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Israel's National Security, the Arab Position, and Its Complicated Relations with the United States by Ehud Eilam 9781666907506
RRP: £81.00£71.06During the Syrian civil war in late 2013, Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons, which almost brought the United States into the war. However, this was prevented by an agreement that disarmed Assad from most of his chemical weapons. This showed the... -
KJV, Thinline Reference Bible, Bonded Leather, Black, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, King James Version by Thomas Nelson 9780785215752
RRP: £23.00£16.69The King James Bible with classic center-column cross references that's just the right size to take with you wherever you go. This edition is published in large KJV Comfort Print type, which was designed exclusively for Thomas Nelson to be the most... -
Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time by Franz Babinger
RRP: £45.00£35.72From the famous siege of Constantinople in 1453 through the numerous other campaigns that securely established the Ottoman Empire, the events in the life of the emperor Mehmed II are the subject of this classic biography. One of the most important... -
Monsoon Revolution: Republicans, Sultans, and Empires in Oman, 1965-1976 by Abdel Razzaq Takriti
£44.76The Dhufar revolution in Oman (1965-1976) was the longest running major armed struggle in the history of the Arabian Peninsula, Britain's last classic colonial war in the region, and one of the highlights of the Cold War in the Middle East. Monsoon... -
The Political History of Modern Iran: Revolution, Reaction and Transformation, 1905 to the Present by Ali Rahnema 9780755643998
RRP: £23.99£21.08From the rise of constitutionalism during the rule of despotic Qajars, foreign invasions, the Pahlavi regimes' destructive politics, economic, cultural and social modernization efforts and the oil nationalization movement, to the Iranian Revolution, its... -
When Democracy Died: The Middle East's Enduring Peace of Lausanne by Hans-Lukas Kieser 9781316516423
RRP: £30.00£26.35The Treaty of Lausanne, signed in Switzerland in July 1923, officially settled the conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the Allied forces. Not only did the Treaty establish the borders of the modern Turkish republic, but it also defined boundaries,... -
Palestine in Black and White by Mohammad Sabaaneh 9780863569401
RRP: £10.99£7.40Palestine in Black and White is an intimate and powerful portrayal of life under occupation from one of the most talented cartoonists working today. Mohammad Sabaaneh has gained worldwide renown for his black and white sketches. His stark geometric... -
Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate by Leila Ahmed
RRP: £15.99£12.90A classic, pioneering account of the lives of women in Islamic history, republished for a new generation This pioneering study of the social and political lives of Muslim women has shaped a whole generation of scholarship. In it, Leila Ahmed explores the... -
The Modern Middle East: A Social and Cultural History by Ilan Pappe 9780415829519
RRP: £45.99£40.53This hugely successful, ground-breaking book is the first introductory textbook on the Modern Middle East to foreground the urban, rural, cultural and gender histories of the region over its political and economic history. Distancing himself from more... -
Mossad: The Stories You Haven't Heard Of Israel's Most Effective Secret Service by Peter Russo 9781548200015
RRP: £11.38£8.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781548200015Author Peter RussoFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
The Mamluk Sultanate: A History by Carl F. Petry
RRP: £22.99£19.56The Mamluk Sultanate ruled Egypt, Syria and the Arabian hinterland along the Red Sea. Lasting from the deposition of the Ayyubid dynasty (c. 1250) to the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517, this regime of slave-soldiers incorporated many of the political... -
Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History by Thomas Barfield
RRP: £16.99£13.65Afghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the sixteenth century to the Taliban resurgence today. Thomas Barfield introduces readers to the... -
The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran by Roy Mottahedeh 9781851686162
