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Nyrop Richard F.; Benderly Beryl Lieff; et al.
AREA HANDBOOK FOR SAUDI ARABIA - Third Edition
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1977. HC. very good green cloth hardcover. 389pp. Government Printing Office unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS009477I
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Lauterpacht E. edited by
THE SUEZ CANAL SETTLEMENT
New York: Frederick A. Praeger Inc 1960. HC. good light brown cloth hardcover. A Selection of Documents relating to the Settlement of the Suez Canal Dispute the Clearance of the Suez Canal and the Settlement of Disputes between the United Kingdom France and the United Arab Republic October 1956-March 1959. 82pp. Frederick A. Praeger Inc unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS026194I
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Saghaphi Mirza Mahmoud Khan Page to the Shah
IN THE IMPERIAL SHADOW
Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran & Company 1928. HC. good orange cloth hardcover no dustjacket couple pencil marks. 403pp. Doubleday, Doran & Company unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS024489I
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Cremeans Charles D.
THE ARABS AND THE WORLD: NASSER'S ARAB NATIONALIST POLICY
New York: Frederick A. Praeger Pub 1963. HC. good w/good dustjacket hardcover. Mr. Cremeans looks at Arab foreign policy from the inside out viewing Arab objectives and behavior in the international arena as they appear to Arab eyes. 338pp. Frederick A. Praeger, Pub unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS025382I
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Velie Lester
COUNTDOWN IN THE HOLY LAND
New York: Funk & Wagnalls 1969. HC. good w/good dustjacket hardcover. The author pieces together the absorbing story of Soviet-Egyptian designs in the Holy Land and their frustration by a brave and resourceful people who harness an ancient tradition and inspiration to the job of survival. 224pp. Funk & Wagnalls unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS025429I
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Izzeddin Nejla
THE ARAB WORLD: PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company 1953. HC. very good light brown cloth hardcover no dustjacket. 19 B&W ill. The author brings together an appreciation of the Arab spirit and an understanding of the issues affecting the present and future of Arab national life. 412pp. Henry Regnery Company unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS011716I
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Paolucci Henry foreword by Edmund A. Bator; preface by John H. Ryan
IRAN ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES: AN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY BACKGROUND STUDY
Whitestone NY: Griffon House Publications 1991. PB. fine wraps softcover review press release author inscribed. ISBN 0918680441 In this book the author focuses on the problem of how the United States can maintain effective daily relations with avowedly theocratic countries like Iran and Israel whose leaders are ultimately committed to the hegemony of "God's chosen people" rather than a traditional balance of power--an equilibrium of mutually respecting nations that would curb the possibility of unilateral action. 404pp. Griffon House Publications unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS029228I ISBN : 0918680441 9780918680440
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Shimoni Yaacov & Levine Evyatar editors
POLITICAL DICTIONARY OF THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE 20TH CENTURY
Jerusalem Israel: Jerusalem Publishing House 1972. HC. very good w/good dustjacket hardcover. 100 B&W ill. & 25 maps. An authoritative guide to the understanding of what is happening today in one of the most vitally important areas of the world. In it the reader will find a wealth of information on the historical political geopolitical social and military aspects of the countries of the region as well as an account of the roles which the major powers and other countries have played in the political development of the Middle East since the beginning of the century. 434pp. Jerusalem Publishing House unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS013780I
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Cooke Hedley V.
