Take a journey through the Middle East, examining the dynamics that made it a lightning rod for political controversy, religious dissension, and violence between 1968 and 1988.
African Holocaust, which was first published in 1962, tells the extraordinary story of how and why a group of 22 Catholic converts to Christianity in the historical kingdom of Buganda (now part of Uganda) were executed between 31 January 1885 and 27 January 1887.
Afghanistans Experiences is a sweeping analysis of the historic events and interplay between politics, religion, and terrorism in Afghanistan, the southeastern region of the country, and beyond.
Succinctly and powerfully recounts the experiences of the author, a founding member of the Jewish Military Union, and important witness during the trial of Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann.
CAPTAIN HODSON was sent in 1914 to establish the first British Consulate in Southern Abyssinia, his immediate purpose being to safeguard the timid Boran tribes and the elephants of Kenya Colony against further raids across the border.
In Polish Woods, which was first published in its English translation from its original Yiddish in 1938, is a historical novel describing the devolution of the Kotzker dynasty between the age of Napoleon and the Polish Revolt of 1863.
In Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood, celebrated young travelwriter-historian Justin Marozzi gives us a many-layered history of one of the world's truly great cities - both its spectacular golden ages and its terrible disasters'Justin Marozzi is the most brilliant of the new generation of travelwriter-historians' - Sunday TelegraphOver thirteen centuries, Baghdad has enjoyed both cultural and commercial pre-eminence, boasting artistic and intellectual sophistication and an economy once the envy of the world.
'Impossible to put down while you're reading, and impossible to forget about when you've finished' GlamourAfter a gruelling job interview where she was interrogated about everything from her political leanings to her family background, Sabrina Mahfouz realised that one unspoken question had pervaded her entire life: as a woman of Middle Eastern heritage, could she really be trusted?
Scheherezades Al-Tellawys remarkable life story is a powerful reminderof the depth of human strength in the face of adversity - however sustainedand shattering.
On July 27, 1990 a miltant Islamic organization launched an attempted coup d' etat premised upon a hostage situation to remove a democratically elected government from power in Trinidad and Tobago West Indies.
In a representative novel rich in fabrics of Arab and Islamic history, the writer weaves an amazing story that embodies the details of the golden eras in the annals of time, as he chooses the cities of Egypt, Iraq, the Levant, Cyrenaica, and Africa as theaters for its dramatic events.
This book looks at both sides of the conflict, the PLO and other Terrorist groups, Israeli State sponsored terrorism , the injustices that are perpetuated on a daily basis by the settlers and the early Jewish terrorist groups such as the Ingrum group and when you finally complete this book you will see that all sides have blood on their hands, NO ONE IS INNOCENT.
Born into an anti-Jewish family and growing up in a strong Christian environment, author Boyd Gutbrod became a staunch anti-Semitic, a stance that lasted well into his adulthood.
Hector Fernandez Cuba junio 1965 es un joven estudioso de las culturas antiguas y fruto de abundantes compilaciones historicas es su novela, " El Guerrero Uteh en el Reino de Ramses II" este libro narra las aventuras del joven Uteh descendiente de una estirpe guerrera que arde en deseos de entrar en combate bajo las ordenes del Faraon Ramses II contra su mas potente enemigo el imperio Hitita {actual Armenia) y que culmina con lo que hoy se conoce como el primer tratado de paz entre ambos imperios, escrita en lenguaje coloquial y directo sin rebuscamientos barrocos el texto de fernandez incerta inmediatamente al lector en un mundo fascinante y exotico, literatura que tiene un largo expediente contemporaneo recordemos Mika Waltari con "Sinuhue el Egipcio" esta novela se agrega con su precensia singular al monto de total de la literatura cubana escrita en las ultimas dos decadas .
It is clearly obvious that, in the United States, limits are imposed on the Palestinians right to speak, on what the Palestinians could or should not say.
One of the earliest published accounts of the Nazi concentration camp system, for no crime other than being Jewish Leon Szalet was incarcerated by the Gestapo and experienced the awful torments of Sachsenhausen.
A fascinating, personal and insightful account of the Iraq war from the bestselling author of THE BOOKSELLER OF KABULIn January 2003 sne Seierstad entered Baghdad on a ten-day visa.
This book documents the tales of scores of Christian heroes and heroines from all walks of life, in various European countries, who aided the oppressed escape the Nazi terror.
The main purpose of this book is to serve as a source of spiritual information, enlightenment, wisdom, and guidance to those believing Muslims, as well as non-Muslims, to come to terms in reaffirming the fact that there is a creator (God).
Afghanistan's Experiences is a sweeping analysis of the historic events and interplay between politics, religion, and terrorism in Afghanistan, the southeastern region of the country, and beyond.
Vanunus WAIT for LIBERTY, REMEMBERING the USS LIBERTY and MY Life as a Candidate of Conscience for US HOUSE 2012, is the fourth in the series Eileen Fleming began writing in 2005 after her first of seven trips to both sides of The Wall in Israel Palestine.
This book is the story of the former Hungarian Zionist leader, Joel Brand, as told to Alex Weissberg, author of The Accused, which told of his experiences as a prisoner of the Soviet secret police.
