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Emirates Center For Strategic Studies And Research, 2007-02-06. Hardcover. Very good. 6.41,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":0.87,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":9.5,""unit"":""INCHES""}]. What are Iran's nuclear ambitions? How will these ambitions affect regional and global security?. International suspicion surrounding Iran's nuclear activities was first aroused in the late 1980s but it was not until the International Atomic Energy agency (IAEA) launched an investigation into the Iranian nuclear program, that it was revealed Iran had enriched uranium and separated plutonium in undeclared facilities in the absence of IAEA safeguards. Iran's failure to acknowledge limitations on nuclear fuel cycle activities, despite both offers of assistance and the threat of sanctions, has alarmed the international community.. 'Iran's Nuclear Program' analyses the most important issues surrounding Iran's nuclear capability and its potential to develop atomic weapons; the changes and developments in Iran's nuclear… Read More

Warner Books, 1977-01-01. Very good. An Autobiography - Illustrated

I.B. Tauris, 1991-05-13. Hardcover. Very good+. 7.99,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":10.0,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":1.85,""unit"":""INCHES""}]. This book examines the Iran-Contra affair, the trials of Poindexter and North and the testimony of Ronald Reagan as a test-case of political morality. It draws out the implications of the statements of North and his secretary, Fawn Hall, who were so convinced of the moral rightness of their actions that they were prepared to break the law, lie and destroy vital evidence. It tries to ascertain what was going on in the minds of these people and especially in that of the President who claimed not to be cognizant of the actions of his subordinates.

Praeger Publishers Inc, 1980-01-01. Paperback. Very good. Collector's edition: Signed by Teddy Kollek.

Norilana Books, 2008-04-01. Hardcover. Very good. 6.3,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":1.7,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":9.1,""unit"":""INCHES""}]. RUTH (1853) by Elizabeth Gaskell is a compassionate story of a young woman seduced by a gentleman.Ruth Hilton is a gently tragic Victorian heroine, the fallen woman who redeems herself by a life of charity, after she is taken in by a pastor and his family and given the veneer of respectability. But it is Ruth's own inner strength of heart, deeds, and moral standing that ultimately reaffirm her.

Pearson College Div, 1986-01-01. Hardcover. Very good. 8.75,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":1.75,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":11.5,""unit"":""INCHES""}]. AL-FARUQI, I. R. / L. L. AL-FARUQI: THE CULTURAL ATLAS OF ISLAM [HARDBACK]. NEW YORK, NY, 1986, xiv 512 p. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

I.B.Tauris, 2018-09-30. Hardcover. As new. 6.46,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":1.06,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":9.06,""unit"":""INCHES""}]. *Condition: used - as new*---------------------------. The Syrian state is less than 100 years old, born from the wreckage of World War I. Today it stands in ruins, shattered by brutal civil war. How did this happen? How did the lands that are today Syria survive incorporation with the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth century and the trials and vicissitudes of the Sultan's rule for four centuries, only to collapse into civil war in recent years?Arguably it was the Ottoman period that laid the fragile foundations of a state that had to endure a turbulent twentieth century under French rule, tentative independence, a brutal and corrupt dictatorship and eventual disintegration in the twenty-first.. Across a diverse cast of individuals, rich and poor, James Reilly explores these fractious and formative periods of Ottoman, Egyptian and French rule, and the ways… Read More

Lynne Rienner Pub. Paperback. Good+. Some shelf wear, pages unmarked. _______. Gordon Means traces the evolution of Islamic politics in Southeast Asia, ranging from the early arrival of Islam in the region to the challenges it generates, and faces, today. Means's analysis encompasses the events and actions shaping Islamic politics, as well as the impact of Islamic politics on government and pubic policy outcomes. It also offers insightful answers to such questions as: How was the Islam that first came to Southeast Asia shaped by four centuries of colonial rule? Are democracy and political Islam compatible? Is Islamic radicalism gaining ground in the region, and what are its prospects for establishing a system of Islamic governance? Is there open opposition to radical Islam?

Oxford University Press, 2017-03-15. Paperback. Very good. 8.4,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":1.4,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":5.4,""unit"":""INCHES""}]. As the Middle East descends ever deeper into violence and chaos, 'sectarianism' has become a catch-all explanation for the region's troubles. The turmoil is attributed to 'ancient sectarian differences', putatively primordial forces that make violent conflict intractable. In media and policy discussions, sectarianism has come to possess trans-historical causal power.This book trenchantly challenges the lazy use of 'sectarianism' as a magic-bullet explanation for the region's ills, focusing on how various conflicts in the Middle East have morphed from non-sectarian (or cross-sectarian) and nonviolent movements into sectarian wars. Through multiple case studies -- including Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Yemen and Kuwait -- this book maps the dynamics of sectarianisation, exploring not only how but also why it has taken hold. The… Read More

Oxford University Press. Hardcover. Good+. 1st edition. No dust jacket.. Far more than any professional historian, Shakespeare is responsible for whatever notions most of us possess about English medieval history. Anyone who appreciates the dramatic action of Shakespeare's history plays but is confused by much of the historical detail will welcome this guide to the Richards, Edwards, Henrys, Warwicks and Norfolks who ruled and fought across Shakespeare's page and stage. Not only theater-goers and students, but today's film-goers who want to enrich their understanding of film adaptations of plays such as Richard III and Henry V will find this revised edition of Shakespeare's English Kings to be an essential companion.. Saccio's engaging narrative weaves together three threads: medieval English history according to the Tudor chroniclers who provided Shakespeare with his material, that history as understood by modern scholars, and the action of the plays themselves. Including a new preface, a revised… Read More

