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Best of Enemies: A History of US and Middle East Relations, Part One: 1783-1953
- ASIN: 1906838453
- ISBN: 1906838453
- Brand: Self Made Hero
- Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams
“Best of Enemies is surely destined to stand alongside Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis as a graphic history of the Middle East. A must read for anyone interested in learning, or teaching, about the region.”—Mark Levine, professor of history at UC-Irvine and author of Heavy Metal Islam In the third volume of their graphic history of US and M... [Read More]
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Best of Enemies: A History of US and Middle East Relations, Part Three: 1984-2013
- ASIN: 1910593451
- ISBN: 1910593451
- Manufacturer: SelfMadeHero
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A Book of Middle Eastern Food
- ASIN: 0394719484
- ISBN: 0394719484
- Manufacturer: Vintage
More than 500 recipes from the subtle, spicy, varied cuisines of the Middle East, ranging from inexpensive but tasty peasant fare to elaborate banquet dishes.
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The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home
- ASIN: B01CO34IQM
- Brand: Unknown
- Manufacturer: Atria Books
From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Girls of Atomic City comes the fascinating true story behind the magnificent Gilded Age mansion Biltmore—the largest, grandest residence ever built in the United States.Orphaned at a young age, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser claimed lineage from one of New York’s best known families. She grew up in... [Read More]
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Seven: A Novel (Middle Eastern Fiction S)
- ASIN: 0863560881
- ISBN: 0863560881
- Manufacturer: Saqi Books
Gulnar, a mythical embodiment of womanhood, relates the tale of the seven men from Araby, ostensibly the crème de la crème of the nation, the pillars of rectitude and the symbols of power and influence. They all coveted her body and only sheer lust after her made them agree to make it to her Greek Island. But Gulnar was of no easy virtue and woul... [Read More]
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Best of Enemies: A History of US and Middle East Relations, Part Two: 1954-1984
- ASIN: 1906838844
- ISBN: 1906838844
- Brand: Selfmadehero
- Manufacturer: SelfMadeHero
TThe second volume of Jean-Pierre Filiu and David B.’s graphic novel history of US–Middle East relations begins in the 1950s with the Eisenhower Doctrine and ends with the Lebanese War of 1982. A perceptive and authoritative account of this turbulent historical period, Best of Enemies provides an overview of the Six-Day War between Israel and t... [Read More]
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The Spanish, Middle Eastern & African Cookbook: Over 330 Dishes Shown Step By Step In 1400 Photographs, Classic And Regional Specialties Include Tapas ... Dishes, Tangy Fish Curries And Exotic Sweets
- ASIN: 1844779564
- ISBN: 9781844779567
- Manufacturer: Southwater
Explore the fascinating tastes and traditions of Spain, Africa and the Middle East in the ultimate recipe collection with everything from tapas to tagines.
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Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arab
- ASIN: 0967673747
- ISBN: 0967673747
- Brand: Windsor-Brooke Books, LLC
- Manufacturer: Windsor-Brooke Books, LLC
Sultana is a Saudi Arabian princess, a woman born to fabulous, uncountable wealth. She has four mansions on three continents, her own private jet, glittering jewels, designer dresses galore. But in reality she lives in a gilded cage. She has no freedom, no control over her own life, no value but as a bearer of sons. Hidden behind her black floor-le... [Read More]
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The Ruins of Us: A Novel
- ASIN: B005DIB58A
- Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Saudi-born author Keija Parssinen’s stunning debut offers the intricate, emotionally resonant story of an American expatriate who discovers that her husband, a Saudi billionaire, has taken a second bride—an emotionally turbulent revelation that blinds them both to their teenaged son’s ominous first steps down the road of radicalization. Reade... [Read More]
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Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East (ALA Notable Books for Adults)
- ASIN: B00BH0VSPI
- Manufacturer: Anchor
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All That's Left to You: A Novella and Short Stories (Interlink World Fiction)
- UPC: 884128687547
- ASIN: 1566565480
- ISBN: 1566565480
- Manufacturer: Interlink Books
"All That's Left to You presents the vivid story of twenty-four hours in the real and remembered lives of a brother and sister living in Gaza and separated from their family. The desert and time emerge as characters as Kanafani speaks through the desert, the brother, and the sister to build the powerful rhythm of the narrative. The Palestinian atta... [Read More]
