Mordecai Richler The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is the novel that established Mordecai Richler as one of the world’s best comic writers. Growing up in the heart of Montreal’s Jewish ghetto,...

Author: Chaim Herzog The Arab-Israeli Wars: War and Peace in the Middle East from the War of Independence Through LebanonChaim HerzogA Knesset member and former Director of Military Intelligence for...

Author: Chaim Herzog Herzog re-creates Israel's turbulent military history from the 1948 Civil War in Palestine to the 1982 war in Lebanon. 100 photographs, 50 maps. January 1, 1984 by...

Andrew LangThis book is a selection by Andrew Lang of the most relevant tales found in the one thousand and one nights, some of which became classics of literature and...

Gilbert Achcar There is no more inflammatory topic than the Arabs and the Holocaust―the phrase alone can occasion outrage. Political scientist Gilbert Achcar analyzes the various Arab responses to Nazism,...

Eugene Rogan THE THIRD EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, REVISED AND UPDATED'A rich, galloping narrative that spans the Arab world...outstanding, gripping and exuberant...full of flamboyant character sketches, witty asides and...

Yohanan Aharoni Discusses artifacts discovered at archaeological sites in Israel and surveys what is known about Israel's distant past. January 1, 1982 by Westminster John Knox Pr

No matter what cases private eye Lew Archer takes on--a burglary, a runaway, or a disappeared person--the trail always leads to tangled family secrets and murder. Widely considered the heir...

Elif Shafak In 1540, twelve-year-old Jahan arrives in Istanbul. As an animal tamer in the sultan’s menagerie, he looks after the exceptionally smart elephant Chota and befriends (and falls for)...

Donald Harington Jacob and Noah Ingledew trudge 600 miles from their native Tennessee to found Stay More, a small town nestled in a narrow valley that winds among the Arkansas...

The Architecture Reference & Specification Book updated & revised: Everything Architects Need to Know Every Day Julia McMorrough The updated and revised edition of  The Architecture Reference & Specification Book...

Eoin Colfer The World's Youngest Criminal Mastermind is BackArtemis is at boarding school in Ireland when he receives an urgent e-mail from Russia. In it is a plea from a...