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Between Jihad and Salaam: Profiles in Islam
by Davis, Joyce M
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1999
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- Soft cover
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- 9780312217815
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Newport, Washington, USA
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SGD 34.23
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St Martin's Press, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. First Griffin Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean burgundy and green wrappers, small greyish spot on front, faint wear to corners. Lower edges of title page and sub-title pages have a couple of chips, otherwise internals completely clean and unmarked, solid glued binding. Author Davis… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response
by Balakian, Peter
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 2004
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- Soft cover
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- 9780060558703
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Newport, Washington, USA
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SGD 10.95
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HarperCollins, 2004. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. First Perennial/HarperCollins Edition, 2004. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Maps and b/w photographs. Clean and solid gently used book. Faint edgewear to cover. A chilling history of the massacres of the Armenians in the 1890s and of the Armenian Genocide in 1915 at the hands of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Nine Parts Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
by Brooks, Geraldine
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- 1995
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- 9780385475778
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Newport, Washington, USA
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SGD 8.95
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New York: Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1995. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1995. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Front loose endpaper has been removed, otherwise in Very Good Condition--clean, unmarked, trace wear to lower corner, binding tight and solid, pages completely clean, toned. Brooks presents stunning vignettes of Muslim women, carefully distinguishing misogyny… Read more about this item Item Price
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Inside the Middle East
by Hiro, Dilip
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1982
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- Paperback
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- 9780070290563
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Newport, Washington, USA
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SGD 13.92
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New York: McGraw Hill, 1982. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean, gently used book with faint wear to cover edges, solidly bound. internals clean, no marks of any kind. comprehensive understanding of the complex social, political, and economic life of the world's richest, most heavily armed… Read more about this item Item Price
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Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
by Rashidm, Ahmed
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- As New
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- No Jacket
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- 2001
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- Paperback
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- 9780300089028
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Newport, Washington, USA
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SGD 10.93
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New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2001. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback As New. A book about the nature of local Central Asian politics and the consequences of interferences by outside powers. Correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowly world of the Taliban, the world's most extreme and radical Islamic organization, into sharp… Read more about this item Item Price
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Palestinians: The Making of a People
by Kimmerling, Baruch; Migdal, Joel S
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- As New
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- As New
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- First Edition
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- 1993
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- Hardcover
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- 9780029173213
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Newport, Washington, USA
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SGD 21.85
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New York: The Free Press/Macmillan, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Remainder First Edition First Printing Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. Remaindered. Six maps. Two sections of photographic illustrations. Jacket with wrap-around painting; Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, 1859, by Edward Lear. Dark green cloth… Read more about this item Item Price
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From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East
by Lewis, Bernard
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- Used - Good
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- 2005
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- Paperback
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- 9780195182538
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SGD 9.67
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Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Clean wraps, unmarked, wear to extremities, lower corner and lower corner of first few pages creased. Glued binding is tight and solid, square. Pages are spotless, no markings of any kind. Bernard Lewis has long been… Read more about this item Item Price
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Soldiers of God: With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan
by Kaplan, Robert D
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 2001
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- Paperback
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- 9781400030255
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Newport, Washington, USA
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SGD 9.67
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New York: Vintage/ Random House, 2001. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Gently used clean and unmarked book; glued binding tight, solid and square. First Edition Paperback with a new Introduction and final chapter. In "Soldiers of God", the reader follows Kaplan's extraordinary journey in war-ravaged Afghanistan… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Coming Revolution: Struggle for Freedom in the Middle East
by Phares, Walid
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 2010
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- Hardcover
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- 9781439178379
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Newport, Washington, USA
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SGD 12.56
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New York: Threshold Editions, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Remainder Threshold Editions, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Remainder. Upper rear corner is lightly scuffed, else Fine. Clean, tight & solid volume. Internals as new. Jacket unclipped clean, slight wear to edges.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of al-Qaeda
by Trofimov, Yaroslav
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- Used - Good
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 2007
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- Hardcover
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- 9780385519250
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Newport, Washington, USA
