Middle East | Asian History Books

The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land

March 25, 2015

The Crusades is an authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land in the Middle Ages. Thomas Asbridge—a renowned historian who writes with “maximum vividness” (Joan Acocella, The New Yorker)—covers the years 1095 to 1291 in this big, ambitious, readable account of one of the most fascinating periods in history. From […]
Viper Pilot: A Memoir of Air Combat

March 25, 2015

Action-packed and breathtakingly authentic, Viper Pilot is the electrifying memoir of one of the most decorated F-16 pilots in American history: U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Dan Hampton, who served for twenty years, flying missions in the Iraq War, the Kosovo conflict, and the first Gulf War.Both a rare look into the elite world of […]
Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village

March 25, 2015

A delightful, well-written, and vastly informative ethnographic study, this is an account of Fernea’s two-year stay in a tiny rural village in Iraq, where she assumed the dress and sheltered life of a harem woman. Sale Price:$8.43 0385014856
Jerusalem: The Biography

March 25, 2015

Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgment Day and the battlefield of today’s clash of civilizations. From King David to the 21st century, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict, this is […]
1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West

March 25, 2015

Now in trade paperback, 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 readable and comprehensive account of the battle between Mehmed II, sultan of the […]
Black Hearts: One Platoon’s Descent into Madness in Iraq’s Triangle of Death

March 25, 2015

This is the story of a small group of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division’s fabled 502nd Infantry Regiment—a unit known as “the Black Heart Brigade.” Deployed in late 2005 to Iraq’s so-called Triangle of Death, a veritable meat grinder just south of Baghdad, the Black Hearts found themselves in arguably the country’s most dangerous […]
A History of Asia (6th Edition)

March 25, 2015

A History of Asia is the only text to cover the area known as “monsoon Asia”–India, China, Southeast Asia, Korea, and Japan–from the earliest of times to the present. Written by leading scholar Rhoads Murphey, the book’s extensive analysis integrates the complex and diverse political, social, intellectual, and economic histories of this area with […]
The Trident: The Forging and Reforging of a Navy SEAL Leader

March 25, 2015

Decorated US Navy SEAL lieutenant Jason Redman served his country courageously and with distinction in Colombia, Peru, Afghanistan, and Iraq, where he commanded mobility and assault forces. He conducted over forty capture/kill missions with his men in Iraq, locating more than 120 al-Qaida insurgents. But his journey was not without supreme challenges—both emotional and physical. […]
Old Testament Parallels (New Revised and Expanded Third Edition): Laws and Stories from the Ancient Near East

March 25, 2015

An all-new translation of the most important ancient Near East documents that share parallel themes and issues with biblical stories. Sale Price:$15.00 0809144352
Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan

March 25, 2015

From the New York Times bestselling author of In Harm’s Way comes a true-life story of American soldiers overcoming great odds to achieve a stunning military victory.Horse Soldiers is the dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who secretly entered Afghanistan following 9/11 and rode to war on horses against the Taliban. […]

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