grass, singing frogs, crickets, birds, and more that make up the natural beauty of The African Orchestra. Gentle rhymes and rhythms by Wendy Hartman build as innovative watercolors from Joan Rankin see the musicians gather as the seasons change and day turns to night, all while the wild and hallowed music of Africa plays on." � Foreword Reviews

With magical illustrations from Joan Rankin, and poetry from masterful storyteller, Wendy Hartmann, The African Orchestra lyrically captures the magic of the African sounds of nature.

From the clicking of crickets to the crackle of the fire, follow the journey that celebrates these sounds, in the rhythm and music of Africa.

$8.95 • 8.5" x 10.75" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566560481 HB
ISBN: 9781566560252 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 3 to 8 • Release date: 07/09/05 •

The Moor’s Last Stand

How Seven Centuries of Muslim Rule in Spain Came to an End

By Elizabeth Drayson

"The Moor's Last Stand manages to make a relatively overlooked historical character into a three-dimensional figure." — Foreword Magazine

The Moor’s Last Stand presents the poignant story of Boabdil, the last Muslim king of Granada.

Betrayed by his family and undermined by faction and internal conflict, Boabdil was defeated in 1492 by the forces of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of the newly united kingdoms of Castile and Aragon. The Christian victory marked the completion of the long Christian re-conquest of Spain and ended seven centuries in which Christians, Muslims, and Jews had, for the most part, lived peacefully and profitably together. Five centuries after his death, Boabdil continues to be a potent symbol of resistance to the forces of western Christendom, and his image endures in contemporary culture.

Based on original research in the region by a leading historian of Granada, this book presents a vivid account of Boabdil’s life and times and considers the impact of his defeat then and now.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 232pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560498 • Interlink Books • Release date: 04/30/17 •

Gizzi’s Healthy Appetite

Food to Nourish the Body and Feed the Soul

By Gizzi Erskine

"Award-winning food writer and author of Cook Yourself Thin (2009) Erskine stuns with her new cookbook… This would be a glamorous and healthy addition to most library collections." — Booklist

Eat yourself happy with Gizzi Erskine’s collection of over 100 of her favorite recipes.

Among the array of incredible dishes, insanely good flavors, and palate-pleasing textures to choose from are the crunchy Marinated Griddled Whole Chicken Caesar salad, spicy Green Chili Pork, Roasted Baby Cauliflower with Cheese Sauce and Crispy Shallots, fresh Tuna Tataki with Yuzu, and the ultimate Korean BBQ. And for a sweet treat, who could resist warm Molten Caramel and Chocolate Pudding, soothing White Chocolate and Cherry Clafoutis, or the fragrant Maple, Orange, and Rosemary Tart? These are dishes that anyone with a healthy appetite will relish.

$30 • 8" x 10" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566560528 • Interlink Books • Release date: 11/30/15 •

The Ninety-Ninth Floor

By Jana Fawaz Elhassan

"Whether it's discussing love or war, this arresting meditation on loss is visceral and honest; short-listed for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2015." — Library Journal, Starred Review

Shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2015

At times as cold and hard-edged as the skyscrapers in its backdrop, The Ninety-Ninth Floor follows the struggles and triumphs of Majed as he makes it in Manhattan at the turn of the century, after surviving the devastating 1982 massacre at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camp. A Palestinian born and raised in Lebanon, Majed creates a new life for himself in the glittery world of New York City’s computer games industry. But with all his success, Majed’s past continues to haunt him. His relationship with Hilda, a Lebanese woman from a right-wing Christian family, exposes his innermost fears, worries, and dark secrets.

A multi-voiced narration, The Ninety-Ninth Floor conveys the brutality that war leaves on the people who experience it. It is also a love story that asks questions about the ability of passion to overcome hatred and difference.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 264pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560542 • Interlink Books • Translator: Michelle Hartman • Release date: 10/15/16 •

The Weight of Paradise

"A suitcase found in an old Beirut building changes one woman's understanding of her city, her life, and the world at large… As in her earlier works, Humaydan is concerned here with the lives of women: their losses, struggles, and victories… [she] writes incisively about her characters and their fears, frustrations, and, most importantly, their hopes." — Kirkus Reviews

While making a documentary film about the reconstruction of downtown Beirut, Maya Amer stumbles upon a battered leather suitcase that will change her life forever.

Inside it she finds letters, photographs, a diary, and an envelope labeled: Letters from Istanbul. The Weight of Paradise is both the story of Maya and her discovery, and also the story of the owner of these papers, Noura Abu Sawwan, a journalist who fled Syria just before the Lebanese civil war to find greater freedom of expression. A multi-voiced, multi-genre narration, it interweaves the stories of these two women and the people who surround them within the fabric of Beirut in the civil war and its immediate aftermath. A love story as well as a story of women’s liberation and political freedom, the novel is also the tale of a city and country torn apart by repression, occupation, and war.

$15 • 5" x 7.75" • 240pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560559 • Interlink Books • Translator: Michelle Hartman • Release date: 07/15/16 •

Shifting Sands

The Unraveling of the Old Order in the Middle East

By Raja Shehadeh & Penny Johnson

For those who despair that diversity, humor and art might survive the turmoil, this book is a delightful antidote." — Nicholas Pelham, author of Holy Lands: Reviving Pluralism in the Middle East

A fresh look at the Middle East today, tomorrow, and in the past: fifteen writers, with an introduction by Raja Shehadeh, author of the Orwell Prize-winning Palestinian Walks, and Penny Johnson.

At a time when the Middle East dominates media headlines more than ever- and for reasons that become ever more heartbreaking- Shifting Sands brings together fifteen impassioned and informed voices to talk about a region with unlimited potential, and yet which can feel, as one writer puts it, “as though the world around me is on fire?” This collection has as its framing event the Sykes-Picot agreement, which marks its centenary this year. The British diplomat Mark Sykes and his French counterpart Francois George-Picot wanted to divide most of the Middle East into British and French zones of influence. The accord that they secretly signed in 1916 invented the modern Middle East and planted the seeds for many of its current woes. For all those who are wearied by the debates surrounding the Middle East- often at best ill-informed and at worst, defeatist propaganda- this intelligent, reasoned perspective on life in the Middle East is a breath of fresh air.

Contributors include: James Barr, Avi Shlaim, Salim Tamari, Ramita Navai, Dawn Chatty, Robin Yassin-Kassab, Malu Halasa, Marilyn Booth, Mai Al-Nakib, Selma Dabbagh, Tamim Al Barghouti, Justin Marozzi, Alev Scott, and Khaled Fahmy

$17.95 • 6" x 9" • 208pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560566 • Series: • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 03/15/16 •

The Enchanted Wood

Illustrated by: Ruth Sanderson

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"With magnificent paintings that flow like one perfect canvas, Sanderson creates a mystical, enchanting world�" � School Library Journal

Winner of the Young Hoosier Award and the Bank Street College Award

Three princes go on a quest to the Heart of the World to save their drought-ravaged kingdom. A widowed and grief-stricken king calls on his three sons to end the drought that has ravaged the kingdom. The princes eagerly accept the quest to find the Heart of the World, which, once found, will save the land. One by one each prince confidently enters the Enchanted Wood.

This beautifully illustrated, original fairytale is filled with romance, magic, and adventure and will appeal to readers of all ages.

$8.95 • 8.5" x 11" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560573 HB
ISBN: 9781566560573 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 3 to 8 • Release date: 06/15/16 • Awards: Winner of the Young Hoosier Award and the Bank Street College Award

Tasting Georgia

A Food and Wine Journey in the Caucasus with Over 70 Recipes

By Carla Capalbo

"Tasting Georgia is without question the best book ever written in English about Georgian food and wine." � Saveur

Winner of the Prestigious Andre Simon Award explores Georgia’s culinary traditions.

Winner Guild of Food Writers Food and Travel Award 2018
Winner Best Food Book of 2017 Gourmand Cookbook Awards
Shortlisted for the Art of Eating Book Award
Shortlisted for the IACP Culinary Travel Book Award
The Atlantic 9 Best Cookbooks of 2017
NPR Best Cookbooks 2017

Nestled between the Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea, and with a climate similar to the Mediterranean’s, Georgia has colorful, delicious food. Vegetables blended with walnuts and vibrant herbs, subtly spiced meat stews and home-baked pies like the irresistible cheese-filled khachapuri are served at generous tables all over the country. Georgia is also one of the world’s oldest winemaking areas, with wines traditionally made in qvevri: large clay jars buried in the ground. Award-winning food writer and photographer Capalbo has traveled around Georgia collecting recipes and gathering stories from food and winemakers in this stunning but little-known country.

The beautifully illustrated book is both a cookbook and a cultural guide to the personal, artisan-made foods and wines that make Georgia such a special place on the world’s gastronomic map.

$28.95 • 7.5" x 9.75" • 464pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566560597 HB
ISBN: 9781623718428 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: March 2022 • Awards: Winner Guild of Food Writers Food and Travel Award 2018, Winner Best Food Book of 2017 Gourmand Cookbook Awards, Shortlisted for the Art of Eating Book Award, Shortlisted for the IACP Culinary Travel Book Award, The Atlantic 9 Best Cookbooks of 2017, NPR Best Cookbooks 2017

Oklava

Recipes from a Turkish-Cypriot Kitchen

By Selin Kiazim

Photography by: Chris Terry

"Welcome to an extremely tasty world of modern Turkish-Cypriot food- what a stunning and beautiful book." — Peter Gordon

With influences from the Mediterranean, Southern Europe, and the Middle East, Turkish-Cypriot food offers incredible flavor combinations unique to its region. Oklava: Recipes from a Turkish-Cypriot Kitchen celebrates the culinary delights of this area in a way no cookbook has done before.

Oklava translates simply as ‘rolling pin.’ For Selin Kiazim, this word conjures up memories of her Turkish-Cypriot grandmother: a rolling pin was never far from her hands, which meant a delicious treat was imminent. The same can be said for this book. These sensational recipes will take you on a journey from home-cooked meals and summers spent in Northern Cyprus to an exciting interpretation of modern Turkish-Cypriot cooking at home.

Bring the Oklava experience into your home with Turkish delights such as Pistachio crusted Banana & Tahini French Toast with Orange Blossom Syrup and Smoked Bacon; Barbecued Chicken Wings with Garlic and Kayseri Pastirma Dressing; Zucchini, Feta & Mint Fritters; Crispy Pomegranate-Glazed Lamb Breast with Yogurt; Chili-Roasted Cauliflower; and Chocolate, Prune & Cardamom Delice.

$35 • 7.75" x 10.25" • 240pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566560283 • Interlink Books • Release date: 11/03/18 •

Israel

Democracy or Apartheid State?

By Josh Ruebner

"Josh Ruebner brings clarity to the challenges and pitfalls of this thorny issue." — Muftah

An insightful analysis of one of today’s most pressing world issues.

2017 marks a year of significant milestones in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. One hundred years ago, the British government issued the Balfour Declaration, calling for the establishment of a Jewish National Home in Palestine. Seventy years ago, the UN recommended the partition of Palestine into two states- a Jewish State and an Arab State. The decision paved the way for the establishment of the State of Israel a year later on 78 percent of historic Palestine, amid widespread ethnic cleansing of indigenous Palestinian inhabitants. And 50 years ago, Israel militarily occupied the Palestinian West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip- an occupation which endures to this day.

In light of these milestones, Josh Ruebner draws on personal anecdotes and reflections, historical documents, and legal analyses to answer one of the most pressing issues in international affairs today: is Israel a democracy or does its separate and unequal treatment of the Palestinian people render it an apartheid state?

With President Donald Trump’s willingness to explore a one-state resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the question gains immediacy, as Ruebner argues that any settlement of the conflict must be based on freedom, dignity, and equality.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 120pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560290 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: Fall 2017 •

The American Quarter

"This novel is Douaihy's most accomplished, subtle, and captivating." — Livres Hebdo

A love letter to a city of his childhood, Jabbour Douaihy’s The American Quarter is set in a small neighborhood in Tripoli, the ancient port on the northern coast of Lebanon.

Unfolding at the height of the US-led invasion of Iraq, it revolves around the radicalization of an ordinary youth named Ismail. But Ismail’s story is part of a larger portrait of those nearest to him: the young disabled brother he looks out for; his father Bilal, a massacre survivor; Intisar, his spirited, indulgent mother, a maid like her mother before her in the wealthy, powerful Azzam household; Abdelkarim, the Azzam family’s only son, addicted to poetry and opera, and pining for his lost Polish ballerina-all sharply depicted by Douaihy with irony and affection. As well, Ismail’s fate is entwined with the disappointments and meager prospects of those around him in the deteriorating American Quarter, and others forced to crisscross the surrounding conflict-scarred lands.

Somehow Ismail’s reckoning with his assigned mission comes to reflect our own struggles- for redemption, for faith in life in the face of destructive forces that can erase in an instant what is dear to us. A classic tale for our time, in a lucid translation by Paula Haydar, The American Quarter is a compassionate work of great beauty. Paying homage to the persistent presence of a beloved old city and her people, it bolsters us with a gifted writer’s long view of the threats to trust and tolerance we now face.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 208pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560306 • Interlink Books • Translator: Paula Haydar • Release date: Fall 2017 •

A Vision for My Father

The Life and Work of Palestinian-American Artist and Designer Rajie Cook

By Rajie Cook

"A powerful and poignant expression of the Palestinian narrative of exile weaving together the aesthetic and the personal story of longing for home. Rajie Cook's personal account is an intimate revelation of the special bond between father and son in the context of the Palestinian national identity and experience. This revelation emanates from an emotional identification with an attachment to the father as a visual and artistic celebration of creative expression. The narrative is therefore multifaceted; yet it unravels in the context of an exile in the West that is essentially discriminatory and dismissive of the humanity of the Palestinian people individually and collectively." — Dr. Hanan Ashrawi

A remarkable journey into the heart and mind of acclaimed Palestinian-American Graphic Designer.

Rajie Cook is the son of Palestinian immigrants Najeeb and Jaleela Cook who came to the US in search of peace and opportunity for themselves and their family. This memoir is a tribute to them, but evolves into a narrative of how their son made his mark on the international stage of graphic design. For Rajie, art is an organic expression of what moves him, his art activism is his gift to the world.

Sight, what we see and what we think we see, is a major theme in this narrative. On one level, Rajie gives sight back to his father who was blinded in the early 1930’s by the ravages of cataract. Najeeb could not share in the excitement of Rajie’s starting a graphic design firm that was acclaimed for its excellence. Najeeb could not see the symbols Rajie and his partner created which the world relies upon to navigate transportation symbols and public places. He died before “seeing” his talented son shake the hand of an American president.

Perhaps Najeeb’s greatest legacy was his love for Palestine. Rajie has shared his father’s love for the Palestinian people, and began to travel to the Middle East.

Now, using his art as his voice, his camera as a partner, Rajie has lifted the veil of what people see or think they see with regard to the Palestinian people. Some of his photographs are disturbing, his experiences equally unsettling because Rajie narrates the truth as he sees it. The pain of the Palestinian people cries out through Rajie’s art and activism- the horror of the Occupation, the brutality of life that Palestinian children experience every day. Rajie wants the world to see what he has seen, and, like his father before him, yearns for peace to come to this troubled and tortured region. The image of Najeeb sitting by his radio is replaced by the image of Roger working in his studio, both men wishing for a peace that seems forever elusive.

His assemblages, posters, and artwork have been featured in art shows throughout the United States and internationally. Provocative yet truthful, Rajie’s vision is recorded in his art. In his own words, “My art will be my voice long after I have gone. It will never be silenced.”

$35 • 9" x 11.75" • 240pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566560320 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2017 •

Monkey Business

The Lives and Legends of the Marx Brothers

"Mr. Louvish has written a well-researched and playful version of this hysterical history." — The Orlando Sentinel

The first authentic account of the Marx Brothers, their origins and of the roots of their comedy.

This is the first full and properly researched biography of all five Marx Brothers—Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo and Zeppo. First and foremost, this is the saga of a family whose theatrical roots stretch back to mid-19th century Germany. From Groucho Marx’s first warblings with the singing Leroy Trio, this book brings to life the vanished world of America’s wild and boisterous variety circuits, leading to the Marx Brothers’ Broadway successes and their alliance with New York’s theatrical lions, George S. Kaufman and the “Algonquin Round Table.”

Never-before-published scripts, well-minted Marxian dialogue, and much madness and mayhem feature in this tale of the Brothers’ battles with Hollywood, their films, their loves and marriages, and the story of the forgotten brother Gummo.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 544pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560337 • Series: The Louvish Hollywood Biographies • Interlink Books • Release date: October 10, 2019 •

The Goddess of Mtwara and Other Stories

The Caine Prize for African Writing 2017

By Lizzy Attree

"Africa's most important literary award." — International Herald Tribune

Now entering its eighteenth year, the Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa’s leading literary prize, and is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. This collection brings together seventeen short stories- the five 2017 shortlisted stories, along with stories written at the 2017 Caine Prize Writers’ Workshop that took place in Tanzania.

– God’s Children are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu (Nigeria)

– The Story of the Girl Whose Birds Flew Away by Bushra al-Fadil (Sudan), translated by Max Shmookler

– Bush Baby by Chikodili Emelumadu (Nigeria)

– Who Will Greet You at Home by Lesley Nneka Arimah (Nigeria)

– The Virus by Magogodi oa Mphela Makhene (South Africa)

The collection also includes stories written by the following authors at the workshop that took place in Tanzania: Last year’s winner, Lidudumalingani (South Africa), Abdul Adan (Somalia/Kenya), Lesley Nneka Arimah (Nigeria) Tendai Huchu (Zimbabwe), Cheryl Ntumy (Botswana/Ghana), Daniel Rafiki (Rwanda), Darla Rudakubana (Rwanda), Agazit Abate (Ethiopia).

$16.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 240pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560344 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2017 •

Goldilocks

Illustrated by: Ruth Sanderson

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"PreSchool-Grade 2- Sanderson's retelling begins in a familiar vein: Goldilocks is out in the woods (here, picking blueberries), where she encounters an empty house that she can't resist exploring. After tasting the porridge, rocking in the chairs, and trying out the beds, she falls fast asleep. With the entrance of the bears, the tale veers onto a different track. A no-nonsense Mama Bear quickly has Goldilocks straightening the messed bed and helping to repair the broken chair. But when it comes to the empty bowls, Goldilocks, her basket in hand, becomes the one in charge: 'Blueberries are very good for breakfast, ' she suggests. Mama Bear happily agrees and brings out the rest of the ingredients; together they all enjoy muffins right from the oven. The artist warms her version of this oft-told tale with lavish accoutrements, costumes, and furniture that suggest a Scandinavian setting, which will entice viewers to explore the far corners of the pages. Characters are presented up close: the furry-faced bears have stern yet friendly countenances while Goldilocks has just the right mixture of sauciness, curiosity, and kindness to give credibility. The large, richly colored images make this an ideal classroom read-aloud, and Mama Bear's recipe for blueberry muffins offers a nice finishing touch." � School Library Journal

A cozy tale about Goldilocks, three very hungry bears, and a delicious berry-filled surprise.

Beloved illustrator Ruth Sanderson offers a fresh, heartwarming twist to the classic story. In the new happy ending, Goldilocks makes up for her presumptuous infractions on the Three Bears’ household by helping them make muffins with the berries she’s picked from the woods near their home. Charming artwork- topped off with a tried-and-true recipe for homemade blueberry muffins- makes this new edition of Goldilocks a story time treasure that is just right.

$17.95 • 5.5" x 11" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566560351 • Crocodile Books • Ages 3 to 8 • Release date: Fall 2017 •

Mouneh

Preserving Foods for the Lebanese Pantry

"Documenting traditions, recipes, and rituals ensures their survival; it is vital work. Barbara Massaad's beautiful new book Mouneh goes to the heart of Lebanese life. She is a writer and photographer, but above all she is a custodian of a wonderfully rich culture." ? Alice Waters

Preserving food and culture the Lebanese way.

The very best memories connecting us to time and place are often stimulated by the tastes and smells of our childhood. Freshly-baked bread, hot from the oven, sweet homemade jam dribbling down our chins, or the burst of flavor in each dried grape- these memories bring a smile to our faces even as they call to mind the people who made them possible. Do you remember working alongside your grandmother as she lovingly preserved garden-fresh foods to set back for the winter? You watched Jiddo (grandfather) patiently prepare his arak, but could you reproduce his efforts from memory? Are you lucky enough that they kept written records of recipes gleaned from family history and years of experience? If so, count yourself among the very fortunate minority. The reality for many of us is that we no longer enjoy such a strong connection to our culinary roots. As much as we might wish the contrary, the beauty and simplicity of home-preserved pantry items, the mouneh, taken for granted during our childhood, often seems a lifetime away.

In Barbara Abdeni Massaad’s book, Mouneh: Preserving Foods for the Lebanese Pantry, we’ve been thrown a lifeline to a piece of our cultural and culinary identity. So many things we would love to recreate for our own families become possible within these pages, thanks to the author’s diligent research, stunning photography, simply presented instructions and delightful stories.

$50 • 8" x 10" • 592pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566560368 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring/Summer 2018 •

The Crystal Mountain

Illustrated by: Ruth Sanderson

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"Ruth Sanderson uses threads of Chinese and Norwegian folklore in The Crystal Mountain, an alluring rendition of the 'magic brocade,' this time set in fifteenth-century Europe. A stunning collection of intricate, textured paintings will enchant as the story of a humble weaver, covetous faeries, a mysterious stranger, and, of course, a quest befitting a brave and dashing hero �complete with magic whistle and magnificent steeds � unfolds in vivid detail, bringing the weaver's beautiful tapestry to life." � Foreword Magazine

The youngest of three sons embarks on a daring quest to outwit the fairy thieves who stole his mother’s tapestry.

When a weaver dreams of a lush land, she works tirelessly to recreate the place in a beautiful tapestry. But she and her three sons barely have time to admire her handiwork when the tapestry is stolen by jealous fairies. First Leon, the strong eldest son, then Blaine, the intellectual second son, vow to retrieve the tapestry. Yet neither Leon’s strength nor Blaine’s intelligence is enough to carry them to the tapestry’s whereabouts- high atop a shimmering crystal mountain. When his brothers fail to return, Perrin, the youngest son, sets off to recover the tapestry. Perrin’s determination and talent help him outwit the fairy thieves- proving that the mightiest hero is often the most unlikely.

Ruth Sanderson weaves a magical spell in this retelling of an enchanting tale.

$8.95 • 8.5" x 11" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566560214 HB
ISBN: 9781566560078 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 3 to 8 • Release date: 10/15/16 •

In Jerusalem and Other Poems

1997-2018

By Tamim Al-Barghouti

"Whether lyrical, narrative, or allegorical, whether about the chess game or Jerusalem, these poems continually surprise us with their images, insights, and juxtapositions. The poet scoops up the everyday and hitches the freight to a broader social and historical memory. Al-Barghouti's is an educated imagination." � Sharif S. Elmusa, poet, scholar, and translator

Long awaited first English translation of celebrated Palestinian poet.

Born in 1977, Tamim Al-Barghouti is probably one of the most widely read Palestinian poets of his generation. His poetry readings are attended by thousands, sometimes packing stadiums and amphitheaters. The reception of his poetry among a diverse audience from various backgrounds and age groups is a testimony to the vitality of the centuries-old tradition of classical Arabic poetry. The poems in this collection were written in Cairo, Ramallah, Amman, Washington, DC and Berlin between 1996 and 2016.

In 2007, Al-Barghouti’s long poem “In Jerusalem,” which describes an aborted journey to the city, became something of a street poem. Palestinian newspapers dubbed Al-Barghouti “The Poet of Jerusalem.” To this day, his posters hang on the streets of Jerusalem and other Palestinian cities, where key chains are sold with his picture on them. Sections of the poem have even become ring-tones blaring out from cell phones across the Arab world, and children compete in memorizing and reciting it. “In Jerusalem” and other poems by Al-Barghouti have also had millions views on various TV Channels as well as on the internet, winning the poet an exceptional celebrity status in the Arab World.

On the January 26, 2011, one day after the Egyptian Revolution that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, Al-Barghouti wrote the lyrical poem “Hanet”; its Arabic title roughly translates as “It’s Close.” With the internet down, he faxed the poem to a Cairo newspaper, copies of which were distributed in Tahrir Square. Soon after, Al-Jazeera TV Channel broadcast a recording of it and a video of his reading was projected in the Square every couple of hours on makeshift screens.

$15 • 6" x 9" • 100pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560238 • Interlink Books • Release date: 10/15/16 •

Palestine: The Reality

The Inside Story of the Balfour Declaration

By J.M.N. Jeffries

"British journalist Jeffries (1880- 1960) combines the skills of an investigative reporter, a scholar's assiduity in pursuing available documents, and an engaging writing style in this long-unavailable 1939 expose of the 1917 Balfour Declaration…" — Publishers Weekly

A comprehensive history and analysis of the Balfour Declaration of 1917, published in the run up to its 100th anniversary.

First published by Longman Green, London, this book had a short life; the entire stock and the publisher’s premises were destroyed by the german blitz in 1941. The Balfour Declaration of 1917 is a document that profoundly affected the Middle East. Palestine: The Reality is an expertly researched inside story of the Declaration. It is also a vivid and personal account in which J.M.N. Jeffries exposes the real authors and progenitors of the Balfour Declaration, along with their personal stories, motives, conspiracies, and political aims.

The author also details the other international players who were involved in the creation of the “Balfour” document, and offers a clearsighted perspective on the broken agreements with Britain’s Arab allies that enabled the Declaration and dispossessed the Palestinian Arabs of their homeland.

$30 • 6" x 9" • 800pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560245 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 11/15/16 •

Coastline

The Food of Mediterranean Italy, France, and Spain

By Lucio Galletto & David Dale

"This is both a photo book to drool over and a collection to cook from, full of travel stories to amuse- and dream about." � Booklist (starred review)

A river of gold flows through western Italy, southern France, and eastern Spain. It’s the olive oil that links three great cuisines, along with a love of garlic, seafood, peppers, fresh herbs, and seasonal vegetables.

In stories and recipes, and beautiful location photography, Coastline explores the legacy of the ancient Greeks, Romans, Arabs, and Vikings, who left the gift of a “cuisine of the sun” flavored with generosity and conviviality.

Despite having different cultures and dialects, Spain’s east coast, France’s south coast, and Italy’s west coast are connected through their love for food. A drizzle of olive oil, fresh seafood, garlic, legumes, herbs, and vegetables contribute effortlessly to a healthy lifestyle.

Lucio Galletto and David Dale’s Coastline is a collection of stories, debates, beautiful images, and delicious Mediterranean recipes including salads, pasta sauces, pizza and pies, soups and stews, family feasts, and desserts from the fishing villages, farms, and cobbled squares around the golden crescent. Woven through the recipes and stories, Lucio and David debate who does what better and where to go to eat the very best of the region’s cuisine. Each recipe is inspired by traditional dishes, plucked straight from Mediterranean towns and communities. Learn to cook up vibrant fresh pesto; shrimp in almond batter; fried ravioli with Swiss chard and pumpkin fillings; Socca or Farinata (crisp chickpea pancakes); the definitive bouillabaisse; hearty lentil and chorizo stew; and crisp Xurros (churros) with chocolate.

Illustrated throughout with beautiful photography and over 100 recipes, Coastline is an absolute essential for any home cook who enjoys the flavorsome dishes of the Mediterranean.

$35 • 8.5" x 10.25" • 288pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566560269 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2017 •

Passione

Simple, Seductive Recipes for Lovers of Italian Food

"Strategically placed explanations of standard Italian foods, such as a description of favorite preserved meats, are helpful to Italian cooking neophytes, while anecdotes from the author's childhood in Italy-along with antique and current photos of life on the Amalfi Coast-make this an enjoyable read from cover to cover." — Publishers Weekly

A new book from the Italian legend who taught Jamie Oliver all he knows about Italian cooking.

Born just feet away from the sea on Italy’s stunning Amalfi coast, chef, food writer, TV personality, and restaurateur Gennaro Contaldo learned from his parents how to seek out wild food- free-diving for oysters, foraging for wild mushrooms, and missing school to go fishing. This adventurous spirit lived on throughout Gennaro’s career in food and was what went on to inspire Jamie Oliver to call Gennaro his “London dad.” It was summed up here in this first, glorious collection of his favorite Italian recipes.

This cookbook features photographs from Gennaro’s childhood, alongside stunning food and travel photography. Over 100 recipes, and delightful personal recollections, share the secrets of Gennaro’s love affair with Italian food and will inspire cooks of all abilities to taste the true flavors of the Italian coastline. Buon appetito!

$30 • 7.5" x 9.75" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566560276 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2017 •

The Scent of Jasmine

Coming of Age in Jerusalem and Damascus

By Anan Ameri

"Ameri's strong and courageous voice gives this chronicle special significance as the world contends with a growing surge of conflicts and refugees." — Booklist

Journey to a world little known to Western readers.

Born to a Syrian mother and a Palestinian father in 1944, Anan Ameri’s refreshing memoir, The Scent of Jasmine, offers a funny, spirited, unique self-portrait of her childhood, adolescence and passage to adulthood as a young woman in the Arab world. A collection of twenty-three vignettes, Anan’s search for the familiar fragrance of jasmine blossoms leads her to reimagine the puzzle pieces of her early life. While these stories- creative nonfictions- reverberate with the impact of enormous political upheavals and conflicts,

The Scent of Jasmine demonstrates how the intricate bonds of family, community and place can nourish in us the creative capacity together to reimagine and repair our world

$20 • 6" x 9" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560016 • Interlink Books • Release date: 03/15/17 •

The Raqqa Diaries

Escape from Islamic State

By Samer

"This striking work should be required reading to raise awareness and to remove any shred of doubt that our world is being rocked by a humanitarian crisis of epic proportion." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

The Raqqa Diaries began as a series of short broadcasts on BBC Radio 4’s Today Program. Now one of the most isolated and fear ridden cities on earth, no-one is allowed to speak to western journalists or leave Raqqa, without ISIS’s permission. Those caught breaking the rules face death by beheading.

Despite this, the BBC’s Mike Thomson, with the help of the BBC Arabic Service, found a young man who is willing to risk his life to tell the world what is happening in his city. Part of a small anti-ISIS activist group, the diaries were written, encrypted, and sent to a third country before being translated. The diarist’s father is killed and mother badly injured during an air strike; he is sentenced to 40 lashes for speaking out against a beheading; he sees a woman stoned to death. They show how every aspect of life is impacted- from the spiraling costs of food to dictating the acceptable length of a person’s pants. At one point, the sale of televisions is banned. As Samer says, “it seems it’s not enough to stop us talking to the outside world, now we can’t even look at it.” Having seen friends and relatives butchered, his community’s life shattered, and the local economy ruined by these hate-fuelled extremists, Samer believes he’s fighting back by telling the world what is happening to his beloved city.

Raw, direct, and profoundly affecting, The Raqqa Diaries is an important book by a brave young man, which allows unprecedented access to the brutal conditions that many Syrians are living under.

$16.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 112pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566560054 • Interlink Books • Illustrated by Scott Coelho • Release date: 04/30/17 •

East/West

A Culinary Journey through Malta, Lebanon, Iran, Turkey, Morocco, and Andalucia

By Shane Delia

Photography by: Rob Palmer

"Delia doesn't just reproduce the region's foods; he reimagines many of them radically, even to transgressing dietary laws by cooking pork belly with Iranian spicing. " — Booklist

From Morocco, Malta, and Andalusia in the West, to Turkey, Lebanon, and Iran in the East, the food and flavors of the Middle East permeate almost every aspect of daily life.

Orange blossom and rose petals, spice-encrusted slow-cooked meats, fermented yogurts, dates, and olives- these are the flavors that have entranced visitors for centuries and that have recently experienced a surge in popularity in Western kitchens. Award-winning Maltese-Australian chef Shane Delia journeys to both the well-trodden souks and private dining rooms of locals across six countries, in search of the most exciting local flavors to bring back to his kitchen.

East/West offers 80 recipes, distilled for the home cook. Accompanied by hundreds of stunning images shot on location, this is a book for foodies and anyone who has ever dreamed of taking their own culinary journey.

$35 • 8.5" x 10.5" • 272pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566560061 • Interlink Books • Release date: 04/15/17 •

Democratizing America

Shaf Nader and the Founding of an Impossible College

By Dimitra Doukas

"Dimitra Doukas tells an engrossing story… The book shows what local activists with a vision can accomplish, but at the same time offers a timely warning about how governmental bureaucracy can stifle educational creativity." — Eric Foner, Ph.D., Columbia University

An important comtribution to the emerging debate about the role of community colleges in our changes society.

Already past its manufacturing heyday, Winsted, Connecticut, the Naders’ hometown, was wrecked by the devastating 1955 flood. For Shaf Nader, Ralph’s elder brother, the way to rebuild was by democratizing knowledge. A community college, he envisioned, would turn the old town into a regional hub of learning and creative citizenship. Impossible, people said, Winsted was too small, too gritty, too depressed. Turning those attitudes around took genius, persistence, and an uncommon gift of persuasion.

This inspiring story is a close-up case study of grassroots change, and of a visionary leader who withstood ridicule and disappointment long enough to show hard-headed New Englanders what they really agreed on.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 208pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560085 • Interlink Books • Release date: 11/15/16 • Foreword by: Ralph Nader •

Politically Incorrect

Why a Jewish State is a Bad Idea

By Ofra Yeshua-Lyth

"Poignant and painful " Both evocative memoir and sober analysis." — Noam Chomsky

An eye-opening memoir on the struggle between religion and democracy in Israel.

Israel claims to be a modern democratic state, but Israeli writer Ofra Yeshua-Lyth reveals some startling truths about modern day Israel: how although up to 70% of Israelis do not follow the Jewish religion, all citizens are subject to laws designed to favor religious Israelis over all others. In matters of birth and death; marriage and divorce; finance and the military, Israel’s rabbis exercise iron control over their government. Yeshua-Lyth sees the seeds of Israel’s demise in the growing tension between Israelis who want to lead modern secular lives, and those who wish Israel to continue in the iron grip of the rabbis.

The author’s arguments are woven through the story of her childhood and later life in Israel, illustrating the conflicts between modern democracy and an outdated theocracy in everyday life.

$20 • 5.5" x 8.5" • 368pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560108 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 10/15/16 •

Mae West

It Ain't No Sin

"Meticulously researched and finely crafted. Theatrical and cinematic history are skillfully related to the wider social and political background." — The Independent

Enlightening and exhaustively researched biography that makes use of her recently uncovered personal papers.

Sex goddess, Hollywood star, transgressive playwright, author, blues singer, and vaudeville brat- Mae West remains the twentieth century’s greatest comedienne. She made an everlasting mark in trailblazing Broadway plays such as Sex and The Constant Sinner and in films such as She Done Him Wrong, Klondike Annie, and I’m No Angel.

Simon Louvish brings Mae to vibrant life in this unparalleled new biography. He charts her amazing seven decades in show business, from early years in teenage summer stock to her last reincarnation as 1960s gay icon and grande dame of Hollywood survivors. Mae West: It Ain’t No Sin is the first biography to make use of Mae’s recently uncovered personal papers, offering an unprecedented view into the endless creative drive and daring wit of this legendary star.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 512pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560122 • Series: The Louvish Hollywood Biographies • Interlink Books • Release date: 10/15/16 •

The Daily Assortment of Astonishing Things and Other Stories

The Caine Prize for African Writing 2016

By Lizzy Attree

"Africa's most important literary award." — International Herald Tribune

The leading African literary award, known as the African Booker, named after the Booker Prize founder, Michael Caine.

Now entering its seventeenth year, the Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa’s leading literary prize, and is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. This collection brings together eighteen short stories- the five 2016 shortlisted stories, along with stories written at the 2016 Caine Prize Writers’ Workshop that took place in Zambia. The collection showcases young writers who went on to publish successful novels, for instance: Leila Aboulela, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Sefi Atta, Brian Chikwava and Helon Habila.

The shortlisted writers include Abdul Adan (Somalia/Kenya), Lesley Nneka Arimah (Nigeria), Tope Folarin (Nigeria), Bongani Kona (Zimbabwe), and Lidudumalingani (South Africa). Twelve other promising writers are also included in the anthology: 2015 Caine Prize winner, Namwali Serpell (Zambia), NoViolet Bulawayo (Zimbabwe), Chilufya Chilangwa (Zambia), Tope Folarin (Nigeria), Elnathan John (Nigeria), Billy Kahora (Kenya), Bwanga Kapumpa (Zambia), FT Kola (South Africa), Kafula Mwila (Zambia), Masande Ntshanga (South Africa), Timwa Lipenga (Malawi), and Okwiri Oduor (Kenya).

$16.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 296pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560160 • Interlink Books • Release date: 09/15/16 •

Drones and Targeted Killing

Legal, Moral, and Geopolitical Issues

By Marjorie Cohn

"This book provides much-needed analysis of why America's targeted killing program is illegal, immoral and unwise." � from the foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Expert analysis of an illegal and immoral practice.

The Bush administration detained and tortured suspected terrorists; the Obama administration assassinates them. Assassination, or targeted killing, off the battlefield not only causes more resentment against the United States, it is also illegal. In this interdisciplinary collection, human rights and political activists, policy analysts, lawyers and legal scholars, a philosopher, a journalist and a sociologist examine different aspects of the U.S. policy of targeted killing with drones and other methods. It explores the legality, morality and geopolitical considerations of targeted killing and resulting civilian casualties, and evaluates the impact on relations between the United States and affected countries.

The book includes the documentation of civilian casualties by the leading non-governmental organization in this area; stories of civilians victimized by drones; an analysis of the first U.S. targeted killing lawsuit by the lawyer who brought the case; a discussion of the targeted killing cases in Israel by the director of PCATI which filed one of the lawsuits; the domestic use of drones; and the immorality of drones using Just War principles.

Contributors include: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Phyllis Bennis, Medea Benjamin, Marjorie Cohn, Richard Falk, Tom Hayden, Pardiss Kebriaei, Jane Mayer, Ishai Menuchin, Jeanne Mirer, John Quigley, Dr. Tom Reifer, Alice Ross, Jay Stanley, and Harry Van der Linden.

$13.75 • 6" x 9" • 288pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569118 HB
ISBN: 9781566560030 PB • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 09/15/14 • Foreword by: Archbishop Desmond Tutu •

The Ancient Ireland Guide

An Explorer's Guide

By Robert Emmet Meagher & Elizabeth Parker Neave

"A great compact book that tells about tombs, forests, castles and ancient settlements that were in Ireland long before Saint Patrick, thatched roofs and Guinness stout. Beautiful colored photos and illustrations show us the remains of ancient Ireland." — British Weekly

Personal, humorous, engaging, scholarly, and minutely practical.

A splendid guidebook to Ireland’s spectacular antiquities- its passage tombs, ring forts, castles, Neolithic settlements, and monastic sites. With its witty and erudite explorations of Irish mythology, history, literature, archaeology, and architecture, this travel book makes for an excellent companion on a journey to Ireland that is also a journey back in time. Along with fascinating overviews of prehistoric, Celtic, early Christian, and early medieval times, Meagher and Neave give the traveler concrete help in finding the most stunning sites that preserve and breathe that history today (some are surprisingly unknown). After the day’s exploring is done, readers can consult the same volume to find where to stay and eat” or entertaining bed-time reading in the authors’ lore about these ancient sites.

$24 • 5" x 9" • 280pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569149 • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/09/12 •

The Book of the Sultan’s Seal

Strange Incidents from history in the City of Mars

By Youssef Rakha

"What happened in Egypt around its second revolution was a mixture of grandeur and pettiness, of sorrow and mirth, of expectation and despair, of theory and flesh. All of which may be found in The Crocodiles, a novel where reality sheds its veil to reveal its true face- that of a timeless mythology." � Amin Maalouf, Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Samarkand

A profoundly original debut from highly acclaimed Egyptian Writer.

Youssef Rakha’s extraordinary The Book of the Sultan’s Seal was published less than two weeks after then Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down, following mass protests, in February 2011. It’s hard to imagine a debut novel of greater urgency or more thrilling innovation.

Modeled on a medieval Arabic manuscript in the form of a letter addressed to the writer’s friend, The Book of the Sultan’s Seal is made up of nine chapters, each centered on a drive our hero, Mustafa Çorbacı , takes around greater Cairo in the spring of 2007. Together these create a portrait of Cairo, city of post-9/11 Islam. In a series of dreams and visions, Mustafa Çorbacı, encounters the spirit of the last Ottoman sultan and embarks on a mission the sultan assigns him. Çorbacı, trials shed light on the contemporary Arab Muslim’s desperation for a sense of identity: Sultan’s Seal is both a suspenseful, erotic, riotous novel and an examination of accounts of Muslim demise. The way to a renaissance, Çorbacı’s journeys lead us to see, may have less to do with dogma and jihad than with love poetry, calligraphy, and the cultural diversity and richness within Islam.

With his first novel, Rakha has created a language truly all his own- an achievement that has earned international acclaim. This profoundly original work both retells canonical Arabic classics and offers a new version of “middle Arabic,” in which the formal meets the vernacular. Now finally in English, in Paul Starkey’s masterful translation, The Book of the Sultan’s Seal will astonish new readers around the world.

$19.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 400pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569163 HB
ISBN: 9781566569910 PB • Interlink Books • Translator: Paul Starkey • Release date: 11/05/14 •

Pocket Explorer: Ancient Egypt and the Nile

By Joyce Filer

Discover Ancient Egypt and explore pyramids, tombs, temples, quarries, cities, and farms along the banks of the River Nile.

Egypt was one of the greatest ancient civilizations in Africa, and it was the River Nile that made life possible in this hot desert country. Explore the world of Ancient Egyptians, as you journey along the River Nile from deep in Africa to the Mediterranean Sea.

Travel to ancient Egypt and meet the people who lived and worked in the towns, temples, farms, deserts, and oases through an exploration of significant places and artifacts. Find out how the flooding of the Nile from its sources deep in Africa created a fertile land in the midst of the desert, allowing a powerful and rich civilization to flourish.

$13.95 • 6.25 x 7.5 • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566568272 • Series: Pocket Explorers • Interlink Books • Ages 9 • Release date: 01/05/10 •

Pocket Explorer: The Roman Empire

By Sam Moorhead

Discover the peoples and places of the mighty Roman Empire.

At its height the Roman Empire enriched the Mediterranean Sea and stretched from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to Iraq. This vast area included many different peoples and places, held together by Roman customs, Roman law, and the Roman army. Rome’s success lay in its inclusiveness, with many distinct cultures flourishing within its boundaries.

Travel from frontier to frontier as you explore the provinces of the empire in this handy book. The book shows how the most successful empire in human history was organized, and why understanding the Roman Empire helps us to better understand our world today.

$13.95 • 6.25x7.5 • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566568289 • Series: Pocket Explorers • Interlink Books • Ages 9 • Release date: 01/09/10 •

Pocket Explorer: The Ancient Greek World

By Richard Woff

Discover the peoples and places of the Ancient Greek World.

