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1	Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled more books like this by Dorothy Gilman add to wishlist Part-time CIA agent Mrs. Pollifax drops her gardening gloves and travels to Damascus, where an American woman has been kidnapped while thwarting a skyjacking attempt. With the help her companion, Farrell, and a young archaeologist named Joe Fleming, Mrs. Pollifax endures captivity and torture to save both the girl and a portion of the Middle East. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Forty Days of Musa Dagh more books like this by Franz Werfel add to wishlist This stirring, poignant novel, based on real historical events that made of actual people true heroes, unfolds the tragedy that befell the Armenian people in the dark year of 1915. The Great War is raging through Europe, and in the ancient, mountainous lands southwest of the Caspian Sea the Turks have begun systematically to exterminate their ... see all copies from $4.00! first editions \| SVS
3	The Magus of Strovolos: The Extraordinary World of a Spiritual Healer more books like this by Kyriacos C Markides add to wishlist In this vivid account, Kryiacos C Markides introduces to us the rich and intricate world of Daskalso, The Magus of Strovolos. In what appears at first to be an exercise in fantasy, we see Daskalos draw on seemingly unlimited mixture of esoteric teachings, psychology, reincarnation, demonology, cosmology and mysticism, from both eastern and western ... see all copies from $3.20! new only from $7.50! \| SVS
4	Come, tell me how you live more books like this by Agatha Christie add to wishlist Agatha Christie's memoirs about her travels to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s with her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan Agatha Christie was already well known as a crime writer when she accompanied her husband, Max Mallowan, to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s. She took enormous interest in all his excavations, and when friends asked what her strange ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.64! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Aromas of Aleppo: The Legendary Cuisine of Syrian Jews more books like this by Poopa Dweck, Michael J Cohen, Quentin Bacon (Photographer) add to wishlist " When the Aleppian Jewish community migrated from the ancient city of Aleppo in historic Syria and settled in New York and Latin American cities in the early 20th century, it brought its rich cuisine and vibrant culture. Most Syrian recipes and traditions, however, were not written down and existed only in the minds of older generations. Poopa ... see all copies from $33.00! new only from $33.00!
6	Come tell me how you live more books like this by Agatha Christie Mallowan add to wishlist Agatha Christie was already a celebrated writer of mysteries when, in 1930, she married the archaeologist Max Mallowan. In the pre-war years thereafter, Christie enthusiastically joined her husband on various archaeological expeditions in the Middle East, and these shared adventures, these happy and memorable times, provided her not only with the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.95! \| first editions
7	Asad: The Struggle for the Middle East more books like this by Patrick Seale add to wishlist 'This is a book in the finest tradition of investigative scholarship. The research is awesome...Seale's great strength is his ability to explain the confusing kaleidoscopic nature of Middle Eastern diplomacy. He understands the game being played and also knows the players...[An] impressive book' - "Los Angeles Times Book Review". see all copies from $4.00! new only from $27.95! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Discovery of Dura-Europos more books like this by Clark Hopkins, Bernard Goldman (Editor) add to wishlist From the third century A.D. until the 1920s, the ancient city of Dura, which the Greeks called Europos, lay covered by the sands of time. Today, hardly a book that touches on the ancient Eastern Mediterranean or on the development of art and religion in the West is without reference to the spectacular discoveries made at this site on the western ... see all copies from $2.05! new only from $75.31! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam more books like this by Diane Stanley add to wishlist This is a biography of Saladin, a 12th-century ruler who is known as "the Muslim saint-king." Illustrated with color paintings. Named one of the Best Children's Books 2002 by Publishers Weekly. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.08! \| SVS
10	The Art of Syrian Cookery more books like this by Helen Corey add to wishlist Over 250 authentic Syrian and Lebanese recipes adapted for the American kitchen. Includes a glossary of Arabic terms and indexes in both Arabic and English. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $55.00!
