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  • THE UNVEILING. by Payne, Grace Fisher.
    Payne, Grace Fisher.
    THE UNVEILING.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Duarte, CA: Westminster Gardens, (1957) dj. SIGNED hardcover - "This is the story of Esmat, a woman of modern Iran, her struggle for the right to individuality in a land where for centuries women have held an inferior position." INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated 1973, but not personalized. Underneath her signature the author has commented "Written to show the problems which women living in a Moslem land who sincerely revere the Koran must overcome to fulfill the dictates of Islam." The author spent most of her married life in Iran as the wife of a missionary and as a teacher. 313 pp. Dust jacket art by Vera Bock.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket. Some minor notations to the title page and copyright page by the author, and updates to the author's biography on the dj flap.

    Book ID: 71882
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  • AFTER SUCH KNOWLEDGE, WHAT FORGIVENESS? My Encounters With Kurdistan. by Randal, Jonathan C.
    Randal, Jonathan C.
    AFTER SUCH KNOWLEDGE, WHAT FORGIVENESS? My Encounters With Kurdistan.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A firsthand report on Kurdistan by an American war journalist. The account deals with the diplomacy and politics - and betrayals - of the Middle East as the Kurds attempt to achieve autonomy. Randal, with information from Kurdish leaders and diplomats, provides the historical and political background to the internecine wars, the mass migrations and the lifestyle of the nomadic Kurds, the world's largest ethnic group without a state of their own, who are deprived of their oil in one country, their national dress banned in another and their language forbidden in a third country. Notes, bibliography, index. 356 pp. ISBN: 0-374-102007.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 57537
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  • JIHAD: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia. by Rashid, Ahmed
    Rashid, Ahmed
    JIHAD: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, (2002). First edition - A study of the five Central Asian republics - Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan - which were part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991. Although rich in both cultural heritage and natural resources - including massive oil reservoirs - Central Asia remains desperately poor and frighteningly volatile. Religious repression, political corruption, and the regions extreme poverty (unemployment rates exceed 80 percent in some areas) have created a fertile climate for militant Islamic fundamentalism. Maps, notes, glossary, index. xiv, 271 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 84138
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  • THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL. by Seierstad, Asne.
    Seierstad, Asne.
    THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (2003) dj. Hardcover - An account of the time Seierstad spent living with the family of thirteen in their four-roomed home. "Bookseller Sultan Khan defied the authorities for twenty years to supply books to the people of Kabul. He was arrested, interrogated and imprisoned by the communists and watched illiterate Taliban soldiers burn piles of his books in the street. He even resorted to hiding most of his stock in attics all over Kabul. But while Khan is passionate in his love of books and hatred of censorship, he is also a committed Muslim with strict views on family life. As an outsider, Seierstad is able to move between the private world of the women -…

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    Boston: Little Brown, (2003) dj. Hardcover - An account of the time Seierstad spent living with the family of thirteen in their four-roomed home. "Bookseller Sultan Khan defied the authorities for twenty years to supply books to the people of Kabul. He was arrested, interrogated and imprisoned by the communists and watched illiterate Taliban soldiers burn piles of his books in the street. He even resorted to hiding most of his stock in attics all over Kabul. But while Khan is passionate in his love of books and hatred of censorship, he is also a committed Muslim with strict views on family life. As an outsider, Seierstad is able to move between the private world of the women - including Khan's two wives - and the more public lives of the men. The result is an intimate and fascinating portrait of a family which also offers a unique perspective on a troubled country." Translated by Ingrid Christophersen. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-316-726052.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 60826
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  • A HUNDRED AND ONE DAYS: A Baghdad Journal. by Seierstad, Asne.
    Seierstad, Asne.
    A HUNDRED AND ONE DAYS: A Baghdad Journal.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Norman, OK: Basic Books, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second book by the author of The Bookseller of Kabul. For 101 days, from January to April 2003, Nowegian journalist Seierstad worked as a reporter in Baghdad - this book focuses on the stories of the people of the city, trying to live while under constant attack. Translated by Ingrid Christophersen. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-465076009.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 78974
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  • DUST IN THE LION'S PAW: Autobiography 1939-1946. by Stark, Freya.
    Stark, Freya.
    DUST IN THE LION'S PAW: Autobiography 1939-1946.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    London: Century, (1985.). The fourth volume in her autobiography - this covers the years during World War II when, despite her personal sufferings (the man she loved killed by the Germans, her mother imprisoned by Mussolini) she used her knowledge of the middle East to act as a liason to the Arabs and to the United States, and to counter the Nazi propaganda in the area. Illustrated with photographs, chronology, index. 297 pp. ISBN: 0-712604510.

