21st Century History: from c 2000

The Federal Shariat Court [FSC], meant to mainly deal with cases under Hadood Laws, could not get even a single MALE finally convicted in Zina or a...

Tibet's enduring myth, animated by the tales of Himalayan adventurers, British military expeditions, and the novel, Lost Horizon, remains an inspir...

This monograph on Iranian-born, Brooklyn-based painter Kamrooz Aram (b.1978) presents the Palimpsest series, which was in part inspired by graffiti...

A real life thriller, packed with characters that even John le Carré couldn't dream of. If this doesn't scare you, then you're not paying attention...

Responding to the changes that have swept across North Africa since the first edition of this book was published, Erik Jensen sheds new light on th...

From the award-winning co-author of I Am Malala, this book asks just how the might of NATO, with 48 countries and 140,000 troops on th...

Regardless of where you live or work, Silicon Valley undoubtedly touches your life; indeed, the tech industrys ubiquitous gadgets promise us more e...

A riveting, revealing and news-making account of the CIA's interrogation of Saddam, written by the CIA agent who conducted the questioning. In Dec...

Tony Blair was the political colossus in Britain for thirteen years, winning three elections in a row for New Labour, two of them by huge majoritie...

Of the approximately seven million Palestinian refugees around the world, more than 650,000 are living in camps along the West Bank and Gaza Strip....

From a renowned foreign-policy expert, a new paradigm for strategy in the twenty-first century In 1961, Thomas Schellings The Strategy of Conflict ...

Hurricane Katrina was the costliest natural disaster, and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the history of the U.S. At least 1,833 people die...

With its fiery crosses and nightriders in pointed hoods and flowing robes, the Ku Klux Klan remains a recurring nightmare in American life. What be...

In the decades since the end of the Second World War, it has been widely assumed that the western model of liberal democracy and free trade is the ...

When President George W. Bush launched an invasion of Iraq in March of 2003, he did so without the explicit approval of the Security Council. His f...

Preserving the legacy of one of the twentieth century''s most influential advocates for peace and justice, The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., i...

This lavishly illustrated volume explores the history of China during a period of dramatic shifts and surprising transformations, from the founding...

'The Book Collectors of Daraya celebrates the political and therapeutic power of the written word . . . defiant and cautiously optimistic' Financia...

In the midst of turmoil in the Middle East, and in the face of protests and demonstrations from Homs to Damascus and other places all over Syria, t...

THE STORY OF ANDERS BREIVIK AND THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX FILM 22 JULY, FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BOOKSELLER OF KABULOn 22 July 2011...

The historical and literary antecedents of the President's campaign rhetoric can be traced to the utopian traditions of the Western world. The r...

A Legacy of Shame is the first in-depth study of shame in French narratives of the Second World War and the Nazi Occupation of France. Wartime sham...