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Inanna
Inanna
by Diane Wolkstein
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A fresh retelling of the ancient texts about Ishtar, the world's first goddess. Illustrated with visual artifacts of the period. "A great masterpiece of universal literature."--Mircea... (read more)

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The Arabian Nights
The Arabian Nights
by Husain Haddawy
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The tales portray a world of magic, wish-fulfillment and pleasure, depicting the marriage of the supernatural to the ordinary and the sacred to the profane.... (read more)

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Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others (Oxford World's Classics)
Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others (Oxford World's Classics)
by Stephanie Dalley
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The ancient civilization of Mesopotamia thrived between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates over 4,000 years ago. The myths collected here, originally written in cuneiform on clay tablets, include parallels with the biblical stories of the Creation and the... (read more)

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One Thousand & One Arabian Nights
One Thousand & One Arabian Nights
by Geraldi Mccaughrean
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Day after day King Shahryar marries a new wife, only to have her put to death the following morning. Hundreds of wives have died before Shahrazad comes along. On the night of her wedding, Shahrazad begins to tell the king a story. But she hasn't time to... (read more)

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Jealous Gods and Chosen People: The Mythology of the Middle East
Jealous Gods and Chosen People: The Mythology of the Middle East
by David Leeming
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Esteemed scholar David Leeming, who has authored more than twelve books on mythology, here offers the first comprehensive narrative study of the mythology of the Middle East, that tumultuous region that was the cradle of civilization. Leeming begins with... (read more)

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The Faces of God
The Faces of God
by Jacob Rabinowitz
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It is now well known that the Hebrew prophets, even as they denounced Canaanite idolatry, borrowed freely from its mythic imagery and poetry. The Faces of God is the first book to analyze the Canaanite content in Hebrew scripture for its inner coherence,... (read more)

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Tales of the Arabrian Nights
Tales of the Arabrian Nights
by H W Dulcken
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In this superbly illustrated volume you will find dozens of wonderful stories of genies and jinns (those fantastic spirits that, according to Muslim folklore, inhabit the earth in various forms and exercise supernatural power), of magic carpets, Caliph... (read more)

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Folktales from Iraq
Folktales from Iraq
by Charles G Campbell
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Who would not shudder when entering the skeleton-lined cave of the queen of the dead? How would a young man and his sister escape from the prison of a treacherous sultan? How would a poor farmer gain the hand of the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest... (read more)

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Arabian Nights' Entertainments (Oxford World's Classics)
Arabian Nights' Entertainments (Oxford World's Classics)
by Robert L Mack
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The stories contained in this "store house of ingenious fiction" initiate a pattern of literary reference and influence which today remains as powerful and intense as it was throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Sinbad, Ali Baba, Aladdin... (read more)

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Arab Folktales
Arab Folktales
by Inea Bushnaq
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Out of alleys of Cairo and Bedouin tents, from the Moroccan laborers and Syrian peasants, this collection of 130 tales comes from Arab worlds from North Africa to the Holy Land.... (read more)

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Tales from the Thousand and One Nights (Penguin Classics)
Tales from the Thousand and One Nights (Penguin Classics)
by N J Dawood
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A superb and unexpurgated translation of the finest and best known of the Tales. Originating from India, Persia and Arabia, the Tales from the Thousand and One Nights represent the lively expression of a lay and secular imagination in revolt against... (read more)

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Mesopotamian myths
Mesopotamian myths
by Henrietta Mccall
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A vast legacy of powerful creative writing was revealed when nineteenth-century scholars managed to decipher the mysterious wedge-shaped symbols of cuneiform script, inscribed on clay tablets over 5,000 years ago by the ancient Mesopotamians. Strikingly... (read more)

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Folktales of Iraq
Folktales of Iraq
by E S Stevens
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The first English-language collection of Iraqi fairy tales, this enchanting book teems with stories of demons, witches, ogres, and other creatures. Includes "The Fish That Laughed," "The Poor Girl and Her Cow," "The Blind Sultan," and 44 other... (read more)

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The Arabian Nights Entertainments
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
by Andrew Lang
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26 magical tales of beautiful princesses, genies who emerge from bottles, and talking birds in: "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp," "Sinbad the Sailor," "Noureddin and the Fair Persian," "Merchant of Bagdad," and more. 66 illustrations.... (read more)

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Kalilah and Dimnah
Kalilah and Dimnah
by Thomas Balla Irving
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Kalilah and Dimnah: An English version of Bidpai's Fables based upon Ancient Arabic and Spanish Manuscripts. Originally published in hardback in 1980.... (read more)

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Arabian Nights, the Vol II
Arabian Nights, the Vol II
by Zipes
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This companion volume to the Signet Classic edition of "Arabian Nights" once again illuminates the sensual mystery and lushness of the original Arabic stories--from fairy tales to torrid erotica.... (read more)

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Arabian Nights, Volume 1 (10 Edition)
Arabian Nights, Volume 1 (10 Edition)
by Malcolm C. Lyons
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Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell the king tales of adventure, love... (read more)

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The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights
The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights
by Richard F. Burton and A. S. Byatt
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Robert Louis Stevenson called it a "a book that captivates in childhood and delights in age".<P>Bennett Cerf selected the tales in this edition in 1932 for the Modern Library as the "most famous and representative" from the multivolume translation... (read more)

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Mesopotamian Myths
Mesopotamian Myths
by Henrietta Mccall
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A vast legacy of powerful creative writing was revealed when nineteenth-century scholars managed to decipher the mysterious wedge-shaped symbols of cuneiform script, inscribed on clay tablets over 5,000 years ago by the ancient Mesopotamians. Strikingly... (read more)

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Arabian Nights, Volume 1: The Marvels and Wonders of the Thousand and One Nights (Signet Classics)
Arabian Nights, Volume 1: The Marvels and Wonders of the Thousand and One Nights (Signet Classics)
by Richard Francis Burton
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After King Shahryar had his wife killed for cheating, he began to corrupt-then kill-one virgin a night, as revenge on womankind. Then he meets Scheherazade, who, night after night, saves her own life by telling him fantastical tales of genies, wishes... (read more)

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