The Islamic State has stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. What explains the rise of ISIS and what does it portend for the future of the Middle East? In this book, one of the world's leading authorities on...

The Islamic State movement (ISIS/ISIL/IS) burst onto the world stage in 2014. From its heartland in Syria, where it arose from the chaos of the Syrian Revolt, the organisation has expanded in ideology and membership and now poses a significant threat to the region,...

The Israeli army, officially named the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), was established in 1948 by David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, who believed that 'the whole nation is the army'. In his mind, the IDF was to be an army like no other. It...

'The Jewish people in its very being constitutes a living protest against a world of hatred, violence and war'Emeritus Chief Rabbi, Lord SacksThe history of Jewish persecution is as old as the written word, though the epithet `antisemitism` was only conceived in the late...

The Joyous Science is a liberating voyage of discovery as Nietzsche's realization that 'God is dead' and his critique of morality, the arts and modernity give way to an exhilarating doctrine of self-emancipation and the concept of eternal recurrence. Here is Nietzsche at his...

The Judiciary, the armed forces, the civil bureaucracy and the Parliaments together comprise government and they consume eighty-two per cent of all the taxes and borrowings this country collects annually. From an economic view this in effect means that we as a Nation State...

The Kennedy Detail: Jfk's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence Jfk's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence

Theand killerand second Gray Man thriller by number oneand New York Times-bestseller Mark Greaney sees the past catching up with Court Gentry with fatal results.Four years ago, Court Gentry was betrayed by his handlers in the CIA. To survive, he has to eliminate his...

The killing of Osama bin Laden spotlighted Pakistan?s unpredictable political dynamics, which are often driven by conspiracy theories, paranoia, and a sense of betrayal. In Pakistan, the late prime minister Benazir Bhutto famously declared that there is ?always the story behind the story.? In...

The king of the dinosaurs, Dinosaur Roar, had a roar that no creature could ever ignore!'Meet Dinosaur Roar, theand Tyrannosaurus rexand in this brilliant rhyming story, part of The World of Dinosaur Roar! collectable book series created by Peter Curtis, in association with the...

The kingdom of Scotland has had a turbulent history, at points the site of a tribal contest and of a far-reaching political controversy. This guide traces the history of the Scottish crown from Kenneth MacAlpin in 843 AD to Jame VI in 1603 when...

The Kingdom: Saudi Arabia And The Challenge Of The 21st Century

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is infamous for its violence. The struggle it has waged for Kurdish independence in southeastern Turkey has cost in excess of 40,000 lives since 1984. A less-known fact, however, is that the PKK now embraces a non-violent end to...

The lake of Lop Nur, the "Heart of the heart of Asia," is one of the world's strangest phenomena. Situated in the wild Chinese province of Xinjiang, Lop Nur - "The wandering lake"- has for millennia been in a perpetual state of flux, drifting...

The Landmark Arrian is an important new edition of The Campaigns of Alexander, the most authoritative ancient account of one of the world's most brilliant military leaders. During twelve years of continuous campaigns, Alexander conquered an empire that stretched from the shores of the...

The largest of industrial corporations have an average life of forty years which is only half the average human life span. 'Soul Inc' explains how every organisation has a soul which is also the most ignored aspect resulting in the short life-spans of many....

The last two hundred years have seen the greatest explosion of progress and wealth in the history of mankind. But the age of oil, that fuelled this expansion, is coming rapidly to an end. The depletion of fossil fuels is about to change radically...

The leading textbook by the leading scholar.This text, the classic introduction to modern China for students and general readers, emerged from Spence's highly successful introductory course at Yale, in which he traced the beginnings of modern China to internal developments beginning in the early...

The legendary space opera that kicked off the ground-breaking, universe-spanning series.Nine hundred thousand years ago, something wiped out the Amarantin. For the human colonists now settling the Amarantin homeworld Resurgam, it's of little more than academic interest, even after the discovery of a long-hidden,...

The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of courage and enduring triumph, of calamity and miscalculation. In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson shows why no modern reader can understand the ultimate victory of...

The life and legacy of one of Mohammad's closest confidants and Islam's patron saint: Ali ibn Abi Talib Ali ibn Abi Talib is arguably the single most important spiritual and intellectual authority in Islam after prophet Mohammad. Through his teachings and leadership as fourth...

The long-awaited follow-up to Peter Tompkins's bestseller THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS is an astonishing account of how spiritualists and scientists alike are revealing that the physical world teems with nature spirits. In a dramatic meeting of New Science and New Age, Tompkins's new...

The long-awaited magnum opus of one of Britain's most wide-ranging historians Capitalist enterprise has existed in some form since ancient times, but the globalization and dominance of capitalism as a system began in the 1860s when, in different forms and supported by different political...

The main character of this extraordinary graphic novel is not a person but an idea--the school of Bauhaus, which arose in the wake of World War I, and emerged as the fundamental reference point for virtually every avant-garde artistic movement that followed. Visually arresting...

