Samarra Project first volume in the next 2 months

Professor Northedge, one of the two main scholars working on Samarra Archeological Project, left the following comment below (under the topic of Samarra: a forgotten imperial site)

http://arts-of-islam.blogspot.com/2005/11/samarra-forgotten-imperial-site.html

"Thanks very much for the mention of our work. You may be interested to know that our first major volume, "The Historical Topography of Samarra" is coming out in a month or two.Anyway congratulations on your new blog. I hope you will be controversial, and there will be a lot to debate. Alastair Northedge "