No Good Men Among the Living by Anand Gopal
$39.95 AUD
Category: Middle East
In the popular imagination, Afghanistan is often regarded as the site of intractable conflict, the American war against the Taliban a perpetually hopeless quagmire. But as Anand Gopal demonstrates in this stunning chronicle, top Taliban leaders were in fact ready to surrender within months of the U.S. i ...Show more
My Promised Land - The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel by Ari Shavit
$35.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND THE ECONOMISTWinner of the Natan Book Award, the National Jewish Book Award, and the Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardAn authoritative and deeply personal narrative history of the State of Israel, by one of ...Show more
Egyptian Myths by Garry J. Shaw
$27.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
This handy guide to Egyptian mythology explores how the ancient Nile-dwellers explained the world around them. It delves into the origins of life, the creation and evolution of the world, and the reigns of the gods on earth, before introducing us to the manifestations of Egypt_s deities in the natural e ...Show more
The Nile: Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present by Toby Wilkinson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Middle East
Egypt is the most populous country in the world's most unstable region. It is the key to Middle East peace, the voice of the Arab world and the crossroads between Europe and Africa. Its historical and strategic importance is unparalleled. In short, Egypt matters. And the key to Egypt - its colourful pas ...Show more
My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel by Ari SHAVIT
$45.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
An authoritative and deeply personal narrative history of the State of Israel, by one of the most influential journalists writing about the Middle East today. Not since Thomas Friedman's groundbreaking From Beirut to Jerusalem has a book captured the Middle East as keenly and dynamically as My Promised ...Show more
Israel: - A History by Anita Shapira; Anthony Berris (translator)
$35.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
Written by one of Israel's most notable scholars, this volume provides a breathtaking history of Israel from the origins of the Zionist movement in the late 19th century to the present day. Anita Shapira's gripping narrative explores the emergence of Zionism in Europe against the backdrop of relations a ...Show more
Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan: The Battle for Afghanistan by William Dalrymple
$25.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
From William Dalrymple--award-winning historian, journalist and travel writer--a masterly retelling of what was perhaps the West's greatest imperial disaster in the East, and an important parable of neocolonial ambition, folly and hubris that has striking relevance to our own time.With access to newly d ...Show more
Destiny Disrupted - A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes by Tamim ANSARY
$25.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
We in the west share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civilization whose citizens shared an entirely different narrative for a thousand years. In Destiny Disrupted, Tamim Ansary tells the rich story of world history as the Islamic world saw it, from the time of Mo ...Show more
Cairo in the War: 1939-45 by Artemis Cooper
$23.00 AUD
$30.00 (23% off)
Category: Middle East
For troops in the desert, Cairo meant fleshpots or brass hats. For well-connected officers, it meant polo at the Gezira Club and drinks at Shepheard's. For the irregular warriors, Cairo was a city to throw legendary parties before the next mission behind enemy lines. For countless refugees, it was a sto ...Show more
Notes on a Century: Reflections of a Middle East Historian by Bernard Lewis
$30.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
After 9/11, people who had never given much thought to the politics of the Middle East found themselves wondering why there was such rage brewing in the region. Many of them turned to Bernard Lewis for an explanation. The world's pre-eminent historian of the Middle East, Lewis was among the first to ide ...Show more
Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan - SIGNED by William Dalrymple
$49.99 AUD
Category: Middle East
In the spring of 1839, the British invaded Afghanistan for the first time. Led by lancers in scarlet cloaks and plumed shakos, nearly 20,000 British and East India Company troops poured through the high mountain passes and re-established on the throne Shah Shuja ul-Mulk. On the way in, the British faced ...Show more
The Arab Uprisings: The People Want the Fall of the Regime by Jeremy Bowen
$20.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
Jeremy Bowen has been the BBC's Middle East correspondent for twelve years and has been on the ground for them as the recent revolutions have swept through the region. Realising this as a game-changing moment in the history of the Middle East, The Arab Uprisings captures the thoughts and feelings of the ...Show more