Discover how the ancient Greeks traded with peoples all around the Mediterranean Sea and beyond, and founded new cities that became great centers of culture in the ancient world. Visit the Mycenaean and Minoan sites where the heroes of the Bronze Age had their citadels and palaces. Explore two contrasting city-states of Classical Greece- Athens (the birthplace of theater, philosophy, and democracy) and Sparta (the ultimate military super-state). Look inside the temples, theaters, schools, sports stadia and gymnasia, houses and palaces. Examine the objects that the Greeks left behind, and what they have to tell us about life in those ancient times.

$13.95 • 6.25x7.5 • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566568296 • Series: Pocket Explorers • Interlink Books • Ages 9 • Release date: 01/09/10 •

The Calligrapher’s Secret

"Start off your year… [with] Rafik Schami's superb new novel The Calligrapher's Secret, set in Damascus." — Elle (Middle East)

A new international bestseller from the award-winning author of The Dark Side of Love.

Even as a young man, Hamid Farsi is acclaimed as a master of the art of calligraphy. But as time goes by, he sees that weaknesses in the Arabic language and its script limit its uses in the modern world. In a secret society, he works out schemes for radical reform, never guessing what risks he is running. His beautiful wife, Nura, is ignorant of her husband’s ambitions, knowing only his cold, avaricious side. So it’s no wonder she feels flattered by the attentions of his young apprentice. And so begins a passionate love story- the love of a Muslim woman and a Christian man.

$20 • 5.25" x 8.5" • 464pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568302 • Interlink Books • Translator: Anthea Bell • Release date: 01/11/10 •

Damascus Nights

"Timely and timeless at once." — Malcolm Bradbury, The New York Times Book Review

Rafik Schami’s award-winning novel.

In the classical Arab tradition of tale-telling, here is a magical book that celebrates the power of storytelling, delightfully transformed for modern sensibilities by an award-winning author. The time is present-day Damascus, and Salim the coachman, the city’s most famous storyteller, is mysteriously struck dumb. To break the spell, seven friends gather for seven nights to present Salim with seven wondrous “gifts” — seven stories of their own design. Upon this enchanting frame of tales told in the fragrant Arabian night, the words of the past grow fainter, as ancient customs are yielding to modern turmoil. While the hairdresser, the teacher, the wife of the locksmith sip their tea and pass the water pipe, they swap stories about the magical and the mundane: about djinnis and princesses, about contemporary politics and the difficulties of bargaining in a New York department store. And as one tale leads to another… and another… all of Damascus appears before your eyes, along with a vision of storytelling- and talk- as the essence of friendship, of community, of life.

A sly and graceful work, a delight to readers young and old, Damascus Nights is, according to Publishers Weekly, “a highly atmospheric, pungent narrative.”

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 268pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568319 • Interlink Books • Translator: Philip Boehm • Release date: 03/15/16 •

Specters

By Radwa Ashour

Winner of the Cairo International Book Fair Prize

"A stimulating read… Pandora's box-like it raises, explicitly and implicitly, the kinds of difficult questions that all writers at some point ask themselves: What does it mean to write? What is a novel? What is a life?" — Nur Elmessiri, Al Ahram Weekly

Specters tells the story of Radwa and Shagar, two women born the same day.

The narrative alternates between their childhoods, their work lives (one a professor of literature and the other of history), their married and unmarried lives, and their respective books. With her novel’s structure, Ashour pays tribute to the Arab qareen (double or companion, and sometimes demon) and the ancient Egyptian ka (the spirit that is born with and accompanies an individual through life and beyond).

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568326 • Interlink Books • Translator: Barbara Romaine • Release date: 01/09/10 •

Swallow

"Tender, fierce, vivid and memorable-a bold, distinctive novel from a writer who doesn't compromise her integrity." — Leila Aboulela, author of 'Minaret'

In the 1980s in Lagos, the government’s War Against Indiscipline and austerity measures are in full swing.

A succession of unfortunate events leads Tolani, a bank secretary, to be persuaded by her roommate Rose to consider drug trafficking as a way to make a living. Tolani’s subsequent struggle with temptation forces her to reconsider her morality- and that of her mother Arike’s- as she embarks on a turbulent journey of self-discovery.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 268pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568333 • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/09/10 •

One World Vegetarian Cookbook

By Troth Wells

"Both vegetarians and those simply looking for a way to incorporate more vegetables into their diet will delight in this treasure of a book." � Publishers Weekly

An information-packed gastronomic tour of the world and the ultimate resource for global vegetarian recipes.

One World Vegetarian Cookbook starts in your backyard- buying produce at your local farmers’ market or perhaps growing your own vegetables and herbs- then reaches around the world to bring the diversity and delight of vegetarian dishes into your kitchen. Whether you have only a window box with some herbs, a small garden behind the house, or other space to grow things, this book is the seed that connects creative home-cooking to the traditional recipes that travel the globe and blend with local culture.

With an emphasis on simplicity and versatility, One World Vegetarian Cookbook makes it easy to create dishes such as Bean bredie from South Africa, barley risotto from Italy, Nepalese lentil curry, or lemongrass-scented Thai soup. All you need to do is stock up your spice rack and take your taste buds travelling.

– Over 200 easy-to-cook vegetarian dishes

– Clear, step-by-step cooking method

– Personal recipes from around the world

– Full-color photographs throughout

– Food facts and a glossary of foods.

The culture, history, beautiful photography, and delicious recipes make this a truly wonderful cookbook.

$13.75 • 7" x 10" • 256pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568340 HB
ISBN: 9781566568340v PB • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/10/10 •

Life and Memoirs of Doctor Pi and Other Stories

By Edgar Bayley

"Bayley's fictions are tantalizing vignettes, amusing and often absurd, and readers will likely feel a pleasant nostalgia for the elegant humor of a bygone age." — Publishers Weekly

The first English translation of a major Argentine literary figure.

With an uncommon blend of elation and discretion, The Life and Memoirs of Doctor Pi takes readers on a journey of mysterious encounters, unspoken agreements, official-esque errands, and romantic escapades. Doctor Pi is an unflappable, perfectly human superhero- charismatic, artful, and with an understated swagger, master of his familiar yet impossible world.

With its uncanny trust that language can capture that world in all its strangeness, The Life and Memoirs of Doctor Pi is delightful, mischievous, captivating in its suggestions of deeper literary and cultural intrigues. In the life of Doctor Pi, the familiar is rendered strange, but recognizable; the anticipated act is always fulfilled, but never as expected; and though consequences do ensue, they are never foreseeable, nor repeatable, and usually not very reasonable, either. To read Doctor Pi is to set forth on an expedition like no other- impossible to turn back from, impossible not to lose oneself in.

$13 • 5.5" x 7.75" • 144pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568371 • Clockroot Books • Translator: Emily Toder • Release date: 01/10/10 •

The Sleepwalker

"Margarita Karapanou leads us into the labyrinth where God lives. One must read her as one reads Rimbaud or Blake… Karapanou's insistence on tearing off our everyday clothes and ridiculous masks makes her, indeed, a truly remarkable writer." — Jerome Charyn, Le Monde

Winner of the Prix de meilleur livre etranger/Prize for the best foreign novel, France.

At the opening of Margarita Karapanou’s stunning second novel, in disgust at mankind God vomits a new Messiah onto the earth. Or rather, onto a Greek island. Populated by villagers, ex-pats, artists, writers, this island is a Tower of Babel, a place where languages and individuals have been assembled, as though in wait for something as horrific and comic as this second coming.

The Sleepwalker moves deftly and dizzyingly between genres- satire, murder mystery, magical realism, its own brand of Theater of the Absurd- following Manolis, the new Messiah, as he moves through this place and its characters like a sleepwalker, unaware to the very end of his divine nature.

In The Sleepwalker Karapanou has created an unforgettable depiction of a dissolute world, desperately comic and full of compassion, a world in which nightmare and miracle both uneasily reside.

$16 • 5.5" x7.75" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568388 • Clockroot Books • Translator: Karen Emmerich • Release date: 01/09/10 • Awards: Winner of the Prix de meilleur livre etranger/Prize for the best foreign novel, France

A Million Steps

Discovering the Lebanon Mountain Trail

By Hana El-Hibri

Photography by: Norbert Schiller

"Impressive… An attractive design incorporates Hibri's flaw-free text with thoughts of such mountain lovers as Kahlil Gibran…The liberal use of Schiller's wonderful images makes A Million Steps a handsome coffee table volume. If anything is going to make you want to hike the LMT, it is this glossy volume with its stunning views of Mount Hermon, Tannourine, and other scenic delights." — The Daily Star

A thrilling, yet intimate, view of the 440 km trail that runs through the remote and majestic Lebanese mountains.

Hana El-Hibri and her fellow hikers were the first to walk the length of Lebanon from north to south, and her up-close account of the month-long journey is accompanied by Norbert Schiller’s superb photos, capturing the region’s diverse wildlife, its stunning scenery and the colorful characters that live there.

A Million Steps gives us snapshots of a Lebanon that is rarely seen and of an adventure of discovery, beauty and companionship to be treasured by all who value Lebanon’s rich rural heritage. A fabulous gift book!

$60 • 8.75 x 11.25 • 288pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566568395 • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/04/11 •

A Traveller’s Wine Guide to Spain

By Harold Heckle

Photography by: Janet Price

"This book" might have been titled 'A Wine Lover's Travel Guide to Spain.' It contains interesting background material on all of Spain's significant wine-producing regions, as well as practical advice on traveling, lodging, dining, and sightseeing." — Harvey Finkel, New England Wine Gazette

Spain has more land under vine than any other country in Europe, and over the past thirty years has transformed its wine industry into one of the greatest in the world.

Using a unique combination of native and imported grape varieties, Spain now produces a wide range of quality wines. Yet its wine regions and villages, many of which are located in unspoiled and remote areas, remain relatively unknown. The authors introduce the wine-loving traveler to these regions providing a background to their wines and leading bodegas, or wineries.

$22 • 5" x 9" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568418 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Wine Guides • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/04/11 •

A Traveller’s Wine Guide to California

By Robert Holmes

Photography by: Robert Holmes

"Each offers invaluable information… clear, colorful maps, driving times… descriptions of the regions and their wines… itineraries, and times and places for local wine festivals. …Most important, perhaps, the guides provide names of wine producers who speak English and who welcome guests to their cellars." — Frank Prial, Wine Talk, The New York Times

If California were an independent nation it would be the fourth leading wine-producing country in the world after Italy, France and Spain. And nowhere else will you find more visitor-friendly wineries.

Sampling these and tasting their wines is a rewarding experience, but, faced with the bewildering variety of wineries on offer, it’s hard to know where to start. This book guides the wine tourist- not only through the better-known regions of Napa and Sonoma, but also the Central Coast, Santa Barbara County and Southern California- and gives ample recommendations on where to stay and eat in and around each region.

A Traveller’s Wine Guide to California contains spectacular photography as well as easily-accessible information on such topics as The Winery Experience and The System of Classification and Grape Varieties.

$22 • 5" x 9" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568425 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Wine Guides • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/10/11 •

The Portuguese

A Modern History

By Barry Hatton

"Affection for and sober views of his subject impart a geniality and balance to his account of the development of the Portuguese nation, and his book itself answers the need for a good general history for lay readers." — Booklist

An intimate portrait of a fascinating country and its people

Portugal is an established member of the European Union, one of the founders of the euro currency and a founding member of NATO. Yet it is an inconspicuous and largely overlooked country on the continent’s southwest rim.

Barry Hatton shines a light on this enigmatic corner of Europe by blending historical analysis with entertaining personal anecdotes. He describes the idiosyncrasies that make the Portuguese unique and surveys the eventful path that brought them to where they are today.

In the fifteenth—and sixteenth—century Age of Discovery the Portuguese led Europe out of the Mediterranean into the Atlantic and they brought Asia and Europe together. Evidence of their one-time four-continent empire can still be felt, not least in the Portuguese language which is spoken by more than 220 million people from Brazil, across parts of Africa to Asia.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568449 • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/04/11 •

Istanbul

A Cultural History

By Peter Clark

Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul: these are only three names that have been given to the city that straddles two continents, was the capital of two multinational empires and is today a vibrant commercial and artistic city, the largest in Turkey and, after Moscow, the largest in Europe.

With its location as a port, Istanbul has always absorbed ideas, people and styles from north, south, east and west. Its multiculturalism is a microcosm of the world’s. Neither standard guide nor conventional history, this is rather a celebration of an extraordinary city, reviewing its imperial histories and exploring some of its lesser known corners.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568456 • Series: Interlink Cultural Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/09/11 •

Lunar Savings Time

By Alex Epstein

"Israel's new Borges… a master of flash-fiction who distills stories to their aphoristic essence." — Jewish Daily Forward

The stories in Lunar Savings Time slip through time and between dreams and waking, between native tongue and elusive translation, long-dead writers and just-opened books.

Alex Epstein has created a masterwork in the finest strokes- stories in which humor, stubborn memory, and strange beauty meet and part ways in less than a page. Through these pages journey a woman who travels back in time to visit a psychoanalyst; Kafka, had he lived and emigrated to Israel after the Holocaust; the wandering Cain; Zen masters, beggars, writers, ghosts.

In Epstein’s lyrical philosophy, every imaginative proposition must answer to the burden of history. “He can be placed next to Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Kafka, Borges,” Haaretz has said of Epstein; Lunar Savings Time is his most radical collection yet, a wondrous achievement.

$15 • 5.5" x 7.25" • 128pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568524 • Clockroot Books • Translator: Becka Mara McKay • Release date: 01/04/11 •

Textiles from the Andes

By Penelope Dransart & Helen Wolfe

"Many books or catalogs of similar collections are either out of print or contain mainly black-and-white photographs, so it is a pleasure to see a new book covering this important area with over 100 color photographs." — Library Journal

In the world of the ancient Andes, textiles were often the most valuable commodity people possessed- far beyond gold and silver- and they were a major medium for conveying critical cultural meaning.

Textiles of the Andes features a wealth of rare and exquisite pieces, many of great iconographic and technical importance, ranging in date from the Paracas to the Inca and Colonial periods, from 200 BC to the late 18th century. Examples of contemporary Andean textiles complement the early pieces and illustrate the continuity of weaving traditions in the Andes.

– Detailed photos show each textile in full

– Glossary of technical analysis for designers

– Authoritative introduction by an expert in the field provides a context for appreciating and enjoying the superb and varied designs

$20 • 9" x 9" • 100pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568593 • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/09/11 •

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

By National Priorities Project

Illustrated by: Ruth Sanderson

You can order signed copies of all Ruth Sanderson titles! Write ‘signed copy’ in the note section at checkout.

"Sanderson's retelling of this classic tale from the Brothers Grimm is enthralling, and the muted elegance of her oil paintings captures the romance and magic of this well-known fairy tale." � Language Arts

Long ago, in the days of princesses, castles, and magic spells, there lived a king and his twelve daughters. Although the king locked the twelve princesses in their bedroom each night, every morning their twelve pairs of dancing shoes were found to be worn quite through, as if they had been danced in all night long! The king proclaimed that anyone who discovered the secret of the worn-out shoes could marry the princess of his choice. Here is the enchanting story of how the mystery was finally solved.

$8.95 • 8.5" x 11" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568647 HB
ISBN: 9781566568760 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 3 to 8 • Release date: Fall 2020 •

The Viennese Kitchen

Tante Hertha's Book of Family Recipes

By Monica Meehan & Maria von Baich

Photography by: Tara Meade & Jon Fisher

"Those unfamiliar with Viennese dishes will be tempted by the luscious photographs and enticing food and those who already enjoy the cuisine will welcome Tante Hertha's expert guidance on making these classic dishes." � Publishers Weekly

A perfect gift for cookbook enthusiasts and anyone interested in classic Viennese cooking Traditions.

This beautiful book, based on original notebook and recipe journal of a 1900s baroness, takes readers on a journey through fin de siècle Viennese high society. With over 100 original recipes, all of which have been tested and brought up to date for the modern cook, it is not only a wonderful collection of recipes but also a fascinating look at the life of a Viennese family. Filled with anecdotes and personal stories to bring the recipes to life, this book is a charming insight into a bygone era. The classic recipes cover a variety of dishes both savory and sweet, with a strong emphasis on the desserts and pastries for which Vienna is famed.

Enchanting photographs of Vienna grace the book, capturing the architecture, cafe culture, and beauty of this elegant city.

$22 • 7" x 10" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568654 HB
ISBN: 9781566560191 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/09/11 •

One World Kids Cookbook

Easy, Healthy, and Affordable Family Meals

By Sean Mendez

"This is a brilliant idea and a great cookbook for children. There are so many amazing flavors and ingredients from around the world- it's great to discover them and be inspired like this at a young age." � Gordon Ramsay

This healthy eating cookbook is aimed at encouraging young people to think about what they eat through emphasizing the importance of a balanced diet.

It contains kitchen tips and suggests vegetarian substitutes to the meat recipes. One World Kids Cookbook aims to instill a passion for good, wholesome, healthy food as well as a passion for life.

– Fabulous dishes from around the world- from jollof rice to fajitas

– Easy-to-follow instructions with step-by-step color photos

– Recipes made with no-fuss ingredients found in your local supermarket

– Fascinating facts and stunning photos on all countries featured

$20 • 8.5" x 11" • 104pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566568661 • Series: • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/09/11 •

World Textiles

A Sourcebook

By Diane Waller & Shelagh Weir & et al

Featuring textiles from the Balkans, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Central and South America, this book reveals an eclectic selection of over 150 textiles that illustrate the richness and diversity of world textiles.

With expert commentary that highlights the key features of the designs and sets them in their social and cultural context, this book gives insight into the significance of pattern and symbolism and tells the stories behind these spectacular works. Awash with vibrant color, fascinating motifs, and an assortment of striking and intricate patterns, this sourcebook offers a wealth of inspiration for using color and pattern and is a must-have for anyone interested in textile and design.

– Includes various techniques of production: embroidery, weaving, printing and dyeing

– Shows each individual textile in full through a series of detailed photographs

$40 • 9" x 9" • 368pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568708 • Series: world-textiles • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/10/11 •

Sarmada

By Fadi Azzam

"[T]he gem of the Arabic literature of dissent� [Sarmada] isn't narrowly political and doesn't paint a portrait of the uprisings themselves. Instead, it gives us something much more valuable: a detailed view of the entire mechanism of a culture- its connection to the land, its way of telling stories, and its idiosyncrasies. � Channeling Marquez and Borges, Azzam winds the plot audaciously, bringing the story to highly surreal and disquieting places." � The New Yorker's "Book Bench"

Sarmada, Arabic for “perpetuate” or “the eternally-not-changed,” is the novel’s fictitious setting.

In the title, Fadi Azzam creates a new word (a derivative female form of noun-verb, which does not exist in Arabic) and in so doing immediately lets the reader know that women are the protagonists of this story that spans several generations, from Syria to Paris and back again.

The novel is set in the Druze area and is a declaration of love for tolerance and for the peaceful coexistence of the many religious groups that live in close proximity. Myths, communists, nationalists, murder, illicit love, superstition, erotic trees and women’s breasts make up the tapestry of this strange, beautifully written, first novel.

Fadi Azzam narrates, just as he writes poetry: Sarmada is direct, ruthless and full of fire.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568722 HB
ISBN: 9781566568623 PB • Interlink Books • Translator: Adam Talib • Release date: 01/11/11 •

Always Coca-Cola

By Alexandra Chreiteh

"This is a great premise for a novel� an intelligent little book, and worth the read." � New York Journal of Books

The narrator of Always Coca-Cola, Abeer Ward (fragrant rose, in Arabic), daughter of a conservative family, admits wryly that her name is also the name of her father’s flower shop. Abeer’s bedroom window is filled by a view of a Coca-Cola sign featuring the image of her sexually adventurous friend, Jana. From the novel’s opening paragraph – “When my mother was pregnant with me, she had only one craving. That craving was for Coca-Cola” — first-time novelist Alexandra Chreiteh asks us to see, with wonder, humor, and dismay, how inextricably confused naming and desire, identity and branding are.

The names- and the novel’s edgy, cynical humor- might be recognizable across languages, but Chreiteh’s novel is first and foremost an exploration of a specific Lebanese milieu. Critics in Lebanon have called the novel “an electric shock.”

$8.25 • 5.25" x 8" • 144pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568739 HB
ISBN: 9781566568432 PB • Interlink Books • Translator: Michelle Hartman • Release date: 01/09/11 •

Pure and Simple

Homemade Indian Vegetarian Cuisine

By Vidhu Mittal

Photography by: Sanjay Ramchandran

"A good starter book for Indian cuisine that isn't whitewashed restaurant food. Great illustrations for food and processes, and a huge variety of recipes� Verdict: Check it out." � Cook and the Books

With step-by-step photographs for over 100 classic and contemporary vegetarian recipes, Pure and Simple makes preparing Indian food absolutely easy.

Whether you are whisking yogurt or kneading dough, each recipe includes step-by-step photographs so that you can check to make sure you are achieving the right result at each stage. Pure and Simple also includes information on spices, vegetables, and kitchen tools, along with useful tips for each recipe. A separate section on cooking processes is helpful for both beginning and experienced cooks.

$25 • 9" x 11" • 208pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568814 • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/04/12 •

A People’s Guide to the Federal Budget

"Given the fateful budget choices we now face as a country, A People's Guide to the Federal Budget crucially helps all citizens understand the process by which those choices will be made and how we can all engage to ensure the best possible outcome." � Anthony W. Marx, President, New York Public Library

From history of the budget process to detail about the ongoing conflict in Washington, from charts explaining where every federal dollar goes to simple explanations of budget terminology, this book covers it all.

A People’s Guide to the Federal Budget is for every American who wants to understand and participate in a process that affects all of us. It serves as a foundation for the novice reader, a reference tool for a more advanced audience, and is perfect for high school and college classroom use.

Released to coincide with the fiscal year 2013 budget process and the 2012 presidential election, this guide includes up-to-the-minute numbers and explanation of President Obama’s 2013 budget request.

$15 • 5.5" x 8.5" • 160pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568876 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 01/04/12 •

A Bit of Difference

"This book is an example of the rewards of small moments and understated expression� Sefi Atta deserves attention, both for what she says and for how she says it." � David Maine, Pop Matters

At thirty-nine, Deola Bello, a Nigerian expatriate in London, is dissatisfied with being single and working overseas.

Deola works as a financial reviewer for an international charity, and when her job takes her back to Nigeria in time for her father’s five-year memorial service, she finds herself turning her scrutiny inward. In Nigeria, Deola encounters changes in her family and in the urban landscape of her home, and new acquaintances who offer unexpected possibilities. Deola’s journey is as much about evading others’ expectations to get to the heart of her frustration as it is about exposing the differences between foreign images of Africa and the realities of contemporary Nigerian life. Deola’s urgent, incisive voice captivates and guides us through the intricate layers and vivid scenes of a life lived across continents.

With Sefi Atta’s characteristic boldness and vision, A Bit of Difference limns the complexities of our contemporary world. This is a novel not to be missed.

$8.25 • 5.25" x 8" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568920 HB
ISBN: 9781566569668 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/09/12 •

King Solomon and the Bee

By Dalia Hardof Renberg

Illustrated by: Ruth Heller

"Educators and parents will be grateful for its return to the library shelves, allowing this treasure to be more widely shared with young readers. For ages 5-8" — Jewish Book World

One day, when King Solomon was resting in his garden, a small bee accidentally stung the great king on his nose. Furious, the king summoned all possible offenders and demanded to know who had dared to sting him. A small bee came forward and, as it pleaded for the king’s forgiveness, offered to repay him. King Solomon was amused by the bee’s earnest proposal, for how could such a little bee repay such a powerful king?

Dalia Hardof Renberg’s simple adaptation of this traditional story, pared with Ruth Heller’s glorious illustrations, is a surprising and charming tale of how one small bee keeps its mighty promise.

$9.95 • 9.25" x 9" • 32pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568159 • Crocodile • Ages 3 to 8 • Release date: 01/03/10 •

San Francisco

A Cultural History

By Mick Sinclair

"Reading these guides is the next best thing to actually going there with them in hand." — ForeWord Magazine

Within a generation San Francisco grew from an isolated Mexican trading post with more hills than people into America’s major Pacific Coast city.

Shaped by entrepreneurs, eccentrics, and visionaries, it became renowned for accommodating those who dared to be different. People as diverse as William Randolph Hearst, Lillie Coit, Carol Doda, Jerry Garcia, and Harvey Milk have thrived in San Francisco’s permissive environment as it evolved into one of the world’s most welcoming and visually stunning cities.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 272pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568173 • Series: Interlink Cultural Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/05/10 •

Marrakesh, Fez and Rabat

Cadogan Guides

By Barnaby Rogerson

Photography by: David Stryker

"Cadogan's specialty is uncovering delightful secrets in some of the Earth's most travelled spots." — New York Daily News

Bursting with personal knowledge and practical information from a renowned expert on Morocco, this guidebook will let you in on the secrets of these three unique imperial cities and will give you complete insights into their history, religion, culture, and architecture.

It offers practical, reliable advice on everything from negotiating the labyrinthine medinas to exploring the winding alleys and interlocking courtyards, as well as how to barter, and where to get the best bargains.

$21.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 304pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568203 • Series: Cadogan Guides • Cadogan Guides USA • Release date: 01/11/10 •

Towards One World

Ancient Persia and the West

The 2nd volume in a series that examines the spread of cultures from the East into Europe.

The Persian Empire was the first major eastern power to actually extend its borders into Europe. The Persians came in the 6th century BC as a great power seeking to incorporate parts of southeastern Europe as provinces into a centrally ruled and administered empire. While Persia’s foothold in Europe was tiny, distant, and brief, and the contact is usually viewed in terms of conflict- the Greco-Persian wars, the conquests of Alexander, the numerous wars between Rome and Iran- Europe’s interaction with ancient Persia was neither short-lived nor conflicting: it was the beginnings of a complex relationship between East and West that continues to this day. This book explores that relationship in detail.

$22.95 • 5.5" x 8.5" • 272pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568227 • Series: Asia in Europe and the Making of the West • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 01/09/10 •

Loire

Cadogan Guides

By Philippe Barbour

"Cadogan's specialty is uncovering delightful secrets in some of the Earth's most travelled spots." — New York Daily News

Between the Gothic glories of Chartres and Bourges, this guide follows France’s most famous river from the vineyards of Sancerre in the east to its outpouring into the Atlantic Ocean in the west.

The beautiful chateaux, splendid churches and towns of the region are widely explored and their stories told. If you want to get off the beaten track, this guide will also show you the Loire’s more secret corners, including the best places to sleep, wine, and dine in its many chateaux, vineyards, and tranquil villages.

$21.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 504pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568111 • Series: Cadogan Guides • Cadogan Guides USA • Release date: 01/05/10 •

Bavaria

Cadogan Guides

By Rodney Bolt

"The guidebook of choice for travelers who like to mix culture with good living" — The Sunday Times

Bavaria’s sparkling lakes, fairytale castles, soaring Gothic cathedrals, spectacular Alpine scenery, and hidden villages of half-timbered houses make this a magical region. Not to mention the fine German cooking, oompah bands, lederhosen, and beer festivals that give Bavaria its unique reputation for cheery hospitality.

Award-winning author Rodney Bolt leads you through the rolling countryside of the Romantic Road, and the craggy peaks and fragrant wildflower meadows of the Alps in this fully-revised and updated edition.

$21.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 264pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568128 • Series: Cadogan Guides • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/03/10 •

Crete

Cadogan Guides

By Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

"Passionate and packed with good info" — National Geographic Traveler

Lying at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, Crete was the home of Europe’s earliest civilization and today exudes a magical sense of timelessness.

Cadogan’s guide explores every inch of the island from fabled Minoan sites to Byzantine frescoes, old Venetian cities, intimate coves and beaches reachable only by track and boat, and spectacular sheer-sided gorges filled with wildflowers and herbs. Going far beyond the usual tourist trail, it gives unique insight into a fiercely independent land of myth and mystery.

$21.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 296pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568135 • Series: Cadogan Guides • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/05/10 •

Jerusalem

Arab Social Life, Traditions, and Everyday Pleasures in the 20th Century

By Subhi S. Ghosheh

An extremely valuable guide to 20th century Arab life in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is a city of unique grief, a city that has been the target of conquerors more than twenty times. Yet the city has managed to maintain its Arabic culture and traditions- Islamic, Christian, and Jewish- and has emerged victorious time and time again. But beginning with its partial occupation in 1948, its full occupation in 1967, and continuing through today, the Israeli claim on Jerusalem and the government’s efforts to change its identity, threatens to obliterate the traditional Arab culture of the city.

This book is a wonderfully-presented account of Palestinian life in a city that packs more culture and history than anywhere else in the world. It seeks to document and preserve Jerusalem’s Arab customs and traditions: festivals, folk medicine, cuisine, and even the everyday simple pleasures.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 192pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567886 • Olive Branch Press •

It’s Easier to Reach Heaven than the End of the Street

A Jerusalem Memoir

By Emma Williams

"…notable for the depth of observation and insight and for the vividness of the descriptions of particular events and people… a moving and beautifully written book… It will certainly help outsiders to better understand both sides and their struggle." — Brian Urquhart, New York Review of Books

A deeply affecting memoir and a unique contribution to our understanding of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

In August 2000 Emma Williams arrived with her three small children in Jerusalem to join her husband and to work as a doctor. A month later, the second Palestinian intifada erupted. For the next three years, she was to witness an astonishing series of events in which hundreds of thousands of lives, including her own, were turned upside down. Williams lived on the very border of East and West Jerusalem, working with Palestinians in Ramallah during the day and spending evenings with Israelis in Tel Aviv.

Weaving personal stories and conversations with friends and colleagues into the long and fraught political background, Williams’ powerful memoir brings to life the realities of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. She vividly recalls giving birth to her fourth child during the siege of Bethlehem and her horror when a suicide bomber blew his own head into the schoolyard where her children played each day. Understanding in her judgment, yet unsparing in her honesty, Williams exposes the humanity, as well as the hypocrisy at the heart of both sides’ experiences. Anyone wanting to understand this intractable and complex dispute will find this unique account a refreshing and an illuminating read.

$16 • 6" x 9" • 412pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567893 • Olive Branch Press •

Bob Marley

A Life

By Garry Steckles

"Of all the millions of words written about the Jamaican Rasta reggae hero, this book encapsulates the most concise and complete information about Marley… If you want to place a Marley biography in your library, this is the one to buy." — Barbara Makeda Blake Hannah, Rastafarian scholar and journalist

One of the twentieth century’s most iconic cultural figures, Bob Marley was responsible for popularizing reggae music throughout the world.

He set attendance records that still stand today and his 1977 Exodus album was hailed by Time magazine as the greatest of the 20th Century. His unique blend of politically conscious lyrics and unforgettable melodies won him legions of fans far beyond the Caribbean. But Marley was no mere pop star: his strong attachment to Rasta beliefs and practices and his fierce hostility to the injustice of “Babylon” made him an important spokesperson for the dispossessed all over the globe.

In this new biography, Garry Steckles follows Marley’s eventful life through the early days in rural Jamaica, arrival in Kingston, first recordings and performances to his spectacular status as an international superstar. Throughout he analyzes Marley’s political and religious beliefs, while also concentrating on his relationships with fellow musicians, family and influential figures. A chapter focusing on Marley’s long-term legacy explores what the musician contributed to world music and what the religious believer gave to Rastafarianism.

$17 • 6" x 9" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567336 • Interlink Books •

Flawed Landscape

Poems 1987-2008

By Sharif S. Elmusa

"Flawed Landscape is an extraordinary book that verges between the grief of being displaced and the joy of being alive. Elmusa speaks with the anger of the aggrieved, but also with tenderness and understanding for those he left behind and those he meets along the way. Elmusa is a true poet, a yearner for a better life and for the constancy of time." — Pablo Medina, poet, author of Points of Balance/Puntos de apoyo

“These are an exile’s poems, marked by loss but offered with a generous spirit. Through them, the landscape transforms-revealing, through Elmusa’s vision, its difficult beauty. This is not grounds for despair, then. But ground to work from. That is hope, indeed.” —Melanie Carter, poet

$15 • 6" x 9" • 128pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567343 • Interlink Books •

Disfigured

A Saudi Woman's Story of Triumph over Violence

By Rania al-Baz

"I am trying as a Saudi woman to raise the awareness of unstable men who see women as inferior, who resort to violence, and who are abusive to women." —Rania al-Baz, on 60 Minutes

Every morning for over six years, Rania al-Baz has been the smiling face of a family program on Saudi television.

She was a young, beautiful Saudi TV news anchor- the first woman to have such a job- when her abusive husband beat her into a coma and left her for dead. She remained in a coma for four days and later underwent thirteen operations to reconstruct her face. When she agreed to let horrifying pictures of her ravaged face be made public, her story sparked general criticism of Saudi culture. A month after the tragedy, the first Saudi research into domestic violence began at King Saud University in Riyadh. Rania’s story subsequently appeared in the press all over the world.

$15 • 6" x 9" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567350 • Interlink Books • Translator: Catherine Spencer •

The Indonesian Kitchen

By Sri Owen

Photography by: Gus Filgate

“Sri Owen’s impressive The Indonesian Kitchen � is an ambitious book by an authority on Indonesian food. What makes the book work so well are not only the excellent classic�and modernized recipes and personal history she includes in the book, but also the wonderful photographs by Gus Filgate that capture the vibrant ingredients, people and food of Indonesia. This is a cookbook that is rich in context, not only how and when a dish was eaten, but the memories that go with it.” � Super Chef

In this landmark book, renowned author Sri Owen provides a unique insight into the ancient, exotic and varied cuisine of the Indonesian archipelago.

Over 120 mouthwatering and easy-to-follow recipes take us from staples and basics to food for festivals and special occasions, with fascinating introductions that place the dishes in their regional and cultural settings. Sri offers enchanting recollections of the food and cooking of her youth, while delving into the historical role of food in the region’s culture and society. The recipes are accompanied by detailed explanations of ingredients and techniques, notes on availability and substitutions, and discussions of development over time.

Filled with beautiful photography by Gus Filgate, this book captures all aspects of Indonesia’s diverse culinary culture and represents a lifetime’s research into both traditional and modern cooking methods.

$13.75 • 9" x 9" • 288pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567398 HB
ISBN: 9781566569811 PB • Interlink Books •

Dive Thailand

Complete Guide to Diving and Snorkeling

By Paul Lees

"This book is a delight to read. Rania has a clear voice and firm convictions. … She has courage too … At the end I knew a lot more about Saudi Arabia and had a deep respect for Rania al-Baz." — The Book Bag

The authoritative guide to diving in Thailand.

This stunning book details over 140 dive and snorkel sites. Designed for divers and snorkellers of all levels, with advice on everything from learning to dive to Thailand-based live-aboards, it is an essential resource for anyone visiting this top destination.

With over 1250 miles (2000km) of coastline, the variety of diving in Thailand is phenomenal, encompassing everything from the pristine fringing reefs and deep drop-offs of Koh Lanta to the towering submerged pinnacles of Koh Tao. Spectacular soft corals abound, and Thailand is one of the few places in the world where year-round encounters with whale sharks are possible.

– For all levels of diver from novice to dive master

– First-class photography and mapping throughout

$20 • 6.5" x 9.5" • 176pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567428 • Series: Interlink Dive Guides • Interlink Books •

Dive the Virgin Islands

Complete Guide to Diving and Snorkeling

By Lawson Wood

"The best dive guides available" — Dive

This diving guide to the Virgin Islands is an indispensable resource for divers and snorkellers of all levels of qualification and experience.

Enhanced by magnificent full-color photographs, this practical book offers detailed information on the best places to witness the wonders of the underwater realm and gives comprehensive coverage of both the US Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands, two of the world’s most exciting dive destinations. Also described are many of the fascinating attractions for those who wish to explore the islands.

– For all levels of diver from novice to dive master

– First-class photography and mapping throughout

$20 • 6.5" x 9.5" • 176pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567435 • Series: Interlink Dive Guides • Interlink Books •

Mexican Modern

New Food from Mexico

By Fiona Dunlop

Photography by: Jean-Blaise Hall

"An impressive and highly useful book that could only be improved if it came with a plane ticket to Mexico? Aptly for such a cookbook, it's richly colored with gorgeous photography." � Time Out Magazine

An enthralling gastronomic journey that captures the incredible vitality and color of this country and the remarkable food of Mexico today.

Mexico is experiencing a gastronomic revolution. A return to pre-Hispanic cooking techniques and ingredients combined with modern presentations are sweeping a wind of change through the country’s legendary food.

From Mexico City to Veracruz, from Michoacán to Puebla and from Oaxaca to the Yucatán, Fiona Dunlop has sought out 12 chefs at the forefront of Mexican cooking to discover the recipes at the heart of this revolution. Backing them up are sections on market food cooks who still make old classics in time-honored ways. Among the recipes, you will find inventive new dishes as well as modern versions of classics. Chilies, seafood, chicken, duck, pork, game and corn tortillas play a central role as do vegetable dishes based on beans, tomatoes, avocados, squash, corn, sweet potatoes, pumpkin seeds and mole sauces..

$12.10 • 8.25" x 10.25" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567442 HB
ISBN: 9781566569392 PB • Interlink Books •

Yemen

By Charles Aithie &amp

Photography by: full-color photos, maps

Combining outstanding photographic skills with assiduous research, this book takes the reader on a fascinating journey through Yemen.

The sophisticated traveler is fast awakening to the glories and treasures of Yemen, the land of the half-mythic Queen of Sheba and the “Arabia Felix” coveted by ancient Rome. Yet the “glories and treasures” of Yemen are as much contemporary as they are ancient and historic- in the spectacular architecture of its cities, which until lately have remained beyond the ken of the outside world, the dramatic landscape of highland and coastal Yemen, and in the panoply of its people.

Yemen: Jewel of Arabia’s thorough coverage will prove indispensable to the visitor. This book, long in the making, is now the only photographic work generally available to the English-speaking visitor or armchair traveler.

$30 • • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567466 • Translator: 6 • Release date: Middle East • Foreword by: 1 • Awards: UK

The Beatles’ London

A Guide to 467 Beatles Sites in and around London

By Piet Schreuders & Mark Lewisohn & Adam Smith

"Far and away the most interesting Beatles book ever assembled." ? Derek Taylor

They were born in Liverpool and came of age in Hamburg, but it was London where the Beatles became international icons matched only by the swinging city itself.

From the chambers of Abbey Road to the rooftops of Savile Row, the Beatles are as much a part of London as Her Majesty, the Houses of Parliament and Hyde Park. They defined their times and this was their turf.

Authoritative, detailed and entertaining, The Beatles’ London places the world’s greatest group in the fascinating context of the world’s greatest city- the place they worked, played, and called home.

A must-have for Beatles’ fans, this up-to-date guidebook includes special sections for record sleeves and film locations, rare photographs, detailed maps and scores of fascinating entries.

$20 • 7" x 7" • 248pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567473 • Interlink Books •

Reel Bad Arabs

How Hollywood Vilifies a People

By Jack G. Shaheen

"Jack Shaheen continues to be a piercing laser of fairness and sanity in pointing out Hollywood's ongoing egregious smearing of Arabs. Rippling with smart insights, his book should be read by everyone who agrees that knowledge is society's greatest tool in battling all kinds of stereotypes." — Howard Rosenberg, Los Angeles Times TV Critic

A groundbreaking book that dissects a slanderous history dating from cinema’s earliest days to contemporary Hollywood blockbusters that feature machine-gun wielding and bomb-blowing “evil” Arabs.

Award-winning film authority Jack G. Shaheen, noting that only Native Americans have been more relentlessly smeared on the silver screen, painstakingly makes his case that “Arab” has remained Hollywood’s shameless shorthand for “bad guy,” long after the movie industry has shifted its portrayal of other minority groups. In this comprehensive study of over one thousand films, arranged alphabetically in such chapters as “Villains,” “Sheikhs,” “Cameos,” and “Cliffhangers,” Shaheen documents the tendency to portray Muslim Arabs as Public Enemy #1- brutal, heartless, uncivilized Others bent on terrorizing civilized Westerners.

Shaheen examines how and why such a stereotype has grown and spread in the film industry and what may be done to change Hollywood’s defamation of Arabs.

$30 • 6" x 9" • 672pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567527 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 15/10/14 •

Almond Blossoms and Beyond

"A brilliant poet- certainly the most gifted of his generation in the Arab world." � Edward Said

The first English translation of recent poetry by the late Mahmoud Darwish, the most important Palestinian contemporary poet.

$25.00 • 6" x 9" • 128pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566567558 • Interlink Books • Translator: Mohammad Shaheen •

A Traveller’s History of Scotland

By Andrew Fisher

"A concise, well-informed guide to our past and present… A lively, informative volume." — The Scots Magazine

The broad sweep of Scotland’s story, both past and present, is chronicled by one of the country’s best historians.

Andrew Fisher begins with Scotland’s first people and their culture and ends with Devolution and the setting up of the first Scottish parliament since 1707.

Before the arrival of the Vikings in 900, Scotland was a land of romantic kingdoms and saints, gradually overtaken by more pragmatic struggles for power. Centuries of bloody strife lead up to the turbulent years of Mary Queen of Scots, the Calvinistic legacy of John Knox, and the bitterness of final defeat.

The dreams of the Jacobites are contrasted with the cruel reality of the end of the Stewarts and the Act of Union with England. Scotland now saw an age of industry and despoliation. The result was much emigration and obsession with the nation’s past, which glorified the legends of the Highlander and the Clans. In this century, the loss of identity and drift to the south have perhaps been checked at last by a new step forward for Scotland as a result of its Devolution, the setting up of a Scottish parliament, and the symbolic return of the Stone of Destiny.

This handy paperback is fully indexed with a chronology of major events and a gazetteer cross-referenced to the main text. It is illustrated with line drawings and historical maps.

$14.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567565 • Series: Interlink TravellerÕs Histories • Interlink Books •

Sugar Comes from Arabic

A Beginner's Guide to Arabic Letters and Words

By Barbara Whitesides

"This book makes the Arabic alphabet much more approachable for the complete beginner, and can generate enthusiasm for expanded study of the language." — Paul Beran, Director, The Outreach Center, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University

A user-friendly Arabic alphabet-and-culture book for complete beginners.

No other Arabic alphabet book demystifies the letters in such a comfortable way, by introducing them in English alphabetical order of the Roman alphabet and using the spelling of English names and words as a way to learn the Arabic. Look up matching letters, follow the directions, and soon you’ll be writing your own name in Arabic!

Clear, concise illustrations show how to draw and remember each letter. Color photographs and explorations of individual words reveal important and often unrecognized connections between the West and the Arab world, such as the delicious gift of sugar. Sugar Comes from Arabic is an exciting entry into the language of more than twenty countries and more than 300 million people.

Simple stick-figure cartoons show you how to draw and remember each letter. Winning illustrations of words reveal important and too-often-unrecognized connections between our cultures, such as the delicious gift of sugar we received from the Arab world. This book is an irresistible way to raise cultural literacy.

