Islam & the Middle East
The world of Islam from its seventh century beginnings expanding westwards to Spain and eastwards throughout the Near East to India and central Asia, covering art and architecture, history, archaeology, religion and philosophy
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Fibs, Facts and Farces: Tales from the Arab World [Paperback]
John Carter (Author)
$14.95Out of stock
ISBN: 9780957023345
Published by : Barzipan Publishing
The recent history of the Arab World presents a dismal story of pain, horror, and suffering. The causes are many and the blame game endless. However, the happy experiences of one Englishman throw a quite contrary light on current ... .... Learn More -
Chirugia [Hardback]
Abu’L Qasim Halaf Ibn Abbas Al-Zahraui Chirugia (Author)
$137.00ISBN: 9783201019651
Published by : ADEVA
Series: Glanzlichter of Book Art
Volume: 21
The textbook of surgery written by the Arab physician Abu al-Qasim Khalaf Ibn Abbas az-Zahrawi stood for nearly 500 years as the leading handbook in this field of medicine. It constitutes the oldest and also most important link be... .... Learn More -
Anywhere but Saudi Arabia!: Experiences of a Once Reluctant Expat [Paperback]
Kathy Cuddihy (Author)
$14.95Out of stock
ISBN: 9780956708137
Published by : Barzipan Publishing
When Bechtel offered Sean Cuddihy a transfer to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1976, his wife Kathy agreed to go along on one condition: that it was only for two years, not a minute longer. This reluctant commitment turned into a 24-year... .... Learn More -
The Purebred Arabian Horses of Iraq: Myths and Realities [Hardback]
Dr. Mohammad Al-Nujaifi (Author)
$65.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9781909339019
Published by : Medina Publishing
For the first time, the story of Iraq's purebred Arabian horses is recounted in words and pictures by a prominent Iraqi whose family has been breeding horses for generations, since the family migrated north from Arabia with their ... .... Learn More -
Islamic Art, Architecture and Material Culture : New perspectives [Paperback]
Margaret Graves (Editor)
$73.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9781407310350
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2436
Contents: Introduction (Robert Hillenbrand); I. METALWORK AND TEXTILES: The Freer Canteen: Jerusalem or Jazira? (Teresa Fitzherbert); Mamluk Textiles (Maria Sardi); The Captivating Power of Textiles (Miriam Ali-de-Unzaga); II. CERAMICS: Unravellin... .... Learn More -
Persian Manuscripts, Paintings and Drawings: From the 15th to the Early 20th Century in the Hermitage Collection [Hardback]
Adel Adamova (Author)
$100.00ISBN: 9781898592075
Published by : Azimuth Editions
This volume surveys the Persian miniature and associated arts held in the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. The most comprehensive catalogue yet of these collections, it comprises more than 400 works dating from the 15th to t... .... Learn More -
A Road Through the Past: Archaeological discoveries on the A2 Pepperhill to Cobham road-scheme in Kent [Hardback]
Alan Hardy (Author); Kelly Powell (Author); Tim Allen (Author); Michael Donnelly (Author)
$64.00ISBN: 9780904220681
Published by : Oxford Archaeology
Series: OA Monograph Series
Volume: 16
Excavations along the new road line have revealed nearly 6000 years of human activity, from a massive marker post erected by early Neolithic farmers at the head of a dry valley to a bizarre burial of several different animals dati... .... Learn More -
Vartan of Nazareth: Missionary and Medical Pioneer in the Nineteenth-Century Middle East [Hardback]
Malcolm Billings (Author)
$45.00ISBN: 9781907372438
Published by : Paul Holberton Publishing
Vartan of Nazareth: Missionary and Medical Pioneer in the Nineteenth-Century Middle East relates the little-known story of a medical hero who founded a hospital in Nazareth 150 years ago and records the remarkable achievements of ... .... Learn More -
Love and Devotion: From Persia and Beyond [Paperback]
Susan Scollay (Editor)
$70.00ISBN: 9781921394508
Published by : Macmillan Art Publishing
Jointly published by Macmillan and the State Library of Victoria in association with the Bodleian Library, Oxford, this book accompanies an exhibition of original manuscripts relating to Persian poetry and its milieu to be held at the State Librar... .... Learn More -
Sea of Pearls: Seven Thousand Years of the Industry that Shaped the Gulf [Hardback]
Robert A. Carter (Author)
$190.00ISBN: 9780957106000
Published by : Arabian Publishing Ltd
Since Antiquity the natural pearls of the Gulf have been famed as the finest, most lustrous and most plentiful that the world can offer. From the beginnings of trade until the 1930s, these pearls were a major product of the Gulf's coastal peoples.... .... Learn More