    Condition: Good overall - some spine slant, contents clean.

    Book ID: 80253
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  • DUST IN THE LION'S PAW: Autobiography 1939-1946. by Stark, Freya.
    Stark, Freya.
    DUST IN THE LION'S PAW: Autobiography 1939-1946.

    Edition: First American edition, printed from the British sheets.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & World, (1962.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth volume in her autobiography - this covers the years during World War II when, despite her personal sufferings (the man she loved killed by the Germans, her mother imprisoned by Mussolini) she used her knowledge of the middle East to act as a liason to the Arabs and to the United States, and to counter the Nazi propaganda in the area. Illustrated with photographs, chronology, index. 297 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket. (gift inscription, price-clipped.)

    Book ID: 52889
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  • ALEXANDER'S PATH: from Caria to Cilicia. by Stark, Freya.
    Stark, Freya.
    ALEXANDER'S PATH: from Caria to Cilicia.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    London: John Murray, (1970, c 1958.) dj. Hardcover - Travels along the coast of Turkey mostly by horseback and jeep. Illustrated with numerous, and often very striking, black and white photographs by the author. Folding map (tri-fold,with 3 maps.) References, bibliography and index. xiii, 283 pp. ISBN: 0-7195-13324.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition.

    Book ID: 57861
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  • ALEXANDER'S PATH: from Caria to Cilicia. by Stark, Freya.
    Stark, Freya.
    ALEXANDER'S PATH: from Caria to Cilicia.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, (1988). Travels along the coast of Turkey mostly by horseback and jeep. Illustrated with small drawings and maps. References, bibliography and index. xix, 283 pp. ISBN: 0-87951-3403.

    Condition: Very good.

    Book ID: 62846
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  • THE ARABS: The Life-Story of a People Who Have Left Their Deep Impress on the World. by Thomas, Bertram (1892-1950)
    Thomas, Bertram (1892-1950)
    THE ARABS: The Life-Story of a People Who Have Left Their Deep Impress on the World.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1937. Hardcover first edition - Thomas, the author of this influential history. was the first documented Westerner to cross the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter) He "absorbed much of Arab culture, history and beliefs while serving in official and diplomatic postings in the Middle East. and follows the evolution of the Arab people in four parts: from antiquity, to medieval times, the later decine of influence to the revival of the race during and following World War One and including the origins of the Palestine problems. Although much has changed in the Arab world, and to it people, since the 1930s, the bulk of this important study remains as relevant now…

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    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1937. Hardcover first edition - Thomas, the author of this influential history. was the first documented Westerner to cross the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter) He "absorbed much of Arab culture, history and beliefs while serving in official and diplomatic postings in the Middle East. and follows the evolution of the Arab people in four parts: from antiquity, to medieval times, the later decine of influence to the revival of the race during and following World War One and including the origins of the Palestine problems. Although much has changed in the Arab world, and to it people, since the 1930s, the bulk of this important study remains as relevant now as it did then." Illustrated with a frontispiece, many black and white photographs, maps including a folded map at rear. Appendix on the racial origins of the Arabs, bibliography and index. x, 364 pp.

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    Condition: Very near fine in orange cloth with gilt and black on the spine, no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88237
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  • THE LOST HEART OF ASIA. by Thubron, Colin.
    Thubron, Colin.
    THE LOST HEART OF ASIA.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: William Heinemann, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book on the newly-emergent countries of central Asia which contain the magical cities of Bukhara and Samarkand, the Kazakh Steppes, the deserts of Karakum and the Pamir Mountains. The five Central Asian republics - the five "Stans": Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan - cut loose from Moscow in the fall oft the Soviet Union, discover that their newly found freedom plays tug-o-war with despair and a nostalgia for the certainties of the Soviet past. "Thubron finds the heart of Asia in the hearts of its people, swimming in a sea of tea, vodka, and hospitality. From the oldest-known Quran to a deserted Soviet naval base on the shores…

