The Ottomans - Khans, Caesars and Caliphs by Marc David Baer
$27.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
The Ottoman Empire has long been depicted as the Islamic-Asian antithesis of the Christian-European West. But the reality was starkly different: the Ottomans' multiethnic, multilingual, and multireligious domain reached deep into Europe's heart. In their breadth and versatility, the Ottoman rulers saw t ...Show more
Operation Trojan Horse: The true story behind the most shocking government cover-up of the last thirty years by DAVIS, STEPHEN
$33.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
**Soon to be a major TV drama** The true story behind the secret of Flight 149 and the most shocking government cover-up of the last thirty years. On 1 August, 1990, British Airways Flight 149 departed from Heathrow airport, destined for Kuala Lumpur. It never made it there, and neither did its nearly 4 ...Show more
Beirut 2020: The Collapse of a Civilization, a Journal by Charif Majdalani
$28.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
When Charif Majdalani begins to walk the streets of his city, and to write down what he sees, the first hints of unrest within a vibrant culture creep to the fore. 'The author's home town is falling apart. Lebanon's capital ... has morphed into a symbol of devastation and hatred and madness. Majdalani i ...Show more
Two Afternoons in the Kabul Stadium: A History of Afghanistan through Clothes, Carpet and the Camera by Tim Bonyhady
$35.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
From the complete coverage of chadaris to mini-skirts, and back again. From ancient carpet designs to woven depictions of tanks and Kalashnikovs. From photographs of unveiled women to an image of horror-the execution of a kneeling woman known as Zaremeena, videoed covertly by one of the few watching wom ...Show more
The Sins of the Sheikh: Abduction, Intimidation and Intrigue Inside the Royal House of Dubai by Tom Steinfort
$34.99 AUD
Category: Middle East
The Sins of the Sheikh tells the dark story of abduction, cover-ups, brutality and intimidation within the mysterious royal family of Dubai, ruled by the iron fist of its patriarch, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.Dubai is feted internationally as a beacon of modernity- glittering skyscrapers, a c ...Show more
Daughters of Kobani by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
$33.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
The extraordinary story of the women who took on the Islamic State and won. In 2014, northeastern Syria might have been the last place you would expect to find a revolution centered on women's rights. But that year, an all-female militia faced off against ISIS in a little town few had ever heard of: Ko ...Show more
The Arab Conquests: The spread of Islam and the first caliphates by Justin Marozzi
$35.00 AUD
Category: Middle East | Series: The\Landmark Library
In the 7th and 8th centuries AD, armies inspired by the new religion of Islam burst out of Arabia to subjugate the Levant, southwest Asia, North Africa and the Iberian peninsula. These Arab conquests followed immediately after the Prophet Mohammed's death in 632. By this time, against all the odds, he h ...Show more
Alexandria: The Quest for the Lost City Beneath the Mountains by Edmund Richardson
$30.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
'Full, extraordinary, heart-breaking ... utterly brilliant' - William Dalrymple 'Impressive ... Masson has at last found the intrepid biographer he has so long deserved' - John Keay For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a meeting point of East and West. Then it vanished. In 18 ...Show more
The Spymaster of Baghdad by Margaret Coker
$35.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
'Authentic, moving, visceral, chilling, utterly revelatory, truly masterful. A stunning tour de force by an author who has lived every word of it on the ground. A story of our time that absolutely needs to be told' Damien Lewis, author of Zero Six Bravo The Spymaster of Baghdad is the gripping story of ...Show more
Queens of Jerusalem - The Women Who Dared to Rule by Katherine Pangonis
$33.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
Debut by an exciting young narrative historian - a revisionist history of Medieval Palestine In 1187 Saladin's armies besieged the holy city of Jerusalem. He had previously annihilated Jerusalem's army at the battle of Hattin, and behind the city's high walls a last-ditch defence was being led by an unl ...Show more
Epic Iran by Tim Ina Sarikhani Sandmann John Curtis
$80.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
A stunning introduction to the material culture of some of the great civilizations of Asia Iran was the home of some of the greatest civilizations of both the ancient and medieval worlds, but these achievements remain poorly known and largely misunderstood outside the country. Epic Iran tells the st ...Show more
Redeployment by Phil Klay
$20.00 AUD
Category: Middle East | Series: Canons Ser.
The New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-winning story collection which takes readers to the frontline of the Iraq wars. 'A must read' - Guardian