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Uprooted: How 3000 Years of Jewish Civilization in the Arab World Vanished Overnight by Lyn Julius 9781910383667
RRP: $30.86$24.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910383667Author Lyn JuliusFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd -
My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World's Deadliest Migration Route by Sally Hayden 9780008445614
RRP: $18.85$10.46WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE WINNER OF IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'The most important work of contemporary reporting I have ever read' SALLY ROONEY The treatment of refugees... -
The Giza Power Plant: Technologies of Ancient Egypt by Christopher Dunn 9781879181502
RRP: $27.43$21.12Did a highly advanced civilization exist in prehistory? Is the Giza Pyramid a remnant of their technology? Then, what was the power source that fueled such a civilization? The technology of harmonic resonance, claims renowned master craftsman and... -
Sicily '43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe by James Holland
RRP: $22.28$15.59'James Holland is the best of the new generation of WW2 historians.' Sebastian Faulks'Holland's skill lies in bringing these warriors to life with vivid prose.' The TimesShortlisted for the 2021 British Army Military Book of the... -
Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization by Richard Miles
RRP: $29.14$21.06Richard Miles's Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Civilization charts one of the bloodiest dramas of the Ancient World: the devastating struggle to the death between Carthage and Rome. In an epic series of battles, the mighty... -
Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires by Tim Mackintosh-Smith
RRP: $25.71$23.04A SUNDAY TIMES AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR "Masterly and brilliant"-Simon Sebag Montefiore "A book of vast scope and stunning insight."-Anthony Sattin, Spectator "Commanding erudition and a swashbuckling style define this history of the Arabs"-Justin... -
1,000 Facts About Ancient Egypt by National Geographic Kids
RRP: $22.28$15.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426332739Author National Geographic KidsFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint National Geographic KidsPublisher National Geographic KidsWeight(grams)... -
The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen by Howard Carter 9780486235004
RRP: $29.14$19.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486235004Author Howard CarterFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Hannibal's War: Books 21-30 by Livy
RRP: $24.00$18.06'You know how to win a battle, Hannibal; you do not know how to use the victory!' Livy's great history of Rome contains, in Books 21 to 30, the definitive ancient account of Hannibal's invasion of Italy in 218 BC, and the war he fought with the Romans... -
A Savage War Of Peace by Alistair Horne
RRP: $25.71$17.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590172186Author Alistair HorneFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
The Last Storytellers: Tales from the Heart of Morocco by Richard Hamilton
RRP: $25.71$19.67After witnessing first-hand the death throes of this rich and captivating tradition, Richard Hamilton has tracked down the last few remaining storytellers of Morocco, recording stories that are replete with the mysteries and beauty of the Maghreb. ... -
Barbarians: Rebellion and Resistance to the Roman Empire by Dr Stephen P. Kershaw 9781472142139
RRP: $22.28$14.75A fresh new look at the Roman Empire, from the point of view of those regarded by the Romans as 'barbarians'. Kershaw builds a narrative around the lives, personalities, successes and failures both of the key opponents of Rome's rise and dominance, and... -
A Labyrinth of Kingdoms: 10,000 Miles through Islamic Africa by Steve Kemper 9780393346237
RRP: $22.28$19.66In 1840 Heinrich Barth joined a small British expedition into unexplored regions of Islamic North and Central Africa. One by one his companions died, but he carried on alone, eventually reaching the fabled city of gold, Timbuktu. His... -
A Dying Colonialism by Frantz Fanon
RRP: $22.28$14.80Frantz Fanon's seminal work on anticolonialism and the fifth year of the Algerian Revolution. Psychiatrist, humanist, revolutionary, Frantz Fanon was one of the great political analysts of our time, the author of such seminal works of modern... -
The Tangier Diaries by John Hopkins
RRP: $25.71$19.67John Hopkins brings back to life all the decadence and flamboyance of Tangier in the 1960s and 1970s. Tangier in the 1960s and '70s was a fabled place. This edge city, the 'Interzone', became muse and escapist's dream for artists, writers,... -
An Army At Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 by Rick Atkinson
RRP: $29.14$19.79The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of courage and enduring triumph, of calamity and miscalculation. In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson shows why no modern reader can understand the... -
Going Solo by Roald Dahl 9780241677391
RRP: $13.71$9.93It was truly the most breathless and in a way the most exhilarating time I have ever had in my life.This beautiful edition of Going Solo, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, features official archive material from the Roald Dahl Museum and is... -
The Berbers: The Peoples of Africa by Michael Brett 9780631207672
RRP: $73.67$64.44The Berbers provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the Berber-speaking peoples.About the AuthorMichael Brett is Lecturer in African History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University. Elizabeth Fentress was formerly a... -
My Fourth Time, We Drowned by Sally Hayden
RRP: $34.31$23.57WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE WINNER OF IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'The most important work of contemporary reporting I have ever read' SALLY ROONEY The Western... -
A Soldier's Story: Neville 'Timber' Wood's War, from Dunkirk to D-Day by Mike Wood 9781472144591
RRP: $34.31$7.53'This captivating account . . . is the story of an ordinary soldier, but an extraordinary man. I commend this book most warmly.'Richard Dannatt, General The Lord Dannatt GCB CBE MC DL, Chief of the General Staff 2006-9'The amazing account of a young man,... -
The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean by David Abulafia
