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Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue and Unthinkable Choices by Mosab Hassan Yousef 9781850789857
RRP: $14.18$10.02Son of Hamas is now available with an all-new chapter about events since the books release such as the revelation of Mosabs Israeli intelligence handlers true identity, and Homeland Securitys effort to deport the author.Since he was a small boy, Mosab... -
A Woman in Arabia: The Writings of the Queen of the Desert by Gertrude Bell
RRP: $12.89$9.17The 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: $32.25$22.10In 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... -
Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence
RRP: $14.18$10.02Seven 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'... -
Queen of the Desert: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell by Georgina Howell
RRP: $19.34$14.01Archaeologist, 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... -
Occupational Hazards by Rory Stewart
RRP: $16.76$11.33A 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,... -
Persepolis: The Story of an Iranian Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
RRP: $21.92$15.84Wise, 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... -
Sold: One woman's true account of modern slavery by Zana Musen
RRP: $15.47$10.32Zana 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... -
The Good Daughter: My Mother's Hidden Life by Jasmin Darznik
RRP: $20.63$14.98'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,... -
Herzl: Theodor Herzl and the Foundation of the Jewish State by Shlomo Avineri
RRP: $12.89$8.77The 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 Promise To Nadia: A true story of a British slave in the Yemen by Zana Muhsen
RRP: $14.18$9.55Ten 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... -
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle
RRP: $14.18$9.35The #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... -
Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny by Con Coughlin
RRP: $32.25$20.81'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... -
Under Their Very Eyes: The astonishing life of Tom Hamblin, Bible courier to Arab nations by Deborah Meroff
RRP: $12.89$9.17From 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... -
Moshe Dayan: Israel's Controversial Hero by Mordechai Bar-On
RRP: $25.79$21.89From 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... -
An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan
RRP: $14.18$10.02Brian 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... -
Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations by Admiral William H. McRaven
RRP: $32.25$21.65Admiral 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... -
Hakim's Odyssey: Book 3: From Macedonia to France by Fabien Toulme
RRP: $32.19$25.49The 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... -
Osman's Dream by Caroline Finkel
RRP: $21.92$14.89The 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... -
Al-Mutanabbi by Margaret Larkin 9781851684069
$33.18This 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... -
Arik by David Landau
RRP: $23.21$17.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400076987Author David LandauFormat PaperbackPage Count 688Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm) 227mm *... -
The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq by Rory Stewart 9780156032797
RRP: $21.92$17.22Apologies 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 *... -
Betrayal Of Palestine: The Story Of George Antonius by Susan Boyle
RRP: $70.94$61.56This definitive biography of George Antonius tells the life story of a man who lived during a dramatic period of history, amid challenge that remains unresolved: the Palestine-Zionist conflict. Betrayal of Palestine is an important and innovative work... -
Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations by Admiral William H. McRaven 9781538729755
RRP: $19.34$12.64Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having been involved in 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... -
A Fort of Nine Towers by Qais Akbar Omar
RRP: $19.34$16.19'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 by Tim Collins
RRP: $14.18$9.55From 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 by Puk Damsgard
RRP: $19.34$14.13The 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... -
Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril by Abdullah, II, King of Jordan
RRP: $16.76$11.73HRH 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... -
Things I've Been Silent About: Memories of a Prodigal Daughter by Azar Nafisi
RRP: $14.18$10.02In Azar Nafisi's personal story of growing up in Iran, she shares her memories of a life lived in thrall to a powerful and complex mother, against the background of a country's political revolution. Nafisi's intelligent and complicated mother,... -
Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Very British Coup by Christopher De Bellaigue
RRP: $16.76$11.73On 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... -
Daughter Of Persia by Sattareh Farman-Farmaian
RRP: $16.76$11.73Sattareh 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... -
Sledgehammer: How Breaking with the Past Brought Peace to the Middle East by David Friedman
RRP: $25.80$17.21The 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: $25.80$17.22'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... -
Barefoot Soldier by Johnson Beharry
RRP: $16.76$11.09Born 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... -
165 Days: Prisoner of the Taliban by Asad Qureshi
RRP: $36.11$23.25British 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: $14.18$9.55A 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... -
What We Remember Will Be Saved: A Story of Refugees and the Things They Carry by Stephanie Saldaña 9781506484211
RRP: $24.50$15.83Apologies 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: $14.18$10.51Dreams 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... -
An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville by Reza Aslan
RRP: $30.95$26.46Little known in America but venerated as a martyr in Iran, Howard Baskerville was a twenty-two-year-old Christian missionary from South Dakota who traveled to Persia (modern-day Iran) in 1907 for a two-year stint teaching English and preaching the gospel... -
I Was Told To Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad by Souad Mekhennet 9780349008370
RRP: $12.89$8.77I 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...