Penguin Group, June 1996. Trade Paperback. The Ottomans elude us, as mysterious now as they have been for four and a half centuries. Were they the bloodthirsty savages of one legend, spitting babies on their swords, and enslaving all who crossed their path? Or were they sybarites, with an eye.....

Back Bay Books, June 2015. Trade Paperback. The bestselling, "remarkable" (Marie Claire) memoir by the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, I Am Malala will make you believe in the power of one person's voice to inspire change in the world. "I come from a country that was created.....

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, August 2018. Trade Paperback. Winner of the Overseas Press Club of America's Cornelius Ryan Award - Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction New York Times Book Review Notable Book - Named a Best Book of the Year by New York Magazine and The Progressive "A.....

W W Norton & Co Inc, September 2003. Hardcover. The seeds of conflict in the Middle East were sown in the first 60 years of the 20th century. It was then that the Western powers - Britain, France and the United States - discovered the imperatives for interventions that have.....

Pantheon Books, October 1990. Trade Paperback.

Hachette Books, August 2005. Hardcover. A gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to the world we live in today. The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signaled a shift in history and the end of the Byzantium Empire. Roger Crowley's comprehensive account of the battle between Mehmet.....

Garden City Publishing Company. Hardcover. Cocked. Cocked.

Anchor, June 1991. Trade Paperback. In his classic book, T.E. Lawrence--forever known as Lawrence of Arabia--recounts his role in the origin of the modern Arab world. At first a shy Oxford scholar and archaeologist with a facility for languages, he joined and went on to lead the Arab revolt against.....

TarcherPerigee, December 2007. Trade Paperback. For many years, heartache prevented Nahid Rachlin from turning her sharp novelist's eye inward: to tell the story of how her own life diverged from that of her closest confidante and beloved sister, Pari. Growing up in Iran, both refused to accept traditional Muslim mores.....

Ministry of Defence, Hardcover.

Wiley, August 2003. Hardcover. The Case for Israel is an ardent defense of Israel's rights, supported by indisputable evidence. Presents a passionate look at what Israel's accusers and detractors are saying about this war-torn country.Dershowitz accuses those who attack Israel of international bigotry and backs up his argument with hard.....

Oxford University Press, April 2014. Hardcover. In 1989, Francis Fukuyama famously announced the "end of history." The Berlin Wall had fallen; liberal democracy had won out. But what of illiberal democracy--the idea that popular majorities, working through the democratic process, might reject gender equality, religious freedoms, and other norms that.....

William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, December 2003. Hardcover. Dever (Near Eastern archaeology, University of Arizona) explores controversies regarding the true nature of ancient Israel and presents the archaeological evidence for assessing the accuracy of biblical narratives. He posits that the ancestors of the Israelite peoples were most likely Canaanites who.....