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The Oxford Handbook of the Phoenician and Punic Mediterranean by Carolina Lopez-Ruiz
RRP: £35.49£32.45The Phoenicians created the Mediterranean world as we know it--yet they remain a shadowy and poorly understood group. The academic study of the Phoenicians has come to an important crossroads; the field has grown in sheer content, sophistication of... -
Iran's Constitutional Revolution of 1906 and the Narratives of the Enlightenment by Ali Ansari 9781909942912
RRP: £65.00£61.67The Constitutional Revolution of 1906 opened the way for enormous change in Persia, heralding the modern era and creating a model for later political and cultural movements in the region. Broad in its scope, this multidisciplinary volume brings together... -
The Knights of Islam: The Wars of the Mamluks, 1250 - 1517 by Waterson, James 9781784387617
RRP: £14.99£10.95The author brings together a wealth of information which has, until now, only been available in highly specialised academic journals and scholarly books' - David Nicolle 'An astonishing array of themes and characters' - John Man The Mamluks were, at... -
Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition by Ahmed El Shamsy 9780691174563
RRP: £42.00£33.44The story of how Arab editors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries revolutionized Islamic literatureIslamic book culture dates back to late antiquity, when Muslim scholars began to write down their doctrines on parchment, papyrus, and... -
The Koran in English: A Biography by Bruce B. Lawrence 9780691155586
RRP: £22.00£17.36The untold story of how the Arabic Qur'an became the English Koran For millions of Muslims, the Qur'an is sacred only in Arabic, the original Arabic in which it was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad in the seventh century; to many Arab and non-Arab... -
Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique by Sa'ed Atshan
RRP: £21.99£19.19From Ramallah to New York, Tel Aviv to Porto Alegre, people around the world celebrate a formidable, transnational Palestinian LGBTQ social movement. Solidarity with Palestinians has become a salient domain of global queer politics. Yet LGBTQ... -
Reign of Arrows: The Rise of the Parthian Empire in the Hellenistic Middle East by Nikolaus Leo Overtoom
RRP: £28.49£26.67From its origins as a minor nomadic tribe to its status as a major world empire, the rise of the Parthian state in the ancient world is nothing short of remarkable. In their early history, the Parthians benefitted from strong leadership, a flexible and... -
Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East by Uri Kaufman 9781250281883
RRP: £32.00£20.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250281883Author Uri KaufmanFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press -
When the Tempest Gathers: From Mogadishu to the Fight Against ISIS, a Marine Special Operations Commander at War by Andrew Milburn 9781526750556
RRP: £25.00£17.62These are the intense combat experiences of the first Marine to command a special operations task force recounted against a backdrop of his journey from raw Second Lieutenant to Task Force Commander; from leading Marines through the streets of Mogadishu,... -
The First Advent in Palestine: Reversals, Resistance, and the Ongoing Complexity of Hope by Kelley Nikondeha
RRP: £16.99£12.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506474793Author Kelley NikondehaFormat HardbackPage Count 214Imprint Broadleaf BooksPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g -
Desert Ascetics of Egypt by Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom 9781641891677
RRP: £16.95£16.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641891677Author Darlene L. Brooks HedstromFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Arc Humanities PressPublisher Arc Humanities Press -
Iran: A Beginner's Guide by Homa Katouzian 9781780742724
RRP: £9.99£6.41Since the 1979 revolution, Iran has been locked in conflict with the United States and Europe. Personified in the West by a series of bogeymen from Ayatollah Khomeini to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, this villainous mask obscures a far more complex identity,... -
Captain Shakespear: Desert exploration, Arabian intrigue and the rise of Ibn Sa'ud by Alan Dillon 9781911487333
RRP: £25.00£20.70Two years before T E Lawrence received orders to travel to the Hejaz to liaise with the leader of the Arab Revolt, other British officers had already roamed the Arabian Peninsula's unforgiving Nejdi desert, to rally tribal support for the British war... -
