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Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires by Juan Cole 9781568587813
RRP: €22.60€13.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568587813Author Juan ColeFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint PublicAffairs,U.S.Publisher PublicAffairs,U.S.Weight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle
RRP: €13.08€8.63The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood's blockbuster movie which was nominated for six academy awards, including best picture. From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the... -
Queen of the Desert: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell by Georgina Howell
RRP: €17.84€13.24Archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer, mountaineer and nation builder, Gertrude Bell was born in 1868 into a world of privilege and plenty, but she turned her back on all that for her passion for the Arab peoples, becoming the... -
Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence
RRP: €13.08€9.25Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the autobiographical account of T.E. Lawrence - also known as 'Lawrence of Arabia' - of his service in the Arab Revolt during the First World War, published in Penguin Modern Classics.Although 'continually and bitterly ashamed'... -
Occupational Hazards by Rory Stewart
RRP: €15.46€10.45A fascinating insight into the complexity, history and unpredictability of Iraq from Rory Stewart, bestselling author of Politics on the Edge and host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics.By September 2003, six months after the US-led invasion of Iraq,... -
Sold: One woman's true account of modern slavery Zana Muhsen 9780751543988
RRP: €14.27€9.52Zana Muhsen, born and bred in Birmingham, is of Yemeni origin. When her father told her she was to spend a holiday with relatives in North Yemen, she jumped at the chance. Aged 15 and 13 respectively, Zana and her sister discovered that they had been... -
Herzl: Theodor Herzl and the Foundation of the Jewish State by Shlomo Avineri
RRP: €11.89€7.09The first biography in more than a generation of the father of modern political Zionism and in effect the state of Israel.Drawing extensively on his diaries as well as his published works, this intellectual biographical follows Herzl's transformation... -
A Woman in Arabia: The Writings of the Queen of the Desert by Gertrude Bell
RRP: €11.89€8.46The writings of one of the great woman adventurers of the twentieth century - the 'female Lawrence of Arabia' - and the subject of a new film starring Nicole Kidman.In the last century, few people lived more astounding - or influential - lives than... -
Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew by Avi Shlaim
RRP: €29.75€20.38In July 1950, Avi Shlaim, only five, and his family were forced into exile, fleeing their beloved Iraq to the new state of Israel. 'Remarkable.' Max Hastings, THE SUNDAY TIMES Today the once flourishing Jewish community of Iraq, at one time... -
The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq by Rory Stewart 9780156032797
RRP: €20.22€15.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156032797Author Rory StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 472gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 136mm *... -
A Promise To Nadia: A true story of a British slave in the Yemen Zana Muhsen 9780751543698
RRP: €13.08€8.81Ten years previously Zana Muhsen escaped from the life of slavery in the Yemen into which her father had sold her as a child bride, leaving behind her baby son, her sister Nadia, and Nadia's two small children. As she described so powerfully in her... -
An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan
RRP: €13.08€9.25Brian Keenan went to Beirut in 1985 for a change of scene from his native Belfast. He became headline news when he was kidnapped by fundamentalist Shi'ite militiamen and held in the suburbs of Beirut for the next four and a half years. For much of that... -
This Arab Life by Amal Ghandour 9781954805262
RRP: €17.49€12.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954805262Author Amal GhandourFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Bold Story PressPublisher Bold Story PressWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
Under Their Very Eyes: The astonishing life of Tom Hamblin, Bible courier to Arab nations by Deborah Meroff
