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1	From Beirut to Jerusalem more books like this by Thomas L Friedman (Read by) add to wishlist A Second Edition of Thomas Friedman's stunning book, the first edition of which won the American National Book Award. 'If you're only going to read one book on the Middle East, this is it.' Seymour Hersh In this lucid, incisive and memorable book, acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic, Friedman reaches deeper into the traumatic and complex ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	O Jerusalem! more books like this by Larry Collins add to wishlist An account of the bitter 1948 dispute between the Arabs and Jews over Jerusalem, highlights the role of the British as well as prominent individuals in the struggle. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.69! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Blood Brothers more books like this by Elias Chacour add to wishlist Chacour blends his riveting life story with historical research to reveal a little-known side of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the birth of modern Israel. He touches on controversial questions, such as "What behind-the-scenes politics touched off the turmoil in the Middle East?" "What does Bible prophecy really have to say?" and "Can bitter ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Crusades Through Arab Eyes more books like this by Amin Maalouf add to wishlist Maalouf's account of the Crusades relies on Arabic testimonies of the event--some contemporary chronicles, others historical eyewitnesses to the invasion--effectively giving Western readers the other side of the Crusades story. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $10.16! \| first editions \| SVS
5	From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict Over Palestine more books like this by Joan Peters add to wishlist see all copies from $2.71! new only from $18.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate more books like this by Professor Leila Ahmed add to wishlist This book presents an historical overview of women and gender in Islam. It is written from a feminist perspective, using the analytic tools of contemporary gender studies. The results of its investigations cast new light on the issues covered. see all copies from $7.57! new only from $11.94! \| first editions \| SVS
7	History of the Arab Peoples more books like this by Professor Albert Hourani add to wishlist This history of the countries where Arabic is the main language of speech and culture, stretching from Morocco to Iraq, covers the period from the 7th to the 10th century, when the new religion of Islam carried the Arabic language with it and created an Arabic Muslim world. The story is carried up to the 1980s and the author shows how Arab history ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.88! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Arab Mind more books like this by Raphael Patai add to wishlist Both the student and the layperson will welcome this penetrating and lucid study of the people of the Middle East. The Arab Mindource for understanding a complex culture. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	The Arabian Nights more books like this by Husain Haddawy (Translator) add to wishlist Now as sumptuously packaged as they are critically acclaimed, these are new deluxe trade paperback editions of the beloved stories. Husain Haddawy's "highly recommended" ("The Times") translation of "The Arabian Nights" is based on a landmark reconstruction of the earliest extant manuscript version. Readers of this classic will also want Sindbad, ... see all copies from $7.81! new only from $10.85! \| SVS
10	The Hawk and the Jewel more books like this by Lori Wick add to wishlist An adventurous and romantic novel, set in the 19th-century British Empire, by the author of Whatever Tomorrow Brings. A young sea captain is dispatched to the small but rich country of Darhabar to retrieve a 13-year-old English girl who was shipwrecked there as an infant. The two soon become fast friends--a friendship that gradually leads to a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Israel: A History more books like this by Sir Martin Gilbert add to wishlist An account of the founding of the modern state of Israel, written by the renowned British historian. Gilbert describes the rise of modern Zionism, the political maneuvering during the First World War, the effect of the Nazi massacre of the European Jews, and the terrorist commandos who were instrumental in establishing the world's first Zionist ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team more books like this by George Jonas add to wishlist "Vengeance" is a true story that reads like a novel. It is the account of five ordinary Israelis, selected to vanish into "the cold" of espionage secrecy -- their mission to hunt down and kill the PLO terrorists responsible for the massacre of eleven Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972. This is the account of that secret mission, as ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Arabs & Israel for Beginners more books like this by Ron David, Susan David (Illustrator) add to wishlist The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is in the headlines daily, but do most Americans really understand what it is about? With dramatic events happening almost every day in this region, and the US government increasingly becoming involved, the American public deserves to hear both sides. "Arabs & Israel For Beginners "provides an intelligent, in-depth ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
