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Vendor:Thomas Piketty
A Brief History of Equality
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceA Public Books Best Book of the Year“A profound and optimistic call to action and reflection. For Piketty, the arc of history is long, but it does bend toward equality. There is nothing automatic about it, however: as citizens, we must...- £6.38
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Vendor:Milan Kundera
A Kidnapped West: The Tragedy of Central Europe
The people of Central Europe cannot be separated from European history; they cannot exist outside it; but they represent the wrong side of this history; they are its victims and outsiders.'In a moment of historic threat and uncertainty in mainland Europe, this collection, makes...- £5.00
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Vendor:Mary Beard
Emperor of Rome: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023'Extraordinary ... a deliciously varied tapestry of detail drawn from across nearly three centuries' TelegraphWhat was it really like to rule and be ruled in the...- £6.00
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Vendor:Peter Turchin
Figuring Out The Past: A History of the World in 3,495 Vital Statistics
What was history's biggest empire? Or the tallest building in the ancient world? What was the average life expectancy in medieval Byzantium? The average wage in Old Kingdom Egypt? Where did scientific writing first emerge? What was the bloodiest ritual human sacrifice ever? We...- £6.00
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Vendor:Mary Beard
SPQR
Ancient Rome matters.Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape of Lucretia - still strike a chord with us. And its debates about citizenship,...- £5.75
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Vendor:Elizabeth Kolbert
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST A major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and...- £6.50
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Vendor:Raja Shehadeh
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir
A FINALIST FOR THE US NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2023 FOR NONFICTION'Profoundly personal as well as historically significant ... In his moral clarity and baring of the heart, Shehadeh recalls writers such as Ghassan Kanafani and Primo Levi' Hisham Matar, New York TimesAziz Shehadeh was many...- £6.00
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Vendor:محمود ماهر
Andalusian Spring
The Andalusian Spring novel is one of the most popular novels in Arabic literature. Its events revolve around the Fatimid state in Andalusia, the conditions and problems that arose there, and the way in which the Fatimids formed an alliance to fight their enemies.- £13.99
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North Najd "A Journey from Jerusalem to Unaizah in Qassim"
Carlo Guarmani, an Italian Arabist fluent in Arabic, made this journey in 1864. Moving between the tribes in Al-Jawf to Unaizah and then Hail in Al-Qassim under the pretext of searching for purebred horses, his real mission was political reconnaissance, which was assigned to...- £11.99
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Queen of the Desert (The Travel Diaries of Gertrude Bell) 2nd ed.
Gertrude Lowthian Bell was a British writer, poet, archaeologist, traveler, political analyst, spy and diplomat who played a political role in the Arab countries . She was given many titles, including “The Uncrowned Queen of Iraq,” “Queen of the Desert,” and “Khatun.” On December...- £11.99
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Vendor:Jordan B. Peterson
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
The #1 Sunday Times bestseller from 'the most influential public intellectual in the Western world right now' (New York Times) - now in paperback.How should we live properly in a world of chaos and uncertainty?Jordan Peterson has helped millions of people, young and old,...
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Vendor:عبدالوهاب السيد الرفاعي
17 horror stories
Seventeen short stories that will create for you a complete world of excitement and suspense... because they play on a very delicate chord within each of us... the chord of feeling mysterious!! .. Mystery is the greatest emotion that a human being feels, as...
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Vendor:عبد الوهاب السيد الرفاعي
18 strange stories
Yes.. Ghosts do not exist.. I say it and repeat it always with confidence.. despite the constant talk about them in various ancient and current civilizations and cultures.. This is also what I repeat to my students at university.. I am a man of...
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