Cultural Region/Middle Eastern
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The Bookseller of Kabul
$17.99 Add to cartThis phenomenal international bestseller is “an admirable, revealing portrait of daily life in a country that Washington claims to have liberated but does not begin to understand” (Washington Post).
T- Author: Seierstad, Åsne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 26 2004
- ISBN10: 0316159417
- Language: English
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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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Palestine on a Plate: Memories from My Mother’s Kitchen
$26.95 Read moreA beautifully photographed culinary and cultural tour of Palestine.
“Joudie Kalla is an exceptionally talented chef with a deep understanding of tradition and ingredients that enables her to create- Author: Kalla, Joudie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1623718163
- 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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Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North
$18.00 Add to cartA fascinating collection of medieval Arabic travel writing in an important new translation
Between the ninth and fourteenth centuries, Arab explorers journeyed widely and frequently into the far north,… [more below]- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Ibn Fadlan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 31 2012
- ISBN10: 0140455078
- 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 Man in the Arena: From Fighting Isis to Fighting for My Freedom
$32.00 Add to cartOn September 11, 2018, Navy SEAL Chief Edward Gallagher–a highly-decorated combat veteran with nine deployments to war zones in Africa, Afghanistan, and Iraq–was arrested for war crimes at the TBI m… [more below]
- Author: Gallagher, Eddie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 452
- Publish Date: June 29 2021
- ISBN10: 1733428003
- Language: English
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Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone?
$21.00 Add to cartMahmoud Darwish is one of the greatest poets of our time. In his poetry Palestine becomes the map of the human soul.
— Elias Khoury
The book tugs at the reader’s heart page after page, poem after … [more below]- Author: Darwish, Mahmoud
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 197
- Publish Date: August 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0976395010
- 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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Cleopatra: A Biography
$21.99 Add to cartFew personalities from classical antiquity are more famous–yet more poorly understood–than Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt. In this major biography, Duane Roller reveals that Cleopatra was in fact a l… [more below]
- Series: Women in Antiquity
- Author: Roller, Duane W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0199829969
- Language: English
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Wall and the Gate
$34.99 Add to cartFrom renowned human rights lawyer Michael Sfard, an unprecedented exploration of the struggle for human rights in Israel’s courts
A farmer from a village in the occupied West Bank, cut off from his ol- Author: Sfard, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1250860644
- 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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Sukun: New and Selected Poems
$28.00 Read moreNew 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 Read moreA 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
