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Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman's Journey Through Afghanistan by Fariba Nawa 9780061934704
£10.95In this title, an Afghan-American journalist offers a revealing look inside a country torn apart - from corrupt officials to warlords and child brides - while revisiting her own family's deep roots to the land.Book InformationISBN 9780061934704Author... -
Egypt by Robert Springborg 9781509520497
RRP: £15.99£14.41Egypt is one of the few great empires of antiquity that exists today as a nation state. Despite its extraordinary record of national endurance, the pressures to which Egypt currently is subjected and which are bound to intensify are already straining the... -
The Ottomans 1700-1923: An Empire Besieged by Virginia Aksan
RRP: £36.99£35.74Originally conceived as a military history, this second edition completes the story of the Middle Eastern populations that underwent significant transformation in the nineteenth century, finally imploding in communal violence, paramilitary activity, and... -
The Knights Templar by Helen J. Nicholson
RRP: £15.95£15.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641891684Author Helen J. NicholsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Arc Humanities PressPublisher Arc Humanities Press -
Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran by Parvaneh Pourshariati 9781784537470
RRP: £22.99£19.28I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire has been acclaimed as one of the most intellectually exciting books about late antique Persia to have been published for years. It proposes a... -
Staging a Revolution: the Art of Persuasion in the Islamic Republic of Iran by Peter J. Chelkowski 9781873968277
RRP: £45.00£33.41A visual survey of the public myths and collective symbols used in the making of the Islamic Revolution in Iran and the subsequent war with Iraq. The book traces a remarkable period of history in which the power of words and images successfully... -
The Alchemy of Happiness by Al-Ghazzali 9781616405021
£8.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616405021Author Al-GhazzaliFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *... -
We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah by Patrick O'Donnell
£11.40Five months after being deployed to Iraq, Lima Company's 1st Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, found itself in Fallujah, embroiled in some of the most intense house-to-house, hand-to-hand urban combat since World War II. In the city's bloody... -
Tracing Homelands: Israel, Palestine, and the Claims of Belonging by Linda Dittmar 9781623717506
RRP: £18.99£12.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623717506Author Linda DittmarFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Interlink BooksPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, Inc -
KJV, Personal Size Reference Bible, Sovereign Collection, Leathersoft, Purple, Red Letter, Thumb Indexed, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, King James Version by Thomas Nelson 9780785239260
RRP: £40.00£26.84This beautiful Bible edition honors the legacy of the King James Version Bible in a convenient portable size with essential study tools and traditional red-letter text for the Words of Christ. This edition is published in large KJV Comfort Print type,... -
The Life of Ibn Hanbal by Abu al-Faraj 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ali Ibn al-Jawzi 9781479805303
RRP: £15.99£13.05The Life of Ibn Hanbal is a translation of the biography of Ibn Hanbal by the Baghdad preacher, scholar, and storyteller Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597/1200), newly abridged for a paperback readership by translator Michael Cooperson. Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d... -
The Land of the Elephant Kings: Space, Territory, and Ideology in the Seleucid Empire by Paul J. Kosmin
RRP: £25.95£22.45A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearThe Seleucid Empire (311-64 BCE) was unlike anything the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds had seen. Stretching from present-day Bulgaria to Tajikistan-the bulk of Alexander the Great's Asian... -
The Iran-Iraq War - Volume 4: Iraq'S Triumph by Tom Cooper 9781911512455
RRP: £19.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911512455Author Tom CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Behind the Kingdom's Veil: Inside the New Saudi Arabia Under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman by Susanne Koelbl
