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The Copper Scroll Decoded: One Man's Search for the Fabulous Treasure of Ancient Egypt

The Copper Scroll Decoded: One Man's Search for the Fabulous Treasure of Ancient Egypt

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The Joshua Generation: Israeli Occupation and the Bible

The Joshua Generation: Israeli Occupation and the Bible

$62.99$25.00
Author: Rachel Havrelock Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 264 How a controversial biblical tale of conquest and genocide became a founding story of modern Israel No biblical text has been...
The Excellence of the Arabs

The Excellence of the Arabs

$86.99$25.00
Author: Ibn Qutaybah Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 The Excellence of the Arabs is a spirited defense of Arab identity-its merits, values, and origins-at a time of political unrest...
American Sheikhs: Two Families, Four Generations, and the Story of America's Influence in the Middle East

American Sheikhs: Two Families, Four Generations, and the Story of America's Influence in the Middle East

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The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq

The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq

$27.99$12.00
Author: George Packer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 The Assassins' Gate is the main entrance to the Green Zone, the fortified enclave of Saddam's former palaces that now houses...
The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq

The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq

$27.99$22.39
Author: George Packer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 The Assassins' Gate is the main entrance to the Green Zone, the fortified enclave of Saddam's former palaces that now houses...
God's Shadow: The Ottoman Sultan Who Shaped the Modern World

God's Shadow: The Ottoman Sultan Who Shaped the Modern World

$59.99$47.99
Author: Alan Mikhail Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 Long neglected in world history, the Ottoman Empire was a hub of flourishing intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule....
Will They Ever Trust Us Again?: Letters from the War Zone

Will They Ever Trust Us Again?: Letters from the War Zone

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Lives Between The Lines: A Journey in Search of the Lost Levant

Lives Between The Lines: A Journey in Search of the Lost Levant

$22.99$18.39
Author: Michael Vatikiotis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 In Lives Between the Lines, Michael Vatikiotis traces the journey of his Greek and Italian forebears from Tuscany, Crete, Hydra and...
Nine Quarters of Jerusalem: A New Biography of the Old City

Nine Quarters of Jerusalem: A New Biography of the Old City

$24.99$19.99
Author: Matthew Teller Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'Original and illuminating ... what a good book this is' - Jonathan Dimbleby 'A love letter to the people of the...
Benghazi!: A New History of the Fiasco that Pushed America and its World to the Brink

Benghazi!: A New History of the Fiasco that Pushed America and its World to the Brink

$49.99$20.00
Author: Ethan Chorin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 Ten years after an attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, cries...
Be Strong and of Good Courage: How Israel's Most Important Leaders Shaped Its Destiny

Be Strong and of Good Courage: How Israel's Most Important Leaders Shaped Its Destiny

$55.00$25.00
Author: David Makovsky Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 At a time when the identity of Israel is more uncertain than at any moment since its modern founding, Be Strong...
The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs

The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs

$20.00
Author: Marc David Baer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 560 This major new history of the Ottoman dynasty reveals a diverse empire that straddled East and West. The Ottoman Empire...
The Lion House: The Coming of a King

The Lion House: The Coming of a King

$17.50
Author: Christopher de Bellaigue Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 "Christopher de Bellaigue has a magic talent for writing history. It is as if we are there as the era...
"Life": War in Iraq: The Illustrated History

"Life": War in Iraq: The Illustrated History

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The Gamble: General Petraeus and the Untold Story of the American Surge in Iraq, 2006 - 2008

The Gamble: General Petraeus and the Untold Story of the American Surge in Iraq, 2006 - 2008

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Plan of Attack: The Road to War

Plan of Attack: The Road to War

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A Rebel's Journey: Mostafa Sho'aiyan and Revolutionary Theory in Iran

A Rebel's Journey: Mostafa Sho'aiyan and Revolutionary Theory in Iran

$59.99$30.00
Author: Peyman Vahabzadeh Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Following the 1953 coup that toppled the democratically elected government of Mossadeq and restored the rule of the Shah in Iran,...
Civilisations Of The Holy Land

Civilisations Of The Holy Land

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The Carpet Wars: From Kabul to Baghdad: A Ten-Year Journey Along Ancient Trade Routes

The Carpet Wars: From Kabul to Baghdad: A Ten-Year Journey Along Ancient Trade Routes

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Jerusalem: The Endless Crusade

