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Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Rivalry That Unravelled the Middle East by Kim Ghattas
RRP: £12.99£7.76'Blistering' Sunday Times'Indispensable' Observer'Fascinating' The Times'Brilliant' Peter Frankopan'Revelatory' Lindsey HilsumA timely and unprecedented examination of how the modern Middle East unravelled, and why it started with the pivotal year of... -
Night of Power: The Betrayal of the Middle East Robert Fisk 9780007255481
RRP: £30.00£20.53'INCOMPARABLE DEPTH AND UNDERSTANDING…AND EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE' NOAM CHOMSKY The final work from foreign correspondent Robert Fisk, picking up the story in the Middle East where his internationally bestselling The Great War of Civilisation left off,... -
Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Michael B. Oren 9780345461926
£13.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345461926Author Michael B. OrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Countrysport Press,U.S.Publisher Countrysport Press,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs by Marc David Baer
RRP: £35.00£18.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541673809Author Marc David BaerFormat HardbackPage Count 560Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 880gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 163mm * 48mm -
Persians: The Age of The Great Kings by Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
RRP: £12.99£8.83THE PERSIANS is a definitive new history of the Persian Empire, the world's first superpower.The Great Kings of Persia ruled over the largest Empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the Steppes of Asia, and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. At the heart... -
The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History - Abridged Edition by Ibn Khaldun
RRP: £20.00£15.85The Muqaddimah, often translated as "Introduction" or "Prolegomenon," is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldun (d. 1406), this monumental work established the... -
Who Rules the World? by Noam Chomsky
RRP: £10.99£5.57Who Rules the World is the essential account of geopolitics right now - including an afterword on President Donald Trump Noam Chomsky: philosopher, political writer, fearless activist. No one has done more to question the hidden actors who govern our... -
Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time by Karen Armstrong 9780061155772
RRP: £14.99£9.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061155772Author Karen ArmstrongFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
River Kings: A New History of Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads by Cat Jarman
RRP: £10.99£7.08THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF 2021 'Astonishing and compelling' Bernard Cornwell 'This superb book is like a classical symphony, perfectly composed and exquisitely performed' THE TIMES Books of the Year ... -
Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service by Michael Bar-Zohar 9780062123411
RRP: £19.99£12.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062123411Author Michael Bar-ZoharFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Ecco PressPublisher Ecco PressWeight(grams) 295g -
The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance by Dr Jim Al-Khalili
RRP: £19.00£11.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143120568Author Jim Al-KhaliliFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 323gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 141mm... -
Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom by Norman Finkelstein 9780520318335
RRP: £23.00£18.50"In its comprehensive sweep, deep probing and acute critical analysis, Finkelstein's study stands alone."-Noam Chomsky "No one who ventures an opinion on Gaza . . . is entitled to do so without taking into account the evidence in this... -
Palestine by Joe Sacco
RRP: £20.00£15.64A powerful graphic novel, capturing the heart of day-to-day life in occupied Palestine.In late 1991 and early 1992, at the time of the first Intifada, Joe Sacco spent two months with the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, travelling and taking... -
The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs Marc David Baer 9781473695740
RRP: £14.99£10.05Shortlisted for the Wolfson History PrizeA Sunday Times Paperback of the YearThe Ottoman Empire has long been depicted as the Islamic-Asian antithesis of the Christian-European West. But the reality was starkly different: the Ottomans' multiethnic,... -
Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes
RRP: £14.99£10.45THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Life-filled and life-affirming history, steeped in romance and written with verve' GUARDIAN'Richly entertaining and impeccably researched' Peter FrankopanIstanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide and... -
The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Very Short Introduction by Martin Bunton
RRP: £8.99£6.65The conflict between Palestine and Israel is one of the most highly publicized and bitter struggles in history. In this accessible and stimulating Very Short Introduction, Martin Bunton clearly explains the history of the problem, reducing it to its very... -
NKJV, Deluxe Gift Bible, Leathersoft, Purple, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James Version by Thomas Nelson 9780718075262
£15.29The NKJV Deluxe Gift Bible is perfect for personal use or to give as a gift to celebrate special occasions like graduations, baptisms, birthdays, or achievements.The popular and reliable New King James Version, now with the enhanced readability of Thomas... -
Black Sea: Coasts and Conquests: From Pericles to Putin by Neal Ascherson
RRP: £10.99£7.99Black Sea is a homage to an ocean and its shores, from the earliest times to the present. It explores the culture, history and politics of the volatile region which surrounds the Black Sea. Ascherson recalls the world of Herodotus and Aeschylus; Ovid's... -
Nine Lives: My Time As MI6's Top Spy Inside al-Qaeda by Aimen Dean
RRP: £10.99£7.99As one of al-Qaeda's most respected bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden. As a double agent at the heart of al-Qaeda's chemical weapons programme, he foiled attacks on... -