RRP: €11.89€8.46From a brutal and impoverished background in Reading, England, Tom Hamblin became a believer as a teenager before serving as a missionary in the Far East. He and his wife Edna spent more than a decade leading expeditions into the heart of Borneo... -
Persepolis: The Story of an Iranian Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
RRP: €20.22€15.37Wise, often funny, sometimes heart-breaking, Persepolis tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, growing up during the Iranian Revolution.The intelligent and outspoken child of radical Marxists, and the... -
Barefoot Soldier by Johnson Beharry
RRP: €15.46€10.23Born in 1979 in Grenada as one of eight children, living in a two-bedroom hut, surviving on meagre meals of beans and rice and walking barefoot, three miles to school. At 13 Johnson Beharry quit school and worked as a decorator and labourer. In 1999 he... -
Osman's Dream by Caroline Finkel
RRP: €20.22€14.61The Ottoman chronicles recount that the first sultan, Osman, dreamt of the dynasty he would found - a tree, fully-formed, emerged from his navel, symbolising the vigour of his successors and the extent of their domains.This is the first book to tell the... -
Saladin: Hero of Islam by Geoffrey Hindley 9781848842038
RRP: €15.46€13.03The extraordinary character and career of Saladin are the keys to understanding the Battle of Hattin, the fall of Jerusalem and the failure of the Third Crusade. He united warring Muslim lands, reconquered the bulk of Crusader states and faced the... -
Al-Mutanabbi by Margaret Larkin 9781851684069
€31.20This exhaustive and yet enthralling study considers the life and work of al-Mutanabbi (915-965), often regarded as the greatest of the classical Arab poets. A revolutionary at heart and often imprisoned or forced into exile throughout his tumultuous... -
Moshe Dayan: Israel's Controversial Hero by Mordechai Bar-On
RRP: €23.79€20.19From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a vivid portrait of one of the most powerful leaders in Israel's first decades of statehood Instantly recognizable with his iconic eye patch, Moshe Dayan (1915-1981) was one of Israel's most charismatic-and... -
In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story by Ghada Karmi 9781844673681
RRP: €32.12€28.42Ghada Karmi's acclaimed memoir relates her childhood in Palestine, flight to Britain after the catastrophe, and coming of age in Golders Green, the north London Jewish suburb. A powerful biographical story, In Search of Fatima reflects the author's... -
A Fort of Nine Towers by Qais Akbar Omar
RRP: €17.84€14.93'To read this book is to understand Afghanistan as it exists today. This haunting memoir traces the unimaginable odyssey of one family whose world has collapsed . . . Poetic, powerful, and unforgettable.' - Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner and... -
Rules of Engagement Tim Collins 9780755313754
RRP: €13.08€8.81From the moment Tim Collins's speech to his men in Iraq was made public, this soldier and thinker became a hero and an inspiration to world leaders and infantrymen alike. To a public suspicious about the motives for war, he offered some explanation for... -
The ISIS Hostage: One Man's True Story of 13 Months in Captivity Puk Damsgard 9781786490568
RRP: €17.84€13.03The Number One International BestsellerThe dramatic story of freelance photographer Daniel Rye, who was held hostage for 13 months by ISIS, as told by an award-winning writer.In May 2013, freelance photographer Daniel Rye was captured in Syria and held... -
Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny by Con Coughlin
RRP: €29.75€19.19'Important, compelling, and detailed . . . a superb analysis of the West's policy missteps and the tragic consequences of them.' - General David PetraeusIn Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny, Con Coughlin, veteran commentator on war in the Middle East and... -
Love In A Torn Land Jean Sasson 9780553818147
RRP: €10.70€7.68Bestselling author Jean Sasson tells the dramatic true story of a young woman caught up in Saddam Hussein's genocide of the Kurdish people of Iraq.One morning Joanna, a young bride living in the Kurdish mountains of Iraq, was surprised to see dead birds... -
Daughter Of Persia by Sattareh Farman-Farmaian
RRP: €15.46€10.82Sattareh Farman Farmaian, the daughter of a once-powerful and wealthy Iranian prince, was raised and educated in the 1920s and 1930s in a Persian harem compound, along with numerous mothers and more than 30 brothers and sisters. As a young woman, she... -
Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril by Abdullah, II, King of Jordan