CHALLENGE AND RESPONSE IN THE MIDDLE EAST: THE QUEST FOR PROSPERITY 1919-1951
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1952. HC. good tan cloth hardcover no dustjacket. B&W maps. Discusses the social and economic aspects of the Middle East as well as a possible method to be followed in future analyses of regional economic conditions--especially those which are designed to facilitate economic planning. 366pp. Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS029272I
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Pearn Norman Stone and Barlow Vincent
QUEST FOR SHEBA: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE ARABIAN QUEEN
London: Kegan Paul 2003. HC. fine pictorial boards hardcover. B&W illustrations. ISBN 0710308469 Authors found traces of Sheba's past - the only Queen in Arabian history. 258pp. Kegan Paul unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS038558I ISBN : 0710308469 9780710308467
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MacKey Sandra
The Saudis: Inside the Desert Kingdom
E Rutherford New Jersey U.S.A.: New Amer Library 1990. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. 5th Printing. Very good mass market paperback. Nice clean tight copy. New Amer Library Paperback
Bookseller reference : EF2025 ISBN : 0451170512 9780451170514
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Haker Erol
From Istanbul to Jerusalem. The Itinerary of a Young Turkish Jew
Istanbul Turkey: The Isis Press. 2003 Firt printing in trade paperback. 295 pp. Footnotes bibliography. Fine. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. BW3-3. The Isis Press. paperback
Bookseller reference : 259757 ISBN : 9754282498 9789754282498
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Hertz Rent-A-Car Road Map of Israel
Israel 1976. Map. Very Good. No Binding. Approx. 16.5"x 12" 4 fold printed on both sides. unknown
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Hildebrand's Travel Map of Israel
Germany: KartoGrafik Map. Very Good. No Binding. Circa 1979. Sixteen fold approx. 29.5"x24.5" printed on one side. Folded size approx. 5"x8.5". Karto+Grafik unknown
Bookseller reference : lgg
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Jerusalem - Bird's Eye View Street Map
Jerusalem: Aharon Bier 1983. Map. Illus. by Aharon Bier. Fair. No Binding. Approx. 16"x20" eightfold printed on both sides. Folded size approx. 4"x10". Aharon Bier unknown
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Map of Tel Aviv - Yafo
Tel Aviv: Israel Ministry of Tourism 1989. Map. Very Good. No Binding. Eightfold approx. 16"x17". Folded size approx. 8.5"x4". Israel Ministry of Tourism unknown
Bookseller reference : lgf
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King ABDULLAH preface signed
Kingdom of Peace
No Place Stated: Zohrab Markarian 1995. Book. Illus. by Zohrab. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. 4to - over 9�. This is no ordinary book. It is a celebration of two major events; the 60th birthday of H.M. King Hussein November 1995 and the celebration of the Peace Treaty 1994 between Jordan and Israel. Inscribed by King Abdullah II in 1995 asl Prince. Zohrab Markarian Hardcover
Bookseller reference : kh58
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Wamser; Weinke
Ehemals in Hamburg zu Hause: Judisches Leben am Grindel German Edition
VSA-Verlag 1991. TPB. G. GOOD-PLUS TRADE-PAPERBACK. VERY-GOOD EXCEPT ROUGH SPOT ON SPINE WHICH IS MENDED. . /KEYWORDS/: Hamburg Germany--Ethnic relations.; Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945--Germany--Hamburg.; Jews--Germany--Hamburg--History.; VSA-Verlag paperback
Bookseller reference : 80532 ISBN : 3879755264 9783879755264
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Edmonds I. G
The Shah of Iran: The Man and His Land
<p>1976 First Edition New Slight ruffling of dust jacket edges.</p> Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover
Bookseller reference : biblio64 ISBN : 0030155614 9780030155611
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Lewis David Levering
Gods Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe 570-1215
New York: W. W. Norton 2007. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing. 9&1/2" by 6&1/2". Black spine on light tan boards gilt title clean and tight 473 pages illustrated faint smudge on bottom page edge; jacket is clean and bright. W. W. Norton Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028283 ISBN : 0393064727 9780393064728
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Matthews Mark
The Lost Years: Bush Sharon and Failure in the Middle East
New York: Nation Books 2007. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Uncorrected Galley. 9" by 6". Red paper binding clean and tight 430 pages. Nation Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 027434 ISBN : 156858332X 9781568583327
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Jafarzadeh Alireza
Iran Threat The: President Ahmadinejad and the Coming Nuclear Crisis
Basingstoke Hants United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan 2007. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Printing. 9&1/2" by 6&1/2". Dark green binding with silver title clean and tight 284 pages; jacket is clean and bright. Palgrave Macmillan Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 026690 ISBN : 1403976643 9781403976642
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LA Guardia Anton
War Without End: Israelis Palestinians and the Struggle for a Promised Land
New York New York U.S.A.: Thomas Dunne Books 2002. Book. Fine. Hardbound. First Printing. 9&1/2" by 6&1/2". Black binding with red title clean and tight 408 pages photo illustrations; jacket is clean and bright. Thomas Dunne Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 026149 ISBN : 0312276699 9780312276690
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Rashidm Ahmed
Taliban: Militant Islam Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
New Haven and London: Yale University Press 2001. Trade Paperback As New. A book about the nature of local Central Asian politics and the consequences of interferences by outside powers. Correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowly world of the Taliban the world's most extreme and radical Islamic organization into sharp focus in this insightful book. Perhaps the only authoritative account of the Taliban available to English language readers explaining the Talibal's rise to power its impact on Afghanistan and the region its role in oil and gas company decisions and the effects of changing American attitudes. An excellent political and historical account. 279 pages with Appendices Notes and Index. 7.75 x 5 inches. 2001 Yale University Press New Haven and London Yale University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 027487 ISBN : 0300089023 9780300089028
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MIDDLE EAST.
