‎Turquie - ottoman empire‎

‎CIALENTE FAUSTA‎

‎BALLATA LEVANTINA.‎

‎In 8, pp. 398. Legatura edit., cart., col., ill., leggera brunitura delle pp. e del dorso, per il resto buon esemplare. Prima edizione.‎

‎Barber Noel‎

‎The Sultans‎

‎8vo, cloth, in Book Club (BCE/BOMC) dj, 304pp. illustrations.‎

‎White Jenny‎

‎The Winter Thief‎

‎8vo Hardcover. first ed. 1st printing. A Kamil Pasha Novel set in Istanbul in 1888.‎

‎Mills Amy‎

‎Streets of Memory: Landscape, Tolerance, and National Identity in Istanbul‎

‎8vo, br. ed. pp.248. In 1900, foreigners, mostly of Greek, Jewish, or Armenian extraction, comprised 56 percent of the population of Constantinople. By the end of the century, Christians and Jews made up less than one percent of the population of Istanbul, largely as the result of sustained policies of Turkification that were enacted following the foundation of the Turkish Republic in 1923. As Mills remarks Those minorities were seen as both betrayers of the Turkish nation-state and an unacceptable reminder of the Ottoman imperial past.‎

‎LA VIE PARISIENNE 54e année - N° 7 - LES MILLE ET UNE NUITS DU BOSPHORE: Byzance, Stamboul, Konstantinople par ZYG BRUNNER - LES PETITS BENEFICES DE LA GUERRE par BRUNNER.‎

‎In-4 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. Paginé de 109 à 125. Nombreuses illustations en noir et blanc et couleurs, dans le texte et hors texte. Texte sur deux colonnes. Couverture en couleurs. Revue hebdomadaire (tous les samedis). Moeurs élégantes, Choses du jour, Fantaisies, Voyages, Théâtre, Musique, Modes. Une illustration en couleurs, en quatrième de couverture: LE FRUIT DEFENDU, dessin de C. HEROUARD.‎

‎Dwight, Harrison Griswold‎

‎Stamboul Nights (istanbul‎

‎8vo softcover, pp.ix-370‎

‎Fairfax Downey‎

‎Solimano Il Magnifico‎

‎8vo, cm. 21; pp. 353, con tavv. fuori t. Tela edit. ill. tit. e fregi oro, privo di sovrac. trasp. originale. Ottimo esemplare.‎

‎ASHTOR Eliyahu‎

‎STORIA ECONOMICA E SOCIALE DEL VICINO ORIENTE NEL MEDIOEVO‎

‎8vo tela, sopracoperta, edit. pagg. XVI-366, ill. f/testo., 21 cm 12 BELLISSIME TAVOLE FUORI TESTO. 7 CARTINE E 3 GRAFICI NEL TESTO. TRACCE D'USO E LEGGERI STRAPPI ALLA sovracop. VECCHIO TIMBRO ALLA PRIMA CARTA BIANCA , macchie al dorso, altrimenti ottimo.‎

‎GOFFMAN Daniel‎

‎The Ottoman Empire and early modern Europe‎

‎8vo, pp-300-Despite the fact that its capital city and over one third of its territory was within the continent of Europe, the Ottoman Empire has consistently been regarded as a place apart, inextricably divided from the West by differences of culture and religion. A perception of its militarism, its barbarism, its tyranny, the sexual appetites of its rulers and its pervasive exoticism has led historians to measure the Ottoman world against a western standard and find it lacking. In recent decades, a dynamic and convincing scholarship has emerged that seeks to comprehend and, in the process, to de-exoticize this enduring realm- undergraduates1. Introduction: Ottomancentrism and the West, 2. Fabricating the Ottoman State, 3. A seasoned polity, 4. Factionalism and insurrection, 5. The Ottoman-Venetian Association, 6. Commerce and diasporas, 7. A changing station in Europe, 8. Conclusion: the greater western world.'His typically rich and thought-provoking book will be vital reading for all those interested in enriching and bolstering constructive dialogue between Islam and the West.' Discourse'His text is suffused with an impassioned plea for recognition . a deft restatement of familiar topics that is both original and accessible . Goffman's new book convincingly shows that the history of the Ottoman Empire desperately needs re-telling . The Ottoman Empire and early modern Europe contributes to one of the most urgent historical tasks of our time .'. School of Oriental and African Studies BiographicalNote: Daniel Goffman is Professor of History at Ball State University. His publications include Izmir and the Levantine World, 1550-1650 (1990), Britons in the Ottoman Empire, 1642-1660 (1998) and The Ottoman City Between East and West: Istanbul, Izmir and Aleppo, with Edhem Eldem and Bruce Masters (1999). He is currently editor of the Middle East Studies Association Bulletin.‎

