Jenny White

***Foreign Policy: Best Books of 2012 on the Middle East*** What lies behind Turkey’s leap to international prominence under its Muslim government as an economic powerhouse and political player? Can Turkey be a model for the Arab Spring? The author approaches these issues historically and comparatively. She shows that the answers lie not just in the details of elections and political strategies, but in deeper cultural structures that make up the nation.

My reflections on places I have traveled, people I have known, and subjects that interest me, from the secret life of cancer to ice cream making.

A bank robbery and illegal weapons lead Kamil Pasha to uncover a plan to massacre an entire valley.

Nineteenth-century Istanbul thrills in this page-turner about a conspiracy to steal an ancient reliquary whose secret could change the world.

A powerful blend of murder, mystery and romance set in the Ottoman court.

A humorous look at the adventures of a scholar turned novelist.