$22 • 8.5" x 11" • 136pgs • Format: Spiral bound • ISBN: 9781566567572 • Interlink Books •

Pocket Timeline of Islamic Civilizations

By Nicholas Badcott

A handy pocket-sized reference to the distinctive artistic, scientific and political achievements of Islamic cultures from approximately the 7th to the 20th centuries AD.

– 12-page detachable foldout timeline, perfect for wall display

– For children and adults, perfect for school or home

– Colorful, clear layout

– 32-page book supports and expands on the information in the timeline

– Authoritative information and wonderful images

At the back of the book is a 12-page foldout timeline which can be detached and displayed on a wall or notice board, offering an attractive quick visual reference to the key periods, events and developments of Islamic civilizations from approximately the 7th to the 20th centuries AD.

The 32-page book offers introductions to each of the periods and dynasties, with short sections on particular themes and on the great achievements of Islamic art and culture over the centuries. Both book and timeline are richly illustrated throughout with color photographs, including numerous objects from museum collections.

Contents:

Early Islamic World AD 570-660

The Umayyads 661-750

The Abbasids 749-1258

Islamic Spain 756-1031

The Fatimids 909-1171

The Seljuqs 1038-1307

The Zengids and Ayyubids 1127-1250

The Mamluks 1250-1517

The Ilkhanids 1256-1353

The Timurids 1370-1506

The Ottomans 1299-1922

The Safavids 1501-1722

The Mughals 1526-1858

Map

Che Guevara

A Life

By Nick Caistor

"At Last, at last, a biography of Che Guevara for grown-ups! Nick Caistor, well-known for years as a commentator on Latin America for the BBC, has produced a study of a man who is all too often treated either as a plaster saint incapable of doing wrong or as some devil from the deepest pit of Marxism-Leninism. Caistor portrays him with sympathy and elegance as what he was, a human being with doubts and weaknesses, which he combined with a devotion to the world's poor." — Hugh O'Shaughnessy, journalist

An accessible and well-researched biography that explores the life and ideas of an iconic revolutionary.

Argentine by birth, Ernesto “Che” Guevara came to embody the spirit of the Cuban revolution led by Fidel Castro. Guevara spent two years fighting in the sierras of Cuba, and after the revolutionaries’ victory became one of the leading members of the government as well as one of Castro’s closest and most controversial associates. Also an important writer, Guevara constantly developed ideas about how to spread anti-imperialist revolution throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. Guevara made a huge contribution to theories of socialism, predicting the emergence of a “new man” who would represent what for him were humanist values of the Cuban revolution. His later years took him to Africa, in search of another guerilla war, and finally to a tragic end in the mountains of Bolivia.

Che Guevara was someone who showed few contradictions between his life and his writing, and his example continues to win admirers among new generations anxious to explore ways of changing their world.

$15 • 6" x 9" • 160pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567596 • Interlink Books •

Cote d’Azur

Cadogan Guides

By Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

"Inside knowledge and intimate understanding of the South of France shines even more brightly in this new version of an old favorite" — Living France magazine

Follow in the footsteps of Coco Chanel, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Grace Kelly to the place where the rich dally with the famous and the sunbathers drip gold.

Cadogan’s bestselling guide uncorks the fizz of the French Riviera, the captivating coastline whose light inspires artists and whose villages harbor aromatic perfumeries and world-renowned chefs.

Hand-picked and welcoming places to stay and eat, easy-to-use maps, clear layout and rich cultural background detail combine with discerning advice on everything from markets, beaches and boat trips to film and flower festivals.

Visits to local vineyards, turtle sanctuaries and cliff top botanical gardens are interwoven with stories of follies and fancies, and even a recipe for aioli, to make a guide that is as entertaining as it is informative.

$19.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 264pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567619 • Series: Cadogan Guides • Interlink Books •

Rome and Central Italy

Cadogan Guides

By Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

"Addictive reading on the cafe terrace"" — The Daily Telegraph

Explore monumental, all-conquering Rome and go beyond the Eternal City’s ancient gates to discover what lies outside them- volcanic lakes, beaches and islands, refined hill towns, Etruscan tombs and the high, snowy peaks of the Apennines.

Hand-picked and special places to stay and eat, easy-to-use maps, clear layout and rich cultural background detail combine with reliable advice on everything from castles and monuments to pizzas and piazzas.

Captivating tales of heroic poets, colorful popes, ruthless emperors and fascinating antiquities combine to make a guide that is as interesting as it is dependable.

$21.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 360pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567633 • Series: Cadogan Guides • Interlink Books •

Brittany

Cadogan Guides

By Philippe Barbour

"If you look at life as a journey rather than a destination, then Cadogan Guides are the manuals for you." — Everything France magazine

Cadogan’s half-Breton author takes the reader on a lovingly described tour of Brittany, through great cities and granite villages to dramatic headlands and isolated beaches.

Full details of local markets and festivals encourage you to stray from the beaten track, while a section dedicated to the spellbinding Mont St-Michel gives a unique insight into this arresting ancient monument.

Hand-picked, inviting places to stay and eat, easy-to-use maps, clear layout and rich cultural background detail combine with expert advice on everything from Neolithic ruins and old fortifications to Breton bagpipe music and delicious crepes.

Old Breton legends are interspersed with enticing descriptions of contemporary local life in a guide that is as revealing as it is reliable.

$21.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 520pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567657 • Series: Cadogan Guides • Interlink Books •

Croatia

Cadogan Guides

By James Stewart

"…infectious enthusiasm and solid practicality" — Michael Palin

Relax into the heady mix of central European style and Mediterranean easy living that is modern Croatia.

Cadogan’s expert author describes the very best of the country’s spectacular coastal villages, thousand islands and historic cities, discovering Roman palaces, gushing waterfalls and idyllic bays.

Hand-picked, welcoming places to stay and eat, easy-to-use maps, clear layout and rich cultural background detail combine with vibrant advice on everything from soaring mountains and lush national parks to historic cities and Roman remains.

Fascinating glimpses into Croatia’s cultural tectonics compliment itineraries for food-lovers and architecture buffs, whilst the lowdown on wine-tasting and outdoor activities gives a taste of modernity in a guide that is as informative as it is inspiring.

$21.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 376pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567664 • Series: Cadogan Guides • Interlink Books •

Portugal

Cadogan Guides

By Davis Evans

Unlock Portugal’s unspoilt, hidden charms with this compelling and practical guide. Discover tiny walled villages, virgin beaches, brazen castles, crenellated cathedrals, an array of markets and museums, and astonishing landscapes.

– Includes in-depth cultural and historical backgrounds

– Contains practical travel advice and easy-to-use maps

– Hand-picks the best places to stay and eat

– Recommends the top sites for each region

$21.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 552pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567671 • Series: Cadogan Guides • Cadogan Guides , USA •

World Heritage Sites Great Britain and Ireland

An Illustrated Guide to All 27 World Heritage Sites

By Geoffrey Smith & Victoria Huxley

"This handsome, original guide offers much inspiration for the trip-planning process." — Library Journal

The only guide you’ll need for all 27 World Heritage Sites.

There are 27 World Heritage Sites designated by UNESCO in the United Kingdom and Ireland and this authoritative guidebook describes them and their reasons for inclusion on the list. Fully illustrated in color with accompanying maps, this book will help visitors to find the sites and plan their visit. Each site’s history and unique features are clearly explained.

The World Heritage list for the United Kingdom and Ireland is incredibly varied containing well-known places such as Stonehenge, Hadrian’s Wall and the cities of Edinburgh and Bath but also lesser appreciated locations such as Cornwall’s industrial landscapes and the locations behind the world’s first industrial revolution such as Ironbridge Gorge. It also includes the glorious natural landscapes of the Jurassic Coast and the Giant’s Causeway.

$22 • 5" x 9" • 272pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567695 • Series: world-heritage-sites-great-britain-and-ireland • Interlink Books •

Kassandra and the Wolf

"Karapanou" write[s] of childhood with such lyric ferocity; her 'Kassandra and the Wolf' has [a] jagged fantastic substance… with a vicious pre-pubescent sexual element chillingly added." — John Updike, New York Times

Margarita Karapanou’s Kassandra and the Wolf was first published in 1974, and went on to become a contemporary classic in Greece, receive international acclaim, and establish its 28-year-old author as an intensely original new talent, who garnered comparisons to Proust and Schulz.

Six-year-old Kassandra is given a doll: “I put her to sleep in her box, but first I cut off her legs and arms so she’d fit,” she tells us, “Later, I cut her head off too, so she wouldn’t be so heavy. Now I love her very much.” Kassandra is an unforgettable narrator, a perfect, brutal guide to childhood as we’ve never seen it- a journey that passes through the looking glass but finds the darkest corners of the real world. This edition brings Kassandra and the Wolf back into print at last- a tour de force and, as Karapanou liked to call it, a scary monster of a book.

$16.95 • 5.5" x 7.75" • 192pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567718 • Clockroot Books • Translator: NC Germanacos •

Rien ne va Plus

"Beginning simply, this remarkable tale escalates in conflict and complexity, and proves even more engaging the second time through." — Publishers Weekly

The story is simple: a love affair ends badly.

A woman and a man marry, then cruelty, infidelity, and divorce. But this novel tells their story twice, from opposing perspectives. Our sympathies are inverted; we don’t know whom to trust; the distinction between truth and deception blurs, and then seems simply to dissolve. The novel shifts deftly between endless oppositions: lover and beloved, angel and demon, master and slave, reader and writer. But inevitably both stories must arrive at the point of rien ne va plus: the moment in roulette when all bets are off and you either win or lose- the moment when the game becomes fate.

Margarita Karapanou’s third novel is an extraordinary experience in fiction: devastating and brave and true.

$15 • 5.5" x 7.75" • 192pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567725 • Clockroot Books •

Landscape with Dog

By Ersi Sotiropoulos

"Greek author Sotiropoulos…depicts the hollow, deceptive civility hidden within intimate relationships in this capably translated story collection featuring lovers, married couples, brothers and parents. Other stories showcase the author's dark, effective devices…Each story demonstrates compelling depth and breadth, and involves heavy emotional stakes" — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Let’s just say that Giacometti was setting out to draw a face. If he started with the chin, he would worry that he might never reach the nose. The longer he sketched the face, the harder he tried to offer a faithful representation of it, the more it resembled a skull. The only thing left was the gaze. So what he ended up drawing was a skull with a gaze.”

Landscape with Dog and Other Stories is made up of countless such moments: transformations of the everyday, encounters between the known and the unknowable. Contemporary Athens wavers before us; the outlines of a sketch darken and blur; the face of a friend is at once beloved and strange. In Ersi Sotiropoulos’s prose, the slightest event, the slightest change in the quality of the light, can alter everything. Karen Emmerich brings perfectly into English the precise, vibrant movement of Sotiropoulos’s language, the mastery that has made her one of Greece’s most acclaimed writers. These stories will be praised for their flashes of beauty and their crackles of dark humor, but what makes them so memorable is something else, impossible to pin down, something like the gaze of the skull.

At once familiar and troubling, compelling and unapproachable, Sotiropoulos’s stories give us a new way of seeing.

$15 • 5.5" x 7.75" • 168pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567732 • Clockroot Books • Translator: Karen Emmerich •

The Geometry of God

A Novel

By Uzma Aslam Khan

"[F]uses the romantic, the spiritual and the political…the characters, the poetry and the philosophical questions she raises are rendered with a power and beauty that make this novel linger in the mind and heart." — Kirkus, starred review

Amal: the practical sister who digs up the “diamond key” that unlocks the mystery of Pakicetus, a whale-dog creature who once swam the ancient seas that are now Pakistan. Mehwish: the blind younger sister, who moves with the sun and music inside her and thinks in “cup lits not fully legal.” Zahoor: their heretical grandfather, a scientist who loves variation and “vim zee” and his two granddaughters most of all. Noman: the young man who steps into a lecture hall, decides “their triangle needs a fourth point,” and changes all their lives.

These are the four shifting chambers who make the heart of The Geometry of God, the new novel from lauded Pakistani writer Uzma Aslam Khan. Through these vivid, contradictory, and original characters, Khan celebrates the complexities of familial and erotic love, the tug of curiosity and duty, the intersections of faith and longing. Her exuberant language draws from Urdu and Punjabi and invents one of its own for Mehwish, whose fractured English divides and slows and reveals.

The Geometry of God is a novel one can read greedily, following these characters as their lives unfold against the backdrop of General Zia’s Pakistan, where religious fundamentalism gains ground and the mujaheddin is funded by gem sales and the Americans. Or one can savor, as the sisters show us: digging as Amal does toward the novel’s deepest questions about love and knowledge and faith, moving as Mehwish does to the rhythms of an abundant and original language.

$18 • 5.5" x 7.75" • 384pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567749 • Clockroot Books •

The Dark Side of Love

INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER BOOK AWARDS 2010, GOLD MEDAL WINNER FOR MULTICULTURAL FICTION

With its feuds, lovers, murders, villains and assorted heroes and heroines, this is a novel to enjoy and to ponder." —The Washington Times

An international bestseller available in English for the first time, a story of forbidden love set against the background of Arabic culture and endless feuds between clans.

A dead man hangs from the portal of St Paul’s Chapel in Damascus. He was a Muslim officer—and he was murdered. But when Detective Barudi sets out to interrogate the man’s mysterious widow, the Secret Service takes the case away from him. Barudi continues to investigate clandestinely and discovers the murderer’s motive: it is a blood feud between the Mushtak and Shahin clans, reaching back to the beginnings of the 20th century. And, linked to it, a love story that can have no happy ending, for reconciliation has no place within the old tribal structures.

Rafik Schami’s dazzling novel spans a century of Syrian history in which politics and religions continue to torment an entire people. Simultaneously, his poetic stories from three generations tell of the courage of lovers who risk death sooner than deny their passions. He has also written a heartfelt tribute to his hometown Damascus and a great and moving hymn to the power of love.

$24 • 5.25" x 8" • 900pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567800 • Interlink Books • Translator: Anthea Bell •

The Kugel Valley Klezmer Band

By Joan Betty Stuchner

Illustrated by: Richard Row

How Shira loves the fiddle! Every time the Kugel Valley Klezmer Band performs, ten-year-old Shira watches closely. Isaac, the best fiddle player this side of Nova Scotia, sees her watching, and gives her a toy fiddle. “Practice,” says Isaac. “Practice, practice, practice.” So, secretly, Shira practices; and soon she thinks she sounds pretty good. But is she good enough for a real fiddle? Good enough for the Kugel Valley Klezmer Band? Good enough for her whole village? Shira is about to find out!

$7.95 • 8.25" x 10.25" • 32pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567824 • Crocodile • Release date: 01/03/10 •

Making Mirrors

Writing/Righting by and for Refugees

By Jehan Bseiso & Becky Thompson

"Bringing together stunning work by new voices as well as internationally acclaimed poets, this necessary and deeply humane anthology offers a circumspect approach to displacement and its varieties of experience. Equally moving is the number of countries the poets come from: the book generates a map of resistance to oppression that covers much of the globe. Its publication firmly identifies this country's place on that map and reminds us that we must open our eyes, read, and resist." � John Hennessy, author of Bridge and Tunnel and Coney Island Pilgrims

A poetry anthology that illuminates exile and displacement.

Making Mirrors began on two continents, envisioned by Palestinian poet and aid worker, Jehan Bseiso, and Becky Thompson, a US-based poet changed by months of greeting refugees after their perilous journey across the Aegean Sea.

This anthology uses mirrors to reflect imagistic connections that allow us to see ourselves in each other, those on rafts and those standing on the shore, those waiting/writing in detention and those writing from places of relative safety, those who lift their children to the sky and those whose bodies are at the bottom of the sea.

Making Mirrors offers a poetics of belonging- to the earth, family, and memories packed into backpacks. The poems go beyond refugee/citizen binaries and illuminate exile as a forced/creative space.

As the refugee crisis fades from the front page of newspapers, this collection is a plea against historical amnesia and inertia; the poems are an antidote that reaches beyond despair to renewed action.

Contributors include: Abbas Sheikhi, Abu Bakr Khaal, Adele Ne Jame, Ahmad Almallah, Ahmed Qaisania, Angela Farmer, Baha’ Budair, Becky Thompson, Bronwen Griffiths, Eman Abedelhadi, Fadwa Soleiman, Fady Joudah, Fatima Al Hassan, Fouad Mohammed Fouad, Gbenga Adesina, Golan Haji, Hajer Almosleh, Hayan Charara, Ibtisam Barakat, Jehan Bseiso, Jose A. Alcantara, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Lisa Suhair Majaj, Marilyn Hacker, Marisa Frasca, Merna Ann Hecht, Mohsen Emadi, Mootacem Bellah Mhiri, Naomi Shihab Nye, Nathalie Handal, Nawwar Kamal Al Hassani, Nisreen Aj, Nora Barghati, Omar Mousa Alsayyed, Rewa Zeinati, Ruth Awad, Saad Abdullah, Sanaa Shuaybe, Sara Abou Rashed, Sara Saleh, Sharif S. Elmusa, Sholeh Wolpe, Zeina Azzam, Zeina Hashem Beck, and Zoe Holman.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 120pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719784 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: Spring 2019 •

Sefi Atta

Selected Plays

"An old man, I rejoice to see, in these times, the lights shining bright, on the stage and beyond, for Sefi Atta …" — J.P. Clark

First ever collection of plays by award-winning Nigerian-American playwright Sefi Atta.

“This is contemporary family drama at its best: jam-packed with complex characters of largely middle class backgrounds; terse, witty dialogues that demonstrate Atta’s skills at portraying genders and generations with widely differing aspirations; sibling rivalries, conjugal dynamics and meddling extended families; best friends and bad neighbors; and a whole plethora of religious practices and ethical mores which affect business ventures, professional conduct, and personal relations. This and much more you will find in Atta’s Selected Plays- a drama collection which offers thought-provoking entertainment for theatre lovers.” — Christine Matzke, University of Bayreuth

$25 • 6" x 9" • 496pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719791 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2018 •

Gennaro’s Fast Cook Italian

"What a fantastic book —delicious Italian food, fast." — Jamie Oliver

Learn from the best as Gennaro Contaldo shares his no-fuss, fail-safe recipes to create home-cooked Italian meals in minutes.

Full of enticing, authentic and, most of all, quick-to-prepare recipes, Gennaro Contaldo’s latest cookbook demonstrates how to whip up a delicious Italian feast in 40 minutes or less. From lightning-fast risottos to perfectly pronto pastas, speedy soups, and delightful desserts, these recipes showcase the very best Italy has to offer, while requiring very little time in the kitchen.

Featuring food from all the major regions of Italy, these quick recipes really make the most of the amazing fresh produce for which Italy is renowned. The result is delicious, nutritious food that can be on the table in minutes- perfect for busy families or for easy entertaining. Beginning with a handy guide to keeping your Italian pantry full of the best ingredients to whizz up a speedy supper, the book is split into sections covering Soups, Salads, Pasta, Rice, Meat, Fish, Vegetables, Sauces and Desserts ensuring that you have a wealth of recipes at your fingertips. From lemon-infused steam-baked mackerel to classic pasta recipes and quick chocolate raspberry pots you can impress friends and family with a stunning menu in minutes.

With gorgeous food photography and bursting, as ever, with Gennaro’s passion for food and life, lovers of Italian food can’t fail to be seduced and inspired. Buon appetito!

$30 • 7.5" x 9.75" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719807 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2018 •

Baladi

A Celebration of Food from Land and Sea

By Joudie Kalla

Photography by: Jamie Orlando Smith

SUNDAY TIMES (LONDON) BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018

"This book goes to the heart of the relationship between food and identity, and conveys a sense of belonging through beautiful, compelling and, yes, joyous recipes. I just want to eat everything in it." � Nigella Lawson

Joudie Kalla, author of the bestselling Palestine on a Plate, introduces readers to more of the Middle East’s best kept secret – Palestinian cuisine.

“Baladi” means “my home, my land, my country,” and Joudie once again pays homage to her homeland of Palestine by showcasing its wide ranging, vibrant and truly delicious dishes. Palestine is a country of different seasons and landscapes, and it is these diverse conditions that create the many and varied ingredients featured in the book. Joudie takes an entirely flexible approach to cooking, using influences from her home to create new dishes, and bringing her own twist to more traditional recipes.

Baladi features recipes according to the area that they hail from, such as the land, the sea, the fields, the orchard . . . Experience the wonderful flavors of Palestine through Daoud Basha (lamb meatballs cooked in a tamarind and tomato sauce), khubzet za’atar (za’atar brioche twists), samak makli bil camun (fried fish selection with zucchini, mint and yogurt dip), atayef (soft pancakes filled with cream in an orange blossom sugar syrup), and many more sublime flavor combinations.

With stunning color photographs to accompany each recipe, the book is also interspersed with shots of the landscapes, streets, and people of Palestine, reflecting the rich culinary culture running through the whole country.

$26.95 • 7.5" x 9.75" • 256pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719814 HB
ISBN: 9781623711030 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2018 •

A Sky So Close to Us

A novel

By Shahla Ujayli

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION

"A purposefully digressive and storm-clouded narrative, appropriate for capturing a Syrian expatriate's mood." — Kirkus Reviews

A multigenerational tale of love, loss, exile, and rebirth, shortlisted for the 2016 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.

As children sleeping on the rooftop of their ancestral family home in Raqqa on warm summer nights, Joumane and her sisters imagine the sky is so close they can almost touch it. Years later, Joumane lives as an expatriate in Jordan, working for a humanitarian agency, while her sisters remain trapped in war-torn Syria. Living alone as she fights her own battle with cancer, she contemplates the closeness of the same sky, despite the sharply delineated borders that now separate her from her family.

Her only close confidant is another exile, a charming, divorced Palestinian man with whom she develops a warm relationship- later discovering that their relatives were neighbors in Syria. As Joumane undergoes painful chemotherapy treatments, Nasser slides into the role of her caretaker and partner. She comes to depend on him utterly, at the same time fearing that her vulnerability and need will ultimately drive him away.

Interspersed with Joumane’s story is a sweeping historical narrative that moves from nineteenth-century Aleppo, Raqqa, and Damascus, to Palestine before and after the 1948 Nakba, to Iraq before and after the American occupation, and beyond to the United States, Serbia, and Vietnam. Each character in the book is revealed, and linked, through the stories of their ancestors, showing the intergenerational inheritance of trauma and identity. Ujayli’s attention to detail and evocative prose brings to life worlds forgotten and ignored, reminding us of the devastation of war and the beauty that people create wherever they go.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719838 • Interlink Books • Translator: Michelle Hartman • Release date: Fall 2018 •

Praise for the Women of the Family

A novel

By Mahmoud Shukair

"The character development in this novel is exemplary and fresh? Perhaps what makes this novel an important work is the way in which the role of women in the family is depicted, not in isolation but rather within its wider social and economic dynamics? Through the main characters, the author has managed to brilliantly place us in the nomadic life of the southeastern desert of Jerusalem, documenting the community habits, customs, and societal traditions that shape the lives of both women and men. But he also highlights the changes of such norms over time. Politics, the economy, and modernity, among other factors, have been important in the transformation of these traditions? Paul Starkey's English translation adds charm and fluidity. Keep your eye on this author. After this elegant and captivating novel, many more of his works will be translated into English." — This Week in Palestine

A tale of a Bedouin clan through the eyes of its women. Shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2016.

The Al-Abd al-Lat clan has left the desert and is preparing to leave its Bedouin customs behind. Some of the women of the clan are drawn to the allure of modern life, while others scorn it and fear the loss of their traditional lifestyle and values. When Rasmia accompanies her husband to a party, Najma wears a dress and Sana gets a tan on her white legs, they set malicious tongues wagging. Meanwhile, Wadha, the sixth wife of Mannan, the chief of the clan, still believes that the washing machine and television are inhabited by evil spirits.

Set in the tumultuous time after the nakba (the Palestinian exodus from what is now Israel), Praise for the Women in the Family portrays the rapid advance of modernity and the growing conflict in 1950s Palestine. It also reveals the impossibility of political equality in a society that treats its women unjustly and denies them the right to dignity and equality with men.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719845 • Interlink Books • Translator: Paul Starkey • Release date: Fall 2018 •

The Bead Collector

A novel

"Compelling… this is a thought-provoking examination of the effects of colonialism, tradition, and fear on human interactions." — Publishers Weekly

NEW IN PAPERBACK

A new novel from Wole Soyinka prize-winning author of Everything Good Will Come.

Lagos, January 1976, six years after the Nigerian Civil War. A new military regime has been in power for six months, but rumors are spreading that a countercoup is imminent. At an art exhibition in the affluent Ikoyi neighborhood, Remi Lawal, a Nigerian woman who runs her own greeting-card shop, meets Frances Cooke, who introduces herself as an American art dealer, in Nigeria to buy rare beads. They become friends and over the next few weeks confide in each other about their aspirations, loyalties, marriage, motherhood, and Nigeria itself, as hospitable Remi welcomes the enigmatic Frances into her world.

Remi’s husband, Tunde, naturally suspects Frances- like any American in Lagos- of gathering intelligence for the CIA, yet she is unconvinced. Cynical about the country’s unending instability, and alienated by the shallowness of the city’s elite, she willingly shares her views with Frances. But the February 13 assassination of General Muhammed prompts Remi to reconsider one particular conversation with her new acquaintance in a different light. Her discouragement overcome by a reawakened sense of patriotism, she begins to doubt that the bead collector is who she claims to be.

With her signature subtlety and wit, Sefi Atta recasts the international espionage tale by bringing the intrigue and politics of family life to the fore. The story of a brief friendship, The Bead Collector reveals one Nigerian mother’s yearning- amid legacies of conflict and uncertainty- to help build her country from home.

$16 • 5.25" x 8" • 376pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719852 HB
ISBN: 9781623719623 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2018 •

Eeny, Meeny, Miney Mole

By Jane Yolen

Illustrated by: Kathryn Brown

"Yolen's poetic narrative is expertly paced and has a nicely varied repetitive pattern, giving the familiar story of venturing forth into new territory a fresh flavor. Brown's watercolors are just right: the menage is homey, though with clues to its being underground; the older sisters are visibly set in their ways, while Eeny (like Henkes's mice) is sweet but refreshingly persistent. Perfect for sharing aloud. (Picture book. 4-8)" � Kirkus Reviews

Curious Eeny Mole emerges from her dark hole home to discover the world up above.

Eeny, Meeny, and Miney Mole live at the bottom of a deep, dark hole. In that hole, dark is light, day is night, and summer and winter seem the same. Meeny and Miney are perfectly content to stay down in the deep, dark hole all by themselves, safe and warm. But Eeny has heard there’s something wonderful Up Above. She wants to know what it is. So she goes to find it.

$8.95 • 11" x 8.5" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719869 HB
ISBN: 9781623719609 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 3 to 8 • Release date: Spring/Summer 2018 •

Printed in Beirut

"Douaihy illuminates Lebanon's tumultuous recent history in brief but telling passages using the fates of Persephone, Farid, and Farid's book as his compass. Bemused readers will be both enlightened and charmed." — Publishers Weekly

A dazzling mystery set in the world of Lebanon’s book publishing industry.

Farid Abou Cha’r arrives in Beirut on a hot summer morning with his manuscript, looking for a publisher. He is turned down by all of them – “nobody reads anymore,” he is told. Instead, he accepts a job as a proofreader at the famous old print house “Karam Bros.,” allegedly established in 1908. Disappointed by the menial tasks of checking catalogs and ad copy, Farid secretly hopes that his book will eventually be published. His manuscript never leaves his side until one day it disappears and then reemerges, beautifully printed. Farid soon realizes that the expensive paper it’s printed on is the same that the company is using to manufacture fake twenty-euro bills, and that the person who printed the book is none other than his boss’s wife. Entangled in a police investigation and an illicit flirtation, Farid discovers that the Karam Bros. print house is not what it seems. Douaihy dizzies the reader with an intricate play of appearances and deception, and as always, portrays Lebanese society with exquisite irony.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719906 • Interlink Books • Translator: Paula Haydar • Release date: Spring/Summer 2018 •

A Road to Damascus

By Meedo Taha

"A beautiful tale of loss, love, and the decisions that shape us." —Booklist (starred review)

A cinematic debut of a promising young novelist from Lebanon.

A captivating thriller that reveals a family’s intergenerational secrets, a nation’s deepest fears, and an underground world of politics, religion, and society. Beirut at dawn. A bus leaves the Charles Helou station en route to Damascus. Seven passengers are on board, one of whom is a prominent Lebanese politician. Before crossing the border, the bus is accosted and derailed. All seven passengers are gunned down. A botanist studying a rare occurrence of acacias nearby witnesses the horror. While the nation around him plunges into conspiracy theories and chaos, the botanist realizes he holds the only clue to the mystery: his injured Acacia. This sends him on a quest for answers, through a minefield of national fears and family secrets, deep into a private underworld.

$20 • 5.25" x 8" • 468pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719920 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring/Summer 2018 •

Spy Dad

By Jukka Laajarinne

Illustrated by: Timo Mänttäri

"M�nt�rri works in zippy, exclamatory graphics rendered in Marimekko-esque patterns and colors, and offers some irreverent domestic humor. Given the plethora of books in which kids imagine themselves as ninjas and spies, readers of all ages may find it refreshing to see a parent with a secret life, too. Ages 3�8." � Publishers Weekly

Olivia is Fed up! Having a dad who’s a secret agent is hard: spies work long hours and travel a lot. Olivia wants more family time, so what’s to be done?

In this fast-paced story, Dad makes a decision that takes them on an adventure. With dark and mysterious characters following in their tail, Olivia’s spy dad is always one step ahead. But he knows that vacations can’t last forever. Will Dad’s final decision make Olivia happy?

$8.95 • 8.5" x 11" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719937 HB
ISBN: 9781623719616 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 3 to 8 • Release date: Spring/Summer 2018 •

Freedom Hospital

A Syrian Story

By Hamid Sulaiman

Winner English PEN Award

"This eye-opening graphic novel is a powerful and moving introduction to the realities of the war in Syria. Sulaiman's stark black and white artwork brilliantly conveys the moral, political, and emotional shades of gray rarely shown on the news." — Stephen Collins

Joe Sacco Meets Persepolis in this graphic novel from a new international talent, Hamid Sulaiman – winner of the English Pen Award.

It is spring 2012 and 40,000 people have died since the start of the Syrian Arab Spring. In the wake of this, Yasmine has set up a clandestine hospital in the north of the country. Her town is controlled by Assad’s brutal regime, but is relatively stable. However, as the months pass, the situation becomes increasingly complex and violent.

Told in stark, beautiful black-and-white imagery, Freedom Hospital illuminates a complicated situation with gut-wrenching detail and very dark humor. The story of Syria is one of the most devastating narratives of our age and Freedom Hospital is an important and timely book from a new international talent.

$12.00 • 6.5" x 8.25" • 288pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719944 HB
ISBN: 9781623719944v PB • Interlink Books • Translator: Francesca Barrie • Release date: Spring/Summer 2018 •

Darkness over Germany

A Warning from History

By E. Amy Buller

"[A] book to remember… reports of her conversations with a wide range of 'ordinary' Germans in the 1930s, pointing up what happens when national confusion, mistrust in public servants and public service, cynicism, xenophobia and economic chaos take over a society. If we want to know —and we ought to want to know just now —what prompts the collapse of law-based democracy, this is a good place to start." — Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, now head of a Cambridge University, writing in The New Statesman

A lesson from history that is needed today more than ever.

Darkness over Germany delivers a stark warning from history of how a man with little political experience rose up as a voice of the people, a voice for the disenfranchised who were suffering the injustices of social inequality and unemployment.

In this powerful book, a pioneering young woman, Amy Buller, recounts the hopes and fears of Germans engulfed in the rise of fascism during the 1930s. During the years leading up to the outbreak of war, Buller defied her critics and social norms by leading delegations of British intelligentsia to Germany to learn about and confront the appeal of the Nazis.

The book speaks of how Hitler and the Nazis stripped the German people of their freedoms and oppressed them, and how young people were swept along with the tide of hate. It tells the stories of the Germans whom Buller met, including their positivity about the forces uniting the country, and their terror that Hitler was the man at the helm. Darkness over Germany is Amy Buller’s recollection of these unlikely encounters and her analysis of how National Socialism took hold. It tells a remarkable and largely forgotten story of British-German relations in the 1930s. The book speaks resonantly of the need to stay vigilant and maintain dialogue in times of change and discord.

$20 • 5.375" x 8.5" • 296pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719968 • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring/Summer 2018 •

The Journey

Memoirs of an Egyptian Woman Student in America

By Radwa Ashour

This translation is an homage to a great literary figure and to those movements which carry on her legacy in her work.

Never neutral and deeply engaged in politics, literature, people’s struggles, and what she calls the “most urgent causes of our times,” a young Radwa Ashour charts her years as a student in the US of the 1970s, where she would become the first PhD student to graduate from the newly founded W.E.B Du Bois department of Afro-American Studies and the English Department of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1975. A political progressive and leftist writer, critic, and activist, her memoir reflects not only on her own journey and struggles but those of the people she met and engaged with in the United States, especially African Americans.

The Journey narrates the years which Ashour spent in the US and captures so vividly the spirit and ethos of the time it chronicles- the early 1970s. Anti-colonial movements, a commitment to popular struggles and people’s liberation, as well as linking scholarship and work on the ground, are all alive and real in her memoir.

First published in Arabic over thirty years ago and written about a period (1973- 1975) a decade before, the text is still vibrant and relevant today. Just emerging from the devastation of the Six Day War in 1967, Ashour talks about the pain of what we call the “sixties generation” in the Arab world and intermeshes the pressing questions and issues of the time within a quotidian story, as well as the life of an Egyptian woman within a deeply divided US society at war both with itself and abroad.

Radwa Ashour’s work- through the unique lens of this incisively observant visitor- reminds us of what the issues and debates in the US of this period were like and how deeply connected they are to struggles today such as Black Lives Matter and Ferguson-Palestine.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719975 • Olive Branch Press • Translator: Michelle Hartman • Release date: Spring/Summer 2018 •

Wild Honey and Rye

Modern Polish Recipes

By Ren Behan

"Behan debuts a refreshingly contemporary Polish cookbook, packed with appealing recipes that embrace modern and global influences� Suitable for cooks of all skill levels? A treasury of traditional and modern Polish home cooking that will intrigue and challenge home cooks." � Library Journal (starred review)

In this refreshing approach to Polish cuisine, food writer and blogger Ren Behan takes us on a journey to discover the new tastes of her beloved culinary heritage.

The food of Eastern Europe, long misunderstood in the West, is changing- the focus is swinging away from heavy dumplings and stews towards lighter, healthier, fresh and seasonal recipes, served in contemporary ways. In this beautiful collection of recipes, Ren brings us the very best of the Polish kitchen, inspired both by the food of her childhood and by the new wave of flavors to be found in the trendy restaurants, cafes and farmers markets of modern Poland. Alternative grains, such as rye, spelt, buckwheat and millet make an appearance in risottos, as do fresh fruit preserves and pickles, infused honeys, seasonal and raw salads, light broths, delicious cakes and flavored liqueurs. No book on Polish food would be complete without pierogi, the classic dumplings, and of course they are here, with other substantial dishes such as meatballs, goulash and cutlets, as you might expect, but you will also see them in a new light- filled with strawberries and served with honey and pistachios. Pink sauerkraut adorns vegan pastry rolls, ribs are slowly-braised with honey and vodka, a fresh cucumber salad with sour cream and dill sets off a homely dish of meatballs, and Polish charcuterie sits atop the darkest rye bread.

An evocative and inspiring collection of recipes, which truly celebrates all the good things the food of Poland has to offer, and which will leave your mouth watering.

$22.95 • 7.5" x 9.66" • 208pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781623719982 HB
ISBN: 9781623719180 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: Spring 2019 •

Pocket Timeline of Ancient Mexico

By Penny Bateman

A handy pocket-sized reference to the Aztec culture of ancient Mexico and the civilizations that preceded it.

At the back of the book is a 12-page foldout timeline which can be detached and displayed on a wall or notice board. It offers an attractive quick visual reference to the key periods, events and developments of ancient central Mexico from the earliest hunter-gatherers, to the growth of farming, the emergence of towns and cities and finally the flourishing of the Aztec empire centered on their lake city of Tenochtitlan.

The Aztec culture was virtually destroyed when the Spanish defeated the Aztec king Moctezuma in 1521, changing the course of Mexican history forever. The 32-page book follows the same chronological arrangement, giving supporting information and background. The Aztecs were a great culture but they did not exist alone: they participated in trade, alliances, exploitation, tribute and warfare with surrounding peoples of Mexico. Exchanges included technologies (farming, building); ideas (beliefs about the natural and supernatural worlds, social and political systems); means of expression (writing, symbolical systems and art, calendars and mathematical systems); valuable goods (obsidian, jade, feather-work, shells) and even people (such as craftsmen).

Both book and timeline are richly illustrated throughout with color photographs, including numerous objects from museum collections.

– 12-page detachable foldout timeline, perfect for wall display

– For children and adults, perfect for school or home

– Colorful, clear layout

– 32-page book supports and expands on the information in the timeline

– Authoritative information and wonderful images

$13.95 • 6.25" x 7.5" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566567909 • Series: Pocket Timelines • Interlink Books • Ages 9 •

Serpent of the Nile

Women and Dance in the Arab World

By Wendy Buonaventura

"A lively and lavishly illustrated excursion into the history of the solo woman's dance…" — The New York Times Book Review

Newly updated and reissued in an appealing new format, this classic book is a lavishly illustrated celebration of female dancers of the Arab world and their impact on the West.

“I think it is the most eloquent of female dances, with is haunting lyricism, its fire, its endlessly shifting kaleidoscope of sensual movement.” With these words, Wendy Buonaventura explains her own fascination with Arabic dance and gives the reader a thorough understanding of the origins, history and development of this ancient art, which has survived in the face of commercialism, religious disapproval, and changing times.

$35 • 8" x 10.5" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567916 • Interlink Books •

Warm Bread and Honey Cake

Home Baking from Around the World

By Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra

Photography by: Vanessa Courtier

UK GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS AWARD WINNER COOKERY BOOK OF THE YEAR

"�Just the kind of book to pull out on a Sunday morning and find a perfect recipe for lunch or brunch or dinner. It entices because it not only has a global reach, but the recipes are juxtaposed as they would be in your mind had you traveled and collected recipes and memories. You'll find recipes from China next to Arab or Greek treats. It will be hard to decide which to make first." � Superchef

Baking is one of life’s pleasures- few can resist the comforting smell of freshly baked bread, the warmth of spices, sticky cakes, or oozing pastries.

Containing a mix of familiar family favorites and unusual, exotic delicacies, this comprehensive collection of recipes for breads, cakes, biscuits and pastries is also a well-researched exploration of home-baking techniques and global ethnic history. Inspired by her multicultural background the author has drawn inspiration from all over the world, including Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America.

All the recipes are simple to follow and beautifully photographed, with any unusual techniques illustrated step-by-step for ease. Try your hand at Azorean honey cake or Jamaican hard dough bread. Let your family’s taste buds thrill to Azerbaijani cream cheese baklava or Dutch brown sugar coils. The combination of delicious recipes and fascinating historical and anecdotal text make this book a fantastic read- a must for any home cook looking to truly broaden their repertoire or with an interest in the culture of food.

$25 • • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567923 HB
ISBN: 9781566569491 PB • Interlink Books •

Cairo, Luxor & Aswan

Cadogan Guides

By Michael Haag

"A balance of infectious enthusiasm and solid practicality" — Michael Palin

Discover three sides of Egypt: exuberant Cairo, with its Arabian Nights bazaars and breathtaking pyramids; Luxor, with its wealth of age-old temples and magnificent tombs; and timeless Aswan, gateway to Abu Simbel and other Nubian monuments.

In this discerning guide renowned author Michael Haag takes you to the very heart of Egypt, allowing you to plan an unforgettable trip.

– Includes in-depth cultural and historical backgrounds

– Contains practical travel advice and easy-to-use maps

– Hand-picks the best places to stay and eat

– Recommends the top sites for each region

$21.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 368pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567947 • Series: Cadogan Guides • Cdogan Guides USA •

Egypt

Cadogan Guides

By Michael Haag

"In a class of its own" — The Daily Telegraph

Eminent Egypt chronicler, Michael Haag, takes you on a journey down the Nile, past Cairo’s fine medieval architecture and gleaming skyscrapers to the extraordinary temples of Luxor and Karnak and the breathtaking tombs at the Valley of the Kings.

Explore this captivating and alluring region with this illuminating and dependable guide.

– Includes in-depth cultural and historical backgrounds

– Contains practical travel advice and easy-to-use maps

– Hand-picks the best places to stay and eat

– Recommends the top sites for each region

$21.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 512pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567961 • Series: Cadogan Guides • Cadogan Guides , USA •

Out of Arabia

Phoenicians, Arabs, and the Discovery of Europe

"An original and thought-provoking approach to Arab history…" — History Book Review

The first volume in a series that examines the spread of cultures from the East into Europe.

Arab history is often viewed as beginning with Islam. But the Arabs have a history going back thousands of years before-one, furthermore, intimately bound up with European history and identity. Arab kingdoms in the Near East had a dramatic impact upon the Romans from the first century BC, and by the third AD Arab emperors were ruling in Rome itself. Even long before the Romans, the Arabs’ forbears, the Phoenicians, were exploring the coasts of England and West Africa and colonizing much of Spain, Sicily and North Africa in the early first millennium BC. The Arabs were to continue this tradition of world penetration long before the European “Age of Expansion.” Islam, therefore, was as much a culmination as a beginning.

The arrival of the Arabs in Spain in 711 and the continuation of Islam’s Caliphate in Cordoba after a second one had been established in Baghdad-not to mention Emirates in the Balearics, Sicily and southern Italy and further penetration into much of Italy, France and Switzerland-can thus only be understood as a part of a process that had already been under way for several thousands of years. The first movements of the Phoenicians out of their Near Eastern homeland towards the West form an essential background to the later movements of their Arab descendants in the same direction. Even after the rise of Rome brought an end to Phoenician expansion, the unification of the Mediterranean under the Romans meant that this complex interaction between the peoples of Europe and the Near East was accelerated.

Phoenicians and Arabs therefore form a part of European history that is both European and Asiatic, a part that defines and makes Europe what it is-cultures that can no more be excluded from Europe than the Viking, Roman or Greek. Europe, in other words, has been engaged with a complex relationship with the Arabs and their immediate forbears throughout its history. This book is an account of that relationship.

$22.95 • 5.5" x 8" • 272pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568012 • Series: Asia in Europe and the Making of the West • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 01/03/10 •

News from Home

Short Stories

"Atta movingly portrays these conflicted lives and gorgeously renders a wide spectrum of humanity and experience." — Publishers Weekly

Winner of the 2009 NOMA Award for Publishing in Africa

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568036 • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/04/09 • Awards: WINNER OF THE 2009 NOMA AWARD FOR PUBLISHING IN AFRICA

Pocket Explorer: African Civilizations

By Nicholas Badcott

A colorful reference guide to Africa’s heritage -the peoples and places of Africa’s past, from prehistoric to early colonial times.