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Aunt Safiyya and the Monastery (Literature of the Middle East)
- ASIN: 0520200756
- ISBN: 9780520200753
- Manufacturer: University of California Press
This brief, beautifically crafted novel introduces one of the finest contemporary Arab novelists to English-speaking audiences. In it, Bahaa' Taher, one of a group of Egyptian writers―including the Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz―noted for their revealing portraits of Egyptian life and society, tells the dramatic story of a young Muslim who, when... [Read More]
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Fuzzy Mud
- ASIN: 0385370229
- ISBN: 0385370229
- Brand: YEARLING
- Manufacturer: Yearling
From Louis Sachar, the multi-award-winning author of Holes, comes the New York Times bestseller that's been nominated for 13 state awards and counting! They got lost.The world got scared.And the mud got fuzzy.Fifth grader Tamaya Dhilwaddi and seventh grader Marshall Walsh have been walking to and from Woodridge Academy together since elementary sc... [Read More]
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Sura-Sura: A Text for Intermediate Japanese (Far Eastern Publications Series)
- ASIN: 0887101860
- ISBN: 0887101860
- Brand: Brand: Yale University Press
- Manufacturer: Yale University Press
This intermediate level text presents short stories and essays in modern Japanese, alongside exercises and other helpful aids.Sura-Sura is written with the two-fold purpose of increasing proficiency in the language and affording an opportunity to gain insights into modern Japanese culture. Lesson topics range from economics and history to politics,... [Read More]
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The Committee: A Novel (Middle East Literature In Translation)
- ASIN: 0815607261
- ISBN: 0815607261
- Brand: Brand: Syracuse University Press
- Manufacturer: Syracuse University Press
This wry take on Kafka’s novel The Trial revolves around its narrator’s attempts to petition successfully the elusive ruling body of his country, known simply as “the Committee.” Consequences for his actions range from the absurd to the hideous.Ibrahim offers an unbroken first-person narrative rendered in brief, crisp prose framed by a cons... [Read More]
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American Orientalism: The United States and the Middle East since 1945
- ASIN: 0807858986
- ISBN: 0807858986
- Brand: The University of North Carolina Press
- Manufacturer: The University of North Carolina Press
Douglas Little explores the stormy American relationship with the Middle East from World War II through the war in Iraq, focusing particularly on the complex and often inconsistent attitudes and interests that helped put the United States on a collision course with radical Islam early in the new millennium. After documenting the persistence of "ori... [Read More]
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Doña Gracia's Gold Pendant: A Historical Novel
- ASIN: B07T6J9TJT
Imagine having to guard the secret of your family under the threat of mortal dangerThis historical novel is a story of love, jealousy, intrigue, mortal terror – of family secrets, courage, and devotion. It depicts the wide-ranging journey of Doña Gracia Nasi, a wealthy young Jewish widow from a family of forced converts, exiled from Spain in the... [Read More]
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Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service
- ASIN: B007HBLPO0
- Manufacturer: Ecco
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Year of the Elephant: Revised Edition (Modern Middle East Literature in Translation)
- ASIN: 0292721722
- ISBN: 0292721722
- Manufacturer: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin
The novella and eight short stories that constitute Year of the Elephant—an allusion to a battle described in the Qur'an—serve as an eloquent representation of life in the wake of Morocco's successful struggle for independence from French occupation. In the titular novella the protagonist, Zahra, has just returned to her hometown after being di... [Read More]
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Muhammad Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab: The Man and his Works (Library of Middle East History)
- UPC: 884171069925
- ASIN: 1845117913
- ISBN: 1845117913
- Brand: Brand: I. B. Tauris
- Manufacturer: I.B.Tauris
The Saudi religious reform movement of the 18th and 19th centuries, known in the west as Wahhabism, is one of the most controversial and misunderstood religious movements of the modern Middle East. This biography of its founder, Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab, is the first serious English-language account written not from a Western, but an Arabian pers... [Read More]
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