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Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: Harvard University Press, 2000. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gaze toward the Nile from the desert hills of Mukattam, and the vast city of Cairo unfolds before you, with its monumental architecture, teeming populace, and thousands of years of rich history. The extraordinary tapestry of Cairo's past and present comes vividly to life in this magisterial study by Andre Raymond, arguably the premier social historian of the Arab world. The most deeply observed and historically nuanced account ever given of the greatest Arab city of northern Africa, this book shows us Cairo from the glimmer of its beginnings in the Arab conquest of Egypt in 640 through its transformation into the modern center of Middle Eastern life today. Here are the Fatimids, the Mamluks, and the Ottomans, the invasions, dynastic changes, and religious conflicts that one after another altered and shaped Cairo's destiny. And here, alongside rulers and religious… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks, 1991. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0671732919. The Inside Story of the Palestinian Uprising That Changed the Middle East Equation. 356 pages. In 1987, after 20 years of Israeli occ upation, the West Bank and Gaza erupted in Palestinian rebellion. The Israelis, the PLO, the Jordanians, and the United States were all taken by surprise. Drawing on a wide range of sources and exclu s ive inside documents, Schiff and Ya'ari describe how this spontaneous outburst developed into an organized revolt that has become, in effect, a third front for Israel..

Eugene, OR, U.S.A.: Harvest House Publishers, 1996. Hard Cover. As New/As New. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:1565074033. 1st printing. The curtain rises in the sixth century B.C. at a time when, from all outward appearances, the Jewish people had reason to be confident about their future. Little did they expect that some of the choices they had made over the centuries would severely alter the course of their history-and ultimately lead to a precipitous downfall at the hands of the most powerful empire in the Eastern world. From that time onward, To The World, She Was Just A Jew.Israel, My Beloved, takes you on an unforgettable journey through the long night of Jewish despair. So intense is the human drama that you become like an eyewitness.recoiling at the desecration wrought by Grecian and Roman rulers, fleeing from the bl ood thirsty swords of the Crusaders, outwitting the determined proponents of the Third Reich's "final solution and more. History comes… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Signet, 1979. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The thrilling true account of the most guarded secrets and daring exploits of Israel's undecover agents. "Reads like a nov el of international intrigue!" 8 pages of rare photos! A beautiful Jewish Mata Hari inspires an Arab air ace to defect with his ultra-secret Russian MIG. Adolf Eichmann is tracked in a global hunt tha t climaxes with his kidnapping in Argentina. An Israeli agent moves to the rbink of becoming Syria's Minister of Defense. A "German" playboy uses a deluge of gold and a flood of champagne to seduce t h e Egyptian high command. The French governement has a fleet of warships hijacked from its most secure harbor. Neutral Switzerland becomes the scene of the most sensational undercover triumph ever e n gi neered. These are among the exploits revealed in all their incredible daring and drama by the first journalists ever allowed… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Military Press, 1984. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. More than 300 illustrations. The Rise and Fall of Imperial Japan is the tragic and noble history of a gallant people led into a misguided war. The millions who suffered in Asia and the Pacific in the wake of the Japanese War Machine bear silent tribute to its folly. In 1868, Japan emerged from feudalism and civil conflict as a comparitively undeveloped industrial state. Within a generation, Japan had risen to the ranks of the foremost industrial and military powers in the Western Pacific. A generation later, Japan had become the paramount power in East Asia, and her naval and air forces spread Japanese power across the Pacific. This War Machine swept across China, and Manchuria; it's air forces pummeled Pearl Harbor and Darwin; it's armies marched to Singapore and the gates of India. It's navies seized some Aleutian Islands and strafed the California coast. By 1942 the world had come to know the… Read More

The National Geographic Society, 1972. Hard Cover. As New/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. illustrated with color photographs & figures. "In THE VIKINGS, author Howard La Fay recounts the daily life of the Northmen as determine d by archeologists who have excavated their townsites and ship burials. He enters the blood-reeking world of the Norse gods, and brings compellingly to life heroic Viking leaders: Eric Bloodax, Leif t he Lucky, Olaf the Stout, Harald Hardraada. More than 60 photographs by Ted Spiegel complement the superb text." The books is in fantastic shape. Anyone who is into Vikings will love this as a gift. I would!.