These are the first three volumes of the complete transcription of declassified US presidential recordings, annotated by a group of scholars. These volumes cover July-October 1962, revealing Kennedy and top advisers negotiating such events as US covert action in Brazil, racial unrest at the Universi[...]

This is the first book to present the life, times and poetry of one of the greatest poets in the Arab tradition, Abu Nuwas. Author Philip Kennedy provides the narrative of Abu Nuwas's fascinating life, which was full of intrigue and debauched adventure, in parallel with the presentation of his great[...]