AUC Press and Diwan Bookstore share their new releases

 

Compiled by Alia Ibrahim 

Egypt Today’s weekly book corner brings you the latest from the literary world. Diwan Bookstore Concealed in Death by J. D. Robb (Mystery & Thrillers) ISBN: 9780515154146 There is nothing unusual about billionaire Roarke supervising work on his new property — but when he takes a ceremonial swing at the first wall to be knocked down, he uncovers the body of a girl. And then another — in fact, twelve dead girls concealed behind a false wall. Luckily for Roarke, he is married to the best police lieutenant in town. Eve Dallas is determined to find the killer — especially when she discovers that the building used to be a sanctuary for delinquent teenagers and the parallel with her past as a young runaway hits hard. As the girls' identities are slowly unraveled by the department's crack forensic team, Eve and her staunch sidekick Peabody get closer to the shocking truth...   New Arabs by Juan Cole (Middle Eastern & African History & Politics) ISBN: 9781451690392 The renowned blogger and Middle East expert Juan Cole illuminates the role of today’s Arab youth—who they are, what they want, and how they will affect world politics. For three decades, Cole has sought to put the relationship of the West and the Muslim world in historical context. In New Arabs, he outlines the history that led to the dramatic changes in the region, and explores how a new generation of men and women are using innovative notions of personal rights to challenge the authoritarianism, corruption, and stagnation that had afflicted their societies.   Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success by Steve Harvey (Personal Growth) ISBN: 9780062351234 Steve Harvey tells you how to achieve your dreams using the gift you already have. He helps you learn to define your gift—whether it’s being a problem-solver, a people-connector, a whiz with numbers, or having an eye for colors. He makes clear that your job is not your gift; you may use it in your work, but it can also be used in your marriage or relationship, your community, and throughout every aspect of your life.   Command Authority by Tom Clancy (Mystery & Thrillers) ISBN: 9780425278512 The #1 New York Times-bestselling author and master of the modern day thriller returns with his All-Star team. There’s a new strong man in Russia but his rise to power is based on a dark secret hidden decades in the past. The solution to that mystery lies with a most unexpected source, President Jack Ryan.   Hotshot by Julie Garwood (Romantic Fiction) ISBN: 9780451467553 Peyton Lockhart and her sisters have just inherited Bishop’s Cove, a charming oceanfront resort. But it comes with a condition: They must run the resort for one year and show a profit—only then will they own it. Peyton welcomes the challenge, yet has no idea how many people want to sabotage her success—including her vindictive cousins and the powerful land developers who have an eye on the coveted beachfront property. But when the threats against Peyton escalate into dangerous territory, she enlists the help of her childhood friend, FBI agent Finn MacBain. Finn saved her life once before. Peyton has no choice but to trust him to do it again.   AUC Press Hunger: An Egyptian Novel by Mohamed El-Bisatie Translated by Denys Johnson-Davies (Arabic Literature) ISBN: 978 977 416 680 8 As with his earlier works, Mohamed El-Bisatie’s novel is set in the Egyptian countryside, about which he writes with such understanding. Episodic in form, it deals with a family—Zaghloul the layabout father, Sakeena the long-suffering wife, and two young boys. The central theme of the book is hunger: the hunger of not knowing where one’s next meal is coming from and the universal hunger for sex and love. Despite its bleak title, Hunger is told with a lightness of touch and the writer’s trademark wry humor.

Women of Karantina: A Novel by Nael Eltoukhy Translated by Robin Moger (Arabic Literature) ISBN: 978 977 416 662 4 Back in the dog days of the early twenty-first century a pair of lovebirds fleeing a murder charge in Cairo pull in to Alexandria’s main train station. Fugitives, friendless, their young lives blighted at the root, Ali and Injy set about rebuilding, and from the coastal city’s arid soil forge a legend, a kingdom of crime, a revolution: Karantina. Revolution Is My Name: An Egyptian Woman’s Diary from Eighteen Days in Tahrir by Mona Prince Translated by Samia Mehrez (Politics, Economics, and Social Issues) ISBN: 978 977 416 669 3 Mona Prince’s humorous and insightful memoir tells of one woman’s journey as a hesitant revolutionary through the eighteen days of the Egyptian uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak in 2011. Alongside the brutal violence of the security forces, the daily battles of resistance, and the author’s own abduction and beating at the hands of the police, this is a story of exceptional solidarity, perseverance, and humanity. Juggling humor and horror, hope and fear, certitude and anxiety, Prince immerses us in the details of each unpredictable and fateful day. The Medicine of the Ancient Egyptians 1: Surgery, Gynecology, Obstetrics, and Pediatrics by Eugen Strouhal, Břetislav Vachala and Hana Vymazalová Translated by Katerina Millerova  (Archaeology and Ancient Egypt) ISBN: 978 977 416 640 2 Ancient Egyptian medicine employed advanced surgical practices, while the prevention and treatment of diseases relied mostly on natural remedies and magical incantations. In the first of three volumes, The Medicine of the Ancient Egyptians explores these two different aspects, using textual sources and physical evidence to cast light on the state of ancient medical knowledge and practice and the hardships of everyday life experienced by the inhabitants of the land on the Nile.   Ottoman Egypt and the Emergence of the Modern World: 1500–1800 by Nelly Hanna (History and Biography) ISBN: 978 977 416 664 8 A revisionist approach to the period of world history between 1500 and 1800, away from Eurocentric accounts of early modern globalization to a more complex, multi-centered view of world transformation, with the focus on Egypt.   Check back every Tuesday to see what’s new on the list and hot off the press. You can find more books at AUC Press by visiting their website or Facebook page. You can find more books at Diwan Bookstore by visiting their website or Facebook page.