$13.95 • 6.25" x 7.5" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566568043 • Series: Pocket Explorers • Interlink Books • Ages 9 • Release date: 01/03/10 •

Blue Has No South

By Alex Epstein

"These deceptively simple snapshots certainly can deliver on a fast reading, but slow, close attention reveals layers of thought and complexity." — Publishers Weekly

“Their love story ended many years ago. He still writes her name as a solution to crossword puzzle clues of suitable length.”

Alex Epstein’s miniature stories are indeed love stories, puzzles, stray clues to puzzles he never finishes, the beginnings or ends of philosophical treatises, parables, jokes, modernized legends, or perhaps a vivid handful of images thrown together, then allowed to disperse. This is a form of which he has been hailed as a master, a form as singular and intricate as a collection of fingerprints. His stories are populated by angels, chess players, mythical figures, Walter Benjamin, Franz Kafka, lovers young and old, writers of disappearing languages; they are set in airports, trains, the sites of legends, hotels, bookstores in countries that no longer exist, dreams. In each, Epstein draws precisely the smallest possible world, and revels in the great possibilities of a single sentence.

$15 • 5.5" x 7.75" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568067 • Clockroot Books • Translator: Becka Mara McKay • Release date: 01/04/10 •

Touch

By Adania Shibli

"Shibli has created a wonderful exposition of daily Palestinian life�Yes, we all live a little differently in different parts of the world, but this work reminds us that there is more that makes us the same than there is that makes us different. In this sense Touch is a triumph." � New York Journal of Books

An exquisite, powerful novella from celebrated Palestinian writer

Touch centers on a girl, the youngest of nine sisters in a Palestinian family. In the singular world of this novella, this young woman’s everyday experiences resonate until they have become as weighty as any national tragedy. The smallest sensations compel, the events of history only lurk at the edges-the question of Palestine, the massacre at Sabra and Shatila. In a language that feels at once natural and alienated, Shibli breaks with the traditions of modern Arabic fiction, creating a work that has been and will continue to be hailed across literatures. Here every ordinary word, ordinary action is a small stone dropped into water: of inevitable consequence. We find ourselves mesmerized one quiet ripple at a time.

$15.00 • 5.5" x 7.75" • 160pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568074 • Clockroot Books • Translator: Paula Haydar • Release date: 01/03/10 •

A Traveller’s History of Croatia

By Benjamin Curtis

"In this concise volume, Curtis (European history & politics, Univ. of Seattle) does an admirable job of condensing the lengthy and complex history of Croatia? Its long journey toward independence is detailed in clear prose, and a helpful list of rulers and chronology ends the book. The maps and historical gazetteer are also useful" ? Library Journal *

George Bernard Shaw wrote that on the last day of Creation, “God desired to crown His work,” and so fashioned the Croatian coastline “out of tears, stars, and breath.” Anyone who has glimpsed that long, mountainous, island-studded coast would surely agree that its beauty is little short of divine.

Croatia, quite simply, is blessed with some of the most spectacular scenery on the planet and in recent years has become a favorite tourist destination. A Traveller’s History of Croatia offers tourists and travellers an inside look at the complex roots of Croatian history and the many influences they will see on its towns, ports and islands.

The country has been a melting-pot of Mediterranean, Central European and Italian cultures. After a look at how its geography and geology have shaped the nation, a fascinating story unfolds explaining its past: why there are so many Greek and Roman archaeological remains, the coming of Christianity, the sad tale of how the early blooming of the Croatian state in the 9th century was thwarted by its subsequent partition and absorption into the Venetian, Habsburg and Ottoman Empires and the tortuous struggle for sovereignty in the nineteenth century. The twentieth century brought new solutions in the founding of Yugoslavia, problems with Croatian nationalism and the horrors of invasion in World War II. Under Tito a new stability came to the region until the battles of the 1990s, which were finally resolved with the international recognition of an independent state in 1992.

One definite conclusion can be drawn about Croatia in the early twenty-first century: this is the best time in all of Croatian history. The country is after all independent, democratic, with a stable economy, and it has established itself as one of the world’s most coveted tourist destinations.

$14.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 277pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568081 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 03/02/14 •

Learning English

A Novel

By Rachid al-Daif

"The two Haydars have rendered a superbly seamless translation and have masterfully captured, and kept up with, the pace of the text. There is a maturity to al-Daif's work; this faultless translation should be acknowledged as one of the best of Arabic fiction reads currently on the market." — Banipal: Magazine of Modern Arab Literature

No matter how hard Rachid tries to recreate himself, to become educated and worldly- to “learn English” — it is impossible for this hip Beiruti with his cell phone and high-speed internet to sever the connection to his past in the Lebanese village of Zgharta, known for its “tough guys” and old-fashioned clan mentality.

When the news of his father’s murder, a case of blood revenge, reaches him by chance through a newspaper report, it drags him inescapably back into the world of his past. Suddenly he is plunged once again into the endless questions that plagued his childhood: questions about his parents’ marriage and his own legitimacy, questions he would rather have forgotten and which threaten not only his new lifestyle, but now, according to the protocol of vendetta culture, his very life.

The accomplished al-Daif hooks his readers from page one of this, his ninth, novel- partly with pieces and fragments of suspense-filled plot and partly with his typically idiosyncratic narrator, whose bizarre stories, comical asides and uncannily perceptive comments on human nature lead us through this tantalizing, funny, and sober book about the hold the past has on Lebanon, and on us all.

$12.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566742 • Interlink Books • Translator: Paula Haydar & Adnan Haydar • Release date: 2007 •

The End of Spring

By Sahar Khalifeh

"Khalifeh offers a Jerusalem beyond that which is delivered to foreign audiences through television and newspapers. She gives us humans with their own emotions and reasons, characters we want to help, people for whom we want to stop the tanks, bulldozers, and bombs." — Foreword Magazine

In The End of Spring, Sahar Khalifeh chronicles the struggle of the Palestinian people with a humane depiction of Palestinian resistance fighters during the 2002 siege of Yasir Arafat’s official headquarters.

Khalifeh’s tender and moving portrayal of her protagonists delves into the inner consciences of the men and women and children who were involved in the actual resistance- or were simply caught in the middle. These characters come alive through Khalifeh’s use of Palestinian colloquial diction, as does the setting, through her measured attention to the details of the natural surroundings in which the characters live, fight, and die.

The End of Spring is a riveting novel that captures the reader’s attention from beginning to end. It gives a heart and a face to the Palestinian struggle.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566810 • Interlink Books • Translator: Paula Haydar •

Ancient Greece

An Explorer's Guide

By Robert Emmet Meagher & Elizabeth Parker Neave

"This handsome guide almost explodes with its abundance of information for travelers considering a visit to Greece. The first three chapters, 'Envisioning and Planning Your Trip,' 'A Walk Through Ancient Greece,' and 'Getting Acquainted with Greece,' cover both relevant history and practical information for visitors… Four minutely detailed itineraries follow, taking the reader day by day through Crete (Minoan Greece), the Peloponnese (Mycenaean Greece), Athens (classical Greece), and the Cyclades (Aegean Greece). These cover where to stay, what roads to take, when to arrive, restaurants, prices, etc… The color photographs are impressive. Recommended…." — Library Journal

Few locations in the world offer as many captivating ancient sites and monuments as Greece, and the ancients who built them knew how to choose spectacular natural settings that in themselves would satisfy any traveler.

With its text rich in maps, site plans, and photographs, Ancient Greece provides potential explorers eager to bask in both beauty and history with a wealth of material to ignite the imagination and facilitate trip planning. Authors Meagher and Neave structure the book around four itineraries, three of which correspond to distinct eras and regions. The Minoan itinerary unfolds on Crete; the Mycenaean is focused on the Peloponnese; the Classical itinerary on Athens. The final, eclectic itinerary focuses on the Cyclades and features island-hopping and a survey of the full span of Greek antiquity from the late Neolithic Age through the Classical period when the island of Delos, the mythical birthplace of Apollo, was the religious center of the Aegean. Each itinerary includes witty and erudite explorations of mythology, history, literature, archaeology, and architecture, as well as concrete help finding the most stunning sites that preserve and breathe that history today.

Chapters include:

Envisioning and Planning Your Trip

A Walk through Ancient Greece

Itinerary I: Crete (Minoan Greece, 1900-1400 BCE)

Itinerary II: The Peloponnese (Mycenaean Greece, 1500-1100 BCE)

Itinerary III: Athens and Environs (Classical Greece, 500-336 BCE)

Itinerary IV: The Cyclades (Aegean Greece, 3000-400 BCE)

$24 • 5" x 9" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566827 • Interlink Books • Release date: 2007 •

Debunking 9/11 Debunking

An Answer to Popular Mechanics and the Other Defenders of the Official Conspiracy Theory

"David Ray Griffin has established himself- alongside Seymour Hersh- as America's number one bearer of unpleasant, yet necessary, public truths." — Richard Falk, Professor of International Law, Emeritus, Princeton University

By virtue of his previous four books on the subject, David Ray Griffin is widely recognized as one of the leading spokespersons of the 9/11 truth movement, which rejects the official conspiracy theory about 9/11.

Although this movement was long ignored by the US government and the mainstream media, recent polls have shown that (as Time magazine has acknowledged) the rejection of the official theory has become ‘a mainstream political phenomenon.’ It is not surprising, therefore, that the government and the corporately controlled media have shifted tactics. No longer ignoring the 9/11 truth movement, they have released a flurry of stories and reports aimed at debunking it.

In the present book, David Ray Griffin shows that these attempts can themselves be easily debunked. Besides demonstrating the pitiful failure of Debunking 9/11 Myths (published by Popular Mechanics and endorsed by Senator John McCain), Griffin riddles recent reports and stories put out by the US Department of State, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the New York Times, Vanity Fair, and Time magazine. He also responds to criticisms of these efforts by left-leaning and Christian publications- which one might have expected to be supportive.

Throughout these critiques, Griffin shows that the charge that is regularly leveled against critics of the official theory- that they employ irrational and unscientific methods to defend conclusions based on faith- actually applies more fully to those who defend the official theory.

This book, by debunking the most prevalent attempts to refute the evidence cited by the 9/11 truth movement, shows that this movement’s central claim- that 9/11 was an inside job- remains the only explanation that fits the facts.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 384pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566865 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 2007 •

We Begin Here

Poems for Palestine and Lebanon

By Kamal Boullata & Kathy Engel (ed.)

"This collection offers and intricate understanding of what it means to resist, to give birth to change, to create meaning out of astonishing political chaos and violence." — Heather Bidell, Artvoice

We Begin Here: Poems for Palestine and Lebanon contains poems written in response to the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon together with new ones rising from the 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon.

Following a great tradition of poetry throughout history, this book shows the vast conscience and lyrical spirit of resistance on the part of poets in support of the dignity, rights, and humanity of the Palestinian and Lebanese people.

We Begin Here is an affirmation of the human and poetic spirit, reminding us that poetry and struggle always “begin here,” always leading us back to ourselves, to each other, in community, seeking truth and beauty across all borders.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566872 • Interlink Books • Release date: 2007 •

A Traveller’s History of the Caribbean

By James Ferguson

"Exceptional…a necessity for the tourist whose tastes are broader than pink sands…an excellent portrait of the Caribbean." — ForeWord

A concise and authoritative history of the entire region covering the large islands such as Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, the Bahamas to the smaller islands in the The Netherlands Antilles, The Islands of the Eastern Caribbean and the French and British dependencies.

The Caribbean, a region of spectacular natural beauty, has a turbulent history of colonialism, slavery and resistance in which people from all continents have played their part.

Tracing the islands’ path from slavery to revolution and independence, A Traveller’s History of the Caribbean looks at the history of nations as different as Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti, explaining their diversity and their common experiences. It reveals a region in which a tumultuous past has created a culturally vibrant and intriguing present.

$14.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566902 • Series: Interlink TravellerÕs Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 2007 •

Thailand

Traveller's Wildlife Guide

By David L. Pearson & Les Beletsky

"Pearson and Beletsky have written an extremely readable and informative volume dealing with Thailand…This guide will be useful to all nature lovers traveling to Thailand. Highly recommended." — Choice

Thailand holds a special place in the minds of the world’s nature-lovers as a paradise of splendid tropical forests, untrammeled ocean beaches, and spectacular underwater coral grottos.

Nature travellers to Thailand want to experience these stunning habitats and catch glimpses of exotic wildlife- gibbons and elephants, hornbills and storks, gliding lizards and cobras, brightly colored reef fishes and marine invertebrates.

In this book is all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about Thailand’s magnificent animal and plant life.

– Identifying and location information on the most frequently seen animals.

– Full-color illustrations of nearly 600 of Thailand’s most common insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and coral fish.

– Up-to-date information on the ecology, behavior, and conservation of the animals.

– Information on Thailand’s habitats and on the most common plants you will encounter.

– Brief descriptions of Thailand’s most frequently visited parks and reserves.

Easy-to-carry, entertainingly written, beautifully illustrated – you will want to have this book as constant companion on your journey.

$29.95 • 5.5" x 8.5" • 504pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566940 • Series: Travellers' Wildlife Guides • Interlink Books •

Image, the Icon, and the Covenant

By Sahar Khalifeh

"A delicate and powerful allegory." — Publishers Weekly

Winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2006

This award-winning novel is at once a re-casting of the story of the Holy Family, an ode to Arab Jerusalem, and a call for liberation, not just of a nation but for the individual women and men who inhabit it.

After abandoning his beloved Mariam when she falls pregnant, and escaping her brothers’ bullets, Ibrahim abandons his own ideals and dreams of becoming a novelist, opting instead to follow his father’s wishes and seek wealth and commercial success abroad. Thirty years later, lonely and disillusioned, Ibrahim returns to Ramallah to retrace the past he tried to leave behind. He sets out on a long and frustrating quest to track down Mariam, which takes him from the West Bank to Israel. Along the way he encounters his son, Michael, a young man with spiritual powers that enable him to see what is unknown and find what has gone missing.

Moving and lyrical, Khalifeh’s novel weaves religious and political symbolism into a story of love and loss. At its core is Ibrahim’s- the Palestinian’s- agonizing but unrelenting search for a home.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566995 • Interlink Books • Translator: Aida Bamia •

Wild Mulberries

"…offers a vivid snapshot of life from another era in Lebanon's mountain villages overlooking the Mediterranean Sea….Particularly striking is the strong focus on women's experiences within Lebanese society through multiple generations. It is both an examination of shifting traditional and complicated lines of gender in Lebanese society and an insightful, often beautiful portrayal of women's social bonds during another era." — Hour

Sarah is on the brink of adulthood in her village in the mountains of Lebanon in the 1930s, a world itself hesitating on the verge of change.

Her father the shaykh is uninterested in anything but the silkworms he’s always raised, no matter that each year they’re worth less. Her conservative aunt worries only about the family’s reputation, fearing that Sarah will take after her mother, who ran away twelve years ago and has been unheard of since. Sarah’s brother dreams of going abroad, but each year finds himself still trapped in the family business. Around her the village–Druze and Christian, Lebanese and English–grows poorer, its traditions no longer able to sustain it. Sarah’s hopes for the future have come to rely either on marriage, or finding the mother she can’t remember.

In Younes’s textured, lyrical prose, the story of one young woman’s coming of age becomes a meditation on a nation’s hardship, on home and freedom, hope and loss. Younes brings to intense life this lost world and the women at its center, whose lives have disappeared from history, from their own grasp.

$13.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567008 • Interlink Books • Translator: Michelle Hartman •

Embers and Ashes

Memoirs of an Arab Intellectual

By Hisham Sharabi

"…eloquently depicts and critiques the experience of a generation of Arab intellectuals. Sharabi's attention to detail and his lack of sentimentality make it an engaging account of academia and Middle Eastern politics" — A-Hewar/The Arab American Dialog

Hisham Sharabi was a distinguished Palestinian intellectual and an outspoken critic of traditional Arab society and culture. Despite his upbringing as a member of the privileged class, his conscious self-analysis after the 1967 Arab defeat by Israel led him to radically change his former bourgeois outlook on his society and its culture.

Embers and Ashes tells of Sharabi’s childhood and boyhood in Palestine, his youth and initial political activism as a university student in Lebanon, and his life and education as a graduate student in the US. He brings his newly acquired self-analysis and sociocultural criticism to bear on the story of each of these phases.

Although Sharabi wrote many acclaimed books in English and Arabic expressing his insights into the flaws of Arab societal structure, culture, and politics, it is his autobiography, Embers and Ashes, first published in Arabic in 1978, that offers a candid, poignant, and engrossing account of his own personal formation and development.

$15 • 6" x 9" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567022 • Interlink Books • Translator: Issa Boullata •

Dive the Cayman Islands

Complete Guide to Diving and Snorkeling

By Lawson Wood

"The best dive guides available." —Dive

This definitive guide features detailed coverage of more than 200 dive and snorkel sites. Situated on the Cayman Trench, a 2500-ft (7500-m) trough which is the deepest part of Caribbean Waters, the three Cayman Islands- Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman- have world-class diving.

Every year, growing numbers of divers and snorkelers venture in search of turquoise seas, fabulous coral walls, and mythically beautiful marine life. This stunning series provides:

– Detailed coverage of the world’s top diving destinations

– Up-to-date information on individual dive sites

– Valuable advice on techniques and equipment

– Indispensable information for all levels of divers from novice to divemaster

– Handy travel tips and guidance on the best local restaurants and accommodation

– Gorgeous, full-color underwater photography

– Useful area maps

The Interlink Dive Guides are indispensable companions for anyone planning a trip to the world’s most exciting and challenging dive sites.

$20 • 6.5" x 9.5" • 176pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567060 • Series: Interlink Dive Guides • Interlink Books •

Dive the Red Sea

Complete Guide to Diving and Snorkeling

By Guy Buckles

Photography by: Alex Misiewicz

"The best dive guides available." — Dive

This outstanding guide features detailed coverage of more than 125 dive and snorkel sites along the length of the Red Sea.

The Red Sea is the epitome of all that is enticing and fascinating about tropical reefs, with fabulous coral walls and gardens stocked with mythically beautiful sea life. For divers it remains the stuff of legends.

Every year, growing numbers of divers and snorkelers venture in search of turquoise seas, fabulous coral walls, and mythically beautiful marine life. This stunning series provides:

– Detailed coverage of the world’s top diving destinations

– Up-to-date information on individual dive sites

– Valuable advice on techniques and equipment

– Indispensable information for all levels of divers from novice to divemaster

– Handy travel tips and guidance on the best local restaurants and accommodation

– Gorgeous, full-color underwater photography

– Useful area maps

The Interlink Dive Guides are indispensable companions for anyone planning a trip to the world’s most exciting and challenging dive sites.

$20 • 6.5" x 9.5" • 176pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567084 • Series: Interlink Dive Guides • Interlink Books •

B as in Beirut

"A short story writer and journalist from Lebanon, Younes has the knowledge of experience and the open-mindedness of a first-time novelist. Her matter-of-factness about war-torn Beirut is so great that it is almost impossible not to see her deliberate avoidance of its major details, focusing instead on the little aspects of the war that influence everyday life." —PopMatters

The four interlocking narratives that make up this extraordinary novel belong to four women who live in the same apartment building in Beirut during the Lebanese civil war.

There is Lilian with her two children, desperate to emigrate, with or without her husband. Warda cannot recover from the loss of her daughter, and finds that no matter how many times she goes over it, the story of her life no longer makes sense. Camilia has returned to Beirut to make a film about her former homeland, but becomes irrevocably caught up in its violence. Maha remains in the building even as her family, her neighbors, her city and country fracture around her. As the war continues each day, unending, divisions between past and present begin to break down.

Younes’s intimate, haunting attention to these women’s lives creates an unforgettable portrait not only of her characters but of the nature of war. Here, loss is the city’s most constant resident, and its story will inevitably overcome all the rest.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567091 • Interlink Books • Translator: Max Weiss •

New York City

A Cultural History

By Eric Homberger

"Reading these guides is the next best thing to actually going there with them in hand." —ForeWord Magazine

New York City epitomizes modernity.

Its skyscrapers and neon nightlife, together with its inner-city ghettoes, symbolize all the excitements and tribulations of contemporary urban living. But the city’s powerful contemporary presence is also built upon a dramatic history. Settled by Dutch traders, seized at gunpoint by an English fleet, its development into a mega-city reveals a story as astounding as any in American history.

Home to generations of migrants, an international center of finance and fashion, New York is a world city both entrepreneurial and self-promoting. Eric Homberger explores the rich contribution New York has made to American history and culture. Birthplace of Herman Melville, Henry James, and Joseph Heller and adopted home of poets, playwrights, artists, and radicals from every continent, the city has been relentless in overturning cultural conventions. From jazz to hip-hop, from art deco to modernism, New York has always been at the forefront of innovation.

– City of power and ambition: Wall Street and the heart of US capitalism; the UN and global politics; Ellis Island and the eternal migrant dream.

– City of drama, art, and music: Broadway; Tin Pan Alley and the bright lights; museums and art collections; orchestras, opera, and the power of popular culture.

– City of writers and visionaries: emigre intellectuals and dissidents; novelists and poets; chroniclers of urban life and voices of the dispossessed.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 280pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567107 • Series: Interlink Cultural Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 03/15/15 •

Rome

A Cultural History

By Jonathan Boardman

"Reading these guides is the next best thing to actually going there with them in hand." — ForeWord Magazine

Jonathan Boardman uncovers Rome’s multi-facted experience, where each layer of development rests upon the foundation of a preexisting tradition. In a place where political and religious idealogies have always expressed themselves through art, he also highlights a vibrant popular culture-from gladiatorial shows to the local Roma-Lazio soccer derby.

$15 • 5.25" x 8 • 248pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567114 • Series: Interlink Cultural Histories • Interlink Books •

The Qadi and the Fortune Teller

By Nabil Saleh

A leather-bound manuscript is found hidden in a wall of a house in the rubble of Beirut in the late 1970s. It is the diary of a Muslim judge in Ottoman Beirut during 1843- a critical time for the Ottoman Empire and the European powers. The judge is Sheikh ‘Abdallah bin Ahmad bin Abu Bakar al-Jabburi to the world, but simply Abu Khalid- father of Khalid- to his family and friends. In a sequence of stories and vignettes the diary tells of his work as a judge, the cases he has to deal with amid the political conspiracies and diplomatic intrigues of the times and the impact they have on his relations with others.

Merchants, officials, family, friends and enemies are threaded in and out of a rich tapestry of events and reflections. A dragoman of the British Consulate seeks his help; Abu Kasim, his lifelong friend, asks for the hand of his unwilling daughter ‘Aisha; and a young gypsy girl reads his palm. Subsequent family and political misfortunes change the judge’s quiet life and shatter his dream of a pair of red slippers, in a dramatic crescendo with consequences he is unable to control.

$13.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 160pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567145 • Interlink Books •

Andes: Trekking and Climbing

26 Treks and 18 Climbing Peaks

By Val Pitkethly & Kate Harper

This indispensable book describes 26 treks and 18 climbing peaks in the Andes, with coverage of the range from Venezuela in the north to Patagonia in the south.

The treks included will introduce you to all aspects of the Andes, from the simmering volcanoes of Chile and Argentina to the high altitude Inca cities of Peru. Ranging between four days and two weeks, there is something for everyone.

Designed for first-time visitors as well as experienced trekkers and climbers, this book is an essential source for anyone contemplating a journey into the mountains of South America. First-class original mapping and vibrant photography feature throughout.

– For first-time trekkers to experienced mountaineers

– Comprehensive coverage of 26 treks

– 18 climbing peaks with topographical photographs

– First-class cartography and strip maps

– Stunning photography throughout

$20 • 6.5" x 9.5" • 192pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567152 • Interlink Books •

The Honey

By Zeina B. Ghandour

"?the story is so tightly packed that every word resonates and multiple readings are required?a glinting little novel that emanates big ideas about politics, pleasure, language, religion and fulfillment, be it earthy or otherwise." ? The National

Ruhiya is an intensely spiritual young girl, the muezzin’s daughter in an oasis village in Palestine under Israeli occupation. One night her childhood love, a recently converted fundamentalist, sets off on a suicide mission. Ruhiya breaches one of the deepest taboos of Islam by chanting the call to the dawn prayer herself. At the last moment her song reaches him and instead of detonating the explosives that have been strapped to him, he retreats and runs. The same day a foreign journalist, sent to the village to cover the two stories, is faced with a wall of silence. She seeks answers with the encouragement of a little girl who hears and sees everything, the keeper of all secrets.

The honey is a magic substance healing everything. It runs through the land like its lifeblood. Through the themes of suicide and liberation, the story of a woman, a village, and a people is told.

$12.95 • 5.25" x 8 • 128pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567190 • Interlink Books •

Calcutta

A Cultural History

By Krishna Dutta

"Dutta depicts Calcutta's many faces in this erudite guide to the city… It presents an in-depth portrait of one of India's most intriguing cities." — Publishers Weekly

Calcutta (renamed Kolkata in 2001) is a city of extremes, where exquisite refinement rubs shoulders with coarse commercialism and political violence.

Krishna Dutta explores these multiple paradoxes, giving personal insight into Calcutta’s unique history and modern identity as reflected in its architecture, literature, cinema, and music.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567213 • Series: Interlink Cultural Histories • Interlink Books • Foreword by: Anita Desai •

Edinburgh

A Cultural History

By Donald Campbell

Photography by: Kathryn Brown

Edinburgh is a city of drama and celebrations, high culture and Scottish heritage.

Yet, as Donald Campbell reveals, there are many other dimensions to this fascinating meeting-place of Protestantism and bohemianism. Exploring the social and literary history of an ever-changing metropolis, he also looks at Edinburgh’s lesser-known landmarks, ranging from its historic heart to the drug-ridden suburbs. An insider’s view of a contradictory city, this book shows the many faces of Edinburgh past and present- from the Royal Mile to the port of Leith.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567220 • Series: Interlink Cultural Histories • Interlink Books • Foreword by: Alan Massie •

The Paris Neighborhood Cookbook

Danyel Couet's Guide to the City's Ethnic Cuisines

By Danyel Couet

"This is one of those books you needn't even cook from to thoroughly enjoy." � Fine Cooking, 'Books for Cooks' featured title

A lively introduction to the culinary diversity of the City of Lights.

NEW IN PAPERBACK

Chef Danyel Couet’s life-long love affair with simple French food began in his paternal grandmother’s Parisian kitchen. But of course the gastro polis of Paris offers much more than just the dishes cooked in Grandma’s kitchen. After innumerable outings in Paris’s many ethnic quarters, he has developed a love for couscous, strudel, and Peking duck that is just as strong as that for boeuf bourguignon and mousse au chocolat.

Through eight neighborhoods and just as many kitchens, via markets, shops and restaurants- and approximately 90 recipes- Couet takes you with him to his Paris.

Lusciously photographed by David Loftus, The Paris Neighborhood Cookbook reveals the gastronomic secrets of the City of Light, a place where food and cultural diversity is at the center of Parisian life.

$19.25 • 7.75" x 9.75" • 264pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567237 HB
ISBN: 9781566569408 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/05/13 •

Cucina Napoletana

100 Recipes from Italy's Most Vibrant City

By Arturo Lengo

"Grab a copy� you'll feel very Roman indeed." � Juliette Rossant, www.superchefblog.com

Naples, in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, is a vibrant, passionate city with food to match.

It is famed as the birthplace of the original wood-fired pizza. Its food traditions also embrace a wealth of seafood recipes, countless vegetable and pasta dishes, as well as sinful desserts. The Napoletana cuisine makes maximum use of fruit and vegetables grown on the rich volcanic soil, mono-cultivar olive oils, and creamy buffalo mozzarella.

Cucina Napoletana includes an extensive selection of the best of the region’s classic and innovative recipes, with additional features on key ingredients, the part they play in Naples cuisine, and how they are produced. Local chef Arturo Iengo presents the best of Campanian cuisine: uncomplicated recipes that are as perfect for everyday meals as they are for entertaining. And with its stunning photographs taken in and around the city, Cucina Napoletana is as visually appetizing as the cuisine of this captivating city.

$12.10 • 8.5" x 10.75" • 160pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567244 HB
ISBN: 9781566560580 PB • Interlink Books •

Cardamom and Lime

Recipes from the Arabian Gulf

By Sarah al-Hamad

"Armchair tourists who assume that all Middle Eastern cooking is the same will find Al-Hamad's collection of Arabian comfort foods a delicious and delightful surprise� an authentic blend of familiar and exotic." � Publishers Weekly

This stunning book contains a wealth of delicious recipes that reflect the flavors and traditional dishes of the Arabian Gulf: Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

Little is known in the West about this rich cuisine. Cardamom and Lime provides readers with the inspiration to create these wonderful dishes. Throughout the book there are beautiful photographs and feature spreads to give a flavor of life in the Gulf and its mouthwatering cuisine.

$11.00 • 8.5" x 10.75" • 128pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567251 HB
ISBN: 9781566568494 PB • Interlink Books •

Palestinian Costume

By Shelagh Weir

"This is a book to delight the traveler, the textile enthusiast and the scholar alike." — Saudi Aramco World

The traditional costumes of the Palestinian villagers and Bedouin are of exceptional beauty and diversity, especially the festive costumes of the women with their lavish silk embroidery and patchwork and their dramatic headdresses encrusted with coins.

This book surveys male and female fashions from the early nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth, and describes the main regional styles of costume, their materials and ornamentation, against the background of Palestinian life and culture. The emphasis throughout the book is on the social and symbolic significance of costume, and the final chapters analyze in detail the language of costume in the context of the wedding.

The book is based on extensive field research the author has conducted at intervals since 1967 among Palestinians in Israel, the Occupied Territories, and Jordan. The illustrations include studio photographs of magnificent garments in museum collections, archive photographs from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and recent photographs of costumes still made and worn.

$40 • 8.5" x 10.75" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567275 • Interlink Books •

Nepal: Trekking and Climbing

25 Classic Treks and 12 Climbing Peaks

By Steve Razzetti

This stunning book describes 25 treks and 12 climbing peaks in the Nepal Himalaya, with coverage of the entire country from Saipal in the west to Kangchendzonga in the east.

Designed for first-time visitors as well as experienced trekkers and climbers, it is an essential source book for anyone contemplating a venture into Nepal’s wild Himalayan regions. Excellent original mapping and superlative photography feature throughout.

The treks included here cover everything from classic teahouse routes to newly charted expedition-style routes, while the peaks featured are chosen as a natural high point of trekking in a high-altitude region. Information on trekking and climbing styles, the practicalities of travelling in Nepal, local ecological concerns and mountain photography is also included.

– For first-time trekkers to experienced mountaineers

– Comprehensive coverage of 25 treks

– 12 climbing peaks with topographical photographs

– First-class cartography and strip maps

– Stunning photography throughout

$20 • 6.5" x 9.5" • 176pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567282 • Interlink Books •

Hawaii

On-the-Road Histories

By John Chambers

This reader-friendly Hawaiian history tells the islands’ story from the arrival of the very first Polynesian settlers in the 300s to the most recent strivings for native Hawaiian sovereignty.

The harsh regime of Hawaii’s chiefs, the landing and death of Captain Cook, Kamehameha’s bloody conquests, the profound influence of American missionaries, the wild whaling days, French and British interventions, the sugar barons, the arrival of different ethnic groups to work the plantations, the coup d’etat, the demise of the native monarchy, the coming of US political control, the territorial years, World War I, Pearl Harbor and World War II, the striving for statehood, and the post-war tourist avalanche and economic doldrums- all are part of this history.

Hawaii features special sections on the birth and death of the islands, descriptions by famous writers such as Mark Twain, accounts of tsunamis, the great volcanoes, Jaws the wave, hula, Hawaiian cowboys, and the revival of ocean voyaging.

$20 • 5" x 9" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566155 • Series: On-the-Road Histories • Interlink Books •

Michigan

On-the-Road Histories

By David Poremba

"Woven throughout this history of the state are sharp historic images and interesting tidbits (mini-biographies, notable places and events). Poremba covers the state's earliest inhabitants and sheds light on our diverse and changing industries, from the fur-trading era to modern automobiles and biotechnology. Poremba explains the state's political intricacies (including the birthplace of the Republican Party), and how key events and milestones have shaped the past and set the groundwork for the future." — Michigan History Magazine

Michigan’s dramatic landscape includes roaring waterfalls, the country’s tallest sand dunes, vast virgin pine forests, soft rolling countryside, and miles of sandy beaches- and its history is as varied and interesting.

Poremba approaches the state’s history from many angles: the stories of the peoples who have made Michigan home, from Native Americans to French explorers, European immigrants, and African Americans; the rise of its industries, including mining, lumber, tobacco, and automotive; the intricacies of its politics, from the Civil War, to the civil rights movement, to the recent election of Michigan’s first woman governor.

Poremba’s Michigan is a concise account of the forces that have made Michigan the state it is today.

$20 • 5" x 9" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566162 • Series: On-the-Road Histories • Interlink Books •

A Traveller’s Wine Guide to France

By Christopher Fielden

Photography by: Robert Holmes

"A boon to travellers and wine lovers alike…an astonishing amount of practical advice, historical and architectural information, an easy-to-read breakdown of every wine area in their chosen countries… These books are sure to inspire holiday makers to set off in new directions…" — Decanter Magazine

Illustrated with specially commissioned photographs (wine usually seems to be made in attractive surroundings) as well as maps, the books in this series describe the wine-producing regions of each country. The authors recommend itineraries, list wineries, describe the local cuisines, suggest wine bars and restaurants, and provide a mass of practical information- much of which is not readily available elsewhere.

Each title includes:

– Itineraries and maps

– Local gastronomic specialties

– Hundreds of visitor-friendly wineries

– Descriptions of local and regional wines

– Museums and sightseeing points

– Lists of wine festivals and exhibitions

– Restaurants, hotels and wine stores

– Reference section and glossary

France is the home of many of the world’s greatest wines- nowhere else will you find such a warm welcome awaiting you in the cellar. Every one of the country’s wine regions produces a unique selection of wines, often made with grapes used nowhere else for winemaking. Christopher Fielden describes France’s most important wine-producing areas, gives the background to the wines, and provides a guide to visiting the best producers. Hundreds of wineries that welcome visitors are listed, together with their addresses, telephone numbers, websites and opening times. Christopher Fielden is a cheerful and knowledgeable guide. The French wine regions and their vineyards are well drawn. There are clear guidelines for visiting wineries and tasting their wines. Is there a charge for tasting? Are you expected to spit? (Yes in Burgundy; no in Alsace.) This book provides answers to these and many other questions.

$22 • 5" x 9" • 192pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566247 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Wine Guides • Interlink Books •

Tales of the Golden Corpse

Tibetan Folk Tales

By Sandra Benson

"Through these tales, the ethical principles of right living are passed on from generation to generation." — Jetsun Pema, sister of H.H. Dalai Lama

Tales of the Golden Corpse is the first complete English version of the famous Tibetan folktales told to a young boy who has killed seven sorcerers in the defense of his Master. The boy must redeem himself by carrying a talking corpse full of wondrous tales on a long journey, without himself speaking a word. These 25 tales of intrigue and magic provide the reader with a window through which to view ancient Tibetan culture. Within them, you will encounter heroes and villains, fearsome witches, murderous demons, and clever tricksters with a uniquely Tibetan humor. Songs, riddles, jokes, and sayings make the stories come alive as they unfold against the background of everyday Tibet- its farmers and nomads, kings and magical beings.

$15 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566322 • Series: International Folk Tale Series • Interlink Books •

Hildur, Queen of the Elves and Other Stories

Icelandic Folktales

By J.M. Bedell

Out of the country’s fascinating geography and history emerge a plethora of poetic and imaginative Icelandic legends that hold a particular wary respect of nature, and a wry wisdom at turns gentle and sharp: that we human beings are mere tenants on earth, with no control over weather or ghosts or wild.

On the one hand, these stories come out of the great wellspring of Scandinavian tales that have so influenced the Western imagination: Here are elves and trolls, ghosts, goblins, and monsters; drama and mystery and moral. But Iceland’s particular geography, its long nights and savage weather, also led to the development of a unique oral tradition, from which grew the famous Icelandic family sagas and stories.

$18 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566339 • Series: International Folk Tale Series • Interlink Books • Release date: 03/01/16 •

Herakles Gone Mad

Rethinking Heroism in an Age of Endless War

By Robert Emmet Meagher

"An eloquent and memorable study of Herakles Gone Mad and a wonderfully performable, vivid new translation of the play." — Jonathan Shay, author of Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming

A decorated hero returns home after multiple tours of duty only to find the lives of his loved ones threatened.

To make his home safe, he does battle one last time- one time too many. He slays his enemies but then, unable in his rage to tell friend from foe, murders his wife and children. He blacks out, and, when his wits return, his only thoughts are of death. Then a friend whose life he once saved in battle arrives, offering his hand and his heart. The long road home begins.

Story of post-traumatic stress disorder of soldiers returning from Iraq? No- Euripides. No playwright, ancient or contemporary, has written with greater power and poignancy about war and its enduring wounds than has this Greek who lived 24 centuries ago and was himself a veteran. Euripides’ misunderstood masterpiece, Herakles Gone Mad, a play for dark times, reveals both the wreckage of war and the luminous power of love.

In this volume, the distinguished author, translator, educator, and playwright Robert Emmet Meagher presents a new eminently actable translation of Euripides’ Herakles along with a concise commentary on the play and an extensive essay on the trauma of war, the true face of heroism, and the healing power of friendship and community.

$15 • 6" x 9" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566353 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 2006 •

Secret London

Exploring the Hidden City, with Original Walks and Unusual Places to Visit

By Andrew Duncan

"Secret London uncovers inconspicuous gems and sheds light on the capital's hidden attractions" — The Guardian

In more than 20 miles of original walks, distinguished historian Andrew Duncan uncovers London’s best-kept secrets.

From ancient waterways and the vast network of tunnels that weave their way beneath the city’s streets to easily missed courtyards and gardens- each walk is full of surprises.

$17.95 • 5.75" x 8.25" • 192pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566360 • Interlink Books •

Kentucky

On-the-Road Histories

By Brad Asher

Photography by: Timothy White

Early settlers thought Kentucky a kind of paradise; Daniel Boone and others called it “a good poor man’s country.”

Abraham Lincoln once famously said during the Civil War that while he hoped to have God on his side, he had to have Kentucky- a testament to this state’s important position straddling the border between south and north (and, for that matter, east and midwest too). Borderlands beget abundant mythology, and Kentucky is no exception. Brad Asher, a scholar of Native American history, goes beyond the myths (or stereotypes) of the colonel in white who drinks mint juleps and breeds thoroughbreds and the barefoot hillbilly who knows caves and moonshine to explore the rich, complicated history of a state that has been home to figures as diverse as Robert Penn Warren, Muhammad Ali, and Wendell Berry.

From the bluegrass of the heartland, to the hills and hollows of the east, to the flatlands of the west, and to vibrant Louisville, Asher shows a Kentucky beyond the world’s largest cave and most famous race track.

$20 • 5" x 9" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566384 • Series: On-the-Road Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 2006 •

Southern Africa

Traveller's Wildlife Guide

By William Branch & Chris & Stuart Tilde & Warwick Tarboton

"Moving from the urban to the wild, a new breed of guidebooks focuses on flora and fauna (and not in the way Harold Gatty did). The Ecotraveller's Wildlife Guides grew out of its nature-loving author's frustration that 'I could not locate a single book to take along on a trip that would help me identify all the types of animals that really interested me.' So Beletsky wrote one that did. Combining natural history -lore, habits, best places to spot each creature-with pointers on specific sites and background on the state of conservation in the region today." — The Washington Post

From the world-famous Kruger National Park in South Africa, to Botswana’s Okavango Delta, Namibia’s Etosha National Park, and Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, ecotravellers want to experience African savannahs, forests, deserts, and other stunning habitats and catch glimpses of some of the world’s most spectacular wildlife: hornbills and parrots, monkeys and big cats, frogs and toads, crocodiles and snakes.

This book provides all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about Southern Africa’s magnificent animal life.

– Identifying and location information on the most frequently seen animals.

– Up-to-date information on the ecology, behavior, and conservation of the animals.

– More than 500 full-color illustrations of Southern Africa’s most common amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammal- the species you are most likely to see.

– Information about and photos of Southern Africa’s major habitat types.

– Descriptions and photos of Southern Africa’s most frequently visited parks and reserves.

Easy-to-carry, entertainingly written, beautifully illustrated- you will want to have this book as constant companion on your journey.

$27.95 • 5.5" x 8.5" • 520pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566391 • Series: Travellers' Wildlife Guides • Interlink Books • Release date: 2006 •

Southern Mexico

Traveller's Wildlife Guide

"…this convenient field guide-sized book is absolutely packed with information for the visitor. This book provides excellent background and field information " strongly recommended." — Birding World

Most nature travellers to Southern Mexico-Yucatan Peninsula, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco – want to experience tropical forests and other stunning habitats and catch glimpses of exotic wildlife: toucans and parrots, hummingbirds and hawks, monkeys and anteaters, frogs and toads, crocodiles and snakes.

This book provides all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about the region’s magnificent animal life.

– Identifying, location, ecological, and conservation information on the most frequently spotted animals.

– Color illustrations of about 550 of the most common fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals- the species you are most likely to see.

– Information on habitats of Southern Mexico and on the most common plants you will encounter.

– Information on the underwater animals most divers and snorkelers actually see.

– Brief descriptions of the region’s most frequently visited parks and reserves.

Easy-to-carry, entertainingly written, beautifully illustrated – you will want to have this book as constant companion on your journey.

$27.95 • 5.5" x 8.5" • 520pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566407 • Series: Travellers' Wildlife Guides • Interlink Books • Release date: 2006 •

Tales of Juha

Classic Arab Folk Humor

By Salma Khadra Jayyusi

"Said Yagtine's remarkable introduction allows readers to enter the world of Juha and get a better understanding of Arab humour and anecdote traditions." — Banipal

Juha is an old Arab comic literary figure (known also to Persians and Turks) around whom countless popular anecdotes were written. He appears variously as preacher and beggar, porter and petty merchant, thief and honest man, judge and social critic, wise man and fool, jester and charlatan (though never as wealthy man or oppressor). While the subject matter is Arab or otherwise Islamic, the humor transcends national and cultural boundaries to achieve a universality that is instantly recognizable and accessible today.

$12.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 128pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566414 • Interlink Books • Translator: Matthew Sorenson et al • Release date: 2006 • Foreword by: Said Yaqtine •

The Lebanese Kitchen

Quick and Healthy Recipes

By Monique Bassila Zaarour

WINNER GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARD 2007

This practical and comprehensive cookbook opens up a world of delightful dishes and provides numerous, inspiring ideas for healthy eating.

Monique Bassila Zaarour brings three great gifts to her Lebanese Kitchen: from her Lebanese heritage, an intimate knowledge of one of the world’s great cuisines; from her training as a nutritionist, scientific understanding of the health benefits of food; and from her life as a working mother, eminently practical tips. She will whip your cupboards into shape with her advice about plastic bags and advance preparation and her arsenal of tips on how to defend your kitchen from fast-food culture.

