Middle East

"This is the most important of my books, and the one by which I most hope to be remembered - if I may hope to be remembered at all!" Amelia B Edwards, 1877. A chance visit to Egypt in 1873 by Amelia Edwards changed the future of British Egyptology...

This personal and well informed selection and description of the most interesting towns and individual buildings and archaeological sites in Turkey is the definitive guidebook for the discerning traveler. The author has been visiting Turkey for nearly...

Agatha Christie's personal memoirs about her travels to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s with her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan, where she worked on the digs and wrote some of her most evocative novels. Think you know Agatha Christie? Think...

The Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq were one of the most isolated communities in the world. Few outsiders, let alone Europeans, had been permitted to travel through their homeland, a mass of tiny islands lost in a wilderness of reeds and swamps in southern...

'An enthralling guide to one of the world's great cities - that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the politics of Istanbul' PETER FRANKOPAN 'A...

This sumptuous book invites you to follow the course of the Nile and Egyptian history on board a floating historical monument, the Steam Ship Sudan. At 100 years old, and made of wood and copper, it is the last steamship still cruising in Upper Egypt and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788395654015Author Izabela MiszczakFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Aslan Publishing HousePublisher Aslan Publishing HouseWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784774745Author Geoff HannFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Bradt Travel GuidesPublisher Bradt Travel GuidesWeight(grams) 135g

SHORTLISTED in the INTERNATIONAL OR REGIONAL COOKBOOK category at the Guild of Food Writer Awards 2022 The award-winning Honeys are back and this time their focus is firmly on the grill. Join Sarit and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623157630Author Shadi HasanzadenematiFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 234mm...

Gallipoli was a First World War tragedy, a side show that had ambitious hopes to end the war early. Despite the immense gallantry displayed by those fighting, from the beginning, this grand scale 1915 operation was plagued with mismanagement; failure in...

Carla Grissman spent the better part of a year in the '60s living in a farming hamlet in remote Anatolia, some 250 km east of Ankara. The hospitality, the friendship and the way in which the inhabitants of Uzak Koy accepted her into their community left...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061582608Author Rodney StarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 220gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

The definitive guide to the underwater life of the Red Sea region, home to the richest and most varied dive sites in the world. Visited by over a quarter of a million divers a year the Red Sea is home to many of the world's most popular dive...

'A book as rich and complex as the extraordinary worlds of Turkish football it explores' David Goldblatt'Captures the Turkish game with love, in all its beauty and darkness' Simon Kuper Ask a British football fan what they know about Turkish football,...

Unsurpassed in authority, reliability and accuracy; the 11th edition has been fully revised and updated to incorporate all relevant legislation for medical law courses. Blackstone's Statutes on Medical Law is an abridged collection of legislation...

A colorfully illustrated celebration of the classic era of cruising on the Nile, new in paperbackSince Antony and Cleopatra honeymooned on the Nile on a gilded barge, visitors to Egypt have taken to the river as the best way to experience the country's...

Don't just see the sights-get to know the people. At first glance, Turkey may seem Westernized and entirely "modern"-but appearances can be misleading. It is above all a land of contrasts, a heady mixture of Oriental etiquette and ultramodern city...

Now in its 7th edition, Linux in easy steps guides the reader through the basics of Linux, including how to install the Linux operating system, explore the desktop, and launch great applications. It starts by showing how to download, install and...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS 2024'As epic as it is engaging' Tom Holland'Jaunty, highly informative and ultimately sobering' New York Review of Books'A fine book... Leon McCarron's tough journey paints a rich and enthralling...

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Deep in the desert of Jordan lies the hidden city of Petra, one of the greatest marvels of the ancient world. Carved from rose-red rock, Petra's monuments, dwellings and temples were for centuries the centre of a splendid civilization.Later the city fell...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632462053Author Tara KangarlouFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Ig PublishingPublisher Ig Publishing

Have you ever wondered what the Holy Land might have looked like through Jesus's eyes? Join pastor and New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado as he takes you on an unforgettable journey following Jesus through his life on earth, giving you a chance...

It's never a good idea to be overly-relient on technology while traveling! Look up words quickly and easily with this great little Arabic dictionary.Intended for use by tourists, students, and business people traveling to the Middle East Pocket Arabic...

Written by a female Middle East expert, Bradt's Saudi Arabia is the first English-language travel guide from a mainstream publisher that focuses exclusively on the Kingdom, which has now opened for general tourism as part of rapid political, economic and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783902782106Author Mahmoud HawariFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Museum with No Frontiers, Mwnf (Museum Ohne Grenzen)Publisher Museum with No...

Warrior and combat medic of the Twenty Second Legion, Titus Cervianus, must fight the armies of the fabled Warrior Queen in this blistering new Roman adventure from Simon Turney. Egypt, 25 BC. Titus Cervianus is no ordinary soldier. And the Twenty...

Michael Wood retraces Alexander the Greats amazing journey from Greece to India, searching for the truth behind the legend and experiencing the tremendous scale of his achievements. Using the ancient historians as his guides, Wood follows Alexanders...

'Tenacious, revelatory, and humane.' - Paul Theroux 'The Buried is the kind of book that you don't want to end and won't forget. With the eye of a great storyteller Peter Hessler weaves together history, reporting, memoir, and above all the lives of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954804961Author Janet WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint M J WoodPublisher M J WoodWeight(grams) 210gDimensions(mm) 127mm * 203mm * 11mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593235638Author Lior Lev SercarzFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951244347Author Yatir NitzanyFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Yatir NitzanyPublisher Yatir NitzanyWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Today, Dubai is a city of shimmering skyscrapers attracting thousands of tourists every year. Yet just sixty years ago Dubai's population scraped a living by picking dates, diving for pearls, or sailing in wooden dhows to trade with Iran and India. Dubai...

The home of trusted Arabic dictionaries for everyday language learning. A handy and affordable Arabic to English and English to Arabic dictionary including short grammars of Arabic and English. The clear layout allows for fast and easy access...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906011178Author Jan MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 171Imprint Eland Publishing LtdPublisher Eland Publishing Ltd

Trek with the Bedouin and their camels and discover one of the most exciting new trekking destinations in the world. Egypt's Sinai peninsula is the small tooth of land between Africa and Asia, and the fabled Biblical setting of The Exodus. It's a region...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845495800Author James RodgersFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint arima publishingPublisher arima publishingWeight(grams) 251gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

This is a brand new edition of the St Paul Trail guidebook, following the saint's journey from Perge, near Antalya, Turkey to Antioch in Pisidia. This book is the essential guide and map to Turkey's second long-distance walking route. St Paul Trail...

The critical and biographical introduction tells of Lady Wortley Montagu's travels through Europe to Turkey in 1716, where her husband had been appointed Ambassador. Her lively letters offer insights into the paradoxical freedoms conferred on Muslim...