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The Lion House: The Rise of Suleyman the Magnificent by Christopher de Bellaigue
RRP: $23.08$16.32An immersive reconstruction of the life of the most feared and powerful man of the sixteenth century.'Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire ... History at its most gripping' Telegraph'A formidable book ... incredible' Rory StewartVenice, 1522. Intelligence... -
Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes by Tamim Ansary
RRP: $39.88$26.86We in the west share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civilization whose citizens shared an entirely different narrative for a thousand years. In Destiny Disrupted , Tamim Ansary tells the rich story of world... -
KJV, Gift and Award Bible, Leather-Look, Black, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, King James Version by Zondervan 9780718097905
RRP: $16.78$15.71Commemorate a special accomplishment or event with a gift to be treasured for years to come. This edition is published in large KJV Comfort Print type, which was designed exclusively for Thomas Nelson to be the most readable at any size.Featuring the... -
Strolling Through Istanbul: The Classic Guide to the City by Hilary Sumner-Boyd
RRP: $39.88$30.64'The best travel guide to Istanbul' - The Times Practical and informative, readable and vividly described, this is the definitive guide to and story of Istanbul, by those who know it best. This is the 2009 revised and updated edition of the classic... -
After Zionism: One State for Israel and Palestine by Antony Loewenstein 9780863569418
RRP: $27.28$18.06After Zionism brings together some of the world's leading thinkers on the Middle East question. In thought-provoking essays, the contributors dissect the century-long conflict between Zionism and the Palestinians, and explore possible forms of a... -
Harold Wilson: The Biography by Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds
RRP: $52.50$30.79Harold Wilson is the only post-war leader of any party to serve as Britain's Prime Minister on two separate occasions. In total he won four General Elections, spending nearly eight years in Downing Street. Half a century later, he is still unbeaten,... -
Overkill or Under-kill by Anthony Paice
RRP: $35.60$25.75Middle East and Counter-Terrorism expert Anthony Paice uses research and analysis to trace the underlying causes of the Iraqi takeover of Kuwait in 1990, adding his own personal experiences of the events. He reveals how neither London nor Washington had... -
A Jerusalem Anthology: Travel Writing Through the Centuries by T J Gorton
RRP: $25.18$20.37Jerusalem has a special status as a city that is both terrestrial and celestial. The name includes a cognate for 'peace, ' but the old stones of the city have witnessed epic bloodshed and destruction over the centuries. The three great monotheistic... -
The Marsh Arabs by Wilfred Thesiger
RRP: $27.28$19.09During the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq Wilfred Thesiger came to understand, admire and share a way of life that had endured for many centuries. Travelling from village to village by canoe, he won acceptance by dispensing... -
The Scythians: Nomad Warriors of the Steppe by Barry Cunliffe 9780198820130
RRP: $41.98$30.83Brilliant horsemen and great fighters, the Scythians were nomadic horsemen who ranged wide across the grasslands of the Asian steppe from the Altai mountains in the east to the Great Hungarian Plain in the first millennium BC. Their steppe homeland... -
Crude Volatility: The History and the Future of Boom-Bust Oil Prices by Robert McNally
RRP: $46.20$36.46As OPEC has loosened its grip over the past ten years, the oil market has been rocked by wild price swings, the likes of which haven't been seen for eight decades. Crafting an engrossing journey from the gushing Pennsylvania oil fields of the 1860s to... -
Until We Are Free: My Fight For Human Rights in Iran by Shirin Ebadi
RRP: $33.58$24.38'POWERFUL AND SOMETIMES SHOCKING ...' SUNDAY TIMES In this powerful book, Dr Shirin Ebadi, Iranian human rights lawyer and activist, tells of her fight for reform inside Iran, and the devastating backlash she faced after winning the Nobel Peace Prize... -
The Excellence of the Arabs by Ibn Qutaybah 9781479899265
RRP: $33.58$23.54The Excellence of the Arabs is a spirited defense of Arab identity-its merits, values, and origins-at a time of political unrest and fragmentation, written by one of the most important scholars of the early Abbasid era. In the cosmopolitan milieu of... -
Kuwait Transformed: A History of Oil and Urban Life by Farah Al-Nakib 9780804798525
RRP: $46.18$40.30As the first Gulf city to experience oil urbanization, Kuwait City's transformation in the mid-twentieth century inaugurated a now-familiar regional narrative: a small traditional town of mudbrick courtyard houses and plentiful foot traffic transformed... -
