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LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • A searing reassessment of U.S. military policy in the Middle East over the past four decades from retired army colonel and New York Times bestselling author ……続きを見る

"A jewel of memory."ーDorothy Canfield Fisher, Book-of-the-Month Club At the crossroads of East and West, Salonica (now Thessaloniki) was an oasis in a swirl of conflicting powers and interests, a v……続きを見る

La Jordanie (qui compte 6,4 millions d'habitants en 2013), située sur la rive orientale du Jourdain, est, par-delà la richesse de son patrimoine archéologique (sites de Pétra et de Jérash), associée……続きを見る

Située au nord-est de l'Anatolie, l'Arménie s'étend approximativement de la mer Noire aux lacs de Van, Sevan et Ourmia. Le mont Ararat (5 165 m), sommet mythique où se serait échouée l'arche de Noé,……続きを見る

**Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2016 Investigates the causes, conduct, and consequences of the recent American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan** Understanding the United States’ wars in Iraq and……続きを見る

This somewhat politically-incorrect view of Islam from historians and other critics is in a narrative and plain-speak form.The ebook points out there was a "Mohammed" but who was more a raider of ca……続きを見る

From the author of the #1 bestseller Three Cups of Tea, the continuing story of this determined humanitarian’s efforts to promote peace through education In this dramatic first-person narrative, Gre……続きを見る

The true, declassified account of CIA operative Tony Mendez's daring rescue of American hostages from Iran that inspired the critically-acclaimed film directed by and starring Ben Affleck, and co-st……続きを見る

In a remote, enemy-held valley in Afghanistan, a Special Forces team planned to scale a steep mountain to surprise and capture a terrorist leader. But before they found the target, the target found ……続きを見る

Fiasco, Thomas E. Ricks’s #1 New York Times bestseller, transformed the political dialogue on the war in IraqーThe Gamble is the next news breaking installment Thomas E. Ricks uses hundreds of hours……続きを見る

The drama that shaped today’s Iran, from the Revolution to the present day. In 1979, seemingly overnightーmoving at a clip some thirty years faster than the rest of the worldーIran became the first ……続きを見る

A newsbreaking memoir that tackles head-on the toughest challenge in the world today. When a dying King Hussein shocked the world by picking his son rather than his brother, the longtime crown princ……続きを見る

"It's all here-Islam, the family tree, a sea of oil and money to match, palace intrigue...This is high drama and an epic tale." -Tom Brokaw Though Saudi Arabia sits on one of the richest oil deposit……続きを見る

**From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of Ghost Wars and The Achilles Trap "Riveting . . . The most psychologically detailed portrait of the brutal 9/11 mastermind yet." - Michiko ……続きを見る

“Sasson's candid, straightforward account...gives readers a glimpse of the cruelty and hardship endured by generations of Iraqis.”ーPublishers Weekly A member of one of the most distinguished and ho……続きを見る

This volume examines mechanisms for regional peacemaking and conflict management in Europe and the Middle East. To date little research has been devoted to uncovering the conditions for peace, and t……続きを見る

Traveling major highways and secondary roads, walking unpaved paths, the author recites contradictions of the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, the Holy Land. Here, religion u……続きを見る

ZARATHUSTRA WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST historical personalities known to us, and he forever shifted the course of civilization. Nevertheless, publications about him are fragmented and written for speci……続きを見る

A history and Marxist analysis of the institutions of the Persian/Syrian Ismaeli sect founded by Hassan-ibn-Sabah ('The Old Man of the Mountain') known as 'The Assassins'. In Ridley's view the Assas……続きを見る

A powerful and sophisticated underground business delivers thousands of refugees a day all along the Mediterranean coasts of Europe. The new breed of criminals that controls it has risen out of the ……続きを見る

Los Zanj eran esclavos africanos obligados de trabajar en las tierras del Sur de Irak. Cuando se rebelaron, fueron juntados por los esclavos de las ciudades y de los pueblos vecinos. Su jefe, Alī ib……続きを見る

Zanj era os escravos africanos obrigaram trabalhar nas terras do Sul de Iraque. Quando eles se rebelaram, eles foram unidos pelos escravos de cidades e de aldeias pertos. O chefe dele, Ali ibn Ali M……続きを見る

The word motreb finds its roots in the Arabic verb taraba, meaning ‘to make happy.’ Originally denoting all musicians in Iran, motrebi came to be associated, pejoratively, with the cheerful vulgarit……続きを見る

The emergence of Islam in the seventh century AD still polarises scholars who seek to separate religious truth from the historical reality with which it is associated. However, history and prophecy ……続きを見る

This is a historical story about Mattathias and his sons the Macabbees. Its during the reign of the evil greek king Antiochus IV Epiphanes who in 165 BC concured the land of Israel and try to force ……続きを見る

This book examines the development and issuance of the Balfour Declaration, the document that set the stage for the creation of the state of Israel, within its global setting. The heart of the book ……続きを見る

Gathers together leading scholars in the field to examine the impact of World War I on the Middle East, which is crucial to understanding the region’s current problems and the rise of groups like th……続きを見る

Home of one of the world's most ancient and enduring civilizations, Iran has been at the nexus of world history for the past three thousand years. Situated at the crossroads between East and West, i……続きを見る

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Looming Towerーand “one of the most lucid writers on the subject of Islamic extremism” (The New York Review of Books)ーcome ten powerful investigative p……続きを見る

What does ISIS really want? This is the definitive account of the strategy, psychology, and fundamentalism driving the Islamic State. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY FOREIGN AFFAIRS •“Wor……続きを見る