Us Two Together

Ephameron
Translated by Michelle Hutchinson

“This visual poem asks an existential question—who are humans without language?—but its drive feels deeply personal”—Publishers Weekly

“Us Two Together shares an experience no one would wish to duplicate, but one that has meaning and lessons for all.”—Peter Dabbene, Foreword Reviews

Vanni

A Family’s Struggle through the Sri Lankan Conflict

Benjamin Dix and Lindsay Pollock

“In following the triumphs and travails of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, Dix and Pollock communicate their message with harrowing clarity: war extends far beyond the boundaries of the battlefield.”—Publishers Weekly

Hebrew Melodies

Heinrich Heine
Translated by Stephen Mitchell and Jack Prelutsky

“A witty American retelling, in word and in image, of Heinrich Heine’s inside-out, topsy-turvy satiric art.”—Cynthia Ozick

The Return of Carvajal

A Mystery

Ilan Stavans
Etchings by Eko

“People interested in Jewish and Latin American history will most enjoy Stavans’s study, which for all its scrupulous research leaves the central mystery tantalizingly unsolved.”—Publishers Weekly

Baal, St. George, and Khidr

A Study of the Historical Geography of the Levant

Robert D. Miller II

In Western tradition, St. George is known as the dragon slayer. In the Middle East, he is called Khidr (“Green One”), and in addition to being a dragon slayer, he is also somehow the prophet Elijah. In this book, Robert D. Miller II untangles these complicated connections and reveals how, especially in his Middle Eastern guise, St. George is a reincarnation of the Canaanite storm god Baal, another “Green One“ who in Ugaritic texts. . . (more)

An Introduction to Akkadian Literature

Contexts and Content

Alan Charles Lenzi

This book initiates the reader into the study of Akkadian literature from ancient Babylonia and Assyria. With this one relatively short volume, the novice reader will develop the literary competence necessary to read and interpret Akkadian texts in translation and will gain a broad familiarity with the major genres and compositions in the language.

The first part of the book presents introductory discussions of major critical. . . (more)