When two of his American employees were held hostage in Iran, H. Ross Perot and a select group of his employees took matters into their own hands.
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup ...
Stephen KinzerIn this investigative report, a journalist exposes the role played by the United States, through the CIA, in a coup that overthrew Iran's leader Mohammed Mossadegh in 1953. This coup put in place the Shah, whose hated dictatorship was...
In January 2002, Rory Stewart survived a walk across Afghanistan by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. In this memoir, he writes about heroes and rogues, tribal elders and te...
A Brief History of the Middle East
Christopher CatherwoodFor over a millennium, the Islamic empires were ahead of the West in learning, technology, and medicine, and were militarily far more powerful. It took another three hundred years for the West to catch up and overtake the Middle East....
The Lion's Gate: On the Front Lines o...
Steven PressfieldThe thrilling true story of one of the most unlikely and astonishing military victories in history.June 5, 1967. Israel is surrounded by enemies who want nothing less than her utter extinction. The Soviet-equipped Egyptian Army has ma...
Spies Against Armageddon: Inside Isra...
Dan RavivFully updated for 2014 to include tumultuous events in Syria, Egypt, Iran, and the entire Middle East, SPIES AGAINST ARMAGEDDON: INSIDE ISRAEL'S SECRET WARS covers more ground than any other book about modern-day Israel. Its 25 action...
Under the Black Flag: At the Frontier...
Moubayed SamiThe Islamic State movement (ISIS/IS) burst onto the world stage in 2014. From its heartland in Syria, where it arose from the chaos of the Syrian Revolt, the organisation has expanded in ideology and membership and now poses a signifi...
Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hos...
Mark BowdenFrom the best-selling author of Black Hawk Down comes a riveting, definitive chronicle of the Iran hostage crisis, America's first battle with militant Islam. On November 4, 1979, a group of radical Islamist students, inspired by the ...
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Impe...
Scott AndersonA New York Times Notable Book of 2013A Christian Science Monitor Best Book of 2013A Chicago Tribune Noteworthy Book of the YearAn NPR Great Read of 2013A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential per...
No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope...
Rania Abouzeid"Rania Abouzeid has produced a work of stunning reportage from the very heart of the conflict, daring to go to the most dangerous places in order to get the story." ―Dexter Filkins, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The For...
They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: ...
Benjamin AjakChristopher Award WinnerLos Angeles Times BestsellerWashington Post Top 100 Books of the Year SelectionA stunning literary survival story of three young Sudanese boys, two brothers and a cousin-hailed by the Los Angeles Times as a &qu...
Fractured Lands: How the Arab World C...
Scott AndersonFrom the bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia, a piercing account of how the contemporary Arab world came to be riven by catastrophe since the 2003 United States invasion of Iraq.In 2011, a series of anti-government uprisings shoo...
A History of Iran: Empire of the Mind...
Michael AxworthyIran is a land of contradictions. It is an Islamic republic, but one in which only 1.4 percent of the population attend Friday prayers. Iran's religious culture encompasses the most censorious and dogmatic Shi'a Muslim clerics in the ...
The Idea of the Muslim World: A Globa...
Cemil Aydin“Superb… A tour de force.”―Ebrahim Moosa“Provocative… Aydin ranges over the centuries to show the relative novelty of the idea of a Muslim world and the relentless efforts to exploit that idea for political ends.”―Wash...
Carta's Historical Atlas of Jerusalem...
Dan BahatA concise study of the Holy City through 4,000 years of history. Successive maps show Jerusalem in every significant epoch from its beginnings in biblical times till today. Texts for each period present the city's history and discuss ...
No Mission Is Impossible: The Death-D...
Michael Bar-ZoharA riveting follow-up to Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal’s account of the most memorable missions of the Mossad, No Mission Is Impossible sheds light on some of the most harrowing, nail-biting operations of the Israeli Special Fo...
Inside Iran: The Real History and Pol...
Medea BenjaminU.S. relations with Iran have been fraught for decades, but under the Trump Administration tensions are rising to startling levels. Medea Benjamin, one of the best-known 21st century activists, offers the incredible history of how a p...
Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater...
Max BlumenthalIn Goliath, New York Times bestselling author Max Blumenthal takes us on a journey through the badlands and high roads of Israel-Palestine, painting a startling portrait of Israeli society under the siege of increasingly authoritarian...
The Sultan and the Queen: The Untold ...
Jerry BrottonThe fascinating story of Queen Elizabeth's secret outreach to the Muslim world, which set England on the path to empire, by The New York Times bestselling author of A History of the World in Twelve MapsWe think of England as a great p...
I Am Cyrus: Harry S. Truman and the R...
Craig Von BuseckImprobable, if not impossible. How could a people who'd been scattered for two millennia reestablish a homeland on their ancient soil?Against all odds, an irresistible desire to return grew in courageous Jewish men and women who set o...
A Caravan of Brides: A Novel of Saudi...
Kay Hardy CampbellAfter attending college in Lebanon, Fawzia returns home to Jeddah and takes up secretly with her forbidden college sweetheart. When her reckless behavior leads to family tragedy, she is drawn into an unlikely friendship with a mysteri...
Israel and Palestine: The Complete Hi...
Ian CarrollIn July 2018, Israel's Knesset approved the Nation-State Bill, a controversial piece of legislation, both at home and abroad, which declared Israel a sovereign state for the Jewish people. It followed US President Donald Trump's 2017 ...
Jerusalem, Jerusalem: How the Ancient...
James CarrollâProvocative . . . the book brims with splendid insights.â â Los Angeles TimesJerusalem: the ancient City on a Hill, a place central to three major religions, a transcendent fantasy that ignites religious fervor unlike ...
My House in Damascus: An Inside View ...
Diana DarkeHow did Syria's revolution reach this its current boiling point? And what's next? This updated edition of My House in Damascus offers an insider's view on these questions and the darker recesses of Syria's history, politics, and soci...
Little Judah in America is a story about a young boy who has embraced his Hebrew heritage and is determined to make Yah proud. During the Shabbat, Little Judah shares with his friends about the history of the Hebrew people, and why he...
The Islamic Enlightenment: The Strugg...
Christopher De Bellaigue"The finest Orientalist of his generation" (Wall Street Journal) rewrites everything we thought we knew about the modern history of the Islamic world. In this "stylishly written, surprisingly moving chronicle" (Har...
The Morning They Came For Us: Dispatc...
Janine Di GiovanniA New York Post Best Book of 2016 Winner of the 2016 IWMF Courage in Journalism Award Winner of the 2016 Hay Festival Medal for Prose "Destined to become a classic." ―Lisa Shea, ElleA masterpiece of war reportage, The Morn...
Killing a King: The Assassination of ...
Dan EphronOne of the New York Times’s 100 Notable Books of the Year.The assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin remains the single most consequential event in Israel’s recent history, and one that fundamentally altered the tra...
Alexandria: A History and Guide
E. M. ForsterIn the autumn of 1915, in a "slightly heroic mood", E.M. Forster arrived in Alexandria, full of lofty ideals as a volunteer for the Red Cross. Yet most of his time was spent exploring "the magic, antiquity and complexit...