World History

Rian Thum Hardback, 336 pages 9780674598553   For 250 years, the Turkic Muslims of Altishahr-the vast desert region to the northwest of Tibet-have ...

Ashley Jackson Hardback, 328 pages 9781787384859   A novel examination of civilian agency and bargaining power, revealing how those living under th...

Hassan Abbas Paperback, 296 pages 9780300216165   Violence and Extremism on the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier   The true story of the Taliban’s rem...

Refaat Alareer (editor) Paperback, 208 pages 9781935982357

Neil Faulkner Hardback, 440 pages 9780300227499   A panoramic, provocative account of the clash between British imperialism and Arab jihadism in Af...

Ali A. Allawi Hardback, 672 pages 9780300127324   The first major biography of the founder of modern Iraq, a charismatic champion of Arab independe...

Ira M. Lapidus Paperback, 1018 pages Third Edition 9780521732970   This new edition of one of the most widely used course books on Islamic civiliza...

Mir Tamim Ansary Paperback, 416 pages 9781610393195   The history of modern Afghanistan is an epic drama, a thriller, a tragedy, a surreal farce. E...

Thomas Bauer Hinrich Biesterfeldt and Tricia Tunstall (translation) Paperback, 336 pages 9780231170659   In the Western imagination, Islamic cultur...

James L. Gelvin, Nile Green (eds.) Paperback 9780520275027   The second half of the nineteenth century marks a watershed in human history. Railroad...

James Frankel Paperback, 208 pages 9781784539818   Tracing 1200 years of history, this book shows that Muslim communities in China have undergone t...

Kate Brittlebank Paperback, 102 pages 9781905837878   He was the most feared Indian of his time.  But to his subjects he was a strong and just king...

Yusuf Samih Asmay Paperback, 180 pages 9781800119826   This work is a unique eyewitness account dating from 1895 of Britain’s first mosque communit...

Atef Abu Saif, editor Paperback 9781905583645   Translated from Arabic   Under the Israeli occupation of the '70s and '80s, writers in Gaza had to ...

David Motadel (editor) Paperback, 328 pages 9780198754343   At the height of the imperial age, European powers ruled over most parts of the Islamic...

Tayeb El-Hibri Paperback, 360 pages 9781316634394   The period of the Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258) has long been recognized as the formative period...

Dov Waxman Paperback, 264 pages 9780190625337   No conflict in the world has lasted as long, generated as many news headlines, or incited as much c...

Ilan Pappe Paperback, 378 pages Third Edition 9781108401449   Ilan Pappe's book traces the history of Palestine from the Ottomans in the nineteenth...

Martin Bunton Paperback, 152 pages 9780199603930   The conflict between Palestine and Israel is one of the most highly publicized and bitter strugg...

Raja Shehadeh Paperback 9781781256541   'Brilliantly evokes the Palestinian tragedy by way of a complex friendship. This is a fiercely intelligent ...

Roger Hardy Paperback, 288 pages 9781849049542    Hardy examines the unfortunate legacies of intervention that continue to fester almost fifty year...

Jean-Pierre Filiu Paperback, 424 pages 9781849045490   Winner of the Middle East Monitor Palestine Book Award and a Guardian Book of the Year   The...

Ilan Pappe, Noam Chomsky Paperback, 256 pages 9780141399515   Co-authored by two leading voices in the struggle to liberate Palestine, a clear-sigh...

Karen Armstrong Paperback, 496 pages 9780006383475