Zionism: Real Enemy of the Jews: v. 1 by Alan Hart 9780932863645
RRP: £24.00£20.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780932863645Author Alan HartFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Clarity PressPublisher Clarity Press -
Israel's Holocaust and the Politics of Nationhood by Idith Zertal 9780521850964
RRP: £70.00£32.29The ghost of the Holocaust is ever present in Israel, in the lives and nightmares of the survivors and in the absence of the victims. In this compelling and disturbing analysis, Idith Zertal, a leading member of the new generation of revisionist... -
The Lycian Shore: A Turkish Odyssey by Freya Stark 9781848853126
RRP: £18.99£11.79Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Al-Haq: A Global History of the First Palestinian Human Rights Organization by Lynn Welchman
RRP: £30.00£23.29A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.The leadership and legacy of al-Haq, from its origins in Palestine to its international impact Established in Ramallah in 1979, al-Haq was the first Palestinian... -
Father of Lions: How One Man Defied Isis and Saved Mosul Zoo by Louise Callaghan 9781789540772
RRP: £9.99£7.11'Callaghan's portrayal of a city under siege is many-layered and brilliantly told' Sunday Times Iraq, 2014 As ISIS laid terrible siege to Mosul, a zoo on the eastern edge of the Tigris was kept open against all odds. Under the stern hand of the... -
The Holocaust and the Nakba: A New Grammar of Trauma and History by Bashir Bashir
RRP: £35.00£27.74In this groundbreaking book, leading Arab and Jewish intellectuals examine how and why the Holocaust and the Nakba are interlinked without blurring fundamental differences between them. While these two foundational tragedies are often discussed... -
The Transatlantic Hispanic Baroque: Complex Identities in the Atlantic World by Professor Harald E. Braun
RRP: £135.00£117.68Gathering a group of internationally renowned scholars, this volume presents cutting-edge research on the complex processes of identity formation in the transatlantic world of the Hispanic Baroque. Identities in the Hispanic world are deeply intertwined... -
Shapers of Islam in Southeast Asia: Muslim Intellectuals and the Making of Islamic Reformism by Khairudin Aljunied 9780197514412
RRP: £79.00£71.78Southeast Asia is home to one of the largest Muslim populations in the world today. The region has also produced a cohort of reformers who have critiqued the limits of Islamic thought and propounded new lines of thinking with an eye toward constructing a... -
Qatar and the Arab Spring by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
RRP: £37.50£33.39Qatar and the Arab Spring offers a frank examination of Qatar's startling rise to regional and international prominence, describing how its distinctive policy stance toward the Arab Spring emerged. In only a decade, Qatari policy-makers - led by the... -
'Yours Ever, Charlie': A Worcestershire Soldier's Journey to Gallipoli by Ann Crowther 9780752455280
RRP: £12.99£9.62'Yours Ever, Charlie' is the fascinating account of Charles Crowther, one of many British men who volunteered to fight for king and country in the First World War. When Charles volunteered he was almost forty-three and devoted to his family; this book... -
Lives Between The Lines: A Journey in Search of the Lost Levant by Michael Vatikiotis 9781474613194
RRP: £20.00£13.10The story begins with a parting of the sands - the construction of the Suez Canal that united the Mediterranean with the Arabian Sea. It opened the door of opportunity for people living insecurely on the fringes of a turbulent Europe.The Middle East is... -
Syria's Secret Library: The true story of how a besieged Syrian town found hope by Mike Thomson 9781474605922
RRP: £9.99£6.80'Hugely inspiring . . . A unique tribute to the power of books and the unquenchable human spirit' MICHAEL PALIN'An inspiring read - humanity at its best' DAVID NOTT, author of War DoctorDaraya lies on the fringe of Damascus, just south west of the Syrian... -
Famine Worlds: Life at the Edge of Suffering in Lebanon’s Great War by Tylor Brand 9781503636163
RRP: £23.99£19.19World War I was a catastrophe for the lands that would become Lebanon. With war came famine, and with famine came unspeakable suffering, starvation, and mass death. For nearly four years the deadly crisis reshaped society, killing untold thousands and... -
The World of the Crusades by Christopher Tyerman 9780300274219
RRP: £16.99£14.61A lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusaders Throughout the Middle Ages crusading was justified by religious ideology, but the resulting military campaigns were fueled by... -
NKJV, Pew Bible, Hardcover, Blue, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James Version by Thomas Nelson 9780785215943
RRP: £13.99£10.15The Thomas Nelson NKJV Pew Bible has long been a trusted and durable Bible for use in churches and various worship settings. This edition is published in large NKJV Comfort Print type, which was designed exclusively for Thomas Nelson to be the most... -
Soldier in the Sand: A Personal History of the Modern Middle East by Mayall KBE CB, Sir Simon 9781526798374
£22.98"Simon Mayall has produced a stimulating and thought-provoking study of the modern Middle East. Part history, part scholarly analysis, Mayall has drawn on his experience of more than four decades fighting and working in the region to provide unique... -
Major Farran's Hat: Murder, Scandal and Britain's War Against Jewish Terrorism 1945-1948 by David Cesarani
RRP: £16.99£12.28In May 1947 a Jewish teenager was mysteriously abducted in Jerusalem. He was never seen alive again. A grey felt hat found at the scene was traced to Major Roy Farran, a highly decorated ex-SAS officer leading a covert counter-terrorist squad. Farran was... -
The Concise History of the Crusades by Thomas F. Madden 9781442215757
RRP: £40.00£35.22What is the relationship between the medieval crusades and the problems of the modern Middle East? Were the crusades the Christian equivalent of Muslim jihad? In this sweeping yet crisp history, Thomas F. Madden offers a brilliant and compelling... -
Philosophy in the Islamic World: A history of philosophy without any gaps, Volume 3 by Peter Adamson
RRP: £28.99£21.80The latest in the series based on the popular History of Philosophy podcast, this volume presents the first full history of philosophy in the Islamic world for a broad readership. It takes an approach unprecedented among introductions to this subject, by... -
The First World War in the Middle East by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen 9781849042741
RRP: £27.50£24.52The First World War in the Middle East is an accessibly written military and social history of the clash of world empires in the Dardanelles, Egypt and Palestine, Mesopotamia, Persia and the Caucasus. Coates Ulrichsen demonstrates how wartime exigencies... -
The New Life by Orhan Pamuk
RRP: £9.99£6.70Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature'Everyone should read Pamuk' The New Statesman'You could become obsessed with this novel' GuardianOsman is a young engineering student when he finds a mysterious and dangerous book that promises him a new and... -
Oman, Culture and Diplomacy by Jeremy Jones
RRP: £28.99£26.91From colonial narratives and Cold War calculations to Iranian-US relations and the Middle East peace process, Oman has played an essential role in global diplomacy and international relations. For Oman, the idea of diplomacy refers not only to the... -
Hope is a Woman's Name by Amal Elsana Alh'jooj
RRP: £16.99£11.54At birth it was only Amal's father who looked at her and said "I see hope in her face. I want to call her 'Amal'- meaning 'Hope'- in the hope that Allah will give us boys after her." The fifth daughter in a patriarchal society and an indigenous... -
Shell-shocked: On the Ground Under Israel's Gaza Assault by Omer Mohammed 9781608465132
RRP: £16.99£11.67For 51 days during the summer of 2014, the Israel military reduced much of Gaza to rubble. More than 2000 Palestinians lost their lives during the assault. Mohammad Omer, the only Palestinian journalist reporting in English about the assault, details the... -
A Short History of Tomb-Raiding: The Epic Hunt for Egypt's Treasures by Maria Golia 9781789146295
RRP: £25.00£17.62A history of tomb-raiders in Egypt since antiquity.Book InformationISBN 9781789146295Author Maria GoliaFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Reaktion BooksPublisher Reaktion BooksWeight(grams) 138g -
Keepers of the Golden Shore: A History of the United Arab Emirates by Michael Quentin Morton
£32.31For those who visit the UAE today, staying in air-conditioned hotels and shopping in ultra-modern malls, the country itself remains an enigma - a glass and concrete creation that seems to have sprung from the desert overnight. Keepers of the Golden Shore... -
The Tragedy of the Templars: The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States by Michael Haag 9781846684517
RRP: £9.99£7.11In 1187, nearly a century after the victorious First Crusade, Saladin captured Jerusalem. The Templars, headquartered on the Temple Mount, were driven from the city along with the Frankish population.The fall of Jerusalem was a turning point, the start...