2469 ipm_catss2008_text12 10/2/07 10:04 am page 3 www.capital-books.com capital books inc new titles new protect yourself at college smart choices safe results thomas m kane new titles april 2008 from dorm safety and drinking to spring break date rape and computer crime practical tips from the founder of college safety zone for protecting our students from campus crime this book can save lives after the horrific virginia tech massacre in april 2007 all of us are now aware of the major disasters that can strike our students at college but each year more than 500,000 college students become victims of crimes and accidents that rarely get reported in the media protect yourself at college college is based on three years of extensive research and interviews with college and security officials it provides parents with a vital tool to give their students as they pack up for school school administrators will want to hand out this book to each student entering the freshman class it covers ever
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2469 ipm_catss2008_text12 10/2/07 10:04 am page 12 allison busby selections from our fall catalog allison busby was founded in 1967 and has earned a reputation for publishing quality writers of an individual cast and excellence especially in the fields of crime fiction mystery and true crime selections from our fall catalog the railway viaduct edward marston now available paper us $9.95 ncr isbn 978-0-7490-8114-0 bitter blue cath staincliffe now available paper us $9.95 ncr isbn 978-0-7490-8171-3 the masks of darkness patricia hall now available paper us $9.95 ncr isbn 978-0-7490-8376-2 every secret thing emma cole september 2007 paper us $15.95 ncr isbn 978-0-7490-8147-8 hot ice madge swindells september 2007 paper us $9.95 ncr isbn 978-0-7490-8189-8 young bess margaret irwin october 2007 paper us $9.95 ncr isbn 978-0-7490-8021-1 the mystery writer jessica mann november 2007 paper us $9.95 ncr isbn 978-0-7490-8012-9 angel s share mike ripley november 2007 paper us $9.95 ncr
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2469 ipm_catss2008_text12 10/2/07 10:05 am page 21 the american university in cairo press new titles the eternal light of egypt a photographic journey sarite sanders introduced by dorothea arnold new new titles march 2008 egypt s ancient heritage in stunning infra-red black-and-white photography for centuries visitors have been awed by ancient egypt s monuments seeing in them testimony to a mysterious past and the remembrance of forces greater and more subtle than the corporeal world they inhabit with stunning photography complemented by quotations from a range of textual sources the eternal light of egypt speaks to that testimony with a fresh exploratory voice a brooding face carved in stone monuments of unsparing majesty clouds spread out against an immutable sky delicate patterns of palm fronds caught in a shimmering half-light like the figurative language of dreams sarite sanders s haunting black-and-white photographs bring the enigmatic narrative of egypt s ancient monuments into
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2469 ipm_catss2008_text12 10/2/07 10:06 am page 30 the american university in cairo press new titles april may 2008 cell block five fadhil al-azzawi a modern arabic novel translated by william m hutchins new new titles the first iraqi prison novel from the author of the last of the angels being plucked from a baghdad café and deposited in a cell block for political prisoners is a wakeup call for aziz the novel s hero and narrator a young man who has been living on automatic pilot as if he were a guest visiting his own life and he is finally forced to come to terms with the flawed world we inhabit and shape although never charged with any offense he must adjust to a lengthy stay in prison where he is befriended by salam the yard boss mun`im an idealistic university student with a beautiful sister named salwa yusuf an idealist dispatched to the `swamp salman an anarchist schoolteacher and mustafa an aged farmer who dreams of an alternative society while these imprisoned revolutionarie
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2469 ipm_catss2008_text12 10/2/07 10:06 am page 38 the american university in cairo press new titles two new additions to the popular series of handy colorful guidebooks new titles march 2008 egypt pocket guides alberto siliotti the oases in 48 full-color pages the oases is the perfect accompaniment for any visitor to egypt s six major oases in the western desert fayoum bahariya farafra dakhla kharga and siwa the human history cultural traditions natural landscapes and flora and fauna of each unique oasis are all clearly laid out and illustrated in this lively and concise guide march 2008 paperback us $9.95 can $11.15 isbn 978-977-424-984-6 48 pages 4x8 150 color photographs travel literature and guidebooks coptic egypt this compact full-color guide is an ideal introduction to the cultural religious artistic and architectural heritage of egypt s coptic christian community whose long and colorful history goes back two thousand years to the very earliest days of christianity when by tr
