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  • Orientalism

    **A groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East that is—decades after its first publication—one of the most important books written about our divided world. • With a new foreword by Ussama Makdisi"Intellectual history on a high order ... and very exciting." —The New York Times**In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Question of Palestine

    **This original and deeply provocative book was the first to make Palestine the subject of a serious debate--one that remains as critical as ever. • With a new foreword by Saree Makdisi"A compelling call for identity and justice." —Anthony Lewis"Books such as Mr. Said's need to be written and read in the hope that understanding will provide a better chance of survival." —The New York Times Book ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Out of Place

    A Memoir

    **WINNER OF THE NEW YORKER BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION • From one of the most important intellectuals of our time comes an extraordinary story of exile and a celebration of an irrecoverable past. A fatal medical diagnosis in 1991 convinced Edward Said that he should leave a record of where he was born and spent his childhood, and so with this memoir he rediscovers the lost Arab world of his early ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Musical Elaborations

    **From one of the world's most beloved and respected public intellectuals comes a sweeping work of musical criticism, examining the distance between the performer and their audience"Not since Virgil Thomson have we had a music critic with as wide ranging a view as Edward Said."—Studs Terkel"Wonderful personal thoughts on music and musicians . . . Mr. Said is marvelous."—New York Times Book Review* ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Culture and Imperialism

    **A landmark work from the author of Orientalism that explores the long-overlooked connections between the Western imperial endeavor and the culture that both reflected and reinforced it. • With new foreword by Hari Kunzru"Grandly conceived . . . urgently written and urgently needed. . . . No one studying the relations between the metropolitan West and the decolonizing world can ignore Mr. Said's ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Peace And Its Discontents

    Essays on Palestine in the Middle East Peace Process

    In works such as Culture and Imperialism, Said compelled us to question our culture's most privileged myths. With this impassioned and incisive book, the foremost Palestinian-American intellectual challenges the official version of the Middle East "peace process.""He challenges and stimulates our thinking in every area."—Washington Post Book World. ... Read more

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  • The End of the Peace Process

    Oslo and After

    In this unflinching cry for civic justice and self-determination, Said promotes not a political agenda but a transcendent alternative: the peaceful coexistence of Arabs and Jews enjoying equal rights and shared citizenship."Eloquent, impassioned, and beautifully written."-Foreign AffairsSoon after the Oslo accords were signed in September 1993 by Israel and Palestinian Liberation Organization, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Power, Politics, and Culture

    Interviews with Edward W. Said

    **Edward Said has long been considered one of the world’s most compelling public intellectuals, taking on a remarkable array of topics with his many publications. But no single book has encompassed the vast scope of his stimulating erudition quite like Power, Politics, and Culture.“A fascinating, oblique entry into the mind of one whose own writings . . . are a brilliant questioning chronicle of ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Covering Islam

    How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World

    **In this classic work, the author of Culture and Imperialism reveals the hidden agendas and distortions of fact that underlie even the most "objective" coverage of the Islamic world. • With a new foreword by Laleh Khalili"No one stuyding the relations between the West and the decolonizing world can ignore Mr. Said's work." --The New York Times Book Review**From the Iranian hostage crisis through ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Question of Palestine

    Narrated by Peter Ganim ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours

    **This original and deeply provocative book was the first to make Palestine the subject of a serious debate--one that remains as critical as ever."A compelling call for identity and justice." —Anthony Lewis"Books such as Mr. Said's need to be written and read in the hope that understanding will provide a better chance of survival." —The New York Times Book Review**With the rigorous scholarship he ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Music at the Limits

    by Edward Said ...
    Music at the Limits is the first book to bring together three decades of Edward W. Said's essays and articles on music. Addressing the work of a variety of composers, musicians, and performers, Said carefully draws out music's social, political, and cultural contexts and, as a classically trained pianist, provides rich and often surprising assessments of classical music and opera.Music at the ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Parallels and Paradoxes

    Explorations in Music and Society

    **These free-wheeling, often exhilarating dialogues are an exchange between two prominent figures in contemporary culture: Daniel Barenboim, internationally renowned conductor and pianist, and Edward W. Said, eminent literary critic and impassioned commentator on the Middle East. Barenboim is an Argentinian-Israeli and Said a Palestinian-American; they are also close friends.“[A] genuine give-and ... Read more

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