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Used books on the Middle East and surrounds.

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SONS OF THE CONQUERORS The Rise of the Turkic World by Hugh Pope
A scarce history book. This is a used hardcover book in very good condition with only light wear and age. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD 10.00


THE ARABIC ALPHABET How to read and write it by Nicholas Awde & Putros Samano
A scarce book on reading\writing Arabic in good conditon: clean with light wear and age. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD 8.00


THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL by Asne Seierstad
A popular book on Afghanistan. This is a used book in good, read condition: has been read a few times; pages are clean and browning at the edges with age; cover is clean with some reading wear around the edges. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD 8.00


THE BUS DRIVER WHO WANTED TO BE GOD by Etgar Keret
A hard to find book of short stories by 'Israel's hippest young writer' - looks like a great read. Book is in good condition with little wear, pages tanning light at edges with age. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD 9.00




THE PRINCE OF THE MARSHES and other occupational hazards of a year in Iraq by Rory Stewart
This looks like a fascinating read. So great travel books, so little time! This is used book in good conditon: nice and clean with just a little wear and age; some rubbed-out bookseller pencil marks on the first page. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD 8.00


THE ROAD TO OXIANA by Robert Byron
A classic Middle East travel book. Oh for the good old days... This is a used book in good, aging condition: cover shows light wear, pages are browning at the edges with age. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!serves as a rare account of the architectural treasures of a region now inaccessible to most Western travelers, and a nostalgic look back at a more innocent time.

Price: AUD 8.00


THE ROAD TO UBAR Finding the Atlantis of the Sands by Nicholas Clapp
A scarce and fascinating looking book on Saudi Arabia. This is a used travel\history book in very good condition: nice and clean with only light reading wear and age. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD 10.00


THE SEWING CIRCLES OF HERAT A Memoir of Afghanistan by Christina Lamb
A hard to find Afghanistan travelogue. This is a used travel book in good condition: clean with light reading wear to corners; pages are clean and ageing lightly; some minor shelf marks; a couple of dog ears. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD 8.00


THE VIEW FROM THE VALLEY OF HELL Four Years in the Middle East by Mark Willacy
I'm a sucker for a foreign correspondent memoir and this looks like a ripper: the author was stationed in the Middle East for ABC TV and reported from Israel, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Jordan, Morocco, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and the Persian Gulf.

Price: AUD 12.00


TRAVELS IN AMERICAN IRAQ John Martinkus
For this riveting portrait of a city on the brink of civil war, one of Australia's most intrepid journalists spent eight weeks in and around Baghdad. Here, he takes readers into the heart of the political and religious struggles surrounding the hand-over of power in mid-2004.

Price: AUD 8.00


UNDER A SICKLE MOON Peregrine Hodson - A Journey Through Afghanistan
A classic Afghanistan travel memoir from 1986.

Price: AUD 8.00


VEILED COURAGE Inside the Afghan Women's Resistance by Cheryl Bernard
A look at the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan who defied the Taliban.

Price: AUD 6.00


WINNER TAKES ALL A Season in Israel by Stephen Brook
A scarce Israel travel memoir.

Price: AUD 10.00