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Tariq Ali
The revolutionary world leader's extraordinary life, published for the centenary of Lenin's death
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Before the advent of synthetic fibers and cargo containers, jute sacks were the preferred packaging material of global trade, transporting the world’s grain, cotton, sugar, tobacco, coffee, wool, guano, and…
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The story of NATO’s disastrous occupation of Afghanistan, and how it repeated the mistakes of the Soviet occupation which preceded it
The life and crimes of the last, great Imperialist
After the Revolution: A second memoir from author of 'Street-Fighting Years'
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One of the world's best-known radicals relives the early years of the protest movement
Tariq Omar Ali
Part of the Islam Quintet series, this novel deals with the Muslim experience in China. It moves between the cities of the twenty-first century, from Lahore to London, from Paris…
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Tariq Jordan
Having been accused of rioting, Ali awaits his fate in an Israeli interrogation room. But when an old lover steps in to defend him, the two are forced to confront…
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Victor G Kiernan
New edition of a trail-blazing history of imperial warfare
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Murder in high places, political marriage and the complications of party loyalty in this sharp satire.
The radical colonels, courageous communists and burnt-out Ba'athists failed to establish a stable and just democratic republic, thus enabling a return visit by imperialism.
Vladimir Meyer is a former dissident leader, who refuses to renounce his beliefs and is sacked by the authoritites. For him, his father’s generation has failed him. Meyer decides to…
In this new edition of his memoirs, Tariq Ali revisits his formative years as a young radical. It is a story that takes us from Paris and Prague to Hanoi…
The year is 1153. The Normans are ruling Siqqiliya, but Arab culture and language dominate the island and the court. Sultan Rujari surrounds himself with Muslim intellectuals, several concubines, and…
The Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela has brought Hugo Chavez to world attention as the foremost challenger of the neoliberal consensus and American foreign policy. This work shows how Chavez’s views…
A prescient dissection of Obama’s overseas escalation and domestic retreat, fully updated.
Shows how Chavez’s views have polarized Latin America and examines the hostility directed against his administration. This work discusses the enormous influence of Fidel Castro on both Chavez and Evo…
In this wide-ranging book Ali challenges assumptions on both sides, arguing that Islamic civilization has an important role in Western modernity, and that what we have experienced with the rise…
Presents essays on the giants of world literature that explore the links between literature, history and politics. This title discusses common themes as well as polarities, impressions and re-readings, contextualizing…
One of the world’s best-known radicals relives the early years of the protest movement
Pakistan 1968: the history of a revolution
A brilliant family saga stretching from the Russian Revolution to the collapse of the Soviet Union
On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Tariq Ali paints an illuminating portrait of Lenin
Tariq Ali, Isaac Deutscher, Ernest Mandel, and others analyze the nature of Stalinism, and its continuing impact on world politics.
The final volume in Tariq Ali’s acclaimed cycle of historical novels.
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Set in 12th-century Cairo, Damascus and Jerusalem, this is the fictional memoir of Saladin, the Kurdish liberator of Jerusalem. It is the second in a series of historical novels depicting…
This book is the third novel of Ali’s Islam quartet, and is the fictional history of the Pasha family, which mirrors the turbulence and growing degeneration of the Empire. Like…
The secret life of the man who reshaped Russia
Britain’s leading radical delivers an eviscerating attack on the indistinguishable political elite of the UK.
A family saga during the turbulent period following seven centuries of Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula.
Britain’s leading radical updates his attack on the failures of the political centre ground
The BBC commissioned Tariq Ali to write a three-part TV series on the circumstances leading to the overthrow, trial and execution of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the first elected prime minister…
November 9, 2009, will mark twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the monumental event that signalled the beginning of the end of Communism in the former Soviet…
Baruch Spinoza (1632-77) is considered one of the great rationalist thinkers of the seventeenth century. This title contextualizes Spinoza’s philosophy by linking it to the turbulent politics of the period…
During the late Seventies and Eighties a new logo began to jostle for space with the more traditional landmarks on high streets throughout Britain. It was the badge of a…
Tariq Ali,Oliver Stone
In a wide-ranging conversation, filmmaker Oliver Stone and writer Tariq Ali discuss world history from the seventh century to today.
David Barsamian,Tariq Ali
A leading political writer and activist speaks out on the crisis in the Middle East, the war on terror, and the resurgent militarism of the American empire.
Ali, Muhammad Tariq
Ali Khattak Tariq
Bovine mastitis, an inflammation of mammary glands, is the most important and costly disease in the dairy industry and affects the quality as well as quantity of milk. The control…
Karl Marx,Friedrich Engels,V I Lenin
A new beautiful edition of the Communist Manifesto, combined with Lenin’s key revolutionary tract
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This volume, which accompanies an exhibition at the Whitney Museum in New York, explores a wide range of global images of American society and culture, illuminating the powerful stereotypes that…
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Sartaj Ali,Tariq Masud,Amjad Ali
Apricot is a popular and economically important fruit of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), Pakistan. Approx. 60 varieties are grown in the region. It has a distinct position in the economy of GB…
Peter Gowan
Traces the contours of the world order that emerged after the end of the Cold War, and assesses its prospects in the light of the global economic downturn. Arguing that…
