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U.S.A: J P Tarcher/Penguin Grp, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Hard Back First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket AS NEW. Pristine red and gray binding, tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Text body also as new. An extraordinary journey of the child of Jewish hippies to apathetic undergrad to Sufi Muslim activist to Islamic extremist to FBI informer and counter-terrorist expert. Provides a unique understanding of Islamic extremists from one who lived and worked among them. 294 pages including acknowledgments and glossary. 8.6 x 6 inches. J P Tarcher, New York, 2007.

U.S.A: Viking/Penguin Group, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Ivory and tan binding is clean and unmarked, slight rubbing to some edges, a strip along the fore edge is sunned. Tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Remainder mark. Internals quite clean and free from any markings. Tan, un-clipped jacket with brown titles and illustration by Christopher Brand; very slight wear to extremities. 366 pages with Notes and Index. 9.4 x 6.25 inches. Viking/Penguin Group, USA 2009.

USA: Orion Books/Crown Publishing, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. First Printing Hardcover Book and Jacket As New. An account from the front lines of the Afghan civil war, giving a human face to a conflict that is hard for Americans to understand. Rob Schultheis fell in love with Afghanistan in the 1970s, when it had barely changed for 500 years before being plunged into civil war. Through the eighties he reported on the war from the front lines. Afghanistan, 1979-1989. 155 pages. 5.25 x 9.5 inches. Orion Books/Crown Publishing, New York, 1992

New York: Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1995. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1995. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Front loose endpaper has been removed, otherwise in Very Good Condition--clean, unmarked, trace wear to lower corner, binding tight and solid, pages completely clean, toned. Brooks presents stunning vignettes of Muslim women, carefully distinguishing misogyny and oppressive cultural traditions from what she considers the true meaning of the Koran. 255 pages. Glossary, Bibliography, Index. 8vo. 1995, Anchor Books/Doubleday.

New York: Viking/Penguin Group, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Ex-Library First Edition. Hardcover Ex-Library Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Other than minimal library markings, in Fine Condition. Very clean, otherwise unmarked, tight, solid and square binding, internals as new. Bernard Lewis has witnessed and participated in some of the key events of the last century. In this exceptional memoir he shares stories of his wartime service in London and Cairo, decrypting intercepts for M16 with sometimes unexpected consequences. After the war he was the first Western scholar ever invited into the Ottoman archives in Istanbul. There are memorable encounters with Edward Kennedy, the Shah of Iran, Golda Meir, Pope John Paul II, and many others. He is internationally recognized as the greatest historian of the Middle East. 388 pages, indexed. 6.25 x 9.4 inches. 2012, Viking/Penguin Group, New York.

New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Veteran reporter Elaine Sciolino presents the story of Saddam Hussein and his outlaw state in an authoritative historical perspecteive. Eight pages of illustrations. Golden brown half cloth with black titles, black boards. Very clean, unmarked, tight & solid sewn binding, square with sharp corners. Bright and clean unclipped jacket. 320 pages with Chronology of Events, Bibliography, and Index. 6.25 x 9.4 inches. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1991. IRAQ-POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; PERSIAN GULF WAR, 1991.

New York: Crown Forum/Crown Publishing, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket AS NEW. 370 pages. Very clean and unmarked inside and out, solid and tight binding of black and yellowish-tan paper-covered boards, square with sharp corners. 370 pages, 8vo. Crown Publishing, New York

New York: Alfred A Knopf/Random House, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in FINE Condition. An unusual friendship developed between an American Jew who served as guard in the largest prison in Israel and his prisoner Rafiq, a rising leader in the PLO. Despite their fears and prejudices, they began a dialogue that grew into a friendship. This is an account of life in that harsh desert prison--mean, overcrowded and violent-and of that dialogue between the guard, Jeffrey Goldberg, and Rafiq. It is a dialog of their accusations, explanations, fears, prejudices, and aspirations. Jeffrey Goldber became an award-winning correspondent for The New Yorker and Rafiq became a graduate student in Washington DC where Goldberg was located. And their dialogue continued. Clean, unmarked, solid volume in brown half cloth with bold and bright gilt titles, with gray boards; square with sharp corners. Internals As New.… Read More

New York: Howard Books/Simon & Schuster, 2014. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Ex-Library Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Clean and unmarked wraps with light wear around all edges, no spine creasing. Lib stamps, no pocket or card. Internals are clean, free from any markings, no creases. 128 pages with Notes. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 2014, Howard Books/Simon & Schuster, NY

New York: Thunder's Mouth Press and Balliett & Fitzgerald Inc, 2002. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Ex-Library Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Selections from leading writers on Iraq. Used Retired library book with wear to cover, book has been used/read. Cover is clean, light crease down middle. Text block edges show use. Pages clean and unmarked. Page edges have small marks. Clear and readable book. 556 pages. 6.25 x 9.25 Inches. Thunder's Mouth Press, New York, 2002.

