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Jews and Gentiles in the Holy Land in the Days of the Second Temple, the Mishnah and the Talmud

Jews and Gentiles in the Holy Land in the Days of the Second Temple, the Mishnah and the Talmud


Aharon Oppenheimer, Daniel R. Schwartz, Jack Pastor, Menahem Mor



Jews and Gentiles in the Holy Land in the Days of the Second Temple, the Mishnah and the Talmud...
Baghdad Bulletin: Dispatches on the American Occupation

Baghdad Bulletin: Dispatches on the American Occupation


David Enders



Review "David Enders writes with a keen eye for tragedy, mendacity and absurdity. Baghdad Bulletin takes us where mainstr...
Renascent empire?: the House of Braganza and the quest for stability in Portuguese monsoon Asia c.1640-1683

Renascent empire?: the House of Braganza and the quest for stability in Portuguese monsoon Asia c.1640-1683


Glenn Joseph Ames



About the Author Glenn J. Ames is professor of history at The University of Toledo, and the author of Colbert, Mercantili...
Iran and the CIA: The Fall of Mosaddeq Revisited

Iran and the CIA: The Fall of Mosaddeq Revisited


Darioush Bayandor



Review 'The author has tackled a subject of great importance, infused with emotions and obscured by political manipulatio...
To Jerusalem and Back (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)

To Jerusalem and Back (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)


Saul Bellow



Review ''An impassioned and thoughtful book . . . Bellow delights in the liveliness, the gallantry of Israeli life--peopl...
Ancient China (DK Eyewitness Books)

Ancient China (DK Eyewitness Books)


Arthur Cotterell



From School Library Journal Grade 5-10-Done in typical "Eyewitness" format, this volume touches upon such topics as Chine...
Identity matters: schooling the student body in academic discourse

Identity matters: schooling the student body in academic discourse


Donna Lecourt



From the Back Cover Identity Matters explores the question that consistently plagues composition teachers: why do their p...
Global Englishes in Asian Contexts: Current and Future Debates

Global Englishes in Asian Contexts: Current and Future Debates


Jennifer Jenkins, Kumiko Murata



Review 'This book is a very welcome addition to the literature available to students on BA and MA programmes. I believe t...
Colonial Crucible: Empire in the Making of the Modern American State

Colonial Crucible: Empire in the Making of the Modern American State


Alfred W. Mccoy, Francisco A. Scarano



Review “The superb essays in this volume admirably provide a broad approach to understanding the centuries-long gr...
Justice and remembrance: introducing the spirituality of Imam Ali

Justice and remembrance: introducing the spirituality of Imam Ali




Review THE MUSLIM NEWS 'this book is a powerful and refreshing interpretation of Ali's life and thought.' About th...
Asia looks seaward: power and maritime strategy

Asia looks seaward: power and maritime strategy


James R. Holmes, Toshi Yoshihara



Book Description Represents a long-overdue effort to discern the future direction of sea power in Asia and to determine how...
Poetics Of Islamic Historiography: Deconstructing Tabari's History (Islamic History and Civilization)

Poetics Of Islamic Historiography: Deconstructing Tabari's History (Islamic History and Civilization)


Boaz Shoshan



Poetics Of Islamic Historiography: Deconstructing Tabari's History (Islamic History and Civilization)...
The Journey of Maps and Images on the Silk Road (Brill's Inner Asian Library)

The Journey of Maps and Images on the Silk Road (Brill's Inner Asian Library)


Andreas Kaplony, Philippe Foret



About the Author Philippe Foret, Ph.D. (1992) in Geography, University of Chicago, is a Researcher at the Swiss Federal I...
East Asian security and the trilateral countries: A report to the Trilateral Commission (The Triangle papers)

East Asian security and the trilateral countries: A report to the Trilateral Commission (The Triangle papers)


Masashi Nishihara



East Asian security and the trilateral countries: A report to the Trilateral Commission (The Triangle papers)...
The Prehistory of the Silk Road (Encounters with Asia)

The Prehistory of the Silk Road (Encounters with Asia)


E. E. Kuzmina



Review "A major advance in the field of the early history and archaeology of central Asia."—Nicola Di Cosmo, Institut...
The choice of war: the Iraq War and the just war tradition

The choice of war: the Iraq War and the just war tradition


Albert Loren Weeks



Review "Weeks (politics and foreign policy, Ringling School of Art and Design) critiques the George W. Bush administration'...
The Columbia guide to Asian American history

