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Instantly recognizable with his iconic eye patch, Moshe Dayan (1915-1981) was one of Israel's most charismatic-and controversial-personalities. As a youth he earned the reputation ...
Afghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the ...
A fascinating collection of medieval Arabic travel writing, translated into English by Paul Lunde and Caroline Stone
In 922 AD, an Arab envoy from Baghdad ...
Working simultaneously on two levels, Saladin represents the best kind of biography--a portrait of a man who is said to have made an age, and ...
James Carroll, author of the award-winning, bestselling Constantine's Sword , tells the richly layered story of the city of Jerusalem and its extraordinary impact on ...
While the modern nation can trace its origins back to 1747, the history of Afghanistan is far more ancient. It has long been an ancient ...
Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgement ...
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 ...
Western exploration of the Arabian Desert began in the mid-eighteenth century, but it was not until the nineteenth century that the British officers of the ...
For most of his long reign (1953-1999) Hussein of Jordan was one of the dominant figures in Middle Eastern politics, its most continuous presence, and ...
Iran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult country. But beneath the headlines there is a fascinating story of a nation of ...
Philip Mansel's highly acclaimed history of Constantinople (formerly known as Byzantium) absorbingly charts the interaction between the vibrantly cosmopolitan capital - the city of the ...
This is an intimate insight from the heart of the secret kingdom. This is a thoughtful, incisive portrait of a fractured nation whose many faces ...
With a new introduction by Christopher de Bellaigue
Shah of Shahs depicts the final years of the Shah in Iran, and is a compelling meditation ...
