Cultural Region/Middle Eastern
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Born Upon the Dark Spear
$18.00 Add to cartChasm. Mist. Dark Song. Hour of Execution. Behind the Wall. These are just some of the poetic titles of Ahmad Shamlu (1925-2000) that together form the cipher to one of the most powerful figures in mo… [more below]
- Author: Shamlu, Ahmad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 172
- Publish Date: December 25 2015
- ISBN10: 1940625165
- Language: English
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Ages in Chaos III: Peoples of the Sea
$25.99 Add to cart“Peoples of the Sea” is, in some sense, the culmination of the series “Ages in Chaos.” In this volume the erroneous time shift of classical history reaches its maximum span – 800 years With carefully
- Series: Ages in Chaos
- Author: Velikovsky, Immanuel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 316
- Publish Date: April 26 2011
- ISBN10: 190683315X
- Language: English
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My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Family’s Past
$19.99 Add to cartIn a remote corner of the world, forgotten for nearly three thousand years, lived an enclave of Kurdish Jews so isolated that they still spoke Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Mostly illiterate, they w… [more below]
- Author: Sabar, Ariel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 345
- Publish Date: October 13 2009
- ISBN10: 1565129334
- Language: English
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House to House: A Soldier’s Memoir
$19.99 Add to cartTHE CLASSIC SOLDIER’S MEMOIR FROM MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT STAFF SERGEANT DAVID BELLAVIA
“A rare and gripping account of frontline combat.”–LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty “- Author: Bellavia, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 18 2008
- ISBN10: 1416546979
- Language: English
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Bestia: Italian Recipes Created in the Heart of L.A. [A Cookbook]
$38.00 Add to cartThis debut cookbook from L.A.’s phenomenally popular Bestia restaurant features rustic Italian food that is driven by intense flavors, including house-made charcuterie, pizza and pasta from scratch, a… [more below]
- Author: Menashe, Ori
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 30 2018
- ISBN10: 0399580905
- Language: English
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Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation
$28.99 Add to cartTending one’s fields, visiting a relative, going to the hospital: for ordinary Palestinians, such activities require negotiating permits and passes, curfews and closures, sterile roads and seam zones
- Author: Makdisi, Saree
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 12 2010
- ISBN10: 0393338444
- Language: English
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I Am the Beggar of the World: Landays from Contemporary Afghanistan
$18.00 Add to cartAfghans revere poetry, particularly the high literary forms that derive from Persian or Arabic. But the poem above is a folk couplet-a landay, an ancient oral and anonymous form created by and for mos
- Author: Griswold, Eliza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 17 2015
- ISBN10: 0374535183
- Language: English
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Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life
$38.99 Add to cartA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
A teacher, a scholar, a philosopher, and an eyewitness to history, Sari Nusseibeh is one of our most urgent and articulate authorities on the conflict in t- Author: Nusseibeh, Sari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 584
- Publish Date: April 29 2008
- ISBN10: 0312427107
- Language: English
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The Templars: The History and the Myth: From Solomon’s Temple to the Freemasons
$19.99 Add to cartArguably one of the most provocative, puzzling, and misunderstood organizations of medieval times, the legendary Knights Templar have always been shrouded in a veil of mystery, while inspiring popular
- Author: Haag, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 08 2009
- ISBN10: 0061775932
- Language: English
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Sumac: Recipes and Stories from Syria
$35.00 Add to cartNPR BEST COOKBOOK 2021
Exploring the connection of food and culture with traditional and contemporary Syrian recipes that were inspired by personal stories “As a Syrian who has had, due to the devasta- Author: Atassi, Anas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: April 01 2021
- ISBN10: 162371897X
- Language: English
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The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World
$37.43 Add to cart2021 Cundill History Prize Finalist
“Outstanding, original, and revolutionary. Favereau subjec
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year
A Spectator Best Book of the Year
A Five Books Best Book of the Year- Author: Favereau, Marie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 0674244214
- Language: English
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Building a Career in Software: A Comprehensive Guide to Success in the Software Industry
$44.99 Add to cartSoftware engineering education has a problem: universities and bootcamps teach aspiring engineers to write code, but they leave graduates to teach themselves the countless supporting tools required to
- Author: Heller, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 243
- Publish Date: September 27 2020
- ISBN10: 1484261461
- Language: English
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The Prophet: Bilingual Spanish and English Edition
$10.00 Add to cartA bilingual Spanish and English edition of The Prophet, with Gibran’s original drawings, in t te-b che format. The book follows Gibran’s original 1923 first edition, complete with his drawings, and ha
- Author: Gibran, Khalil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: May 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1734114215
- Language: English
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Sirens: How to Pee Standing Up-An Alarming Memoir of Combat and Coming Back Home
$14.95 Add to cartBronze Medal Winner from the Military Writers Society of America
There’s a steep learning curve for every American soldier who deploys to the Middle East war zone. Much of that involves culture shock
- Author: Colbert, Laura Naylor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 294
- Publish Date: October 29 2019
- ISBN10: 1944353275
- Language: English
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Cast a Giant Shadow: The Story of Mickey Marcus Who Died to Save Jerusalem
$22.95 Add to cartColonel David “Mickey” Marcus–after serving his country with distinction in World War II–responded to the appeal of a beleaguered country in the Middle East and became one of the truly great heroes … [more below]
- Author: Berkman, Ted
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 348
- Publish Date: December 01 1962
- ISBN10: 1929354002
- Language: English
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Syria: Recipes for Olive Oil and Vinegar Lovers
$18.00 Add to cartA new cookbook in the series that reveals the best ways to use specialty olive oils and vinegars in international cuisines–now featuring the succulent, flavourful dishes of Syria.
Eating together in
- Series: Recipes for Olive Oil and Vinegar Lovers
- Author: Lycopolus, Emily
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: November 13 2018
- ISBN10: 1771512814
- Language: English
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War Songs
$17.00 Add to cartPoems of love and battle by Arabia’s legendary warrior
From the sixth-century highlands of Najd in the Arabian peninsula, on the eve of the advent of Islam, come the strident cries of a legendary war- Series: Library of Arabic Literature #41
- Author: Shadd?d, ?antarah Ibn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 147985879X
- Language: English
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The Seventh Million: The Israelis and the Holocaust
$40.99 Add to cartThe Seventh Million is the first book to show the decisive impact of the Holocaust on the identity, ideology, and politics of Israel. Drawing on diaries, interviews, and thousands of declassified docu
- Author: Segev, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: September 05 2000
- ISBN10: 0805066608
- Language: English
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Antony and Cleopatra
$12.99 Add to cartThis edition of Antony and Cleopatra is especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholar… [more below]
- Series: Oxford School Shakespeare
- Author: Shakespeare, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 28 2013
- ISBN10: 0198393342
- Language: English
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The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom
$19.99 Add to cartIn sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman (“Elegant and scrupulous”–New York Times Book Review) and Krakatoa (“A mesmerizing page-
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Winchester, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 28 2009
- ISBN10: 60884614
- Language: English
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