RRP: £24.95£16.69A First-Hand Look at Saudi Arabian Life as Few Outsiders Have Seen It"It's like watching a movie - just better," Dr. Elisabeth Kendall, Oxford University, Arabic and Islamic Studies.2020 Finalist Sarton Women's Literary Award for Nonfiction#1 Bestseller... -
The Ottoman Centuries: The Rise and Fall of the Turkish Empire by Patrick Balfour Kinross 9780688080938
RRP: £19.99£14.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688080938Author Patrick Balfour KinrossFormat PaperbackPage Count 638Imprint William MorrowPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Discovering Cyrus: The Persian Conqueror Astride the Ancient World by Reza Zarghamee
RRP: £55.00£49.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933823935Author Reza ZarghameeFormat HardbackPage Count 728Imprint Mage PublishersPublisher Mage PublishersWeight(grams) 1395g -
A Possible Peace Between Israel and Palestine: An Insider's Account of the Geneva Initiative by Menachem Klein 9780231139045
RRP: £55.00£42.91In 2003, after two years of negotiations, a group of prominent Israelis and Palestinians signed a model peace treaty. The document, popularly called the Geneva Initiative, contained detailed provisions resolving all outstanding issues between Israel and... -
The End of Two Illusions: Islam after the West by Hamid Dabashi
RRP: £25.00£19.59Dismantling the myths that divide Islam and the West, this cutting-edge work of critical thinking proposes new ways to reread Islamic and world histories. Extending from the front-page news coverage of our daily lives back into the deepest and most... -
Tastes of Byzantium: The Cuisine of a Legendary Empire by Andrew Dalby
RRP: £18.99£14.59A detailed revelation of what was eaten in the court of the Eastern Roman Empire, accompanied by colourful descriptions of the sights and smells of Constantinople and its marketplaces. For centuries, the food and culinary delights of the Byzantine... -
The Political and Social Philosophy of Ze'ev Jabotinsky: Selected Writings by Mordechai Sarig
RRP: £19.95£19.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853033592Author Mordechai SarigFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)... -
Dialogues in Arab Politics: Negotiations in Regional Order by Michael N. Barnett 9780231109192
RRP: £32.00£29.13For decades, Arab states and societies have been involved in an ongoing conflict over the goals and norms of Arabism. In this comprehensive study, Michael Barnett explores the relationships between Arab identity, the meaning of Arabism, and desired... -
Shi'i Islam and Sufism: Classical Views and Modern Perspectives by Denis Hermann
£31.63I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies Offering new perspectives on the relationship between Shi'is and Sufis in modern and pre-modern times, this book challenges the supposed opposition between these two esoteric traditions... -
Syria's Secret Library: The true story of how a besieged Syrian town found hope by Mike Thomson
RRP: £18.99£14.01Daraya lies on the fringe of Damascus, just south west of the Syrian Capital. Yet it lives in another world. Besieged by Syrian government forces since 2011, its people were deprived of food, bombarded by bombs and missiles, and shot at by snipers. Its... -
Leila Khaled: Icon of Palestinian Liberation by Sarah Irving
RRP: £16.99£11.54Dubbed 'the poster girl of Palestinian militancy', Leila Khaled's image flashed across the world after she hijacked a passenger jet in 1969. The picture of a young, determined looking woman with a checkered scarf, clutching an AK-47, was as era-defining... -
Writings on the Wall: Palestinian Oral Histories by Thomas Suarez
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623719227Author Thomas SuarezFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Olive Branch PressPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, Inc -
Land of Refuge: Immigration to Palestine, 1919–1927 Gur Alroey 9780253070074
RRP: £24.99£21.67After the First World War, tens of thousands of Jews immigrated to Palestine. They went there not to found a Zionist state but primarily to seek refuge from the violence and persecution of the Russian Civil War and its aftermath. Fleeing to the United... -
Memories of a Bygone Age - Qajar Persia and Imperial Russia 1853-1902 by Prince Arfa 9781909942868
RRP: £30.00£29.49Set against the backdrop of Iran s struggle against the rising powers of Russia and Britain, the memoirs of Mirza Riza Khan Arfa -ed-Dowleh otherwise known as Prince Arfa (1853 1902) are packed with picaresque adventures as the prince tells the story of... -
