Make a fortune in real estate - without using your own money! In this practical, step-by-step guide, one of the most trusted names in real estate shows first-time investors how to use no-money-down financing to build long-term wealth. Real estate is the most consistently profitable investment vehicl[...]

This is an updated edition of Robert Irwin's popular, practical guide to the basics of investing. "How to Get Started in Real Estate Investing" presents a step-by-step system that walks you through your first purchase and helps you build on that success. Updated to reflect today's market realities, [...]

Robert Irwin's history of Orientalism leads from Ancient Greece to the present. He shows that, whether making philological comparisons between Arabic and Hebrew, cataloguing the coins of Fatimid Egypt or establishing the basic chronology of Harun al-Rashid's military campaigns against Byzantium, sch[...]

Spanning the fifth century to the sixteenth, and ranging from Afghanistan to Spain, this unique collection provides a profound insight into the sheer vitality and depth of Classical Arabic literature. From the earliest surviving fragments of "The Thousand and One Nights" to the elegant beauty and pr[...]

Read the Bldg Blog interview with Mary Beard about the Wonders of the World series (Part I and Part II) The Alhambra has long been a byword for exotic and melancholy beauty. In his absorbing new book, Robert Irwin, Arabist and novelist, examines its history and allure. The Alhambra is the only Mus[...]

An alternate history of the disparaged intellectual tradition of Orientalism explores how western scholars of Islamic culture came to be vilified as agents of European imperialism, in an account that profiles the intellectual and eccentric figures who introduced the Islamic world to America. Reprint[...]

"The Arabian Nights" has become a synonym for the fabulous and the exotic. Many people are familiar with the stories of Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor and Ali Baba. Yet few people have a clear idea of when the book was written or what exactly it is. This companion seeks to remedy this.[...]

New edition.

Irwin fører sine læsere gennem de utallige versioner - alle lige forfatterløse! - som "Tusind og én nat har eksisteret i, og kortlægger deres myriader af fortælle­tråde, der labyrintisk snor sig ud ind og ud imellem hinanden, og fremdrager deres kulturhistoriske baggrund. Det meget specielle[...]

The magnificent and much-loved Sierra Nevada, called the 'Range of Light' by John Muir, is the dominant feature on the California landscape. First published forty years ago, this handbook has become an enduring natural history classic, used by thousands to learn more about virtually every aspect of [...]

Enlightenment from the South Park gang faster than you can say, "Screw you guys, I'm going home"! The Ultimate South Park and Philosophy: Respect My Philosophah! presents a compilation of serious philosophical reflections on the twisted insights voiced by characters in TV's most irreverent ani[...]