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Egypt
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 19.95This is a sweeping, colorful, and concise narrative history of Egypt from the beginning of human settlement in the Nile River valley 5000 years ago to the present day. Accessible, authoritative, and richly illustrated, this is an ideal introduction and guide to Egypt's long, brilliant, and complex history for general readers, tourists, and anyone... more...
Beware of Small States
Faber and Faber 2010; US$ 14.57History of Lebanon from one of the greatest historians of the Middle East more...
Levant
John Murray 2010; Not AvailableLevant is a book of cities. It describes the role of Smyrna, Alexandria and Beirut as windows on the world, escapes from nationality and tradition, centres of wealth, pleasure and freedom. By their mix of races and religions, they challenge stereotypes. France and Britain liberated the area through their schools, while conquering it through arms. They... more...
The Convergence of Judaism and Islam
UPF 2011; US$ 74.95The Convergence of Judaism and Islam offers fifteen interdisciplinary studies that investigate the complex relationships between the cultures of Jews and Muslims during the medieval and early modern periods. They reveal that, for the most part, Jewish-Muslim relations were peaceful and involved intellectual and professional cooperation.< more...
The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 76.00This book explores the serious and far-reaching impacts of Little Ice Age climate fluctuations in Ottoman lands. more...
Iran: Empire of the Mind
Penguin Books Ltd 2008; Not AvailableIran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult country. But beneath the headlines there is a fascinating story of a nation of great intellectual variety and depth, and enormous cultural importance. A nation whose impact has been tremendous, not only on its neighbours in the Middle East but on the world as a whole - and through ideas and... more...
A Political Economy of the Middle East
Westview Press 2009; US$ 55.00A comprehensive analysis of the interactions of economic development, state systems, and social actors as factors promoting or blocking change in the Middle East more...
A Death in Jerusalem
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 25.00On the evening of September 17, 1948, a car carrying Count Folke Bernadotte, the first United Nations?appointed mediator in the Middle East, traveled up a narrow Jerusalem street. As the car shifted gears for the climb toward the New City, an Israeli Army jeep nosed into the road, forcing Bernadotte?s car and the two following him to come to a full... more...
Notes on a Century
Penguin Group US 2012; US$ 19.99The #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Went Wrong? tells the story of his extraordinary life After September 11, Americans who had never given much thought to the Middle East turned to Bernard Lewis for an explanation, catapulting What Went Wrong? and later Crisis of Islam to become number one bestsellers. He was the first to warn... more...