‎Barber Noel‎

‎I Signori Del Corno D'oro‎

‎8vo: pp. 434. Con 44 illustrazioni e 7 cartine n.t. Collana Le Scie. Leg. t. tela edit. sopracop. fig. . i sultani, il loro harem, il declino dell'impero ottomano.‎

‎Mini Fabio‎

‎Mediterraneo in guerra. Siria, Libia, Egitto, Tunisia. (ISBN:880621134X)‎

‎8vo br., pp. 200. (Einaudi. Passaggi). La guerra in Libia e i fatti della cosiddetta "primavera araba" hanno riportato il Mediterraneo al centro del teatro geopolitico globale. Lo hanno fatto dopo un lungo periodo in cui sembrava che il fronte "caldo" delle contese internazionali si fosse spostato a oriente: ma è veramente così? O ciò che sta accadendo è, al contrario, l'espandersi dell'instabilità afro-asiatica seguita alla fine della guerra fredda? L'unico modo per capire cosa sta succedendo sulle sponde del Mediterraneo è allargare lo sguardo, ricollocando il teatro nordafricano e mediorientale nel più vasto scacchiere internazionale, come fa Fabio Mini in Mediterraneo in guerra. Mini (che è stato Capo di Stato maggiore del Comando Nato delle forze alleate Sud Europa e al vertice della Kfor in Kosovo) attraverso una serie di veri e propri "briefing" ci aggiorna sugli scenari presenti ma soprattutto su quelli del futuro più prossimo. In che modo le rivolte in Egitto e Tunisia sono legate a una rinnovata politica di potenza da parte di alcune nazioni europee? La posta in palio è sempre il controllo dell'energia? In che modo rivoluzioni e guerre nel Nord Africa influenzano i flussi migratori? Cosa succederà in Siria, Iran e Arabia Saudita? Perché ciò che succede a Tripoli o al Cairo (o a Roma), spesso, si può capire solo guardando molto lontano.‎

‎Brotton Jerry‎

‎The Renaissance Bazaar: From the Silk Road to Michelangelo (ISBN:9780192802682)‎

‎8vo. pp. xii 243, black and white and color illustrations throughout. Book in as new condition. "The Renaissance was a decisive moment in world history. It was a time when East and West encountered each other as cultural and political equals. In this wide-ranging exploration, Jerry Brotton argues that between 1400 and 1600 Europe defined itself by trading and competing with its Islamic, African, and Asian neighbours. 'The Renaissance Bazaar' tells the story of this intense exchange of ideas, objects, and skills that shaped the European Renaissance. It also shows how technological and commercial developments such as printing, banking, and mapmaking were inextricably connected‎

‎Mansel Philip‎

‎Constantinople: City of the World's Desire 1453-1924‎

‎8vo., pp.xvi-528 with 60 plates; black cloth, gilt back in dust jacket‎

‎Durmush Fatma‎

‎Ayshe an Anatolian Tale‎

‎Themes: schizophrenia, ethnic minorities, IslamDescriptionThis book started life as a short story in a children's writing group. 'Anatolian Tale' is about the backwaters of Turkey, it is a story of Ayshe growing up in Anatolia and the hardships she endures. Girls in villages in Turkey are not encouraged to read, this is a luxury which their sisters in the cities have so Ayshe rebels. Ayshe rebels to such an extent that she conquers the societal paradigm of cheap and sometimes enforced labour. Ayshe is brave and resourceful, a great charmer. This book teaches the lesson that life is bigger than we are and that life is a gift for us to treasure. About the AuthorFatma Durmush was born in 1959; after years spent suffering from schizophrenia she has finally achieved her ambition to be gain an art degree and become a renowned artist. She will be going on to study an MA in art this year. As well as an artist and succuesful author, Fatma is also a play-right. She found a modest niche in America where two of her plays have been performed, one of which will soon be published in an anthology. In the UK she has been published by the Big Issue as well as in books and pamphlets. Her artwork has featured in over sixty exhibition at, amongst others, the Tate Modern and The National Gallery. Book Extract"In Anatolia, there lives Ayshe.She doesn't go to school.More than anything, she wants to.Weaving carpets has made her eyesight dim.Weave and stretch, make and go into patterns, Ayshe's clothes are hand-me-downs, patchy from too much sewing.Her donkey is her constant companion.She gives him sugar, from pockets with too many commitments.Mrs Sadiye is Ayshe's mother.There are ten girls, and one boy.Ayshe mothers her sisters, carrying them on her back.The big pan is where they boil the nappies, Mrs Sadiye is constantly boiling, cooking.Her five feet nothing is a source of pride.A woman shouldn't be taller than her man.Every inch on the look out for a child in trouble.In Muslim Festival of Sacrifice they eat meat.Which they have to be grateful for.Eggs they get on a Friday, From the chickens which go to the neighbours.Mrs Sadiye has a vegetable patch which ekes out the subsistence of the evening meal.When the chickens go next door, there's an almighty row."‎

