Books Received for Review
January 5, 1996 to April 8, 1996  

Abraham, A.J.  The Lebanon War.  216 pages, notes, bibliography,
index.  Westport: Greenwood Press, 1996  $55 (Cloth) isbn 0-275-
95389-0

Abu Rabi, Ibrahim M., David Kerr & Wadi Z. Haddad, eds.  The
Muslim World.  (Volume LXXXVI No. 1, January 1996)  102 pages.
Hartford: Hartford Seminary, 1996  $20 (Paper) isbn 0027-4909

Ahmed, Akbar & Cris Shore, eds.  The Future of Anthropology: Its
Relevance to the Contemporary World.  291 pages, notes, index.
London: Athlone Press, 1995  œ14.95 (Paper) isbn 0-485-11445

al-Andalusi, Said, Semann I. Salem & Alok Kumar, trans. & eds.
Science in the Medieval World: "Book of the Categories of
Nations".  (History of Science Series, No. 5)  118 pages, notes,
bibliography, index.  Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996
$11.95 (Paper) isbn 0-292-70469-0

Ayalon, Ami, ed.  Middle East Contemporary Survey, Volume XVII
1993.  755 pages, maps, tables, notes, index.  Boulder: Westview
Press, 1996  $94.85 (Cloth) isbn 0-8133-2433-5

Bakhtiar, Laleh.  Traditional Psychoethics and Personality
Paradigm.  (God's Will Be Done)  160 pages, figures,
bibliography, index.  Chicago: KAZI Publications, Inc., 1993
$19.95 (Paper) isbn 1-56744-429-6

Bakhtiar, Laleh.  Moral Healing Through the Most Beautiful Names:
The Practice of Spiritual Chivalry.  (God's Will Be Done Vol.
III)  290 pages, figures, bibliography, index.  Chicago: KAZI
Publications, Inc., 1994  $19.95 (Paper) isbn 1-871031-40-0

Bakhtiar, Laleh.  Moral Healer's Handbook: The Psychology of
Spiritual Chivalry.  (God's Will Be Done Vol.II)  Foreword by
Seyyed Hossein Nasr.  284 pages, figures, notes, bibliography,
index.  Chicago: KAZI Publications, Inc., 1994  $19.95 (Paper)
isbn 1-871031-39-7

Bakhtiar, Laleh.  Encyclopedia of Islamic Law: A Compendium of
the Major Schools.  624 pages, Introduction by Kevin Reinhart,
index.  Chicago: KAZI Publications, Inc., 1995  $39.95 (Paper)
isbn 1-56744-498-9

Baldauf, Ingeborg & Michael Friederich, eds.  Bamberger
Zentralasienstudien.  (Konferenzakten ESCAS IV, Bamberg 8.-12)
pages, .  Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 1994  isbn

Baldinetti, Anna.  Carte Private di Carlo Alfonso e Maria
Nallino: Inventario.  95 pages, indexes.  Rome: Istituto Per
L'Oriente C.A. Nallino, 1995  (Paper)

Barazangi, Nimat Hafez, M. Raquibuz Zaman, & Omar Afzal, eds.
Islamic Identity and the Struggle for Justice.  124 pages, notes,
index.  Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1996  $34.95
(Cloth) isbn 0-8130-1382-8

Barnett, Michael N., ed.  Israel in Comparative Perspective:
Challenging the Conventional Wisdom.  (SUNY Series in Israeli
Studies)  296 pages, tables, notes, bibliography, index.  Albany:
State University of New York Press, 1996  $19.95 (Paper) isbn 0-
7914-2832-X

Bier, Carol.  The Persian Velvets at Rosenborg.  111 pages, color
illust., b&w illustrations, glossary, appendices, bibliography.
Ellicot City, MD: Eye-Dears, 1995  $60 (Cloth) isbn 87-89542-26-6

Bringa, Tone.  Being Muslim the Bosnian Way: Identity and
Community in a Central Bosnian Village.  (Princeton Studies in
Muslim Politics)  281 pages, map, illustrations, notes, glossary,
bibliography, index.  Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995
$17.95 (Paper) isbn 0-691-00175-8

Brooks, David, ed.  The New Conservative Writing.  330 pages.
New York: Random House, 1996  $13 (Paper) isbn 0-679-76654-5