The American University in Cairo Press, 2011-02-01. Hardcover. Very good. 9.3,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":1.2,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":6.2,""unit"":""INCHES""}]. Trying to make sense of the urban giant that is CairoThis book moves beyond superficial generalizations about Cairo as a chaotic metropolis in the developing world into an analysis of the ways the city's eighteen million inhabitants have, in the face of a largely neglectful government, built and shaped their own city. Using a wealth of recent studies on Greater Cairo and a deep reading of informal urban processes, the city and its recent history are portrayed and mapped: the huge, spontaneous neighborhoods; housing; traffic and transport; city government; and its people and their enterprises.. The failed attempts of the State to create the new, modern Egypt in the deserts surrounding Cairo and their unintended consequences as a colossal speculative frontier are given a special focus. The book argues that understanding a city such… Read More

Kessinger Publishing, 2010-09-10. Hardcover. Very good. 7.0x0.25x10.0. The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a classic novella that explores the dark and mysterious nature of humanity. Set in the Congo during the height of European imperialism, the story follows the journey of Charles Marlow, a steamboat captain, as he travels up the river in search of the enigmatic and elusive Kurtz, a company agent who has gone rogue.As Marlow navigates the treacherous waters of the Congo, he encounters a variety of characters, including cannibalistic natives, corrupt traders, and disillusioned European colonizers. Along the way, he grapples with the moral implications of imperialism and the devastating effects it has on both the colonizers and the colonized.Through vivid descriptions and haunting imagery, Conrad paints a bleak picture of the human condition, exposing the greed, violence, and madness that lie at the heart of human nature. The Heart of Darkness is a powerful and thought-provoking work that… Read More

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994-01-01. Hardcover. Very good. 11.38,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":8.9,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":1.85,""unit"":""INCHES""}]. Book by Jack M. Sasson

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994-12-02. Very good. 11.42,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":8.94,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":2.05,""unit"":""INCHES""}]. This 4-vol. set examines the cultures of the ancient Near East from the Bronze Age (3200 B.C.E.) to the Hellenistic era (325 B.C.E) and describes the archaeology and the history of each subregion. Languages, religious life, governments, peace and war, commerce and agriculture, and the visual and performing arts are covered. The set explores an area ranging from North Africa to Central Asia, and treats Syro-Palestine, Mesopotamia, Iran/Persia, Anatolia (modern-day Turkey), the Arabian Peninsula, and the island cultures of the Mediterranean.

Free Press, 1994-12-02. Very good. 8.94,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":2.17,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":11.34,""unit"":""INCHES""}].

Cambridge University Press, 2007-08-13. Hardcover. Very good. 6.0,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":1.0,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":9.0,""unit"":""INCHES""}]. This Companion explores the remarkable variety of forms that Shakespeare's life and works have taken over the course of four centuries, ranging from the early modern theatrical marketplace to the age of mass media, and including stage and screen performance, music and the visual arts, the television serial and popular prose fiction. The book asks what happens when Shakespeare is popularized, and when the popular is Shakespeareanized; it queries the factors that determine the definitions of and boundaries between the legitimate and illegitimate, the canonical and the authorized and the subversive, the oppositional, the scandalous and the inane. Leading scholars discuss the ways in which the plays and poems of Shakespeare, as well as Shakespeare himself, have been interpreted and reinvented, adapted and parodied, transposed into other media,… Read More

Princeton University Press, 2022-08-09. Hardcover. As new. 6.25,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":1.25,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":9.25,""unit"":""INCHES""}]. Condition: used - LIKE NEW. _________ How foreign lending weakens emerging nations. In the nineteenth century, many developing countries turned to the credit houses of Europe for sovereign loans to balance their books and weather major fiscal shocks such as war. This reliance on external public finance offered emerging nations endless opportunities to overcome barriers to growth, but it also enabled rulers to bypass critical stages in institution building and political development. Pawned States reveals how easy access to foreign lending at early stages of state building has led to chronic fiscal instability and weakened state capacity in the developing world.. Drawing on a wealth of original data to document the rise of cheap overseas credit between 1816 and 1913, Didac Queralt shows how countries in the global periphery obtained these… Read More

Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1985-01-01. Hardcover. Very good. Text: English (translation). Original Language: German

Brill Academic Pub, 1994-03-01. Hardcover. Very good. 6.5,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":0.5,""unit"":""INCHES""},{""value"":9.75,""unit"":""INCHES""}]. Cultural Transitions in the Middle East deals with the interlacing of themes constitutive of traditional cultures and world-views in the Middle East with concepts and outlooks that have originated in the modern Western World. A number of Muslim thinkers who are indigenous products of the Middle East cultural setting have now begun to use some of the forms of modern Western literature and social thought. Conversely, some intellectuals trained in modern secular schools have attempted to reevaluate their Islamic heritage. The papers cover aspects of this subtle interpenetration which has not been explored to date.

Altamira Press, 2008-09-11. Hardcover. Very good. 6.32x0.88x9.46. Revolutionary Economies explores the roots of American capitalism through the archaeology and history of the Chesapeake Bay region. Thomas W. Cuddy looks at the archaeological evidence concerning revolutionary-period bakeries and bakers (some of whom had been students of Adam Smith in Scotland) in Annapolis, Maryland and Alexandria, Virginia to examine the development of local production systems that characterized these important early American urban centers. Revolutionary Economies charts the stages of production from household manufacturing to larger workshops to mechanized factories and opens a window on the country's economic history. The volume's blend of archaeology, history, and economics makes it a prototypical study in historical archaeology.