The Shahs Iran: Rise and Fall: Conversations with an Insider
London: I. B. Tauris, 2016. Hardcover. 8vo., 319 pp. Index.
Middle East
The Battle for Jerusalem June 5-7, 1967
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1972. Hardcover. 8vo., 471 pp. 54 black and white photo illustrations.
A History of the Arab Peoples
Cambridge: Belknap Press/Harvard University Press, 1991. Hardcover. 8vo., 551 pp. Albert Hourani, published by the presents the history of the Arabs from the advent of Islam (although some pre-Islamic history is included) to the late 20th Century.
Sufism: A New History of Islamic Mysticism
Princeton and London: Princeton University Press, 2017. Hardcover. 8vo., 389 pp. Notes, Bibliography and Notes. Explores how Sufism has been viewed by both insiders and outsiders since its inception, examines the key aspects of Sufism, from definitions and discourses to leadership, institutions, and practices. Knysh also examines the roots of.....
Qatar
Qatar: Editions Delroisse for the Ministry of Information, ND. Hardcover. Square 4to, 180 pp. Color and black and white photos.
Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community
New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1990. Hardcover. 8vo., later print.
Your Wish Is My Command
London: Granta, 2023. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Debut graphic novel that brings to life a Cairo where wishes are real. Author, illustrator, and translator Deena Mohamed presents a literary, feminist, Arab-centric graphic novel that marries magic and the socio-political realities of contemporary Egypt.
The Warriors of Anbar: The Marines Who Crushed Al Qaeda
New York: DaCapo, 2019. Hardcover. 8vo.,246 pp. The story of how one Marine battalion decisively wielded the final, enduring death strike to Al-Qaeda in Iraq.
The Scrolls from the Dead Sea
New York: Oxford University Press, 1956. Hardcover. 8vo,., Sixth print, 1956. Essay on the Dead Sea Scrolls by noted writer, critic, and man of letters Edmund Wilson.
On Eagles' Wings: The Personal Story of the Leading Commander of the Israeli Air Force [English and Hebrew Edition]
New York: Macmillan, 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. 302 pp. Illustrations.
Isis: A History
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. Hardcover. 8vo., 368 pp. Notes, index. An authoritative introduction.
The Mosques of Cairo
London: Librairie Hachette, 1966. Softcover. 8vo., The 31 page text is followed by over 60 full-page photographic illustrations.
Iraq: Land of Two Rivers
London: Collins, 1980. Hardcover. 4to., 280 pp. First edition of this fascinating work of travel writing on Iraq, with numerous photographs. Illustrated throughout with color photographs and maps, following an itinerary from Baghdad and central Iraq to the south in Basra, and to the obscure lagoons and reed-beds of the.....
Father of Dubai: Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al-Maktoum
Dubai: Media Prima, 1999. Hardcover. Large 8vo., 232 pp. Index. With color and black and white photos.
From Moses to Qumran: The Authority of the Bible and Other Major Issues in Old Testament Studies
New York: Association Press, 1963. Hardcover. 8vo., 293 pp. Index.
Monuments D' Armenie De La Prehistoire Au XVIIe Siecle AD; Monuments Of Armenia From The Prehistoric Era To The 17th Century AD
Beirut: Vahan Tekeyan Cultural Association, 1975. Hardcover. Large 4to., 264 pp. Color illustrations throughout. Black and white plans, index. Text in French, Armenian and English. A well illustrated survey of the archaeological and architectural monuments of Armenia, with many of the buildings described being early Christian sites.
Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians
Nashville: Cumberland House, 2005. Hardcover. 8vo., 300 pp. Illustrations, Map, Notes, index. Author defends claim that the repressive Iranian Islamic regime utilizes oil profits to support international terrorism in the US.
Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq
Harrisburg: Stackpole, 2008. 8vo. 384 pp. Later printing. With black and white photos. Winner of the 2007 American Authors Association Golden Quill Award andÊ the 2007 Military Writers Society of America Founder's Award. Presents a dozen groundbreaking stories of American women in combat in Iraq. An uncommon title.
Coptic Textile Designs: 144 Egyptian Designs from the Early Christian Era
New York: Dover, 1987. Softcover. 4to., 44 pp. Features a wide range of design motifs.
The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity and My Fight Against the Islamic State
New York: Viking, 2017. Softcover. 8vo. 320 pp. Murad was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018, jointly with Denis Mukwege, for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. The prize recognized their courageous work in highlighting the suffering of.....
Mirrors
Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2010. Hardcover. 8vo., 185 pp. Translated by Roger Allen.
Women in Israel: Race, Gender and Citizenship
London: Zed, 2011. Softcover. 8vo., 227 pp. Notes, references and index. A gendered analysis of citizenship in Israel. Working from a framework of Israel as a settler-colonial regime, the title presents historical and contemporary comparative approaches to the lives and experiences of Ashkenazi, Mizrahi and Palestinian Arab women citizens.
Iran
Tehran: Farhang Sara/Yassavoli, Islamic Republic of Iran, 1994. Hardcover. Large 4to., slipcase. Numerous color plates.
The Rage and the Pride
New York: Rizzoli, 2002. Hardcover. 8vo.
The Al Qaeda Connection: International Terrorism, Organized Crime and the Coming Apocalypse
New York: Prometheus, 2005. Hardcover. 8vo., 280 pp. Black and white illustrations.