Middle East
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The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
$12.99 Add to cartThe conflict between Palestine and Israel is one of the most highly publicized and bitter struggles of modern times, a dangerous tinderbox always poised to set the Middle East aflame–and to draw the
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bunton, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 01, 2013
- ISBN10: 0199603936
- Language: English
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Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land
$20.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE – “A rich, penetrating, and moving portrayal of Arab-Jewish hostility, told in human terms.”–Newsday
Now expanded and updated – “The best and most comprehensive work ther… [more below]- Author: Shipler, David K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: November 10 2015
- ISBN10: 0553447513
- Language: English
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Determined to Stay: Palestinian Youth Fight for Their Village
$20.00 Add to cartPalestinian youth and the fight for their village
Silwan is a Palestinian village located just outside the ancient walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. Determined to Stay: Palestinian Youth Fight for- Author: Sokolower, Jody
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 230
- Publish Date: May 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1623718880
- Language: English
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The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World
$32.00 Add to cartFor this newly expanded edition, Avi Shlaim has added four chapters and an epilogue that address the prime ministerships from Barak to Netanyahu in the “one book everyone should read for a concise his… [more below]
- Author: Shlaim, Avi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 960
- Publish Date: October 20 2014
- ISBN10: 0393346862
- Language: English
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Arabic in 10 Minutes a Day: Language Course for Beginning and Advanced Study. Includes Workbook, Flash Cards, Sticky Labels, Menu Guide, Software,
$44.95 Read moreWhether you’re planning a trip to Morocco, Egypt, or any of the 25 exotic countries where Arabic is spoken, you’ll want to bring along your language skills and “ARABIC in 10 minutes a day” is just the… [more below]
- Series: 10 Minutes a Day
- Author: Kershul, Kristine K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: July 21 2015
- ISBN10: 1931873321
- Language: English
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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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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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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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Israel’s Secret Wars: A History of Israel’s Intelligence Services
$22.00 Add to cartOne of the events most crucial to the war in the Persian Gulf occurred nearly ten years before it began, when Israel destroyed Iraq’s most advanced weapon, the nuclear reactor at Al-Tuweitha, acting o
- Author: Black, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 634
- Publish Date: March 21 1994
- ISBN10: 0802132863
- 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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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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Method and Madness: The Hidden Story of Israel’s Assaults on Gaza
$19.95 Add to cartIn the past five years Israel has mounted three major assaults on the 1.8 million Palestinians trapped behind its blockade of the Gaza Strip. Taken together, Operation Cast Lead (2008-9), Operation Pi
- Author: Finkelstein, Norman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 238
- Publish Date: January 13 2015
- ISBN10: 1939293715
- Language: English
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The Middle East for Dummies
$19.99 Add to cartDemystifies the area’s culture, politics, and religions
Explore Middle Eastern history from ancient to modern times
Looking to better understand the Middle East? This plain-English guide explains th… [more below]
- Series: For Dummies
- Author: Davis, Craig S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 386
- Publish Date: January 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0764554832
- Language: English
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The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs
$35.00 Read moreThis major new history of the Ottoman dynasty reveals a diverse empire that straddled East and West.
The Ottoman Empire has long been depicted as the Islamic, Asian antithesis of the- Author: Baer, Marc David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: October 05, 2021
- ISBN10: 1541673808
- Language: English
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Leg Over Leg: Volumes One and Two
$24.00 Add to cartThe life, birth, and early years of ‘the Fariyaq’–the alter ego of the Arab intellectual Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq
Leg over Leg recounts the life, from birth to middle age, of “the Fariyaq,” alter ego o- Series: Library of Arabic Literature #1
- Author: Al-Shidy?q, A?mad F?ris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: October 15 2015
- ISBN10: 1479800724
- Language: English