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SGD 13.01
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New York: Doubleday, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Ex-Library First Edition Ex-Library Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Library stamp on inside of covers and on upper edge-no other lib markings. Quite clean and unmarked book; backstrap partially loose from crash so front cover has some movement possible.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can't Ignore
by Sekulow, Jay with Jordan Sekulow, Robert W. Ash and David French
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 2014
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- Paperback
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- 9781501105135
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SGD 13.69
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New York: Howard Books/Simon & Schuster, 2014. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Ex-Library Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Clean and unmarked wraps with light wear around all edges, no spine creasing. Lib stamps, no pocket or card. Internals are clean, free from any markings, no creases. 128 pages with Notes. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 2014,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Notes On A Century: Reflections Of A Middle East Historian
by Lewin, Jim
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- Used - Good
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 2012
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- Hardcover
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- 9780670023530
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Newport, Washington, USA
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SGD 13.21
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New York: Viking/Penguin Group, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Ex-Library First Edition. Hardcover Ex-Library Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Other than minimal library markings, in Fine Condition. Very clean, otherwise unmarked, tight, solid and square binding, internals as new. Bernard Lewis has witnessed and participated in some of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Carpet Wars: From Kabul to Baghdad: A Ten-Year Journey Along Ancient Trade Routes
by Kremmer, Christopher
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First US Edition
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- 2002
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- Hardcover
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- 9780060097325
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SGD 13.17
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New York: HarperCollins, 2002. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First American Edition 2002. Firat published in Australia in 2002. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition, with Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Black half cloth w/copper titles, copper paper-wrappered boards, half inche whitish mark on front near… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Concise History of the Middle East (6th Edition)
by Goldschmidt Jr., Arthur
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 2002
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- Paperback
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- 9780813335056
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SGD 12.19
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Boulder, Colorade And Oxford, UK: Westview Press, 2002. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Bright and clean red wraps with white titles and silver decoration with a whisper of wear. Tight, solid and square binding. Internals as New. This sixth edition has been extensively revised… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 12.19
Sacred Rage: The Wrath of Militant Islam
by Wright, Robin
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 2001
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- Paperback
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- 9780743233422
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Newport, Washington, USA
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SGD 9.67
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U.S.A: Touchstone Books/Simon & Schuster, 2001. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Ex-Library Trade Paperback Ex-library in Good Condition. Updated with new chapters. Important book for all those who want to understand the violence of the Middle East. Red and black pictorial wraps are clean, worn,with bar code blacked out, ruffling of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
by Anderson, Scott
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- As New
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- No Jacket
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- 2014
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- Paperback
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- 9780307476418
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- 1
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Newport, Washington, USA
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SGD 9.69
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New York, New York, USA: Anchor/Random House, 2014. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Clean, unmarked, tight and solid volume, gently used, if at all. Military history, researched in depth, and at the center was Lawrence (1888-1935) himself. The Arab revolt against the Turks during WW I… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan
by Nordberg, Jenny
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 2014
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780307952493
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Newport, Washington, USA
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SGD 12.88
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U.S.A: Crown Publishers, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. An investigative Journalist writes about what it means to be a girl in Afghanistan--the birth of a boy is celebrated; the birth of a girl is viewed as a misfortune. And--a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Eclipse of the Sunnis: Power Exile and Upheaval in the Middle East
by Amos, Deborah
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 2011
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- Paperback
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- 9781586489502
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Newport, Washington, USA
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SGD 9.67
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U.S.A: PublicAffairs, 2011. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Ex-Library Trade Paperback, Ex-Library Book in Good Condition. Clean and, except for minimal lib markings, unmarked, solid and tight. Endpaper has bar code blacked out and strip where card was removed; lib stamp on upper edge. Internals quite clean and free from any markings,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Islamic Imperialism: A History
by Karsh, Efraim
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 2006
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- Paperback
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- 9780300106039
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New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Just a whisper of wear to corners of cover and a tiny imperfection on front, else fine. A very well documented history of Islamic imperialism, from the 7th century, and how the Muslim… Read more about this item Item Price
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Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
by Rashidm Ahmed
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 2001
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- Paperback
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- 9780300089028
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SGD 10.89
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New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2001. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean, unmarked wrappers with slight edge wear. Pages clean, no markings of any kind, no creases. Cover flares up a bit. A book about the nature of local Central Asian politics and the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 10.89