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Iran Rising: The Survival and Future of the Islamic Republic by Amin Saikal
RRP: £25.00£19.59An authoritative account of how and why the Islamic Republic has survived to become a critical player in the Middle East and the worldWhen Iranians overthrew their monarchy, rejecting a pro-Western shah in favor of an Islamic regime, many observers... -
Anglo-Iranian Relations since 1800 by Vanessa Martin
RRP: £43.99£38.44With contributions from renowned experts in the field, this book provides an excellent background to the history of Anglo-Iranian relations. Focusing on the political and economic relationship of Britain and issues of strategic sensitivity, the book also... -
The Kizilbash-Alevis in Ottoman Anatolia: Sufism, Politics and Community by Ayfer Karakaya-Stump 9781474432696
RRP: £25.99£21.06The Kizilbash were at once key players in and the foremost victims of the Ottoman-Safavid conflict that defined the early modern Middle East. Today referred to as Alevis, they constitute the second largest faith community in modern Turkey, with smaller... -
A History of Modern Libya by Dirk Vandewalle 9781107615748
RRP: £26.99£21.38In the wake of the civil war and Qadhafi's demise, the time is ripe for a new edition of Dirk Vandewalle's classic history of Libya. The book, which was originally published in 2006, traces the country's history back to the 1900s, through the Italian... -
Gaza as Metaphor by Helga Tawil-Souri
RRP: £25.00£22.03Open-air prison, Terror, Resistance, Occupation, Siege, Trauma, Bare humanity: irrespective of when, where, and to whom the word is uttered, Gaza immediately evokes an abundance of metaphors. Similarly, a plethora of metaphors also invoke Gaza: Crisis,... -
Desert Storm Volume 2: Operation Desert Storm and Aftermath by Ted Hooton
£18.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913336356Author Ted HootonFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam by John L. Esposito 9780195168860
RRP: £38.99£37.30The September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon left us stunned, angry, and uncomprehending. As it became clear that these horrifying acts had been committed in the name of religion, the media, the government, and ordinary citizens... -
Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times by Donald Bruce Redford
RRP: £45.00£35.72Covering the time span from the Paleolithic period to the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C., the eminent Egyptologist Donald Redford explores three thousand years of uninterrupted contact between Egypt and Western Asia across the Sinai land-bridge. In... -
Unef: the Yugoslav Contingent: The Yugoslav Army Contingent in the Sinai Peninsula 1956-1967 by Bojan Dimitrijevic
RRP: £16.95£14.25Pursuing a policy of social revolution, national liberation, and non-alignment, Yugoslavia under Josip Broz Tito became involved in the Middle East in the mid-1950s. Combined with some initial interest in economic and military assistance, this... -
A Short History of the Ottoman Empire by Renée Worringer 9781442600416
RRP: £40.00£35.97In this beautifully illustrated overview, Renee Worringer provides a clear and comprehensive account of the longevity, pragmatism, and flexibility of the Ottoman Empire in governing over vast territories and diverse peoples. A Short History of the... -
Into the Hands of the Soldiers by David D. Kirkpatrick
RRP: £9.99£7.11A poignant, deeply human portrait of Egypt during the Arab Spring, told through the lives of individuals A FINANCIAL TIMES AND AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 'This will be the must read on the destruction of Egypt's revolution and democratic moment'... -
Al Qaeda in Its Own Words by Gilles Kepel 9780674034747
£27.30Despite the frequent appearances of Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri on television screens worldwide, Al Qaeda remains an elusive entity. As the world has grown increasingly familiar with the spectacle of Islamist terrorism, Al Qaeda's essential... -
The Great Syrian Revolt and the Rise of Arab Nationalism by Michael Provence
RRP: £19.99£17.54The Great Syrian Revolt of 1925 was the largest and longest-lasting anti-colonial insurgency in the inter-war Arab East. Mobilizing peasants, workers, and army veterans, rather than urban elites and nationalist intellectuals, it was the first mass... -
Ottoman Lyric Poetry: An Anthology by Walter G. Andrews
RRP: £23.99£20.84The Ottoman Empire was one of the most significant forces in world history and yet little attention is paid to its rich cultural life. For the people of the Ottoman Empire, lyrical poetry was the most prized literary activity. People from all walks of... -