U.S.A: Harper & Row, 1966. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Hardcover BCE and Vintage Jacket in Very Good Condition. Mylar jacket cover. An essay in contemporary history that explores and explains the extraordinary sequence of events that culminated in the Anglo-French Suez expedition in 1956 and the Israeli invasion of the Sinai Peninsula; the enmity between Dulles and Eden; the Israeli desire for a preventive war; the shades of Munich and appeasement that haunted British statesmen; the question of oil supplies; --so many aspects perhaps unknown or forgotten about this international crises in the 1950s. Black cloth red and yellow titled on spine; very clean and unmarked; no edgewear; top edge of text block dust-dulled; tight and solid binding. internals in fine condition. Clean black jacket with orange lettering, rubbed, light edgewear, light chipping to spine ends. 264 pages. 5.75x8.5". 1966, Harper & Row, USA

U.S.A: Touchstone Books/Simon & Schuster, 2001. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Updated with new chapters. Important book for all those who want to understand the violence of the Middle East. Red and black pictorial wraps are clean and unmarked, trace wear to lower front corner and lower edge. Soundly bound, square. Pages edges and pages clean, free from any markings, no creases. 330 pages with Glossary, Notes and Index. 6.2 x 9.25 inches. 2001, Touchstone Books/Simon & Schuster, New York, New York, USA

U.S.A: Touchstone Books/Simon & Schuster, 2001. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Ex-Library Trade Paperback Ex-library in Good Condition. Updated with new chapters. Important book for all those who want to understand the violence of the Middle East. Red and black pictorial wraps are clean, worn,with bar code blacked out, ruffling of corners, edges rubbed, Soundly bound, square. Minimal library marked. Pages clean, free from any markings, no creases. 330 pages with Glossary, Notes and Index. 6.2 x 9.25 inches. 2001, Touchstone Books/Simon & Schuster, New York, New York, USA

New York: Doubleday, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Ex-Library First Edition Ex-Library Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Library stamp on inside of covers and on upper edge-no other lib markings. Quite clean and unmarked book; backstrap partially loose from crash so front cover has some movement possible. b/w photographs. Pages spotless, no creases. Orange and black, unclipped jacket is bright and clean, slight edgewear. New archival cover to jacket, so tape residue strip from library jacket removal is on the book boards. SAUDI ARABIA, HISTORY-SIEGE, 1979 ABDULLAH AL QAHTANI AFGHANISTAN OSAMA BIN LADEN BRZEZINSKI, ZBIGNIEW BEDOUINS BIN BAZ, ABDELAZIZ GRAND MOSQUE IRAN IRAQ ISLAM KAABA VANCE, CYRUS YEMEN UTEYBI, JUHAYMAN BIN SELF 301 pages with Notes and Sources, Index. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. 2007, Doubleday, New York.

New York: Vintage/ Random House, 2001. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Gently used clean and unmarked book; glued binding tight, solid and square. First Edition Paperback with a new Introduction and final chapter. In "Soldiers of God", the reader follows Kaplan's extraordinary journey in war-ravaged Afghanistan in the 1980s and learns how the thwarted Soviet invasion gave rise to the ruthless Taliban and the defining international conflagration of the 21st century. 278 pages, with Index. 8 x 5.25 inches. 2001, Vintage/ Random House, New York.

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2001. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean, unmarked wrappers with slight edge wear. Pages clean, no markings of any kind, no creases. Cover flares up a bit. A book about the nature of local Central Asian politics and the consequences of interferences by outside powers. Correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowly world of the Taliban, the world's most extreme and radical Islamic organization, into sharp focus in this insightful book. Perhaps the only authoritative account of the Taliban available to English language readers, explaining the Talibal's rise to power, its impact on Afghanistan and the region, its role in oil and gas company decisions, and the effects of changing American attitudes. An excellent political and historical account. 279 pages with Appendices, Notes and Index. 7.75 x 5 inches. 2001, Yale University Press, New Haven and London

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2001. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback As New. A book about the nature of local Central Asian politics and the consequences of interferences by outside powers. Correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowly world of the Taliban, the world's most extreme and radical Islamic organization, into sharp focus in this insightful book. Perhaps the only authoritative account of the Taliban available to English language readers, explaining the Talibal's rise to power, its impact on Afghanistan and the region, its role in oil and gas company decisions, and the effects of changing American attitudes. An excellent political and historical account. 279 pages with Appendices, Notes and Index. 7.75 x 5 inches. 2001, Yale University Press, New Haven and London

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2001. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean, unmarked wrappers with slight edge wear. Pages clean, no markings of any kind, no creases. A book about the nature of local Central Asian politics and the consequences of interferences by outside powers. Correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowly world of the Taliban, the world's most extreme and radical Islamic organization, into sharp focus in this insightful book. Perhaps the only authoritative account of the Taliban available to English language readers, explaining the Talibal's rise to power, its impact on Afghanistan and the region, its role in oil and gas company decisions, and the effects of changing American attitudes. An excellent political and historical account. 279 pages with Appendices, Notes and Index. 7.75 x 5 inches. 2001, Yale University Press, New Haven and London

U.S.A: Crown Publishers, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. An investigative Journalist writes about what it means to be a girl in Afghanistan--the birth of a boy is celebrated; the birth of a girl is viewed as a misfortune. And--a "bacha posh", translated from Dari as "dressed up like a boy" is a third kind of child, temporarily raised as a boy and presented to the world as such. Vivid characters bring this story to life. Binding of black half cloth with gilt titles, ivory paper-wrapped boards, very clean, spotless, unmarked, lower corners bumped; tight, solid & square. Rough cut. Internals ans page edges quite clean, no marks of any kind, no creases. Clean jacket is unclipped, faintg wear to some extremities. 350 pages with Notes and Index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 2014, Crown Publishers, USA

Oxford and New York: Oxford Univ Press, 2002. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Oxford Univ Press, 2002. Type: Hardback Ninth Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. Black-and-white illustrations. Bound in blue half cloth with silver titles, blue boards, very clean, unmarked, tight, solid and square. Blue unclipped jacket with painting of 'The quay of the Dolmabahce Place, Kaiser Wilhelm II, on a visit to Sultan Abdulhamid II, is boarding the royal boat'. Bernard Lewis explores the eclipse of the Middle East in the last three centuries and how the aftermath is felt to this day. He sheds light on the massive divide between the West and Islam societies of today.180 pages with Notes and Index. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 2002.