Cultural Region/Middle Eastern
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1949 the First Israelis
$20.99 Add to cartRenowned historian Tom Segev strips away national myths to present a critical and clear-eyed chronicle of the year immediately following Israel’s foundation.”Required reading for all who want to under
- Author: Segev, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 14, 2018
- ISBN10: 1501183737
- Language: English
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The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran
$26.99 Add to cartAn immersive, gripping account of the rise and fall of Iran’s glamorous Pahlavi dynasty, written with the cooperation of the late Shah’s widow, Empress Farah, Iranian revolutionaries and US officials
- Author: Cooper, Andrew Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: May 15 2018
- ISBN10: 1250304857
- Language: English
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Sukun: New and Selected Poems
$28.00 Add to cartNew and selected poems from celebrated poet Kazim Ali
Kazim Ali is a poet, novelist, and essayist whose work explores themes of identity, migration, and the intersections of cultural and spiritual trad
- Series: Wesleyan Poetry
- Author: Ali, Kazim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0819500712
- Language: English
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Jews, God, and History
$9.95 Add to cartA rich study of Jews and Jewish history that offers a unique look at a people who have persevered through unspeakable adversity and have contributed incredible advancements to the world we know today.… [more below]
- Author: Dimont, Max I.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: June 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0451529405
- Language: English
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On Wings of Eagles
$18.00 Add to cart#1 bestselling author Ken Follett tells the inspiring true story of the Middle East hostage crisis that began in 1978, and of the unconventional means one American used to save his countrymen. . . .
W- Author: Follett, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 07 2004
- ISBN10: 0451213092
- Language: English
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We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah
$18.99 Add to cartA riveting first-hand account of the fierce battle for Fallujah during the Iraq War and the Marines who fought there–a story of brotherhood and sacrifice in a platoon of heroes
Five months after bein… [more below]- Author: O’Donnell, Patrick K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: October 30 2007
- ISBN10: 0306815737
- Language: English
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Nashville: Scenes from the New American South
$37.50 Add to cartThis book reminds me, in the sweetest way possible, that I probably should have never left Nashville.” — Chris Thile
Introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Jon Meacham
A dynamic, experiential, a
- Author: Patchett, Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 13 2018
- ISBN10: 006282144X
- Language: English
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The Book of Revolutions: The Battles of Priests, Prophets, and Kings That Birthed the Torah
$29.95 Add to cart2023 Top Five Reference Book from the Academy of Parish Clergy
The Torah is truly the Book of Revolutions, born from a military coup (the Northern Israelite revolution), the aftermath of an assassina- Author: Feld, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0827615221
- Language: English
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Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations
$29.95 Add to cartWith characteristic rigor and readability, Avi Shlaim reflects on a range of key issues, transformations and personalities in the Israel-Palestine conflict. From the 1917 Balfour Declaration to the 20… [more below]
- Author: Shlaim, Avi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 08 2010
- ISBN10: 1844676560
- Language: English
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Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine Before the Nakba
$39.95 Add to cartA unique, stunning collection of images of Palestine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and a testament to the vibrancy of Palestinian society prior to occupation.
This book tells the story, in- Author: Aranguren, Teresa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1642599808
- Language: English
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What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom
$28.00 Read moreThe first major book on the new Iranian revolution
‘A document of real optimism.’ Guardian On Tuesday 13 September 2022, all Mahsa Amini has planned is a day shopping in Tehran. Her birthday is next w- Author: Azizi, Arash
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 086154711X
- Language: English
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The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai
$31.18 Add to cartYehuda Amichai (1924-2000) was Israel’s most popular poet, as well as a literary figure of international reputation. In this collection, renowned translators Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell have sele… [more below]
- Series: Literature of the Middle East
- Author: Amichai, Yehuda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 15 2013
- ISBN10: 520275837
- Language: English
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The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide from Earliest Times to 1700
$42.99 Add to cartThe geographic heart and soul of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity, the Holy Land has immense significance for the millions of visitors it has attracted since as early as the fifth century BC. Now in a… [more below]
- Series: Oxford Archaeological Guides
- Author: Murphy-O’Connor, Jerome
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: March 20 2008
- ISBN10: 0199236666
- Language: English
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What Have You Left Behind?
$17.95 Read moreIn 2015, a year after it started, Bushra al-Maqtari decided to document the suffering of civilians in the Yemeni Civil War, which has killed over 350,000 people according to the UN. Inspired by the wo
- Author: Al-Maqtari, Bushra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1804270016
- Language: English
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Sacred Nile
$50.00 Add to cartSacred Nile is the story of our collective spiritual imagination and practice. Chester Higgins celebrates the agency of people of African descent and their influence on the foundation of Western relig… [more below]
- Author: Higgins, Chester
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0578851180
- Language: English
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Hogs in the Sand: A Gulf War A-10 Pilot’s Combat Journal
$31.95 Add to cart“I am awed by my destructive power. With a small squeeze of the gun trigger under my right index finger, I can rip the turret off a thirty-ton battle tank and throw it 200 feet across the desert, whil… [more below]
- Author: Wyndham, Buck
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: August 24 2020
- ISBN10: 1646631609
- Language: English
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Head of the Mossad: In Pursuit of a Safe and Secure Israel
$29.00 Add to cartShabtai Shavit, director of the Mossad from 1989 to 1996, is one of the most influential leaders to shape the recent history of the State of Israel. In this exciting and engaging book, Shavit combines
- Author: Shavit, Shabtai
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 434
- Publish Date: September 30 2020
- ISBN10: 0268108331
- Language: English
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Come, Tell Me How You Live
$18.99 Add to cartOver the course of her long, prolific career, Agatha Christie gave the world a wealth of ingenious whodunits and page-turning locked-room mysteries featuring Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, and a host of… [more below]
- Author: Mallowan, Agatha Christie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 10 2012
- ISBN10: 0062093703
- Language: English
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O
$20.00 Add to cartNAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY LIT HUB AND THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
“O is so full of music and passion for life . . . Zeina Hashem Beck’s poems unfold the abundance of our world.” –Ilya Kaminsky, au… [more below]- Series: Penguin Poets
- Author: Hashem Beck, Zeina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 05 2022
- ISBN10: 0143136895
- Language: English
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Water & Salt
$17.95 Add to cartLena Khalaf Tuffaha’s debut, Water & Salt, sings in the voices of people ravaged by cycles of war and news coverage. These poems alternately rage, laugh, celebrate and grieve, singing in the voices of… [more below]
- Author: Tuffaha, Lena Khalaf
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 27 2017
- ISBN10: 1597090298
- Language: English