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    London: William Heinemann, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book on the newly-emergent countries of central Asia which contain the magical cities of Bukhara and Samarkand, the Kazakh Steppes, the deserts of Karakum and the Pamir Mountains. The five Central Asian republics - the five "Stans": Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan - cut loose from Moscow in the fall oft the Soviet Union, discover that their newly found freedom plays tug-o-war with despair and a nostalgia for the certainties of the Soviet past. "Thubron finds the heart of Asia in the hearts of its people, swimming in a sea of tea, vodka, and hospitality. From the oldest-known Quran to a deserted Soviet naval base on the shores of a high mountain lake 1,500 miles from the ocean (used to test torpedoes far from spying eyes), [his] writing echoes the melancholy emptiness of the wide spaces he passes through. . . a rare meeting of a marvelous writer and a mysterious land.(Ken Peavler) Maps. Index. 374 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-434779768.

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    Condition: Near fine in a very near fine dust jacket (toning to the pages).

    Book ID: 86416
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  • ARMY OF ROSES: Inside the World of Palestinian Women Suicide Bombers. by Victor, Barbara.
    Victor, Barbara.
    ARMY OF ROSES: Inside the World of Palestinian Women Suicide Bombers.

    Edition: First printing.

    Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - Foreword by Christopher Dickey who states "As Barbara Victor makes clear in this extraordinary chronicle of passion and politics, terror and liberation, Palestinian women have always known that when it comes to suffering and dying, they are the equals of their men. And in the last few years, as they have slung backpacks full of explosives over their shoulders or strapped bombs around their waists--indeed, around their wombs--some have chosen, too, to be killers. . . . This is an angry book, filled with human emotion, and a frightening one, which is as it should be." This presents the histories of the first five female bombers who succeeded as…

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    Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - Foreword by Christopher Dickey who states "As Barbara Victor makes clear in this extraordinary chronicle of passion and politics, terror and liberation, Palestinian women have always known that when it comes to suffering and dying, they are the equals of their men. And in the last few years, as they have slung backpacks full of explosives over their shoulders or strapped bombs around their waists--indeed, around their wombs--some have chosen, too, to be killers. . . . This is an angry book, filled with human emotion, and a frightening one, which is as it should be." This presents the histories of the first five female bombers who succeeded as well as the troubling stories of those who failed. Photographs. Index. 209 pp. ISBN: 1-57954830X.

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    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 75834
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  • GETTING OUT: Historical Perspectives on Leaving Iraq. by Walzer, Michael and Nicolaus Mills, editors.
    Walzer, Michael and Nicolaus Mills, editors.
    GETTING OUT: Historical Perspectives on Leaving Iraq.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (2009). First edition - A book which approaches the issue in two sections: The first "examines seven historical cases of how and how not to withdraw: Britain's departure from the American colonies and from India, the French withdrawal from Algeria, Israel's unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, and the U.S. decision to leave (or not leave) the Philippines, Korea, and Vietnam." The second section focuses on how the United States got into Iraq and it might leave. Many years later, this has still not been resolved. Includes contributions by Shlomo Avineri, Rajeev Bhargava, David Bromwich, Frances FitzGerald, Stanley Karnow, Brendan O'Leary, George Packer, Todd Shepard, Fred Smoler, and Stanley Weintraub. 148 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy black wrappers.

    Book ID: 78761
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  • Wilkinson-Latham, Robert (illustrated by MIchael Roffe.)
    THE ROYAL GREEEN JACKETS (Osprey Men-at-Arms series)

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Osprey Publishing, (1977.). First edition - A study of this British regiment from its service in the French and Indian war in North America through the Napoleonic Wars, the Great War and World War II. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and reproductions of old engravings and drawings, plus a section of eight full color plates by MIchael Roffe. First edition of this early title in the "Men-at-Arms Series" a very high quality, accurate and attractively produced and well-illustrated series of slightly oversized, but slim, trade paperbacks, measuring 7 1/4 inches wide by 9 3/4 inches tall, bound in glossy illustrated white covers (heavy cardstock) and printed on good quality paper. Select bibliography, Notes. 40 pp. Uncommon in the first printing. ISBN: 0-85045249X.

    Condition: Very near fine in stiff glossy pictorial wrappers (covers creamy rather than white.)

    Book ID: 37730
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