‎Benbassa, Esther; Rodrigue, Aron‎

‎Sephardi Jewry: A History Of The Judeo-Spanish Community, 14th--20th Centuries (ISBN:0520218221)‎

‎8vo, br. ed., 377 pages, Until the publication of this remarkably comprehensive history of the Sephardi diaspora, only limited attention had been given to the distinctive Judeo-Spanish cultural entity that flourished in the Balkans and Asia Minor for more than four centuries. Yet the great majority of Sephardi Jews, after their expulsion from Spain in 1492 and subsequently from Portugal, found their way to this region, drawn by the political stability and relatively tolerant rule of the Ottoman Empire, as well as by promising socioeconomic conditions. Esther Benbassa and Aron Rodrigue show how Sephardi society and culture developed in the Levant, sharing language, religion, customs, and communal life as they did nowhere else, both during prosperous times and during the declining fortunes of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The impact of westernization, the end of Ottoman power, and the rise of fragmenting nation-states transformed this vital community in the modern era. And, like many other Jewish communities, the unique Judeo-Spanish culture was dispersed and destroyed by the Holocaust and the migrations of the twentieth century. Sephardi Jewry presents its vivid history in a readable, well-documented narrative‎

‎Pellitteri Antonino‎

‎Damasco Dal Profumo Soave‎

‎8vo, br. ed. pp.264, tavole a colori.‎

‎COHEN SARANO MATILDE‎

‎Storie Di giochà. Racconti popolari giudeo-spagnoli‎

‎8vo, br. ed. bandelle, pp.pp. XX-202, ill. b/n. Giochà è l’eroe, o l’antieroe, di una serie di storie popolari fiorite nel bacino del Mediterraneo e diffuse in particolare nella diaspora giudeo-spagnola e orientale: se le più antiche testimonianze risalgono infatti a racconti arabi anonimi del IX secolo, è nelle famiglie ebraiche di Turchia, Grecia, Jugoslavia, Bulgaria, Israele e Marocco, che si tramandano oralmente, di generazione in generazione, le gesta eroicomiche di questa figura popolare. Giochà è un ragazzo – ma è anche un adulto – che è tutto e il contrario di tutto: intelligente e stupido, furbo e credulone, onesto e disonesto, triste e allegro, povero e ricco, credente e miscredente. Lo si ritrova in ogni situazione possibile: realistica, fantastica, assurda. Non sa comprare nemmeno un pomodoro, ma sa vendere una pecora brutta e magra a un prezzo favoloso. È figlio di un ricco, ma non ha neppure una camicia. Non ha da mangiare, ma nutre gli affamati. Insomma è un saggio, ma di una saggezza che non si riconosce a prima vista. La raccolta di questi racconti, fedelmente trascritti da fonti orali giudeo-spagnole e tradotti in italiano con la cura di conservarne il particolare registro linguistico, ricostruisce il rapporto, tutto speciale, del narratore che parla al suo pubblico, dentificandosi, insieme con lui, nello stesso gruppo, nella stessa etnia, condividendone usi, valori, norme di comportamento.La comicità di queste «storie», spesso basata su fraintendimenti semantici, sull’esecuzione di ordini ricevuti, intesi, scioccamente, nel loro significato letterale, è, a volte, davvero esilarante. Ma Giochà incarna anche il ribelle alle convenzioni sociali, il burlone che si fa gioco di tutto e di tutti, che irride l’autorità, la paura, la morte stessa; e in questa sua incontenibile, clownesca provocazione sta forse l’effetto catartico che contagia il lettore e lo induce a sorridere.‎

‎Modugno Bruno‎

‎Ballata saracena. Incontri con l'irreale e con la vicenda umana della schiava Margarita divenuta sultana‎

‎8vo, br. bandelle, dedica autografa dell'autore.‎

‎Ravenini Angelo‎

‎LA GUERRA RUSSO-TURCA- 1877-1878‎

‎RILEG.TELA EDIT.PP.229 CON ILL. LA CONSERVAZIONE E' BUONA‎

‎Roscioni Gian Carlo‎

‎Sulle Tracce dell'Esploratore Turco‎

‎8vo, Mm 155x225 Volume cartonato di pp. 518, sovraccoperta editoriale un po' danneggiata, interno in più che buone condizioni‎

