Cultural Region/Middle Eastern
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In an Antique Land: History in the Guise of a Traveler’s Tale
$20.00 Add to cartOnce upon a time, an Indian writer named Amitav Ghosh set out as an Indian slave, name unknown, who some seven hundred years before had traveled to the Middle East. The journey took him to a small vil… [more below]
- Series: Vintage Departures #0000
- Author: Ghosh, Amitav
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 29 1994
- ISBN10: 0679727833
- Language: English
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The Role of Religion in the Early Islamic World
$11.95 Read moreThis informative book describes how the Muslim religion started, including the life of the Prophet Muhammad; the Hegira and Kaaba; caliphs; the split of the Sunni and Shi’a and the beliefs of both; Su… [more below]
- Series: Life in the Early Islamic World
- Author: Whiting, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 15 2011
- ISBN10: 0778721760
- Language: English
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Brokers of Deceit: How the US Has Undermined Peace in the Middle East
$18.95 Add to cart
An examination of the failure of the United States as a broker in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, through three key historical moments For more tha
Winner of the 2014 Lionel Trilling Book Award- Author: Khalidi, Rashid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 11 2014
- ISBN10: 0807033243
- Language: English
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A History of Zionism: From the French Revolution to the Establishment of the State of Israel
$24.00 Read moreThe definitive general history of the Zionist movement, by one of the most distinguished historians of our time.
Walter Laqueur traces Zionism from its beginnings–with the emancipation of European Je- Author: Laqueur, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: May 20 2003
- ISBN10: 0805211497
- Language: English
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The Last Quest of Gilgamesh
$9.99 Read moreThis is the third and final volume of the picture-book trilogy which began with Gilgamesh the king, and was followed by The revenge of Ishtar.
- Series: Gilgamesh Trilogy
- Author: Zeman, Ludmila
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: April 25 1998
- ISBN10: 0887763804
- Language: English
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The Persians: Lost Civilizations
$29.00 Read moreNow in paperback, this is a history of an incomparable culture whose influence can still be seen, millennia later, in modern-day Iran and the wider Middle East.
During the first and second millennia- Series: Lost Civilizations
- Author: Parker, Geoffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1789146895
- Language: English
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In Search of a Prophet: A Spiritual Journey with Kahlil Gibran
$20.95 Add to cartA fascinating journey through the spiritual life of Kahlil Gibran, author of one of the world’s bestselling books, The Prophet. Chandler explores this beloved Lebanese writer and artist, a mystic who
- Author: Chandler, Paul-Gordon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1538175428
- Language: English
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Authentic Egyptian Cooking: From the Table of Abou El Sid
$25.62 Read moreClassic Egyptian favorites from one of Cairo’s leading restaurants, in a new soft cover edition
Traditionally, Egyptian cooking has been best practiced and enjoyed at home, where generations of unreco
- Author: Leheta, Nehal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 9776790046
- Language: English
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Casting Lots: Ancient Hebrew Divination Magic
$18.95 Read more“In Casting Lots, Elisheva Nesher does not just present the system of using the aleph-beit to cast lots for spiritual guidance and wisdom, she also shows the range of divine beings and spiritual pract
- Author: Nesher, Elisheva
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1578637090
- Language: English
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The Rumi Prescription: How an Ancient Mystic Poet Changed My Modern Manic Life
$18.00 Read moreA powerful personal journey to find meaning and life lessons in the words of a wildly popular 13th century poet.
Rumi’s inspiring and deceptively simple poems have been called ecstatic, mystical, and- Author: Moezzi, Melody
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0525537783
- Language: English
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Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy
$35.00 Read moreA perceptive and provocative history of Henry Kissinger’s diplomatic negotiations in the Middle East that illuminates the unique challenges and barriers Kissinger and his successors have faced in thei… [more below]
- Author: Indyk, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1101947543
- Language: English
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America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present
$24.00 Read moreA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR – A hugely ambitious, “delightfully readable, genuinely informative” portrait (The New York Times) of the two-centuries-long entwined histories of Iran and A… [more below]
- Author: Ghazvinian, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: December 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0307472388
- Language: English
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Ancient Egyptians: Hide and Seek History: With More Than 80 Flaps!
$19.99 Read moreWith more than 80 lift-the-flaps readers can discover incredible stories, supersititions, and astonishing aspects of ancient Egypt.
With more than 80 lift-the-flaps and with flaps under flaps, readers- Author: Marx, Jonny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 16
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1944530312
- Language: English
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Exodus Revisited
$34.99 Read moreIn Exodus Revisited, Leon Uris returns to the scene of his famous bestselling novel, Exodus, which has sold over five million copies. With power, compassion, and love, he writes a revealing commentary
- Author: Uris, Leon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 9798200924097
- Language: English
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The Wounded Age and Eastern Tales
$15.95 Read moreOne of Turkey’s most celebrated writers explores themes of violence, otherness, and exile through a thrilling hybrid of poetry and prose that paints a vivid picture of Turkey’s conflict-torn lands.
In- Author: Edgü, Ferit
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1681376768
- Language: English
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21 Days to Baghdad: General Buford Blount and the 3rd Infantry Division in the Iraq War
$35.00 Read moreAn authoritative military history of the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division in Operation Iraqi Freedom, describing the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the siege and fall of Baghdad, and the nation-building miss
- Author: Stur, Heather Marie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1472853636
- Language: English
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I Got This: To Gold and Beyond
$9.99 Add to cartNew York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller
Now in an expanded paperback edition with Laurie’s training routine for the Summer 2020 Olympics, her life as cohost of American Ninja War
- Author: Hernandez, Laurie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0062957333
- Language: English
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Inside SEAL Team Six: My Life and Missions with America’s Elite Warriors
$21.99 Add to cartIncludes excerpt from: Hunt the wolf: a SEAL Team Six novel by Don Mann and Ralph Pezzullo.
- Author: Mann, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 05 2012
- ISBN10: 0316204307
- Language: English
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The End of the Peace Process: Oslo and After
$19.00 Read moreSoon after the Oslo accords were signed in September 1993 by Israel and Palestinian Liberation Organization, Edward Said predicted that they could not lead to real peace. In these essays, most writte
- Author: Said, Edward W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 08 2001
- ISBN10: 0375725741
- Language: English
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Science, Medicine, and Math in the Early Islamic World
$11.95 Read moreThe scientific contributions of the early Islamic empires to science, medicine, and mathematics is considerable. This revealing book explores: their public hospitals, libraries, and universities; thei… [more below]
- Series: Life in the Early Islamic World
- Author: Romanek, Trudee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 15 2011
- ISBN10: 0778721779
- Language: English
