Pratiquement inconnu jusqu'alors sur les registres de l'Histoire, le peuple perse, depuis sa base de l'Iran méridional (Fars), se lance vers 550 av. J.-C. dans une aventure prodigieuse qui, sous la...

The social, political, and historical context of the current Israeli-Palestinian War told through the stories of the author’s family and village. "Ramzy Baroud's sensitive, thoughtful, searching...

Israeli citizens speak out for peace and reconciliation. The Other Israel is an urgent and passionate intervention by Israeli citizens challenging the continued occupation of Palestinian territory...

This book is a chapter-by-chapter analysis and documentation of the power of Israel via the Israeli, Jewish or Pro-Zionist Lobby on US Middle East policy. It raises serious questions as to the...

The invasion of Iraq may well be remembered as the first oil currency war. Far from being a response to 9/11 terrorism or Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, Petrodollar Warfare argues that...

In July 2004, federal agents raided the homes of five Palestinian-American families, arresting the five dads. The first trial of the "Holy Land Foundation Five" ended in a hung jury. The second,...

Sayed Darwish (1892 - 1923) is considered Egypt’s greatest modern composer and musical pioneer. Besides writing Egypt’s national anthem and the scores for a series of blockbuster musicals, he...

A single-volume reference containing analysis and commentary on the 2003 war with Iraq. It features a history of the region; policies that led to confrontation; and the complex problems affecting...

Ships out within 24 hours. Pages in decent condition. Some highlighting/writing. Some moderate to heavy bending. No extras, just textbook (no CD-ROM, access kit or code, study guide, etc.).

Most ancient history focuses on the urban elite. Papyrology explores the daily lives of the more typical men and women in antiquity. Aphrodito, a village in sixth-century AD Egypt, is antiquity's...

"In this lucid and scholarly guide to the sites in and around Jerusalem that can be legitimately linked to Jesus, John Wilkinson provides not only the details of where events took place, but also...

Long before the momentous Iranian Revolution of 1979, which placed the country under strict religious rule, Shusha Guppy grew up in a Persia delicately balanced between traditional Islamic society...

Of the various monopolies exercised by the Ottoman ruling stratum in their long domination over South-eastern Europe, the most lasting in its effects was their monopoly over information. The scanty...

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