Cursed Victory: A History of Israel and the Occupied Territories by Ahron Bregman
RRP: $27.28$19.09Cursed Victory tells the story of Israel's troubled presence in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights and the Sinai Peninsula since its sweeping victory in the 1967 Six Day War. Drawing on countless high-level interviews, never-before-seen letters... -
Treasury of Egyptian Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Monsters & Mortals (Mythology) by Donna Jo Napoli 9781426313806
RRP: $41.98$30.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426313806Author Donna Jo NapoliFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint National Geographic KidsPublisher National Geographic KidsWeight(grams)... -
Golda Meir: Israel’s Matriarch by Deborah E. Lipstadt 9780300253511
RRP: $35.68$30.68A balanced biography of Golda Meir, who was both adored and abhorred, from award-winning author Deborah E. Lipstadt "Comprehensive. . . . Always thoughtful. . . . A nuanced account of a leader whose influence endures in the Middle East."-Kirkus Review ... -
The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition by Shihab Al-Din Al-Nuwayri
RRP: $25.18$17.70An astonishing record of the knowledge of a civilization, The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition catalogues everything known to exist from the perspective of a 14th-century Egyptian scholar and litterateur. More than 9,000 pages and 30... -
Empress of the East: How a Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire by Leslie Peirce
RRP: $27.28$17.98Abducted by slave traders from her home in Ruthenia - modern-day Ukraine - around 1515, Roxelana was brought to Istanbul and trained in the palace harem as a concubine for Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, ruler of the Ottoman Empire and one of the... -
Music, Sound, and Architecture in Islam by Michael Frishkopf
RRP: $58.78$51.53Tracing the connections between music making and built space in both historical and contemporary times, Music, Sound, and Architecture in Islam brings together domains of intellectual reflection that have rarely been in dialogue to promote a greater... -
Longing for the Lost Caliphate: A Transregional History by Mona Hassan
RRP: $73.50$59.09In the United States and Europe, the word "caliphate" has conjured historically romantic and increasingly pernicious associations. Yet the caliphate's significance in Islamic history and Muslim culture remains poorly understood. This book explores the... -
From Gaza to Jerusalem: The Campaign for Southern Palestine 1917 by Stuart Hadaway 9780752499017
RRP: $42.00$32.42The Palestine campaign of 1917 saw Britain's armed forces rise from defeat to achieve stunning victory. After two failed attempts in the spring, at the end of the year they broke through the Ottoman line with an innovative mixture of old and new... -
The Crusader States by Malcolm Barber
RRP: $41.98$36.48The only full account of life and culture in the twelfth-century crusader states, where religious battles raged and civilizations collided When the armies of the First Crusade wrested Jerusalem from control of the Fatimids of Egypt in 1099, they... -
Islamic Empires: Fifteen Cities that Define a Civilization by Justin Marozzi
RRP: $31.48$23.00'Outstanding, illuminating, compelling ... a riveting read' Peter Frankopan, Sunday Times Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering, cosmopolitan capitals, Islamic empires lorded it over the Middle East, North... -
The Case for Palestine: An International Law Perspective by John Quigley 9780822335399
RRP: $50.38$44.18John Quigley brings a necessary international law perspective to bear on the seemingly intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict in this updated edition of his important book. Since 2000, the cycle of bloodshed and retribution has spiraled increasingly... -
NKJV, Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, Hardcover, Red Letter Edition: Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture by Craig S. Keener
RRP: $84.00$58.88Discover new dimensions of insight with a behind-the-scenes tour of the ancient worldYou've heard many Bible stories hundreds of times, but how many details are you missing? Sometimes a little context is all you need to discover the rich meaning behind... -
Persepolis: The Story of an Iranian Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
RRP: $35.68$27.13Wise, often funny, sometimes heart-breaking, Persepolis tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, growing up during the Iranian Revolution.The intelligent and outspoken child of radical Marxists, and the... -
The Light Garden of the Angel King by Peter Levi 9781906011550
