Gordon: Victorian Hero
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Charles George Gordon was the preeminent military hero of the late-Victorian British Empire. A...
Arab Orthodox Christians Under the Ottomans 1516-1831
Samuel Noble, Constantin Alexandrovich Panchenko and Brittany Pheiffer Noble
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Following the so called "Arab Spring" the world's attention has been drawn to the presence of...
The Geography of Morals: Varieties of Moral Possibility
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The Geography of Morals is a work of extraordinary ambition: an indictment of the parochialism of...
I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad
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"I was told to come alone. I was not to carry any identification, and would have to leave my cell...
biography politics social issues
A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to Isis
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In 2011, a wave of revolution spread through the Middle East as protesters demanded an end to...
The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe: A History
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A history of modern European cultural pluralism, its current crisis, and its uncertain future In...
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The Hostage's Daughter: A Story of Family, Madness, and the Middle East
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In this gripping blend of reportage, memoir, and analysis, a journalist and daughter of one of the...
Tripoli: A History
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It has been called a "Noble Possession", abused as "A Nest of Corsairs" and extolled as "The Pearl...
The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast
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Michael Scott Moore, a journalist and the author of Sweetness and Blood, incorporates personal...
The Krio of West Africa: Islam, Culture, Creolization, and Colonialism in the Nineteenth Century
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"The Krio of West Africa: Islam, Culture, Creolization, and Colonialism in the Nineteenth Century,...