Occupied Voices by Wendy Pearlman 9781560255307
£16.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560255307Author Wendy PearlmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Thunder's Mouth PressPublisher Thunder's Mouth Press -
Israeli Paratroopers 1954-2016 by David Campbell
RRP: £14.99£12.55From the creation of the first volunteer paratroop unit shortly after the birth of Israel and of the Israeli Defense Force, this arm of service has been recognized as elite. They have also been the first choice for daring special missions, and it is... -
A History of Modern Israel by Colin Shindler
RRP: £26.99£21.34Colin Shindler's remarkable history begins in 1948, as waves of immigrants arrived in Israel from war-torn Europe to establish new cities, new institutions, and a new culture founded on the Hebrew language. Optimistic beginnings were soon replaced with... -
KJV, The King James Study Bible, Leathersoft, Burgundy, Red Letter, Full-Color Edition: Holy Bible, King James Version by Thomas Nelson 9780718079789
RRP: £65.00£47.87The 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... -
The Impossible Revolution: Making Sense of the Syrian Tragedy by Yassin al-Haj Saleh
RRP: £22.00£19.52Yassin al-Haj Saleh is a leftist dissident who spent sixteen years as a political prisoner and now lives in exile. He describes with precision and fervour the events that led to Syria's 2011 uprising, the metamorphosis of the popular revolution into a... -
The Politics of Naming the Armenian Genocide: Language, History and 'Medz Yeghern' by Vartan Matiossian
£22.01Winner of The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research 2023 Dr. Sona Aronian Book Prizes for Excellence in Armenian Studies. This book explores the genealogy of the concept of 'Medz Yeghern' ('Great Crime'), the Armenian term for the... -
Shadow of the Sultan's Realm: The Destruction of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East by Daniel Allen Butler 9781597974967
RRP: £31.00£25.37The history of the Ottoman Empire spanned more than seven centuries. At the height of its power, it stretched over three continents and produced marvels of architecture, literature, science, and warfare. When it fell, its collapse redrew the map of the... -
The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia During the Crusades: The Integration of Cilician Armenians with the Latins, 1080-1393 by Jacob G. Ghazarian 9781138862579
RRP: £43.99£38.44This unique study bridges the history of the Crusades with the history of Armenian nationalism and Christianity. To the Crusaders, Armenian Christians presented the only reliable allies in Anatolia and Asia Minor, and were pivotal in the founding of the... -
We'll Play till We Die: Journeys across a Decade of Revolutionary Music in the Muslim World by Mark Levine
RRP: £25.00£19.99In his iconic musical travelogue Heavy Metal Islam, Mark LeVine first brought the views and experiences of a still-young generation to the world. In We'll Play till We Die, he joins with this generation's leading voices to write a definitive history of... -
The Turban for the Crown: The Islamic Revolution in Iran by Said Amir Arjomand 9780195042580
RRP: £18.49£13.29This comprehensive history of the Iranian Revolution views it in the context of an ongoing conflict between religious and political authorities dating back to the establishment of Shi'ism as the state religion of Iran in 1501. The historical context is... -
A Critical Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa by Joel Beinin
RRP: £23.99£20.84This book offers the first critical engagement with the political economy of the Middle East and North Africa. Challenging conventional wisdom on the origins and contemporary dynamics of capitalism in the region, these cutting-edge essays demonstrate how... -
The Berbers of Morocco: A History of Resistance by Michael Peyron 9780755639359
£30.33From the Rif War to the rebellion of 1958, the Berbers (Imazighen) have played a central role in the history of Moroccan resistance to colonialism in the twentieth century. This book provides an in-depth overview of Berber resistance to the French... -
Desert Insurgency: Archaeology, T. E. Lawrence, and the Arab Revolt by Nicholas J Saunders 9780198722007
RRP: £34.49£30.67In the desert sands of southern Jordan lies a once-hidden conflict landscape along the Hejaz Railway. Built at the beginning of the twentieth-century, this narrow-gauge 1,320 km track stretched from Damascus to Medina and served to facilitate...