14 view cover	The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World more books like this by AVI Shlaim add to wishlist A revisionist Israeli historian offers a history of modern Israel that differs from the standard Israeli national narrative. see all copies from $8.45! new only from $13.76! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Arabian Nights more books like this by Mark Twain, Earle Goodenow (Illustrator) add to wishlist A collection of tales told by Scheherazade to amuse the cruel sultan and stop him from executing her as he had his other daily wives. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.92! \| SVS
16 view cover	Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age 1798-1939 more books like this by Professor Albert Hourani add to wishlist Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age is the most comprehensive study of the modernizing trend of political and social thought in the Arab Middle East. Albert Hourani studies the way in which ideas about politics and society changed during the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth centuries, in response to the expanding influence of Europe. ... see all copies from $5.50! new only from $27.95! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night more books like this by J C Mardrus, E P Mathers add to wishlist This first of four volumes accurately translating the wonderful tales of the Arabian nights. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.79! \| first editions
18 view cover	Islamic Activism: A Social Movement Theory Approach more books like this by Mark Tessler (Editor), Quintan Wiktorowicz (Editor), Charles Tilly, Ph.D. (Foreword by) add to wishlist This volume represents the first comprehensive attempt to incorporate the study of Islamic activism into social movement theory. It argues that the dynamics, processes, and organization of Islamic activism can be understood as important elements of contention that transcend the specificity of "Islam" as a system of meaning and identity and a basis ... see all copies from $16.77! new only from $31.14! \| SVS
19 view cover	The Boats of Cherbourg more books like this by Abraham Rabinovich add to wishlist Based on more than 100 interviews with Israeli naval and civilian personnel and with French and U.S. authorities, this book reveals the fascinating story behind the revolutionary missile boats used so effectively by Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. see all copies from $3.11! new only from $57.31! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights more books like this by Sir Richard Francis Burton (Translator), A S Byatt (Introduction by) add to wishlist An unexpurgated edition of Richard Burton's classic translation of "The Thousand and One Nights." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.08! \| SVS
21 view cover	Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea and the Holy Land more books like this by John Lloyd Stephens add to wishlist Classic 19th-century account by explorer who discovered Mayan ruins. Pyramids, temple of Karnak, Petra, other locales, also much of Middle Eastern life and culture. 38 illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.99! \| first editions
22 view cover	Arabs in History more books like this by Bernard W Lewis add to wishlist This account of the history of the Arabs, from pre-Islamic times to the present day, considers Arabic culture, society and politics, as well as the place of the Arabs in human history. In this new edition of an established work, Professor Lewis examines the key issues of Arab development - their identity, the national revival which cemented the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	A Blood-Dimmed Tide: Dispatches from the Middle East more books like this by Professor Amos Elon add to wishlist In 21 essays on the Middle East, covering the period from the Six-Day War up to Benjamin Netanyahu's recent election as Israel's prime minister, Amos Elon traces the trajectory of politics and the course of relations between Jews and Arabs during the last three decades. see all copies from $2.71! new only from $2.71! \| first editions
24 view cover	Global Studies: The Middle East more books like this by William Spencer add to wishlist "The Global Studies" series is designed to provide comprehensive background information and selected world press articles on the regions and countries of the world. This tenth edition of "Global Studies: Middle East" provides an introduction to the status and problems of the Middle East - through essays, statistics, current world press readings, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.82! \| SVS
25 view cover	A Concise History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict more books like this by Ian J Bickerton, Carla L Klausner add to wishlist For undergraduate courses in History, Political Science, Jewish Studies, International Relations, Foreign Relations, and Diplomatic History that specifically cover the Arab-Israeli Conflict or the Middle East. This concise and comprehensive text presents a balanced, impartial, and well-illustrated coverage of the history of the Arab-Israeli ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.80! \| first editions

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