The main driver of inequality-returns on capital that exceed the rate of economic growth-is again threatening to generate extreme discontent and undermine democratic values. Thomas Piketty's findings in this ambitious, original, rigorous work will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation...

The megacity that is today's delhi is built upon thick layers of history. For a millennium, delhi has been at the crossroads of trade, culture and politics. The stories of its buildings and great historical personalities have been told many timesbut this book approaches...

<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:107%">The Meghwar, one of the major groups of South Asia, mostly concentrated in the Northwest India and the two provinces of Pakistan, Sindh and the Southern Punjab. This book unfolds origin and the historical background of the Meghwar and evolution as a...

The Mehdi Army militia was a towering force in Iraq during the early years of the post-Saddam era. As an aggressive opponent of foreign occupation and one of the principal antagonists in Iraq's brutal sectarian civil war, the militia was central to the violence...

The memoirs of a self-confessed maverick wildlife biologist, full of fascinating information and stories told with Rauf's inimitable caustic humour. A must for wildlife lovers and all who enjoy a unique read.' Mark TullyBeginning with his interactions with Dr. Salim Ali, the legendary ornithologist...

The Message of Islam

The Mihran of Sind and Its Tributaries

The Military History of China bestselling author Erik Durschmied traces China's passage through a thousand years of war, colonial adventurism and internecine politics, and seeks to understand what this huge and unstoppable country is today - as well as what the future holds for...

THE MILLIONS-SELLING BOOK THAT TURNED HISTORY ON ITS HEADFingerprints of the Godsand is a revolutionary rewrite of history that has persuaded millions of readers throughout the world to change their preconceptions about the history behind modern society.An intellectual detective story, this unique history book...

The monarchical presidential regimes that prevailed in the Arab world for so long looked as though they would last indefinitely-until events in Tunisia and Egypt made clear their time was up.and The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Lifeand exposes for the first...

The Morning They Came For Us: Dispatches From Syria

The most compelling biography I have read in years . . . There has been a host of JFK biographies, but this one excels for its narrative drive, fine judgments and meticulous research . . . makes the story seem a cliffhanger even though...

The most comprehensive and authoritative reference on the subject - put together after 20 years of researchInvaluable resource for textile designers, historians, and specialists as the book gives detailed analysis on every aspect of the SariBased entirely on the knowledge of the weavers and...

The most comprehensive look at our relationship with Mars-yesterday, today, and tomorrow-through history, archival images, pop culture ephemera, and interviews with NASA scientists.Mars has been a source of fascination and speculation ever since the ancient Egyptians observed its blood-red hue and named it for...

The most compressed and visually stunning pictorial tour of ancient civilizations and historical landmarks of the past. If Stones Could Speak' takes the readers on a fascinating journey in the form of 4 splendid sections, and every one of them retells the history through...

The most explosive, mind-blowing business book I've ever read'and - Bradley Hope,and New York Timesand bestselling author ofand Billion Dollar WhaleDiscover the unauthorized, unvarnished story of famed Wall Street hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio.When Ray Dalio, billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world's largest hedge...

The most hard hitting book on the state of middle class Indian muslims today. It began with her daughters name. Should she choose a traditional islamic name, or a more non religious sounding one? Talking to over 100 children and their parents, across 12...

The most sheerly enjoyableand history of science of recent years'and The Spectator'This is one of the best science books I have read in a decade' Paul DaviesLife is Simple tells the remarkable story of how a thirteenth century monk's search for simplicity led to...

The most spellbinding debut novel of 2019. To save her child, she will trust a stranger. To protect a secret, she must risk her life... Fleetwood shuttle worth is 17 years old, married, and pregnant for the fourth time.But as the mistress at gaw...

The most unusual feature of Donald Trump's nationalist and populist campaign for the presidency of the USA was his obsessive use of Twitter. Like other social media, this form of communication has often been assumed to encourage the dissemination of liberal values and the...

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THE MUCH-ANTICIPATED FOLLOW-UP TO INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERand HOW DEMOCRACIES DIEand - essential reading ahead of the 2024 US election Just like their previous work, this book is concise, readable, and convincing'and Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of Democracy-------------------------------------How has democracy become so threatened - and...

The Mughal emperors were larger-than-life figures, men written on a supra-human scale who exercised absolute power. The three centuries of their rule, as laid out in Eraly's previous volume, THE MUGHAL THRONE, mark one of the most crucial and fascinating periods of Indian history....

The Mughal empire dominated India for three centuries, rivalling the greatest rulers of Europe and the East in its power and splendour. Under such enlightened patrons as Akbar the Great in the 16th century and Jahangir and Shah Jahan in the 17th century, this...

The multi-genre Persian text Chachnama (also known as the Fatehnama Sindh as well as Takrekh-Hind wa Sindh) was written by one of Qazi Ismail's ancestors. Qazi Ismail bin Ali a resident of Bhakkar (the fort midstream between Sukkur and Rohri) was the tutor of...