RRP: €15.46€10.82HRH King Abdullah was schooled in America and at Sandhurst and was heading for a life as a career soldier, when his father fell ill and he unexpectedly inherited the throne of Jordan. Fiercely loyal to his country but possessing an outsider's perspective... -
Reasonable Cause to Suspect: A Mother's Ordeal to Free Her Son from a Kurdish Prison by Sally Lane
RRP: €19.03€13.14In a story of deceit, betrayal, and injustice, two parents are tried as terrorists for attempting to rescue their son from a Syrian war zone.On September 2, 2014, Jack Letts, an idealistic eighteen-year-old British Canadian, phoned his mother saying,... -
Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Very British Coup by Christopher De Bellaigue
RRP: €15.46€10.82On 19 August 1953 the British and American intelligence agencies launched a desperate coup against a cussed, bedridden 72-year-old. His name was Muhammad Mossadegh, the Iranian prime minister. To Winston Churchill he was a lunatic, determined to... -
Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations by Admiral William H. McRaven
RRP: €29.75€21.32Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having orchestrated some of the most famous missions in recent memory, including the capture of Saddam Hussein, the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips, and the raid to kill Osama bin... -
I Was Told To Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad by Souad Mekhennet 9780349008370
RRP: €11.89€8.09I was told to come alone. I was not to carry any identification, and would have to leave my cell phone, audio recorder, watch, and purse at my hotel . . .For her whole life, Souad Mekhennet, a reporter for the Washington Post who was born and educated in... -
The Good Daughter: My Mother's Hidden Life by Jasmin Darznik
RRP: €19.03€13.82'With this one word, Lili had finally understood many things: that no matter what she promised or sacrificed or gave, she would always be 'broken' to her daughter.' When Jasmin Darznik finds a photo among her father's possessions shortly after his death,... -
165 Days: Prisoner of the Taliban by Asad Qureshi
RRP: €33.31€21.44British documentary filmmaker Asad Qureshi works in the world's most dangerous places. When he set off to film secret interviews with Taliban commanders, the award-winning filmmaker found himself on the wrong end of the camera lens, with a gun at his... -
Zarifa: A Woman's Battle in a Man's World. As Featured in the NETFLIX documentary IN HER HANDS by Zarifa Ghafari 9780349017020
RRP: €13.08€8.81A moving and inspiring memoir by Afghanistan's youngest female mayor and campaigner for human rights, as seen in Netflix's In Her Hands documentary.'Zarifa will break your heart' Christina Lamb, author of Our Bodies, Their Battlefields and I Am... -
Hakim's Odyssey: Book 3: From Macedonia to France by Fabien Toulme
RRP: €29.69€23.51The end of a journey, the beginning of a new life.-I'm Syrian, and I got here from Turkey.-Whoaaa! That's a hell of a trip!-You could say that . . . I left home almost three years ago.After being rescued from the Mediterranean, Hakim and his son reach... -
What We Remember Will Be Saved: A Story of Refugees and the Things They Carry by Stephanie Saldaña 9781506484211
RRP: €22.60€16.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506484211Author Stephanie SaldanaFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Broadleaf BooksPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g -
Dreams of a Refugee: From the Middle East to Mount Everest by Mostafa Salameh
RRP: €13.08€9.97Dreams of a Refugee is the extraordinary story of Mostafa Salameh, born in Kuwait to Palestinian refugees. After a childhood in the camps and a series of low-paid jobs, Mostafa was given a rare opportunity to travel to London, working in hospitality... -
Sledgehammer: How Breaking with the Past Brought Peace to the Middle East by David Friedman
RRP: €23.80€15.87The Trump administration's peace agreements in the Middle East were the greatest foreign policy accomplishment in decades. Now, for the first time, his ambassador to Israel explains how they pulled it off.Doing the same thing over and over and expecting... -
Zarifa: A Woman's Battle in a Man's World by Zarifa Ghafari
RRP: €23.80€15.89'Zarifa will break your heart' Christina Lamb, author of Our Bodies, Their Battlefields and I Am MalalaZarifa Ghafari was two years old when the Taliban banned girls from schools, and she began her education in secret. She was seven when American...