RRP: £18.99£17.91Drawn from the first-hand accounts of eyewitnesses, Roy Mottahedeh's absorbing tale of Islam and Politics in revolutionary Iran is widely regarded as one of the best records of that turbulent time ever written. This revised edition includes a new... -
A History of Jordan by Philip Robins 9781108448383
RRP: £25.99£22.39Since the publication of the first edition, substantial changes have occurred in the political landscape of Jordan and the Middle East. King Abdullah II has cemented his rule amidst an onslaught of threats which have faced his kingdom since he succeeded... -
Cultivating the Past, Living the Modern: The Politics of Time in the Sultanate of Oman by Amal Sachedina 9781501760020
RRP: £25.99£24.95Cultivating the Past, Living the Modern explores how and why heritage has emerged as a prevalent force in building the modern nation state of Oman. Amal Sachedina analyses the relations with the past that undergird the shift in Oman from an Ibadi shari'a... -
Army of Shadows: Palestinian Collaboration with Zionism, 1917 1948 by Hillel Cohen 9780520259898
RRP: £30.00£23.29Inspired by stories he heard in the West Bank as a child, Hillel Cohen uncovers a hidden history in this extraordinary and beautifully written book - a history central to the narrative of the Israel-Palestine conflict but for the most part willfully... -
Pakistan: A Very Short Introduction by Pippa Virdee
RRP: £8.99£6.45What is Pakistan? The name refers to a seventy-year-old post-colonial product of the bloodiest partition of territory and population that accompanied the end of British empire in South Asia. But the region of the Indus Valley has a four-thousand-year-old... -
The Higher Objectives of Islamic Theology: Toward a Theory of Maqasid al-Aqida by Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour 9780197648636
RRP: £70.00£59.48In the Islamic tradition, fiqh (Islamic law) is generally regarded as the science of furu'al-din (matters complementary to the Islamic faith), as opposed to kalam (Islamic theology) which is known as the science of usul al-din (matters primary to the... -
The Cretan War (1645-1671): The Venetian-Ottoman Struggle in the Mediterranean by Bruno Mugnai 9781911628040
RRP: £29.95£20.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911628040Author Bruno MugnaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Good Spy by Kai Bird
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Silver Falchion Award 2015.Book InformationISBN 9780307889768Author Kai BirdFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam... -
The Vanishing: The Twilight of Christianity in the Middle East by Janine di Giovanni 9781526625854
RRP: £10.99£7.77**Longlisted Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing** 'A tragic portrait of a disappearing world, created with passion and literary grace' SALMAN RUSHDIE 'Janine di Giovanni is a humane and persistent witness' HISHAM MATAR 'Profoundly moving' MARK... -
Tolerance Is a Wasteland: Palestine and the Culture of Denial by Saree Makdisi
RRP: £25.00£19.59How denial sustains the liberal imagination of a progressive and democratic Israel. The question that this book aims to answer might seem simple: how can a violent project of dispossession and discrimination be imagined, felt, and profoundly believed in... -
Iraq: A History by John Robertson
RRP: £18.99£12.27Cities, scripts, literature, the rule of law - all were born in Iraq. That so many see this ancient land as nothing more than a violent backwater steeped in chaos is a travesty. This is the place where, for the first 5,000 years of human history, all... -
The Oxford History of the Holy Land by Robert G. Hoyland
RRP: £12.99£9.09Histories you can trust. The Oxford History of the Holy Land covers the 3,000 years which saw the rise of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - and relates the familiar stories of the sacred texts with the fruits of modern scholarship. Beginning with the... -
We Armenians Survived!: Battle of Marash 1920 by Ellen Sarkisian Chesnut 9781733015905
RRP: £16.95£14.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733015905Author Ellen Sarkisian ChesnutFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Ellen Sarkisian ChesnutPublisher Ellen Sarkisian ChesnutWeight(grams)... -
The Great Imperial Hangover: How Empires Have Shaped the World by Samir Puri
RRP: £10.99£7.32'An exceptional account.' Prospect'Enlightening.' SpectatorFor the first time in millennia we live without formal empires. But that doesn't mean we don't feel their presence rumbling through history. The Great Imperial Hangover examines how the world's... -
