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Every Man in This Village is a Liar: An Education in War
Megan Stack - Doubleday; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A shattering account of war and disillusionment from a young woman reporter on the front lines of the war on terror. A few weeks after the planes crashed into the World Trade Center on 9/11, journalist Megan K. Stack, a twenty-five-year-old national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times,... |
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The Faith: A History of Christianity
Brian Moynahan
Format: Print book
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Beginning with the birth of Jesus and tracing the religion established by his followers up to the present day, The Faith is a comprehensive exploration of the history of Christianity. Judiciously covering all the signal moments without bogging down in minutia, author Brian |
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Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East
Michael Roaf - Facts on File
Format: Print book
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An exploration into the geography, history, archaeology and anthropology of the Near East from pre-history to 330 BC. Coverage includes early farming, the move towards civilization, the urban explosion, warring states, trade, international empires and conquerors from East and West. |
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Exploring Ancient Egypt
Ian Shaw
Format: Book
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Exploring Ancient Egypt, the fifth volume in the Places in Time series, reveals the excitement of science and history as it tours archaeological discoveries from ancient Egypt. Each of twenty chapters treats a particular site, reflecting a variety of site types (pyramids, roc |
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Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire
Jason Goodwin - Henry Holt and Co.; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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Since the Turks first shattered the glory of the French crusaders in 1396, the Ottoman Empire has exerted a long, strong pull on Western minds. For six hundred years, the Empire swelled and declined. Islamic, martial, civilized, and tolerant, in three centuries it advanced from the dusty... |
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Islam: Faith and History
Mahmoud M Ayoub
Format: Hardcover
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Combining the personal with the scholarly, this innovative introduction gives the reader an insight into Islam and its rich history. |
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The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople
Jonathan Phillips - Viking
Format: Print book
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In 1202, zealous western Christians gathered in Venice determined to liberate Jerusalem from the grip of Islam. But the crusaders never made it to the Holy Land. Steered forward by the shrewd Venetian doge, they descended instead on Constantinople, wreaking devastation so terrible... |
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Chronicles of the Crusades
Elizabeth M Hallam
Format: Book
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A stunningly illustrated and accessible history of the Crusades from both sides of the war, from the 11th century to the 16th century, focuses on the eyewitness accounts of those who took part. Illustrations. |
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Holy War: The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World
Karen Armstrong
Format: Paperback
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Karen Armstrong, bestselling author of A History of God, skillfully narrates this history of the Crusades with a view toward their profound and continuing influence. In 1095 Pope Urban II summoned Christian warriors to take up the cross and reconquer the Holy |
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19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East
Naomi Shihab Nye - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Tell me how to live so many lives at once ..."Fowzi, who beats everyone at dominoes; Ibtisam, who wanted to be a doctor; Abu Mahmoud, who knows every eggplant and peach in his West Bank garden; mysterious Uncle Mohammed, who moved to the mountain; a girl in a red sweater dangling... |
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam
Format: Book
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The Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam is a poem of high divine and spiritual meaning. The beauty and simplicity of this poem is so immaculate that people of all faiths and those who have no faith at all can seek divine solace in it. Omar has used popular metaphors in his passionate praise |
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The New Book of Middle Eastern Food
Claudia Roden
Format: Print book
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In this updated and greatly enlarged edition of her Book of Middle Eastern Food, Claudia Roden re-creates a classic. The book was originally published here in 1972 and was hailed by James Beard as "a landmark in the field of cookery"; this new version represents t |
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Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
Michael B Oren - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book
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In Israel and the West it is called the Six Day War. In the Arab world, it is known as the June War, or simply as "the Setback." Never has a conflict so short, unforeseen and largely unwanted by both sides so transformed the world. The Yom Kippur War, the war in Lebanon, the Camp... |
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Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present
Michael B. Oren - W. W. Norton & Company; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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“Will shape our thinking about America and the Middle East for years.”—Christopher Dickey, Newsweek This best-selling history is the first fully comprehensive history of America’s involvement in the Middle East from George Washington to George W. Bush. As Niall... |
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Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid
Jimmy Carter - Simon & Schuster; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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President Carter, who was able to negotiate peace between Israel and Egypt, has remained deeply involved in Middle East affairs since leaving the White House. He has stayed in touch with the major players from all sides in the conflict and has made numerous trips to the Holy Land, most... |
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Overview Series - The Palestine-Israeli Accord
Phyllis Corzine
Format: Book
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Political events are constantly reshaping the world around us. The modern world has witnessed the spectacle of divided nations reuniting, whole nations splintering, and systems and traditions nurtured and developed over decades collapsing and being replaced by new systems and trad |
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Inside Hamas: The Untold Story of the Militant Islamic Movement
Zaki Chehab - Nation Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The radical Islamist movement Hamas shocked the world when it won a landslide election victory in January 2006 in the Palestinian occupied territories. One of the few journalists not to be surprised by this outcome was Zaki Chehab who has developed an international reputation as a fearless... |
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Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East
Robin Wright - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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A field report by a renowned regional specialist documents the major crises that have overshadowed the Middle East throughout the past thirty years, offering insight into the decisive events that are unfolding in todays world. 50,000 first printing. |
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The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State
William McCants - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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The Islamic State is one of the most lethal and successful jihadist groups in modern history, surpassing even al-Qaeda. Thousands of its followers have marched across Syria and Iraq, subjugating millions, enslaving women, beheading captives, and daring anyone to stop them. Thousands more... |
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SEE YOU IN NEW YORK
Mike Evans
Format: Print book
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The race is on to stop another deadly terrorist attack on American soil. When the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was released from U.S. custody in Iraq a few years ago, he turned to his former guards and said, "See you in New York." Rather than an idle boast, this |
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And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades in the Middle East
Richard Engel - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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When he was just twenty-three, a recent graduate of Stanford University, Richard Engel set off to Cairo with $2,000 and dreams of being a reporter. Shortly thereafter he was working freelance for Arab news sources and got a call that a busload of Italian tourists were massacred at a Cairo... |
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The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat
Vali Nasr - Random House Audio
Format: Hardcover
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Former State Department advisor for Afghanistan and Pakistan and best-selling author Vali Nasr delivers a sharp indictment of Americas flawed foreign policy and outlines a new relationship with the Muslim world and with new players in the changing Middle East.In this essential new book,... |
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Notes on a Century: Reflections of a Middle East Historian
Bernard Lewis - Viking Adult
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Went Wrong? tells the story of his extraordinary lifeAfter September 11, Americans who had never given much thought to the Middle East turned to Bernard Lewis for an explanation, catapulting What Went Wrong? and later Crisis of Islam to become... |
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