Cultural Region/Middle Eastern
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The Palestinian Delusion: The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process
$0.00 Read moreEvery negotiated settlement between the State of Israel and its Palestinian adversaries has failed to establish a stable and lasting peace. This is the history of what was attempted, why those failure… [more below]
- Author: Spencer, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 03 2019
- ISBN10: 164293254X
- Language: English
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A Thousand Questions
$16.99 Read moreSet against the backdrop of Karachi, Pakistan, Saadia Faruqi’s tender and honest middle grade novel tells the story of two girls navigating a summer of change and family upheaval with kind hearts, big
- Author: Faruqi, Saadia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 0062943200
- Language: English
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The Naked Don’t Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees
$27.99 Read moreA NYTBR Editor’s Choice
“This is a book of radical empathy, crossing many borders – not just borders that separate nations, but also borders of form, borders of meaning, and borders of possibility. It
- Author: Aikins, Matthieu
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0063058588
- Language: English
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Bitter Orange Tree
$26.00 Add to cartLonglisted for the Dublin Literary Award
A TIME Best Book of the Year
A New Yorker Best Book of the Year An extraordinary novel from a Man Booker International Prize-winning author that follows one you- Author: Alharthi, Jokha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 164622003X
- Language: English
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Jerusalem Falls: Seven Centuries of War and Peace
$35.00 Read moreThe first full account of the medieval struggle for Jerusalem, from the seventh to the thirteenth century
The history of Jerusalem is one of conflict, faith, and empire. Few cities have been attacked- Author: Hosler, John D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0300255144
- Language: English
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Amelia Peabody’s Egypt: A Compendium
$29.95 Read moreThe Egypt that so enticed and enchanted intrepid archaeologist-sleuth Amelia Peabody in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was a place of wonder, mystery, danger, and the lure of antiqu
- Author: Peters, Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 334
- Publish Date: July 25 2017
- ISBN10: 0060538112
- Language: English
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First Steps in Egyptian Hieroglyphics: A Book for Beginners
$14.95 Read moreThe dearth of suitable introductory texts presents a serious obstacle to the study of the Egyptian language, so this practical grammar answers a longstanding need. Its well-known and highly respected … [more below]
- Series: Egypt
- Author: Budge, E. A. Wallis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 13 2004
- ISBN10: 0486430995
- Language: English
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The First Crusade: The Call from the East
$24.00 Add to cart“The most significant contribution to rethinking the origins and course of the First Crusade for a generation.”
“Filled with Byzantine intrigue, in every sense
–Mark Whittow, Times Literary Supplement- Author: Frankopan, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 17 2016
- ISBN10: 0674970780
- Language: English
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We’re Off to Make ‘Umrah
$10.95 Read moreSalam, my dear friends,
I hope you’re all well.
If you’ve time to listen
I’ve something to tellAbout the first mosque,
A beautiful sight,
Which we face when we pray,
Where the nur shines brightDiscover
- Author: Munshey, Sana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 15 2011
- ISBN10: 0860374580
- Language: English
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Poems of Nazim Hikmet
$19.95 Read moreA centennial volume, with previously unavailable poems, by Turkey’s greatest poet. Published in celebration of the poet’s one hundredth birthday, this exciting edition of the poems of the Nazim Hikmet… [more below]
- Series: Karen and Michael Braziller Books
- Author: Hikmet, Nazim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 17 2002
- ISBN10: 0892552743
- Language: English
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The Yogurt Cookbook – 10-Year Anniversary Edition: Recipes from Around the World
$25.00 Read moreThe Yogurt Cookbook is the ultimate guide to cooking with yogurt and its significance around the world.
Yogurt is consumed in a variety of ways in many cultures throughout the world. The author–truly- Author: Der Haroutunian, Arto
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1623717701
- Language: English
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Deep Are These Distances Between Us
$18.00 Read morePoems that imagine Persian and Iranian American lives.
In Deep Are These Distances Between Us, Susan Atefat-Peckham troubles preconceptions of nationhood and fixed systems of power by bringing the re- Author: Atefat-Peckham, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1933880961
- Language: English
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The Woman Who Fought an Empire: Sarah Aaronsohn and Her Nili Spy Ring
$42.95 Add to cartThough she lived only to twenty-seven, Sarah Aaronsohn led a remarkable life. The Woman Who Fought an Empire tells the improbable but true odyssey of a bold young woman–the daughter of Romanian-born
- Author: Wallance, Gregory J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: March 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1612349439
- Language: English
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DK Eyewitness Jerusalem, Israel and the Palestinian Territories
$24.99 Read moreWhether you want to float in the Dead Sea, visit the ruby-colored city of Petra, or tuck into Tel-Aviv’s sumptuous food scene, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that Jerusa… [more below]
- Series: Travel Guide
- Author: Dk Eyewitness
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0241462525
- Language: English
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La Syrena: Visions of a Syrian Mermaid from Space
$16.95 Read moreWinner of the Dzanc Diverse Voices Prize
LA SYRENA. For me home is in the water. When I go to the sea I want to swim forever and never look back. But I know I would die and the earth needs me on shore… [more below]- Author: El Ghadbanah, Banah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 195053944X
- Language: English
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The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World
$28.00 Read moreWritten in the tradition of historians like Stacy Schiff and Amanda Foreman who find modern lessons in ancient history, this provocative narrative explores the lives of five remarkable pharaohs who ru… [more below]
- Author: Cooney, Kara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1426221967
- Language: English
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The Ancient Assyrians: Empire and Army, 883-612 BC
$45.00 Read moreDrawing on 30 years of scholarship, this is a unique, richly illustrated history of the Ancient Assyrian Army and Empire.
For the greater part of the period from the end of the 10th century to the 7t- Author: Healy, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1472848098
- Language: English
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The Rise of Germany, 1939-1941: The War in the West, Volume One
$22.00 Add to cartThe Second World War is one of the most significant conflicts in history, but for seven decades our understanding of the war has remained mostly fixed, framed by the accounts of participants and an ea… [more below]
- Author: Holland, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: November 08 2016
- ISBN10: 0802125662
- Language: English
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Nopi / Nopi: The Cookbook
$35.95 Read moreUna excepcional colección de 120 recetas del innovador restaurante londinense de Yotam Ottolenghi.
Tras los éxitos de Jerusalén y Simple, el prestigioso cocinero israelà afincado en Reino Unido,- Author: Ottolenghi, Yotam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 8418681381
- Language: Spanish
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From Far Away
$9.95 Add to cartWhen Saoussan immigrated with her family from war-torn Lebanon, she was only seven years old. This picture book tells the story of how she had to adjust to her new home in Canada. She describes the fr… [more below]
- Author: Munsch, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 08 2017
- ISBN10: 155451939X
- Language: English