RRP: $32.57$24.03For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of civilization. David Abulafia's The Great Sea is the first complete history of the Mediterranean, from the erection of temples on Malta around 3500 BC to modern... -
African Origin of Civilization by Diop 9781556520723
RRP: $25.64$19.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556520723Author Cheikh Anta DiopFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint A Cappella BooksPublisher A Cappella BooksWeight(grams) 381g -
Double Cross in Cairo: The True Story of the Spy Who Turned the Tide of War in the Middle East by Nigel West 9781785905186
RRP: $17.14$12.20As part of the infamous Double Cross operation, Jewish double agent Renato Levi proved to be one of the Allies' most devastating weapons in the Second World War. ln 1941, with the help of Ml6, Levi built an extensive spy ring in North Africa and the... -
Valentine Infantry Tank vs Panzer III: North Africa 1941–43 by Bruce Newsome 9781472857279
RRP: $27.43$19.91A unique comparison between the two most numerous British and German tank types from 1941 to 1943. Although much has been written about the Panzer III, little attention has been given to the equally prominent Valentine tank. This work compares the... -
The Long Range Desert Group in Action 1940-1943: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Brendan O'Carroll 9781526777416
$32.81The Long Range Desert Group has a strong claim to the first Special Forces unit in the British Army. This superb illustrated history follows the LRDG from its July 1940 formation as the Long Range Patrol in North Africa, tasked with intelligence... -
Marrakech Express by Peter Millar
RRP: $25.71$16.81Back in 1969 when Morocco's ancient capital was a hashish clouded happy mecca, Crosby, Stills and Nash recorded their cheesy (and hopelessly inaccurate) foot-tapping anthem 'Marrakech Express'. A generation on, award-winning journalist, author, and... -
Ancient Egypt: A Very Short Introduction by Ian Shaw
RRP: $15.42$11.06Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The ancient Egyptians are an enduring source of fascination -- mummies and pyramids, curses and rituals have captured the imagination of generations. We all have a mental picture of ancient Egypt,... -
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt by Bill Manley
RRP: $32.57$23.35From its humble origins as a cluster of rival chiefdoms along the banks of the Nile, ancient Egypt rose to become one of the most advanced civilizations of its time. This atlas traces its turbulent history and remarkable cultural development, from the... -
The Egyptians by Sergio Donadoni 9780226155562
RRP: $46.31$45.40Providing an accessible introduction to the people who lived along the Nile for almost 35 centuries, this collection of essays presents studies of ancient Egyptians arranged by social type - slaves, craftsmen, priests, bureaucrats, pharaohs, peasants and... -
Napoleon in Egypt: 'The Greatest Glory' by Paul Strathern
RRP: $29.14$21.06Napoleon's attack on Egypt in 1798 was the first on a Middle Eastern country by a Western power in modern times. With 335 ships and 40,000 men, it was the largest long-distance seaborne force the world had ever seen. Napoleon's assault was intended to be... -
Armies of Sand: The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness by Kenneth M. Pollack
RRP: $49.73$36.50Since World War II, Arab armed forces have consistently punched below their weight--they have lost many wars that by all rights they should have won, and in their best performances only ever achieved quite modest accomplishments. Over time, soldiers,... -
The Numidians 300 BC–AD 300 by William Horsted
RRP: $20.57$14.46The Numidian light cavalry were among the best-known horsemen in the ancient world: riding without saddles or bridle, carrying only hide shields for defense and clutching a handful of light javelins, they were renowned for their darting attacks, swift... -
Darfur: A New History of a Long War by Julie Flint 9781842779507
$32.66Written by two authors with unparalleled first-hand experience of Darfur, this is the definitive guide. Newly updated and hugely expanded, this edition details Darfur's history in Sudan. It traces the origins, organization and ideology of the infamous... -
The Cosmography and Geography of Africa by Leo Africanus
RRP: $25.71$18.78The first new translation in over 400 years of one of the great works of the Renaissance: an African diplomat's guide to Africa.In 1518, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan, a Moroccan diplomat, was seized by pirates while travelling in the Mediterranean... -
The Eighth Army in North Africa by Simon Forty 9781526723796
RRP: $25.71$18.78The British Eighth Army, which played a decisive role in defeating the Axis in North Africa, was one of the most celebrated Allied armies of the Second World War, and this photographic history is the ideal introduction to it. The carefully chosen... -
The Desert War: Book 4 of the Ladybird Expert History of the Second World War by James Holland
RRP: $13.71$9.93Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES.____________Why was North Africa such a key component in Britain's success over Mussolini and his Italian Army?How did they blunt Italy's actions?What challenges did they face?And what new technologies were... -
North Africa under Byzantium and Early Islam by Susan T. Stevens
RRP: $101.12$80.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884024088Author Susan T. StevensFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionPublisher Dumbarton Oaks Research... -
The Woman Who Would be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney 9781780747668
RRP: $22.28$15.59Hatshepsut, the daughter of a general who took Egypt's throne without status as a king's son and a mother with ties to the previous dynasty, was born into a privileged position of the royal household. Married to her brother, she was expected to bear the... -
Father and Son: A memoir about family, the past and mortality by Jonathan Raban 9780330418409
RRP: $37.74$24.55A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2023'A beautiful, compelling memoir . . . Father and Son is an exquisite, sometimes lunatic tension between powerful emotions and carnage on one side, and on the other, the conventional codes of what must remain unsaid. This,... -
Cleopatra: The Queen Who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity by Alberto Angela
RRP: $22.28$14.55"The political machinations, betrayal, and battles may appeal to those fans of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series interested in a real-world game of thrones." -- Booklist One of Italy's most revered cultural figures...