All TARIQ ALI books 50% off for this week only:

 

http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/2144-complete-your-tariq-ali-bookshelf-with-50-off-all-his-books

 

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To celebrate the re-issue of TARIQ ALI's magisterial ISLAM QUINTET, which addresses the centuries-long clash between the Christian West and Muslim East with searing and subtle prose stretching from fifteenth century Moorish Spain to late twentieth century Paris and London, we're offering 50% off all of Tariq's books for this week only!

 

THE ISLAM QUINTET forms an epic panorama that begins in fifteenth-century Moorish Spain with SHADOWS OF THE POMEGRANATE TREE, and closes in the twenty-first-century cities of Lahore, London, Paris and Beijing with NIGHT OF THE GOLDEN BUTTERFLY.

“Prompted to start THE ISLAM QUINTET by hearing a comment during the Gulf war that Muslims have no culture, TARIQ ALI has gone back through different periods of Islamic history to show times when learning and culture were synonymous with Islam—and appreciated as such by the most enlightened Christians.” —GUARDIAN 

The series is now reissued in a beautiful new design, and available as a complete set.

 

THE ISLAM QUINTET #1: Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree

http://www.versobooks.com/books/1880-shadows-of-the-pomegranate-tree

 

THE ISLAM QUINTET #2: The Book of Saladin

http://www.versobooks.com/books/1881-the-book-of-saladin

 

THE ISLAM QUINTET #3: A Sultan in Palermo

http://www.versobooks.com/books/1882-a-sultan-in-palermo

 

THE ISLAM QUINTET #4: Night of the Golden Butterfly

http://www.versobooks.com/books/1883-night-of-the-golden-butterfly

 

THE ISLAM QUINTET #5: The Stone Woman

http://www.versobooks.com/books/1884-the-stone-woman

 

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Read an extract from TARIQ ALI’s latest polemic, THE EXTREME CENTRE: A WARNING, on the Verso blog:

http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/1971-tariq-ali-on-the-triumph-of-finance-and-the-politics-of-thatcher-and-blair

 

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TARIQ ALI’s first-hand account Alexis Tsipras's capitulation to the punishing demands of the Troika is available to read on the LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS website:

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v37/n15/tariq-ali/diary

 

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AUTHOR TOUR:

 

TARIQ ALI will be speaking at the following events:

 

Friday August 7 2015 - AUSTRALIA: Byron Bay Writers Festival – 11.15am-12.30pm

http://www.versobooks.com/events/1180-tariq-ali-the-extreme-centre

 

Saturday August 8 2015 - AUSTRALIA: Bendigo Writers Festival – 7.30pm-9pm

http://www.versobooks.com/events/1181-beyond-extreme-tariq-ali-in-conversation-with-emeritus-professor-robert-manne

 

Friday August 28 2015 - AUSTRALIA: Melbourne Writers Festival - 7.30pm-9pm

http://www.versobooks.com/events/1182-tariq-ali-the-extreme-centre

 

Sunday September 6 2015 – AUSTRALIA: Sydney Festival of Dangerous Ideas – 12.30pm-2pm

http://www.versobooks.com/events/1173-tariq-ali-the-twilight-of-democracy

 

Sunday September 6 2015 – AUSTRALIA: Sydney Festival of Dangerous Ideas – 3.30pm

http://www.versobooks.com/events/1172-dying-europe-panel-discussion-at-the-sydney-festival-of-dangerous-ideas

 

Thursday September 10 2015 – LONDON, UK: Barbican - 7pm – 10pm

http://www.versobooks.com/events/1183-the-colour-of-money-opening-gala

 

Thursday November 26 2015 – KEELE UNIVERSITY, UK: Westminster Theatre – Time TBC

http://www.versobooks.com/events/1176-max-blumenthal-the-51-day-war-book-launch-with-dundee-psc

 

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TARIQ ALI is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than a dozen books on world history and politics—including PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, BUSH IN BABYLON, THE CLASH OF FUNDAMENTALISMS, THE OBAMA SYNDROME and his latest polemic, THE EXTREME CENTRE—as well as five novels in THE ISLAM QUINTET series and scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of the NEW LEFT REVIEW and lives in London.

 

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All books in THE ISLAM QUINTET are PAPERBACK, priced £9.99/$16.95/$19.95CAN

 

TARIQ ALI’s books, including THE ISLAM QUINTET are available at 50% off RRP for this week only, with free shipping and bundled ebook (where available).

 

http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/2144-complete-your-tariq-ali-bookshelf-with-50-off-all-his-books

 

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