The Morning They Came for Us

Doing for Syria what Imperial Life in the Emerald City did for the war in Iraq, The Morning They Came for Us bears witness to one of the most brutal, internecine conflicts in recent history. Drawing f...

Freedom Sailors

FREEDOM SAILORS is a much-needed account of how a small group of ordinary people conceived and executed what seemed like a grandiose and audacious plan to break Israel's illegal military blockade of t...

Arabian Personalities of the Early Twentieth Century

An Unexpected Light

With a New Afterword by the Author Part travelogue, part historical evocation, part personal quest, and part reflection on the joys and perils of passage, this acclaimed synthesis of description and...

Contested Spaces in Contemporary Turkey

The most significant political development of the post-Cold War era was, arguably, the diffusion of neoliberalism across the globe. Yet behind the illusion of abundance and development, the 'rule of t...

Content and Context of the Visual Arts in the Islamic World

Ottoman Lyric Poetry

Like a treasure-filled storehouse to which we have lost the key, Ottoman lyric poetry is almost unknown today, particularly among Western readers. Yet, during the centuries in which the Ottoman Empire...

Interviews with History

About The Interviews With History Series The goal of the Interviews With History series is to provide concise biographical information for people who want to read biographies, but do not have the time...

Picturesque Palestine- Picturesque Palestine

Christians of all denominations, as well as broad-minded people of many faiths, have for centuries been fascinated with the story of the earthly travels of Jesus Christ. For many, however, especially...

Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra

Few other civilizations rival Ancient Egypt in its power to capture the modern imagination, and Cleopatra VII, monarch at the end of the Ptolemaic period, has always been preeminent among its cast of...

The Ancient Assyrians

This volume in the Elite series details the organization and equipment of the forces of ancient Assyria, the world's first professional army and the scourge of the biblical Middle East.