Books

Books open our minds to the Middle East (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

20 Jul 2008

By ELIZABETH AGNVALL They stare at me accusingly each time I walk into the basement, with their straight spines and serious covers: Vali Nasr’s The Shia Revival, William Roe Polk’s Understanding Iraq, Akbar Ahmed’s Journey Into Islam. Excellent books. Highly recommended. For several months they lay impressively on my bedside table, but then I piled the books I was actually reading on top ...

El Pasoans edit books out of budgets (El Paso Times)

20 Jul 2008

For Olga Velez, selling books in El Paso is tough enough even when the economy is doing well. Special Section: Living on Less

'Free the books': Romeo in £15m Shakespeare folio 'theft' calls on university to donate priceless archives (Daily Mail)

20 Jul 2008

The man accused of stealing a £15million Shakespeare manuscript made an emotive plea last night to ‘free the books’ from Durham University’s library.