11	Canaanite Myths and Legends more books like this by John C Gibson add to wishlist The tablets of poetic mythological texts unearthed during the excavation of Urgarit are here edited and translated to shed new light on the religion and literature of the ancient world. 'The tablets...a.re of great importance for the study of literature and religion in an area of the ancient world which chiefly through the avenue of the Hebrew ... see all copies from $32.68! new only from $41.98! \| SVS
12 view cover	The New Lion of Damascus: Bashar Al-Asad and Modern Syria more books like this by David W Lesch add to wishlist Is Syria a rogue state? How important is it to the fates of Iraq, Iran, Israel and Lebanon? This is the inside story. David Lesch has had unique and extraordinary access to Syria's President, his circle and his family. At a critical juncture in the history of the Middle East this is the essential account of contemporary Syria and its enigmatic ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Eastern Arabic more books like this by Frank A Rice, Majed F Sa'id (Editor) add to wishlist The Middle East has become an increasingly important place in the minds and concerns of the English-speaking world. This volume, originally published under the title Jerusalem Arabic, is the gold standard for anyone beginning to learn the Arabic spoken by the Palestinians, or those who live in Syria or Lebanon. Written in transcription using the ... see all copies from $4.27! new only from $29.09! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Damascus Nights more books like this by Rafik Schami, Philip Boehm (Translator) add to wishlist A variety of tales, each spun by a different narrator. see all copies from $4.25! new only from $31.27! \| first editions
15 view cover	Night Falls on Damascus more books like this by Frederick Highland add to wishlist Police Inspector Nikolai Faroun is caught up in a complex murder investigation of the beautiful and controversial Vera Tamiri. He suspects that she may have fallen victim to a gruesome crime of passion. However, he soon realises that there is more to this crime than a jealous lover. In a city seething with anger and revolt, Inspector Faroun begins ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.98! \| first editions
16 view cover	Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period more books like this by E R Goodenough add to wishlist This volume presents an abridged edition of Erwin Goodenough's 13-volume work, an attempt to encompass human spiritual history in general through the study of Jewish symbols in particular. Revealing that the Jewish religion of the Greco-Roman period was much more varied and complex than the extant Talmudic literature would lead us to believe, ... see all copies from $18.40! new only from $193.36! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	An Arab-Syrian Gentleman and Warrior in the Period of the Crusades: Memoirs of Usamah Ibn-Munqidh more books like this by Usamah add to wishlist The life of Us mah ibn-Munqidh epitomized the height of Arab civilization as it flourished in the period of the early Crusades. His memoirs present an uncommon non-European perspective and understanding of the military and cultural contact between East and West, Muslim and Christian. His writing is remarkable for its narrative clarity, its ... see all copies from $9.97! new only from $18.50! \| first editions \| SVS
18	Our man in Damascus, Elie Cohn more books like this by Elie Ben-Hanan add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Middle East on the Eve of Modernity: Aleppo in the 18th Century more books like this by Professor Abraham Marcus add to wishlist -- Book News see all copies from $3.70! new only from $4.00! \| SVS
20	Saladin in His Time more books like this by P H Newby add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $51.90! \| first editions
21	Seventh Sanctuary more books like this by Daniel Easterman add to wishlist Murder shatters the calm of a Cambridge cloister. On the other side of the world, archaeologist and Mossad agent, David Rossen, is attacked and his Arab assistant brutally slaughtered. In Israel, two people are disintegrated in a bomb blast. The Third Reich is dead - the Fourth is ready to begin. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $56.92! \| first editions
22 view cover	Colonial Citizens: Republican Rights, Paternal Privilege, and Gender in French Syria and Lebanon more books like this by Professor Elizabeth Thompson add to wishlist French rule in Syria and Lebanon coincided with the rise of colonial resistance around the world and with profound social trauma after World War I. In this tightly argued study, Elizabeth Thompson shows how Syrians and Lebanese mobilized, like other colonized peoples, to claim the terms of citizenship enjoyed in the European metropole. The ... see all copies from $8.45! new only from $23.74! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool: A Syrian Journey more books like this by Marius Kociejowski add to wishlist The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool presents the reader with a completely fresh and unexpected face of Syria. This ancient land is only slowly opening up to foreign travellers and remains for many a sinister and forbidding destination. Based on five journeys to Syria, the genius of Marius Kociejowski's book lies not in offering a ... see all copies from $3.56! new only from $10.33! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Arabic-English/English-Arabic Concise Romanized Dictionary: Egyptian and Syrian more books like this by Richard Jasch, Richard Jaschke add to wishlist A guide to conversational Arabic, the dictionary features both the Syrian and Egyptian dialect. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
25 view cover	Chronicle of Pseudo-Joshua the Stylite more books like this by Joshua, Frank R Trombley (Introduction by), John W Watt (Introduction by) add to wishlist This is a translation of a Syriac text, probably written by an inhabitant of Edessa (now in modern-day Turkey), almost immediately after the conclusion of the war between Rome and Persia in 502-506 CE. The chronicle describes the region, the events leading up to the war and the plague and famine that followed. see all copies from $21.01! new only from $24.46!

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