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The spectacular rise and dramatic fall of super-assassin Carlos the Jackal—one of history’s most infamous terrorist masterminds and the inspiration for numerous celebrated works of pop culture—told with new revelations from the Jackal himself, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of...

In Persian Women and Their Creed, missionary Mary R. S. Bird offers a vivid eyewitness account of the lives, beliefs, hardships, and daily experiences of women in nineteenth-century Persia. Drawing on years of close contact with Persian women, Bird records religious customs, family life, social...

An unflinching exposé of Israel's Lobby, showing how its outsized influence works against our national interests and threatens our freedom. The greatest story in geopolitics and in American domestic affairs is how the far-right government of a small Middle Eastern country came to hold a...

In 46 BC, at just two years old, a young North African prince named Juba was paraded through the streets of Rome as part of Julius Caesar’s victory parade. This traumatic beginning, however, did not define his future. As a young man, Juba fought alongside Emperor Augustus and was sent back to...

Bloomsbury presents Iran and the Bomb, written and read by Sina Azodi Iran’s nuclear program remains one of the most contentious issues of modern international politics. This book is the first to trace the evolution of Iran’s nuclear strategy (program) in the broader context of its...

When ISIS overran Mosul in June 2014, a young historian expected to spend his life in archives, not hiding from a death sentence. His ambition had been quiet: to write history, teach students, and preserve his city's past. But within days, Mosul was sealed off from the world—its streets patrolled, its memory suffocating under propaganda—and he found himself forced into a role he had never imagined. From a small room no one ever saw, under a name no one knew, he created Mosul Eye.

A sophisticated new account of sectarianism in the Middle East Sectarianism saturates our conversations about the Middle East, its politics and society, and the divide between Sunni and Shi'a captures headlines the world over. But in reality, sectarian difference is far from a uniquely Islamic...

A Pulitzer grantee’s timely work of reportage from the borderlands of Europe, Russia, and Turkey, where brewing conflicts mark a significant fault line in shifting geopolitics. Hannah Lucinda Smith, a Pulitzer grantee and acclaimed foreign correspondent, has devoted well over a decade to...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Hyperplan is a bold architectural audiobook about designing cities as living organisms rather than fixed masterplans. Through the charged landscape of Mitzpe Ramon and the edge of the desert crater, Moshe Katz develops a new way of thinking about urban...

From an acclaimed architect and investigator, a devastating, meticulous accounting of Israel’s destruction of Gaza and crimes against its people Eyal Weizman is one of the world’s leading experts on the relationship between violence, conflict, and the built and natural environment. As...

In Israel on Trial: Examining the History, the Evidence, and the Law, United States District Judge Roy K. Altman brings legal rigor to the world’s most contentious debate. Applying courtroom-tested standards—burden of proof, corroboration, chain of custody—he examines claims of colonialism, apartheid, and genocide with dispassionate precision.

Comment je suis devenu turcophone retrace le parcours singulier d'un auteur francoalgérien qui décide un jour d'apprendre le turc. Ce choix inattendu devient le point de départ d'une exploration sensible des liens historiques, culturels et linguistiques qui relient l'Algérie, la France et la Turquie. Entre récit personnel, réflexion identitaire et éclairages historiques, Hakim Madi interroge les héritages ottomans, les circulations méditerranéennes et la manière dont les langues façonnent nos appartenances.

Wie wurde aus dem gelobten Land der Israeliten ein moderner Staat, der Geschichte, Religion, Politik und Wirtschaft des Nahen Ostens bis heute prägt? Wer Israel wirklich verstehen will, stößt auf weit mehr als auf Schlagzeilen und aktuelle Konflikte. „Geschichte Israels" eröffnet als fundiertes Hörbuch eine faktenreiche und klar verständliche Zeitreise von den frühen religiösen Ursprüngen über Vertreibung, Diaspora, Staatsgründung und Kriege bis hin zur modernen Industrienation mit Hightech, Start-up-Kultur und globaler Bedeutung.

זוכה פרס ספיר בשנת 2000. עשרים וחמש שנים לאחר שחזר לביתו מן המלחמה ביום הכיפורים, אומר היום מי שהיה אז טנקיסט צעיר ברמת הגולן: אמת, פעמים שעושה הקדוש ברוך הוא חנינה...

Dubai is often described in extremes. It is called the city of superlatives, the place of the tallest, the largest, the most ambitious. Images of glittering skyscrapers, vast shopping malls, artificial islands, and luxury experiences dominate its presentation to the world. For many, Dubai appears almost unreal, a place that seems to have risen too quickly, too dramatically, to be fully understood. Yet beneath this surface lies something far more structured and deliberate. Dubai is not simply a spectacle.

The 1979 Islamic Revolution triggered a cold war between Iran and the United States—former fast friends. Despite the US's relentless efforts at containment, Iran has risen as a formidable power in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and Gaza. Its newfound status not only frustrates the US but has...

A firsthand account of leadership under fire, Tenacity chronicles the thirty-one crucial days following the unprecedented Iranian attacks on the UAE in 2026. Written from Dubai, where Augie K Fabela II chose to remain throughout the crisis, it captures how a nation responded to sustained missile and drone strikes with precision, composure, and unwavering resolve. Drawing on his experience in conflict zones, this powerful narrative offers a rare insider perspective on resilience at scale—and reveals what true tenacity looks like in real-time.

Step into the golden age of kings, conquerors, and colossal ambition. From humble beginnings in the rugged heartlands of Persia, a visionary named Cyrus the Great rose to forge one of the most expansive empires the world had ever seen. Through conquest and compassion, diplomacy and divine rule, the Persian Empire would span three continents, influencing civilizations from the Nile to the Indus and beyond.

Cyrus the Great by Harold Lamb is a gripping biography that brings to life the extraordinary rise of one of history’s most visionary conquerors. In the turbulent sixth century B.C., Cyrus emerges from a rugged mountain kingdom to unite the fractious Persian tribes and forge an empire that would stretch from the Mediterranean to the Indus River.

The Enuma Elish is one of the most important texts from the ancient world. In this Babylonian creation epic, Marduk defeats Tiamat, fashions heaven and earth from her divided body, and creates humanity from divine blood. More than myth, this poem became a theological declaration of imperial Babylon and a key witness to the religious world behind the Old Testament.