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USA: Vintage Books/Random House, 1988. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. White cover with red titles is clean, unmarked, trace wear to front corners. Pages completely clean with no markings, lightly toned. Gently used, if at all. A thoughtful, close-up study of the Arab peoples, based on firsthand observation and on knowledge of their history. Lamb deals with most of the issues that vex the Middle East today -- spread of religious extremism, the politics of oil, the changing image of Israel, the nature of Arab terrorism, with considered suggestions on the most effective measures for stampingi t out. xvi, 333 pages with bibliography and index. 8 x 5.25 inches. Vintage Books/Random House, New York, 1988.

U.S.A: Vintage Books/Random House, 1988. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. xvi, 333 pages with bibliography and index. White cover with red titles is clean and unmarked, with trace wear to front corners. Tight glued binding, square. . Pages completely clean with no markings, lightly toned. A thoughtful, close-up study of the Arab peoples, based on firsthand observation and on knowledge of their history. Lamb deals with most of the issues that vex the Middle East today -- spread of religious extremism, the politics of oil, the changing image of Israel, the nature of Arab terrorism, with considered suggestions on the most effective measures for stamping it out. xvi, 333 pages with bibliography and index. 8 x 5.25 inches. Vintage Books/Random House, New York, 1988.

London, England: Penguin Books, 1985. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Third Edition, 1985. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Peter Mansfield explores social, political and historical aspects--from the pre-Islamic nomads of Arabia, the life of Muhammad and the rise of Arab power that followed, to the Western Colonial period, the tragedy of Palestine and the modern Arab renaissance, reinforced by the power of oil. To be read by anyone who wants to know about the Arab world and how they have become what they are today. Pictorial wrappers are clean, with moderate wear to extremities with creased corners, rubbed edges. Overstock mark on bottom edge. Soundly bound. Pages clean, no marks, moderately toned. 527 pages with Index. 5.2 x 7.8 inches. England, Penguin Books, 1985.

St Martin's Press, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. St. Martin's Griffin/St Martin's Press, 1999. First Griffin Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean burgundy and green wrappers, small greyish spot on front, faint wear to corners. Lower edges of title page and sub-title pager have a couple of chips, otherwise internals completely clean and unmarked, solid glued binding. Author Davis has done a fine job of breaking down Muslim stereotypes in the West, shattering the myth of monolithic Islam. She offers instead a nuanced and highly informative picture of contemporary Islamic policy. There is a revealing collection of interviews that unveils the thoughts and personalities of Muslim thinkers and leaders. 350 pages. 8.25 x 5.5 inches. Notes and Index. 1999, St. Martin's Griffin/St. Martin's Press.

HarperCollins, 2004. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. First Perennial/HarperCollins Edition, 2004. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Maps and b/w photographs. Clean and solid gently used book. Faint edgewear to cover. A chilling history of the massacres of the Armenians in the 1890s and of the Armenian Genocide in 1915 at the hands of the Ottoman Turks. Balakian presents the history of how the Turkish government conducted the first modern genocide behind cover of World War I. And in the telling resurrects an extraordinary chapter of American history. 483 pp. Epilogue: Turkish Denial of the Armenian Genocide and U. S. Complicity. Photographs and Map Acknowledgments, Glossary, Selected Bibliography, and Index. 8vo. 2004, Perennial/Harper/Collins. ISBN10: 0060558709, ISBN13: 9780060558703

New York: HarperCollins, 2002. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First American Edition 2002. Firat published in Australia in 2002. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition, with Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Black half cloth w/copper titles, copper paper-wrappered boards, half inche whitish mark on front near lower edge, lower corners gently bumped, else Fine, quite clean, binding tight, solid and square. Internals in Fine Condition. Nine Parts, separated with full page illustration and a decorated page. Two 8 page sections of illustrations on coated paper. Maps. Apart from oil, carpets are the best known commodity in the Muslim world. Christopher Kremmer chronicles the fascinating ten-year journey along the ancient carpet trade route that runs through the world's most misunderstood and volatile regions--Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, India, Pakistan and the former Soviet Union republics of Central Asia. The simplest motif on a… Read More

New York: Threshold Editions, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Remainder Threshold Editions, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Remainder. Upper rear corner is lightly scuffed, else Fine. Clean, tight & solid volume. Internals as new. Jacket unclipped clean, slight wear to edges. 383 pages with Notes and index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 2010, Threshold Edition, New York.

Boulder, Colorade And Oxford, UK: Westview Press, 2002. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Bright and clean red wraps with white titles and silver decoration with a whisper of wear. Tight, solid and square binding. Internals as New. This sixth edition has been extensively revised to reflect the latest scholarship and the most recent events in the Middle East. A history of the turbulent Middle East from the beginnings of Islam to the present day (2002). It was written primarily for college student and no previous knowledge of this history is assumed. It focuses on the evolution of Islamic institutions and culture, the influence of the West. the modernization efforts of Middle Eastern governments, the struggle of various peoples for political independence, the course of the Arab-Israeli conflict. the reassertion of Islamic values and power, the aftermath of the Gulf War, and issues surrounding the Palestinian… Read More

USA: Unbridled Books, 2005. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback in Fine Condition. Bright, clean, tight, unmarked book A perceptive look at the modern Middle East that offers no easy moral answers. 279 pages. 8 x 5 inches. Unbridled Books, Denver, CO, 2005.

