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Zeitoun
by Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers, the award winning author of "What Is the What?", wrote this true account of lives altered after Hurricane Katrina. "Zeitoun" was written in close collaboration with its subjects and involved vast research — in this case, in the United States, Spain, and Syria.
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The Bread of Angels: A Memoir of Love and Faith in Damascus
by Stephanie Saldana
A gorgeous, romantic memoir of a young woman's year in Damascus, where she studied the Muslim Jesus, fled to an ancient desert monastery to heal her past, and unexpectedly found herself in love with a French novice monk. In 2004, twenty-seven-year-old Stephanie Saldaña traveled to Damascus, Syria, on a Fulbright fellowship to study the role of the prophet Jesus in Islam. She was also fleeing a broken heart. It... (more)
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A History of the Middle East
by Peter Mansfield
Over the centuries, the Middle East has confounded the dreams of conquerors and peacemakers alike. In this classic work, Peter Mansfield follows the historic struggle of the region over the last two hundred years. This new edition updates recent developments in the Middle East, including the turbulent events in Afghanistan, the troubled relationship between the U.S. and Iraq, the continuing... (more)
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Come, Tell Me How You Live
by Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie Mallowan
“Perfectly delightfulæ colourful, lively and occasionally touching and thought–provoking.” -- BOOKS AND BOOKMEN
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The Gates of Damascus
by Lieve Joris
The Gates of Damascus is a beautifully drawn portrait of daily life in modern-day Syria. Through her intimate contact with Hala, a Damascene, Lieve Joris experiences the routines and celebrations of domestic life in the Middle East. She also witnesses the impact of Syrian politics on the lives of ordinary people. A travel writing classic, Lieve Joris's book offers a unique insight into the complexities of the... (more)
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The Dark Side of Love
by Rafik Schami
International bestseller available in English for the first time "This Arab version of Romeo and Juliet paints a unique picture of historic and social panorama of Syria." --Deutschlandradio Kultur Story of forbidden love set against the background of Arabic culture and endless feuds between clans A dead man hangs from the portal of St Paul's Chapel in Damascus. He was a Muslim officer--and he was... (more)
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Every Man in This Village Is a Liar
An Education in War
by Megan K. Stack
A shattering account of war and disillusionment from a young woman reporter on the front lines of the war on terror. A few weeks after the planes crashed into the World Trade Center on 9/11, journalist Megan K. Stack, a twenty-five-year-old national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times , was thrust into Afghanistan and Pakistan, dodging gunmen and prodding warlords for information. From there, she traveled... (more)
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The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday
Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East
by Neil MacFarquhar
Since his boyhood in Qadhafi’s Libya, Neil MacFarquhar has developed a counterintuitive sense that the Middle East, despite all the bloodshed in its recent history, is a place of warmth, humanity, and generous eccentricity. In this book, he introduces a cross-section of unsung, dynamic men and women pioneering political and social change. There is the Kuwaiti sex therapist in a leather suit with matching red... (more)
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From the Holy Mountain
A Journey Among the Christians of the Middle East
by William Dalrymple
In 587 a.d., two monks set off on an extraordinary journey that would take them in an arc across the entire Byzantine world, from the shores of the Bosphorus to the sand dunes of Egypt. On the way John Moschos and his pupil Sophronius the Sophist stayed in caves, monasteries, and remote hermitages, collecting the wisdom of the stylites and the desert fathers before their fragile world finally shattered under the... (more)
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From Beirut to Jerusalem
by Thomas L. Friedman
A winner of the National Book Award, the seminal study of the Middle East conflict by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist has been updated with the addition of a new chapter that traces the situation up to 1995.
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Six Seconds
by Rick Mofina
A vengeful woman who aches for her place in paradiseÂ… In Iraq an aid worker who lost her husband and child in a brutal attack saves the life of an American contractor. Believing he can help her avenge her family's deaths, she follows him back home to the United States. An anguished mother desperate to find her childÂ… In California a soccer mom arrives to pick up her son from school, only to discover that her... (more)
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The Gabriel Hounds
by Mary Stewart
It's all a grand adventure when Christy Mansel unexpectedly runs into her cousin Charles in Damascus. And being young, rich, impetuous, and used to doing whatever they please, they decide to barge in uninvited on their eccentric Great-Aunt Harriet—despite a long-standing family rule strictly forbidding unannounced visits. A strange new world awaits Charles and Christy beyond the gates of Dar Ibrahim—"Lady... (more)
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The Treasure
by Iris Johansen
An ex-harem slave... A reformed assassin... A race to find the most powerful religious artifact of all time... New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen returns with her first historical romance in a decade, a new novel of passion and exotic adventure that leads two unlikely and unforgettable treasure hunters on a perilous journey—and into the heart of one of the most captivating mysteries of all... (more)
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Children of Jihad: Journeys into the Heart and Minds of Middle-Eastern Youths
by Jared Cohen
"Defying foreign government orders and interviewing terrorists face to face, a young American tours hostile lands to learn about Middle Eastern youth and uncovers a subculture that defies every stereotype. Classrooms were never sufficient for Jared Cohen; he wanted to learn about global affairs by witnessing them firsthand. During his undergraduate years Cohen travelled extensively to Africa often to wartorn... (more)
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Mrs. Pollifax: Book 14
Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled
by Dorothy Gilman
After facing down hijackers on a flight to the Middle East and saving the lives of the passengers on board, a young American woman steps off the plane in Damascus in a blaze of celebrity and disappears . The CIA believes Amanda Pym was kidnapped, possibly murdered. Masquerading as Amanda Pym’s worried aunt, Mrs. Pollifax begins her determined search, slipping through Damascus’s crooked streets and crowded souks... (more)
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War Without End: Israelis, Palestinians, and the Struggle for a Promised Land
by Anton La Guardia
The struggles of the Israelis and Palestinians command the obsessive attention of the world. Statesmen tinker with peace plans for the Middle East and generals worry about future wars there. Religious leaders stoke the passions of the devout while archaeologists dig to find the origins of humanity. Between the Mediterranean and the Jordan, dreams collide with the reality of nationalist struggle. With an... (more)
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Night Falls on Damascus: A Novel
by Frederick Highland
A crime of passion brings on a harrowing criminal investigation in a divided land Set in the exotic and turbulent world of Syria in the 1930s, Night Falls on Damascus tells the story of a French-Syrian police inspector, Nikolai Faroun, caught up in a complex murder investigation of a beautiful and controversial woman from a prominent Damascus family. Vera Tamiri made enemies for her good works as well as... (more)
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Lonely Planet Multi Country Guides
Middle East
by Anthony Ham
Looking for the real story behind the headlines? Look here. Look to the region where ancient civilisations rose and fell, where deserts, seas and ancient ruins compete for spectacle, and from where all travellers return raving about the extraordinary kindness of strangers. Lonely Planet tells it like it is in this most rewarding of travel destinations. Old Favorites Rediscovered – extensive back-ground... (more)
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Hercule Poirot: Book 9
Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie
Alternate title: Murder in the Calais CoachAgatha Christie's most famous murder mystery. Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer... (more)
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Hercule Poirot: Book 18
Appointment with Death
by Agatha Christie
Into the valley of death...Ahead, between the towering red cliffs of Petra, Sarah saw a cluster of tents and above them caves, hollowed out of the red rocks. She stared up at one of these which held a sitting figure. An idol? A gigantic squatting image? Her heart gave a sudden lurch of recognition... Gone, now, was the feeling of peace - of escape. Looming above her like an arch priestess of some... (more)

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