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(Paperback)
By: Professor Anita Shapira
ISBN: 9781780227399
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2015
UK Publication Date: 26th February 2015
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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A timely and definitive narrative history of Israel in the context of the modern Jewish experience and the Middle East. Ideal for anyone seeking to understand the roots of the current conflict in Gaza.
(Hardback)
By: Scott Anderson
ISBN: 9781529155266
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2025
UK Publication Date: 7th August 2025
Publisher: Cornerstone
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(Paperback)
By: Robert Graves
ISBN: 9781609808204
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2020
Publisher: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
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The story of the Middle East in the early 20th century, through the eyes of two of that period's greatest Englishmen.
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By: Avi Shlaim
ISBN: 9780141017280
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2008
UK Publication Date: 27th November 2008
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Peace-broker, statesman, charismatic ruler and master of realpolitik, Hussein of Jordan was one of the dominant figures in Middle Eastern politics, its most continuous presence, and one of the most consistent proponents of peace with Israel. This title offers an account one of the most important figures in the turbulent history of the Middle East.
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By: James Barr
ISBN: 9781471139802
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2019
UK Publication Date: 1st July 2019
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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Between 1945 and 1970, America replaced Britain as the dominant power in the Middle East in an extraordinary role reversal. Lords of the Deserttells this story.
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By: Dr David Cesarani
ISBN: 9780099522874
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2010
UK Publication Date: 4th March 2010
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Now it sent its top man after Farran.
This story of violence, cover ups and expediency reveals the full extent and ambition of Jewish terrorist attacks on Britain and throws light on Britain's legacy in the Middle East, with remarkable echoes of today's War on Terror.
(Paperback)
By: Gwendolyn Leick
ISBN: 9780140265743
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2002
UK Publication Date: 29th August 2002
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Situated in an area roughly corresponding to Iraq, Mesopotamia is one of the great, ancient civilizations. Yet, over 7,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, the very first cities were created. This book reveals how life was lived in ten Mesopotamian cities: from Eridu, the Mesopotamian Eden, to that potent symbol of decadence, Babylon.
(Paperback)
By: Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh
ISBN: 9781733628167
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
UK Publication Date: 23rd August 2023
Publisher: Sequence Press
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(Hardback)
By: Dr. Anna Borshchevskaya
ISBN: 9781350379770
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Mar 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: Emran Iqbal El-Badawi
ISBN: 9780861544455
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Apr 2023
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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A groundbreaking examination of female power in pre-Islamic Arabia
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By: Janet Soskice
ISBN: 9780099546542
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2010
UK Publication Date: 5th August 2010
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Tells the story of how Scottish twin sisters made one of the most important manuscript finds of the nineteenth century - an early copy of the gospels which lay hidden in the Sinai desert.
(Paperback, Main)
By: George Packer
ISBN: 9780571230440
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2007
UK Publication Date: 18th January 2007
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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Astonishing in its scale and ambition, this is the most balanced and accomplished book about the Iraq war so far.
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By: Reverend Nadim Nassar
ISBN: 9781473671546
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2019
Publisher: John Murray Press
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A fresh look at how understanding Jesus in his Middle-Eastern context transforms our understanding of God.
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By: Fouad Ajami
ISBN: 9780375704741
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Aug 1999
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
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With an insider's insight and an exile's regret, an internationally respected commentator on Arab affairs delves into his generation's lost dreams of secular nationalism and modernity.
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By: David Hirst
ISBN: 9780571219452
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2005
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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Narrates the history of the conflict between Jews and Arabs in Palestine since the 1880s, from the arrival of the first Zionist pioneers. This updated edition of Hirst's classic work explains why the history of Palestine is still relevant to what is happening in the region now.
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By: Alia Malek
ISBN: 9781568588445
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2018
Publisher: Bold Type Books
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Alia Malek weaves a lyrical narrative around the history of her family's apartment building in the heart of Damascus, the many lives that crossed in the stairwell, and how the fates of her neighbors reflect the fate of her country.
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By: Ilan Pappe
ISBN: 9781784782016
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2016
Publisher: Verso Books
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A major new history of Zionism and Israel, by the renowned author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.
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By: Sandy Tolan
ISBN: 9780552155144
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2008
UK Publication Date: 10th March 2008
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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Both are inevitably swept up in the fates of their people and the stories of their lives form a microcosm of more than half a century of Israeli-Palestinian history.
What began as a simple meeting between two young people grew into a dialogue lasting four decades.
(Paperback)
By: Dionisius A. Agius
ISBN: 9781838603427
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: Nazila Fathi
ISBN: 9780465069996
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2014
Publisher: Basic Books
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A veteran political correspondent presents a ground-level history of Iran since 1979, showing how the country's enduring reform movement will reshape the country-if the West gives it the chance
(Paperback)
By: Neil MacFarquhar
ISBN: 9781586488116
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2010
Publisher: PublicAffairs,U.S.
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Introduces a cross-section of unsung, dynamic men and women pioneering political and social change.
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By: Bernard Lewis
ISBN: 9781842121399
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 2002
UK Publication Date: 3rd December 2001
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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A survey of the history and civilisations of the Middle East.
(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
By: Philip Robins
ISBN: 9781780749419
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2016
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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A fully revised and updated edition of this popular Beginner's Guide, covering the complexities of the Arab Spring.
(Paperback)
By: David Commins
ISBN: 9781784536824
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Wahhabism has been generating controversy since it first emerged in Arabia in the 18th century.
