Middle East
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Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America’s War with Militant Islam
$22.00 Add to cartFrom the best-selling author of Black Hawk Down comes a riveting, definitive chronicle of the Iran hostage crisis, America’s first battle with militant Islam. On November 4, 1979, a group of radical I… [more below]
- Author: Bowden, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: March 13 2007
- ISBN10: 0802143032
- Language: English
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Tears for Tarshiha
$21.35 Add to cartOlfat Mahmoud’s confronting autobiography asks when the world will deliver on its promise and allow her people to return home to Palestine.
Olfat Mahmoud is a stateless Palestinian refugee. Born in a r
- Author: Mahmoud, Olfat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 218
- Publish Date: August 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0648066363
- Language: English
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Crimson Earth
$9.99 Add to cartTravel across the ages with Lady Zaynab as she meets with various divine prophets and noble angels in a quest to explain the meaning of Ashura and her timeless statement on Imam Hussein’s sacrifice: “
- Author: Jamal, Nora
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: February 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1958882100
- Language: English
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Stories from Palestine: Narratives of Resilience
$40.00 Add to cartStories from Palestine profiles Palestinians engaged in creative and productive pursuits in their everyday lives in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. Their narratives amplify perspectives
- Author: Dunsky, Marda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: March 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0268200335
- Language: English
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The Coup: 1953, the Cia, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations
$19.95 Add to cartIn August 1953, the CIA orchestrated the swift overthrow of Iran’s democratically elected leader and installed Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in his place. Over the next twenty-six years, the United State
- Author: Abrahamian, Ervand
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 07 2015
- ISBN10: 1620970864
- Language: English
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A Walking Tour of the Gospels: Experience the Life and Lessons of Jesus
$19.99 Add to cartJesus’s life and teachings were bonded to the soil, the scenery, and the people of the Holy Land. Walk the biblical landscape with John A. Beck as he brings key events from the Gospels to life in 150 … [more below]
- Author: Beck, John A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1640701656
- Language: English
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Shamanic Wisdom in the Pyramid Texts: The Mystical Tradition of Ancient Egypt
$26.95 Read moreA radical reinterpretation of the Pyramid Texts as shamanic mystical wisdom rather than funerary rituals
– Reveals the mystical nature of Egyptian civilization denied by orthodox Egyptologists – Exami- Author: Naydler, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: December 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0892817550
- Language: English
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This Side of Peace: A Personal Account
$21.95 Add to cartFrom the world-recognized leader of the Palestinians comes an inside view of Arafat and of the secret negotiations and last-minute decisions that led to the Oslo Peace Talks.
An insider’s view of Mide- Author: Ashrawi, Hanan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 05 1996
- ISBN10: 068482342X
- Language: English
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Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization
$20.00 Add to cartFilled with unforgettable stories of emperors, generals, and religious patriarchs, as well as fascinating glimpses into the life of the ordinary citizen, Lost to the West reveals how much we owe to th… [more below]
- Author: Brownworth, Lars
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0307407969
- Language: English
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The Lycian Shore: A Turkish Odyssey
$17.95 Add to cart‘There are not so many places left where magic reigns without interruption and of all those I know, the coast of Lycia was the most magical.’ Lycia, on the southwestern coast of Turkey, is an ancient … [more below]
- Series: Freya Stark Collection
- Author: Stark, Freya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: September 20 2011
- ISBN10: 1848853122
- Language: English
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The Closed Circle: An Interpretation of the Arabs
$28.43 Add to cartThis important book explains how Arabs are closed in a circle defined by tribal, religious, and cultural traditions. David Pryce-Jones examines the tribal forces which, he believes, “drive the Arabs i… [more below]
- Series: Edward Burlingame Book
- Author: Pryce-Jones, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: February 16 2009
- ISBN10: 1566638267
- Language: English
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Contested Land, Contested Memory: Israel’s Jews and Arabs and the Ghosts of Catastrophe
$24.99 Add to cartThe Holocaust and the Nakba (“Catastrophe,” Palestinian Israelis’ name for the War of Independence) both marked Israel’s founding, and these two world-changing events continue to form the generations … [more below]
- Author: Roberts, Jo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 10 2013
- ISBN10: 1459710118
- Language: English
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The Promised Land of Israel: An In-Depth Look at Zionism in the Quran and in Jewish History
$34.95 Add to cartWhat would you say if the Holy Quran turned out to contain components consistent with Zionism? What if the Quran in its very philological content blesses and encourages the Jews to live in the land of
- Author: Pournia, Solomon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 526
- Publish Date: May 17 2023
- ISBN10: 9798885054713
- Language: English
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The Case for Palestine: Why It Matters and Why You Should Care
$32.99 Add to cartIn 1948, the State of Israel was founded. While the philosophy of Zionism that advocated for a Jewish homeland in what was then known as Palestine dates back to 1897, the creation of Israel in 1948 wa… [more below]
- Author: Kovalik, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: May 28 2024
- ISBN10: 1510780599
- Language: English
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Revolution 2.0: The Power of the People Is Greater Than the People in Power
$19.99 Add to cart“A gripping chronicle of how a fear-frozen society finally topples its oppressors with the help of social media.” — San Francisco Chronicle
Wael Ghonim was a little-known, thirty-year-old Google exec- Author: Ghonim, Wael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 15 2013
- ISBN10: 0547867093
- Language: English
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The Caravan: Abdallah Azzam and the Rise of Global Jihad
$75.08 Add to cartAbdallah Azzam, the Palestinian cleric who led the mobilization of Arab fighters to Afghanistan in the 1980s, played a crucial role in the internationalization of the jihadi movement. Killed in myster… [more below]
- Author: Hegghammer, Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 718
- Publish Date: March 05 2020
- ISBN10: 0521765951
- Language: English
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Saving Israel: How the Jewish People Can Win a War That May Never End
$16.95 Add to cartIs Israel worth saving, and if so, how do we secure its future?
The Jewish State must end, say its enemies, from intellectuals like Tony Judt to hate-filled demagogues like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Even av
- Author: Gordis, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0470643900
- Language: English
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Sisters of the War: Two Remarkable True Stories of Survival and Hope in Syria (Scholastic Focus)
$8.99 Add to cartThis NPR Best Book of 2020 is an extraordinary true account of the enormous tragedy of the Syrian civil conflict.
Since the revolution-turned-civil war in Syria began in 2011, over 500,000 civilians ha
- Author: Abouzeid, Rania
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1338551140
- Language: English
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These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons
$24.95 Read moreHundreds of thousands of Palestinians have experienced life in Israel’s prisons since 1967, as did many more in previous decades during the course of the ongoing Israeli military occupation. Yet rarel… [more below]
- Author: Baroud, Ramzy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: December 20 2019
- ISBN10: 1949762092
- Language: English
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Wrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
$19.00 Add to cartAs the Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalates, a dangerous illusion persists that the American Jewish community speaks with a single voice, expressing universal, uncritical support for the policies of… [more below]
- Author: Kushner, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 13 2003
- ISBN10: 0802140157
- Language: English
