Mild Vertigo

Mild VertigoHousewife Natsumi leads a small, unremarkable life in a modern Tokyo apartment with her husband and two sons: she does the laundry, goes on trips to the supermarket, visits friends and gossips with neighbours. Tracing her conversations and interactions with her family and friends as they blend seamlessly into her own infernally buzzing internal monologue, Mild Vertigo explores the dizzying reality of being unable to locate oneself in the endless

he had an extraordinary diplomatic and military career in the turbulent wars and politics of Western Islam in the fourteenth century

contemplates the roles of memory and wonder in how we relate to one another

They have enriched lives - and destroyed them

Can understanding such matters lead to greater precision in communication

Playfully experimenting with ostensibly subliterary genres

At the heart of today's financial and economic crisis is a problem hiding in plain sight

the book will appeal to dedicated film fans

“In Praise of Profanity

With profound lessons for other countries subject to rentier dominance

Here too is an excoriating account of America's identity and future

Rediscovering the Islamic Classics is an absorbing examination of the central role printing and its advocates played in the intellectual history of the modern Arab world

the structure of the whole of the Revival and places each of the chapters in the context of the others