‎Macleod Jenny‎

‎Gallipoli‎

‎8vo Hardback. Book Condition: New. 222 x 148 mm. Language: English Brand New Book. The British-led Mediterranean Expeditionary Force that attacked the Ottoman Empire at Gallipoli in 1915 was a multi-national affair, including Australian, New Zealand, Irish, French, and Indian soldiers. Ultimately a failure, the campaign ended with the withdrawal of the Allied forces after less than nine months and the unexpected victory of the Ottoman armies and their German allies. In Britain, the campaign led to the removal of Churchill from his post as First Lord of the Admiralty and the abandonment of the plan to attack Germany via its soft underbelly in the East. Thereafter, it was largely forgotten on a national level, commemorated only in specific localities linked to the campaign. In post-war Turkey, by contrast, the memory of Gallipoli played an important role in the formation of a Turkish national identity, celebrating both the ordinary soldier and the genius of the republic s first president, Mustafa Kemal. The campaign served a similarly important formative role in both Australia and New Zealand, where it is commemorated annually on Anzac Day. For the southern Irish, meanwhile, the bitter memory of service for the King in a botched campaign was forgotten for decades. Shaped initially by the imperatives of war-time, and the needs of the grief-stricken and the bereft, the memory of Gallipoli has been re-made time and again over the last century. For the Turks an inspirational victory, for many on the Allied side a glorious and romantic defeat, for others still an episode best forgotten, Gallipoli has meant different things to different people, serving by turns as an occasion of sincere and heartfelt sorrow, an opportunity for separatist and feminist protest, and a formative influence in the forging of national identities.‎

‎Woodham Smith, Cecil‎

‎La Carica Dei 600, Balaclava‎

‎In 8°, t.t. edit., pp. 324,(4), con num. ill. b.n. in tavv. f.t. e nel t.; prima ed. La storia della Brigata di cavalleria leggera di Sua Maestà Britannica e dei suoi cavalleggeri mandati a morire e a coprirsi di gloria nella Valle della Morte durante la guerra di Crimea (1854-55) fra inglesi, francesi, italiani, turchi e russi.‎

‎Albera Dionigi and maria Couroucli‎

‎Sharing Sacred Spaces in the Mediterranean: Christians, Muslims, and Jews at shrines and sanctuaries‎

‎8vo Dionigi Albera, Maria Couroucli, While devotional practices are usually viewed as mechanisms for reinforcing religious boundaries, in the multicultural, multi-confessional world of the Eastern Mediterranean, shared shrines sustain inter-communal and inter-religious contact among groups. Heterodox, marginal, and largely ignored by central authorities, these practices persist despite aggressive, homogenizing nationalist movements. This volume challenges much of the received wisdom concerning the three major monotheistic religions and the "clash of civilizations." Contributors examine intertwined religious traditions along the shores of the Near East from North Africa to the Balkans.‎

‎Shafak Elif‎

‎La Casa Dei Quattro Venti‎

‎8vo, gemelli siano inseparabili, due corpi per un'anima sola. Pembe e Jamila sono nate a tre minuti di distanza, nel piccolo villaggio curdo della Casa dei quattro venti. Jamila ha occhi verdi come l'edera, sogna di girare il mondo come i marinai e di svegliarsi ogni giorno in un porto diverso. Pembe è seria, posata, la sua risata è il rumore di due bicchieri che si toccano e le sue mani conoscono i segreti della vita e della morte. Da grande sarà una levatrice: quasi sacra, vivrà sospesa tra il mondo invisibile e quello visibile come la trama sottile di una ragnatela. E se Pembe resterà fino all'ultimo legata al villaggio e alla sua gente, Jamila andrà a Istanbul e poi a Londra, conoscerà l'amore e il tradimento, farà tre figli e troppi sbagli e alla fine tornerà nel luogo da cui era partita. Perché i destini di Pembe e Jamila si chiamano e si intrecciano fino a confondersi in quel disegno fragile e intricato che è la vita. Dopo "La bastarda di Istanbul", Elif Shafak ritorna con un nuovo romanzo ricco di magia e di sentimenti, d storie e di personaggi in bilico fra tradizione e modernità, tra la paura e una fortissima voglia di libertà.‎

‎Shafak Elif‎

‎The Saint of Incipient Insanities‎

‎8vo, excellent hardcover in slightly shelf worn and rubbed dust jacket.pp.315. Follows the adventures of three young Turks loose in America as they negotiate their desires in a land that seems to allow limitless indulgences.‎