She organizes; she inspires. With packets of minced lamb and grilled pine-nuts on hand in your freezer, you too can make healthy, delicious meals such as fortifying eggplant lamb stew, lentil soup, falafel sandwiches, stuffed zucchini, rice pilaf- in just a half hour.

– Beautiful photography and design

– Detailed, easy-to-follow recipes

– Comprehensive nutritional information

– Useful tips and variations

$11.00 • 8.25" x 10.25" • 160pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566421 HB
ISBN: 9781566566773 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: 2006 • Awards: WINNER GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARD 2007

Fairy Tale Feasts

A Literary Cookbook for Young Readers and Eaters

By Jane Yolen & Heidi E. Y. Stemple

Illustrated by: Phillippe Beha

"Fairy Tale Feasts, by the esteemed Jane Yolen and her daughter Heidi E.Y. Stemple, is billed as 'A Literary Cookbook for Young Readers and Eaters' �and that's precisely, deliciously, what it is. Jane and Heidi look at food in folklore and fairy tales, throw in some magical recipes, and round out the book with charming illustrations by Philippe Beha." � The Endicott Studio for Mythic Arts

Fairy Tale Feasts is more than collection of stories and recipes. In it, Caldecott-winning author Jane Yolen and her daughter, Heidi Stemple, imagine their readers as co-conspirators. About the creation of the stories and the history of the foods they share fun facts and anecdotes designed to encourage future cooks and storytellers to make up their own versions of the classics.

From the earliest days of stories, when hunters told of their exploits around the campfire while gnawing on a leg of beast, to the era of kings in castles listening to the storyteller at the royal dinner feast, to the time of TV dinners when whole families sit for dinner in front of a screen to watch a movie, stories and eating have been close companions.

So it is not unusual that folk stories are often about food. Jack’s milk cow traded for beans, Snow White given a poisoned apple, a pancake running away from those who would eat it, Hansel and Gretel lured by the gingerbread house and its candy windows and doors.

But there is something more- stories and recipes are both changeable. A storyteller never tells the same story twice, because every audience needs a slightly different story, depending upon the season or the time of day, the restlessness of the youngest listener, or how appropriate a tale is to what has just happened in the storyteller’s world. And every cook knows that a recipe changes according to the time of day, the weather, the altitude, the number of grains in the level teaspoonful, the ingredients found (or not found) in the cupboard or refrigerator, even the cook’s own feelings about the look of the batter.

$11.00 • 8" x 10.25" • 200pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566438 HB
ISBN: 9781566567510 PB • Interlink Books • Ages 5 to 11 • Release date: 2006 • Awards: An iParenting Media Award Winner

The Arab Americans

A History

By Gregory Orfalea

"Beautifully written, the book is a much-needed entry in an all but empty field…It traces the centrury-long arc of Arab American immigration, illuminating assimilation and ethnic politics with a loving yet candid eye as the narrative shifts between observations historical, personal and statistical." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Gregory Orfalea’s new and definitive work spans a century and a half of the life of Arab immigrants and their descendants in the United States.

In The Arab Americans: A History, Orfalea has marshaled over 150 interviews and 25 years of research to tell the story that begins in 1856, when camel driver Hajdi Ali (or Hi Jolly) was hired by Jefferson Davis to cut a “camel trail” across the Southwest, and continues through the 2005 arrest of a former Virginia high school valedictorian accused of plotting with al-Qaeda. Once seen as the “benevolent stranger,” as the author points out, today Arab Americans are “the malevolent stranger.” His book, however, is an assault on such ignorance, both celebration and warning.

The Arab Americans is the culmination of a life’s work, a landmark in the history of what it means to be an American. It is also the history of a community uniquely repressed in American scholarship, history, literature, and politics. The Arab Americans fills a sizable void, and it could not be more timely. With American troops sprawled across the Arab and Muslim world, Orfalea’s work is like light in a dark tunnel- facts, not stereotypes; people, not shadows; the vibrant world of a lost American experience come to life. Orfalea brings to this work an historian’s love of meticulous and telling detail, a poet’s ear, and a novelist’s sense of story. The cumulative effect is symphonic and its arrival none too soon.

$25 • 6" x 9" • 448pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566445 HB
ISBN: 9781566565974 PB • Olive Branch Press •

A Traveller’s History of Russia

By Peter Neville

"While destination oriented visitors will gain much from this expose, students and others will find it a fine, easy method of absorbing Russian history." — Bookwatch *

This book provides a comprehensive survey of Russia’s tragic and glorious history: prehistoric Russia’s nomadic invaders

$14.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 336pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566452 • Series: Interlink TravellerÕs Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/10/11 •

Paris by Metro

An Underground History

By Arnold Delaney

"There is no better traveling companion than Paris by Metro. Not only will it save you from traffic jams, it will add much to your understanding of this Mecca for the romantic." — TravelSmart Book Recommendations

Learn about the history of Paris as you travel the Metro.

What was the original name of the Place de la Concorde? Why was the Tuileries palace so called and when was it destroyed? Who built the Palais Royal?

Find the answers to these questions and many others in this fascinating new book, which gives you the history behind the names of all the Metro stations in Paris. Arnold Delaney’s text is full of illuminating insights into hidden corners of the history of the world’s most elegant city. The text is complemented by color photography that takes a slightly idiosyncratic look at the city as well as giving a taste of the quintessential design and feel of the Metro system.

$12.95 • 4.25" x 7.75" • 100pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566469 • Interlink Books • Release date: 2006 •

Florida

Traveller's Wildlife Guide

By Fiona Sunquist & Mel Sunquist & Les Beletsky

"It contains short expert essays on Florida's flora and fauna, geography, ecosystems, parks, preserves, and to its credit, one titled 'Environmental Threats and Conservation Programs.' This is a tremendous amount of information, all very useful for an ecotourist. That inclusiveness allows the traveler to carry this single guide rather than several. For academic settings, it would be useful in ecotourism programs and for training environmental interpreters and guides. Recommended. All levels." — Choice

Travellers go to Florida for sun, sand, surf, and visits to the state’s world-famous theme parks, but increasingly also to explore Florida’s incredible natural attractions: stunning subtropical scenery, wonderful hiking and bird-watching trails, exceptional fishing, boating, and canoeing, the wet wilderness of Everglades National Park, the continental US’s only coral reefs, and glimpses of exotic wildlife.

This book has all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about Florida’s magnificent animal, plant, and sea life.

– Identifying, location, and conservation information on the most frequently sighted animals.

– Full-color illustrations of more than 600 of Florida’s most common insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and plants.

– Information on the underwater animals most snorkelers and divers actually see.

– Photos and information on Florida habitats and on the most common plants you will encounter.

– Brief descriptions of the region’s most frequently visited parks and reserves.

Easy to carry, entertainingly written, beautifully illustrated- you will want to have this book as constant companion on your journey.

$29.95 • 5.5" x 8.5" • 544pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566513 • Series: Travellers' Wildlife Guide • Interlink Books •

Alaska

Traveller's Wildlife Guide

By Dennis Paulson & Les Beletsky

Photography by: David Dennis et al

"An excellent series" — Birding World

Alaska has both vast wilderness tracts and a modern transportation system, making eco-travelling in the state easy as well as exciting.

From the broad expanses of tundra in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the rich seabird colonies of the Bering Sea to the glacier-bedecked snowy mountains and magnificent forests of the Southeast, wildlife viewing opportunities abound. In this book is all the information you will need to find, identify, and learn about Alaska’s magnificent animal life.

– Identifying and location information on the most frequently seen animals.

– Full-color illustrations of more than 320 of Alaska’s most common marine invertebrates, insects, amphibians, fishes, birds, and mammals.

– Up-to-date information on the ecology, behavior, and conservation of the animals.

– Information on Alaska’s habitats and on the most common plants you will encounter.

– Brief descriptions of Alaska’s most frequently visited parks and reserves.

Easy to carry, entertainingly written, beautifully illustrated- you will want to have this book as constant companion on your journey.

$27.95 • 5.5" x 8.5" • 456pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566520 • Series: Travellers' Wildlife Guides • Interlink Books • Release date: 2006 •

Indian Love Poetry

By A.L. Dallapiccola

Photography by: Jason Lowe

A selection of beautiful Indian love poetry, richly illustrated with vivid paintings from magnificent collections.

Love is widely celebrated in Indian poetry, whether mystic love for the divine or the passionate and affectionate feelings between lovers, husbands and wives, parents and children, family and friends. Although the literary forms and language may not be quite so familiar, the same themes reappear in many of today’s preoccupations with love and romance.

This attractive collection combines a selection of translations from various languages of the best of Indian poetry with illustrations drawn from some of the finest examples of Indian art. With a brief introduction to the Indian poetic tradition and a short biographical note about each of the poets, this beautiful anthology is the perfect way to discover the treasures of Indian literature and art.

$17.95 • 6" x 7.5" • 100pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566566568 • Interlink Books • Release date: 2006 •

Iznik Pottery

By John Carswell

This fascinating introduction tells the story of Iznik ceramics through a wealth of illustrations.

Some of the greatest glories of Ottoman art are the luxurious ceramic vessels and splendid tiles made to decorate newly founded mosques and palaces by the Turkish pottery at Iznik (ancient Nicaea). Their designs combine purely Turkish motifs with elements ingeniously transposed from imported Chinese blue-and-white porcelain. Over time a more subtle painterly style and complex palette were developed, culminating in the brilliant combination of cobalt blue, turquoise, olive green, magenta and red, which became the internationally recognized Iznik hallmark.

Iznik ceramics were highly prized far beyond the Ottoman Empire, and although the factories had passed their peak by the late seventeenth century, their influence lived on through nineteenth-century European imitations by such potters as William de Morgan and Cantagalli.

$19.95 • 6.75" x 9.5" • 128pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566575 • Series: Eastern Art Series • Interlink Books • Release date: 2006 •

Mughal Miniatures

By J. M. Rogers

The Mughal school of miniature painting flourished in northern India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, chiefly under the patronage of the emperors Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan. Rooted in a diversity of cultural, religious and artistic traditions, it became one of the richest and most productive schools in the whole history of Islamic art.

In this beautifully illustrated book the author surveys the development of Mughal painting, from its early beginnings to the masterpieces created by the court studios for the books and albums of their demanding imperial patrons. He describes the historical setting in which the Mughal artists worked and the materials and techniques they used to create their brilliant effects.

The paintings reproduced here cover the whole range of Mughal miniature art, from manuscript illustrations of biographical, historical or mythological works to courtly portrait albums, with both human and animal subject.

$19.95 • 6.75" x 9.5" • 128pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566582 • Series: Eastern Art Series • Interlink Books • Release date: 2006 •

Homes of the Heart

A Book About Ramallah

By Farouq Wadi

"Wadi's book is a beautiful, often inevitably melancholy elegy, but there is little regret here and almost no resentment. Despite the political implications of his book, Wadi has not written a litany of complaints. Homes of the Heart, in fact, might best be understood as a portrait of the growth of an artist and an essay on the meaning and pleasure of writing, which is also a form of resistance." — Metamorphoses

Returning to his home town of Ramallah after long exile, the author is shocked to find the changes wrought, above all, by the Israeli occupation.

An account- informative, lyrical and humorous by turn- of his own early life in the town is interwoven with vivid descriptions of the place then and now, against a background of the town’s long and varied history. A poignant evocation of time passing is joined to a sense of the brutal disruption brought about by the ongoing political situation.

$12.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 160pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566629 • Interlink Books • Translator: Dina Bosio & Christopher Tingley • Release date: 2006 •

The Wind in My Hair

By Salma Salem & Laura Maritano

"The Wind in My Hair remains a fascinating autobiography by an extraordinary woman. Written in a flowing conversational tone, Salwa Salem's memoir enages its readers while Yvonne Freccero's masterful translation renders Salem familiar to her English-speaking audience. Powerful and compelling, The Wind in My Hair deserves a place of importance beside other modern autobiographies by Middle Eastern women" — Metamorphoses

The Wind in My Hair is the memoir of Salwa Salem, who was just eight years old when she and many other Palestinians were uprooted by the Zionists in al-Nakba (the catastrophe). After her family fled to Jaffa and then to Nablus, she spent the rest of her life in exile: in Damascus, Kuwait, Vienna, and finally, Italy. Salem’s story of displacement and exile is in one sense the story of all Palestinians; her account of her own political engagement and that of members of her own family tells the political history of an embattled people.

But she is no token Palestinian; she is, above all, her own person: a courageous and vital woman who claimed the right to be free to choose her work and her husband; to read Kafka and Simone de Beauvoir alongside Arab literature; to love both opera and the songs of Fairouz; to be involved in politics and have a family.

If the particular pitch of this memoir derives from its deathbed narration (as Salem lay dying of cancer, she dictated the story of her life to Laura Maritano), it is the memoir’s precision, its judicious balance of the personal and the political, that triumphs over any individual or national tragedy. Salem refuses to be simply a victim- of war, of political injustice, of sickness- but embraces life passionately to the end, and in doing so, has left the world the gift of her life story.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566636 • Interlink Books • Translator: Yvonne Freccero • Release date: 2006 •

Mahmoud Darwish: Exile’s Poet

Critical Essays

By Hala Kh. Nassar & Najat Rahman (ed.)

"This excellent volume places Darwish's poetry and thought in their cultural and intellectual context. Highly recommended." — Choice

Mahmoud Darwish’s work has long been considered seminal in shaping modern Arabic poetry.

He has received wide international recognition and is regarded as a contender for the Nobel Prize. Often deemed the “Poet of the Resistance,” no substantial critical study exists that addresses the complexity of Darwish’s poetry in rewriting the homeland and articulating exile. His later poetry consciously marks a move away from his earlier portrayals of identity, home, and poetry, yet many critics have failed to take note of this shift. His oeuvre yokes poetry and history, the political and the poetic, probing identities in perpetual exile.

This book examines the complex connections between poetry, myth, lyric, prose, and history in Darwish’s poetry. The scholarly articles in this volume situate his work in relation to both modern Arabic and world poetry. In addition, the articles address issues such as the future of poetry, the role of the poet, language, cultural heritage, lyrical modes, as well as the relationship of place and identity.

$25 • 6" x 9" • 384pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566643 • Interlink Books • Release date: 2006 •

Syria

A Historical and Architectural Guide (2nd edition)

Syria is the Middle East’s best kept secret. With a wealth of historical splendors matched by few other countries in this region, Syria has remained almost undiscovered. As a result little has been spoiled, much is unknown, and there is much to discover.

It is a land of immense antiquity, boasting cities and archaeological remains that are among the oldest in the world. The world’s great invaders from earliest history have fought to establish a bridgehead there as a key to further conquests: Hittites, Hurrians and Hebrews, Aramaeans, Assyrians and Arabs, Egyptians, Canaanites, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Crusaders, Turks, Mongols, and French. All have left behind some of the most spectacular monuments that can be seen anywhere. Today, entire deserted cities, immense castles, and a bewildering array of palaces, mosques, temples, theaters, and other ruins are strewn across the country providing the richest and most diverse heritage in the region. More than any other country in the East, Syria is truly the gateway to Asia.

This book reconsiders the history of Syria and surveys the major archaeological and historical sites, making a strong case for reassessing the importance of Syria in our perception of the growth of civilization out of the Middle East. With its many site plans and maps, readable text and 96 color photos, this book makes available for the first time the immensely wealthy history, archaeology, and architecture of Syria to the general reader and the interested traveler.

$19.95 • 5.5" x 8.5" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566650 • Interlink Books •

Mississippi

On-the-Road Histories

By Ben Wynne

"A perfect book for tucking into the back seat pocket as you lead visitors around our home state… Peppered with black and white photographs, interesting sidebars and historical maps, it offers more history than most guidebooks. This readable little volume could easily replace more scholarly tomes on a weekend getaway and would make a perfect gift for travelers interested in a dash of history mixed with their driving tour." — Delta Magazine

Beginning with the state’s earliest settlers, Ben Wynne explores the paradox that is Mississippi- its rich soil and namesake river, yet its vulnerability to natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina.

It is one of the US’s poorest states, yet has one of the richest cultural legacies. It is the birthplace of the blues and the childhood home of such American icons as Elvis Presley, William Faulkner, Oprah Winfrey, and B.B. King. Wynne sketches Mississippi’s development from primarily native settlements and wilderness to industry-driven cities; examines the importance of slavery and agriculture and the resulting devastation that followed the Civil War; and follows the slow transition from segregation to equal rights marked by the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.

$18 • 5" x 9" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566667 • Interlink Books • Release date: 2006 •

South Carolina

On-the-Road Histories

By Kenneth Townsend

Photography by: Barbara Abdeni Massaad

"…'On-the-Road Histories' can add depth and context to your wanderings. Each book includes extensive local histories, along with descriptions of must-see sites and trivia about local claims to fame"an excellent way to get to know the state." — Associated Press

Today tourists flock to the warm waters of Myrtle Beach, explore refurbished plantations, and stroll the picturesque streets of old Charleston.

In this history of the state, Kenneth Townsend examines the rich and complicated past of these places. Beginning with the area’s earliest settlers, Townsend traces the state’s integral role in the American Revolution and its rise as an agricultural powerhouse; the Civil War and the legacy of slavery; its recent economic reemergence after the Civil Rights era.

Highlighting major historical figures, key events, and cultural icons from Andrew Jackson to James Brown, Townsend sheds light on one of the country’s oldest and loveliest states.

$20 • 5" x 9" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566674 • Series: On-the-Road Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 2006 •

Endings

By Abdel Rahman Munif

"One of the most important novelists writing in Arabic�" �The Guardian

“Drought. Drought again! When drought seasons come, things begin to change. Life and objects change. Humans change too, and no more so than in their moods!”

It is not long before the reader of Endings discovers that this drought is not just an occasional but an enduring condition faced by a community on the edge of the desert, the village of al-Tiba. Nowhere do we discover exactly where this village is on the map of the Arab world and al-Tiba thus becomes a symbol for all villages facing nature unaided by modern technology. We hear of Abu Zaku, the village carpenter; of the Mukhtar; and above all of ‘Assaf and his dog; and of the creatures that share the life of the community. But it is the people of al-Tiba as a group who discuss and argue about their past, present, and future, and the forces of change. The portrayal of the desert environment and its customs is as vivid as the hunting of animals and the sandstorm that led to ‘Assaf’s death. A series of stories accompanies the wake that follows -stories that borrow from the pre-Islamic tradition of expressing a particular vision through descriptions of animals.

Endings is striking not only for its setting and style of narrative, but for being a vivid commentary on the emergence of the modern city and its urban middle class.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 160pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623718824 • Interlink Books • Translator: Roger Allen • Release date: Fall 2020 •

The Poetry of Arab Women

A Contemporary Anthology

By Nathalie Handal

WINNER OF THE PEN OAKLAND LITERARY AWARD

"A landmark: the first survey of poetry entirely by Arab women with roots in nearly every Arab country…Strong introductory collection…While the 60-page introduction helps the reader with the inevitable difficulties of context that such a broad survey presents, there is sublime, occasionally fierce beauty in the poems themselves, which arrive with vitality, freshness and surprising power. The book argues well for the broader recognition of Arab poetry, by women or men, as a world literary force." — AramcoWorld

Bestselling poetry anthology back in print.

Arab women poets work within one of the oldest literary traditions in the world, yet they are virtually unknown in the West. In assembling this collection, Nathalie Handal has compiled an outstanding, important treasury that introduces the poetry of Arab women living all over the world, writing in Arabic, French, English, and other languages, and including some of the twentieth century’s most accomplished poets as well as today’s most exciting new voices.

Translated by distinguished translators and poets from around the world, The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology showcases the work of 83 poets, among them Etel Adnan, Andre Chedid, Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Fadwa Tuqan. With an illuminating introduction by Handal, and extensive biographies of both poets and translators, The Poetry of Arab Women sheds brilliant light on a hitherto under-recognized group of talented poets.

Hold my hand

and take me to the heart

for I prefer your home,

oh poetry.

– excerpted from Small Sins by Maram Masri (Syria)

$25 • 6" x 9" • 378pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566563741 • Interlink Books • Release date: 09/30/15 • Awards: Winner of the PEN Oakland Literary Award 2002

Old Provence

By Theodore Andrea Cook

“Deep as we may bury the Roman Empire, we cannot hide it in the valley of the Rhone; for its bones pierce through Provengal soil in many places as though that giant grave were still too narrow for the skeleton of a past that can never wholly die.”

So begins this powerful and evocative account of Provence and its unique historical legacy. Journeying through southern France in the first years of the twentieth century, Theodore Andrea Cook discovers a landscape where the presence of Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans is still spectacularly evident in some of the Mediterranean’s finest surviving architecture. In Arles, Nimes, Orange and Frijus, he witnesses the wonders of Roman arenas, temples and monuments. At the imposing aqueduct of the Pont du Gard he observes the world’s greatest testament to the genius of Roman engineering. Cook’s compelling survey of Provengal history also encompasses the turbulent Middle Ages, when religious conflict and bloody warfare scarred the region. At Les Baux he explores the haunting ruins of a once-great stronghold; in Avignon, he traces the footsteps of the fourteenth-century popes in their magnificent palace; in Beaucaire and Tarascon he visits the sites of thriving medieval market towns and royal castles.

First published in 1905, Old Provence provides a remarkable insight not only into the area’s history and architecture, but also its literary and cultural significance. Looking at the work and influence of writers such as Petrarch and Mistral, Cook reveals the importance of language, romance and regional identity in this most distinctive part of France. Even though the Provence that this classic book brings to life has been irreversibly altered by modernity and tourism, its timeless beauty will be instantly recognizable to contemporary visitors and readers.

$16 • 5.25" x 8" • 384pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566563727 • Interlink Books •

Venice

A Cultural History

By Martin Garrett

Established on its many islands by Roman refugees, the heart of a maritime empire, a republic for a thousand years, Venice has always been distinct from the rest of Italy – and from anywhere else. It’s unique light and hundreds of canals, palaces and churches – from mosaic-encrusted Byzantine to harmonious Palladian – have attracted visitors, painters and writers as diverse as Turner, Proust and Pound. Historically celebrated for its wealth and independence of mind, the city has also become a byword for beauty and decadence. Martin Garrett explores the extraordinary history and architecture of Venice and the islands of the lagoon. Looking at the legacy of the city’s Jewish, Greek, Slav, and Armenian minorities, he recalls the exploits of such legendary figures as Casanova and Byron. He also examines Venice’s rich traditions in opera, drama and painting, reflecting the city’s historic role as a great cultural magnet.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566563697 • Series: Interlink Cultural Histories • Interlink Books •

Madrid

A Cultural History

By Elizabeth Nash

"Reading these guides is the next best thing to actually going there with them in hand." — ForeWord Magazine

Planted by royal whim in a harsh, sun-drenched tableland, Madrid flaunts its distinctive Spanish identity as the most vibrant of Europe’s capitals.

An imperial court, remote from external influences, produced durable curiosities like the siesta, the paseo and a joyously hectic nightlife. A city where decorative display and lunching are often rated above industry and money-making, Madrid’s exuberant style nonetheless flourishes in the modern world. Elizabeth Nash explores the chaotic jumble of a city built by in-comers eager to serve – or use – a court by turns austere and ostentatious. In squares, parks, streets and monuments old and new, she tracks down aristocrats and artisans, servants and chancers who bred a unique urban culture combining deference and insolence, conformity and flair. ” The city of artists and writers: Velazquez and Goya, realism, the erotic and the macabre; Cervantes, Cela and Hemingway, the traditions of satire, the picaresque hero and the novel of war ” The city of power politics: The heart of the Spanish Empire; the scars of civil war and dictatorship; democracy and the movida of hedonistic excess and liberation, celebrated by Oscar-winning film-maker Pedro Almodovar ” The city of passions: The intellectual debates of cafi society; fiestas sacred and profane; the cult of bullfighting and the capital’s love affair with soccer.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566563680 • Series: Interlink Cultural Histories • Interlink Books •

Calling the Shots

How Washington Dominates Today's UN

"An eye-opening account…a valuable reference work." — Small Press

New revised & updated edition with a new preface by Denis Halliday.

The United Nations remains a favorite scapegoat for U.S. and allied failures in places like Rwanda, Iraq, Kosovo, and East Timor. Few look beyond the headlines to the primary responsibility of the United States for what are all too often called “UN failures.” Filled with tales of UN intrigue and diplomatic carrots and sticks, Calling the Shots exposes how U.S. financial and political bribes are backed by threats and punishments for recalcitrant nations who refuse to toe the U.S. line.

The new edition examines U.S.-UN relations at the close of the 20th century: now $1.6 billion in debt to the UN, Washington increasingly undermines or even ignores the world organization, seeking to replace the UN’s authority with that of favored military alliances such as NATO. Hopes rise for a new internationalism, as citizens organizations join with the UN to create the International Criminal Court, to ban anti-personnel land mines, to protect children from the ravages of war, but the U.S. stands aloof.

$18.95 • 6" x 9" • 372pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566563536 • Olive Branch Press •

A Traveller’s History of North Africa

By Barnaby Rogerson

"Rogerson shows a mastery of his subject in this clear and literate history of the Maghrib… a fascinating account that should appeal not merely to travellers seeking an understanding of the region but also general readers with a taste for history. Recommended." — Library Journal

This volume covers the countries of Morocco, Tunisia, Libya and Algeria and is written by an expert on the area. It provides a concise and readable history of the region’s journey from its earliest beginnings right up to the politics and life of the present day.

$15.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 408pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566563512 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Histories • Interlink Books •

Mexico City

A Cultural History

By Nick Caistor

Photography by: Jean-Blaise Hall

"Reading these guides is the next best thing to actually going there with them in hand." — ForeWord Magazine

Mexico City is a place of superlatives.

The oldest city in the Americas, it is now the world’s largest urban area. Formerly the center of the Aztec and Spanish empires, this vast modern metropolis is home to over fifteen million people, mirroring Mexico’s mixed cultural identity. Rapid growth and industrial expansion have created dramatic environmental problems, turning Mexico City into what has been called the first “post-apocalypse” city. Polluted and congested, it is slowly sinking into the lake on which the Spanish founded their symbol of conquest. Nick Caistor explores this city of extremes, revealing its turbulent past and chaotic present through its urban landscape. Looking at Aztec ruins, baroque monuments and modernistic complexes, he traces the history of a volatile and vibrant city, where conquest, revolution and natural disaster have left their marks.

– The city of artists, writers and revolutionaries: Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, Octavio Paz and Carlos Fuentes, Zapata, Villa and Trotsky

– The city of indigenous Mexico: the living legacy of the Aztecs’ Tenochtitlan; museums, festivals and markets; modern indigenous culture

– The city of modernity: skyscrapers, highways and flyovers; the stock exchange and industrial sprawl; where the Third World meets the First.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566563499 • Series: Interlink Cultural Histories • Interlink Books •

A Traveller’s Guide to Battle of the German Frontier

By Charles Whiting

This text covers the period from September 1944 until January 1945, following the course of the Allied advance first to the Siegfried Line and then to the Rhine. Some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the Second World War took place during this period and the book looks at the disaster which befell the British forces at Arnhem, the subsequent Allied liberation of Brussels and Antwerp, the taking of the bridge at Nijmegen, the Battle of the Bulge and the heroic American defence of Bastogne as well as the Rhine crossings which opened the way for the entry of Allied forces into Germany itself.

$14.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 192pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566563420 • Interlink Books •

Mussolini & Fascism

Interlink Illustrated Histories

By Marco Palla

On October 29, 1922, while the fascist squads marched through the streets of Rome, the king of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III, gave Benito Mussolini the mandate to form a new government. Many believed the fascist period in power would not last long. But the reality turned out quite differently.

The march on Rome of the black shirts dealt a decisive blow to the fragile liberal democracy. The murder of Matteotti, the attempt to create a totalitarian state, the annihilation of the opposition, the alliance with Hitler, and the wars in Ethiopia and Spain were the most significant steps of the long journey of the Italian people through dictatorship. Ending with the disaster of the Second World War and the tragic finale of the Republic of Salò, it was an experience that would mark the history of the 20th century and throw its shadow across post-war Italy.

$15 • 5.125" x 7.625" • 160pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566563406 • Series: Interlink Illustrated Histories • Interlink Books •

Castro and Cuba

Interlink Illustrated Histories

By Angelo Trento

On January 1, 1959, Castro’s followers entered Havana. The guerrillas took power and the “socialism of the tropics” began. Today, although the Castro regime has introduced some openings to a market economy, the island continues to wage a battle for its survival as the only socialist regime in the Americas.

This concise history, which begins with the seizing of independence in 1898 and reaches to the present day, synthesizes the events that have made Cuba a singular case in the history of communism: the choice of socialism by Fidel and the missile crisis of 1962; the internationalism of Ernesto “Che” Guevara and Havana’s maverick foreign policy; the adoption of the Soviet model and its effect on Cuba’s social and economic life; the forms of the poder popular; the period after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the break with Moscow; and the difficulties created by the continuing economic embargo and the historical hostility of the United States.

$15 • 5.125" x 7.625" • 128pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566563390 • Series: Interlink Illustrated Histories • Interlink Books •

The Orphan Girl and Other Stories

West African Folk Tales

By Buchi Offodile

"Readers will be grateful that these folk tales have been so artfully preserved." — Booklist

Collected and retold by Buchi Offodile.

Once upon a moonlit night, children gathered elbow to elbow, lying on the ground, while the adults sat near by, drinking and snacking. They listened to the storyteller, who held adult and child alike rapt with animal noises and spooky voices, gesture and song, call and response, until the wick of the palm-oil lamp ran down and the storyteller tired. It wasn’t that the stories themselves were over- no, many more were yet to be told: tales of the ever-scheming tortoise, spider, or hare; tales of spirits tempting children; tales of fate punishing whole villages for their folly, or rewarding them for their perseverance. Though almost all the tales have morals, the most popular characters are the tricksters: the tortoise, the spider, and the hare.

The Orphan Girl includes a fascinating introduction exploring the roots of the storytelling tradition in the history and culture of West Africa. History’s boundaries divide this book by nation, from Mauritania into the continent’s interior, to the hinterlands of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, and down the Atlantic coast as far as Cameroon. Each country is represented by several stories, a map and brief information. Invariably though, as all of these countries share common origins and cultures, the stories overlap and play off each other. For example, a Ghanaian story featuring Anansi, the spider, is almost the same tale told by the Igbos of Eastern Nigeria starring Mbe Nwaniga, the tortoise.

$15 • 5.5" x 8.5" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566563758 • Series: International Folk Tale Series • Interlink Books •

The Essential Olive Oil Companion

By Anne Dolamore

"[A] charming, colorful, cookbook, travel log, historical, and botanical tour of the olive." —Small Press

"Genuinely essential… " — The Observer

The healthy benefits of olive oil have been enjoyed for centuries throughout the Mediterranean but only recently are they being appreciated worldwide.

This fascinating and unique book, both a history and a practical compendium, includes 100 traditional and regional olive oil recipes and is stunningly illustrated by Madeleine David.

$15.95 • 6.25" x 9.5" • 160pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566563345 • Interlink Books • Illustrated by Madeleine David •

The Watertower

By Gary Crew

Illustrated by: Steve Woolman

WINNER OF THE AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD

"…a genuinely eerie picture book." — Kirkus Reviews

20th Anniversary Edition

Nobody in Preston could remember when the watertower was built, or who had built it, but there it stood on Shooter’s Hill- its iron legs rusted, its egg-shaped tank warped and leaking- casting a long dark shadow across the valley, across Preston itself.

$8.95 • 8.25" x 11" • 32pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566563314 • Crocodile Books • Ages 7 to 14 • Release date: 03/15/15 • Awards: SLJ Best Book of the Year

Secrets of Healthy Middle Eastern Cuisine

By Sanaa Abourezk

"The author is a Syrian-American, an accomplished chef trained both at her mother's knee and at culinary schools in Florence and Paris, and a nutritionist. Many of the 150 recipes in this compilation are familiar, but they have been re-engineered to be even healthier than we now know Levantine cuisine to be, using less fat and containing less cholesterol without reducing flavor." �Aramco World

The eastern Mediterranean countries of the Levant – Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine and Syria – share a love of toothsome breads and grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, fish plucked from the sea, and ripe olives from hillside groves. Meat is used sparingly; aromatic olive oil supplants butter. But reducing these cholesterol-laden foods does not leave the Levantine palate lacking for taste – their absence allows the subtle flavors of herbs and spices to shine. This is the secret of the deliciously healthful diet that eastern Mediterranean cooks have long understood, and that the West is just beginning to appreciate.

In Secrets of Healthy Middle Eastern Cuisine, Sanaa Abourezk recasts traditional savory Levantine recipes with the eye of an accomplished chef and nutritionist. The 150 recipes range from appetizers to desserts and include nutritional breakdowns. The author also explains the Mediterranean food pyramid, advises on spice shopping, and intrigues with evocative tales of Levantine life and lore. The resulting cookbook is a colorful bazaar of mouth-watering, healthful recipes, where both ancient and modern culinary secrets are revealed.

$19.95 • 7" x 10" • 212pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566563277 • Interlink Books •

A Traveller’s History of Spain

By Juan Lalaguna

"For the discerning traveller this series fills a very important gap." — The Good Book Guide

During its “golden age,” Spain was a political giant whose influence spanned the world from Germany to the Western Pacific. Rich on American gold and silver, Spain was able to send the Armada against England, defeat the Turks and challenge France for the hegemony of Europe.

This book will unlock the secrets of Spain’s vibrant and colorful past, its people and culture for the interested traveller. It takes the reader on a journey from the earliest settlements on the Iberian Peninsula, through the influences of the Romans, the Goths and the Muslims, the traumas of expansion and the end of the Empire, right up to the present.

$14.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 304pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564069 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Histories • Interlink Books •

The Ottoman Kitchen

Modern Recipes from Turkey, Greece, the Balkans, Lebanon, Syria and beyond

By Sarah Woodward

Photography by: Jan Baldwin

Nowhere has there ever been a city more famous for its bazaars than Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey.

Standing at the gateway from Europe to the East, the once-fabled Byzantine capital became the center of the vast Ottoman Empire, which at the height of its glory spread East-West from Baghdad to Tripoli and North-South from Budapest to Cairo. Every Ottoman city was a shopping center, and as early as the sixteenth century Western travelers wrote of the glories of the bazaars across the Eastern Mediterranean and from beyond.

The Ottoman Kitchen explores the culinary traditions of the region, and offers a collection of practical recipes for up-to-date versions of classic dishes. Interwoven with illuminating tales of history and culture, over 100 photographs are featured- stunning recipe pictures and evocative location shots of modern-day life. Much-traveled recipes include the luscious pastry baklava from Armenia; the egg and lemon sauce known to the Greeks as avgolemono, with its Byzantine origin; and the boregs or pastries for which the Turks have long been famous, modeled on the dumplings of Mongolia and China from where the Turkic tribes came west. Then there are the dishes, such as Circassian chickena and Albanian liver, whose very names denote their origins.

This is food that was brought together in the bazaar and perfected and refined in the palace kitchens of the Ottoman sultans. One of the earliest exponents of fusion cooking, the Ottomans elaborated and refined the culinary traditions of the entire Eastern Mediterranean region to create one of the world’s greatest, and most eclectic, cuisines.

$11.00 • 9.25" x 10.25" • 144pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564120 HB
ISBN: 9781566564328 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: 2001 •

A Woman of Five Seasons

By Leila al-Atrash

The poor, the dispossessed, the opportunist- all flock to the newly oil-rich state of Barqais in search of wealth.

A Woman of Five Seasons vividly explores the relations that develop in such countries between local high officials and incoming heartland Arabs. Alongside this a second, highly relevant theme is developed: the poignant coming of age of the Arab woman as she seeks, in the face of traditionally exploitative Arab male attitudes, to win a degree of independence and fulfillment.

$12.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 208pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564168 • Series: woman-of-five-seasons-a • Interlink Books • Translator: Nora Nweihid Halwani & Christopher Tingley • Release date: 2001 •

Abu Jmeel’s Daughter & Other Stories

Arab Folk Tales from Palestine and Lebanon

By Jamal Sleem Nuweihed

“Women are the center of these 27 lively traditional tales that have been told and retold in Lebanese, Palestinian, and Turkish families for generations�translated here for a contemporary audience�bright, accessible�the informal style has the immediacy and timelessness of family storytelling�There are motifs from The Thousand and One Nights�and also from the Brothers Grimm�for family, school and adult audiences. A rich resource for teens and teachers.” � Booklist

These 27 traditional folk stories were written down, shortly before her death, by Jamal Sleem Nuweihed, who had recounted them to the children of her extended family over many years.

Authentically Arab in their themes, yet timelessly universal, they are sometimes magical, sometimes naturalistic, and combine a wealth of vivid detail with elements of pathos and humor. Translated by family members of various generations, then expertly edited, the book is a precious store of the kind of tale endlessly cherished but in danger of disappearing.

$16.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 368pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564182 • Series: International Folk Tales Series • Interlink Books • Translator: Christopher Tingley et al • Release date: 2001 •

Havana

A Cultural History

By Claudia Lightfoot

"Reading these guides is the next best thing to actually going there with them in hand." — ForeWord Magazine

From its humble birth as a few thatched huts along the shoreline, Havana has emerged from five hundred years of turbulent history as the most fascinating city in the Caribbean.

Spain’s “Pearl of the Antilles” was in turn plundered by pirates, invaded by foreign fleets and then turned into a Mafia-run playground under U.S. tutelage. Since 1959 the seat of Fidel Castro’s revolutionary regime, Havana is now shaking off forty years of blockade to face the new challenges of mass tourism. A city whose fabric has always been threatened by hurricanes and political upheaval, Havana has developed a wild edge, an energy and an alluring exoticism that have intrigued and enchanted visitors as diverse as Alexander von Humboldt, Anais Nin, Lorca, and Sartre.

Claudia Lightfoot explores Havana’s history and its paradoxes: a city where architectural treasures survive among crumbling tenements; where a vibrant street life takes place amid shortages; where revolutionary politics, machismo, and a thriving black market co-exist against a background of salsa, gritería, and baseball.

– The city of architecture: fortresses, mansions, and Art Deco exuberance; baroque facades and balconies; an eclectic cityscape.

– The city of politics and exile: the colonial and neo-colonial years; wars, dictators, and revolution; José Martí and Che Guevara; the diaspora and the dream of Miami.

– The city of literature, art, and music: Carpentier, Lezama Lima, and Cabrera Infante; passion and irony; Graham Greene and Hemingway; Wilfredo Lam and Nelson Dominguez; Afro-Cuban roots; salsa, rumba, son, and rap.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564199 • Series: Interlink Cultural Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 2001 •

Kingston

A Cultural History

By David Howard

Photography by: Rob Ryan

"Reading these guides is the next best thing to actually going there with them in hand." — ForeWord Magazine

Kingston wrestles with the enduring legacy of colonial rags and riches, recent episodes of political strife and the occasional outburst of modern-day turf rivalry.

Formerly the hub of Britain’s Caribbean Empire, the Jamaican capital provides an intriguing cauldron of political, social, and cultural excitement as one of the region’s great cities.

The dangerous domain of local Dons forms but a small part of Kingston’s complex and vital presence, which extends far beyond the city’s tenement yards and harbor walls. Proud of their city’s renown as the birthplace of reggae and dancehall, Kingstonians have led the world in innovative music and performance art. The bristling edge of everyday life has proven fertile ground for a profusion of literary and cultural wealth- poets, writers, musicians, and artists flow from the creative reservoirs of this rough-and-ready, savvy cityscape.

The resonance of Kingston’s colonial history is more than matched by the vibrancy of the contemporary urban scene. David Howard charts a course through the city’s offerings, from the stark divisions between uptown modernity and downtown’s swashbuckling past, to the lively interweaving of local legends and international popular culture.

– The city of pirates and colonial power: “the wickedest city in Christendom” and an almighty earthquake; buccaneers and admirals; bustling port tales and architectural treasures.

– The city of street life: tenement yards and markets; political “garrisons” and off-limits areas; higglers and Carnival; the divided world of suburbs and ghettos.

– The city of urban beat: musical maestros, dancehall queens, and performance poets; “yard” fiction, sculpture, and painting.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564205 • Series: Interlink Cultural Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 2004 •

Grandmother’s Secrets

The Ancient Rituals and Healing Power of Belly Dancing

By Rosina-Fawzia Al-Rawi

"Warmly readable…Unpendantic and enjoyable reading, the tale reveals astonishing similarities between East and West when it comes to the use of breath and the body." —Dance Magazine

“Come, sit by me,” says Grandmother. “Take this chalk in your hand. Now draw a dot and concentrate all your energy into this one dot. It is the beginning and the end, the navel of the world.”

So Fawzia Al-Rawi describes her grandmother’s first lesson about the ancient craft of Oriental dance. Grandmother’s Secrets always circles back to this grandmother and this young girl, echoing the circular movements of the dance itself. Al-Rawi has written a strikingly graceful and original book that blends personal memoir with the history and theory of the dance known in the West as “belly dancing.”

It is the story of a young Arab girl as she is initiated into womanhood. It is a history of the dance from the earliest times through the days of the Pharaohs, the Roman Empire, to the Arab world of the last three centuries. It is a personal investigation into the effects of the dance’s movements on individual parts of the body and the whole psyche. It is a guide to the actual techniques of the dance for those who are inspired to put down the book and move.

Al-Rawi conveys in this book not only the history and technique of grieving and mourning dances, pregnancy and birth dances, but the spirit of these age-old rituals, and their possibilities for healing and empowering women today.

$15 • 6" x 9" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566563260 • Olive Branch Press • Translator: Monique Arav •

Lenin and the Russian Revolution

Interlink Illustrated Histories

By Antonella Salomoni

In February 1917, the centuries-old and immense empire of the Czars, ally of the US and Britain during World War I, suddenly collapses. Eight months later, the revolutionaries, under Lenin’s leadership, take power and sign an armistice with Germany.

Few would have bet on this government of inexperienced militants, against a force of armed counterrevolutionaries sustained by the West. But the mobilization of the population, the power of the Red Army and political police, the experience the communists gain during the war, and Lenin’s skill in directing the new political economy, allow the Bolsheviks to strengthen their hold on the great empire.

By the time of Lenin’s death, on January 21, 1924, the door has been opened to many decades of Communist power, though as Stalin gains prominence, that power will become much different than that of the heroes of the October Revolution.

$15 • 5.125" x 7.625" • 160pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564250 • Series: Interlink Illustrated Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 2002 •

A Traveller’s History of Southeast Asia

By J.M. Barwise & N.J. White

“The various authors of The Traveller’s Histories not only manage to condense the history and culture of a country into a portable paperback, they do it with wit and style.” � A Common Reader *

From the early Christian era in Europe, Southeast Asia was known as the “Land of Gold.” It is a region blessed with a rich diversity of cultures, peoples, and scenery.

A Traveller’s History of Southeast Asia is a lucid and concise introduction to the histories of the modern states of Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei, and East Timor, providing an essential guide for both tourists and the general reader. It spans the history of the region from “Java Man” some one million years ago, to the development of the high-tech, skyscraper cities of the new millennium, all the way to the present time.