On All Fronts by Clarissa Ward 9780525561491
RRP: £12.99£8.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525561491Author Clarissa WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Justine: Rediscover One of the Century's Greatest Romances This Summer by Lawrence Durrell
RRP: £9.99£6.70Rediscover one of the twentieth century's greatest romances: this seductive tale of four tangled lovers in wartime Egypt, introduced by Andre Aciman (Call Me By Your Name and Find Me), is 'wonderful' (Elif Shafak)I remembered Justine saying harshly as... -
The Bride: An Illustrated History of Palestine 1850-1948 by Roger Hardy 9781912945344
RRP: £15.00£10.20Palestine, 1850: a backwater of the Ottoman Empire, but soon to become the focus of intense jealousies. Locally Arabs and Jews became increasingly polarised, internationally the vacuum left by the demise of the Ottoman Empire was filled with the... -
The Palestine-Israel Conflict - Fourth Edition: A Basic Introduction by Gregory Harms
RRP: £18.99£15.03The Palestine-Israel conflict is the most notorious and ingrained conflict in living memory. Yet the way it is reported in the media is often confusing, leading many to falsely assume the hostilities stretch continuously back to an ancient period. ... -
Rules of Engagement by Tim Collins
RRP: £10.99£7.40From 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... -
Jerusalem: History of a Global City by Juliana Froggatt 9780520299900
RRP: £30.00£22.28An expansive history of Jerusalem as a cultural crossroads, and a fresh look at the urban development of one of the world's most mythologized cities. Jerusalem is often seen as an eternal battlefield in the "clash of civilizations" and in endless,... -
Can We Talk about Israel?: A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted by Daniel Sokatch
RRP: £25.00£17.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635573879Author Daniel SokatchFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams) 596g -
Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia by Donald Rayfield
RRP: £17.99£13.35Georgia is the most Western-looking state in today's Near or Middle East and, despite having one of the longest, most turbulent histories in the Christian or Near Eastern world, no proper history of the country has been written for decades. Eminent... -
The Last Great War of Antiquity by James Howard-Johnston 9780198830191
£40.21The last and longest war of classical antiquity was fought in the early seventh century. It was ideologically charged and fought along the full length of the Persian-Roman frontier, drawing in all the available resources and great powers of the steppe... -
Wahhābism: The History of a Militant Islamic Movement by Cole M. Bunzel
RRP: £35.00£27.74An essential history of Wahhabism from its founding to the Islamic StateIn the mid-eighteenth century, a controversial Islamic movement arose in the central Arabian region of Najd that forever changed the political landscape of the Arabian Peninsula and... -
The Egyptian Labor Corps: Race, Space, and Place in the First World War by Kyle J. Anderson
RRP: £45.00£39.18During World War I, the British Empire enlisted half a million young men, predominantly from the countryside of Egypt, in the Egyptian Labor Corps (ELC) and put them to work handling military logistics in Europe and the Middle East. British authorities... -
KJV, The King James Study Bible, Bonded Leather, Brown, Red Letter, Full-Color Edition: Holy Bible, King James Version by Thomas Nelson 9780718079758
RRP: £80.00£67.18The full text of the classic King James Version with robust study notes, vibrant full-color images, and dozens of study resources to help you grow deeper in your faith. Published in large easy-to-read print type. Standing apart from all other KJV study... -
Married to Another Man: Israel's Dilemma in Palestine by Ghada Karmi 9780745320656
RRP: £26.99£17.59Two rabbis, visiting Palestine in 1897, observed that the land was like a bride, 'beautiful, but married to another man'. By which they meant that, if a place was to be found for Israel in Palestine, where would the people of Palestine go? This is a... -
The Pianist of Yarmouk by Aeham Ahmad
RRP: £9.99£7.11The incredible and inspirational true story of one young man's struggle to find peace during war, and the power of music to bring hope to a desperate nation. 'Ahmad has created a moving and visceral account of conflict, hope and the power of music'...