New York: The Modern Library, 2002. 8th Printing. Trade Paperback.
Eighth printing. Remainder mark, edge wear.
xxxiv, 230 pp. No religion in the modern world is as feared and misunderstood as Islam. It haunts the popular imagination as an extreme faith that promotes terrorism, authoritarian government, female oppression, and civil.....
New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Bottom edge of front jacket panel lightly stained.
xv, 223 pp. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. The women of Afghanistan lived a five-year nightmare under the Taliban regime. In Veiled Threat, Sally Armstrong introduces several of these women—including.....
Edison, New Jersey: Castle Books, 1998. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Reissue. Minor general wear.
xviii, 203 pp. Distills the essence of the Koran, presenting primary teachings from the sacred Book in an accessible and illuminating manner.
New York: A Galaxy Book/Oxford University Press, 1972. Reprint. Trade Paperback.
Spine lightly creased, wrappers and pages faintly toned.
xv, 376 pp. 'From dawn to after sunset the clock in the mosque punctuates the life of Islam with the consciousness of God.' First published in 1956, The Call of the.....
Leominster, [Massachusetts]: Printed at Leominster,by Salmon Wilder, for John Whiting, of Lancaster, 1805. First American Edition. Full-Leather.
First American edition thus. Ink name and date (Robert Peele, 1807) on front endpaper, joints beginning to weaken, endpapers toned, minor loss from edges of front free endpaper.
171 pp. 5 3/4 x......
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1868. Small Hard Cover.
Both volumes: Board corners lightly rubbed, ink name and date on front free endpaper.
372; 488 pp. Two volume set. Mahomet and His Successors is a book written by American author Washington Irving, and published in 1850 and a follow-up to.....
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1986. Trade Paperback.
Light crease on back corner, edges a bit rubbed.
xix, 460 pp. Christianity and World Religions: Paths to Dialogue with Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism by Hans Küng, Josef van Ess, Heinrich von Stietencron, Heinz Bechert, Peter Heinegg.
Upper Saddle River: Wharton School Publishing, 2008. Hard Cover.
Highlighting and ink marginalia on 9 pages only. Tiny smudge to lower jacket.
For many people, Islam remains a mystery. Here Bernard Lewis and Buntzie Ellis Churchill examine Islam: what its adherents believe and how their religion has shaped them, their.....
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1968. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. General wear.
126 pp. Introductory work on basic beliefs and rituals of the ancient Zoroastrian religion which survive today among the Parsis of Persia and India.
Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition. A fine copy.
xxiv, 277 pp. Toby Matthiesen traces the politics of the Shia in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia from the nineteenth century until the present day. This book outlines the difficult experiences of being.....
London / Portland, Oregon: Frank Cass, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Minor general wear.
xii, 356 pp. After the Islamic revolution in Iran, revolutionary leaders had to compromise their ideology. The Iranian ship of state continues to drift in search of an equilibrium between revolutionary convictions and the.....
London/New York: I.B. Tauris, 2008. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition. Spine faded.
xv, 272 pp. Nicolas Pelham explores how America's overthrow of the Baath party in Iraq, and the failures of Washington's post-invasion regime spawned a Shiite revolution in the heartland of the Arab world. Through first-hand accounts beginning.....
New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket.
278 pp. "The volatility of Muslim and Middle Eastern politics has made these interrelated topics an overriding preoccupation of world and especially U.S. politics. Perhaps no region of the world.....
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1987. Reprint. Trade Paperback.
Reprint. A fine copy.
xxx, 302 pp. Provides an overview of the crusades from the eleventh to eighteenth century, discusses the motivations of crusaders, and looks at the political aspects of the crusades.
London: The Folio Society, 1994. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Includes publisher's slipcase. Light stain on one slipcase corner, minor wear to slipcase corners, books in excellent condition.
Complete in three volumes. 316; 428; 448 pp. Volume I deals completely with the First Crusade and the foundation of the kingdom of Jerusalem.....
. Fazal Sheikh, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. A very nice copy.
110 pp. "Fazal Sheikh (born June 27, 1965 in New York City) is an artist who uses photographs to document people living in displaced and marginalized communities around the world."
New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1966. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Remainder marks, edge wear, spine creased.
512 pp. CONTENTS: Book I. The Land as a Whole: The Place of Syria in the World’s History; The Form of the Land and Its Historical Consequences; The Climate and Fertility of the.....
Chicago: Phoenix Books / The University of Chicago Press, 1961. Second Edition. Trade Paperback.
Second edition. Spine creased, ink name on half-title page, pages lightly toned.
vii, 378 pp. "This important work on the Islam of the Middle Ages explains the structure of its universe, its social and religious framework.....