Following chapters on the physical environment and the earliest human history of Southeast Asia, the authors carry the reader through the classical kingdoms that produced such architectural marvels as Borobudur in Java and Angkor Wat in Cambodia. The book further explores Southeast Asia’s growing trade with the outside world from 1500 culminating in colonization by the European imperial powers in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The struggles for independence in the last century- which made the modern nations of the region- are discussed in detail, as are the dramatic and tragic events of the post-independence era such as the Vietnam War and the Cambodia genocide. The remarkable successes and failings of the region’s recent economic development are highlighted in the final chapter. Above all, A Traveller’s History of Southeast Asia shows how the region’s soul has been preserved against tremendous external pressures.

$14.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 352pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564397 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 09/15/14 •

A Traveller’s History of Portugal

By Ian Robertson

"…an excellent series of brief histories." — The New York Times

A definitive concise history of Portugal, from its earliest beginnings right up to the politics and life of the present day.

It was not until the twelfth century that Portugal became a country in its own right, having been a Roman colony and then having suffered both Barbarian and Islamic invasions.

The golden age of discoveries, the reign and foresight of Henry the Navigator, and great seamen such as Vasco da Gama led to the founding of Portugal’s empire and wealth. Troubled times followed: in 1755 Lisbon was virtually leveled by the “Great Earthquake,” and the country had hardly recovered its former prosperity when it was overrun by Napoleon’s troops at the start of the Peninsular War, to be followed not long after by the Miguelite civil war. The middle decades of the nineteenth century saw the Port Wine trade flourishing, and further expansion into Africa.

During the last quarter of the twentieth century, ever since the bloodless revolution of 1974 overthrew the rightwing dictatorship of Salazar, the country has regained its stability, and now takes its rightful place in the European Community.

Illustrated with maps and line drawings, the book has a full Historical Gazetteer cross-referenced to the main text that concentrates on the historic sites in a country that has retained its individuality and thus its appeal to the individual traveler.

$14.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 352pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564403 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 2002 •

Sabriya

Damascus Bitter Sweet

By Ulfat Idilbi

"Sabriya is a haunting, accomplished novel about the lives of women in 1920's Syria� Idilbi's stately prose is relentless in its exposure of Sabriya's despair� [This novel] reveals Ulfat Idilbi as the possessor of a singular, passionate voice which is all her own." � Financial Times

Sabriya portrays life in Damascus in the 1920’s.

Central to the story is Sabriya’s journey to self-knowledge, intertwined with the rise and eclipse of national and feminist awareness during her painful life. The national revolt is crushed by superior foreign power and Sabriya’s personal emancipation is stifled by the traditional values of a patriarchal society. Written from the point of view of a young girl passionately committed to the nationalist cause but unable, because of her sex, to take an active part, it seethes with the frustrated energy of the reluctant bystander and vividly expresses the terror of civilians living in a city rocked nightly by explosions.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 248pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564427 HB
ISBN: 9781566562546 PB • Interlink Books • Translator: Peter Clark •

A Traveller’s History of India

By Sinharaja Tammita-Delgoda

"Excellent…like others from the same stable, it provides a useful grounding for those whose curiosity exceeds the time available for research."— The London Evening Standard

For the traveler, India is both an inspiration and a challenge. The sheer wealth of Indian culture has fascinated generations of visitors. A Traveller’s History of India covers the whole scope of India’s past and present history and allows the reader to make sense of what they see in a way that no other guide book can.

$14.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564458 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/03/11 •

Walking in Italy

By Gillian &amp

Photography by: full-color photos , maps

This book helps you plan your journey and enjoy the best of Italy. It offers alternative walking tours in Rome, Florence, and Venice, suggests routes around such gems as Sienna and Perugia, and leads you into Italy’s most stunning landscapes and national parks.

$19.95 • • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564533 • Translator: 1 • Foreword by: 1 • Awards: Australia

Seeds of Corruption

By Sabri Moussa

Set in the harsh desert of eastern Egypt, Seeds of Corruption is the tale of a Ulysses-like hero in search of himself and his ultimate salvation. The novel becomes a singularly compelling play between the peace and desolation of the desert, the corruption of the dissolute Egyptian king and his court, the purity of the hero’s daughter, and the simple dignity of the fishermen and desert Bedouins.

Seeds of Corruption eloquently portrays the corruption of the Egyptian monarchy and the aristocracy before 1952 as aided by foreign influence.

Nicola, a mine engineer of European background, must decide his true identity. Is he an exploiter, like his bourgeois business partner, or is he more like the people of the desert whom he admires so deeply for their ancestral dignity and sense of honor?

The novel offers a vivid and colorful panorama of the Eastern desert by the Red Sea. Such a distant place is a refreshing departure and Moussa’s style is rich in imagery and metaphors, making this book a masterpiece of fine Arabic writing.

$12.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 192pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564571 • Interlink Books • Translator: Mona N. Mikhail • Release date: 2002 • Awards: Winner of the Pegasus Prize for Literature

Before & After

US Foreign Policy and the War on Terrorism

Americans were uniformly shocked by the lethal ferocity of the September 11 attacks. Around the world, people and governments were appalled at the human carnage and extended unstinting sympathy- but many made it clear that their sympathy for the victims did not equal support for Washington’s response to the terror attacks.

Before & After examines the role of US foreign policy in the terrorism/anti-terrorism crisis that began- publicly- with the attack on the World Trade Center, but which in fact has roots that began long before that September day. It dissects not only the specific Middle East policies long identified with public opposition in the region (for example: support for Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, economic sanctions responsible for widespread deaths of Iraqi civilians, and support for repressive monarchies and dictatorships throughout the Arab world), but also provides context to these issues and the legacy of US unilateralism.

Washington’s contempt for international law as well as its disdain for the United Nations, are seen internationally as evidence of the US upholding a law of empire from which the rest of the world is excluded. Paramount is the creation of a US-forced “coalition” to wage a brutal war against an already impoverished and disempowered people, instead of a truly international cooperative effort to find and bring to justice the perpetrators of this crime against humanity.

In light of this attitude, Before & After traces the decisions made by the Bush administration in the wake of the September 11 attacks, analyzes the choices ignored, the options discarded, and the international laws violated- and the likely consequences.

$17.95 • 5 7/8" x 9" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564625 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 2002 • Foreword by: Edward W. Said •

A Balcony over the Fakihani

By Liyana Badr

"An excellent, moving account of the effects of conflict" — Journal of Palestine Studies

The title story of Liyana Badr’s remarkable collection of three short novellas interweaves the narratives of three Palestinians, two women and one man, relating their successive uprootings: from Palestine in 1948, from Jordan during Black September in 1970, to their final exile in Beirut.

Badr’s intensively evocative contrapuntal style allows the reader to glimpse the joy and despair of these lives rooted in exile and resistance. There is an attention to detail in these stories that brings the grand narrative of Palestinian history alive: a horrified mother spotting a white hair on her baby’s head the morning after a mortar attack in Beirut; a woman hiding a Palestinian resistance fighter’s gun moments before he is picked up by the Jordanian security police.

The final movement of A Balcony over the Fakihani is a deeply poetic and harrowing account of Israeli air strikes during the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, told from the perspective we so rarely encounter: that of the disenfranchised people whose courage and suffering cannot fail to move the readers of this extraordinary book.

$12.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 144pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564649 • Interlink Books • Translator: Peter Clark & Christopher Tingley • Release date: 2002 •

A Traveller’s Companion to Venice

By John Julius Norwich

"Another excellent volume in the Traveller's Companion series." � The Times (London)

Reactions to Venice have been, throughout the ages, astonishingly different. Henry James wrote passionately: “You desire to embrace it, to caress it, to possess it…” whereas Mark Twain found St. Mark’s “so ugly…Propped on its long row of thick-legged columns, its back knobbed with domes, it seem like a vast, warty bug taking a medieval walk.”

In this dazzling anthology, James and Twain along with the writings of Byron, Goethe, Wagner, Casanova, Jan Morris, Robert Browning, and Horace Walpole, among many others, are all featured. Ranging from the days of the sixth century, when the early lagoon-dwellers lived “like sea-birds, in huts built on heaps of osiers” to the exquisite city of eighteenth-century revelers and nineteenth-century art lovers- the city’s many different guises are revealed as its inhabitants and visitors saw them.

This favorite volume from the Traveller’s Companion series also contains maps, engravings, and notes on history, art and architecture, and everyday city life. Highly entertaining and informative.

$16.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 432pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564656 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Companions • Interlink Books • Release date: 2002 •

A Traveller’s Companion to Florence

By Edward Chaney

"It is hard to imagine a better way to begin to understand how Florence came to be what it is." — Spectator

Entertaining and hugely diverse views of the city of lagoons.

The best-loved and most visited of Italian cities is vividly brought to life in the letters, diaries, and memoirs of travelers from past centuries and by the Florentines themselves. The extracts chosen by Harold Acton and Edward Chaney are as rich as the city itself in their variety and brilliance- here is Boccaccio on the Black Death; Vasari on the building of Giotto’s Campanile; an eyewitness account of the installation of Michelangelo’s David; the death of Elizabeth Barrett Browning at the Casa Guidi; D.H. Lawrence and Dylan Thomas on twentieth-century Florentine society; and much more.

This concise and lucid history of Florence from its early days, through its zenith as a prosperous city state that, under the Medici family, gave birth to the Renaissance, up to the Arno’s devastating flood in 1966, is accompanied by maps, engravings, and useful notes.

$16.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 336pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564663 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Companions • Interlink Books • Release date: 2002 • Foreword by: Harold Acton •

The Clever Sheikh of the Butana and Other Stories

Sudanese Folk Tales

By Ali Lutfi

Illustrated by: Elnour Hamad

"This collection of Sudanese folk tales, as compelling and imaginative as The 1001 Arabian Nights, will entrance readers. The stories bring the culture and customs of Sudan to life. Ali Lufti Abdallah heard these tales- featuring talking animals, buried treasure, evil spirits called Rhools, beautiful maidens and brave, handsome young men who carry out heroic deeds to save themselves and their families from often gruesome ends- when he was growing up in a town on the White Nile. Each tale offers a 'lesson' at the end that will encourage even the youngest readers to keep turning the pages. Western readers will have fun discovering the parallels between these stories and folktales they already know." — Saudi Aramco World

Sudan, the largest country on the vast African continent, barely hovers on the edges of Western awareness. But hidden away is a sonorous ancient culture, passed on through generations of storytellers and oral historians, through songs and a rich tradition of folk tales.

Ali Lutfi spent his childhood on Sudan’s White Nile listening to the stories of servant women and others descended from slaves. The legends and tales of these grandmothers were told over and over again to Ali and his brothers and sisters as they ate dinner and drifted into sleep. To read these stories in English, sixty years later, is to open a window to a different world, a Sudanese child’s world shaped by deceitful wolves and wicked brothers, by magic jars and enchanted trees, by camelback journeys and by the life-giving waters of the Blue and White Niles.

$15 • 5.5" x 8.5" • 160pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566563123 • Series: International Folk Tales Series • Interlink Books •

The Snake Prince and Other Stories

Burmese Folk Tales

By Edna Ledgard

"Two dozen simply told tales capture Burma's ancient culture. A thorough introduction to the country, now called Myanmar, includes the author's childhood remembrances. Organized thematically, many entries have familiar folktale story lines that make this title useful for comparing and contrasting. They're good for reading aloud, and the time line and glossary add valuable details" — School Library Journal

Collected and retold by Edna Ledgard

The people of Burma/Myanmar call it Shwe Pyidaw, the Golden Land, their fertile valley cradled in a horseshoe of mountains. When squabbling Western nations vied for control of the newly-mapped country a century ago, the local population had already lived in the mountainous land for over a millenium. Throughout those centuries, the legends and tales rooted in animist religions created a rich tapestry of spirits that underlie the later arrival of Buddhism. “Nat” spirits, dragons, winged lion-dogs, ogres, mythical galon birds, sorceresses and many more populated the land.

This volume brings together 25 of the most-loved of these folk tales.

$15 • 5.5" x 8.5" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566563130 • Series: International Folk Tale Series • Interlink Books •

At the Wall of the Almighty

By Farnoosh Moshiri

"A politics more profound than any local circumstances of site or current history… There is a revolution here." — James Robison

“I know that I’m in the hallways of El-Deen, the central prison of the Holy Republic, and I know that this guard is taking me from my solitary confinement – the Black Box – to cell number four, cell of the Unbreakables. But this is all I know…”

So begins our hero’s narration.

But Loony Kamal, the prison guard, doesn’t believe him. Is it really possible for a man to forget who he is? To lose every shred of memory?

Loony Kamal is bent on finding out. Our narrator, though, is even more determined to survive. Their relationship – with its inhuman brutality and surprising tenderness – lies at the complicated heart of Farnoosh Moshiri’s extraordinary debut novel. Which is where we quickly find ourselves, too, for we want what each man wants: like Kamal, we want to know more about our hero; like our hero, we long for his escape from Kamal’s grasp and the prison’s walls.

As if he were a latter-day Sherazade, our hero fights for his life by retreating into a world of stories – or memories? – of grandmothers and peacocks, love songs and saffron smells, and the softness of a young girl’s hand pulling him up onto a magic carpet that flies down New Spring Street, over the crooked houses, to the Almighty Wall, which Ali the Bricklayer stacks taller every night.

The grim unreality of life inside the prison falls darkly upon us, but the fire of Moshiri’s imagination also lights the way to a different world. The masterful whole she fashions of torture and fragments is essential reading not just for those interested in the seldom-heard voices of Iranian women, but for those who care about the progress of literature.

$16 • 5" x 8" • 512pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566563154 • Interlink Books •

House of the Winds

By Mia Yun

"Her imagination flowers into startling fresh imagery. Her sentences are pure, simple and exquisitely shaded." — Cynthia Ozick

1960s Korea. A girl stands in the middle of the sunny cabbage patch with her mother. The air is full of butterflies (the souls of little children in afternoon naps) and secrets (though they were not secrets at the time).

House of the Winds is a portrait of a family whose lives have been deeply affected by the tumultuous long years of Japanese rule and the Korean War. And it is the story of one mother and one daughter. Young Wife is a magic-wand mother who tells stories of the time when tigers smoked pipes. One day her white summer blouse runs deep red, mango-red and azalea pink. Who knows from where this sudden sadness sprouted?

Her youngest daughter is our guide through this world in which an American electric iron is so powerful it sets off a coup d’etat. The daughter begins to see “how Korean women, descendents of the she-bear woman and the son of the king of heaven, lived in the folds of history…laughing, wailing, spirit-cajoling, poetry-writing, tear-hiding, bosom-bracing, scheming, fire-breathing.”

$22.95 • 5.25" x 8 • 256pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566563055 • Interlink Books •

Jerusalem in History

By K.J. Asali

"Highly recommended: a unique presentation." — The Bookwatch

The city of Jerusalem has a special place in the consciousness of the great monotheistic religions.

Throughout its history it has been the site of glories and catastrophes; a place that has been witness to transition and occupation by a diversity of peoples and an object of pilgrimage through the centuries.

This important work begins to provide a comprehensive outline of the amazing history of the city. It moves from the Bronze Age to the tensions of present-day Jerusalem and presents a balanced and authentic picture, that helps to correct the often distorted images of the city presented over the last fifty years.

$18.95 • 6" x 9" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566563048 • Olive Branch Press • Foreword by: Rashid Khalidi •

A Lake Beyond the Wind

By Yahya Yakhlif

"Sad, detailed and enlightening, this Palestinian writer's first work to appear in English covers events in the lakeside village of Smakh during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War." — Publishers Weekly

The year is 1948; the place, Samakh, a small town on Lake Tiberias, north of Jerusalem. People in Samakh are waiting – for what, exactly, they do not yet know. The whistle of the Haifa-Deraa train doesn’t sound anymore. Abd al-Karim, the shopkeeper, no longer goes into the city to buy new stock. “You townspeople,” says Haj Mahmoud, leader of the fighters in the 1936 rebellion, “had better start digging trenches. There are dark days ahead.”

A Lake Beyond the Wind is a novel about the most catastrophic year in Palestinian history, a time marked by violent clashes between Zionist forces and the volunteers of the Arab Liberation Army. Yakhlif tenderly gathers all the town folk, the soldiers of the beleaguered army, the animals and the natural world into his tale, which makes it all the more powerful a lament for a world that is no more.

$12.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 160pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566563017 • Interlink Books • Translator: May Jayyusi & Christopher Tingley •

Brussels

A Cultural History

By André de Vries

Starting out as a few huts in a forbidding swamp, Brussels took more than a thousand years to become the capital of the Duchy of Brabant, of Burgundy, and from 1830 the capital city of the new kingdom of Belgium.

Today its name popularly evokes Eurocrat megalomania and miniature cabbages, its image that of a beer-drinker’s dream, a paradise of chocolates and French fries. Yet Brussels, for all its reputation for bureaucracy and extravagance, is a city that has always been open to outsiders, to invaders and immigrants, always preserving its humanity. Architecturally rich and culturally sophisticated, this European capital defies its stereotypes.

Andre de Vries explores a city and country in perpetual search of an identity, still showing the scars of the Counter-Reformation, peopled by the “Spaniards of the North.” He discovers a capital on the fault-line between Latin and Germanic cultures, with its improbable hybrid languages. A place ruled by the spirit of zwanze “self-mockery and derision,” a city so down-to-earth they had to invent surrealism.

– THE CITY OF ARCHITECTURE: the home of Horta and Art Nouveau; the Grand-Place and the Atomium; the palaces of the European Commission; corrupt town planners and the joy of destruction.

– THE CITY OF EXILES AND VISITORS: Erasmus, Marx, Proudhon, Victor Hugo, and Balzac; adventurers and soldiers; Byron, Wellington, Victor Serge, and Alexandra David-Neel.

– THE CITY OF LITERATURE, ART, AND MUSIC: Charlotte Bronti, W.H. Auden, dos Passos and Huysmans; cartoon heroes Tintin and the Smurfs; the artists Van der Weyden, Brueghel, Ensor, and Magritte; excess and energy; Jacques Brel, Johnny Hallyday, and Toots Thielemans.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564724 • Series: Interlink Cultural Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 2002 •

Just Like River

By Muhammad Kamil al-Khatib

Thought by many Syrians to be the most influential novel of its time, this first novel of Muhammad Kamil al-Khatib is a riveting examination of Syrian political and social life during the 1980s.

With a multi-voiced narration carried, like a river, from one voice to another, al-Khatib paints concise, vivid portraits of a disparate group of people in Damascus, ranging from an older officer in the Syrian army, to a university student coming to terms with her sexuality in a traditional context, to a British Orientalist on sabbatical, to a disillusioned activist who must reconcile his ideals with the realities of war and city life. Though the particularities of the explored lives may be quintessentially Syrian, the struggle between the generations, between men and women, between country and city, and between victor and vanquished are international in scope.

$12.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 128pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564755 • Interlink Books • Translator: Maher Barakat & Michelle Hartman • Release date: 2002 •

A Traveller’s History of London

By Richard Tames

"Author Richard Tames provides a lively comprehensive account of the [UK] capital's 2000 year history." — The Daily Telegraph

A Traveller’s History of London gives a full and comprehensive historical background to the capital’s past and covers the period from London’s first beginnings, right up to the present day- from Londinium and Lundenwic to Docklands’ development. It reveals the city’s hidden treasures and forgotten places and guides the reader to the sights and sites that can still be seen and enjoyed.

$14.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564847 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Histories • Interlink Books •

A Traveller’s History of Paris

By Robert Cole

"…an excellent resource…Robert Cole presents a complete picture of this historic city." — Small Press

For many people, Paris is the epitome of the perfect city- beautiful, romantic, and imbued with vitality and culture. It is a wonderful place to visit and to live in.

Packed with fact, anecdote, and insight, A Traveller’s History of Paris offers a complete history of Paris and the people who have shaped its destiny, from its earliest settlement as the Roman village of Lutetia Parisiorum with a few hundred inhabitants, to 20 centuries later when Paris is a city of well over two million- nearly one-fifth of the population of France. This handy paperback is fully indexed and includes a Chronology of Major Events, as well as sections on Notre-Dame and historic churches, Modernism, parks, bridges, cemeteries, museums and galleries, the Metro, and the environs. Illustrated with line drawings and historical maps, this is an invaluable book for all visitors to read and enjoy.

$14.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564854 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Histories • Interlink Books •

Prague

A Cultural History

By Richard Burton

"Reading these guides is the next best thing to actually going there with them in hand." — ForeWord Magazine

Located at the very center of Europe, Prague has been on the frontline of international political, intellectual, religious, and cultural conflicts for more than six centuries. Invaded and occupied by the Habsburgs, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Nazis, and then Communist Russia, the city’s identity is shaped by a long experience of foreign domination and a strong sense of martyrdom. A treasure house of Gothic, baroque, and modernist architecture, Prague is also a city of icons and symbols: statues, saints and signs reveal a turbulent history of religious and cultural conflict. As Kafka’s nightmare city and home of the Good Soldier — vejk, the Czech capital also produced two of the twentieth century’s emblematic writers. Richard Burton explores this metropolis of theatrical allusion, in which politics and drama have always been intertwined. His interpretation of the city’s cultural past and present encompasses opera and rock music, puppetry and cinema, surrealism and socialist realism. Looking at Prague’s world-famous landmarks and lesser-known sites, his reading of the city through its writing and iconography is both perceptive and challenging. “* The city of artists and writers: The Castle and Kafka, Ha_ek and Kundera; music from Smetana to the Plastic People of the Universe; modernism and cubism; political theater and the playwright-president Václav Havel “* The city of tyranny and resistance: Jan Hus and anti-Catholic revolt; subjugation and the rise of Czech nationalism; Germans, Czechs and Jews; “Prague Spring” 1968, Charter 77 and the “Velvet Revolution” of November 1989 “* The city of magic, murder, and myth: Medieval alchemy and astrology; the myth of the Golem, the ghetto and anti-Semitism; living puppets, robots, and a tradition of defenestration.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564908 • Interlink Books •

Bolivia in Focus

A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture

By Robert J. Werner

"This compact text by Werner (geography, U. of St. Thomas) distills the political, economic, social, and cultural history of Bolivia for the traveler unfamiliar with the country. It describes the pre-contact societies of the region; provides a chronological narrative of Bolivia's post-independence political history from 1809 to the present; explores contemporary economic and social issues; and addresses cultural topics such as religion, carnival, and coca. It also briefly describes common tourist destinations, gives tips for travelers, offers a guide to further resources, and lists basic geographic and sociopolitical facts and figures." — BOOK NEWS

This land of colorful cultures and stunning landscapes offers the curious visitor and student an unending stream of extraordinary things. From a fantastic archeological record to llama fetuses in the Witch’s Market, from the coca story to the hemisphere’s first indigenous president, the history and cultures of Bolivia is an eye-opening experience.

But behind its breathtaking scenery and welcoming culture lies a more complex country facing serious political instability and environmental threat. Bolivia in Focus helps the traveler who aspires to be well-informed to understand the wider picture and build up an overall knowledge of the country. It also gives the reader a thought-provoking introduction to the sources of tension in Bolivia, the poorest country in South America, and the people’s struggle for social justice that has been missing since the arrival of colonialism five hundred years ago.

Bolivia in Focus is an authoritative and up-to-date guide to this captivating country. It explores the land and people, history, economy, politics, society, culture and religion, and includes the author’s tips on must-see landmarks and historical sites and how to get the most out of a brief visit.

$17 • 5.75" x 8.625" • 124pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566562997 • Series: In Focus Guides • Interlink Books •

The Tree and other Stories

By Abdallah al-Nasser

Abdallah al-Nasser’s attractive collection reveals the art of the short story in all its variety: vivid description is found alongside social satire, political reflection, traditional humorous anecdote and complex allegorical writing. A number of the stories explore, in sometimes subtle and unexpected ways, life in the author’s Saudi homeland, considering both traditional aspects and the effect on these of a modern world imposing itself with often bewildering speed. Others reflect on issues in the wider Arab world, and others still deal with timeless elements of the human condition.

$12.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 200pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564984 • Interlink Books • Translator: Dina Bosio & Christopher Tingley •

Short Arabic Plays

An Anthology

By Salma Khadra Jayyusi

It is only in fairly recent times that Arab writers have turned their hands to the theater. This collection of nineteen short plays is evidence of the remarkable strides made as numerous playwrights have come to grips with the problems and potential involved with this genre.

The essence of the collection is its sheer variety. The subject matter ranges from the horrors of a political prison camp to the comic tribulations of furtive lovers trapped in a minefield, from historical fable to the world of official bureaucracy, while dramatic treatments range from the conventional to the highly experimental, some using surreal techniques- now disturbing, now hilariously amusing. Many of the plays use humor or pungent satire to address distinctively Arab issues and problems, whether these have their source outside or inside the Arab world itself.

The collection gives a valuable insight into a fast-changing and increasingly distinctive area of modern Arabic literature.

Featured authors and plays:

Yusuf al-‘Ani – Where the Power Lies

Fateh Azzam and others – Ansar

Samia Qazmouz Bakri – The Alley

Mahmoud Diyab – Men Have Heads

Ahmad Ibrahim al-Fagih – The Singing of the Stars

Alfred Farag – The Person

Tawfiq al-Hakim – Boss Kanduz’s Apartment Building

Tawfiq al-Hakim – War and Peace

Jamal Abu Hamdan – Actress J’s Burial Night

Walid Ikhlasi – Pleasure Club 21

Riad Ismat – Was Dinner Good, Dear Sister?

Raymond Jbarra – The Traveler

Sultan Ben Muhammad al-Qasimi – The Return of Hulegu

‘Ali Salim – The Coffee Bar

Mamduh Udwan – The Mask

Mamduh Udwan – Reflections of a Garbage Collector

Sa’d al-Din Wahba – The Height of Wisdom

Sa’dallah Wannus – The Glass Cafe

Sa’dallah Wannus – The King’s Elephant

$25 • 5 7/8" x 9" • 352pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564694 • Interlink Books • Release date: 2002 •

Spot’s First Walk/Arabic (Khatawat Boby Ai Oula)

By Eric Hill

Illustrated by: Eric Hill

Exuberantly entertaining as well as instructive, these widely-acclaimed books feature large bold type and striking, colorful lift-the-flap illustrations young children will find irrestible. Perfect for small listeners and beginning readers.

$11.95 • 7" x 7" • 24pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9780940793026 • Crocodile Books •

The Spanish Civil War

Interlink Illustrated Histories

By Gabriele Ranzato

On July 17, 1936, Spain suddenly breaks onto the world scene when a group of generals rebels against the legitimate Republican government. The youngest, Francisco Franco, stands out among them.

It might have been just another of the many military uprisings characterizing Spanish history, but this time the rebels receive the immediate support of Hitler and Mussolini. The world takes sides: Stalin and the Communist International line up alongside the Popular Front government, which is only lukewarmly supported by France and England. What was just a failed coup thus leads to a long war, in which thousands of volunteers fight and die. The world interprets the war as a struggle between fascism, communism and democracy.

But the war is first of all a civil war, in which the two faces of Spain confront each other: on one hand the rural, nationalist, Catholic country, and on the other, the metropolitan, secular, Republican one. The terrible fighting – as in every civil war – lowers the level of civilization on both sides. For three long years, Spain offers a scene that prefigures the future horrors of World War II, before the country finally sinks into dictatorship.

$15 • 5.125" x 7.625" • 128pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566562973 • Series: Interlink Illustrated Histories • Interlink Books •

Embroidery of the Greek Islands

By Roderick Taylor

This lavishly illustrated volume is the most complete study of Greek island embroidery yet published.

Each group of islands developed quite different styles and repertoires of designs using linen, cotton, and silk. Varying populations – urban foreigners and rural natives, Catholic towns and Orthodox villages, invading navies and armies – all contributed to a fusion of styles and motifs that led to one of the greatest displays of decorative folk art to be found anywhere in the world. The styles range from aristocratic and patrician designs from Rhodes, the monochrome geometric work of Naxos, to the exuberant narrative style of Skyros and the Ottoman-influenced work of Epirus.

$60 • 8.75" x 11.25" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566562898 • Interlink Books •

A Traveller’s History of the USA

By Daniel J. McInerney

“In the beginning,” John Locke wrote, “all the world was America.”

The land was vast, verdant, and bountiful but devoid of one element: humanity. That gap has been filled for some twenty-five thousand years, by the continuous passage of travellers who have come to the American strand, crossing first by land bridge, later ocean vessel, and then aircraft, to see what the New World presented. For some, it was a place of new beginnings and fresh starts; for others, a land of bondage and subjugation; for all, a region of stark contrasts between what the world may have been and what it could be.

A Traveller’s History of the U.S.A. guides today’s travellers through a general history of the people and places of America. Starting with the lay of the land and the cultures of its first inhabitants, it examines the rise of European colonies, the emergence of a new nation, and the tragic, triumphant, twisting course of its republican experiment, right up to the present day.

$15.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 468pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566562836 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Histories • Interlink Books •

A Traveller’s History of Italy

By Valerio Lintner

"A Traveller's History of Italy makes ideal 'before-you-go' reading, putting names and places in the country into proper perspective." � The Daily Telegraph (London)

The history of Italy is central to the European experience. Through the supremacy of Rome, Italy enjoyed its greatest influence, as Roman power stretched from the Atlantic to the borders of Mesopotamia, and from the Scottish Lowlands to the Sahara Desert.

A Traveller’s History of Italy moves from Italy’s pre-historic and Etruscan civilizations, through the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, the creation of modern Italy, fascism and World War II, and the role of Italy in today’s Europe, up to present day.

$14.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 304pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565219 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Histories • Interlink Books •

A Traveller’s Companion to Dublin

By Thomas &amp

Photography by: b&w illustrations, maps

Diverse views of Dublin, its glories, tragedy and comedy.

A Traveller’s Companion to Dublin splendidly brings to life Dublin’s turbulent history, its intensely literary and theatrical character of long literary lineage from Jonathan Swift, through Yeats, Joyce, and Brendan Behan, its revolutionary ideals and heroes, such as Gratton, Parnell, and O’Connell, and its ordinary life, at once elegant and excitingly violent in this collection of letters, diaries, and memoirs of travellers to the city and by the Dubliners themselves. The extracts, from medieval times onward, including Red Hugh O’Donnell’s escape from Dublin Castle, James Joyce’s plans for a novel while staying at the Martello Tower, and the seizure of the GPO by Irish Volunteers during the Easter Rising, are just some of the eyewitness accounts of history in the making. Here too is gossip and storytelling at its humorous best in sketches of many famous Dubliners. There are also outsiders’ views of the city, its buildings, and its people, equally rich in their humor and variety: from the complaints of a disgruntled Elizabethan soldier about the price of Dublin ale to the first impressions of Benjamin Franklin, Thackeray, and Queen Victoria.

This entertaining and informative Traveller’s Companion also includes maps, engravings, and notes on history, art and architecture, and everyday city life.

$16.95 • • pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564915 • Translator: 1 • Release date: European Union • Foreword by: 1 • Awards: Ireland

A Traveller’s Companion to St. Petersburg

By Laurence Kelly

"An indispensable guide to the heart of Russian history and culture." — Universe

Large as life impressions of the noble Tsarist city.

A vivid selection from biographies, novels, letters, poems, diaries, and memoirs traces the story of St. Petersburg from earliest times. Through these pieces, we can observe the city’s foundation by Peter the Great on the marshy shores of the gulf of Finland, see how literature and the other arts flowered so strongly during the nineteenth century, and observe the often violent turning points of its later history. First hand accounts tell of the 1825 Decembrists standing in the snow in Senate Square, refusing to accept Nicholas I as Tsar, being shot down where they stood; of the imprisonment of Dostoevksy and the duel that killed Pushkin; of the last moments of the mad Emperor Paul, confronting his assassins barefoot in a cotton nightcap; of the storming of the Winter Palace by the crowd in 1917. Many more historic scenes are witnessed by such diverse characters as Tolstoy, Catherine the Great, and a voluble maidservant of Irish descent.

Designed for on-the-spot use by visitors to the city, and as a highly readable anthology for the armchair traveller, this imaginative guide includes maps, engravings, and notes on history, art, architecture, and everyday city life.

$16.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 304pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566564922 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Companions • Interlink Books •

The Nomad

Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt

By Isabelle Eberhardt

Photography by: Simon Wheeler

"Greatest Travel Books of All Time." � Conde Nast Traveler

In her short life Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) came to be known as the ultimate enigma and representative of everything that seemed dangerous in nineteenth-century society.

Born the illegitimate daughter of an aristocratic Russian emigree she was a cross-dresser and sensualist, an experienced drug-taker and a transgressor of boundaries: a European reborn in the desert as an Arab and Muslim, a woman who reinvented herself as a man, wandering the Sahara on horseback. A profoundly lonely individual for all her numerous sexual adventures, she roused controversy and was loved and hated in equal measure. A mysterious attempt was made on her life and even her eventual death was ambiguous: she drowned in the desert at the age of twenty-seven. La bonne nomade, Isabelle’s diaries, is a fascinating account of her strange and passionate nomadic lifestyle; an evocative and deeply personal record of her torments, her search for inspiration as a writer, her spirituality and the intense color and fire of her living.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 208pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565080 • Interlink Books • Translator: Nina De Voogd • Foreword by: Annette Kobak •

Another Sea, Another Shore

Stories of Iranian Migration

By Shouleh Vatanabadi & Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami

In today’s world, with its often fluid national borders, many outstanding literary works have given voice to the life experience of immigrants, whose very being challenges traditional notions of national identity and culture.

The recent immigration of Iranians all over the world has carved a space for a distinctly Iranian version of this vital wellspring of contemporary writing. The stories in this collection are varied in their voices and themes and treat a number of issues such as national identity, gender, race, and class. Some capture childhood recollections; others reminisce about the homeland and the life left behind. There are stories about the obstacles and problems of adapting to a new culture, and there are others that speak of new opportunities in new homelands. All of them reflect efforts to reinvent new and multiple identities, as well as multicultural and borderless spaces. The editors introduce these stories with a detailed discussion of the theoretical and literary characteristics of this Iranian literature of migration.

The authors include both established and new voices: Fahimeh Farsaie, Dariush Karegar, Nasim Khaksar, Farideh Kheradmand, Pari Mansuri, Mehrnoush Mazarei, Qodsi Qazinur, Marjan Riahi, Said, Azar Shahab, Mahasti Shahrokhi, Mohammad Asef Soltanzadeh, and Goli Taraqi.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565110 • Interlink Books •

Persian Painting

By Sheila R. Canby

Jewel-like colors, rich patterns, precise execution and virtuoso draftmanship characterize the best of Persian miniature painting: the perfect realization of an ideal world.

This fully illustrated book provides a concise account of Persian painting from about 1300 to 1900. Beginning with the materials and tools which enabled the artists to achieve their remarkable effects, Sheila Canby goes on to survey the stylistic development of Persian painting and the influences upon it of over six centuries of Iran’s turbulent history.

$19.95 • 6" x 9" • 128pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565738 • Series: Eastern Art Series • Interlink Books • Release date: 2004 •

A Traveller’s Companion to Istanbul

By Laurence Kelly

"Vividly tells the story of that exotic city." — Spectator

The history of the city where East meets West spans 28 centuries. Istanbul, the ancient and timeless heart of modern Turkey, is a city with its mythological origins in the seventh century BC. Founded as Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire by Constantine the Great, during the 1000-year Byzantine Empire that followed it was a city of fabled riches. After its fall to the Turks in 1453, the splendors of the Ottoman Empire kept it glorious.

Drawing on diaries, letters, memoirs, histories and novels from the sixth-century AD onwards, this inspiring anthology recreates the vanished glories of the city, and includes: coronation of a Byzantine emperor; funeral of a sultan; triumphal entry of Mehmet the Conqueror; building of the Süleymaniye, the most magnificent of the city’s mosques; harems in the sixteenth century; death of Atatürk in 1938; Byzantine holy relics; Turkish baths and coffee-houses. All this and much more is vividly described in the words of those who were actually there, to offer an original and indispensable companion for the discriminating traveller.

$16.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 400pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565745 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Companions • Interlink Books • Release date: 2004 •

A Traveller’s History of New Zealand

By John H. Chambers

"Ideal before-you-go reading." — The Daily Telegraph

A Traveller’s History of New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands gives the curious tourist not only a modern-day portrait of New Zealand and the far-flung islands, their political systems, and economic diversity, but also looks at the early settling of this massive area which covers about a fifth of the surface of the earth.

When European navigators first sailed into this region, they were astonished at the exotic shared culture and language of the natives, separated in some cases by terrifying stretches of open ocean. The story of the peopling of the South Pacific Islands and New Zealand is one of the world’s great sagas.

The book covers the whole scope of New Zealand’s past and present history and allows the reader to make sense of what they see in a way that no other guidebook can.

$14.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 416pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565066 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 12/15/16 •

Rescuing Einstein’s Compass

By Shulamith Oppenheim

Illustrated by: George Juhasz

"A charming picture book, most ably illustrated in watercolors by George Juhasz" — The Boston Globe

One day, a boy named Theo is called into the living room by his parents to meet “the most famous man alive.” Theo is so nervous, he’s not sure he’ll be able to speak. But he finds the great man- Professor Albert Einstein- to be kind and gentle. Soon they are chatting about all sorts of subjects. When Theo and Professor Einstein go out for a sail on Theo’s small boat, the Professor unexpectedly loses his compass overboard. The compass was a cherished gift from Einstein’s father when he himself was a young boy. Fortunately, Theo manages to save the day- along with the compass!

The author’s husband was a personal friend of Albert Einstein’s, and though fictional, this story is based on events in Einstein’s life. The lovely watercolors capture the meeting between a young boy and the wild-haired physicist. Their simple conversations provide insight into the mysteries of physics that inspired Einstein’s lifelong quest to understand and explain the forces of nature.

$15.95 • 11.25" x 9.375" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566565073 • Crocodile Books •

War in the Land of Egypt

By Yusuf al-Qa'id

Egypt on the eve of the 1973 October war. A young man has been drafted into the army. His father, the village elder, persuades a poor night-watchman to send his own son as a stand-in. But the impersonation plan goes horribly wrong, with tragicomic results. Qa’id’s tale of the fiasco – steeped in irony and black humor – parodies outrageous corruption and ludicrous bureaucracy. A skillfully crafted mosaic of life in modern Egypt.

$12.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 192pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566562270 • Interlink Books • Translator: Olive Kenney, Lorne Kenney, and Christopher Tingley •

Richard Olney’s French Wine and Food

A Wine Lover's Cookbook

By Richard Olney

"One of the loveliest, most appetizing books I have ever seen… the recipes are stunning." — Paul Levy, The Observer (London)

This book has given Richard Olney a long-awaited opportunity to indulge his dual passion for wine and food in a way that reflects his own culinary habits. The result is a very personal collection of French provincial dishes combined with professional guidance on the wines to serve them with. Writing with all the authority and infectious pleasure of a man whose work is his hobby, Richard Olney takes us on a tour of Burgundy, Bordeaux, the CaÃŒÃŽÃŒÃ£Ã¥Ã¤ÃŒÃ_ÃŒÃŽÃŒÂ¢ÃŒÂ´Ã¥Ã‡tes du RhaÃŒÃŽÃŒÃ£Ã¥Ã¤ÃŒÃ_ÃŒÃŽÃŒÂ¢ÃŒÂ´Ã¥Ã‡nes and other regions of France. Each of his menus reflects the traditional cuisine of the area and is perfectly complemented by his selection of local wines.

$17.95 • 7.75" x 10" • 128pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566562263 • Interlink Books •

Pillars of Salt

By Fadia Faqir

"A brilliant Jordanian writer." — Malcolm Bradbury

"This is a powerful and distinctive piece of writing, melding the recent history of the country with the continuing personal and political oppression of Arab women." — The Sunday Times (London)

Pillars of Salt is the story of two women confined in a mental hospital in Jordan during and after the British Mandate. After initial tensions they become friends and share their life stories.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566562201 HB
ISBN: 9781566562201v PB • Interlink Books •

Tribal Rugs

By Jenny Housego

This book is regarded as the most authoritative work on tribal rugs.

The colorful way of life, often associated with its arduous and ancient patterns of migrations through rugged and spectacular landscapes, forms the backdrop of this much needed book. This book paints a fascinating picture, not only showing superb examples of tribal rugs but also the way in which they are woven and the life of the tribes themselves. The author’s many years of study and close association with the tribespeople responsible for these stunning rugs and fabrics enables her to speak with authority, not only about well-known groups such as the Qashqa’i of southwest Iran, the Baluch of the southeast, the widespread Kurds and the Turkoman, but also such important weaving groups as the Shahsavan of the north regions.

In short, Jenny Housego is able to describe the rich elements in the design as well as giving technical notes on the weaving so that the text and pictures together form an essential introduction for anyone who knows or cares about rugs.

$19.95 • 8" x 7.75" • 180pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566562188 • Interlink Books •

Imagining Women

Fujian Folk Tales

By Karen Gernant

"The stories are all entertaining… rich in cultural significance… a welcome addition to anyone's library who has enjoyed Maxine Hong Kingston and Amy Tan… Karen Gernant's translation doesn't miss a step in opening up this culture to an American audience… [Includes] an insightful introduction and a historical overview." — Small Press Review

The 37 stories which comprise this collection challenge the long-held stereotypes and provide a rare look at the everyday lives of common people in villages across Fujian province.

Despite the efforts and influence of the male-dominant Confucian culture, the stories reflect women’s voices and women’s lives touched by power and independence.

$8.22 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 288pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566561730 HB
ISBN: 9781566561747 PB • Series: International Folk Tale Series • Interlink Books •

The Demon Slayers and Other Stories

Bengali Folk Tales

By Sayantani DasGupta & Shamita DasDasgupta

"The tales are interesting, admonitory, and illustrative of generations-old mores and roles — especially women's roles." — Choice

The 20 tales and nine poems in this anthology give the reader a fascinating insight into the oral literature and rich culture of Bengal, the region now comprising of West Bengal in India, and Bangladesh.

$7.12 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566561648 HB
ISBN: 9781566561563 PB • Series: International Folk Tale Series • Interlink Books •

The Hostage

By Zayd Mutee' Dammaj

"The cultural anachronism that was the Imamate of Yemen is artfully captured in The Hostage … At times reminiscent of Abdelrahman Munif's "Cities of Salt" trilogy… Dammaj's work vibrantly portrays a real Yemen that is still unknown to many Westerners, even as it is once again torn by revolution. Recommended…" — Library Journal

Selected by the Arab Writers Union as one the 100 Best Arabic Novels of the Twentieth Century.

Set in the pre-revolution Yemen of the Imams, this novel depicts the experiences of a young boy who, having been taken hostage, in line with the Imam’s general practice, as a pledge for his father’s political obedience, is sent to serve as a young male attendant in the palace of the city governor.

The growth of the boy’s awareness, political, social and personal, is movingly portrayed against a background of bygone times whose decadence and injustice are presented with vivid satiric force.