The Columbia guide to Asian American history


Gary Y. Okihiro



From Publishers Weekly Gary Y. Okihiro (Margins and Mainstreams), professor of international and public affairs at Columb...
Byzantium

Byzantium


Giles Morgan



About the Author Giles Morgan is the author of the Pocket Essentials on The Holy Grail and Saint George. ...
The Beta Israel: Falasha in Ethiopia: From Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century (Falasha in Ethiopia : from Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century)

The Beta Israel: Falasha in Ethiopia: From Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century (Falasha in Ethiopia : from Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century)


Steven Kaplan



Review "The book is not a polemic but a deep and thoughtful examination of derivative problems not anticipated by Viagra's ...
The Jews of Yemen: Studies in Their History and Culture

The Jews of Yemen: Studies in Their History and Culture


Joseph Tobi



Review '..".the author [...] is to be congratulated for yet another stimulating contribution to the field of Yemeni studi...
Chinggis Khan (Makers Of The Muslim World)

Chinggis Khan (Makers Of The Muslim World)


Michal Biran



Review "Michal Biran's study is thorough and extemely thought provoking... As an introduction to its subject, it should b...
Great Ancient China Projects You Can Build Yourself (Build It Yourself series)

Great Ancient China Projects You Can Build Yourself (Build It Yourself series)


Lance Kramer



Review "What a fun book! Use it on weekends, holidays, and vacation to keep kids busy and having fun."  —Booksell...
Arms & Armour of the Crusading Era, 1050-1350: Islam, Eastern Europe and Asia (Vol 2)

Arms & Armour of the Crusading Era, 1050-1350: Islam, Eastern Europe and Asia (Vol 2)


David Nicolle



About the Author David C. Nicolle is a leading historian of Middle Eastern and Islamic military history. Arms and Armour ...
Asia on Tour: Exploring the rise of Asian tourism

Asia on Tour: Exploring the rise of Asian tourism


Peggy Teo, T.C. Chang, Tim Winter



Review 'Asia on Tour is a valuable addition to the slowly growing discourse on non-Western tourist behaviour. It does so by...
Reinventing Jerusalem: Israel's Reconstruction of the Jewish Quarter after 1967 (Library of Modern Middle East Studies)

Reinventing Jerusalem: Israel's Reconstruction of the Jewish Quarter after 1967 (Library of Modern Middle East Studies)


Simone Ricca



About the Author Simone Ricca is an architect who has worked throughout the Middle East on UNESCO heritage and reconstruc...
East Asia at the center: four thousand years of engagement with the world

East Asia at the center: four thousand years of engagement with the world


Warren I. Cohen



From Library Journal Cohen, a prolific and estimable historian of America's relations with Asia, here explores the histor...
The Modern Middle East: A Reader

The Modern Middle East: A Reader


Albert Hourani, Mary C. Wilson, Philip S. Khoury



About the Author Albert Hourani (1915-1993) was Emeritus Fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford, and the author of A Hist...
Across Coveted Lands; or, A Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland: Volume 2

Across Coveted Lands; or, A Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland: Volume 2


Arnold Henry Savage Landor



Across Coveted Lands; or, A Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland: Volume 2...
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon


Grace Lin



From School Library Journal Starred Review. Grade 3-6–Living in the shadow of the Fruitless Mountain, Minli and he...
India Traders of the Middle Ages: Documents from the Cairo Geniza ''India Book''

India Traders of the Middle Ages: Documents from the Cairo Geniza ''India Book''


Friedman, M.A., Goitein, S.D.F.



About the Author S. D. Goitein (1900-1985) was the world's preeminent Geniza scholar. His publications include the semina...
Enlightenment Blues: My Years with an American Guru

Enlightenment Blues: My Years with an American Guru


Andre Van Der Braak



Enlightenment Blues: My Years with an American Guru...
After Bali: The Threat of Terrorism in Southeast Asia

After Bali: The Threat of Terrorism in Southeast Asia


Kumar Ramakrishna, See Seng Tan



From the Publisher Government officials in Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the UK and the US, especially ...
Jerusalem & the Holy Land (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

Jerusalem & the Holy Land (Eyewitness Travel Guides)


Dk Eyewitness Travel Guides



Jerusalem & the Holy Land (Eyewitness Travel Guides)...
The Personal History of a Bukharan Intellectual: The Diary of Muhammad Sharif-i Sadr-i Ziya (Brill's Inner Asian Library)

The Personal History of a Bukharan Intellectual: The Diary of Muhammad Sharif-i Sadr-i Ziya (Brill's Inner Asian Library)


