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Syrian Conflagration: The Syrian Civil War 2011-2013 by Tom Cooper
RRP: £19.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070814Author Tom CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Centurion: Armoured Hero of Post-War Tank Battles by Jackson, Robert 9781526741349
RRP: £14.99£11.11The fifty-ton British Centurion tank, developed during the darkest days of the Second World War, was designed to out-gun and out-perform the latest German tanks, such as the formidable Panzer V Panther. It was one of the most successful tanks ever... -
Revolution for Dummies: Laughing through the Arab Spring by Bassem Youssef
£13.45"Hilarious and Heartbreaking. Comedy shouldn't take courage, but it made an exception for Bassem." --Jon Stewart "The Jon Stewart of the Arabic World"-the creator of The Program, the most popular television show in Egypt's history-chronicles his... -
Persian Gardens and Pavilions by Mohammad Gharipour
£38.36From Timur's tent in Samarqand to Shah 'Abbas's palace in Isfahan and Humayun's tomb in Delhi, the pavilion has been an integral part of Persianate gardens since its earliest appearance at the Achaemenid garden in Pasargadae in the sixth century BC... -
These Bodies of Water: A Personal History of the British Empire in the Middle East Sabrina Mahfouz 9781472282507
RRP: £12.99£8.83'Impossible to put down while you're reading, and impossible to forget about when you've finished' GlamourAfter a gruelling job interview where she was interrogated about everything from her political leanings to her family background, Sabrina Mahfouz... -
How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs: The Syrian Arab Congress of 1920 and the Destruction of its Liberal-Islamic Alliance by Elizabeth F. Thompson
RRP: £14.99£10.06When Europe's Great War engulfed the Ottoman Empire, Arab nationalists rose in revolt against their Turkish rulers and allied with the British on the promise of an independent Arab state. In October 1918, the Arabs' military leader, Prince Faisal,... -
Sayeret Matkal: The Greatest Operations of Israel's Elite Commandos by Avner Shur
RRP: £20.00£16.60Sayeret Matkal depicts the greatest operations of Israel's elite commando force from the perspective of the people who were there-the soldiers and their commanders, many of whom became Israel's top leaders and politicians: people such as Benjamin... -
A History of the Modern Middle East William L. Cleveland 9780813349800
RRP: £58.99£51.89A History of the Modern Middle East examines the profound and often dramatic transformations of the region in the past two centuries, from the Ottoman and Egyptian reforms, through the challenge of Western imperialism, to the impact of US foreign... -
The Land of the Messiah: A land flowing with milk and honey. by Marcos Enrique Ruiz Rivero (Aviel), II 9789657747179
RRP: £37.00£25.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789657747179Author Marcos Enrique Ruiz Rivero (Aviel), IIFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Marcos Enrique Ruiz RiveroPublisher Marcos Enrique Ruiz... -
Preventing Palestine: A Political History from Camp David to Oslo by Seth Anziska 9780691202457
RRP: £18.99£15.35A groundbreaking history that shows how peace between Egypt and Israel ensured lasting Palestinian statelessnessThe 1978 Camp David Accords and the signing of the Egypt-Israel peace treaty are widely viewed as a triumph of U.S. diplomacy in the Middle... -
DOHA and QATAR Travel Guide by Tony Walsh
RRP: £20.99£18.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999813581Author Ibn Al HamraFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Arabesque TravelPublisher Arabesque TravelWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Saladin by John Man 9780306825422
RRP: £19.99£13.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306825422Author John ManFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Da Capo Press IncPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
The Nile and its People: 7000 Years of Egyptian History by Charlotte Booth
RRP: £16.99£13.13The Nile and its People is an ambitious title, covering 7000 years of Egyptian history, from the time of the first settlers in Egypt through to the modern day, with the Nile being the constant element throughout. Changes through history of the culture... -
In God's Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire by Robert G. Hoyland
RRP: £23.49£17.01In just over a hundred years--from the death of Muhammad in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate in 750--the followers of the Prophet swept across the whole of the Middle East, North Africa, and Spain. Their armies threatened states as far... -
Kings and Presidents: Saudi Arabia and the United States since FDR by Bruce Riedel
RRP: £19.99£17.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815737155Author Bruce RiedelFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm)... -
Making the Arab World: Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East by Fawaz A. Gerges
RRP: £17.99£14.36How the conflict between political Islamists and secular-leaning nationalists has shaped the modern Middle EastIn Making the Arab World, Fawaz Gerges, one of the world's leading authorities on the Middle East, describes how the clash between pan-Arab... -
The Warrior Women of Islam: Female Empowerment in Arabic Popular Literature by Remke Kruk 9781848859272
£26.43Colloquial Arabic storytelling is most commonly associated with The Thousandvand One Nights. But few people are aware of a much larger corpus of narrative texts known as popular epic. These heroic romantic tales, originating in the Middle Ages, form vast... -
The Bride: An Illustrated History of Palestine 1850-1948 by Roger Hardy 9781912945337
RRP: £25.00£17.03Palestine, 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... -
Hamas and Civil Society in Gaza: Engaging the Islamist Social Sector by Sara Roy
RRP: £28.00£21.80Many in the United States and Israel believe that Hamas is nothing but a terrorist organization, and that its social sector serves merely to recruit new supporters for its violent agenda. Based on Sara Roy's extensive fieldwork in the Gaza Strip and West... -
Wonders and Rarities: The Marvelous Book That Traveled the World and Mapped the Cosmos by Travis Zadeh
RRP: £33.95£27.62"As Zadeh concludes, reformers and modernists have closed the rich and varied archive revealed in Wonders and Rarities...In this beautifully written and engaging text, Zadeh takes his readers back to the world of surprise and enchantment that preceded... -
