Saudi Arabia: Power, Legitimacy and Survival , by Tim Niblock. New York: Routledge, 2006. 206 pages, glossary, bibliography, index. US$35.95 (Paper) ISBN 0-415-30310-9

glaring errors, no doubt introduced by the anonymous set of editors. The late winter harvest season in Yemen is qiyddb and noljiydd (p. 606). I suspect someone familiar in Aden with the j>g shift failed to recognized the q>g dialectical shift in Sanaa, the dialect recorded in the original source cited by Ettore Rossi. A second significant value are the photographs, some 352 in total, although these are for the most part poorly reproduced in the reprint version. The maps come across as xeroxes and are not easy to read, an unfortunate result given the high price for the volume. For these visuals try to access the original text. Daniel Martin Varisco Hofstra University