Pictures from Antalya.
Turkish Press Broadcasting and Tourist Department. 1956. Profuse black and white photographic plates unpaginated some pale foxing original wrappers considerably worn spine torn with some loss edges trifle creased with few small tears contents sound. Collection of reproduced photographs showing treasures of history archaeology and art in Antalya in Turkey. . Turkish Press, Broadcasting and Tourist Department. unknown
Bookseller reference : 54594
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Fatima Mernissi
Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood
Perseus Books Group 1995. Text has pencil underlining and notes. Binding is tight and secure. Superior service: accurate descriptions prompt shipping and virtually all items carefully packed in boxes not envelopes . Trade Paperback. Fair. Perseus Books Group Paperback
Bookseller reference : 227440 ISBN : 0201489376 9780201489378
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Omar Qais Akbar
A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story
Farrar Straus and Giroux 2013. Nice copy with dust jacket. Just minor shelfwear. Pages of text are clean bright and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. Superior service: accurate descriptions prompt shipping and virtually all items carefully packed in boxes not envelopes . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Farrar, Straus and Giroux Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 227500 ISBN : 0374157642 9780374157647
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Geniesse Jane
Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark
Random House 1999. Nice copy with dust jacket. Just minor shelfwear. Pages of text are clean bright and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. Superior service: accurate descriptions prompt shipping and virtually all items carefully packed in boxes not envelopes . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Random House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 227497 ISBN : 0394583965 9780394583969
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Hakakian Roya
Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran
Broadway Books 2005. Nice copy with just minor edgewear. Pages of text are clean bright and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. Superior service: accurate descriptions prompt shipping and virtually all items carefully packed in boxes not envelopes . Trade Paperback. Very Good. Broadway Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 227495 ISBN : 0609810308 9780609810309
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Abinader Elmaz
Children of the Roojme: A Family's Journey from Lebanon
University of Wisconsin Press 2018. Nice copy with just minor edgewear. Pages of text are clean bright and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. Superior service: accurate descriptions prompt shipping and virtually all items carefully packed in boxes not envelopes . Trade Paperback. Very Good. University of Wisconsin Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 227498 ISBN : 0299157342 9780299157340
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Milani Abbas
Tales of Two Cities: A Persian Memoir Kodansha Globe
Kodansha Amer Inc 1997. Minor wear to edges/corners. Pages of text are clean bright and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. Superior service: accurate descriptions prompt shipping and virtually all items carefully packed in boxes not envelopes . Trade Paperback. Very Good. Kodansha Amer Inc Paperback
Bookseller reference : 227501 ISBN : 156836167X 9781568361673
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Rashidm Ahmed
Taliban: Militant Islam Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
New Haven and London: Yale University Press 2001. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean unmarked wrappers with slight edge wear. Pages clean no markings of any kind no creases. Cover flares up a bit. A book about the nature of local Central Asian politics and the consequences of interferences by outside powers. Correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowly world of the Taliban the world's most extreme and radical Islamic organization into sharp focus in this insightful book. Perhaps the only authoritative account of the Taliban available to English language readers explaining the Talibal's rise to power its impact on Afghanistan and the region its role in oil and gas company decisions and the effects of changing American attitudes. An excellent political and historical account. 279 pages with Appendices Notes and Index. 7.75 x 5 inches. 2001 Yale University Press New Haven and London Yale University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 023170 ISBN : 0300089023 9780300089028
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Rashidm Ahmed
Taliban: Militant Islam Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
New Haven and London: Yale University Press 2001. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean unmarked wrappers with slight edge wear. Pages clean no markings of any kind no creases. A book about the nature of local Central Asian politics and the consequences of interferences by outside powers. Correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowly world of the Taliban the world's most extreme and radical Islamic organization into sharp focus in this insightful book. Perhaps the only authoritative account of the Taliban available to English language readers explaining the Talibal's rise to power its impact on Afghanistan and the region its role in oil and gas company decisions and the effects of changing American attitudes. An excellent political and historical account. 279 pages with Appendices Notes and Index. 7.75 x 5 inches. 2001 Yale University Press New Haven and London Yale University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 006023 ISBN : 0300089023 9780300089028
