Israel: A History by Anita Shapira
$29.99 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
Women With Mustaches and Men Without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity by Afsaneh Najmabadi
$57.95 AUD
Category: Middle East
Drawing from a rich array of visual and literary material from nineteenth-century Iran, this groundbreaking book rereads and rewrites the history of Iranian modernity through the lens of gender and sexuality. Peeling away notions of a rigid pre-modern Islamic gender system, Afsaneh Najmabadi provides a ...Show more
Cursed Victory: A History of Israel and the Occupied Territories by Ahron Bregman
$45.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
In a move that would forever alter the map of the Middle East, Israel captured the West Bank, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula in 1967's brief but pivotal Six Day War. Cursed victory is the first complete history of the war's troubled aftermath - a military occupation of the Palestinian ter ...Show more
On the Chocolate TrailA Delicious Adventure Connecting Jews, Religions, History, Travel, Rituals and Recipes to the Magic of Cacao by Deborah R. Prinz
$35.95 AUD
Category: Middle East
The next time you pick up a piece of chocolate, consider that you are partaking in an aspect of Jewish history. Explore the surprising Jewish connections to chocolate in this historical and gastronomic adventure through cultures, countries, centuries and religions. Rabbi Deborah Prinz draws from her wor ...Show more
Baghdad: City Of Peace, City Of Blood by Justin Marozzi
$24.99 AUD
Category: Middle East
Over thirteen centuries, Baghdad has enjoyed both cultural and commercial pre-eminence, boasting artistic and intellectual sophistication and an economy once the envy of the world. It was here, in the time of the Caliphs, that the Thousand and One Nights were set. Yet it has also been a city of great ha ...Show more
Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth by Noa Tishby
$26.99 AUD
Category: Middle East | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
A "fascinating and very moving" (Aaron Sorkin, award-winning screenwriter of The West Wing and The Social Network) chronological timeline spanning from Biblical times to today that explores one of the most interesting countries in the world--Israel.Israel. The small strip of arid land is 5,700 miles awa ...Show more
Israel: - A History by Anita Shapira; Anthony Berris (translator)
$35.00 AUD
Category: Middle East | Reading Level: very good
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
Islamic Enlightenment by Christopher de Bellaigue
$35.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE Selected as a book of the year 2017 by the Times Literary Supplement and the Sunday Times ('At a time when the gulf between Islam and the West yawns distressingly wide, De Bellaigue's book is a welcome and surprising corrective' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times) ...Show more
Cleopatra: The Queen who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity by Alberto Angela
$34.99 AUD
Category: Middle East
One of Italy's most revered cultural figures reconstructs the extraordinary life of the legendary Cleopatra at the height of her power in this epic story of passion, intrigue, betrayal, and war. Our world today would not be the same without Cleopatra. While she is one of the most famous figures in hist ...Show more
August in Kabul: America's last days in Afghanistan by Andrew Quilty
$34.99 AUD
Category: Middle East
Told through the eyes of witnesses to the fall of Kabul, Walkley award-winning journalist Andrew Quilty's debut publication offers a remarkable record of this historic moment As night fell on 15 August 2021, the Taliban entered Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. After a 20-year conflict with the United Stat ...Show more
The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland by Shlomo Sand
$36.99 AUD
Category: Middle East
What is a homeland, and when does it become a national territory? Why have so many people been willing to die for such places throughout the twentieth century? What is the essence of the Promised Land? Following the acclaimed and controversial The Invention of the Jewish People, Shlomo Sand examines the ...Show more
Mecca: The Sacred City (Spine Broken) by Ziauddin Sardar
$29.99 AUD
Category: Middle East
Mecca is the heart of Islam. It is the birthplace of Muhammad, the direction towards which Muslims turn when they pray and the site of pilgrimage which annually draws some three million Muslims from all corners of the world. Yet Mecca's importance goes beyond religion. What happens in Mecca and how Musl ...Show more