World History

Malise RuthvenPaperback, 400 pages9781839760112   The Fault Lines of the Middle East Converge in Saudi Arabia   In recent years, the de facto head ...

Behrooz GhamariPaperback, 260 pages9781682196717   “Well-written and brimming with insight, this book expertly demystifies Iran.” — Vali Nasr   The...

Ghassan KanafaniPaperback, 118 pages9781736850046   A radical analysis of Palestinian resistance from one of their most influential voices.   Revis...

Norman G. FinkelsteinPaperback, 236 pages9781939293718   In this concise, paradigm-shifting book, Norman G. Finkelstein argues that Israel’s savage...

David MurphyPaperback, 96 pages9781846033391   This slim volume features the exploits of 'Lawrence of Arabia' - one of the most famous and enigmati...

Gregory Fremont-BarnesPaperback, 96 pages9781846034466   During the 19th and early 20th century, Britain entered into three brutal wars with Afghan...

Derek VarblePaperback, 96 pages9781841764184   In July 1956 Egyptian President Gamal Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, causing immediate concern ...

Simon DunstanPaperback, 96 pages9781846033643   A concise explanation of the campaigns in which Israel took over the West Bank and the Golan Height...

Si SheppardPaperback, 80 pages9781472864987   Manzikert to Myriokephalon, 1071–1176   This colourful study investigates the Byzantine and Seljuk fo...

Philip ParkerHardback, 360 pages9780241723623   Why did democracy emerge in ancient Greece? How did Spain conquer South and Central America? And wh...

John Lee AndersonPaperback, 412 pages9781804272435   From one of the great foreign correspondents of our time, author of some of the most essential...

Pankaj MishraPaperback, 304 pages9781529978742   Palestine Book Awards 2025 Winner   Memory of the Holocaust, the ultimate atrocity of Europe’s civ...

Wael HallaqHardback, 592 pages9781836431176   'The breadth of Hallaq’s analysis of Islamic constitutionalism and the philosophical depth that he br...

Mostafa HusseinPaperback, 352 pages9780691202037   Jewish Engagement with Arabo-Islamic Culture in Late Ottoman and British Palestine   How Jewish ...

Thomas SuárezHardback, 248 pages9781623716158   From the River to the Sea in Early Geographic Thought   A lavishly illustrated and meticulously gui...

Sarah Irving (editor)Paperback, 232 pages9781399503624   Essays in Honour of Salim Tamari   Over the past decade, histories of Late Ottoman and esp...

Salman KhalidPaperback, 192 pages9780745351643   It's 1 am in central Gaza, and emergency physician Salman Khalid is jolted awake by a text message...

Gina Nakhle KollerBilingual in Italian and EnglishPaperback, 112 pages9791280495709   This work by Lebanese-Palestinian graphic artist Gina Nakhle ...

Mahmood MamdaniHardback, 352 pages9780674299870   Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and the Making of the Ugandan State   A leading public intellectual gi...

Rian ThumHardback, 304 pages9780674976801   A deeply learned reassessment of the history of Chinese Muslims, who since the fourteenth century have ...

Adam BursiPaperback,280 pages9781399522335 Relics and Sacred Spaces in Early Islam   Traces of the Prophets rewrites the history of holy bodies and...

Ali M. AnsariPaperback, 160 pages9781509541515   Both revolutionary and reactionary, the Islamic Republic of Iran has long been a conundrum for Wes...

Michael AxworthyPaperback, 224 pages9780190232962   Since the beginning of recorded history, Iran/Persia has been one of the most important world c...

Yakoob AhmedPaperback, 360 pages9786255888792   Reviving Faith through the lens of history   Can history serve as a source of meaning, belonging, a...