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Ariel Sharon; David Chanoff
Warrior: An Autobiography
Simon & Schuster 1989. Nice copy with dust jacket. Just minor shelfwear. Pages of text are clean lightly toned and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. Superior service: accurate descriptions prompt shipping and virtually all items carefully packed in boxes not envelopes . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Simon & Schuster Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 227039 ISBN : 0671605550 9780671605551
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Queen Noor
Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life
Miramax 2003. Nice copy with dust jacket. Just minor shelfwear. Pages of text are clean bright and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. Superior service: accurate descriptions prompt shipping and virtually all items carefully packed in boxes not envelopes . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Miramax Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 226589 ISBN : 0786867175 9780786867172
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Albert Hourani
A History of the Arab Peoples
Belknap Press of Harvard University 1991. Nice copy with dust jacket. Just minor shelfwear. Pages of text are clean bright and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. Superior service: accurate descriptions prompt shipping and virtually all items carefully packed in boxes not envelopes . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Belknap Press of Harvard University Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 226686 ISBN : 0674395654 9780674395657
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Lewis Bernard
From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East
Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Clean wraps unmarked wear to extremities lower corner and lower corner of first few pages creased. Glued binding is tight and solid square. Pages are spotless no markings of any kind. Bernard Lewis has long been considered the West's leading interpreter of Mideast culture and history and one of the world's leading authorities on Islam. This book brings together four decades of writings and lectures with his reflections on Middle Eastern history and foreign affairs the Iranian Revolution the state of Israel and much more. 438 pages. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. 2005 Oxford University Press Oxford and New York. Oxford University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 027176 ISBN : 0195182537 9780195182538
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Phares Walid
The Coming Revolution: Struggle for Freedom in the Middle East
New York: Threshold Editions 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Remainder Threshold Editions 2010. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Remainder. Upper rear corner is lightly scuffed else Fine. Clean tight & solid volume. Internals as new. Jacket unclipped clean slight wear to edges. 383 pages with Notes and index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 2010 Threshold Edition New York. Threshold Editions hardcover
Bookseller reference : 026903 ISBN : 1439178372 9781439178379
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Trofimov Yaroslav
The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of al-Qaeda
New York: Doubleday 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Type: Ex-Library First Edition Ex-Library Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Library stamp on inside of covers and on upper edge-no other lib markings. Quite clean and unmarked book; backstrap partially loose from crash so front cover has some movement possible. b/w photographs. Pages spotless no creases. Orange and black unclipped jacket is bright and clean slight edgewear. New archival cover to jacket so tape residue strip from library jacket removal is on the book boards. SAUDI ARABIA HISTORY-SIEGE 1979 ABDULLAH AL QAHTANI AFGHANISTAN OSAMA BIN LADEN BRZEZINSKI ZBIGNIEW BEDOUINS BIN BAZ ABDELAZIZ GRAND MOSQUE IRAN IRAQ ISLAM KAABA VANCE CYRUS YEMEN UTEYBI JUHAYMAN BIN SELF 301 pages with Notes and Sources Index. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. 2007 Doubleday New York. Doubleday hardcover
Bookseller reference : 026730 ISBN : 0385519257 9780385519250
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Gelvin James L
The Modern Middle East: A History
New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press 2004. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. Trade Paperback As New. Second Printing of the First Oxford University Press Edition. Bright glossy clean illustrated wraps tight & solid square text block edges and pages are clean and unmarked. Vignettes and maps. A survey of the modern Middle East detailing the forces of progress reformation revolution and imperialism that all define this history. The author explores how the forces of global modernity have shaped the social economic cultural and political life in the region over the past 500 years. 357 pages with Timeline Biographical Sketches Glossary Credits Index. 6 x 9.25 inches. Oxford University Press New York and Oxford Oxford University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 026636 ISBN : 0195167899 9780195167894
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Lewin Jim
Notes On A Century: Reflections Of A Middle East Historian