Brown, L. Carl, ed.  Imperial Legacy: The Ottoman Imprint on the
Balkans and the Middle East.  337 pages, notes, maps,
illustrations, bibliographical suggestions, index.  New York:
Columbia University Press, 1996  $49.5 (Cloth) isbn 0-231-10304-2

Brustad, Kristen, Mahmoud Al-Batal, & Abbas Al-Tonsi.  Al-Kitaab
Fii Ta Allum Al-Arabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic Part I.
544 pages, supplemental materials: VHS tapes, $75, audio-
cassettes $150.  Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press,
1995  $35 (Paper) isbn 0-87840-291-8

Cordesman, Anthony H., & Abraham R. Wagner.  The Lessons of
Modern War, Volume IV: The Gulf War.  1022 pages, notes, tables,
figures, bibliography, index.  Boulder: Westview Press, 1996  $98
(Cloth) isbn 0-8133-8601-2

Davis, John.  The Landscape of Belief: Encountering the Holy Land
in Nineteenth Century American Art and Culture.  264 pages, color
plates, b&w plates, notes, bibliography, index.  Princeton:
Princeton University Press, 1996  $65 (Cloth) isbn 0-691-04373-6

Deguilhem, Randi, ed.  Le waqf dans l'espace islamique: outil de
pouvoir socio-politique.  337 pages, notes, figures, tables,
indices, abstracts.  Damascus: L'Institut Fran‡ais d'?tudes
Arabes de Damas, 1995  (Paper) isbn 2-901315-13-5

Donno, Antonio.  Gli Stati Uniti, la Shoah e i Primi Anni di
Israele (1938-1957) .  281 pages, notes, bibliography, index.
Florence, Italy: Editrice La Giuntina, 1995  Lit.34000 (Paper)
isbn 88-8057-010-2

Englezakis, Benedict, Silouan Ioannou & Misael Ioannou, eds.
Studies on the History of the Church of Cyprus, 4th-20th
Centuries.  Norman Russell, trans.  487 pages, illustrations,
bibliography, index.  Brookfield, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company,
1995  $110 (Cloth) isbn 0-86078-486-X

Farfur, Abd al-Rahman, ed.  Afaq al-Taqafa wa al-Turat: A
Quarterly Journal of Cultural Heritage.  (Volume 3,  No. 9)  138
pages.  Dubai: Juma al-Majid Center for Culture and Heritage,
1995  $20 (Paper)

Foran, John, ed.  A Century of Revolution: Social Movements in
Iran.  (Social Movements, Protest, and Contention Vol. 2)  263
pages, notes, bibliography, index.  Minneapolis: University of
Minnesota Press, 1994  $19.95 (Paper) isbn 0-8166-2488-7

Francesca, Ersilia.  Introduzione Alle Regole Alimentari
Islamiche.  66 pages, table, glossary, appendix, bibliography.
Rome: Istituto Per L'Oriente C.A. Nallino, 1995  (Paper)

Frank, Sabine & Martina Kamp, eds.  Libyen im 20. Jahrhundert:
Zwischen Fremdherrschaft und nationaler Selbstbestimmung.
(Mitteilungen 52)  281 pages, maps, illustrations, tables, notes,
chronology, bibliography.  Hamburg: Deutsches Orient-Institut,
1995  (Paper) isbn 3-89173-042-X

Garon, Lise.  L'Obsession unitaire et la nation tromp‚e-La fin de
L'Alg‚rie socialiste.  pages, Preface by Jaques Zylberberg.

Gilsenan, Michael.  Lords of the Lebanese Marches: Violence &
Narrative in an Arab Society.  377 pages, b&w plates, maps,
figures, bibliography, index.  Berkeley: University of California
Press, 1996  $22 (Paper) isbn 0-520-20590-1

Glosemeyer, Iris.  Liberalisierung und Demokratisierung in der
Republik Jemen, 1990-1994.  (Aktueller Informationsdienst
Moderner Orient 14)  311 pages, tables, illustrations,
bibliography, chronology, documents.  Hamburg: Deutsches Orient-
Institut, 1995  (Cloth) isbn 3-89173-041-1