Cultural Region/Middle Eastern
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The Clue in the Papyrus Scroll
$7.99 Read moreIn this all-new very special mini-series, the Aldens have been recruited by a secret society to return lost artifacts and treasures to their rightful locations–all around the world! The Aldens arrive… [more below]
- Series: Boxcar Children Great Adventure #2
- Author: Warner, Gertrude Chandler
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0807506990
- Language: English
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Did God Have a Wife?: Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel
$27.99 Read moreFollowing up on his two recent, widely acclaimed studies of ancient Israelite history and society, William Dever here reconstructs the practice of religion in ancient Israel from the bottom up. Archae… [more below]
- Author: Dever, William G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 348
- Publish Date: July 23 2008
- ISBN10: 0802863949
- Language: English
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Strangers in Light Coats: Selected Poems, 2014-2020
$21.00 Add to cartA highly anticipated edition of Zaqtan’s work from 2014 to 2020, all in English for the first time.
Ghassan Zaqtan is not only one of the most significant Palestinian poets at work today, but one of- Series: Arab List
- Author: Zaqtan, Ghassan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: November 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1803092386
- Language: English
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Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
$20.00 Add to cartThe definitive biography, mesmerizing and “richly textured ” (Chicago Tribune), that inspired the acclaimed documentary, Letters from Baghdad. – With a new Afterword – “Desert Queen…plucks Gertrude … [more below]
- Author: Wallach, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 12 2005
- ISBN10: 1400096197
- Language: English
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Be Strong and of Good Courage: How Israel’s Most Important Leaders Shaped Its Destiny
$30.00 Read moreModern Israel’s founding fathers provided some of the boldest and most principled leadership of any nation–now Israel needs their example more than ever.
Modern Israel’s founding fathers provided some… [more below]- Author: Ross, Dennis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 1541767659
- Language: English
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The Prophet
$14.99 Read moreThought-provoking, comforting and wise, the simple truths of The Prophet remain compelling and rewarding to this day.
Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocke- Author: Gibran, Kahlil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 1909621595
- Language: English
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The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees
$15.99 Add to cartSibert Honor Medalist ∙ New York Public Library Best of 2018 ∙ The Horn Book Fanfare 2018 ∙ Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2018 ∙ YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Winner
In the tra- Author: Brown, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 13 2021
- ISBN10: 0358452147
- Language: English
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A Girl Called Rumi
$18.00 Read moreA magical journey to a world of mystical delights.” — Deepak Chopra, MD
A Girl Called Rumi, Ari Honarvar’s debut novel, weaves a captivating tale of survival, redemption, and the power of storytelli- Author: Honarvar, Ari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1942436467
- Language: English
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Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt’s Roaring ’20s
$17.95 Read moreOne 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 flourish
- Author: Cormack, Raphael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1324021934
- Language: English
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The Bird Tattoo
$26.95 Read moreA powerful and sweeping novel set over two tumultuous decades in Iraq from the National Book Award-nominated author of The Beekeeper.
Shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Helen- Author: Mikhail, Dunya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1639362789
- Language: English
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Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison–Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Eff
$17.99 Add to cartThe Inspiration for the New Podcast Featuring Jason Rezaian. “544 Days” is a Spotify original podcast, produced by Gimlet, Crooked Media and A24.
The dramatic memoir of the journalist who was held host
- Author: Rezaian, Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 28 2020
- ISBN10: 0062691589
- Language: English
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No One Is on the Line: The Poetry of Mohsen Mohamed
$14.00 Read moreThese poems arose from the depths of incarceration, from the throat and intellect of Mohsen Mohamed (sentenced to five years of harsh imprisonment after a campus protest) and went on to win Egypt’s tw
- Author: Mohamed, Mohsen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 98
- Publish Date: September 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1942281307
- Language: English
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Painting from the Palette of Love: The Mystical Poetry of Kabir
$17.95 Read moreWrap yourself in the boundless love of the Divine with the mystical poetry of renowned Sufi saint Kabir, here brought to life for modern readers by acclaimed poet Thomas Rain Crowe.
“When you’v- Author: Crowe, Thomas Rain
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1645471861
- Language: English
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Desert Storm Marines: A Marine Tank Company at War in the Gulf
$29.95 Read moreFrom an historian and columnist in Leatherneck and Armor magazines, this is the exciting narrative account–based on interviews, first-person accounts, and official documents–of a group of Marine res
- Author: Dacus, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1493075675
- Language: English
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Gideon’s Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad
$32.00 Add to cartIn the secret world of spies and covert operations, no other intelligence service continues to be as surrounded by myth and mystery as the Mossad. Gordon Thomas reveals that all too often the truth ex
- Author: Thomas, Gordon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 832
- Publish Date: March 17 2015
- ISBN10: 1250056403
- Language: English
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The Rumi Daybook: 365 Poems and Teachings from the Beloved Sufi Master
$24.95 Add to cart“My heart wandered through the world
When the words of Rumi enter your heart,
constantly seeking after my cure,
but the sweet and delicious water of life
had to break through the granite of my heart.”- Author: Helminski, Kabir Edmund
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 22 2011
- ISBN10: 1590308948
- Language: English
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Reclaiming Judaism from Zionism: Stories of Personal Transformation
$20.00 Read moreToday Jews face a choice. We can be loyal to the ethical imperatives at the heart of Judaism–love the stranger, pursue justice, and repair the world. Or we can give our unconditional support to the s… [more below]
- Author: Karcher, Carolyn L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1623719143
- Language: English
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Perfectly Wounded: A Memoir about What Happens After a Miracle
$29.00 Read moreThe incredible true story of former Navy SEAL Mike Day, who survived being shot twenty-seven times while deployed in Iraq.
On the night of April 6, 2007, in Iraq’s Anbar Province, Senior Chief Mike Day… [more below]- Author: Day, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 09 2020
- ISBN10: 1538701839
- Language: English
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African People in World History
$11.95 Read moreThis book surveys the impact that African people have made on world history. Dr. Clarke guides the reader along a narrative journey that spans from antiquity through present times.
- Author: Clarke, John Henrik
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 06 1993
- ISBN10: 0933121776
- Language: English
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Twelve Tribes: Promise and Peril in the New Israel
$18.99 Read more“Ethan Michaeli has a gimlet eye for the people, texture, and contradictions of modern Israel. I’m in awe of his powers of observation and his ability as a modern-day Tocqueville to take us inside one
- Author: Michaeli, Ethan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0062688863
- Language: English