New York: Viking/Penguin Group 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Type: Ex-Library First Edition. Hardcover Ex-Library Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Other than minimal library markings in Fine Condition. Very clean otherwise unmarked tight solid and square binding internals as new. Bernard Lewis has witnessed and participated in some of the key events of the last century. In this exceptional memoir he shares stories of his wartime service in London and Cairo decrypting intercepts for M16 with sometimes unexpected consequences. After the war he was the first Western scholar ever invited into the Ottoman archives in Istanbul. There are memorable encounters with Edward Kennedy the Shah of Iran Golda Meir Pope John Paul II and many others. He is internationally recognized as the greatest historian of the Middle East. 388 pages indexed. 6.25 x 9.4 inches. 2012 Viking/Penguin Group New York. Viking/Penguin Group hardcover
Bookseller reference : 026134 ISBN : 0670023531 9780670023530
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Kremmer Christopher
The Carpet Wars: From Kabul to Baghdad: A Ten-Year Journey Along Ancient Trade Routes
New York: HarperCollins 2002. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hardback First American Edition 2002. Firat published in Australia in 2002. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Black half cloth w/copper titles copper paper-wrappered boards half inche whitish mark on front near lower edge lower corners gently bumped else Fine quite clean binding tight solid and square. Internals in Fine Condition. Nine Parts separated with full page illustration and a decorated page. Two 8 page sections of illustrations on coated paper. Maps. Apart from oil carpets are the best known commodity in the Muslim world. Christopher Kremmer chronicles the fascinating ten-year journey along the ancient carpet trade route that runs through the world's most misunderstood and volatile regions--Afghanistan Iran Iraq India Pakistan and the former Soviet Union republics of Central Asia. The simplest motif on a rug can be filled with religious tribal and political significance places where life continues to bustle with bargaining and gossip at the bazaars whille nations crumble leaders fall confrontation between freedom and terror looms. It is also an historical snapshot of countries at the center of global confrontation that exploded onto the home front on September 11 2001. xii 448 pages with Notes Bibliography Glosary and Index. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. 2002 HarperCollins New York. HarperCollins hardcover
Bookseller reference : 026009 ISBN : 0060097329 9780060097325
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Goldschmidt Jr. Arthur
A Concise History of the Middle East 6th Edition
Boulder Colorade And Oxford UK: Westview Press 2002. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Type: Hardback Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Bright and clean red wraps with white titles and silver decoration with a whisper of wear. Tight solid and square binding. Internals as New. This sixth edition has been extensively revised to reflect the latest scholarship and the most recent events in the Middle East. A history of the turbulent Middle East from the beginnings of Islam to the present day 2002. It was written primarily for college student and no previous knowledge of this history is assumed. It focuses on the evolution of Islamic institutions and culture the influence of the West. the modernization efforts of Middle Eastern governments the struggle of various peoples for political independence the course of the Arab-Israeli conflict. the reassertion of Islamic values and power the aftermath of the Gulf War and issues surrounding the Palestinian question. An informative detailed balanced background into Middle East history. 447 pges with Chronology Glossary Bibliographic Essay and Index. 6 x 1.25 x 9 inches. 2002 Westview Press Boulder Colorade And Oxford UK Westview Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 025142 ISBN : 0813335051 9780813335056
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Anderson Scott
Lawrence in Arabia: War Deceit Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
New York New York USA: Anchor/Random House 2014. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Clean unmarked tight and solid volume gently used if at all. Military history researched in depth and at the center was Lawrence 1888-1935 himself. The Arab revolt against the Turks during WW I was a conflict shaped in large measure by a small handful of adventurers and low-level officers--Lawrence called it a "sideshow of a sideshow". Lawrence had been an archaeologist in 1914 excavating ruins in Syria--by 1917 he was becoming a legend at the head of an Arab army fighting a rearguard action against his own government and its imperial ambitions. And the author examines the complex politics of an era and how the modern Middle East was formed. 577 pages with Notes Bibliography and Index. 6.2 x 9.25 inches. Anchor/Random House New York New York USA Anchor/Random House paperback
Bookseller reference : 024063 ISBN : 0307476413 9780307476418
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Nordberg Jenny
The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan
U.S.A: Crown Publishers 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. An investigative Journalist writes about what it means to be a girl in Afghanistan--the birth of a boy is celebrated; the birth of a girl is viewed as a misfortune. And--a "bacha posh" translated from Dari as "dressed up like a boy" is a third kind of child temporarily raised as a boy and presented to the world as such. Vivid characters bring this story to life. Binding of black half cloth with gilt titles ivory paper-wrapped boards very clean spotless unmarked lower corners bumped; tight solid & square. Rough cut. Internals ans page edges quite clean no marks of any kind no creases. Clean jacket is unclipped faintg wear to some extremities. 350 pages with Notes and Index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 2014 Crown Publishers USA Crown Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023936 ISBN : 0307952495 9780307952493
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Mufti Shahan
The Faithful Scribe
New York New York USA: Other Press 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Type: Hard Back First Edition. Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket. Remainder red dot on lower edge of page block. Fine spotless spring green cloth binding with sharp and bright gilt titles; tight solid and square volume. Internals as new. A personal family history tracing origins back 1400 years to the inner circle of the prophet Muhammad offering a look at Pakistan's history; and also a larger story of the world's first Islamic democracy and how a state that once promised to bridge Islam and the West is now threatening to fall apart under historical and political pressure--and why this important to us all. 358 pages. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. 2013 Other Press New York New York USA Other Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023492 ISBN : 1590515056 9781590515051
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Karsh Efraim
Islamic Imperialism: A History
New Haven and London: Yale University Press 2006. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Just a whisper of wear to corners of cover and a tiny imperfection on front else fine. A very well documented history of Islamic imperialism from the 7th century and how the Muslim mainstream behaved toward its neighbors. For anyone who wants to understand the Middle East of today its history culture and religion. 284 pages with Notes and Index. 9.25 x 6.2 inches. 2006 Yale University Press New Haven and London. Yale University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 023498 ISBN : 0300106033 9780300106039
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Amos Deborah
Eclipse of the Sunnis: Power Exile and Upheaval in the Middle East
U.S.A: PublicAffairs 2011. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Type: Ex-Library Trade Paperback Ex-Library Book in Good Condition. Clean and except for minimal lib markings unmarked solid and tight. Endpaper has bar code blacked out and strip where card was removed; lib stamp on upper edge. Internals quite clean and free from any markings no creases. NPR Reporter Deborah Amos traveled from Amman to Beirut and Damascus tracking across the Middle East the Sunnis who were displaced by the collapse of Saddam Hussein's Iraq. It has been the largest exile community in post-World War II history. And now perhaps a greater on going on right now with the refugee situation. Amos shows how the region has been reinvented by the new Sunnni diaspora. Her work implicates the shortsighted American policy and also the age-old schism between Sunni and Shia and the maneuverings of meddling neighbors such as Syria. 230 pages with Index. 9 x 5.75 inches. 2011 PublicAffairs USA PublicAffairs paperback
Bookseller reference : 023499 ISBN : 158648950X 9781586489502
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Chayes Sarah
The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban
U.S.A: Penguin Press 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Remainder First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Remainder mk else Fine. 16 page Illustration section monochrome on coated paper. Green half cloth with black titles gray boards very clean and unmarked tight solid and square. Internals as new. An eyewitness account of the return to violence and corruption of warlordism in Afghanistan in the wake of the defeat of theTaliban. A powerful disturbing narrative of misguided U. S. policy and of how the deeply entrenched centuries-old tradition of tribal warlordism abides to this day. The author was an overseas correspondent for National Public Radio NPR on assignment in Afghanistan covering the last stand of theTaliban from their home base in Kandahar. When her tour ended in 2002 her commitment to help rebuild a broken nation was so deep that she accepted a job running a nonprofit founded by President Karzai's brother. She has witnessed the Afghanistan story unfold and this book tells her story and the story of what happened in Afghanistan. 386 pages. Chapter Notes and Index. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 2006 Penguin Press USA Penguin Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023617 ISBN : 1594200963 9781594200960
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Chandrasekaran Rajiv
Imperial Life in The Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone
U.S.A: Vintage Books/Random House 2007. First Thus. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. Vintage Books First Edition. Trade Paperback As New. Clean bright unmarked tight and square volume. " - - It should be read by anyone who wants to understand how things went so badly wrong in Iraq". From The New York TImes Book Review. 365 pages with Notes and Index. 5.2 x 8 inches. 2007 Vintage Books/Random House New York New York USA Vintage Books/Random House paperback
Bookseller reference : 022488 ISBN : 0307278832 9780307278838
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