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From a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist specializing in the Middle East, this groundbreaking account of the Syrian Civil War reveals the never-before-published true story of a 21st-century humanitarian disaster. In spring 2011, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad turned to his friend and army...

In the past five years, Israel has mounted three major assaults on the 1.8 million Palestinians trapped behind its blockade of the Gaza Strip. Taken together, Operation Cast Lead (2008-9), Operation Pillar of Defense (2012), and Operation Protective Edge (2014) have resulted in the deaths of some 3,700 Palestinians. Meanwhile a total of 90 Israelis were killed in the invasions. On the face of it, this succession of vastly disproportionate attacks has often seemed frenzied and pathological.

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Ben Kingsley and Theo James, the gripping true story of a young program coordinator at the United Nations who stumbles upon a conspiracy involving Iraq's oil reserves. "What made this episode in our collective history possible was not so much the lies...

Bloomsbury presents Crescent Dawn by Si Sheppard, read by Mark Elstob. A groundbreaking new history of the wars of the Ottoman Expansion, a truly global conflagration that crisscrossed three continents and ultimately defined the borders and future of a modern Europe. The determined attempt to...

In an old mansion in Cennethisar, a former fishing village near Istanbul, an old widow Fatma awaits the annual summer visit of her grandchildren. She has lived in the village for decades, ever since her husband, an idealistic young doctor, first arrived to serve the poor fishermen. Now mostly...

This book uncovers the narratives of Iranians, mainly women, who lead Iran's fight for liberation. Their firm pursuit of justice compelled me to capture their extraordinary journey, transcending borders and beckoning worldwide attention. This work is more than a mere story; it's a heartfelt plea to the world, urging champions of freedom to unite. The persecution of Iran's writers, stifling of voices, and incarceration of activists reverberate as part of a systemic oppression that erodes our shared humanity.

Published to coincide the with 50th anniversary of the Israel occupation of the West Bank, an anthology that explores the human cost of the conflict there as witnessed by such notable writers as Colum McCann, Colm Toibin, Dave Eggers, Madeleine Thien, Eimear McBride, Taiye Selasi and editors...

Since the Second World War, Arab armed forces have consistently punched below their weight. They have lost many wars that by all rights they should have won, and in their best performances only ever achieved quite modest accomplishments. Over time, soldiers, scholars, and military experts have offered various explanations for this pattern.

Fiasco, Thomas E. Ricks’s #1 New York Times bestseller, transformed the political dialogue on the war in Iraq—The Gamble is the next news breaking installment Thomas E. Ricks uses hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews with top officers in Iraq and extraordinary on-the-ground reportage to...

April 13, 2006. A Jerusalem Post headline reads: "Jericho man murdered over home sale." The 42 year-old father of eight was kidnapped, shot seven times, thrown into his car, and set on fire, because he had sold his Jerusalem apartment to Jews. Radical Islam has long desired to seize Jerusalem and make it off limits to Christian and Jewish believers. In this revealing book, Dore Gold, former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, reminds us that the war on terror is also a war on faith.

How the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages. For centuries, the Crusades have been central to the story of the medieval Near East, but these religious wars are only part of the region's complex history. As The Mongol Storm reveals, during the...

Scars The World Can’t See winner of the Switzerland First Prize Literary Award. The skillful author takes us on his life journey, revisiting moments and past adventures in 150 countries, some of which represent the most troubled places on earth, where life (or an acceptable version of it) is a...

Do you feel it? That pull under the noise of your days, an old thread tugging at the back of your soul. As if a name you have forgotten is trying to surface, and will not let you rest. Maybe you have always sensed it. The call of the Neteru, the gods of the Black Land, moving in your blood like...

تتبع أعظم لغز تاريخي وديني غير محلول عبر رحلة استقصائية تبحث عن أقدس أثر مفقود في الذاكرة الإنسانية. استمع خلال تنقلاتك اليومية أو في أوقات تركيزك العميق لهذا...

穿越两千年的流散岁月与地缘政治炮火，一段交织着信仰、苦难与权力博弈的建国史诗，将带你洞穿复杂中东局势背后的历史脉络。无论你是通勤途中的历史爱好者，还是渴望在碎片化新闻中寻找理性坐标的求知者，这段客观...

在这场关于古代史的最伟大悬案中，权力博弈与知识传承激烈碰撞，化作烈火中未能燃尽的文明灰烬。对于渴望在日常通勤与碎片时间里汲取深度认知的你而言，这段沉浸式的历史追踪将彻底打破千百年来的浪漫神话。你将亲...

当高度集权的现代化狂飙撞上深层社会焦虑，权力的自负与致命误判，瞬间引爆了这场重塑中东格局的历史性革命。无论你是渴望在通勤途中高效充电的求知者，还是试图看清当今世界复杂局势的听众，这段克制而紧凑的叙事...

当巨石雕像在吉萨高原的黄沙中沉睡千年，真正的古埃及考古绝非猎奇神话，而是一场在历史废墟与实证数据间拼凑真相的硬核探索。对于渴望在通勤路上高效构建知识地图的历史爱好者而言，这段逻辑严密的沉浸式旅程将带...

Reis terug naar het oude Egypte en ontrafel de historische geheimen van het laatste klassieke wereldwonder in deze gids. Verken het indrukwekkende bouwproject van de iconische farao's en ervaar hoe mythen en archeologische feiten samensmelten. Dit is de perfecte, sfeervolle luisterervaring voor...

يواجه هذا الاستقصاء التاريخي أسطورة المقبرة الملعونة، ليفرّق بين رهبة الموت الفرعوني وحمى الصحافة التي اختلقت اللعنة. بينما ترافق المستكشفين الأوائل في وادي...