middle east

Miriam, a Saudi Arabian princess who has fled her country to avoid an arranged marriage to the evil Omar bin Khali, meets Berkeley graduate student Seth Borders, who puts his ability to see glimpses of the future to work helping Miriam evade the minions Khali has sent to bring her back.

Presents a first-hand account of youth culture in various countries of the Middle East including interviews with Hezbollah members, Palestinian refugees in southern Lebanon, and Bedouin camps.

CIA agent Mitch Rapp has just stopped Saddam Hussein from obtaining nuclear weapons, and he needs a break. But now a hostage rescue has gone awry in the Philippines, and a Middle East assassin is bent on destroying the geopolitical equilibrium.

After being fired, Doug Pearce travels to Toronto to try and learn more about the life of his Uncle Russ, the family black sheep, and to uncover the truth behind his uncle's murder, a search which leads him on a long adventure through the Middle East and Singapore.

A history of the Middle East from Napoleon's invasions of Egypt in the eighteenth century to the contemporary political issues of the region.

Examines the roots of the second intifada in the Israeli-Arab conflict, documenting the events preceding and following the Oslo peace process. Addresses the Palestinian right of return, the holy city of Jerusalem, and the West Bank Jewish settlements.

Traces the histories of Middle Eastern countries, describing each country's climate, plants and animals, ethnic groups, languages, religion, settlement patterns, and demographic trends, and discussing industry, resources, government, and the development and struggles of the peoples from antiquity to the early twenty-first century.

Presents double-page spreads featuring maps, architectural reconstructions, objects and scenes of life during the defining moments in Biblical history.