$8.25 • 5.25" x 8 • 168pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566561464 HB
ISBN: 9781566561402 PB • Interlink Books • Translator: May Jayyusi & Christopher Tingley •

Original Sins

Reflections on the History of Zionism and Israel

By Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi

"Original Sins is thought -provoking and valuable… [It] is brilliant in its overall analysis… Beit-Hallahmi succeeds in presenting a wide-ranging yet concise, highly readable, well-organized, rational analysis that is laced with fresh insights and hard-hitting criticisms. Original Sins is to date the best brief overview published in English of the definition and history of Zionism in theory and practice. " — Middle East Policy

Starting from a non-idealizing, non-demonological review of Judaism, Jewish history and anti-Semitism, this book presents a sympathetic analysis of the development of political Zionism – and goes on to show how a dream can become both a living reality and a nightmare.

While Beit-Hallahmi does not fault the idea of a Jewish state in the abstract, he shows how Zionism in practice and power becomes a kind of settler colonialism trying to ignore its victims – the Palestinians. The purpose of Original Sins is to counter the mystification on both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict, to examine causes and principles, and to reach an analysis of the current political and moral crisis, in search for a solution to end the suffering on both sides.

$29.95 • 6" x 9" • 240pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566561303 • Olive Branch Press •

Ottoman Embroidery

By Roderick Taylor

"This beautifully illustrated volume examines an aspect of Islamic art not well known in the West… This is a volume to be included in every serious collection on art and Islamic culture and will be of interest to the general reader as well as the specialist." — Library Journal

The Ottoman Turks, rulers of what was one of the world’s greatest empires, had a passion for decoration that manifested itself in every aspect of their lives, not least in the textiles with which they adorned themselves, their homes, and palaces.

Ottoman Embroidery is the first book ever to look at the whole range of embroidered textiles produced within this important and highly influential culture, from the commonest leggings and handkerchiefs to the costliest robes and decorated tents. It draws widely on textiles from both private and museum collections in Europe, Turkey and the United States of America. Throughout the main period of the Ottoman Empire-from the capture of Istanbul in 1453 to the creation of the Turkish Republic in 1923-textiles were the most important and valuable element in international trade. Embroidery by hand was the usual form of textile decoration, and this persisted alongside machine embroidery into the early years of the 20th century.

Ottoman embroidery is distinguished by the boldness and richness of both pattern and color, always handled with great assurance and an innate design sense, especially when combined, as it invariably is, with great technical skill. What adds to its fascination is the fact that historical changes in society and the mixture of cultural influences are so often reflected in the textiles. The sumptuous and confident use of shapes and colors is beautifully borne out in the 140 color photographs that bring alive the lucid and well informed text.

The book’s chief focus is the various forms of embroidered domestic textiles, although it also looks at larger, more public textiles made for the palaces and the civil services. Geographically, the focus is on the embroideries made in the Turkish mainland in Asia and Europe, but some work produced further afield in the Empire showing influences of the Ottoman styles is also included.

$59.95 • 9" x 11.5" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566561341 • Interlink Books •

Altered States

A Reader in the New World Order

By Phyllis Bennis & Michel Moushabeck (ed.)

"No other work known to me covers as comprehensively and critically world politics after the Cold War. This is a unique compendium of dissenting voices from Tony Benn and Mary Kaldor to Noam Chomsky and Edward Said… should be required reading for students and teachers alike. " — Eqbal Ahmad, Hampshire College

The “new world order” has become the watchword of U.S. foreign policy in the post-Cold War, post-Gulf War world. The aftermath of those two wars, one almost half a century old, the other only months long, has been marked by new sets of political, economic, strategic and military relations across the globe.

Altered States has gathered leading academics and analysts from around the world to investigate the impact of the changing world, especially on the nations and peoples of the South, the developing countries of the Third World.

These essays provide the most comprehensive guide to the emerging “new world order,” with detailed analyses of specific national and regional situations, while never losing sight of the global ramifications of changing political, economic and military relations in a world with only one superpower.

$25 • 6" x 9" • 538pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566561150 • Interlink Books • Foreword by: Noam Chomsky •

Prairies of Fever

By Ibrahim Nasrallah

"[This work] unambiguously and courageously affirms the creative powers of the mind." — World Literature Today

Prairies of Fever is one of the foremost modernist novels of our time.

A negation of chronology and sequence, a cohesve relationship between form and content, and a temporal parallelism of events, memories and dreams, give the novel a unique tenor. The central character, Muhammad Hammad, is a young teacher hired, like hundreds of others from all over the Arab world, to teach in a remote part of the Arabian peninsula. The novel recounts his harrowing struggle to retain any sense of identity at all in the bleak and alienating place he finds himself in, caught between the infinite expanse of desert and the intolerable narrowness of village life. His psychic and physical anguish, beset as he is by hallucinations, fantasies and the indifference of the villagers, is mirrored in the writing of the novel: time appears unfixed as the story jumps from past to future and back to the present; there is an eerie fusion of the animal and human worlds; and reality and fantasy become hard to distinguish.

The result is an exceptional poetic novel, disturbing, evocative and deeply moving.

$9.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 160pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566561037 HB
ISBN: 9781566561068 PB • Interlink Books •

100 Best Jewish Recipes

Traditional and Contemporary Kosher Cuisine from around the World

By Evelyn Rose

"Excellent… Condensing the world's vast tradition of Jewish cookery to just 100 dishes presents a formidable challenge. The late Evelyn Rose spent a lifetime scouring Europe, Africa, and Asia and documenting the foods consumed in those continents' Jewish communities. Duck breast glazed with ginger, honey, and soy recalls the seasonings of Chinese food. Sephardi-style pizza evokes Armenian or Turkish lahmacun, and further topping it with kosher salami transforms it almost into American pepperoni pizza. Muslim cooking gets an ecumenical nod from stuffed eggplants famously called imam bayildi. Four-bean winter soup as well as summery chilled fruit soup supplement ever-popular borscht. Appealing to more modern tastes, Rose re-imagines rich noodle kugel by incorporating dried fruits and a bit of honey to reduce sugar content. Because Jewish holidays have so many food traditions supplementing religious ones, Rose gives advice on dishes to celebrate the eight major festivals that Jews observe." — Booklist

Modern classics from everyday meals to special occasions.

100 Best Jewish Recipes is comprised of the highlights from Evelyn Rose’s culinary life, which spanned several decades and earned her the recognition as one of the world’s foremost Jewish food writers.

Packed with mouthwatering ideas for both family meals and those special occasions when you want to impress without spending hours in the kitchen, this book contains 100 fail-safe recipes for which the author is justly celebrated. Ideal for novices and experienced cooks alike, the easy-to-follow recipes showcase the diversity of Jewish cooking which draws influences from Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East.

From soups and appetizers to desserts, breads and baking, the recipes provide inspiration for everyday cooking as well as step-by step features on entertaining through the seasons. A guide to the major Jewish festivals, such as Passover, explains the whys and hows of much-loved symbolic dishes and provides menu plans for the special occasions. 100 Best Jewish Recipes is an essential book for anyone wanting to sink their teeth into traditional as well as contemporary Jewish cooking.

$13.75 • 7.5" x 9.75" • 208pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560733 HB
ISBN: 9781566560504 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: 30/11/15 •

Sun Maiden and the Crescent Moon

Siberian Folk Tales

By James Riordan

Illustrated by: Kate Whitaker

Siberia. From this strange and beautiful land comes an oral tradition that has altered little in two thousand years. Here is a true spiritual democracy and purity of folk art rarely found in traditional tales.

$15.00 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9780940793668 HB
ISBN: 9781623718817 PB • Series: International Folk Tale Series • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2020 •

Crocodile, Crocodile

By Peter Nicki

Illustrated by: Binette Schroeder

"A unique and beautiful book… The illustrations are wonderful… I loved looking at each page finding it full or artistic shadow and depth." — Rainbow Reviews

Lying upon a beach along the Nile, Omar the Crocodile watches some elegantly dressed ladies stroll by. In their talk, he hears mention of a crocodile store that sells marvelous things and he decides to find it. Down the river, across the sea, overland he travels to the beautiful city of Paris where his friendly overtures terrify people into unconsciousness or drive them up trees in fright. Through the deserted streets he searches until at last he finds it – but what a disappointment. The things sold in the crocodile store are not for crocodiles at all; they’re all made from crocodile skin. How Omar takes sweet revenge becomes a clever and funny ending. Ecology was never more charming.

$7.95 • 8.5" x 10.5" • 32pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9780940793323 • Crocodile Books • Ages 3 to 10 •

Meet You in Atlantic City

Travels in Springsteen's New Jersey

By James Pettifer

An insightful cultural history that will appeal to fans of rock music and new jersey.

Bruce Springsteen- “The Boss” — has towered over the rock world since he shot to international fame with “Born to Run” and other classics in the early 1970s. He has always been an outspoken advocate of his home state of New Jersey, which has produced many stars of stage, screen, and the musical world, and was the backdrop for the global success of the award-winning The Sopranos TV series.

In this original narrative of travel and cultural analysis, historian and author James Pettifer makes his own philosophical journey in which Springsteen’s music becomes a metaphor for the nature of New Jersey society. Set within the kaleidoscope of life in the state with its rich and complex history, it takes place in the key year of 2007 with the release of the brilliant Magic album at the height of the Bush administration and against the background of the intensifying Iraq War.

This book takes up Sopranos producer David Chase’s nostrum that New Jersey is a state of mind as much as a state, and explores the extraordinary loyalty it inspires among its cognoscenti and the derision from its detractors. In a place of acute social contradictions, driving energy and vast differences in wealth, the glittering intellectual world of Princeton is a short Turnpike drive away from some of the most dangerous urban areas in the United States. The Jersey Shore is also a recurrent theme, with its romantic history, sinister marshlands, vast and beautiful sand dunes, and violent winter storms.

In Meet You in Atlantic City James Pettifer has written a unique cultural history that will appeal to rock fans with its insights into the 2007/8 Magic album tour, the last to include founding E Street Band members Danny Federici and Clarence Clemons. It is also a guide to the central role of New Jersey in American history generally, where decisive battles in the War of Independence were fought in and near Princeton and its more modern role as a seminal state where the influence of crime and gambling on society that led to the Trump presidency was already visible.

$20 • 5.25" x 8" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719760 • Interlink Books • Release date: Fall 2018 •

9/11 Unmasked

An International Review Panel Investigation

By David Ray Griffin & Elizabeth Woodworth

"9/11 ushered in a generation of war and destruction. And yet, despite its importance, much of the event remains poorly understood. 9/11 Unmasked provides an authoritative and carefully argued exposition of key problems with the official narrative. Nearly 20 years on, it is high time mainstream journalists and academics addressed these issues." — Professor Piers Robinson, Chair in Politics, Society and Political Journalism, University of Sheffield

A panel of experts highlight the problems with all major claims of the official account of the 9/11 attacks.

Many Americans have been embarrassed by the Trump presidency. But Americans should also be embarrassed by the fact that this country’s foreign policy since 2001, which has resulted in millions of deaths, has been based on a complex deception.

9/11 Unmasked is the result of a six-year investigation by an international review panel, which has provided 51 points illustrating the problematic status of all the major claims in the official account of the 9/11 attacks, some of which are obviously false. Most dramatically, the official account of the destruction of the Twin Towers and World Trade Center 7 could not possibly be true, unless the laws of physics were suspended that day. But other claims made by the official account- including the claims that the 9/11 planes were taken over by al-Qaeda hijackers, that one of those hijackers flew his plane into the Pentagon, and that passengers on the planes telephoned people on the ground- are also demonstrably false.

The book reports only points about which the panel reached consensus by using the “best-evidence” consensus model employed in medical research. The panel is composed of experts about 9/11 from many disciplines, including physics, chemistry, structural engineering, aeronautical engineering, and jurisprudence.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781623719746 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: Fall 2018 •

Love Made Visible

Scenes from a Mostly Happy Marriage

By Jean Gibran

A touching memoir of art and marriage in Boston’s vibrant South End.

In Love Made Visible, Jean Gibran portrays her role as spouse of a gifted artist and their often stormy family life together in Boston’s diverse South End. In the process, she vividly recalls to life the prolific Boston Expressionist art scene to which the South End was home. Retracing the course of her fifty-year marriage to sculptor Kahlil Gibran, cousin of the noted poet Gibran Kahlil Gibran, she reflects on the trials and joys of defying conventions of the 1950s, embracing another culture, raising a child in the household of a driven artist, and enabling her husband’s passion for sculpture and craft. Like her “mostly happy marriage,” and the fiercely local and independent artistic movement to which she pays homage, Gibran’s moving, idiosyncratic memoir finds its own form as she confronts the costs- and reaffirms the value- of creative commitment, in art and in life.

Accompanying the memoir are a summary of the sculptor Gibran’s work, brief biographical sketches of many mid-twentieth-century artists and personalities who populated Boston and Provincetown, and commentaries by art historian Charles Giuliani of Berkshire Fine Arts and museum director and curator Katherine French of the Danforth Museum of Art.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566569781 • Series: • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 06/27/14 •

Fairy Tale Baking

More than 50 Enchanting Cakes, Bakes, and Decorations

By Ramla Khan

Cakes with a fairy tale theme for adults and kids: elegant, sophisticated, bright, and fun.

Everyone has a favorite fairy tale. The stories are timeless, magical, and now, edible. Whether you’ve always loved the ethereal beauty of Snow White, the fun of Alice in Wonderland, or the suspense of Rumpelstiltskin, now you can enjoy iconic fairy tale scenes as delicious cakes and bakes.

Fairy Tale Baking– a recipe book with a twist- features step-by-step instructions to creating enchanting treats, including cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and tarts, for all ages to enjoy. There are recipes for popular fairy tales such as Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, and Cinderella, with three projects for each tale- one main showstopper bake and two smaller, easy-to-make creations. The recipes cater to cooks of all skill levels- from budding bakers to master chefs- so parents can bake along with smaller kitchen hands. Each smaller accompanying bake is designed for bakers who might need a starting point before delving into the showstopper projects, or for readers with children who are keen bakers and need a nice simple recipe that doesn’t involve too many stages, but still produces impressive results.

Clear illustrated step-by-step instructions allow readers to easily follow along and see their favorite fairy tales slowly come to life.

$25 • 8.25" x 10.25" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566560788 • Crocodile Books • Release date: 02/01/16 •

The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring

Illustrated by: Ruth Sanderson

"Sanderson's narrative has a lush, lyrical quality� Her dramatically lit firebird is nothing short of resplendent." � Publishers Weekly, starred review

A beautiful retelling of the classic Russian folktale with lavish full-color oil paintings.

Brave deeds and wondrous magic come together in this tale based on classic Russian folklore. A young huntsman named Alexi leaves home seeking adventure and fortune. Instead, he finds the Golden Mare, who pledges eternal loyalty in exchange for sparing her life. With mare’s help, Alexi become the Tsar’s best huntsman, but then the jealous Tsar presents him with several impossible tasks, threatening to have him killed if he fails. Each time, Alexi secretly enlists the help of the Gloden Mare- and succeeds. But his final task is to win Yelena the Fair, a lovely young maiden whom the old Tsar wants as his bride. Will Alexi be able to use his own powers to save himself and Yelena?

$8.95 • 8.5" x 11" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566560795 HB
ISBN: 9781566560665 PB • Crocodile Books • Ages 3 to 8 • Release date: 07/10/16 •

Persepolis

Vegetarian Recipes from Persia and Beyond

"Sallie Butcher's PERSEPOLIS: Vegetarian Recipes From Persia and Beyond (Interlink, $35) is written in the engaging voice of a knowledgeable enthusiast who feels free to play with her food. She offers traditional techniques and flavors where she believes they'll do the most good —sour orange in a bulgur pilaf, saffron and kefir in an Azerbaijani soup —but she's also willing to put Marmite in the hummus and sweet potatoes in the falafel. Her recipe for moutabal —'baba ghanoush's first cousin' —outshines by a mile the more familiar eggplant dip, thanks to mint, walnuts and pomegranate molasses." — The New York Times

The appetite for new ways to brighten your broccoli, add sparkle to your spinach, and titillate your tomatillos has never been greater.

Since opening a vegetarian cafe within her shop Persepolis, Sally Butcher has seen an explosion of interest in her Middle Eastern-influenced vegetarian dishes. Inspired by the food Sally serves up daily to her hungry customers, this sequel to The New Middle Eastern Vegetarian: Recipes from Veggiestan, ventures a little further from the Middle Eastern shores, deserts, and mountain ranges to other continents and beyond…

Persepolis brings you the most outstanding (and fun) ways to cook without meat or fish, stopping along the way for a bit of sightseeing. Over 150 new recipes, including more vegan and gluten-free options, offer a fantastic variety of ideas for the vegetarian cook.

$35 • 7.5" x 9.75" • 256pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566560184 • Interlink Books • Release date: 09/15/16 •

Panetteria

Gennaro's Italian Bakery

Photography by: Dan Jones

"With each recipe, Contaldo brings joy and dazzlement." — Publishers Weekly

Making bread has always been a passion for acclaimed chef and TV-personality Gennaro Contaldo.

Ingrained since childhood with memories of his mother’s weekly bread-making and visits to his uncle’s village bakery, it is a skill that has followed him throughout his career as a chef. Here, Gennaro takes you onto a journey into the magical world of Italian bread and baking, giving you his secret tips on making the perfect dough to create wonderful Italian breads for all occasions. And not only bread- have you ever walked into an Italian bakery and marveled at the amazing variety of freshly baked goods on offer?

Amazing focaccias, pies, pizzas, sweetbreads, cookies, and tarts fill the shelves, not to mention traditional homemade cakes just like Nonna used to make- you will find recipes for all these delicious goodies in this beautiful book.

$30 • 7.5" x 9.75" • 224pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566560177 • Interlink Books • Release date: 10/15/16 •

I Don’t Want This Poem to End

Early and Late Poems

“Shaheen delivers a volume ideally suited to both scholars and newcomers to Darwish’s body of work.” �Publishers Weekly (starred review)

When the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish died in 2008, his friends visited his home and retrieved poems and writings some of which are gathered together in this volume, translated into English for the first time.

They include three collections from different phases in Darwish’s writing career, as well as reminiscences by friends drawn from the poet’s final years, and a moving account of the discovery of the new poems in this collection.

$20 • 5.25" x 8" • 224pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566560009 • Interlink Books • Translator: Mohammad Shaheen • Release date: 05/15/17 •

A Traveller’s Wine Guide to Germany

By Freddy Price & Janet Price

Photography by: Janet Price

"This book offers many tips on where to enjoy the local cuisine with these delightful wines as well as meeting the winemakers, as it guides visitors on a journey through Germany's thirteen wine regions…A Traveller's Wine Guide to Germany provides a basic introduction to German wine, from the vineyards to the cellars, with guidelines on what to expect when sampling it. It also take the wine tourist on a journey through remote areas that are infrequently visited in order to taste the best of German wines." — Drinks Media Wire

Anyone looking for delicious food and wine, stunning landscapes and a warm welcome will find Germany wine country truly delightful.

Germany’s different regions have the largest hectarage of vines of any country in Europe. A Traveller’s Wine Guide to Germany provides a basic introduction to German wine, from the vineyards to the cellars, with guidelines on what to expect when sampling it. It also takes the wine tourist on a journey through remote areas that are infrequently visited in order to taste the best of German wines.

– Itineraries and maps

– Local gastronomic specialties

– Hundreds of visitor-friendly wineries

– Descriptions of local and regional wines

– Museums and sightseeing points

– Lists of wine festivals and exhibitions

– Restaurants, hotels and wine stores

– Reference section, websites and glossary

$24 • 5" x 9" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568937 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Wine Guides • Interlink Books •

Traditional Palestinian Costume

Origins and Evolution

By Hanan Karaman Munayyer

"Traditional Palestinian Costume is a magnificent work of deep love; among the most elegant artistic productions between two covers I have seen. We were all ooo-ing and ahh-ing when it arrived. Meeting this book is like opening a treasure box. Congratulations on your gift to the Palestinian nation, the Arab heritage and indeed the cultural legacy of the world�1000 mabruks." � Dick Doughty, Managing Editor, Saudi Aramco World

A joyous celebration of pattern and color, and of an enduring Palestinian tradition.

Based on over twenty-five years of extensive field research, this lavishly illustrated book presents the most exhaustive and up-to-date study of the origins of Palestinian embroidery and costume- from antiquity through medieval Arab textile arts to the present. With sumptuous photography and well-informed text, it documents region by region the evolution of costume and the textile arts in Palestine in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and displays this unique art in all its splendor.

$200 • 10" x 14.25" • 448pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566568258 • Interlink Books • Release date: 01/11/10 •

Switzerland

Cadogan Guides

By Norman Renouf

"A balance of infectious enthusiasm and solid practicality" — Michael Palin

Switzerland is famous for its alpine resorts, from the A-listers’ favorite St. Moritz, to the tiny spa town of Scuol, but this small country has much more to offer: cosmopolitan cities, beautiful lakes, attractive villages, and an abundance of largely unspoiled scenery.

Covering every region, this book helps readers understand the extraordinary history of Switzerland and take a street-by-street tour of the delightful cities of Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Luzern, and Zrich. Maps. Full-color photos.

– Features the very best of every region—food, festivals, history, art and architecture

– Combines uniquely detailed cultural background with discerning advice on everything from where to rent mountain attire in alpine villages to magnificent museums

– Comprehensive coverage including major cities from Basel to Zürich, but also small picturesque towns from Ascona to Thun

– Tour the famous alpine resorts of the Bernese Oberland, Central Switzerland and the fabled Valais resorts of Zermatt and Saas-Fee.

– Get off the beaten track and discover hidden gems such as the stunningly beautiful Centovalli; Gruyeres and its cheese; Lötschental, with its fascinating traditions; curious tax-free Samnaun and the pretty, cultural Val d’Anniviers

– Understand the extraordinary history and take a street-by-street tour of the delightful cities of Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Luzern and Zürich

$21.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 384pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566568142 • Series: Cadogan Guides • Cadogan Guides USA • Release date: 01/05/10 •

Jerusalem Interrupted

Modernity and Colonial Transformation 1917 - Present

By Lena Jayyusi

WINNER OF THE PALESTINE BOOK AWARD

"Focusing on the city which many consider to lie at the heart of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, this book presents a panorama of real life in Arab Jerusalem, particularly during the British Mandate years �and how it abruptly changed in 1948. " � Jordan Times

Details often unexplored social and political dimensions of Jerusalem.

$30 • 7.5" x 9.5" • 550pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567879 • Series: • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 03/15/15 •

The Novel

By Nawal El Saadawi

"[B]eautiful… She writes about the city and sky above it, like a woman deeply in love with the physical world." — Alan Cheuse on NPR's All Things Considered

“The novel caused tremendous outrage.”

So begins Nawal El Saadawi’s tenth novel. And indeed, when the famous Egyptian psychiatrist and writer released The Novel in 2005, it was banned all over the Arab world. But the novel inside The Novel is by a young woman- a woman who is only 23 years old, who has “no family, no university degree, no national identity card,” whose name does not appear on this “lists of prominent women writers.” A woman, that is, whose biography is as unlike Saadawi’s own as possible, as if she has stripped herself of all the effects of her own worldly existence to explore something earlier, more elemental, than the political work for which she is so well known.

In following the life of this young, unnamed, woman writer as it intersects with those of a famous writer named Rostum, his wife Carmen, and a poet called Miriam, El Saadawi gives us a deeply felt exploration of the nature of identity, of fame, of writing, and of freedom.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567329 • Interlink Books • Translator: Omnia Amin and Rick London •

Understanding the US-Iran Crisis

A Primer

"This important analysis deals with the facts —and not deception and fear-mongering —of the Bush Administration's verbal, thus far, war against Iran. Its format is understated but direct —we are told what the President has said about Iran and then we are told what the reality is. Can anyone read this book and still support an attack on Iran? Only in the Bush White House…" — Seymour M. Hersh, The New Yorker

Widening opposition to the illegal Iraq War, growing recognition that the war in Afghanistan has failed to bring stability or democracy to that beleaguered country, new tensions rising in Pakistan, escalating violence and humanitarian crisis in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, all have brought new fears but also heightened interest in the wider Middle East region, especially interest in Iran.

This book aims to address this new and renewed interest in Iran, to answer questions, and propose some ideas to prevent another looming disaster of a U.S. military attack.

$10 • 5.25" x 8" • 144pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567312 • Olive Branch Press •

The New Pearl Harbor Revisited

9/11, the Cover-Up, and the Expose

"The 9/11 Commission air brushed our great tragedy and David Ray Griffin has done the most thorough and painstaking analysis of how it applied those brush strokes and presents meticulous details of its cover-up and the questions regarding 9/11 that must be answered by a thorough investigation, lest our country be rendered meaningless by future repetitions." — Edward Asner

In 2004, David Ray Griffin published his landmark book The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11, which became a founding text of the 9/11 truth movement, presenting what was then the most thorough critique of the official story available.

As new developments occurred, Griffin continually brought the discussion up to date in his subsequent books. Now The New Pearl Harbor Revisited synthesizes the most important points of these previous studies and includes Griffin’s chapter-by-chapter commentary, which updates that earlier discussion with everything that has come to light since, including the most recent developments.

$25 • 6" x 9" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566567299 • Olive Branch Press •

The Calcutta Kitchen

By Simon Parkes & Udit Sarkhel

Photography by: Jason Lowe

"Mr. Parkes explores the city and its food with 10 witty, eccentric, thoughtful essays. His angles include the local passion for freshwater fish rushed to markets from an extraordinary wetlands system, declining ex-outposts of the British Raj like the Tollygunge Club and the many ethnic presences that enliven the flavor of Calcutta� His lively summings-up are magnificently reinforced by the photographs of Jason Lowe, whose chronicling of faded beauties, brash incongruities and glory-amid-grime cooking is alone worth the price." � The New York Times

“What you’ve got to remember about us Bengalis,” a good friend once told Simon Parkes, “is that we’re only really interested in three things: educating our children, reading books, and food.”

Bengalis have a passion for good food- its authenticity, its freshness, its part in social occasions, and the pleasure of serving it at the table. The Calcutta Kitchen captures the essence of those pleasures through the evocative narrative of the BBC Food Programme’s Simon Parkes, the recipes of renowned chef Udit Sarkhel, and the pictures of award-winning photographer Jason Lowe.

Calcuttans know and adore fish, vegetables, and desserts in particular. They have a curiosity about food that never fades, and so they have embraced influences from around the world- most notably the English, Armenians, Jews, Tibetans, Chinese, Burmese, and Portuguese. Calcutta, and this book, has a taste of each of these cuisines.

Until recently it was nigh-on impossible to taste Bengali cooking unless you were invited to a private home, yet this is some of the most sophisticated food in India. With its inexhaustible roll-call of fish and vegetables, its pungency derived from the widespread use of mustard (both seeds and oil) and its tempering with a blend of five spices known as panch phoron, it is an evolved yet accessible cuisine.

The Calcutta Kitchen brings you recipes from one of the best-known Bengali chefs, Udit Sarkhel, and snapshots of the fish ponds, markets, artisan food producers, restaurants, clubs, cooks, gourmet, and street foods that play a part in the city’s rich culinary culture.

$11.00 • 8.25" x 10.25" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566711 HB
ISBN: 9781566566797 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: 2007 •

Wisconsin

On the Road Histories

By Mark D. Van Ells

"If you are the type of traveler who likes to explore every aspect of the places you visit, check out this account of Wisconsin's history from its geologic roots to modern times." — Wisconsin Natural Resources

Starting with the days that wooly mammoths tromped over the landscape, Mark Van Ells brings us on a journey through the fascinating history of the Badger State.

Wisconsin remembers the brutal Black Hawk War and the fall of the first Paleo-Indian residents, the booming migration of thousands of Americans, the conflicted German population during and after the two world wars, and the famous Vietnam protests of University of Wisconsin students.

Included are recommended museums, state parks, and other attractions, alongside literary excerpts from authors such as Edna Farber and Laura Ingalls Wilder, who give readers a sense of Wisconsin in different eras.

Birthplace of such cultural icons as Gene Wilder and Chris Farley, Wisconsin as revealed by Van Ells is a state rich in culture that easily outdoes the stereotypes of harsh winters and sprawling flat American dairy land.

$20 • 5" x 9" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566735 • Series: On-the-Road Histories • Interlink Books •

Eastern and Central European Kitchen

Contemporary and Classic Recipes

By Silvena Rowe

Photography by: Jonathan Lovekin

"A timeless guide to both the traditions and the trends of Eastern and Central European cooking.Rowe�presents a worldly view of the region's truly robust flavors, ripe with custom and tradition�Rather than centering the chapters around specific courses, the author uses them to focus on topics that are particularly important to Eastern and Central European food�The great diversity of dishes, illustrated with lush, journalistic photography, is a brilliant lens with which readers can view this vibrant culinary culture. A fresh look at an exciting, often-overlooked cuisine." � Kirkus Reviews

The fresh ingredients and unfamiliar flavor combinations of Central and Eastern Europe are capturing the imaginations of gourmet stores and restaurants in the West, as borders open up and Europe is extended.

We’re enjoying dishes such as goulash, stroganoff, pierogi and borscht as we feast on a wealth of culinary traditions that stretches back for generations.

Silvena Rowe turns to countries such as Hungary, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Poland, Georgia, Russia, and the Ukraine for her inspiration. She cooks game with sweet-and-sour stuffing, sauces and marinades; smoked fish; wild mushrooms; fruits such as quince, figs and pomegranates; and seeds and grains such as lentils, pearl barley and poppy seeds. She plunders the traditions of the poor and wealthy alike in her quest to bring us a taste of what is put upon the tables in these countries. The food is untamed and the flavors are strong.

Alongside Silvena’s recipes are photographs of the food markets, farms, homes, grand cafes and restaurants of Eastern and Central Europe by renowned photographer Jonathan Lovekin.

As the author describes is her book: “The soups vary from the hearty winter warmers of Hungary to light, delicate, chilled summer soups; the stews encompass goulash and the aromatic braised lamb recipes of Georgia; and there are legions of dumplings, including the classic pierogi, the delicate uszka, the savory leniwe and the hearty pyzy. Subtle, yet forceful, marinades; pickles and preserves; smoked fish, sausages, and meats- they all play a role in this rich and almost unknown treasure trove that can rival the culinary cultures of France and Italy in its depth and breadth.”

$11.00 • 8.25" x 10.25" • 192pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566704 HB
ISBN: 9781566566780 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: 2007 • Awards: Winner of the Glenfiddich Best Photography Award

Australia – The East

Traveller's Wildlife Guide

Photography by: Frank Knight et al

Australia is one of the few travel destinations worldwide where almost all visitors want to view wildlife – kangaroos and koalas, of course, but, increasingly, other animals as well: parrots, bowerbirds, dangerous saltwater crocodiles, large ground lizards called monitors or “goannas,” and the colorful marine life of the Great Barrier Reef.

In this book is all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about Australia’s magnificent animal and plant life.

– Identification and location information on the most frequently seen animals.

– Full-color illustrations of nearly 650 of Australia’s most common fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

– Up-to-date information on the ecology, behavior, and conservation of profiled animals.

– Information on eastern Australia’s habitats and on the most common plants visitors encounter.

– A section on Australia’s famous Great Barrier Reef and on the underwater animals most divers and snorkelers actually see.

– Brief descriptions of the most frequently visited parks and reserves in eastern Australia and Tasmania.

Easy-to-carry, entertainingly written, beautifully illustrated- you will want to have this book as constant companion on your journey.

$29.95 • 5.5" x 8.5" • 520pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566148 • Series: Travellers' Wildlife Guides • Interlink Books •

Hawaii

Traveller's Wildlife Guide

Photography by: Douglas Newman & Colin Pratt

In this book is all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about Hawaii’s unique land animals and magnificent sea life.

– Identification and location information on the most frequently seen animals, including essentially every bird species that occurs in the main Hawaiian Islands (and on Midway Atoll).

– Color illustrations of nearly 400 of Hawaii’s most common insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

– Up-to-date information on the ecology, behavior, and conservation of profiled animals.

– Information on Hawaiian habitats and on the most common plants visitors encounter.

– A section on Hawaii’s famous coral reefs and on the underwater animals most snorkelers and divers actually see.

– Brief descriptions of Hawaii’s most frequently visited parks and reserves.

Easy-to-carry, entertainingly written, beautifully illustrated- you will want to have this book as constant companion on your journey.

$27.95 • 5.5" x 8.5" • 520pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566131 • Series: Travellers' Wildlife Guides • Interlink Books •

A Traveller’s History of Venice

By Peter Mentzel

A Traveller’s History of Venice offers a concise and readable overview of the history of Venice from the fifth century AD to the present day. The main theme is the unique place that Venice has occupied in the history of Europe in general and in Italy in particular. While Venice has been politically part of united Italy since 1866, its development tied it as much to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant as to the Italian peninsula. It is this rich cultural mix that has made Venice such a fascinating, magical place.

With a historical gazetteer, chronology of major events, and special reference features on the islands in the lagoon, the history of the gondola, Venice’s churches, museums and art galleries, this book is an invaluable companion to students and visitors to this unique city.

$14.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 304pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566117 • Series: Interlink TravellerÕs Histories • Interlink Books •

India with Passion

Modern Regional Home Food

By Manju Malhi

Photography by: Jason Lowe

"With photographs that are totally drool-worthy, the recipes just seem to pop out begging me to give them a try. Written with utmost passion, the book is divided into four parts — North, South, East and West, with each section comprising of traditional and some not-so-traditional recipes from that region. With a wonderfully drafted introduction, detailing the kind of food eaten, various cooking techniques, and it's history with the people, each section brings you a few steps closer to understanding the diversity that India offers and appreciating the effect it brought about to the Indian cuisine… As you move through each section of the book… it's hard not to notice the change in cooking style and the flavors prominent in each region. While the North may be proud of its history with the Mughals and their love for rich creamy curries, the South doesn't fail to enhance you with its love for the sweet coconut and pungent curry leaves. Where you may enjoy the sweetness of the West, there's the spiciness of the East that could take your breath away. When cooking for friends and family, I tend to not fuss too much with the traditional ways of Indian cooking. And I think that's why Manju's recipes struck a chord with me. Not a traditionalist herself, she happily suggests easy substitutions where ever possible. While some of the recipes are down-right classics, many of them were created in her own kitchen using everyday ingredients and enhancing the simple flavors we all love. Renowned for her simple, homely approach to Indian cooking, Manju Malhi has quickly become a favorite in my kitchen." — Hooked on Heat

Modern Indian home food is as varied and eclectic as any cuisine in the world.

But unlike Indian restaurant cooking, it does not require legions of chefs to spend hours preparing spices and pastes or slow-cooking stews and curries. Deeply-flavored dishes are created simply, in a way that fits in with our modern busy lifestyle.

The regions of India have long enjoyed different styles of food, using different ingredients and cooking techniques- and this is never more apparent than in the country’s home kitchens. There are the kebabs, koftas, tikkas, dals, flatbreads, and tandoori dishes of the North, where warming dried spices bring comfort during the harsh winters. From the West, where rice is a staple, come spicy seafood and chicken dishes. The South brings us coconut dishes, vegetarian recipes, biryanies, and dosas, all flavored with deliciously fresh spices, and highlights from the East include noodles, fresh-water fish, and desserts.

Some of the dishes in India with Passion are steeped in tradition, while others are based on new creations that Manju has enjoyed in India’s homes, cafes, and restaurants. But all are authentically Indian, rich in flavor, and simple to cook.

$35 • 8.25" x 10.25" • 256pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566566094 • Interlink Books •

Challenging Empire

People, Governments and the UN Defy U.S. Power

"Bennis is a first-class political surgeon…This book is a must reading for anyone who cares about international affairs and the relationship between ideals and the reality of power politics." — Marcus Raskin on Calling the Shots

When millions around the world marched to protest the Iraq war and the U.S. drive towards empire, the New York Times dubbed global public opinion “the second super-power.” What empowered those protests was their alliance – if only for a brief moment – with governments unexpectedly willing to stand up to U.S. pressure, and with the United Nations itself, when it followed its Charter’s command to stop “the scourge of war.”

Bennis tracks the rise of U.S. unilateralism and the doctrine of preemptive war, looking particularly at Iraq and Israel/Palestine, and examines both the potential and the challenges ahead in reclaiming the UN as part of the global peace movement.

$18 • 6" x 9" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566070 • Olive Branch Press •

A Traveller’s History of France

By Robert Cole

"Undoubtedly the best way to prepare for a trip to France… [It] is concise and gives the essential facts in a very readable form." — The Independent (London)

Millions of travellers visit France each year. The glories of the French countryside, the essential harmony of French architecture, the wealth of historical relics, the myriad of cultural opportunities – all make the country a perennial and irresistible attraction.

A Traveller’s History of France takes the reader from the first conquests of ancient Gaul through the Renaissance, the turmoil and triumph of the French Revolution, and on through the 20th century of French history all the way to the present.

$14.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566063 • Series: Interlink TravellerÕs Histories • Interlink Books •

A Traveller’s History of Cyprus

By Timothy Boatswain

A Traveller’s History of Cyprus offers a complete and authoritative history of the island’s past and also touches on the sensitive present-day issues for both sides of the island.

Although Cyprus is a relatively small island, its position in the East Mediterranean has always given it strategic importance beyond its size. Well-placed for travel from all over the globe with plenty of sunshine throughout the year, Cyprus has become a favored tourist destination. All visitors, whether to the Greek or Turkish side of the island, discover the immensely rich history, which has resulted in so many civilizations making their mark upon its soil.

With a historical gazetteer, chronology of major events, index, bibliography and historical and contemporary maps, this book is an invaluable companion to students or visitors to the island.

$14.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 304pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566056 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Histories • Interlink Books •

A Traveller’s History of England

By Christopher Daniell

"This compact volume… delivers a solid, comprehensive and entertaining overview of England's history… a delightful source." — Library Journal

This book gives a comprehensive and enjoyable survey of England’s past from prehistoric times right through to the present. All the major periods of English history are dealt with, including the Roman occupation, and the invasions of the Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans, and the power struggles of the medieval kings.

The reformation, the Renaissance and the Civil Wars are discussed, as well as the consequences of the Industrial Revolution and urbanism, and the establishment of an Empire, which encompassed a quarter of the human race. In the 20th century the Empire has been transformed into the Commonwealth, two victorious, but costly, World Wars have been fought, the Welfare State was established, and membership of the European Community was finally achieved.

$14.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 320pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566049 • Series: Interlink TravellerÕs Histories • Interlink Books •

Cucina Romana

By Sara Manuelli

Photography by: Lisa Linder

"A solid exploration of Italy's most distinctive urban cuisine, traditional and innovative� Cucina Romana is a lively little neighborhood-by-neighborhood exploration of what makes the food of Italy's biggest city so fascinating, by a writer raised near the famous Campo dei Fiori, with its amazing produce market and food shops. The recipes are a mix of the very classic (spaghetti alla carbonara) and restaurant modern (whole onions baked in sea salt). Both the food and street photography is almost like being there, without the Vespa din." � The Los Angeles Times

“I grew up in Via dei Cappellari, a dingy, narrow street of Camp di Fiori in Rome. Every morning, I woke up to the sound of the market carts rattling on the cobblestones, as they made their way to the market, laden with tightly packed vegetable and fruit wooden boxes. And regardless of how many times I’ve done it, I still gasp at the view as I approach from Via dei Cappellari the photogenic Campo de Fiori market square- both a tourist destination and the home to one of the oldest fruit, vegetable and flower markets in Rome.” — Sara Manuelli

Born and raised in Rome, Sara Manuelli reveals its gastronomic secrets: the tiny restaurants tucked away in side streets and frequented religiously by locals, the specialist shops selling gourmet ingredients and artisan produce. This is the ultimate guide to Rome, lusciously illustrated with photographs of Sara’s favorite Roman people and places.

Each chapter introduces an area of Rome, its restaurants, food, markets, and people. Once a Jewish ghetto, the Ghetto e Isola Tiberina, for example, is the home of specialist restaurants and ingredients that recall ancient Roman-Jewish culinary influences. Here you’ll find irresistible dishes such as fried squash flowers stuffed with anchovies and mozzarella served in tiny tratorrias such as Sora Margherita- unsignposted, but always full.

Six local day trips from Rome are also featured, taking in areas such as Frascati, a hilltop town to the southeast of Rome, where the local white wine is produced. Groups of Romans will drive here just for the evening, dining at one of the many restaurants and enjoying the view and the local white wine.

Each area of Rome is accompanied by a selection of recipes from the local restaurants- simple dishes that make the most of ingredients like vine-ripened tomatoes, pulses, pancetta, lamb, artichokes, mozzarella, and fresh egg pasta. The final chapter discusses Rome’s light and refreshing wines and gives suggestions about which ones should be served with particular dishes.

Cucina Romana reveals the beating heart of this magical city. In a place where food is at the center of life and culture, there is only one way to really get a taste of Rome.

$11.00 • 7.5" x 9" • 160pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566018 HB
ISBN: 9781566566254 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: 2005 •

Lemongrass and Sweet Basil

Traditional Thai Cuisine

By Khamtane Signavong

Photography by: Ken Plummer & Alison Martin

"Food is both integral to and expressive of Thai culture, and Signavong's foray through the country's major regions and their distinctive cuisines is, with its wealth of photographs, a good introduction to Thailand's charms as well as its traditional food. Signavong contextualizes each recipe with bits of history, legend and gastronomy, noting a dish's origins or the way Thai people serve it. The largest section contains recipes from central Thailand, such as fiery Jungle Chicken Curry and Panang Beef, but Signavong also provides classics from Isan (the northeast region, where he was raised), northern and southern Thailand, as well as a chapter on Thai 'tapas' like Shrimp in Pastry and Chicken Satay� Signavong includes a helpful glossary and offers a few tips for possible substitutions� an excellent primer for Thai cooking." � Publishers Weekly

Creating the tastes of Thailand is an irresistible challenge for cooks who love the pungent combinations and subtle balance of ingredients.

True to Thai traditions, Lemongrass and Sweet Basil features recipes based on Royal Thai Cuisine, but the author has moved from the highly decorative and intricately carved presentation to a more easy-to-follow, modern approach.

The key to successful Thai cooking is using the best and freshest produce that you can find, so the book starts by detailing the main ingredients that are essential to the Thai cook. This is followed by clear instructions on the cooking methods and techniques that are used to achieve the unique Thai flavors.

Based on the traditional recipes of each Thai region, every cook has his or her own version of a dish including the addition of a secret ingredient or two. Kham shares with us over 50 of his recipes from Isan and Central, Southern, and Northern Thailand. Also included is a chapter of Thai ‘tapas,’ Khap Klaem with mouthwatering dishes such as Fresh Oysters with Spicy Thai Sauce and Drunken Noodles.

The stunning photographs accompanying the recipes give a strong sense of the Thai way of life. The beautiful location photography shows the seamless integration of food and the Thai Buddhist religion and the vibrant and informative food photographs reflect the Thai’s liking for strong color and the importance of garnishes.

Thai people have a passion for the best ingredients, a passion for eating, a passion for the experience of sharing good food. Be inspired by this and create a delicious meal for your family and friends.