The Ancient Near East: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures by James B. Pritchard
RRP: £50.00£40.42James Pritchard's classic anthologies of the ancient Near East have introduced generations of readers to texts essential for understanding the peoples and cultures of this important region. Now these two enduring works have been combined and integrated... -
The Young Turks in Opposition by M. Sukru Hanioglu 9780195091151
RRP: £88.00£73.68This is the first in-depth study of the secret society called CUP (Committee of Union and Progress), based on their own papers. It pays special attention to the Young Turks as an intellectual movement which continues to influence the thinking of Turkish... -
Armies of the Italian-Turkish War: Conquest of Libya, 1911–1912 by Gabriele Esposito
RRP: £11.99£8.66In the early 1900s, the decaying Ottoman Turkish Empire had lost some of its Balkan territories, but still nominally ruled all of North Africa between British Egypt in the east and French Algeria in the west. Libya had fertile coastal territory, and was... -
Beirut, I Love You: A Memoir by Zena el Khalil
RRP: £8.99£6.39This is the story of Zena, a young woman who has fallen under the spell of a city that threatens to engulf her in war, grief and love affairs. In the streets armed militias carve out their territories, while ragged construction workers rebuild the... -
A City in Fragments: Urban Text in Modern Jerusalem by Yair Wallach
RRP: £21.99£19.19In the mid-nineteenth century, Jerusalem was rich with urban texts inscribed in marble, gold, and cloth, investing holy sites with divine meaning. Ottoman modernization and British colonial rule transformed the city; new texts became a key means to... -
No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria by Rania Abouzeid 9781786075154
RRP: £10.99£7.99New York Times Notable Books of 2018 Financial Times Book of the Year Award-winning journalist Rania Abouzeid presents reportage of unprecedented scope in this engaging, character-driven investigation that exposes the secret dealings that armed and... -
Catastrophes, Crashes and Crimes in the UAE: Newspaper Articles from the 1970s by Dr Athol Yates 9781909339903
RRP: £9.95£9.84Like any country, the United Arab Emirates have had their share of criminals, accidents, natural disasters and downright weird incidents. Most of these events merit a few pages in the newspapers before disappearing from history. This book brings the... -
Libya's Fragmentation by Wolfram Lacher
RRP: £24.99£22.13Shortlisted for the Conflict Research Society's 2021 Book of the Year Prize Shortlisted for the British-Kuwait Friendship Society 2021 Book Prize After the overthrow of the Qadhafi regime in 2011, Libya witnessed a dramatic breakdown of centralized... -
The Ottoman Empire and the World Around it by Suraiya Faroqhi
£29.30The first paperback edition, in line with latest historiography - "Ottoman Empire" is a major and advanced early modern power, this book is based on a huge study of original sources and personal accounts. The author leading historian of early modern... -
Peacock Angel: The Esoteric Tradition of the Yezidis by Peter Lamborn Wilson
RRP: £17.99£11.85An examination of the beliefs and history of the secretive Yezidi sect* Explains how the Yezidis worship Melek Ta'us, the Peacock Angel, an enigmatic figure often identified as "the devil" or Satan, yet who has been redeemed by God to rule a world of... -
Innovation and Empire in Turkey: Sultan Selim III and the Modernisation of the Ottoman Navy by Tuncay Zorlu
£37.67Ottoman naval technology underwent a transformation under the rule of Sultan Selim III. New types of sailing warships such as two- and three-decked galleons, frigates and corvettes began to dominate the Ottoman fleet, rendering the galley-type oared... -
Palestine in the Victorian Age: Colonial Encounters in the Holy Land by Gabriel Polley 9780755643127
£70.76Narratives of the modern history of Palestine/Israel often begin with the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and Britain's arrival in 1917. However, this work argues that the contest over Palestine has its roots deep in the 19th century, with Victorians who... -
Nasser's Blessed Movement: Egypt's Free Officers and the July Revolution by Joel Gordon 9789774167782
RRP: £16.99£14.32This essential book explores the early years of military rule following the Free Officers' coup of 1952. Enriched by interviews with actors in and observers of the events, Nasser's Blessed Movement shows how the officers' belief in a quick reformation by... -
Militia State: The Rise of Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi and the Eclipse of the Iraqi Nation State Baria Alamuddine 9781914325168
RRP: £25.00£17.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914325168Author Baria AlamuddineFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Nomad PublishingPublisher Nomad PublishingWeight(grams) 600gDimensions(mm) 221mm *... -
It's Easier to Reach Heaven Than the End of the Street: A Jerusalem Memoir by Emma Williams
RRP: £15.99£11.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566567893Author Emma WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint Olive Branch PressPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, Inc -
Father of Lions: How One Man Defied Isis and Saved Mosul Zoo by Louise Callaghan
RRP: £20.00£17.90'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 Oxford Illustrated History of the Holy Land by Robert G. Hoyland 9780198724407
RRP: £23.49£17.01The Oxford Illustrated 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 origins of the... -
An Arabian Journey: One Man's Quest Through the Heart of the Middle East by Levison Wood
RRP: £12.99£10.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802148858Author Levison WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Black CatPublisher Black Cat -
Hope is a Woman's Name by Amal Elsana Alh'jooj
RRP: £16.99£11.71At 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... -
Cinematic Cairo: Egyptian Urban Modernity from Reel to Real Dr. Nezar AlSayyad 9781649031334
RRP: £49.99£40.70A history of urban modernity in Cairo through cinema which"makes us see makes us see the movies in a whole new way" (Chris Berry, King's College London)The relationship between the city and cinema is formidable. The images and sounds of the city found in...