Customer Review: Niccolò Capponi has written a fascinating and detailed history of Europe and the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century and the fractious relationships between the European states,the Venetian Republic,and the Papacy. Often more suspicious of each other than of the Turks, they finally merged into... more info
Customer Review: I bought this book after visiting the MET and spending a day just in the Roman wing. The book is a very useful reference for the works there; all pictures are in color and each object is described just as in the museum. My only disappointment is that a larger-than-life bronze Greek statue, perhaps... more info
Customer Review: Just genious. Combines personnal style with scientific authority. Deconstructs all nationalistic, religious mythologies and shows that beyond all identities (muslim, christian,greek,turkish) are real human beings, with real lives and real sufferings. One of the most important contributions to... more info
Customer Review: I had no idea of the things Arnett had done before the 1st Iraq war. He has led quite an amazing journalistic life. Very enjoyable read.
Customer Review: If you do not know, Christopher Hitchens is a world famous Turk-hater. Unfortunately, anti-Turkish has not become an issue as antisemitism. So, Mr Hitchens can easily get away with his rhetorics and make few extra bucks while on it. I picked up this book from a library to see if it amounts to... more info
Customer Review: Dear friends, you can't make, know and understand history by reading one book. I have read a number (big number) of books regarding the Cyprus problem. Books written from GCs, TCs and foreigners.
I wont write down a summary of history but i will just say that what happened to Cyprus was a... more info
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