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“raphael cormack”

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  • Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age

    A Forgotten History of the Occult

    by Raphael Cormack ...
    An international history of the uncanny in the 1920s and 1930s.The interwar period was a golden age for the occult. Spiritualists, clairvoyants, fakirs, Theosophists, mind readers, and Jinn summoners all set out to assure the masses that just as newly discovered invisible forces of electricity and magnetism determined the world of science, unseen powers commanded an unknown realm of human ... Read more

    $30.39 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Midnight in Cairo

    The Divas of Egypt's Roaring '20s

    by Raphael Cormack ...
    A vibrant portrait of the talented and entrepreneurial women who defined an era in Cairo.One of the world’s most multicultural cities, twentieth-century Cairo was a magnet for the ambitious and talented. During the 1920s and ’30s, a vibrant music, theater, film, and cabaret scene flourished, defining what it meant to be a “modern” Egyptian. Women came to dominate the Egyptian entertainment ... Read more

    $18.19 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age

    A Forgotten History of the Occult

    by Raphael Cormack ...
    Narrated by Dennis Kleinman ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 13 min

    An international history of the uncanny in the 1920s and 1930s.The interwar period was a golden age for the occult. Spiritualists, clairvoyants, fakirs, Theosophists, mind readers, and Jinn summoners all set out to assure the masses that just as newly discovered invisible forces of electricity and magnetism determined the world of science, unseen powers commanded an unknown realm of human ... Read more

    $28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Arab Nahda as Popular Entertainment

    Mass Culture and Modernity in the Middle East

    by Hala Auji, Raphael Cormack, Alaaeldin Mahmoud ...
    What was popular entertainment like for everyday Arab societies in Middle Eastern cities during the long nineteenth century? In what ways did café culture, theatre, illustrated periodicals, cinema, cabarets, and festivals serve as key forms of popular entertainment for Arabic-speaking audiences, many of whom were uneducated and striving to contend with modernity's anxiety-inducing realities? ... Read more

    $42.19 CAD

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    Midnight in Cairo

    The Divas of Egypt's Roaring 20s

    by Raphael Cormack ...
    Narrated by Christine Rendel ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 19 min

    A vibrant portrait of the talented and entrepreneurial women who defined an era in Cairo.One of the world's most multicultural cities, twentieth-century Cairo was a magnet for the ambitious and talented. During the 1920s and '30s, a vibrant music, theater, film, and cabaret scene flourished, defining what it meant to be a "modern" Egyptian. Women came to dominate the Egyptian entertainment ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • Scheherazade Goes West

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