Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World by Shereen el Feki
$34.95 AUD
Category: Middle East
In the political unrest that has swept across the Arab region in 2011, all eyes have been on the streets and squares erupting in protest. But for the past four years, Shereen El Feki has been looking at upheaval a little closer to home - in the sexual lives of men and women across the Arab world. The re ...Show more
In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire by Tom Holland
$55.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
The acclaimed author of "Rubicon" and other superb works of popular history now produces a thrillingly panoramic (and incredibly timely) account of the rise of Islam. No less significant than the collapse of the Roman Republic or the Persian invasion of Greece, the evolution of the Arab empire is one o ...Show more
The Secret War with Iran: The 30-year Covert Struggle for Control of a Rogue State by Ronen Bergman
$28.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
With nuclear aspirations, an Islamic theocracy, oil riches, and a leadership given to inflammatory rhetoric, Iran is the bogeyman of global politics. This book presents an account of a vast conflict being fought under the public's radar. It provides insight into the power struggle at the heart of the Mi ...Show more
Revolution 2.0 by Wael Ghonim
$30.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
"The power of the people is stronger than the people in power." Social media allow ideas to be shared. They are places where people can unite, Revolutions can begin. A new type of Revolution -- Revolution 2.0 Wael Ghonim used to be a man unwilling to publicly criticise the Egyptian regime. Like many, he ...Show more
In Ishmael's House: A History of Jews in Muslim Lands by Martin Gilbert
$35.00 AUD
$55.00 (36% off)
Category: Middle East
The relationship between Jews and Muslims has been a flashpoint that affects stability in the Middle East and has consequences around the globe. This book challenges the standard media portrayal and presents an account of hope, opportunity, fear, and terror that have characterized these two people throu ...Show more
Disordered World : Setting a New Course for the Twenty-First Century by Amin Maalouf
$45.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
In this brilliant exploration of the post-9/11 world, leading Lebanese novelist and intellectual Amin Maalouf sets out to understand how we have arrived at such disorder. He explores three different but related aspects of disorder: intellectual (manifested in an unleashing of statements on identity that ...Show more
Explorers of the Nile : The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure by Tim Jeal
$50.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
Between 1856 and 1876, five explorers, all British, took on the seemingly impossible task of discovering the source of the White Nile. Showing exceptional courage and extraordinary resilience, Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, Samuel Baker, David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives ...Show more
Lisbon: War in the Shadows of the City of Light, 1939-45 by Neill Lochery
$35.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
Throughout World War II, Lisbon was at the centre of world attention. The only European city in which both the Allies and the Axis powers openly operated, it was also a temporary home to much of Europe's exiled royalty; over one million refugees seeking passage to America; and a host of spies, secret po ...Show more
Jerusalem, Jerusalem : How the Ancient City Ignited Our Modern World by James Carroll
$35.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
James Carroll tells the richly layered story of the city of Jerusalem and its extraordinary impact on human history and contemporary conflict. He shows how the seemingly never-ending conflicts within this city that is holy to Muslims, Christians, and Jews underscore an important point of history: religi ...Show more
The Murder of King Tut by James Patterson
$32.95 AUD
Category: Middle East
Since 1922, when Howard Carter discovered Tut's 3,000-year-old tomb, most Egyptologists have presumed that the young king died of disease, or perhaps an accident, such as a chariot fall. But what if his fate was actually much more sinister? Now, in THE MURDER OF TUT, James Patterson and Martin Dugar ...Show more
The House of Wisdom: How Arabs Transformed Western Civilization by Jonathan Lyons
$25.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
For centuries following the fall of Rome, Western Europe was backward and benighted, locked into the Dark Ages and barely able to tell the time of day. Augustine had decreed that belief not reason should be the guiding light of Christian thinking, and partially as a result its people lived in a world of ...Show more