Nakba and Survival: The Story of Palestinians Who Remained in Haifa and the Galilee, 1948-1956 by Adel Manna
RRP: £30.00£23.29A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Beginning in 1948, Israeli paramilitary forces began violently displacing Palestinian Arabs from Palestine. Nakba and Survival tells the stories of Palestinians in... -
Zionism and Land Tenure in Mandate Palestine by Aida Essaid 9780367867089
RRP: £39.99£35.06A fundamental aspect of the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis is the territorial dispute which began long before the State of Israel was established. Analysing the land tenure system in Palestine under the administration of the British Mandate,... -
Description of Egypt: Notes and Views in Egypt and Nubia by Edward William Lane
RRP: £24.99£21.29The great nineteenth-century British traveler Edward William Lane (1801-76) was the author of a number of highly influential works: An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians (1836), his translation of The Thousand and One Nights... -
We Belong to the Land: The Story of a Palestinian Israeli Who Lives for Peace and Reconciliation by Elias Chacour
RRP: £19.99£17.54We Belong to the Land, the gripping autobiography of Nobel Peace Prize nominee Elias Chacour, capture his life's work toward peace and reconciliation for Israeli Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize,... -
The Occupation: War and Resistance in Iraq by Patrick Cockburn 9781844671649
£20.27In February 2003, Patrick Cockburn secretly crossed the Tigris river from Syria into Iraq just before the US/British invasion, and has covered the war ever since. In The Occupation, he provides a vivid and disturbing picture of a country in turmoil, and... -
History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey: Volume 1: Empire of the Gazis: The Rise and Decline of the Ottoman Empire 1280-1808 by Stanford J. Shaw 9780521291637
RRP: £59.99£50.83Empire of the Gazis: The Rise and Decline of the Ottoman Empire, 1280-1808 is the first book of the two-volume History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey. It describes how the Ottoman Turks, a small band of nomadic soldiers, managed to expand their... -
The Jews of Arab Lands: A History and Source Book by Norman A. Stillman
RRP: £27.99£24.54Norman Stillman has produced a comprehensive and articulate history of the turbulent and complex relationships in the Middle East that brilliantly captures the people and the history.Book InformationISBN 9780827601987Author Norman A. StillmanFormat... -
Utopia and Civilisation in the Arab Nahda by Peter Hill
RRP: £30.99£25.45Exploring the 'Nahda', a cultural renaissance in the Arab world responding to massive social change, this study presents a crucial and often overlooked part of the Arab world's encounter with global capitalist modernity, an interaction which reshaped the... -
Iran and Saudi Arabia: Taming a Chaotic Conflict by Ibrahim Fraihat
RRP: £23.99£21.25Hostile relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia are partially responsible for the political instability plaguing the Middle East. This book argues that rapprochement between Tehran and Riyadh is possible and it sets out a realistic agenda for managing... -
On Suicide Bombing by Talal Asad 9780231141529
RRP: £20.00£15.72Like many people in America and around the world, Talal Asad experienced the events of September 11, 2001, largely through the media and the emotional response of others. For many non-Muslims, "the suicide bomber" quickly became the icon of "an Islamic... -
God's Wolf: The Life of the Most Notorious of all Crusaders, Scourge of Saladin by Jeffrey Lee 9780393609691
RRP: £21.99£18.77In a 2010 terrorist plot, Al-Qaeda hid a bomb in a FedEx shipment addressed to a man who had been dead for 800 years. Born in twelfth-century France and bred for violence, Reynald de Chatillon was a young knight who joined the Second Crusade and rose... -
Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour by Barbara W. Tuchman
RRP: £21.00£12.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345314277Author Barbara W. TuchmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
Art in Zion: The Genesis of Modern National Art in Jewish Palestine by Dalia Manor
RRP: £53.99£46.87Art in Zion deals with the link between art and national ideology and specifically between the artistic activity that emerged in Jewish Palestine in the first decades of the twentieth century and the Zionist movement. In order to examine the development... -
