Reflection On The Fundamental of Saudi Policy.
Riyadh. Dal Al-Uruq. 151pp, very good paperback copy with a touch of rubbing on the extremities. 24.5 x 17.5cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173235. More
Middle East & Africa
Turkey Today. A Preview.
London. Office of the Press Counsellor to the Turkish Embassy. 1968. Third Edition. Maps, black and white illustrations, 18pp, reference books, corners a little rubbed, stapled paperback covers a little faded, still a good copy. 19 x 21.5cm. Contents include: The Ataturk Era; The Government; The World Around; The Arts;..... More
Radical Islam. The Iranian Mojahedin.
London. I. B.Tauris & Co Ltd., 1989. Society and Culture in the Modern Middle East series. viii + 307pp, bibliography, index. Large signature of a prior owner title page, contents a little browned, a very good paperback neatly rebound in boards. When referring to this item please quote stockid 222351..... More
The Keys of Egypt. The Race to Read the Hieroglyphs.
London. HarperCollins. 2001. Reprint. Maps, black and white photographic plates, 335pp, index, edges and margins little browned, remainder mark lower edge, a very good paperback copy. "A vivid and superbly written account of the unravelling of one of the great intellectual puzzles, set against the backdop of Europe in the..... More
The Arab Predicament. Arab Political Thought and Practice Since 1967.
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1992. New Edition. xx + 279pp, index, notes, dustjacket little worn and marked, edges little foxed, paperback covers somewhat marked, a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178156. More
The Arab Predicament. Arab Political Thought and Practice Since 1967.
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1989. Reprint. xvi + 220pp, notes, index, notes. A prior owner's large signature title page, top edge lightly foxed, a very good paperback rebound in boards. When referring to this item please quote stockid 222701. More
The Dream Palace of the Arabs. A Generation's Odyssey.
New York. Pantheon Books. 1998. Endpaper maps, xix + 344pp, source notes, index. A prior owner's stamp half title and title page, upper edge lightly foxed, dustjacket, a good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 222527. More
Islam and the West. Reflections from Australia.
Sydney. UNSW Press. 2005. xvii + 186pp, glossary, bibliography, index, light wear paperback extremities, a good copy. "Islam and the West presents a multi-layered approach to the relationship between Muslims and Western states. At the global level, it investigates the impact of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, along with the implications..... More
Change and Persistence of Turkish Culture.
Melbourne. Australian-Turkish Friendship Society. 1984. 61pp, ex library, catalogue sticker upper cover, cancelled library stamp on dedication page and lower paste-down endpaper, library slip and cancelled barcode lower free endpaper, wrappers very slightly worn. Seminar Papers, 14 April 1984, Monash University, Melbourne. "Turkish Culture through the Ages", "Influences on Turkish..... More
Hizbullah. Menebus Maruah Umat. [Hezbollah. Redeeming the Dignity of the People].
Jalan Pahang. Harakah. 2006. Maps, xxiv + 116pp, glossary. Text in Malay. As new paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 219905. More
Self-Criticism After the Defeat.
London. Saqi Books. 2011. Translated by George Stergios. 186pp. A prior owner's signature half title, some leaves annotated in pen, edges browned, a good paperback copy. "The 1967 War – which led to the defeat of Syria, Jordan and Egypt by Israel – felt like an unprecedented and unimaginable disaster..... More
Modernity and Tradition. The Saudi Equation.
London. Kegan Paul. 1991. Reprint. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, diagrams, tables, xiii + 337pp, bibliography, index, quarto, dustjacket, very nice copy. Looks at the judicial and political systems, the petroleum industry, the economy, industrial and agricultural development, infrastructure, education, health, foreign policy and aid to the developing world..... More
Saudi Arabia. A Case Study in Development.
London. KPI. 1988. Reprint of the revised edition. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, tables and figures, 264pp, glossary, bibliography, index, dustjacket, compliments stamp contents leaf. A good copy. Study of the political and administrative development of Saudi Arabia. When referring to this item please quote stockid 316... More
Saudi Arabia. A Case Study in Development.
London. Stacey. 1978. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, tables and figures, 220pp, appendix, glossary, bibliography, index, compliments stamp title page, covers patchily faded, edges lightly foxed, minor wear and foxing dustjacket. A good copy. Study of the political and administrative development of Saudi Arabia. When referring to this item..... More
Arab Women in Arab News. Old Stereotypes and New Media.
London. Bloomsbury. 2012. xxvi + 446pp, index, bibliography, appendices, notes, very good paperback copy. "This book addresses east-west understandings of Arab women as portrayed through translated media. The vast majority of media studies on Arab women are western-based. They study the effect of western stereotypes in western media depictions of..... More
Fatwa Palestin. Soal Jawab Berkenaan Isu Pergolakan di Palestin. [Palestinian Fatwa. Questions and Answers Regarding the Conflict in Palestine].
Selangor. PTS Islamika. 2014. Black and white photographic illustrations, xii + 179pp. Text in Malay. As new paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 219948. More
Contesting the Saudi State. Islamic Voices from a New Generation.
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 2007. Map, xxi + 308pp, glossary, notes, bibliography, indices. A very good hardback in price clipped dustjacket. When referring to this item please quote stockid 219478. More
After Jews and Arabs. Remaking Levantine Culture.
Minneapolis. University of Minnesota Press. 1993. xi + 336pp, notes, index. Small annotations in pen and pencil some leaves, a prior owner's large signature title page, a little worn covers, a good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 222712. More
The Turban for the Crown. The Islamic Revolution in Iran.
New York. Oxford University Press. 1988. xii + 283pp, appendix, notes, glossary, references, index. Large signature of a prior owner title page, top edge trifle foxed, a very good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 222704. More
The Road to Mecca.
Gibraltar. Dar Al-Andalus. 1985. Reprint. Black and white photographic illustrations, xiii + 381pp, glossary. A prior owner's large signature half title, very small annotations in pen some leaves, edges lightly foxed, a good hardback in dustjacket. When referring to this item please quote stockid 222731. More
The Unromantic Orient.
Kuala Lumpur. Islamic Book Trust. 2004. Translated by Elma Ruth Harder. Black and white photographic plates, xvi + 142pp, chronology, index. A prior owner's signature half title and title page, top edge lightly foxed, a very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 222535... More
Crusade, Commerce and Culture.
New York. Science Editions. 1966. Maps, 280pp, index, bibliography, appendix, paperback, edges and leaves browned, covers little worn, a sound secondhand copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178143. More
Crusade. The Untold Story of the Gulf War.
London. HarperCollins. 1994. Maps, black and white illustrations, xii + 575pp, chronology, notes, bibliography, index, edges lightly soiled, otherwise good copy in protected dustjacket. Definitive chronicle of the Persian Gulf War. When referring to this item please quote stockid 63625. More
Anwar Sadat.
London. Burke Publishing, 1990. Black and white photographic illustrations throughout, 112pp, chronology, index, upper cover slightly lifting, paperback. Biography of Anwar Sadat, aimed at the younger reader. World Leaders, Past and Present series. When referring to this item please quote stockid 67896. More
Underdevelopment and Rural Structures in Southeastern Turkey: The Household Economy in Gisgis and Kalhana.
London. Ithaca Press. 1986. 301pp, bibliography, appendix, index, type script, covers trifle worn extremities. Chapters cover: The Turkish agrarian debate; regional underdevelopment; the structure of southeastern Anatolia; physical environment, population and agriculture; land and stock ownership; relation of production outside and within the household; credit mechanisms; marketing structures and patterns..... More