著者:Edward Gibbon
出版社: Wilder Publications, Inc.
発売日: 2015年06月10日
Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject. Most of his ……続きを見る
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
A deeply moving portrait of a torturous love affair that shows Istanbul in all its complex beauty.
'An enthralling, immensely enjoyable piece of storytelling.……続きを見る
著者:Polly A. Mohs
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2010年04月05日
Military Intelligence and the Arab Revolt examines the use and exploitation of intelligence in formulating Britain’s strategy for the Arab Revolt during the First World War. It also presents a radic……続きを見る
著者:Elliott Abrams
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2015年11月10日
This book tells the full inside story of the Bush Administration and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Written by a top National Security Council officer who worked at the White House with Bush, Che……続きを見る
During the 1940s and 1950s, Islamic reformism flourished in Iran. This book examines how Iranian Islamic groups came to rethink traditional accounts of religion and nurture a politicized version of ……続きを見る
Experience desert-dwelling at its most vibrant! From the essential features of a mosque to a wide assemblage of colorful edifices designed to offset monochromatic and infertile landscapes, Islamic a……続きを見る
With contributions from specialists in different areas of classical Islamic thought, this accessible volume explores the ways in which medieval Muslims saw, interpreted and represented the world aro……続きを見る
著者:Mark Ensalaco
出版社: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
発売日: 2012年04月17日
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title
Since the first airplane hijacking by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in September 1970, Middle Eastern terrorists have……続きを見る
著者:Elhanan Yakira
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2016年04月14日
This book contains three independent essays, available in English for the first time, as well as a post-scriptum written for the English edition. The common theme of the three essays is the uses and……続きを見る
The Greatest Meeting This is the saga of the impassioned journeys of two men, their true premonitions of a mystical meeting, and their self-discoveries. Full of compelling adventure, love and betray……続きを見る
The break-up of the Ottoman empire and the disintegration of the Russian empire were watershed events in modern history. The unravelling of these empires was both cause and consequence of World War ……続きを見る
Though U.S. leaders try to convince the world of their success in fighting al Qaeda, one anonymous member of the U.S. intelligence community would like to inform the public that we are, in fact, los……続きを見る
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, commonly known as the Knights Templar, the Order of the Temple or simply as Templars, were among the most famous of the Western Chris……続きを見る
著者:Karen Elliott House
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2012年09月18日
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter who has spent the last thirty years writing about Saudi Arabiaーas diplomatic correspondent, foreign editor, and then publisher of The Wall Street Journalーa……続きを見る
著者:Roshdi Rashed
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2013年06月26日
Theory of Conics, Geometrical Constructions and Practical Geometry: A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics Volume 3, provides a unique primary source on the history and philosophy of mathemati……続きを見る
At a time when a lasting peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis seems virtually unattainable, understanding the roots of their conflict is an essential step in restoring hope to the region.……続きを見る
From Morocco to Iran and the Black Sea to the Red, Water on Sand rewrites the history of the Middle East and North Africa from the Little Ice Age to the Cold War era. As the first holistic environme……続きを見る
著者:Paul Rivlin
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2015年11月10日
This book analyzes the development of the Israeli economy in its historical context. It shows how the ideology of the dominant group in the Zionist movement led to the development of agriculture, th……続きを見る
Created as a mechanism for maintaining British influence through a local patron, Jordan’s future never looked certain. Nevertheless, under the leadership of the Hashemite monarchy led by Abdullah an……続きを見る
The Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight by Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Nafzawi is a fifteenth-century Arabic sex manual and work of erotic literature.
The book presents opinions on what qualities men an……続きを見る
Days after arriving in Kandahar, the Harriers of 800 Naval Air Squadron were in the thick of fierce fighting. Armed with rockets and bombs, the pilots were flying crucial danger-close attack mission……続きを見る
The Code of Hammurabi is a well-preserved Babylonian law code, dating back to about 1772 BC. It is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in the world. The sixth Babylonian king……続きを見る
著者:Doğu Ergil
出版社: Timas Yayin Grubu
発売日: 2015年05月10日
Turkey is changing. Day by day and moment by moment, the Turkey that we thought we knew is disappearing and a new one is taking its place. Doğu Ergil guides us through this change by presenting a co……続きを見る
None of Us Were Like This Before recounts the dark journey of a tank battalion as its focus switched from conventional military duties to guerilla warfare and prisoner detention. Author Joshua E. S.……続きを見る
This work is a combination of an account of a most captivating Lebanese personality with a penetrating analysis of the historical and religious contours of Lebanon. Mordechai Nisan spent much time w……続きを見る
This collection of essays covers the media and public debate dimension of the events of 9/11 and beyond, from the point of view of Middle Eastern and Asian countries. The first part of the book deal……続きを見る
Militant Islamic believers represents a small, but significant percentage of those who embrace the Muslim religion, it is powerful, well financed, and according to their own statements, hopeful of d……続きを見る
著者:Nader Sohrabi
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2015年11月10日
In his book on constitutional revolutions in the Ottoman Empire and Iran in the early twentieth century, Nader Sohrabi considers the global diffusion of institutions and ideas, their regional and lo……続きを見る
著者:James N. Sater
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2007年06月11日
Taking Morocco as its focus, this book looks at the political change in the country since 1990. It places particular emphasis on key topics, such as civil society, human rights and reform, as vital ……続きを見る
A lyrical, haunting, multi-generational memoir of one family’s tempestuous century in Iraq from 1900 to the present.
The Chalabis are one of the oldest and most prominent families in Iraq. For centu……続きを見る