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1	Orientalism more books like this by Professor Edward W Said add to wishlist The noted critic and a Palestinian now teaching at Columbia University, examines the way in which the West observes the Arabs. see all copies from £5.58! new only from £9.68! \| first editions
2	Culture & Imperialism more books like this by Professor Edward W Said add to wishlist From Jane Austen to Salman Rushdie, from Yeats to the media coverage of the Gulf War, this is an account of the roots of imperialism in European culture. While many historians and commentators have analyzed the phenomenon of the imperial power wielded by Britain (and France) in the 19th century, this book analyzes its impact on the culture of the ... see all copies from £3.86! new only from £6.43! \| first editions
3	The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Professor Edward W Said (Introduction by), William M Hutchins (Translator) add to wishlist (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Naguib Mahfouz's magnificent epic trilogy of colonial Egypt appears here in one volume for the first time. The Nobel Prize--winning writer's masterwork is the engrossing story of a Muslim family in Cairo during Britain's occupation of Egypt in the early decades of the twentieth century. The novels of "The Cairo ... see all copies from £13.71! new only from £17.13! \| first editions
4	Humanism and Democratic Criticism more books like this by Professor Edward W Said add to wishlist In the radically changed and highly charged political atmosphere that has overtaken the United States -- and to varying degrees the rest of the world -- since September 11, 2001, the notion that cultures can harmoniously and productively coexist has come to seem like little more than a quaint fiction. In this time of heightened animosity and ... see all copies from £6.24! new only from £13.65! \| first editions
5	Representations of the Intellectual more books like this by Professor Edward W Said add to wishlist Celebrated humanist, teacher, and scholar, Edward W. Said here examines the ever-changing role of the intellectual today. In these six stunning essays - delivered on the BBC as the prestigious Reith Lectures - Said addresses the ways in which the intellectual can best serve society in the light of a heavily compromised media and of special ... see all copies from £6.91! new only from £9.21!
6	Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question more books like this by Professor Edward W Said add to wishlist Since the 1948 war which drove them from their homeland, the Palestinian people have consistently been denied the most basic democratic rights. Blaming The Victims shows how the historical fate of the Palestinians has been justified by spurious academic attempts to dismiss their claim to a home within the boundaries of historical Palestine and ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £13.67!
7	Question of Palestine more books like this by Professor Edward W Said add to wishlist This is an account of the emergence of the modern Palestinian nation and its confrontation with Zionism and Israel. The author argues the plight of the four million scattered Palestinians who have been disenfranchised and deprived of their homeland, which is currently under Israeli control. This edition has been updated in the light of the Middle ... see all copies from £7.12! new only from £9.88! \| first editions
8	Out of Place: A Memoir more books like this by Professor Edward W Said add to wishlist As a literary and cultural critic, Said built his career on analyzing the way America imagines and relates to the Arab world. This memoir is the account of his own transition from an Arab childhood in Palestine to his American education and professional life. A New York Times Notable Book in 1999. see all copies from £3.70! new only from £6.32! \| first editions
9	Covering Islam: How the Media & the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World more books like this by Professor Edward W Said add to wishlist In this classic work, which has now been updated and prefaced with a new introduction, Said reveals the hidden agendas and distorted facts that underlie even the most "objective" coverage of the Islamic world by the Western media and its experts. see all copies from £4.37! new only from £5.38! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	From Oslo to Iraq and the Road Map: Essays more books like this by Professor Edward W Said, Tony Judt (Foreword by), Wadie E Said (Afterword by) add to wishlist The late Edward Said, literary scholar and Palestinian activist, spoke out strongly on the Arab-Israeli conflict and America's role in the Middle East. The essays in this collection are pre- and post-9/11, and were originally published in a variety of places, including the Arab press and the New York Times op-ed page. They include polemical calls ... see all copies from £6.24! new only from £9.23! \| first editions
11 view cover	Beginnings: Intention and Method more books like this by Professor Edward W Said add to wishlist A "beginning," especially as embodied in much modern thought, is its own method, Edward Said argues in this classic treatise on the role of the intellectual and the goal of criticism. Distinguishing between "origin," which is divine, mythical, and privileged, and "beginning," which is secular and humanly produced, Said traces the ramifications and ... see all copies from £7.35! new only from £10.10! \| first editions
12 view cover	Freud and the Non-European more books like this by Professor Edward W Said, Christopher Bollas (Introduction by) add to wishlist Using an impressive array of material from literature, archaeology and social theory, Edward Said explores the profound implications of Freud's Moses and Monotheism for Middle-East politics today. The resulting book reveals Said's abiding interest in Freud's work and its important influence on his own. He proposes that Freud's assumption that ... see all copies from £3.85! new only from £3.85! \| first editions
13 view cover	After the Last Sky: Palestinian Lives more books like this by Professor Edward W Said, Jean Mohr (Photographer) add to wishlist This book offers a searing portrait of Palestinian life and identity that is at once an exploration of Edward Said's unclaimable past and a testimony to the lives of those living in exile. see all copies from £7.00! new only from £22.12! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Peace and Its Discontents: Essays on Palestine in the Middle East Peace Process more books like this by Professor Edward W Said add to wishlist In works such as Culture and Imperialism, Said has compelled us to question our culture's most privileged myths. Now with this impassioned and incisive book, our foremost Palestinian-American intellectual challenges the official version of the Middle East "peace process". "He challenges and stimulates our thinking in every area".-- Washington Post ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.73! \| first editions
15 view cover	Acts of Aggression: Policing "Rogue" States more books like this by Professor Noam Chomsky, Professor Edward W Said add to wishlist Three scholars of the Left--Edward Said, Noam Chomsky, Ramsey Clark--examine the U.S. policy toward Iraq and its ramifications. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.83! \| first editions
16 view cover	Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism Revised Edition more books like this by John K Cooley, Professor Edward W Said (Foreword by) add to wishlist A Middle East correspondent investigates the links between the CIA and other intelligence organizations in recruiting Islamic fundamentalist groups in the resistance against Russia in Afghanistan. Author Cooley also looks at the repercussions in the region since, as some of these fundamentalist groups have gained power and prestige, and now ... see all copies from £7.83! new only from £13.83!