$11.00 • 8.5" x 10.75" • 144pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566566001 HB
ISBN: 9781566566261 PB • Interlink Books • Release date: 2005 •

Si Yussef

By Anouar Majid

The narrator of Si Yussef’s (“Mr.” Yussef’s) story is Lamin, a young university student in Fez. One gloomy day, he encounters the subject of his tale in Ashab’s cafe in Tangier. They continue to meet for the next twelve days- exactly four weeks and two days before Si Yussef’s death.

Si Yussef had grown up in the neighborhood of Amrah and had guided tourists around Medina as a child. He became a bookkeeper with the only soap manufacturer in Tangier and for forty-seven years he frequented the Nejma cafe before transferring his custom to Ashab’s more cosmopolitan establishment in 1964. Si Yussef has come to be regarded with a certain amount of awe, not least because his wife Señora Lucia- a Christian but a good wife- who was a legendary beauty for whom a young Spanish sailor committed suicide in the port of Sebta.

As Si Yussef reminisces and assesses the gentle influences of the past, the narrator from his own unconscious or his own imagination, fills the gaps created by Si Yussef’s narration. This is the third meta-real, spiritual voice. Sometimes it is the voice of memory, vague but common, true but impossible to articulate with precision. The voice becomes the voice of Morocco itself, evoking with sensual images a world that cannot yet be confined with language as the story takes on the resonance of a prayer.

$12.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 160pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565981 • Interlink Books • Release date: 2005 •

The Neverfield

Poem

By Nathalie Handal

"The Neverfield is a work which insists on itself. It is poetry of a shining quality from a poet whose voice is sure and unafraid." — Lucille Clifton

“The yellow branch kneeled in front of my crying feet, the field’s elevating fingers seized the sunlight, nothing else existed but yellow, yellow, was I ever to see more?” —Excerpted from The Neverfield

An emerging young talent in the field of poetry and culture, Nathalie Handal, a French-American poet of Palestinian descent, writes with great passion and eloquence on the subjects of displacement, diaspora, and the search for cross-cultural identity.

$12 • 6" x 9" • 64pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565950 • Interlink Books • Release date: 2005 •

The War on Truth

9/11, Disinformation and the Anatomy of Terrorism

By Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed

In The War on Truth – the long-awaited sequel to The War on Freedom – Nafeez Ahmed provides the most comprehensive and controversial critique of the government’s official version of what happened on 9/11.

In this extensive new analysis, Ahmed doubles the data and investigates the worldwide web of terrorist networks across space and time. Deconstructing the findings of the 9/11 Commission Report and the Joint Congressional Inquiry, he exposes disturbing liaisons between American, British, and European intelligence services and al-Qaeda operatives in the Balkans, Caucasus, North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia and Asia-Pacific- liaisons linked not only to 9/11, but also to prior terrorist attacks including the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the 1998 US embassy bombings.

Against this background, Ahmed accomplishes the most detailed and wide-ranging study to date of the powerful vested interests and intrigues responsible for the collapse of US national security in the years and months leading to 9/11. Government documents, whistleblower testimony, and the findings of official inquiries are scrutinized to trace the innermost workings of the intelligence community, revealing precisely which government policies and operations facilitated the 9/11 intelligence failure, and pinpointing the specific agencies, individuals and decisions that emasculated the US air defense system.

Finally, Ahmed unlocks the underlying geostrategy of the War on Terror- the culmination of a decades-long plan to secure and expand an increasingly unstable system. For anyone who remains uneasy about government policies on, and after, 9/11, The War on Truth is an invaluable resource that will radically alter perceptions of international terrorism, national security, and the clandestine machinery of Western power.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 384pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565967 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 2005 •

Brazil, Amazon and Pantanal

Traveller's Wildlife Guide

By David L. Pearson & Les Beletsky

Photography by: Priscilla Barrett et al

The Brazilian Amazon region holds a very special place in the minds of the world’s nature lovers as a vast wilderness of tropical forest splendor; and southern Brazil’s Pantanal area, an immense wetland, has a well-deserved reputation for its tremendous wildlife-viewing opportunities. Ecotravellers to these regions want to experience tropical forests and other stunning habitats and catch glimpses of exotic wildlife: toucans and parrots, monkeys and anteaters, frogs and toads, crocodiles and snakes.

In this book is all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about Brazil’s magnificent animal and plant life.

– Identification and location information on the most frequently seen animals.

– Full-color illustrations of more than 500 of Brazil’s most common insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and fish- the species you are most likely to see.

– Up-to-date information on the ecology, behavior, and conservation of the animals.

– Information on Brazil’s habitats and on the most common plants you will encounter.

– Brief descriptions of the most frequently visited parks and reserves in the Amazon and Pantanal regions.

Easy-to-carry, entertainingly written, beautifully illustrated – you will want to have this book as constant companion on your journey.

$29.95 • 5.5" x 8.5" • 512pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565936 • Series: TravellersÕ Wildlife Guides • Interlink Books • Release date: 2005 •

A Traveller’s Companion to Madrid

By Hugh Thomas

"All the essential spirit of Madrid —somber, aristocratic and tinged with violence." — Bloomsbury Book Guide

Hugh Thomas, best known for his authoritative analysis of the Spanish Civil War, has chosen from diaries, letters, memoirs and novels ranging across five centuries of Madrid’s history.

The anthology brilliantly evokes the drama and personalities of the past by drawing on eyewitness accounts and commentaries from both visitors and inhabitants including Beaumarchais, Beckford, Luis Buñuel, Alexandre Dumas, Goya, Victor Hugo, Hemingway, Napoleon and scores of others.

Includes: the Duke of Wellington walking in the shady Paseo del Prado; the Earl of Clarendon on 17th-century bullfights; Salvador Dalaí playing a surrealist joke on a snooty barman at the Ritz; Rubens in the Alcázar; Manet at the Prado, generals and anarchists in the Puerta del Sol; Casanova and Trotsky in prison.

$16.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 352pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565912 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Companions • Interlink Books •

A Traveller’s Companion to Prague

By Jan Kaplan

“The City of a Hundred Spires” revealed through letters, diaries and memoirs from medieval to modern times.

Built on the banks of the meandering river Moldau, Prague has for centuries been an inspiration to artists and writers, inhabitants and visitors, many of whom have declared the “hundred-towered” city to be one of the most beautiful in the world, though one with a turbulent history.

Jan Kaplan’s selection from letters, diaries, memoirs and anecdotes brilliantly evokes both the city’s exhilarating creative power, so impressively visible in its buildings and art treasures, and the many tragic events played out in its streets through the centuries. Here are eyewitness accounts of the sermons of Jan Hus, Czech forerunner of the German Reformation, the Defenestrations of Prague, beginning in 1419, the premiere night of Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni in 1787, and the invasions and political upheavals of the 20th century. There are personal reflections from Petrarch, John Dee, Goethe, Horatio Nelson, Frederic Chopin, Hans Christian Andersen, George Eliot, Jan Neruda, Thomas Carlyle, Hector Berlioz, Auguste Rodin, Rainer Maria Rilke, Jaroslav Seifert, Karel Capek, Graham Greene, Václav Havel, Franz Kafka, Ladislav Klíma, and more. Together they powerfully conjure up the magic of the enduring city.

$16.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 400pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565905 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Companions • Interlink Books •

My Bodyworks

Songs About Your Bones, Muscles, Heart and More!

By Jane Schoenburg & Steven Schoenburg

Illustrated by: Cynthia Fisher

"Here is a splendid book for all the senses. The illustrations are lively and delightful." — Eric Carle

Learning about the body just got more exciting!

Young children will discover how their bodies work when they read and sing along with fun and fact-filled songs. How many bones are in each of your feet? What are the five senses? Where is the gluteus maximus? Why do we pass gas? Find out in this engaging book and 12-song CD set with its diverse array of musical styles that promises to get the whole family rocking.

Well-written and informative, this book describes the body from the bones to the five senses in a fun and enjoyable manner. The catchy lyrics will become kids favorites as they learn.

$16.95 • 8.25" x 8.25" • 32pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566565837 • Crocodile Books • Ages 2 to 8 • Release date: 09/01/14 • Awards: PARENTS' CHOICE RECOMMENDED AWARD

Cuba

Portrait of an Island

By Ron Base & Donald Nausbaum

In this unique collection of vibrant and enchanting photographs, Donald Nausbaum has captured the essence of Cuba, the Caribbean’s most fascinating island.

Cuba has long preoccupied the imagination of photographers, with its spectacular contrasts of lush scenery and historic architecture. Generations of artists and travellers have visited this magnificent Caribbean island, which is described in an evocative and information-packed introduction by Ron Base.

In Cuba: Portrait of an Island, Donald Nausbaum presents us with a superlative collection of images showing the island in all its diverse, spectacular beauty. The streets of Havana show a surreal mix of grandeur and decay but it retains a defiant elegance. Through its ruins there is a glimpse at its wildly vibrant nightlife, before settling on a rooftop to watch the sun set on this special city. Cuba’s misty valleys, its grand colonial architecture, its stunning coastline and idyllic beaches are all waiting to be discovered by the unsuspecting visitor. Nausbaum’s portrait gives us a real sense of the island’s scenery and evokes the rich diversity of Cuban life capturing images, which make us really feel Cuba. It takes us down spicy streets filled with music and the candy colors of the ubiquitous classic cars. It shows us, through snapshots, the essential elements of Cuban culture, from vivid pictures of gnarled, mahogany textured just-rolled cigars to images of bright carnival, of Cubans of every age dancing in every style to the incessant musical heart beat of the island. Cuba’s fascinating political past and pervasive political mood, described in detail in Ron Base’s introduction, also shows us its walls and billboards and its T-shirts plastered with that picture of Che Guavara, and the brightly painted political slogans and scrawled graffiti. In its most touching moments, this portrait shows us the humanity of Cuba, the children with cheeky faces playing in the streets, the old men making music together, the workers and the mothers and the activists, all brought together in this portrait of an island dancing in the sun. Travelling frequently to the Caribbean, Nausbaum uses his camera to capture the very essence of the region, its breathtaking beauty, its culture, and its people.

This skilled photo journalistic essay unlocks the treasures of Cuba, presenting a visual summation of its eclectic, exuberant atmosphere for those unfamiliar with the island and new images that are bound to startle and engage those who know and love it. Nausbaum presents us with a magnificent portrait of the Cuba described to us in the introduction: it is an island lodged in the imagination, haunted by old ghosts and faded glamor, felt as a shiver in your spine. It is complicated, conflicted and, ultimately, completely absorbing.

$29.95 • 8.5" x 11" • 112pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566565790 • Interlink Books •

Speaking the Truth

Zionism, Israel, and Occupation

By Rev. Dr. Michael Prior

"In our struggle for justice and peace in South Africa we had to learn to speak- and listen to- hard truths. Our experience should encourage all who strive for justice and peace in the Holy Land. My visits to the Holy Land remind me so much of South Africa: apartheid is back, complete with the 'Separation Wall' and bantustans. History, it seems, repeats itself. Yet, if peace could come to South Africa, surely it can come also to the Holy Land. I welcome this book that exposes some of the hardest truths about Israel-Palestine. The distinguished contributors- from Israel, Palestine, the US, the UK and Ireland, women and men, Jews, Christians and Muslims- speak their Truth. Reconciliation will follow later." — From the foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu

“In our struggle for justice and peace in South Africa we had to learn to speak- and listen to- hard truths. Our experience should encourage all who strive for justice and peace in the Holy Land. My visits to the Holy Land remind me so much of South Africa: apartheid is back, complete with the ‘Separation Wall’ and bantustans. History, it seems, repeats itself. Yet, if peace could come to South Africa, surely it can come also to the Holy Land. I welcome this book that exposes some of the hardest truths about Israel-Palestine. The distinguished contributors- from Israel, Palestine, the US, the UK and Ireland, women and men, Jews, Christians and Muslims- speak their Truth. Reconciliation will follow later.” — From the Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu

In this collection of original essays, 12 internationally respected scholars and experts examine the ethical and strategic issues of the Palestine-Israel conflict, and offer us a rare window into the realities behind Israel’s military occupation. It is an essential resource for anyone who wishes to understand the causes, underlying tensions, injustices and the tragically ongoing occupation.

CONTENTS

FOREWORD- Desmond Tutu

ZIONISM AND THE CHALLENGE OF HISTORICAL TRUTH AND MORALITY- Michael Prior

ZIONISM, CHRISTIANITY AND THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT- Herman Ruether and Rosemary Radford Ruether

STATE OF DENIAL: THE NAKBAH IN ISRAELI HISTORY AND TODAY- Ilan Pappe

WHY WE REMEMBER DEIR YASSIN- Daniel McGowan

THE INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN EMBASSY, JERUSALEM: A CASE STUDY IN POLITICAL

CHRISTIAN ZIONISM- Stephen Sizer

MAINSTREAM CHRISTIAN ZIONISM- Peter Miano

POLITICS AND MULTI-FAITH IN THE HOLY LAND: A CHALLENGE FOR CHRISTIANS- Duncan Macpherson

THEOLOGIZING, TRUTH AND PEACEMAKING IN THE PALESTINIAN EXPERIENCE- Jean Zaru

SPEAKING THE TRUTH TO JEWS- Paul Eisen

THE RIGHT OF RETURN AND ITS DETRACTORS- Naseer Aruri

WAKING THE SLEEPING GIANT- Betsy Barlow

$17.95 • 5.5" x 8.5" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565776 • Olive Branch Press • Release date: 2004 • Foreword by: Archbishop Desmond Tutu •

A Traveller’s Companion to Moscow

By Laurence Kelly

"The collection could scarcely be bettered." — Sunday Telegraph

Inhabited since Neolithic times but not founded until 1147, Moscow was for much of its early history in thrall to other nations- to the Khans, to the Tartars and the Poles. The city was devastated by fire time and again, but with each rebuilding, miraculously, it grew ever more magnificent. For every church that was destroyed, it seemed that two more were built, compounding the resonance of Holy Russia, with its icons, its chanted liturgy, its packed and fervent congregations, pre-eminently resurgent.

Through the voices of visitors and residents, the turbulent growth of this great city is recorded in this evocative and informative anthology: Peter the Great’s bloody reprisals after the revolt of the streltsy in 1698; Napoleon’s ignominious retreat from the burning city in 1812; the flowering of literary greatness in the nineteenth century and of the Moscow Art Theater in the twentieth; the dazzling profusion of jewels in the Treasury of the Kremlin. In this highly admired travel companion, these and other milestones in seven centuries of history are all vividly brought to life.

$16.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 336pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565769 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Companions • Interlink Books • Release date: 2004 •

Islamic Tiles

By Venetia Porter

Ceramic tiles have been produced for over a thousand years in the heartlands of the Islamic world, from Iraq in the ninth century to Turkey in the nineteenth.

The wealth of designs and colors used to decorate mosques, shrines and palaces later provided inspiration for European artists and designers. This book first explains the various techniques of the craftsmen and then traces the development of tilework, beginning with pre-Islamic tradition, through the major periods and across a wide geographic area. Superb color photographs and informative text make this book a treasure for anyone interested in art and design.

$19.95 • 6" x 9" • 128pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565721 • Series: Eastern Art Series • Interlink Books • Release date: 2004 •

From the Land of Sheba

Yemeni Folk Tales

By Carolyn Han

Although Yemen, at the southern tip of the Arabian Penisula, is one of the oldest inhabited regions of the world, in the West, it is one of the least known places.

Ancient Yemen is mentioned in the Bible as the home to frankincense and myrrh, which was once more costly than gold; but what else do we know of this place the Romans called Felix Arabia? As stories often moved with commerce, perhaps some of our earliest stories were born in Yemen’s legendary incense groves and traveled with caravans around the world. The Romans called this land happy or prosperous because of the region’s geographic diversity: it is not just another country of vast deserts, and its history goes back thousands of years. Legends tell us, in fact, that Sana’a, the present-day capital, was established by Noah’s son, Shem. The fabled past is ever present in Yemen, and stories are told about events that happened long, long ago- as if they happened only yesterday. From the Land of Sheba brings a rich assortment of folktales from this ancient land.

$13.95 • 5.5" x 8.5" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565714 • Series: International Folk Tale Series • Interlink Books • Release date: 2004 •

Belize and Northern Guatemala

Traveller's Wildlife Guide

Photography by: David Dennis et al

Most travellers to Belize and Northern Guatemala want to experience lush tropical forests and other stunning habitats and catch glimpses of exotic wildlife: toucans and parrots, hummingbirds and hawks, monkeys and big cats, frogs and toads, crocodiles and snakes. In this book is all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about the region’s magnificent animal life.

-Identifying and location information on the most frequently spotted animals.

– Full-color illustrations of more than 500 of Belize’s most common insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

– Up-to-date information on the ecology, behavior, and conservation of the families of profiled animals, and on conservation in Belize and Guatemala.

– Information on habitats of Belize and Northern Guatemala and on the most common plants visitors encounter.

– A section on Belize’s famous coral reef and on the underwater animals most divers and snorkelers actually see.

– Brief descriptions of the region’s most frequently visited parks and reserves.

Easy-to-carry, entertainingly written, beautifully illustrated – you will want to have this book as constant companion on your journey.

$29.95 • 5.5" x 8.5" • 520pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565684 • Series: Travellers' Wildlife Guides • Interlink Books • Release date: 2004 •

New Hampshire

On-the-Road Histories

By Russell Lawson

New Hampshire sweeps over the diverse and isolated terrain of this quintessential New England state, describing its islands and mountains, the many hikes and highways a traveler may follow to discover its landscape, and the personalities this landscape inspired.

Lawson looks at the legacy of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Robert Frost, who wrote enduringly about the state, its countryside, and people, and also a line of highly educated religious men and women who worked to tame the wildness of both the people and the land. In the records these individuals- John Tucke, Jeremy and Ruth Belknap of Dover, Eleazar Wheelock, founder of Dartmouth College, and Dr. Josiah and Mary Bartlett of Kingston- kept of their lives, Lawson finds a unique history of the Granite state.

$16 • 5" x 9" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565653 • Series: On-the-Road Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 2005 •

Alaska

On-the-Road Histories

By Ryan Madden

The word Alaska conjures romantic images of the frozen north- igloos, dog sleds, giant bears, endless tundra- and with these images, a sense of physical extremity: our biggest state, our northernmost state, our highest mountains, our lowest temperatures.

In parts of Alaska, the sun never goes down in the summer and never comes up in the winter. But alongside the natural beauty and stark physical majesty is an interesting and complex human history thousands of years old and full of interactions between different peoples and cultures. Alaska Natives, Russians, French, Spanish, English, Americans, Canadians, and Japanese have all staked a claim in this Northern land.

In this On-the-Road History, Ryan Madden first explores Alaska Native cultures, then moves to the Russian influence, the early American period and the influence of gold, and finally, Alaska in the 20th century, with the impact of World War II, statehood, and the oil boom.

$20 • 5" x 9" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565660 • Series: On-the-Road Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 2005 •

Minnesota

On-the-Road Histories

By John Radzilowski

Photography by: Norbert Schiller

"Politically, culturally, geographically, and historically, Minnesota is unique. Fortunately, Interlink's latest entry in its 'On-the-Road-Histories' does the North Star State justice." — Library Journal

Minnesota is many landscapes, but none of them fully define her.

And where is it, exactly? Easterners see it as part of the West, Westerners as part of the East. Minnesotans often split the difference and call their home “the Upper Midwest.” Everyone, save Canadians, agrees that it is in the North. To be sure, winter is both a trial and a point of perverse pride for natives. Minnesotans also take a more universally understood pride in their state’s quality of life; with its progressive political traditions, Minnesota always ranks high in national rankings that consider the environment, economic well-being, thriving arts communities, health, and education.

In Minnesota, John Radzilowski explores the history of the peoples- native Americans, Norwegian, Swedish, French Canadian, German, Irish, Finnish, Polish, and more who have made the state what it is today. He explores the rich and distinct cultural histories of the Twin Cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, as well as “outstate” Minnesota, the largely rural land beyond the sprawling metro area.

$20 • 5" x 9" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565677 • Series: On-the-Road Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 2005 •

Palestine

A Guide

By Mariam Shahin & George Azar

Photography by: George Azar

"Hugely impressive… deeply researched, written with flair and passion, and enriched throughout with Azar's beautiful photography. All the historic sites get their due, but so do the foods, costumes, arts and traditions of the Palestinians… this enticing and absorbing book genuinely does what its genre should: it makes you want to go there." — The Independent

Palestine: A Guide is a fascinating look at where, and how, Palestinians live today.

Explore the monuments of the past, as well as the vibrant towns, cities, hamlets and refugee camps of an emerging nation. Palestine: A Guide offers the visitor an authentic vision of why, despite lacking legal status as a state, Palestine is a real place on the world map.

$27.95 • 5.75" x 8.75" • 512pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565578 • Interlink Books •

Midnight Tales

A Woman's Journey through the Middle East

By Rosina-Fawzia Al-Rawi

Photography by: Stuart West

"Sociologist and author Al-Rawi (Grandmother's Secrets) here offers up a collection of poetic vignettes about past and present Arab folkways in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Kuwait, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates. Weaving together childhood memories and interviews with Arab women, she draws the reader behind closed doors to meet a colorful and intriguing casts of characters, including her Aunts Fatima and Kawthar, her Uncle Mahmoud, her brother Manour, her parents, her grandmother, and many other good-hearted people. Al-Rawi's writing is deeply evocative: the reader sees, hears, touches, and tastes what she describes. Rich with historical and cultural detail about a wide range of subjects-from shopping in a carpet souk to female circumcision, wearing the veil, pearl diving, marriage, women's roles, and much more-this work also includes Arab proverbs, endnotes and a brief bibliography. Highly recommended for anthropology, sociology, and women's studies collections." — Library Journal

“In actual fact, the only thing that matters in life is love, yet the inquisitive mind must be fed a few facts… Look at Baghdad!” commands Rosina-Fawzia al-Rawi’s lively and imperious aunt Fatima, one of the characters in this delightful collection of personal essays.

Aunt Fatima would have approved of this book, for as her niece turns her eye first on Baghdad and then all the lands of the Middle East, ending with her research into women’s customs in the Emirates, she devotes herself as a lover does to all the intimate details around her. Whether she recounts a trip to buy a rug, a childhood incident on a Lebanese playground, or explicates Arab poetry, al-Rawi’s collection is full of all that Aunt Fatima recommends- her beloved poetry, the ever-present history of these ancient lands, tender and intricate accounts of daily life, and quirky, nuanced tracings of the workings of the human heart.

$15 • 6"x 9" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565585 • Interlink Books • Translator: Monique Arav • Release date: 2004 •

Texas

On-the-Road Histories

By Mary Jo Powell

Mary Jo Powell’s Texas begins with a panorama of the vast Texas landscape, from the Piney Woods to Big Bend Country, before turning to the people of the land now called Texas.

She begins with those who inhabited the area before the Spanish arrived, the story of the Alamo, the movement from independent nation to state, the role of slavery in Texas, the state’s role in the Civil War and reconstruction, and how the state survived both World Wars and the Depression. Along the way, Powell addresses some uniquely Texan phenomena, such as the myth and realities of the Texas cowboy, how the discovery of oil and logging changed the land and its identity, and the rancorous and spirited world of Texas politics, which made its mark on US politics with the rise of Lyndon B. Johnson and the Bush family. It also introduces readers to the spicier side of the state, including its food, the movies it inspired, its music, and its writers.

$20 • 5" x 9" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565646 • Series: On-the-Road Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 2005 •

A Traveller’s Guide to D-Day and the Battle for Normandy

By Carl Shilleto & Mike Tolhurst

"Indispensable… The text is a fine, economical blend of military accuracy and vivid anecdote; the tourism-related material is complete without being overwhelming; the maps are easy to read? For anyone contemplating such a trip or looking for a readable general account of the battle, this is an excellent, well-executed resource." — Foreword Magazine

A NEW EDITION PUBLISHED ON THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY of D-DAY

A Traveller’s Guide to D-Day and the Battle for Normandy covers the period from June to August 1944 when the Allies stormed ashore, fought their way through the bocage country of Normandy, and eventually broke out through the Avranches gap.

A new kind of guidebook. This title gives comprehensive information about:

– Major battles and battlefields

– Memorials, sites, cemeteries, and statues

– How to get there; what to see

– Contemporary eyewitness accounts

– Then-and-now photographs and maps

The guide helps us understand what it was like to have endured the ordeal of combat. Through their own words, we learn the feelings of those young men and women of many nationalities who fought and died. What were their private thoughts and fears? Their personal memories? Contemporary eyewitness accounts are woven into the fabric of this book, which has an immediacy and vividness that marks a new departure in guidebooks.

$14.95 • 5.25" x 8" • 192pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565554 • Interlink Books • Release date: 2004 •

A Taste of Cuba

By Beatriz Llamas

"A glorious gastronomic tour of Cuba and its culinary history, with easy-to-follow recipes for authentic dishes, illustrated not only by the expected 'gorgeous plate' type of photos, but also by wonderful original illustrations. Ximena Maier's artwork is realistic in content, yet whimsical in feeling, adding much to the allure of the book." � Caribbean Compass

Cuban cuisine is a fascinating mixture of cultures and ingredients drawn from the island’s complex history and its wide-ranging natural resources. It includes the early influences of native Cuban Indians (with their manioc, taro root, corn and black beans) to the arrival of the Spanish colonizers with the cash crops of coffee and sugar as well as their stuffed roasted meats and peppers and, of course, the African slaves who brought okra, taro root and plantain.

Today, all these are such important elements of Cuban cuisine that it seems as though they have always been present on the island. Add a little rum and some salsa music to the pot and the story of Cuban cuisine really begins to take shape!

In A Taste of Cuba Beatriz Llamas takes us on a gastronomic tour of the Caribbean’s biggest island: from appetizers, soups, main dishes, side dishes and desserts – and all the mouthwatering spices and ingredients (past and present) that are so popular and unique to Cuba.

$20 • 7.5" x 9.5" • 144pgs • Format: Hardback & Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565530 HB
ISBN: 9781566565752 PB • Interlink Books • Illustrated by Ximena Maier • Release date: 2004 •

The New Pearl Harbor

Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11

"Griffin scrutinizes the time line and physical evidence of September 11 for unresolved inconsistencies." � Publishers Weekly

This second edition contains a 30-page Afterword with additional material on the alleged hijackers, controlled demolition of the WTC, Sibel Edmonds, and the 9/11 Commission, plus a discussion of whether Standard Operating Procedures had been changed in June 2001.

From a skeptical vantage-point, but also taking to heart the classic idea that those who benefit from a crime ought to at least be investigated, Griffin, an eminent philosopher and theologian, brings together an account of the national tragedy that is far more logical than the one we’ve been asked to believe. Gathering stories from the mainstream press, reports from other countries, the work of other researchers, and the contradictory words of members of the Bush administration themselves, Griffin presents a case that leaves very little doubt that the attacks of 9/11 need to be further investigated. The disturbing questions emerge from every part of the story, from every angle, until it is impossible not to seriously doubt the official story, and suspect its architects of enormous deception.

Long a teacher of ethics and systematic theology, Griffin writes with compelling and passionate logic, urging readers to draw their own conclusions from the evidence outlined. The New Pearl Harbor rings with the conviction that it is possible, even today, to search for the truth; it is a stirring call that we demand a real investigation into what happened on 9/11.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 288pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565523 • Olive Branch Press •

Flavors of Greece

By Rosemary Barron

"Practical and charmingly evocative." — Claudia Roden

Greek food is simple, honest and unfussy. It has a healthy indifference to fashion and trends but a supreme ability to promote feelings of well-being and conviviality. Even the most sophisticated world-traveled Greek approaches a village table laden with foods such as wild greens, spit roasted lamb, and sweet cheese pies with relish and enthusiasm.

Dining in Greece is an activity that stimulates all the senses; the food is colorful, pungent and fragrant, perfumed by the wonderful heady fragrances of fresh herbs and spices, and it is consumed with great gusto. Whether the meal is eaten at home or in a harbor-side taverna it is always accompanied by animated conversation and spirited appreciation of the food.

In Flavors of Greece Rosemary Barron invites us to share these communal pleasures and to accompany her on her exploration of the Greek kitchen via the markets, full of shapes, colors and textures which excite the senses- glossy vegetables and lush juicy fruits, plump nuts, sacks of dried beans and pulses, sea-fresh fish, crumbly white cheeses and barrels of glistening black olives.

You will find no haute cuisine in this book but much fine food. There are over 250 recipes; many are simple, based on good, fresh ingredients; many are highly flavored and aromatic; all taste even better when shared with friends. Here are regional and national specialties: mezes, little appetizers and dishes that in combination so often become a meal in themselves; fried cheeses, salted almonds, creamy tarama, capers, cucumber and yogurt; delicate lemon and egg broths, hearty winter bean soups; grilled meats and fish, casseroles, stuffed vegetables and pilafs, infused with the flavors of oregano, rosemary, cumin, garlic and cinnamon, nuts and raisins.

The best way to appreciate the informal, seasonal food Greek cooking provides, is to try it for yourself, and in Rosemary Barron and her delightful collection of recipes there is no better guide.

$20 • 6.125" x 9.25" • 384pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565516 • Interlink Books •

My Jerusalem

Essays, Reminiscences, and Poems

By Salma Khadra Jayyusi & Zafar Ishaq Ansari

Here is a passionate and eclectic collection of essays, poems, and scholarship that brings to life Jerusalem, that most enigmatic and compelling of cities, in its embattled, contemporary guise as well as in its ancient history.

The book begins in the immediacy of today’s Jerusalem- with its dispossessions and laws, its bloody conflicts and massive skyscrapers- and moves backward in time to Classical Jerusalem, working to disentangle the knots of the three great monotheistic religions, and finally comes to rest in a section that is a testament to the physical facts of Jerusalem: its monuments and alleys, its smells, its music, its people.

Throughout it all, the Jerusalem that emerges is, as Mureed Barghouthy puts it, “the Jerusalem of the people,” for it is the people who live or have lived there, who know the “Jerusalem of houses and cobbled streets and spice markets, of our neighbor the nun and her neighbor the muezzin, who was always in a hurry.” Tellingly, the anthology begins and ends with the words of poets: “I’m not interested in / Who suffered the most,” writes Naomi Shihab Nye in the introductory poem. “I’m interested in /People getting over it.”

This book is about a beloved Jerusalem whose intricacies and human inventions are ultimately larger than the current conflict.

$20 • 6" x 9" • 352pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565493 • Olive Branch Press •

Fragments of Memories

A Story of a Syrian Family

By Hanna Mina

Khaldoun Shamaa Fragments of Memory is an autobiographical novel about the life of a boy born to a poor family in northern Syria. Mina sets these personal events against a richly detailed description of events in the history of early 20th century Syria, as the silkworm industry gave way to modern foreign technology. The mode of life described is one of a bygone era.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 192pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565479 • Interlink Books • Translator: Olive Kenny & Lorne Kenny • Foreword by: Khaldoun Shamaa •

Cuba Classics

A Celebration of Vintage American Automobiles

By Christopher P. Baker

"In this paean to the vintage car, Baker, who has also provided the photos, juxtaposes American autos against the backdrop of Cuba to great effect…the photos effectively capture the beauty of the vintage cars themselves as well as the country that keeps them running. This photographic history is a nice companion to Baker's award-winning travel memoir, Motorcycling Through Castro's Cuba." — Publishers Weekly

This unique homage to Cuba’s astonishing wealth of antique cars is also a paean to the extraordinary people who keep their weary cacharros running with resourcefulness, ingenuity and great good humor.

In a collection of vibrant images, Cuba Classics reveals the time-worn splendor of classic American automobiles spanning eight decades. From Model-T Fords and ’40s-era Buick Roadmasters to late ’50s Edsel Citations and Chevrolet Impalas with fins sharp enough to draw blood, this book evokes the nostalgic and seductive world of Cuba’s car culture.

Blurry action shots of moving cars’ scenics with backdrops that celebrate the island’s beauty”close-ups of hood ornamentation, grillwork and dashboards, illustrate the subject magnicently. This rich array of photographs, complemented by captions that provide fascinating anecdotal detail while celebrating the four-wheeled survivors of a bygone age and the passion of their owners.

This magnificent portrait of today’s classic cars is also an exploration of the island’s tumultuous history. Tracing the evolution of motor madness in decadent pre-revolutionary Cuba, the author surveys the tough realities of caring for vintage cars in the modern age of embargo and shortages. These challenges have produced exceptional skill and inventiveness among the owners and mechanics who somehow keep a legion of gas-guzzling leviathans on the road.

In a dynamic photojournalistic essay that traces the long love affair between Cubans and the U.S. automobile, Christopher P. Baker also celebrates Cuba’s landscapes and colors, his images putting the beloved cacharros within a tropical setting both sensual and surreal.

Written in the lively, engaging style that has won the author numerous literary awards, Cuba Classics draws upon memoirs, museum records, personal interviews and Cuba’s own dusty archives. Mixing history with present-day impressions, technical detail with personal observations, the evocative text proves both absorbing and richly entertaining.

Baker’s volume captivates everyone from armchair travelers to classic car connoisseurs with powerful imagery that reflects the beguiling other-worldly charm of Cuba, the Caribbean’s most compelling and intriguing isle.

$29.95 • 11.75" x 10.5" • 208pgs • Format: Hardback • ISBN: 9781566565462 • Interlink Books • Release date: 2004 •

Peru

Traveller's Wildlife Guide

By David L. Pearson & Les Beletsky

Photography by: Liz Haarala & Max Hamilton

"Produced by Interlink Publishing, the Traveller's Wildlife Guides are splendid overviews of the various creatures…Particularly helpful to me in this present volume is the authors', as well as the overall series', approach of presenting each taxonomic family in terms of its overall natural history rather than going into great detail at the individual species level… it is indeed to be welcomed by all… who seek a more multi-dimensional understanding of Peru's wildlife, and how each family relates not only to one another but to the larger ecosystem as well." — bornagainbirdwatcher.com

From the world-famous Machu Picchu Incan ruins high in the Andes Mountains, to Lake Titicaca in southern Peru, to the Iquitos area of Amazonian northeastern Peru, travellers want to experience tropical forests and other stunning habitats and catch glimpses of exotic wildlife: toucans and parrots, monkeys and anteaters, frogs and toads, crocodiles and snakes. In this book is all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about Peru’s magnificent animal and plant life.

– Identification and location information on Peru’s most frequently seen animals.

– Full-color illustrations of more than 500 of Peru’s most common insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

– Up-to-date information on the ecology, behavior, and conservation of the animals.

– Information on Peru’s habitats and on the most common plants you will encounter.

– Brief descriptions of Peru’s most frequently visited parks and reserves.

– Information on ecotourism in general and on conservation in Peru.

Easy-to-carry, entertainingly written, beautifully illustrated – you will want to have this book as constant companion on your journey.

$29.95 • 5.5 x 8.5 • 520pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565455 • Series: Travellers' Wildlife Guides • Interlink Books •

Helsinki

A Cultural History

By Neil Kent

Photography by: Douglas Newman & Colin Pratt

Helsinki is one of the world’s most northerly capitals, but it is by no means a city frozen in northern wastes.

Situated along the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, magnificent lakes and forests reach into Helsinki’s urban heart, a rare event in today’s world of suburban sprawl. The city’s natural beauty, emphasized by parks and islands, is matched by an extraordinary cultural richness, the result of fruitful foreign influences and home-grown creativity. The Finnish capital offers a spectacular display of architecture and design: from the neoclassical magnificence imposed by a Russian Czar to the modernist chic of Nordic functionalism.

Neil Kent explores the history and culture of the Daughter of the Baltic, a small fishing village that became a powerhouse of design and technology. Tracing its dramatic past of conflict and conflagration, he explores the evolution of a national, and urban, identity through architecture, art and writing. Through such differing cultural phenomena as saunas, railway stations and tango, he explains why Helsinki is a distinctive mix of tradition and innovation.

– The city of architects and designers: Engel, Czar Alexander I and the creation of an imperial metropolis; Alvar Aaalto and the birth of the modern; functionalism and high-tech innovation.

– The city of music and the arts: Sibelius, the national composer; conductors and performers; art galleries and installations; National Romanticism and the Nordic aesthetic.

– The city of hospitality: Art Nouveau hotels and cafes; sauna culture; famous visitors and refugees: Lenin and Hitler; multicultural Helsinki and a history of migration.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 264pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565448 • Series: Interlink Cultural Histories • Interlink Books • Release date: 06/06/14 •

Cambridge

A Cultural History

By Martin Garrett

From its origins in the thirteenth century the University of Cambridge has attracted many notable students and teachers, both brilliant and eccentric.

From Erasmus to Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein, the university has been at the forefront of philosophical inquiry. Actors and directors like Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Peter Hall have earned Cambridge a reputation for theatrical excellence, while the colleges have been home to an extraordinary list of poets, including Milton and Wordsworth, Byron and Tennyson, Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes.

During the twentieth century the city surrounding the university grew rapidly as a once small fenland town became a magnet for high-tech industries. As the Science Park and Business Park thrived, property prices and traffic congestion increased. But there are still quiet courts and green spaces- Parker’s Piece, Midsummer Common, Jesus Green, and the Backs. Here is to be found Henry James’ confusion of Gothic windows and ancient trees, of grassy banks and mossy balustrades, of sun-chequered avenues and groves, of lawns and gardens and terraces. Martin Garrett explores the buildings and streets of Cambridge, revealing the literature, history and personalities of this culturally rich city.

– The University city: courts and gardens, dons and students; Cambridge poets and spies; the struggle for women’s colleges and degrees.

– The city of science and discovery: Newton, Darwin, the Cambridge physicists, the double helix, Stephen Hawking and secrets of the universe

– The city of drama and comedy: from Latin entertainments for Elizabeth I to the Footlights and Monty Python.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565417 • Series: Interlink Cultural Histories • Interlink Books •

Athens

A Cultural History

By Michael Llewellyn Smith

Modern Athens is a bustling, overgrown city, continually coming to terms with its illustrious past.

Dominated by the Parthenon, the world-famous symbol of classical antiquity, it has been touched by every aspect of Greece’s turbulent history, suffering invasions and occupations, sieges, division and dictatorship, and has grown dramatically into a metropolis of four million people. Mixing old and new, the Greek capital is a treasure house of eastern Orthodox and western culture, rich in the visual arts, architecture and poetry. Michael Llewellyn Smith describes the history and culture of Athens, site of the 2004 Olympic Games and city of monuments enduring, purged and restored. Exploring its streets and squares, he reveals layers of Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine history, elegant Bavarian neoclassical buildings, and a modern city of concrete and glass, metro and tram.

The city of visitors: treasure hunters and Philhellenes; Byron and Chateaubriand; Thackeray and Mark Twain; Freud, Virigina Woolf and Winston Churchill.

The city of Olympians: host of the first modern Games of 1896 and the Olympiad of 2004; the revival of the Olympic idea.

The city of Athenians: classical soldiers and thinkers; poets, politicians and princes; migrants and refugees from Greece and beyond.

$15 • 5.25" x 8" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565400 • Series: Interlink Cultural Histories • Interlink Books •

A Traveller’s Companion to Edinburgh

By David Daiches

"A little miracle of space…this book makes his city a thousandfold more captivating by his kaleidoscope of insights on its inheritance." — The Scotsman

An anthology of extracts from letters, memoirs, diaries, novels and biographies of interesting visitors and inhabitants

Edinburgh is a city whose history is written on its face. The Old Town on its crowded rock, sloping down from the Castle to Holyrood House, has not significantly changed its atmosphere since the turbulent fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, when riots, processions, or public executions jammed the High Street. And the very different era that followed the bloody religious wars of the seventeenth century is epitomized by the elegant streets and squares of the New Town north of the Old- the eighteenth-century Enlightenment whose brilliant writers, philosophers and lawyers made Edinburgh famous.

This anthology of extracts from letters, memoirs, diaries, novels and biographies of interesting visitors and inhabitants, including the writings of Scott, Boswell, Cockburn, John Knox and many others, recreates for today’s visitors the drama, the history, and the life of the city in buildings and places that can still be visited. The daring Scottish recapture of the Castle from the English in 1313; the confrontation between Calvinist John Knox and Catholic Mary Queen of Scots in Holyrood House; an eye-witness account of the execution of Montrose at the Mercat Cross in 1650; Daniel Defoe’s account of street riots in 1706 protesting against Scotland’s imminent Union with England; Thomas Carlyle walking on Princes Street and Dr. Johnson on the High Street; reeking slop-pails in the wynds and polite manners in the ballrooms… David Daiches presents a vivid kaleidoscope of impressions of Edinburgh that splendidly recreate the spirit of the place.

$16.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 256pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565387 • Series: Interlink Traveller's Companions • Interlink Books •

A Traveller’s History of Athens

By Richard Stoneman

"…a series which is invaluable. Whether you're travelling or not." — The Guardian

Athens has a history stretching back to Mycenaean times and in the fifth century BC it became the most significant community for the development of political thought and practice, art and culture that had ever been seen and which still retains a vital influence on the present day. When the Ancient Olympics were first revived at the end of the nineteenth century they took place in Athens- an occasion remembered in the Games of 2004. A Traveller’s History of Athens describes the whole history of this great city from mythological and prehistoric times, through its artistic flowering in the classical age; its transformation in Roman times from a major player in world politics to a quiet university city; its decline into ruin and insignificance in the Middle Ages when it became the playground of Crusaders and their successors; the long period of subjection to the Ottoman empire; its recreation as the capital of a new nation in the nineteenth century, and one of the finest new-classical cities in Europe; its troubled history in the twentieth century and its continuing place in the hearts and minds of all visitors. Throughout, quotations from contemporary sources enliven and illuminate the text. The author, who visits Athens at least once a year, also incorporates a chronological history and includes helpful information on Athens’ museums and galleries and archaeological sites, excursions from the city and on transport and communications.

$14.95 • 5" x 7.75" • 304pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565332 • Series: Interlink TravellerÕs Histories • Interlink Books •

A Kayak Full of Ghosts

Eskimo Folk Tales

By Lawrence Millman

Illustrated by: Timothy White

The first comprehensive collection of Eskimo folktales in over sixty years, these stories reveal a tradition close in spirit to modern fiction.

Not for queasy readers, A Kayak Full of Ghosts deals with strange and even gruesome events in the barren Arctic where, in the minds of the storytellers, all manner of behavior is imaginable. Mythic and beautiful, violent and scatological, these tales come from an oral tradition that bars few holds. Here you will meet a memorable gallery of characters: children who eat their parents; hunters who kill their prey by breaking wind; men who marry rocks; women who marry their sons’ wives; old people who wed insects; women with iron tails; children who grow antlers; a shaman who turns himself into any animal he wants; and animals who obtain their body parts by stealing from the human dead. Taken together, these stories portray a rich culture in a remote land, where eerie flowers bloom in the floes of the human mind. (Note: This book contains material and themes that are not appropriate for children).

$13.95 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 208pgs • Format: Paperback • ISBN: 9781566565257 • Series: International Folk Tale Series • Interlink Books •

Costa Rica

Travellers' Wildlife Guide