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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 256 páginas
PVP: 19,25 €
ISBN 978-0-86356-941-8
EAN 9780863569418
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 224 páginas
PVP: 30,55 €
ISBN 978-0-86356-137-5
EAN 9780863561375
Rise celebrates the true stories of over 100 women of colour who achieved the extraordinary. From the woman who built the first university in the world to the Emirate's leading racing driver, these writers, activists, dancers, mountaineers, mathematicians and educators achieved greatness thanks to their ingenuity, courage and determination, often in the face of seemingly ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 384 páginas
PVP: 32,25 €
ISBN 978-0-86356-950-0
EAN 9780863569500
In the second half of the eighteenth century, approximately three quarters of the Mediterranean coastline and its hinterlands were controlled by a vast Islamic power, the centuries-old Ottoman Empire. However, by the end of the First World War, this great civilisation - once regarded by Christian Europe with awe and fear - had been completely ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 352 páginas
PVP: 16,25 €
ISBN 978-0-86356-926-5
EAN 9780863569265
The 1400-year-old schism between Sunnis and Shi'is is currently reflected in the destructive struggle for hegemony between Saudi Arabia and Iran - with no apparent end in sight. But how did this conflict begin, and why is it now the focus of so much attention? In this definitive account, John McHugo charts the history of ...
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Suleiman the Magnificent, most glorious of the Ottoman sultans, kept Europe atremble for nearly half a century. In a few years he led his army as far as the gates of Vienna, made himself master of the Mediterranean and established his court in Baghdad. Faced with this redoubtable champion, who regarded it as his duty ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 480 páginas
PVP: 19,15 €
ISBN 978-0-86356-175-7
EAN 9780863561757
A unique and extraordinary collection, Desert Songs of the Night presents some of the finest poetry and prose by Arab writers, from the Arab East to Andalusia, over the last 1,500 years.From the mystical imagery of the Qur'an and the colourful stories of The Thousand and One Nights, to the powerful verses of longing of ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 503 páginas
PVP: 16,20 €
ISBN 978-0-86356-170-2
EAN 9780863561702
Between July 1920 and February 1921, in the territory known as Mesopotamia (now the modern state of Iraq), an Arab revolt came perilously close to inflicting a shattering defeat upon the British Empire. A huge peasant army besieged British garrisons with sand-bagged entrenchments and bombarded them with captured artillery; columns and armoured trains were ambushed ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 304 páginas
PVP: 16,20 €
ISBN 978-0-86356-160-3
EAN 9780863561603
Syria's descent into civil war has already claimed an estimated 200,000 lives while more than nine million people have fled their homes. This is now the greatest humanitarian and political crisis of the twenty-first century. In this timely account, John McHugo charts the history of Syria from the First World War to the present and ...
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Do Gazans ever have fun? Is the Strip beautiful? And do TV reports actually reflect ordinary life inside the world's largest 'open-air prison'? From beautiful beaches to sealed borders, from a secret New Year's Eve party to a lingerie market staffed entirely by men, award-winning writer Louisa Waugh paints an intimate picture of Gaza, revealing ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 368 páginas
PVP: 15,90 €
ISBN 978-0-86356-742-1
EAN 9780863567421
The key to understanding the Arab world today - and in the future - is unlocking its past. In this sweeping and fluent account, John McHugo narrates a journey through the political, social and intellectual history of the Arabs from the Roman Empire right up to the present day. Taking readers beyond the headlines, he ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 336 páginas
PVP: 14,50 €
ISBN 978-1-908906-29-8
EAN 9781908906298
Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history's most influential and enigmatic figures by examining Jesus within the context of the times in which he lived: the age of zealotry, an era awash in apocalyptic fervour. Balancing the Jesus of the Gospels against historical sources, Aslan describes a complex ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 436 páginas
PVP: 32,45 €
ISBN 978-0-86356-777-3
EAN 9780863567773
The 2011 uprisings in the Arab world saw Yemen oust its longstanding ruler, Ali Abdullah Saleh. Elsewhere, the political upheavals have proved chaotic, but the case of Yemen, so far, has left some room for hope. Important steps have been taken toward military reform, and the National Dialogue Conference - in which serious debate is ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 336 páginas
PVP: 26,55 €
ISBN 978-1-908906-27-4
EAN 9781908906274
Two thousand years ago, an itinerant Jewish preacher from Galilee launched a revolutionary movement proclaiming the Kingdom of God', and threatened the established order of first-century Palestine. Defying both Imperial Rome and its collaborators in the Jewish religious hierarchy, he was captured, tortured and executed as a state criminal. Within decades, his followers would call ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 176 páginas
PVP: 14,75 €
ISBN 978-0-86356-793-3
EAN 9780863567933
In this collection of essays, Gilbert Achcar examines the controversial relationship of Marxism to religion, to Orientalism and its critique by Edward Said, and to the concept of cosmopolitanism. A compelling range of issues is discussed within these pages, including a comparative assessment of Christian liberation theology and Islamic fundamentalism; "Orientalism in reverse", which can ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 352 páginas
PVP: 29,50 €
ISBN 978-0-86356-889-3
EAN 9780863568893
The key to understanding the Arab world today and in the future lies in unlocking its past.John McHugo unfolds centuries of political, social and intellectual development, from the Roman Empire right up to the present day. Taking the reader beyond the headlines, McHugo presents a series of turning points in Arab history: the mission of ...
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