A History of the Arab Peoples: Updated Edition by Albert Hourani
RRP: £14.99£10.06In a bestselling work of profound and lasting importance, the late Albert Hourani told the definitive history of the Arab peoples from the seventh century, when the new religion of Islam began to spread from the Arabian peninsula westwards, to the... -
Lion: 'Brings war in the ancient world to vivid, gritty and bloody life' ANTHONY RICHES by Conn Iggulden
RRP: £10.99£7.99ENTER THE BATTLEFIELDS OF ANCIENT GREECE WITH THE EPIC BESTSELLER FROM MASTER STORYTELLER CONN IGGULDEN'Pacy and propulsive . . . Crackling with energy, violence and stirring speeches' DAILY MAIL'Iggulden draws the Greek world convincingly and he is... -
Enemies and Neighbours: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017 by Ian Black
RRP: £16.99£12.28ECONOMIST, SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES AND GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017'Comprehensive and compelling ... A nuanced, landmark study that has deservedly won plaudits from both Palestinian and Israeli historians' Justin Marozzi, The TimesA century... -
Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence
RRP: £10.99£7.99Seven 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'... -
One Day in September by Simon Reeve
RRP: £10.99£7.54In the early hours of 5 September 1972 the perimeter fence surrounding the Olympic Village in Munich was scaled by terrorists. Their target was the temporary home of the Israeli Olympic team, and within 24 hours seventeen men were dead: eleven Israelis,... -
The Kurds in a Changing Middle East: History, Politics and Representation by Faleh A. Jabar 9780755651054
£29.35The Kurds are one of the largest stateless nations in the world, numbering more than 20 million people. Their homeland lies mostly within the present-day borders of Turkey, Iraq and Iran as well as parts of Syria, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Yet until... -
The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story Ramzy Baroud 9780745337999
RRP: £16.99£11.71Spanning decades and encompassing war, mass exodus, epic migrations and the search for individual and collective identity, The Last Earth tells the story of modern Palestine through the memories of those who have lived it. Ordinary Palestinians have... -
Occupational Hazards by Rory Stewart
RRP: £12.99£9.02A 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,... -
The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of Gaza and the Occupied Territories Ilan Pappe 9781786073419
RRP: £12.99£8.41Shortlisted for the Palestine Book Awards 2017 A powerful, groundbreaking history of the Occupied Territories from one of Israel's most influential historians From the author of the bestselling study of the 1948 War of Independence comes an... -
Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires by Tim Mackintosh-Smith
RRP: £14.99£13.63A 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... -
One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate by Tom Segev 9780349112862
RRP: £16.99£11.54Great Britain ruled Palestine from 1917 to 1948. The British presence replaced 500 years of Turkish control and led to the State of Israel, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1998. The British brought Palestine into the twentieth century. When... -
Philosophy in the Islamic World: A history of philosophy without any gaps, Volume 3 by Peter Adamson 9780198818618
RRP: £12.99£9.74The 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... -
Turkey: A Short History by Norman Stone
RRP: £10.99£7.61From the eminent historian Norman Stone, who has lived and worked in the country since 1997, comes this concise survey of Turkey's relations with its immediate neighbours and the wider world from the 11th century to the present day. Stone deftly conducts... -
One State: The Only Democratic Future for Palestine-Israel by Ghada Karmi
RRP: £14.99£10.05'An intelligent, sensitive writer' - Financial Times Palestine has been under attack for three quarters of a century. The 'peace process' that has favoured the two-state solution for more than forty years has now been internationally exposed as... -
The Case for Israel by Alan Dershowitz
RRP: £14.99£13.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471679523Author Alan DershowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing Company -
The Apocryphal Gospels Simon Gathercole 9780241340554
RRP: £12.99£9.34A new translation of the oldest non-canonical Christian gospels In the early years of Christianity, several groups produced 'hidden' or 'apocryphal' gospels, alternative versions of the story of Christ. Sometimes these texts complemented the four... -
Constantinople: The Last Great Siege, 1453 by Roger Crowley
RRP: £12.99£8.80In the spring of 1453, the Ottoman Turks advanced on Constantinople in pursuit of an ancient Islamic dream: capturing the thousand-year-old capital of Christian Byzantium.During the siege that followed, a small band of badly organised defenders,... -
The Arabs: A History - Revised and Updated Edition by Eugene Rogan
RRP: £18.99£13.61THE THIRD EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, REVISED AND UPDATED'A rich, galloping narrative that spans the Arab world...outstanding, gripping and exuberant...full of flamboyant character sketches, witty asides and magisterial scholarship, that... -
After The Prophet by Lesley Hazleton
RRP: £15.99£10.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385523943Author Lesley HazletonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Turkey: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Andrew Finkel 9780199733040
RRP: £10.99£8.45Turkey occupies a strategic position in today's world: culturally, historically, and geographically, it is the link between Islam and Western democracy, between Europe and the Middle East. The only predominantly Muslim nation to be a member of NATO and... -
Battleground: 10 Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East by Christopher Phillips 9780300263428
RRP: £18.99£16.18The essential guide to geopolitics in the modern Middle East The Middle East is in crisis. The shocking events of the war in Gaza have rocked the entire region. More than a decade ago, the Arab Spring had raised hopes of a new beginning but instead...