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  • The Innocents Abroad

    by Mark Twain ...
    "The Innocents Abroad" is a humorous travel narrative by Mark Twain based on his 1867 steamship voyage to Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Land. He published newspaper articles about the people and places he saw. In 1869, he collected these articles and other notes and published them as "The Innocents Abroad". Not only was it Twain's best-selling book in his lifetime, it has proven to be one of the ... Read more

    $0.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Buried

    An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution

    by Peter Hessler ...
    **A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist"Extraordinary...Sensitive and perceptive, Mr. Hessler is a superb literary archaeologist, one who handles what he sees with a bit of wonder that he gets to watch the history of this grand city unfold, one day at a time.” —Wall Street JournalFrom the acclaimed author of River Town and Oracle Bones, an intimate excavation of life in one of the world's ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Ike's Gamble

    America's Rise to Dominance in the Middle East

    by Michael Doran ...
    “Deeply researched, tightly argued, and accessibly concise” (The New York Times Book Review)—a major retelling of the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956, a seminal event in the history of US relations with the Middle East, and why President Eisenhower sided with Egypt rather than Britain, France, and Israel, and how he came to regret that decision.In 1956 President Nasser of Egypt moved to take possession ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Weavers, Scribes, and Kings

    A New History of the Ancient Near East

    A unique history of the ancient Near East that compellingly presents the life stories of kings, priestesses, merchants, bricklayers, and others In this sweeping history of the ancient Near East, Amanda Podany takes readers on a gripping journey from the creation of the world's first cities to the conquests of Alexander the Great. The book is built around the life stories of many ancient men and ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Classless Politics

    Islamist Movements, the Left, and Authoritarian Legacies in Egypt

    by Hesham Sallam ...
    Series series Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics
    Since the 1970s, the Egyptian state has embarked on a far-reaching and destabilizing project of economic liberalization, reneging on its commitments to social welfare. Despite widespread socioeconomic grievances stemming from these policies, class politics and battles over wealth redistribution have largely been sidelined from elite-led national politics. Instead, conflicts over identity have ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Alexandria

    The City that Changed the World

    by Islam Issa ...
    An original, authoritative, and lively cultural history of the first modern city, from pre-Homeric times to the present day.Islam Issa’s father had always told him about their city's magnificence, and as he looked at the new library in Alexandria it finally hit home. This is no ordinary library. And Alexandria is no ordinary city.Combining rigorous research with myth and folklore, Alexandria is an ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Shadow King

    The Bizarre Afterlife of King Tut's Mummy

    by Jo Marchant ...
    More than 3,000 years ago, King Tutankhamun's desiccated body was lovingly wrapped and sent into the future as an immortal god. After resting undisturbed for more than three millennia, King Tut's mummy was suddenly awakened in 1922. Archaeologist Howard Carter had discovered the boy-king's tomb, and the soon-to-be famous mummy's story--even more dramatic than King Tut's life--began.The mummy's ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Divided by History

    Roots of Sudanese Conflict

    by Peter Dixon ...
    Do you wonder how the past affects today’s violent conflict?Tragic turmoil in Sudan and South Sudan reminds us how fragile peace can be.Sudanese civil wars were not ended by formation of a new state. Violence has continued in South Sudan and we see today that the North is by no means peaceful.Current politics matter. Yet the origins of today’s violence stretch back into past centuries. And much of ... Read more

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  • Lost Worlds

    Between 5,000 and 6,000 years ago, in a few favored areas of the world, humankind mastered the formulas that released it from the Stone Age. For the first time in history, people became civilized. This globe- and time-trotting book vividly describes how a number of major civilizations - the Mayans, the Egyptians, the Khmers, the Etruscans, and more - emerged, thrived, faded, but left a mark on our ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit

    A Jewish Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World

    “Poignant . . . deeply personal . . . an indelible history of the largely forgotten Jews of Egypt . . . ”—Miami HeraldIn vivid and graceful prose, Lucette Lagnado re-creates the majesty and cosmopolitan glamour of Cairo in the years before Gamal Abdel Nasser’s rise to power. With Nasser’s nationalization of Egyptian industry, her father, Leon, a boulevardier who conducted business in his white ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Fall of the Ottomans

    The Great War in the Middle East

    by Eugene Rogan ...
    The thrilling and definitive history of World War I in the Middle EastBy 1914 the powers of Europe were sliding inexorably toward war, and they pulled the Middle East along with them into one of the most destructive conflicts in human history. In The Fall of the Ottomans, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan brings the First World War and its immediate aftermath in the Middle East to vivid life, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Mirage

    Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt

    by Nina Burleigh ...
    The story of Napoleon’s invasion of the Nile Valley, the scholars and scientists who tagged along, and the birth of Egyptology: “A fascinating read.” —San Francisco ChronicleTwo hundred years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared to traverse the unmapped territory of the modern-day Middle East. But in 1798, more than 150 French engineers, artists, doctors, and scientists ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Revolution for Dummies

    Laughing through the Arab Spring

    “Hilarious and Heartbreaking. Comedy shouldn’t take courage, but it made an exception for Bassem.” --Jon Stewart"The Jon Stewart of the Arabic World"—the creator of The Program, the most popular television show in Egypt’s history—chronicles his transformation from heart surgeon to political satirist, and offers crucial insight into the Arab Spring, the Egyptian Revolution, and the turmoil roiling ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Treasures of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum

    A Catalogue

    This catalogue features the major artifacts in the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose, California. It includes color photographs and descriptions of each, and essays on various aspects of ancient Egyptian culture. ... Read more

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  • The Orion Mystery

    Unlocking the Secrets of the Pyramids

    A revolutionary book that explains the most enigmatic and fascinating wonder of the ancient world: the Pyramids of Egypt.In 1993, German robotics engineer Rudolf Gatenbrink discovered a sealed door within the Great Pyramid of Giza--a door left unopened for 4,500 years. With this discovery, Robert Bauval--who spent the decade prior to the discovery researching the pyramids--and Adrian Gilbert used ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Book Of The Dead (Mobi Classics)

    The Book of Dead" is the common name for the ancient Egyptian funerary text known as "Spells of Coming" (or "Going") "Forth By Day." The Book of the Dead was a description of the ancient Egyptian conception of the afterlife and a collection of hymns, spells, and instructions to allow the deceased to pass through obstacles in the afterlife. The Book of the Dead was most commonly written on a ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Works Of E. A. Wallis Budge: The Book Of The Dead, The Babylonian Legends Of The Creation, Egyptian Ideas Of The Future Life, The Literature Of The Ancient Egyptians And More (Mobi Collected Works)

    This collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces the clutter in your digital library. All books included in this collection feature a hyperlinked table of contents and footnotes. The collection is complimented by an author biography and illustrations.Table of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Eve of Destruction

    The Untold Story of the Yom Kippur War

    by Howard Blum ...
    On October 6, 1973—Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar—the Arab world launched a bold and ingeniously conceived surprise attack against Israel. After three days of intense, bloody combat, an unprepared Israel was fighting for survival, while the Arabs, with massive forces closing in on the Jewish heartland, were poised to redeem the honor lost in three previous wars.Based on ... Read more

    $12.49 USD

  • Veritas

    A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife

    by Ariel Sabar ...
    From the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author comes the gripping true story of a sensational religious forgery and the scandal that shook Harvard.In 2012, Dr. Karen King, a star religion professor at Harvard, announced a breathtaking discovery just steps from the Vatican: she’d found an ancient scrap of papyrus in which Jesus calls Mary Magdalene “my wife.” The mysterious manuscript, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • A History of Egypt

    James Henry Breasted (August 27, 1865 December 2, 1935) was an American archaeologist and historian who focused his career on Egypt and did research into the rise of civilization in the Near East. In 1905, as a member of the University of Chicagos faculty, Breasted was promoted to professor in the first chair in Egyptology and Oriental History in the United States. In 1905, Breasted published A ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Heart of Islam

    Enduring Values for Humanity

    As the specter of religious extremism has become a fact of life today, the temptation is great to allow the evil actions and perspectives of a minority to represent an entire tradition. In the case of Islam, there has been much recent confusion in the Western world centered on distorted portrayals of its core values. Born of ignorance, such confusion feeds the very problem at hand.In The Heart of ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Harem Years

    The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist

    by Huda Shaarawi ...
    Translated by Margot Badran ...
    A firsthand account of the private world of a harem in colonial Cairo—by a groundbreaking Egyptian feminist who helped liberate countless women.In this compelling memoir, Shaarawi recalls her childhood and early adult life in the seclusion of an upper-class Egyptian household, including her marriage at age thirteen.Her subsequent separation from her husband gave her time for an extended formal ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Life in Year One

    What the World Was Like in First-Century Palestine

    by Scott Korb ...
    For anyone who's ever pondered what everyday life was like during the time of Jesus comes a lively and illuminating portrait of the nearly unknown world of daily life in first-century Palestine.What was it like to live during the time of Jesus?Where did people live?Who did they marry?And what was family life like?How did people survive?These are just some of the questions that Scott Korb answers ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Osman's Dream

    The History of the Ottoman Empire

    The definitive history of the Ottoman EmpireThe Ottoman Empire was one of the largest and most influential empires in world history. Its reach extended to three continents and it survived for more than six centuries, but its history is too often colored by the memory of its bloody final throes on the battlefields of World War I. In this magisterial work-the first definitive account written for the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD