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5. Fatimid History and lsmaili Doctrine/Between Revolution and State: The Path to Fatimid Statehood. Qadi aI-Nuʿman and the Construction of Fatimid Legitimacy/The lsmailis in the Middle Ages: A History of Survival, a Search for Salvation.

Author

Brett, Michael

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the books "Fatimid History and Ismaili Doctrine," by Paul E. Walker, "Between Revolution and State: The Path to Fatimid statehood. Qadi al-Nu´man and the Construction of Fatimid Legitimacy," by Sumaiya A. Hamdani, "The Ismailis in the Middle Ages: A History of Survival, a Search for Salvation," by Shafique N. Virani.

Published
2008

7. The History of Islam in Africa (Book).

Author

Brett, Michael

Subjects
*ISLAM, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book 'The History of Islam in Africa,' edited by Nehemia Levtzion and Randal L. Pouwels.

Published
2001

13. Into the interior.

Author

BRETT, MICHAEL

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "A Labyrinth of Kingdoms: 10,000 Miles Through Islamic Africa," by Steve Kemper.

Published
2013

14. Good king Idris.

Author

BRETT, MICHAEL

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews two books including "A History of Libya," by John Wright and "Libya: The Rise and Fall of Qaddafi," by Alison Pargeter.

Published
2012

17. In the English Lower Depths.

Author

Brett, Michael

Subjects
*WORKING class, *FICTION
Abstract

Reviews two novels. "The Day of the Sardine," by Sid Chaplain; "The Watchers and the Watched," by Sid Chaplin.

Published
2004

18. The last of the Burtons.

Author

Brett, Michael

Subjects
*CONDUCT of life, *FICTION
Abstract

Reviews four books by Alan Sillitoe. "A Man of His Time"; "Life Without Armour"; "New and Collected Stories"; "A Flight of Arrows."

Published
2004

19. A veiled drama.

Author

Brett, Michael

Subjects
*ISLAM, *DEMOCRACY, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews two books 'The Battlefield: Algeria, 1988-2002: Studies in a broken polity,' by Hugh Roberts and 'Islam and Democracy: The failure of dialogue in Algeria,' by Frédéric Volpi.

Published
2003

23. Algiers rising.

Author

Brett, Michael

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Algeria: France's Undeclared War," by Martin Evans.

Published
2012

24. Still without.

Author

BRETT, MICHAEL

Subjects
*NONFICTION, ALGERIAN history
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Algeria: Anger of the dispossessed," by Martin Evans and John Phillips.

Published
2008

25. Ambiguous victories.

Author

Brett, Michael

Subjects
*MODERNISM (Literature), *NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "British Fiction After Modernism," edited by Lyndsey Stonebridge and Marina MacKay.

Published
2007

26. A Muslim Wilberforce?

Author

Brett, Michael

Subjects
*SLAVERY & Islam, *NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Islam and the Abolition of Slavery," by William Gervase Clarence-Smith.

Published
2007

27. Letters for an afterlife.

Author

Brett, Michael

Subjects
*AUTHORS, *FICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "Liar's Landscape," by Malcolm Bradbury.

Published
2006

28. Blue veils, white camels.

Author

Brett, Michael

Subjects
*TUAREGS, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "The Tuareg: People of Ahaggar," by Jeremy Keenan.

Published
2003

29. Commune conditions.

Author

Brett, Michael

Subjects
*COMMUNAL living, *FICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book 'The Works,' by Joseph Connolly.

Published
2003

31. London apocalypse.

Author

Brett, Michael

Subjects
*FICTION, *MANNERS & customs
Abstract

Reviews the fiction book 'The London Pigeon Wars,' by Patrick Neate.

Published
2003

32. Fatimid facts.

Author

Brett, Michael

Subjects
*HISTORY of Islam, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book 'Exploring an Islamic Empire: Fatimid History and Its Sources,' by Paul E. Walker.

Published
2003

33. A torturer writes.

Author

Brett, Michael

Subjects
*TERRORISM, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book 'The Battle of the Casbah: Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in Algeria, 1955-1957,' by Paul Aussaresses, translated by Robert L. Miller.

Published
2002

34. The Plague (Book).

Author

Brett, Michael

Subjects
*FRENCH literature, *FICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book 'The Plague,' by Albert Camus, translated by Robin Buss.

Published
2002

35. The solace of song.

Author

Brett, Michael

Subjects
*BEREAVEMENT, *FICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book 'Sing!' by Michael Curtin.

Published
2001

36. MAYA (Book Review).

Author

Brett, Michael

Subjects
MAYA (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book 'Maya,' by Jostein Gaarder, translated by James Anderson.

Published
2000

37. Invisible friends.

Author

Brett, Michael

Subjects
POBBY & Dingan (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book 'Pobby and Dingan,' by Ben Rice.

Published
2000

38. Media London.

Author

Brett, Michael

Subjects
DIRECTOR'S Cut, The (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book 'The Director's Cut,' by Nicholas Royle.

Published
2000

39. FRENCH HOSPITALITY (Book review).

Author

Brett, Michael

Subjects
FRENCH Hospitality (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book 'French Hospitality: Racism and North African immigrants,' by Tahar Ben Jelloun and translated by Barbara Bray.

Published
2000

40. In-flight emotions.

Author

Brett, Michael

Subjects
FLYING (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book 'Flying,' by Henry Sutton.

Published
2000

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