In The Shadow Of The Sword

In The Shadow Of The SwordFrom the bestselling author of RUBICON and PERSIAN FIRE comes this thrilling panoramic account of the rise of Islam. In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two great empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one had vanished for ever, while the other was a dismembered, bleeding trunk. In their place, a new superpower had arisen: the empire of the Arabs. So profound was this upheaval that it spelled, in effect, the

Message In A Bottle

boozy” wordsmith and melodist with seven albums behind him to sound sculptor

and RSL clubs are ubiquitous around the country

working for such masters as Francois Truffaut and David Lean

working as a dishwasher in the vile 'Hôtel X'

Babitz approaches every assignment with an energy and verve that is all her own

colloquial narration and razor-sharp sense of how people really communicate

and featuring more than 160 illustrations by Gary Gianni

Extraordinary collection of unseen photographs of the Beat Generation

these are essays to untangle the intangible

is a story about the wildness of youth and learning to live with its passing

but his mind sharpened and attuned to the injustices and politics that led to his predicament