RRP: $27.28$18.06From time immemorial Afghanistan has been both a fortress of faith and a mountainous crossroads. Through its high valleys merchants traded Chinese porcelains, bundles of indigo cloth, sacks of lapis lazuli, golden jewellery, emeralds and fine carvings... -
All She Lost: The Explosion in Lebanon, the Collapse of a Nation and the Women who Survive by Dalal Mawad 9781399406253
RRP: $42.00$31.14'Poignant and compelling... will resonate with anyone who cares about justice and the abuse of power' - Lindsey Hilsum, Channel 4 News International Editor and author of Sandstorm 'Essential and urgent' - Kim Ghattas, journalist and author of Black... -
The Umayyad Empire by Andrew Marsham 9780748643004
RRP: $62.98$50.74This book presents a history of the Umayyad Empire, the only period in which an Arabian ruling elite and its tribal armies ruled a world empire. Marsham presents a number of arguments which, taken together, offer a new perspective on the Umayyads.Book... -
A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East’s Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad 9781529157178
RRP: $23.08$16.32SELECTED BY THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND DAUNTS BOOKS AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023WINNER OF THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024ONE OF PROSPECT'S POLITICS & REPORTAGE BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2023'Exquisite . . . A genuine, melancholy masterpiece'... -
Mythologies Without End: The US, Israel, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1917-2020 by Jerome Slater
RRP: $55.63$48.83The history of modern Israel is a fiercely contested subject. From the Balfour declaration to the Six-Day War to the recent assault on Gaza, ideologically-charged narratives and counter-narratives battle for dominance not just in Israel itself but... -
A Woman in Arabia: The Writings of the Queen of the Desert by Gertrude Bell
$24.30The writings of one of the great woman adventurers of the twentieth century - the 'female Lawrence of Arabia' - and the subject of a new film starring Nicole Kidman.In the last century, few people lived more astounding - or influential - lives than... -
Israel's Long War with Hezbollah: Military Innovation and Adaptation Under Fire by Raphael D. Marcus 9781626166110
RRP: $67.20$53.72The ongoing conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is now in its fourth decade and shows no signs of ending. Raphael D. Marcus examines this conflict since the formation of Hezbollah during Israel's occupation of Lebanon in the... -
Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science by Jim Al-Khalili
RRP: $31.48$23.00In Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science, Jim al-Khalili celebrates the forgotten pioneers who helped shape our understanding of the world. For over 700 years the international language of science was Arabic. Surveying the golden age of Arabic... -
When Friday Comes: The rise of football in the Middle East and the road to the Qatar World Cup by James Montague
RRP: $35.68$25.79'Passionate and moving and provides further evidence of the universality of football' Jonathan Wilson, FourFourTwoThe definitive story of the Middle East's unstoppable rise to football superpower, and the road to the Qatar World CupWhen James Montague... -
The Last Shah: America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty by Ray Takeyh
RRP: $31.48$27.36The surprising story of Iran's transformation from America's ally in the Middle East into one of its staunchest adversaries"An original interpretation that puts Iranian actors where they belong: at center stage."-Michael Doran, Wall Street Journal"An... -
The Forgotten Palestinians: A History of the Palestinians in Israel by Ilan Pappe
RRP: $27.28$24.07A vivid and incisive analysis of the complex relationship between Israel and its Palestinian citizens written by an acclaimed Israeli historian For more than 60 years, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have lived as Israeli citizens within the... -
Rafiq Hariri and the Fate of Lebanon by Marwan Iskandar 9780863563706
RRP: $35.68$24.23On Valentine's Day 2005 self-made billionaire Rafiq Hariri, Lebanon's former prime minister, was assassinated in Beirut by a massive bomb that destroyed his motorcade. The Lebanese people subsequently took to the streets, and the United Nations Security... -
Holy Bible: King James Version, Burgundy Bonded Leather, Classic Companion Bible by Thomas Nelson
RRP: $48.30$31.90Enjoy the Bible that goes where you go. Thomas Nelson's Checkbook Bible offers a complete King James Bible that easily fits in your purse or bag with a magnetic closure to protect the pages.Traveling with God's Word has never been so effortless. The...