17 view cover	The End of the Peace Process: Oslo and After more books like this by Professor Edward W Said add to wishlist In scholar/activist Edward Said's essays on the 1993 Oslo accords, both signees-- Israel and the PLO--come in for heavy criticism. A New York Times Notable Book for 2000. see all copies from £4.38! new only from £6.25! \| first editions
18 view cover	Power, Politics, and Culture more books like this by Professor Edward W Said, Professor Gauri Viswanathan (Editor) add to wishlist In this indispensable collection of wide-ranging interviews, a provocative and optimistic thinker carries on an unflinching dialogue with the world. Said addresses everything from Palestine to Pavarotti in "a brilliant questioning chronicle of contemporary culture and values" (Nadine Gordimer). see all copies from £2.62! new only from £2.62! \| first editions
19	Covering Islam more books like this by Professor Edward W Said add to wishlist In this classic work, which has now been updated and prefaced with a new introduction, Said reveals the hidden agendas and distorted facts that underlie even the most "objective" coverage of the Islamic world by the Western media and its experts. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.83! \| first editions
20 view cover	Parallels and Paradoxes: Explorations in Music and Society more books like this by Daniel Barenboim, Professor Edward W Said, Ara Guzelimian (Preface by) add to wishlist Famed musical conductor Daniel Barenboim and social and literary critic Edward W. Said, friends for many years, discuss everything from art to politics to Beethoven's sonatas. see all copies from £7.31! new only from £10.20! \| first editions
21 view cover	Henry James: Complete Stories 1874-1884 more books like this by Henry James, Professor Edward W Said (Editor), William Vance (Editor) add to wishlist The nineteen stories in Complete Stories 1874-1884 include some of his most famous explorations of the international theme, such as "Daisy Miller", the unforgettable portrayal of an innocent American girl at odds with European mores; "An International Episode" and "Lady Barbarina", satirically probing tales of English aristocrats and the American ... see all copies from £12.15! new only from £21.74! \| first editions
22 view cover	The American Mystery: American Literature from Emerson to DeLillo more books like this by Professor Tony Tanner, Professor Edward W Said (Foreword by), Ian A Bell (Introduction by) add to wishlist The late Tony Tanner was one of the most distinctive and distinguished critical voices on American literature. His work is familiar to generations of students and scholars, and has helped shape our understanding of the major nineteenth and twentieth century American writers. With a foreword by Edward Said and an introduction by Ian Bell which ... see all copies from £9.35! new only from £20.14! \| first editions
23 view cover	Selected Subaltern Studies more books like this by Professor Ranajit Guha (Editor), Professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Editor), Professor Edward W Said (Foreword by) add to wishlist This book collects ten essays from the five volumes of Subaltern Studies that have so far appeared. The aim of the studies is to 'promote a systematic and informed discussion of subaltern themes in the field of South Asian studies, and thus help to rectify the elitist bias characteristic of much research and academic work in this particular area. ... see all copies from £16.95! new only from £27.41!
24 view cover	The Politics of Dispossession: The Struggle for Palestinian Self-Determination, 1969-1994 more books like this by Professor Edward W Said add to wishlist This is a collection of Edward Said's articles and essays on the three interrelated issues for which he has campaigned ceaselessly for the past 20 years: the tragic plight of his fellow Palestinians, the need for a more subtle understanding of the Arab world on the part of the West, and the urgent need for intellectuals to regain a sense of ... see all copies from £4.98! new only from £10.78! \| first editions
25 view cover	Music at the Limits more books like this by Professor Edward W Said add to wishlist Music at the Limits is the first book to bring together three decades of Edward W. Said's essays and articles on music. Addressing the work of a variety of composers, musicians, and performers, Said carefully draws out music's social, political, and cultural contexts and, as a classically trained pianist, provides rich and often surprising ... see all copies from £5.64! new only from £6.17!

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