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Arabs: A Short History with Documents
	Halm, Heinz (edited by Luke Yarbrough and Oded Zinger; translated by Allison Brown and Tom Lampert) Subject: Middle East	Heinz Halm is an internationally renowned scholar of the Middle East, whose books, including The Shiites: A Short History and The Arabs: A Short History, have been translated into many languages. The Arabs, Heinz Halm’s masterful narrative, is now available … More Information

History of the Middle East
	Halm, Heinz, Suraiya Faroqhi, Monika Gronke Subject: Middle Eastern History, Textbook	The Arabs: A Short History by Heinz Halm The Ottoman Empire: A Short History by Suraiya Faroqhi Iran:A Short History by Monika Gronke Now combined into a single volume, these three brief history texts provide a concise and eye-opening … More Information

Jihad: A History in Documents (2016 Expanded Edition)
	Peters, Rudolph F. Subject: Religion, Middle East	This updated and expanded 2016 edition of the classic text on Muslim thinking about war and peace features new chapters on jihad after 9/11, including translations and analyses of fatwas from ISIS and al-Qaeda. “Helps us understand the wider … More Information

Modern Iran: A History in Documents
	Nabavi, Negin Subject: Middle Eastern History	Covering the period from the early nineteenth century to the present day, Modern Iran: A History in Documents brings together primary sources in translation that shed light on aspects of the political, social, cultural, and intellectual history of … More Information

Napoleon in Egypt: Al-Jabarti’s Chronicle of the French Occupation of 1798 (Expanded Edition)
	Al-Jabarti, Abd Al Raman Subject: Africa, Europe, Middle East	Napoleon’s conquest of Egypt in 1798 was the first contact between a Western power with imperial goals and an ancient regime of an African society. Sheik Al-Jabarti’s chronicle is a unique combination of historical narration and reflection combined with daily … More Information

The Kurds: A Modern History (2016 Edition)
	Gunter, Michael Subject: Middle Eastern History	“Professor Gunter’s easily accessible book offers readers an excellent state-of-the-art overview of Kurdish studies and reveals the continuities and violent ruptures that have shaped Kurdish history over the course of centuries.” — Hamit Borzarslan, École des hautes études en sciences … More Information

The Puerto Ricans: A Documentary 50th Anniversary Edition 2023 Edition
	de Wagenheim, Olga, Jiménez and Kal Wagenheim, Luis Martînz-Fernandez, editors Subject: Puerto Rican History, Caribbean History, US History	*A panorama of Puerto Rican life from the 15th to the 21st century* For 50 years thousands of students, and readers interested in the history of Puerto Rico based on facts and documents have turned to this book. … More Information

The Shiites: A Short History
	Halm, Heinz (translated by Allison Brown) Subject: Middle East, Religion,	Combining history, comparative religion, and political interpretations, Heinz Halm elucidates Shi’ism and political developments in the Middle East for the uninformed reader. The author highlights three main aspects of Shi’a Islam: its historical development, especially the history of the Imans; … More Information

Women in the Islamic World: From Earliest Times to the Arab Spring
	Schneider, Irene (translated by Steven Rendall) Subject: Middle Eastern Studies, Women Studies, Religion, World History	This book describes and analyzes the different roles women have played in the Islamic world, past and present. Starting with Sharia regulations and their applications in societies throughout history, Schneider observes and pinpoints the obstacles and opportunities women … More Information