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2469 ipm_catss2008_text12 10/2/07 10:07 am page 47 haus publishing new titles armchair traveller series continued new titles march 2008 portrait of the gulf stream in praise of currents Érik orsenna translated by moishe black new `i am not a scientist confesses Érik orsenna `i am a rover a rover with a special weakness for the sort of trivial questions that leave not only parents but even experts fumbling around for an answer why is the night dark why does water wet and why do currents flow it so happens that ever since childhood i have been in love with ocean currents in love with those rivers hidden in the water i love letting a current catch me up and then drifting as though i were on holiday someone strong has suddenly taken you into the palm of his hand all you have to do now is let yourself be carried along in portrait of the gulf stream Érik orsenna embarks on a journey of discovery to tease the secrets out of the gulf stream who he calls `the friend of my childhood who he
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2469 ipm_catss2008_text12 10/2/07 10:07 am page 56 struik publishers new titles now available march 2008 new titles smither s mammals of southern africa a field guide peter apps now available with expanded information on each species this book will satisfy the interests of the general reader as well as the wildlife enthusiast the book now also includes entries on the whales dolphins and seals that can be seen along the southern african coastline black and white line drawings showing the relative scale of groups of similar mammals have been included to further aid identification dr peter apps is a respected mammologist and the author of wild ways a field guide to the behaviour of southern african mammals peter apps wildlife author and award-winning scientist obtained a bachelor s degree from the university of oxford and an m.sc and ph.d from the university of pretoria his scientific interests range from animal behavior to chemistry he is the author of the field guides wild ways and sm
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2469 ipm_catss2008_text12 10/2/07 10:08 am page 64 the national archives new titles will s will new titles may 2008 new the last wishes of william shakespeare the national archives opens a fascinating window onto the england of shakespeare s day country and town family and lovers money and inheritance theatre and religion in 1616 a well-to-do gentleman in sleepy stratford-upon-avon signed hi last will and testament the only record of his signature we now possess later than year he was dead so william shakespeare shuffled off his mortal coil leaving to posterity an immortal body of words and a constant headache for biographers will s will takes the written record of shakespeare s last wishes as a starting point for exploring his eventful yet mysterious life the original will one of the national archives most prized treasures is reproduced in full with with a transcript for modern readers individual phrases are probed with a light entertaining touch to reveal what we can piece togethe
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2469 ipm_catss2008_text12 10/2/07 10:08 am page 73 ransom books new titles new series cutting edge new titles cutting edge is a new fiction series for teenagers and young adults dealing with difficult issues and situations the books are fast-paced quick reads focusing on aspects of the tougher side of life a side of life many of the readers will have experienced and can identify with issues covered in the first five books in the series include self-harm incest suicide and gay sexuality april 2008 breaking dawn donna shelton new marty s diary frances cross new seeing red peter lancett new it s so cool having a really close friend somebody you can share secrets with somebody you can trust like dawn s best friend perry but what happens when that trust is broken and secrets become public knowledge sometimes the consequences just become too much to bear donna shelton is an award winning poet and author born in chicago she has had nearly 200 short stories and articles published since she st
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2469 ipm_catss2008_text12 10/2/07 10:09 am page 82 author index a l author index a abdel-gawad ahmed 23 abdullah yahya taher 29 abouzeid leila 25 adams jad 43 al aswany alaa 29 al nasiri buthaina 32 al-azzawi fadhil 30 bonnamy alain 23 boon mike 53 bosc 44 branch g m 57 branch m l 57 burger marius 52 el-bisatie mohamed 31 eldin mansoura ez 25 el-enany rasheed 28 el-gazzar hamdy 20 elgibali alaa 20 eliot rebecca 70 hense martin 37 holms joyce 12 horsler val 62 hunt patrick 43 i ibrahim zeinab 34 c cairncross bruce 58 calcagni thomas f 2 calland richard 52 callow john 64 cawthorne nigel 43 chapman andrew 8 chaval 44 cole emma 12 coleman sheri l 6 connolly joseph 43 coons patti 11 cord robert 40 cross frances 72 73 cunningham sean 64 cutler judith 12 14 19 f fahmy azza 20 farghali ibrahim 20 farmer elaine 76 flora paul 44 freund rene 48 friends of alexandria archaeology 4 fryer jonathan 43 irwin margaret 12 j jacobs michael c 61 jagoe armiger 2 jensen diana 7 jensen ronald 7 johns
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