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Thinking Gaza: An Essay on Ferocity

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Franco Bifo BerardiPaperback, 176 pages9781635902761   A call to imagine a less deadly future, written in the shadow of genocide and “ferocious opt...

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Sugar: A Bittersweet History

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Elizabeth AbbottPaperback, 464 pages9780715655801   Sugar was once the most powerful commodity on earth. It shaped world affairs, influenced the ec...

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Behind the Beautiful Forevers

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Katherine BooPaperback, 288 pages9780812979329   Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity   In this breathtaking book by Pulitzer Prize winner K...

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Between Iran and Zion: Jewish Histories of Twentieth-Century Iran

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Lior B. SternfeldPaperback, 208 pages9781503613638   Iran is home to the largest Jewish population in the Middle East, outside of Israel. At its pe...

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Iran Rising

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Amin SaikalPaperback, 344 pages9780691216874   The Survival and Future of the Islamic Republic   An authoritative account of how and why the Islami...

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Sunni Chauvinism and the Roots of Muslim Modernism

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Teena U. PurohitPaperback, 248 pages9780691241661   Muslim intellectuals who sought to establish the boundaries of modern Muslim identity   Muslim ...

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Muslim Wales: A History in 9 Places

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Abdul-Azim AhmedPaperback, 200 pages9781781727935   Wales is a vibrant multicultural and multireligious nation, home to one of the oldest Muslim co...

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Every Moment Is a Life: Gaza in the Time of Genocide

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Susan Abulhawa and Huzama HabayebPaperback, 224 pages Arabic-English9781668222362   Arabic-English bilingual anthology of essays from eighteen youn...

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The Eyes of Gaza (Little, Brown)

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Plestia AlaqadPaperback, 224 pages9780316597456   North American edition with an exclusive afterword and photographs   In early October 2023, Pales...

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Oil, Nationalism and British Policy in Iran

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Jack TaylorPaperback, 240 pages9781350321175   The End of Informal Empire, 1941-53   As new nations were formed from the declining British Empire, ...

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Unholy Kingdom: Religion, Corruption and Violence in Saudi Arabia

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Malise RuthvenPaperback, 400 pages9781839760112   The Fault Lines of the Middle East Converge in Saudi Arabia   In recent years, the de facto head ...

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The Long War on Iran: New Events, Old Questions

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Behrooz GhamariPaperback, 260 pages9781682196717   “Well-written and brimming with insight, this book expertly demystifies Iran.” — Vali Nasr   The...

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The Revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine

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Ghassan KanafaniPaperback, 118 pages9781736850046   A radical analysis of Palestinian resistance from one of their most influential voices.   Revis...

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Method and Madness: The Hidden Story of Israel’s Assaults on Gaza

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Norman G. FinkelsteinPaperback, 236 pages9781939293718   In this concise, paradigm-shifting book, Norman G. Finkelstein argues that Israel’s savage...

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Arab Revolt 1916-18: Lawrence Sets Arabia Ablaze

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David MurphyPaperback, 96 pages9781846033391   This slim volume features the exploits of 'Lawrence of Arabia' - one of the most famous and enigmati...

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Anglo-Afghan Wars 1839-1919

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Gregory Fremont-BarnesPaperback, 96 pages9781846034466   During the 19th and early 20th century, Britain entered into three brutal wars with Afghan...

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The Suez Crisis 1956

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Derek VarblePaperback, 96 pages9781841764184   In July 1956 Egyptian President Gamal Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, causing immediate concern ...

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The Six Day War 1967: Jordan and Syria

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Simon DunstanPaperback, 96 pages9781846033643   A concise explanation of the campaigns in which Israel took over the West Bank and the Golan Height...

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Byzantine Soldier vs Seljuk Warrior

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Si SheppardPaperback, 80 pages9781472864987   Manzikert to Myriokephalon, 1071–1176   This colourful study investigates the Byzantine and Seljuk fo...

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The History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

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Philip ParkerHardback, 360 pages9780241723623   Why did democracy emerge in ancient Greece? How did Spain conquer South and Central America? And wh...

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To Lose a War: The Fall and Rise of the Taliban

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John Lee AndersonPaperback, 412 pages9781804272435   From one of the great foreign correspondents of our time, author of some of the most essential...

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The World After Gaza PB

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Pankaj MishraPaperback, 304 pages9781529978742   Palestine Book Awards 2025 Winner   Memory of the Holocaust, the ultimate atrocity of Europe’s civ...

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Radical Separation of Powers: A History of Islamic Constitutionalism

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Wael HallaqHardback, 592 pages9781836431176   'The breadth of Hallaq’s analysis of Islamic constitutionalism and the philosophical depth that he br...

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Hebrew Orientalism

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Mostafa HusseinPaperback, 352 pages9780691202037   Jewish Engagement with Arabo-Islamic Culture in Late Ottoman and British Palestine   How Jewish ...

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