Edward Allworth, M. Shukurov, R. Shukurov, Sharif Jan Makhdum Sadr Ziya



About the Author Rustam M. Shukurov, Ph.D. (1990), Moscow State University, is Associate Professor of Medieval History at...
Exile, Murder and Madness in Siberia, 1823-61

Exile, Murder and Madness in Siberia, 1823-61


Andrew A. Gentes



Review "Andrew Gentes' emerging history of Siberia is a major contribution to the study of Eurasia." -- Abbott Gleas...
Life under Pressure: Mortality and Living Standards in Europe and Asia, 1700-1900

Life under Pressure: Mortality and Living Standards in Europe and Asia, 1700-1900


James Lee, Tommy Bengtsson, Cameron Campbell



Review "In this remarkable volume, Bengtsson, Campbell, Lee, and their collaborators compare population dy...
A Hindu Critique of Buddhist Epistemology: Kumarila on Perception: The 'Determination of Perception' Chapter of Kumarila Bhatta's Slokavarttika ... Commentary (Routledge Hindu Studies Series)

A Hindu Critique of Buddhist Epistemology: Kumarila on Perception: The 'Determination of Perception' Chapter of Kumarila Bhatta's Slokavarttika ... Commentary (Routledge Hindu Studies Series)


John Taber



About the Author John Taber is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico, where he teaches course...
Boats of South Asia (Routledge Studies in South Asia)

Boats of South Asia (Routledge Studies in South Asia)


Colin Palmer, Eric Kentley, Lucy Blue, Sean Mcgrail



Review 'Informative and interesting' - South Asian Anthropologist 'This book is one to be read and absorbed.' - Nautical ...
Gender Politics and Mass Dictatorship: Global Perspectives (Mass Dictatorship in the 20th Century)

Gender Politics and Mass Dictatorship: Global Perspectives (Mass Dictatorship in the 20th Century)




About the Author JIE-HYUN LIM is Professor and Director of the Research Institute of Comparative History and Culture...
Global Etiquette Guide to Africa and the Middle East

Global Etiquette Guide to Africa and the Middle East


Dean Foster



From the Back Cover * Country-by-country protocols and customs* International business musts and faux pas* Dining, hostin...
The Byzantine Empire 1025-1204: A Political History (2nd Edition)

The Byzantine Empire 1025-1204: A Political History (2nd Edition)


Michael Angold



Review "pioneering and ambitious in its scope"Times Literary Supplement "a remarkable achievement" Times Educational Sup...
Foxbats over Dimona: The Soviets' Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War

Foxbats over Dimona: The Soviets' Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War


Gideon Remez, Isabella Ginor



Review “An ambitious and thoroughly revisionist account of the origins of the Six-Day War. By placing Israeli nucl...
Buddhist Logic, Part 2

Buddhist Logic, Part 2


F. Th Stcherbatsky



Buddhist Logic, Part 2...
Martin Luther and Islam: A Study in Sixteenth-Century Polemics and Apologetics (The History of Christian-Muslim Relations)

Martin Luther and Islam: A Study in Sixteenth-Century Polemics and Apologetics (The History of Christian-Muslim Relations)


Adam S. Francisco



About the Author Adam S. Francisco, D.Phil. (2006) in Historical Theology, University of Oxford, is Guest Professor of Th...
The USA in the Making of the USSR: The Washington Conference 1921-22 and 'Uninvited Russia' (RoutledgeCurzon Studies on the History of Russia and Eastern Europe)

The USA in the Making of the USSR: The Washington Conference 1921-22 and 'Uninvited Russia' (RoutledgeCurzon Studies on the History of Russia and Eastern Europe)


Paul Dukes



About the Author Paul Dukes is Emeritus Professor at the University of Aberdeen where he has been since 1964. He has publ...
Asian States, Asian Bankers: Central Banking in Southeast Asia (Cornell Studies in Political Economy)

Asian States, Asian Bankers: Central Banking in Southeast Asia (Cornell Studies in Political Economy)




Asian States, Asian Bankers: Central Banking in Southeast Asia (Cornell Studies in Political Economy)...
The Cold War in the Middle East: Regional Conflict and the Superpowers 1967-73 (Cold War History)

The Cold War in the Middle East: Regional Conflict and the Superpowers 1967-73 (Cold War History)


Ashton



Review '...a fine volume for serious students and scholars.'William B. Quandt, University of Virginia, USA About the ...
Kazakhstan: Power and the Elite

Kazakhstan: Power and the Elite


Sally Cummings



Review "There a few accounts in Western languages of contemprary Kazakhstan affairs and this book is to welcomed for that...