Jerusalem: The Endless Crusade

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Embedded: The Media at War in Iraq - An Oral History

Embedded: The Media at War in Iraq - An Oral History

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The Commanders

The Commanders

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The Sultan's Istanbul on Five Kurush a Day

The Sultan's Istanbul on Five Kurush a Day

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The Yellow Wind

The Yellow Wind

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Beyond Duty - Life on the Frontline in Iraq

Beyond Duty - Life on the Frontline in Iraq

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Give War a Chance

Give War a Chance

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Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel

Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel

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Author: Matti Friedman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 "Wondrous . . . Compelling . . . Piercing." --The New York Times Book Review Award-winning writer Matti Friedman's tale of...
The Gamble: General Petraeus and the Untold Story of the American Surge in Iraq, 2006-2008

The Gamble: General Petraeus and the Untold Story of the American Surge in Iraq, 2006-2008

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Gulf War One

Gulf War One

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Illusions of Triumph: Arab View of the Gulf War

Illusions of Triumph: Arab View of the Gulf War

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Nine Quarters of Jerusalem: A New Biography of the Old City

Nine Quarters of Jerusalem: A New Biography of the Old City

$34.99$17.50
Author: Matthew Teller Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 In Jerusalem, what you see and what is true are two different things. The Old City has never had 'four quarters'...
Long Drive Through A Short War

Long Drive Through A Short War

$29.99$10.00
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In Baghdad: A reporter's war

In Baghdad: A reporter's war

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EXPERT WITNESS

EXPERT WITNESS

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Running the War in Iraq

Running the War in Iraq

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Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA

Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA

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Author: Amaryllis Fox Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Fast and thrilling . . . Life Undercover reads as if a John le Carre character...
The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin

The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin

$24.99$21.24
Author: Jonathan Phillips Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 512 The riveting and definitive biography of the Islamic world's most famous military hero 'Superbly researched and enormously entertaining... One...
Genghis Khan: The Man Who Conquered the World

Genghis Khan: The Man Who Conquered the World

$27.99$23.79
Author: Frank McLynn Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 688 The greatest story of military conquest in history from a 'master storyteller' (Guardian) Genghis Khan was by far the...
The Egyptians: A Radical Story

The Egyptians: A Radical Story

$24.99$21.24
Author: Jack Shenker Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 560 The essential book about Egypt and radical politics. Egypt is a nation in turmoil, caught in a cycle of...
Cursed Victory: A History of Israel and the Occupied Territories

Cursed Victory: A History of Israel and the Occupied Territories

$27.99$23.79
Author: Ahron Bregman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 Cursed Victory tells the story of Israel's troubled presence in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights and...
The Responsible Globalist: What Citizens of the World Can Learn from Nationalism

The Responsible Globalist: What Citizens of the World Can Learn from Nationalism

$22.99$19.54
Author: Hassan Damluji Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 An incisive, optimistic manifesto for a more inclusive globalism Today, globalism has a bad reputation. 'Citizens of the world'...
Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe

Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe

$26.99$22.94
Author: Judith Herrin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 576 A glorious history of the jewel-like city on the Adriatic which was a melting-pot of Greek, Latin, Christian and...
In Days to Come: A New Hope for Israel

In Days to Come: A New Hope for Israel

$40.99$15.00
Author: Avraham Burg Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Born in 1955, Avraham Burg witnessed firsthand many of the most dramatic and critical junctions in Israeli history. Here he chronicles...
MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman

MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman

$24.99$12.00
Author: Ben Hubbard Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 A Financial Times Book Best Book of the Year 2020 A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year 2020...
The Field of Blood: The Battle for Aleppo and the Remaking of the Medieval Middle East

The Field of Blood: The Battle for Aleppo and the Remaking of the Medieval Middle East

$39.99$20.00
Author: Nicholas Morton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 In 1119, the people of the Near East came together in an epic clash of horses, swords, sand, and blood that...
Grand Improvisation: America Confronts the British Superpower, 1945-1957

Grand Improvisation: America Confronts the British Superpower, 1945-1957

$15.00
Author: Derek Leebaert (Georgetown University Washington DC) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 624 A new understanding of the post World War II era, showing what occurred when the British Empire...
Persepolis I & II

Persepolis I & II

$22.99$19.54
Author: Marjane Satrapi Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 Now in one volume, both parts of Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi's brilliant memoir-in-comic-strips about growing up in Iran during and...