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Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society
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Janet L Abu-Lughod
A beautifully-written--almost poetic--ethnography of the Bedouins in Egypt as well as a study of gender relations through analysis of their oral lyric poetry.
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Shah of Shahs
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Ryszard Kapuscinski
In this book, the author brings a mythographer's perspective and novelist's virtuosity to bear on the overthrow of the last Shah of Iran, one of the most infamous of the United States' client-dictators, who resolved to transform his country into 'a second America in a generation', only to be toppled virtually overnight.
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Inside the Kingdom: My Life in Saudi Arabia
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Immediately after September 11, 2001, Carmen bin Laden knew that her name would engender responses from others--for she knew in her heart that the person behind the events of that day was her brother-in-law, Osama bin Laden. In her revealing memoir, INSIDE THE KINGDOM, Carmen tells what it was like for a European woman to marry into a wealthy ...
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Princess Sultana's Circle
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Jean Sasson
As with her two previous bestsellers "Princess" and "Princess Sultana's Daughters", the story of Sultana continues now with "Princess Sultana's Circle". It is a haunting look at the danger of Saudi male dominance and the desperate lives of the women they rule.
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Out of Egypt: A Memoir
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Andre Aciman
Aciman has written a touching and affectionate portrait detailing the lives of his flamboyant Jewish family, from its bold arrival in Alexandria to its defeated exodus three generations later. In elegant and witty prose, Aciman introduces us to the marvelous eccentrics who shaped his life--his uncle, two grandmothers, and an aunt.
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Ages in Chaos
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Immanuel Velikovsky
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Bible as History
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Werner Keller
This classic book grew out of the fascination that German journalist, Werner Keller, developed when he began to learn that the work of archaeologists and historians corroborated Biblical accounts which he had hitherto dismissed as mere "pious tales.
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Hatchepsut: The Female Pharoah
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Joyce A Tyldesley
Queen - or, as she would prefer to be remembered King - Hatchepsut was an astonishing woman. Brilliantly defying tradition she became the female embodiment of a male role, dressing in men's clothes and even wearing a false beard. Forgotten until Egptologists deciphered hieroglyphics in the 1820's, she has since been subject to intense speculation ...
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In an Antique Land: History in the Guise of a Traveler's Tale
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Ghosh Amitav, Amitav Ghosh
In an Antique Land is a brilliant hybrid, a subversive history in the guise of a traveller's tale. It tells the story of two Indians in Egypt. The first was a twelfth-century slave; the second is Amitav Ghosh, who stumbled upon the slave in the margins of letters that were written by the slave's master. His curiosity piqued - even ill-defined, the ...
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The White Nile
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Alan Moorehead
The story of the Nile, from the Mountains of the Moon to the Mediterranean. The tale starts with Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke setting out to find the sources of the Nile. It continues with Baker of the Nile and his wife struggling with malaria, and of the famous greeting between Stanley and Livingstone. The book examines the results of ...
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The Mars Mystery: The Secret Connection Between Earth and the Red Planet
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Graham Hancock
In his most topical book yet, the author of the bestselling "Fingerprints of the Gods" and "The Message of the Sphinx" reveals evidence that a direct connection exists between Earth and an ancient Martian civilization. 16-page photo insert. 25 line drawings.
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Cities
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John Reader
This book explores the city's raisons d'etre, functions and forms, its achievements and problems, from fortifications to sewers, factories to markets, theatres and bars. John Reader's history of Africa was praised by the "Sunday Times" for 'masterfully [ranging] across time and space, making extraordinary and thought-provoking connections'. His ...
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Egyptian Magic
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Professor E A Wallis Budge
Although a belief in magic predated a belief in God in ancient Egypt, study of the religious texts has revealed that for the Egyptians, religion and magic were inseparable. Throughout their development into one of the most highly intellectual peoples, the Egyptians had a widespread belief in spells, magical names, amuletes and enchantments that ...
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Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs: Official Companion Book to the Exhibition Sponsored by National Geographic
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Zahi A Hawass, Zahi A Hawas, Kenneth Garrett (Photographer)
The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun - the most spectacular royal tomb ever found - is one of the most famous events in the history of archaeology. The treasures of this tomb surpass all others and the 50 Tutankhamun artifacts featured in this book illustrate many uses of gold and other precious materials in ancient Egypt, providing us with a ...
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The Ottoman Empire, 1700-1922
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Donald Quataert
The Ottoman Empire, 1700-1922 is the latest addition to the successful textbook series New Approaches to European History, and strikes a balance between social, economic, and political history. The Ottoman Empire was one of the most important non-Western states to survive from medieval to modern times, and played a vital role in European and ...
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Dervish: The Rise and Fall of an African Empire
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Philip Warner
Using first hand accounts and diaries of participants, this work describes the growth of the Mahdist movement and the devotion and discipline of the Dervish troops. Set against them, with stoic endurance, were British Egyptian and Sudanese soldiers.
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Hatchepsut: 4the Female Pharaoh
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Joyce A Tyldesley
This is a biography of Queen Hatchepsut, who ruled Ancient Egypt for over 20 years. She was an extremely powerful woman who lived a long, successful and well-documented life. This book examines her complex family history, the extraordinary events which led to her 4the throne and her habit of presenting herself as a man, even wearing a false beard.
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Ramses II & His Time
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Immanuel Velikovsky
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Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea and the Holy Land
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John Lloyd Stephens
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.
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Cleopatra and Antony: Power, Love, and Politics in the Ancient World
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Diana Preston
Much mythology has grown up around the world's best-remembered celebrity couple, all of which Preston explores in her stirring history of the lives and times of a couple who--more than two millennia later--still invokes passion, curiosity, and intrigue.
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Egypt - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
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Jailan Zayan
"Culture Smart! Egypt" explains how to avoid cultural gaffes when out and about in the country. Giving the historical, political and cultural background, the guide reveals how to read body language and be aware of potential pitfalls in communication, and at the same time provide the cultural essentials business travellers need to successfully ...
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The Jews of Arab Lands
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Norman A Stillman
A comprehensive and articulate history of the turbulent and complex relationships in the Middle East that brillantly captures the people and the history.
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Three Empires on the Nile: The Victorian Jihad, 1869-1899
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Dominic Green
In a dramatic narrative, acclaimed historian Green recounts the clash between Victorian Britain and a militant Islamist state that eerily foreshadows the 21st century. of full-color photos.
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A Portrait of Egypt: A Journey Through the World of Militant Islam
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Mary Anne Weaver
This study of Egyptian politics examines the coming conflict between the secular forces which have ruled the government for decades, the increasingly militant Islamic clerics and their followers, and the consequences for the West of a shift in power.
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The land of the Bible: a historical geography
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Yohanan Aharoni
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