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Bad Days in Basra

The phonecall came from out of the blue, just when Sir Hilary Synnott was looking forward to retirement after helping steer India and Pakistan back from the verge of nuclear war. It's about Iraq. We...

The Physician as a Rebellious Intellectual

The medical section of the Kitab al-Nasihatayn or Book of the Two Pieces of Advice by the medieval author cAbd al-Latif ibn Yusuf al-Baghdadi (1162-1231) challenges the idea that Arabic-Islamic medici...

Een nieuwe geschiedenis van de islamitische wereld

De wereld die zich uitstrekt tussen de Middellandse Zee en de Centraal-Aziatische steppes, kent van oudsher een rijke en bepalende geschiedenis. Dit was niet anders toen Arabieren in de 7de eeuw, Turk...

Xerxes in Griekenland

In 'Xerxes in Griekenland' hervertelt historicus Jona Lendering het verhaal van de Perzische Oorlogen. Jona Lendering vertelt in 'Xerxes in Griekenland' het verhaal van een grote historische confronta...

The Ancient Languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabia

This book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, describes the ancient languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabia, for the convenience of students and specia...

The Golden Warrior

'The best study of Lawrence of Arabia' Sunday Times Controversial and provocative, revised and updated, this edition of Lawrence James' acclaimed biography penetrates and overturns the mythology wh...

The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin or al-Nawadir al-Sultaniyya wa'l-Mahasin al-Yusufiyya by Baha' al-Din Ibn Shaddad

Saladin is perhaps the one and only Muslim ruler who emerges with any clarity in standard tales and histories of the Crusades; this is a translation of Baha' al-Din Ibn Shaddad's account of his life a...

Understanding Iraq

A historical explanation of the U.S.'s decision to intervene in Iraq explains the Middle-Eastern nation's potential future role in the face of the world's growing energy needs, offering insight into t...

Come with Me from Lebanon

Ann Kerr's is a personal account of an American family during the most tumultuous years of Beirut's political strife. It begins with the tragic assassination of her husband Malcolm Kerr, one of the mo...

Discover The Land Of Israel

"Discover the Land of Israel - Volume Two" with Yossi Maimon. As you read the pages of this book, think of yourself on tour with Maimon, who is an Israeli tour guide in the Land of Israel, in Eretz Ha...

One That Got Away

Eight members of the SAS set off on the mission. Only one evaded capture. This is his true story. The SAS mission conducted behind Iraqi lines is one of the most famous true stories of courage and...