Sepher Yosippon: A Tenth-Century History of Ancient Israel by Steven B Bowman
£55.95The seminal medieval history of the Second Commonwealth period of ancient Jewish history.Sepher Yosippon was written in Hebrew by a medieval historian and noted by modern scholars for its eloquent style. This is the first known chronicle of Jewish... -
In the Time of the Sultans: Urban Chronicles From 19th Century Istanbul by Panos N Tzelepis 9780646839592
RRP: £11.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780646839592Author Panos N TzelepisFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Cycladic PressPublisher Cycladic PressWeight(grams) 140g -
The Soviet-Afghan War: How a Superpower Fought and Lost by Lester W. Grau
RRP: £32.95£31.83The War in Afghanistan (1979-1989) has been called ""the Soviet Union's Vietnam War,"" a conflict that pitted Soviet regulars against a relentless, elusive, and ultimately unbeatable Afghan guerrilla force (the mujahideen). The hit-and-run bloodletting... -
50 Years of Hard Road: A Vagrant's Journey by Nick Charles 9781914066054
RRP: £19.99£16.88Nick Charles MBE is a pioneer in treating alcohol dependency. As the founder of both the Chaucer Clinic and the Gainsborough Foundation, he was the first person to be honoured by the Queen 'for services to people with alcohol problems' and his work -... -
Gideon'S Spies by Gordon Thomas
RRP: £27.00£17.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250056405Author Gordon ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 832Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 821gDimensions(mm) 231mm *... -
The Mission and the Kingdom: Wahhabi Power Behind the Saudi Throne by David Dean Commins
£17.82In the wake of September 11th instant theories have emerged that try to root Osama Bin Laden's attacks on Wahhabism. Muslim critics have dismissed this conservative interpretation of Islam that is the official creed of Saudi Arabia as an unorthodox... -
Gulfization of the Arab World: Exeter Critical Gulf Series 1 by Marc Owen Jones 9783959940320
RRP: £70.00£65.90From projecting ideology and influence, to maintaining a notion of 'Gulfness' through the selective exclusion or inclusion of certain beliefs, cultures and people, the notion of Gulfization is increasingly pertinent as Gulf countries occupy a greater... -
Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum Iran - A Late Sasanian Hoard from Orumiyeh by Daryoosh Abarzadeh 9783700179566
RRP: £119.00£88.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783700179566Author Daryoosh AbarzadehFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Austrian Academy of Sciences PressPublisher Austrian Academy of Sciences... -
The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East by Neil MacFarquhar 9781586488116
£17.92Since his boyhood in Qadhafi 's Libya, and later as a reporter for more than thirteen years in cities stretching from Tehran to Marrakesh, Neil MacFarquhar has developed a counterintuitive sense that the Middle East, despite all the bloodshed in its... -
History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey: Volume 2: Reform, Revolution, and Republic: The Rise of Modern Turkey 1808-1975 by Stanford J. Shaw 9780521291668
RRP: £77.99£66.95Reform, Revolution and Republic: The Rise of Modern Turkey, 1808-1975 is the second book of the two-volume History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey. It discusses the modernization of the Ottoman Empire during the nineteenth and early twentieth... -
Daily Life in the Medieval Islamic World by James E. Lindsay 9780872209343
RRP: £18.99£15.67"Lindsay gives an excellent overview of the medieval Islamic world. Intended for an audience with little or no background on this topic, the book offers a thorough introduction to the beginnings of Islam, its history up to the year 1300, and material on... -
Never Broken: My Journey from the Horrors of Iraq to the Birth of My Miracle Baby by Hannah Campbell 9781784184247
RRP: £16.99£11.76When a bomb blast buried Corporal Hannah Campbell alive while she was serving in Iraq it was the start of an incredible journey of self-discovery. From the collapse of her marriage, to suffering horrific post-traumatic stress disorder, becoming morbidly... -
Yemen Proud: Past and Present by Gamiel Yafai 9781908531360
RRP: £14.95£9.78An introduction to the rich history of Yemen and its strong relationship with Britain - from the first Yemeni sailors who immigrated to Britain in the 19th century, to the British Crown colony in Aden and right up to the integration of Yemeni communities...