U.S.A: PublicAffairs, 2011. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Ex-Library Trade Paperback, Ex-Library Book in Good Condition. Clean and, except for minimal lib markings, unmarked, solid and tight. Endpaper has bar code blacked out and strip where card was removed; lib stamp on upper edge. Internals quite clean and free from any markings, no creases. NPR Reporter Deborah Amos traveled from Amman to Beirut and Damascus, tracking across the Middle East the Sunnis who were displaced by the collapse of Saddam Hussein's Iraq. It has been the largest exile community in post-World War II history. (And now perhaps a greater on going on right now with the refugee situation). Amos shows how the region has been reinvented by the new Sunnni diaspora. Her work implicates the shortsighted American policy and also the age-old schism between Sunni and Shia and the maneuverings of meddling neighbors such as Syria. 230 pages with Index. 9 x 5.75 inches. 2011, PublicAffairs, USA

USA: Perennial/HarperCollins Publishers, 2002. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition, with a new essay on Afghanistan and a new Afterword by the author. Bright, clean card cover with light edgewear. No soiling. Tight glued binding. Pages clean and without marks of any kind, toned. This is a superb eyewitness report about the Taliban's defeat in Kabul. 250 pages. 5.25 x 8 inches. Perennial/HarperCollins, New York, 2002.

Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Oxford University Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket AS NEW. Handsome binding of brown half-cloth with gilt titles, bright red cloth-wrapped boards, in immaculate condition. Tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Internals as new. A wealth of information in this collection of essays on Middle Eastern history, culture, politics, and current events, by Bernard Lewis, hailed as the world's foremost Islamic scholar, a man who politicians, journalists, historian, and the general public have all turned to for insight into the Middle East. xiv, 438 pages. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 2004.

Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Clean wraps, unmarked, wear to extremities, lower corner and lower corner of first few pages creased. Glued binding is tight and solid, square. Pages are spotless, no markings of any kind. Bernard Lewis has long been considered the West's leading interpreter of Mideast culture and history and one of the world's leading authorities on Islam. This book brings together four decades of writings and lectures with his reflections on Middle Eastern history and foreign affairs, the Iranian Revolution, the state of Israel, and much more. 438 pages. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. 2005, Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York.

New York: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 2002. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Updated version with new chapters. Bright and clean wrappers, slight wear to extremities, soundly bound and square. A couple of pages dog-eared and a few words underlined, otherwise clean, no other markings, lightly toned pages. 303 pages with Notes and Index. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, New York, 2002.

U.S.A: PublicAffairs, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Former owner name on endpaper, otherwise book is as new, in binding of brown and deep orange paper-wrapped boards, solid, square with sharp corners. Pages also as new. Jacket is clean and unmarked, not price-clipped, upper edge slightly ruffled. Kathy Gannon reports on the roots of terrorism in the Middle East. As a Western journalist in Afghanistan, she knew that country under the Taliban, knows its beleaguered people, its ruthless leaders, and speaks with authority about Afghanistan's heartbreaking history. 186 pages with index. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Public Affairs, USA, 2005.

New York: McGraw Hill, 1982. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean, gently used book with faint wear to cover edges, solidly bound. internals clean, no marks of any kind. comprehensive understanding of the complex social, political, and economic life of the world's richest, most heavily armed region. The author begins with an outline of the birth of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula with a historical background of the Palestinians and the thirteen Arab States and goes on to the history of Israel and the Jews since 1020 B .C Hiro examines the conservative, centrist, and leftist forces at work in the Arab world and deals at length with Western involvement in the region's oil since 1908. and what the future might hold for the Middle East.471 pages. Page Notes, Bibliography, Index. 9" x 6". 1982, McGraw-Hill Companies, New York

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Just a whisper of wear to corners of cover and a tiny imperfection on front, else fine. A very well documented history of Islamic imperialism, from the 7th century, and how the Muslim mainstream behaved toward its neighbors. For anyone who wants to understand the Middle East of today, its history, culture and religion. 284 pages with Notes and Index. 9.25 x 6.2 inches. 2006, Yale University Press, New Haven and London.

USA: Harcourt, Inc, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition Hardcover Ex-library Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Clean, tight, solid book. Only markings are usual library tags, stamps, no pocket or card. Pages clean and free from any markings. Page blocke edges clean, no stamps, no spotting. The author discusses jihadists and the fact that most jihadists are struggling, often under enormous pressures, to accomodate themselves to gradual social and political change in the Arab world. This books maps the direction jihadism will take in the years ahead by showing where, and with whom, it all started. 312 pages with Notes, Bibliography and index. Harcourt Publishing, Orlando, Florida, 2006. .

New York, New York, USA: Anchor/Random House, 2014. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Clean, unmarked, tight and solid volume, gently used, if at all. Military history, researched in depth, and at the center was Lawrence (1888-1935) himself. The Arab revolt against the Turks during WW I was a conflict shaped in large measure by a small handful of adventurers and low-level officers--Lawrence called it a "sideshow of a sideshow". Lawrence had been an archaeologist in 1914, excavating ruins in Syria--by 1917, he was becoming a legend at the head of an Arab army fighting a rearguard action against his own government and its imperial ambitions. And the author examines the complex politics of an era, and how the modern Middle East was formed. 577 pages with Notes, Bibliography, and Index. 6.2 x 9.25 inches. Anchor/Random House, New York, New York, USA

New York, New York, USA: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Alfred A Knopf Inc., 1982. Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Translated from the Spanish by Miguel Acoca. Binding of beige half cloth with gilt titles, brown boards also with gilt lettering, very clean and unmarked, very slight bumping to bottom edge, no other edgewear. Rough cut. Ffep with square shadow about an inch square. Pages very clean and completely unmarked. Jacket has light shelf rubbing and a whitish framed rectangular area 2" x 3" on the front, not price-clipped, with Mylar Cover. Israel's controversial invasion of Lebanon is the topic of this harrowing book that describes the impact of the war both on the author and his country, which have consequences of the most importance to the Israeli state and its people, in that for the first time Israel became the aggressor. A book of the greatest significance. 167 pages. 5.75… Read More