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AN ENTHRALLING HISTORY OF ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA, TOLD THROUGH THE STORIES LEFT BEHIND IN CLAY. 'I have never read a book on Mesopotamia that so beautifully brings to life the people themselves . . . It melts away the sense of time.' - TOM HOLLAND Thousands of years ago, in a part of the world we...

Global bestselling author of River God and The New Kingdom, Wilbur Smith, returns with the next epic book in his brand-new Ancient Egyptian series. FROM THE SHADOWS. A NEW EVIL WILL RISE. FACELESS. NAMELESS. Since his appointment as Nomarch of Memphis, by the God-Pharaoh Rameses, Piay has thrown...

Finally understand the life-altering knowledge of the Hermetica! Imagine obtaining the wisdom of the ancient Egyptian philosophers. How different would your life be if you had access to their secret teachings on life, its origins, and its Creator? In what ways would your own life be transformed?

The Jewish people are one of the oldest living people groups on the planet. The Jews lived alongside the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Phoenicians, and Sumerians - all of whom have since disappeared from the pages of history. Yet the Jews still remain. Despite all of the odds, Jewish culture, language, laws, and religion have remained intact over the course of thousands of years. 

Le 14 mai 1948, l'État d'Israël est proclamé. S'intéressant aux origines de cette naissance, Michel Abitbol décrypte l'arrière-plan historique de la déclaration Balfour de 1917 et la résolution de l'ONU du 29 novembre 1947 (préconisant le partage de la Palestine entre un État juif et un État arabe). L'auteur évoque ensuite les sources du conflit entre les deux peuples, et suit pas à pas l'émergence d'une « nation » israélienne et d'une culture hébraïque moderne nées du brassage des vagues successives d'immigrants.

The clash between Israel and Palestine has been one of the most emotionally engaging causes of modern times. Prophets Without Honor tells the story of the attempts to solve the conflict and examines the reasons for its resilience. Shlomo Ben-Ami, who participated at a high level in the July 2000 Camp David peace talks that almost led to a historic deal, uses his insider experience to illuminate the specific factors that impede a solution to the conflict.

As the dust settled on the U.S. military's initial victory in Iraq, the Army found itself mired in a difficult campaign to defeat a growing insurgency and rebuild the war-torn country. Untrained for counterinsurgency and without enough troops to secure the population, the Army responded by creating several new brigades specifically to meet these requirements. It Was What It Was invites listeners into the life of a freshly commissioned lieutenant in one of these units.

Step into the chariot-charged sands of history and witness the world’s first recorded battle in astonishing detail. The Battle of Kadesh recounts the dramatic clash between the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II and the Hittite king Muwatalli II in 1274 BCE—an epic confrontation that shaped the power balance of the ancient Near East.

Against all the odds, Jack West Jr found the Three Secret Cities - but at a heartbreaking cost. Still reeling from his loss, Jack must now get to one of the five iron mountains - two of which have never been found - and perform a mysterious feat known only as ‘The Fall’. Amid all this, Jack will discover that a new player has entered the race, a general so feared by the four legendary kingdoms they had him locked away in their deepest dungeon. Only now this general has escaped and he has a horrifying plan of his own.

This book continues the story of the Fatimids from their newly founded capital of Cairo. Introducing the figures who moulded the empire, Shainool Jiwa charts the expansion of the Fatimids, the reasons behind their ultimate fall by the hand of Saladin, and the legacy that continues with the living Ismaili communities today.

Born in 1949 to a prosperous family in Tehran, Abbas Milani grew up in an Iran of culture and tradition. He was sent to the United States for his studies, and it was there that he made his transition to adulthood, becoming active intellectually, sexually, and politically. Flush with 1960s idealism, he returned home in 1975, only to find his country utterly changed.

When journalist Elena González is sent to cover a pro-Palestine protest at Columbia University, she expects another routine story about righteous anger and occupation. What she finds instead is something far more dangerous: a crowd chanting “From the river to the sea,” a Jewish student bleeding on the grass, and a growing chorus insisting that “Palestine has existed for thousands of years.” As Elena digs deeper, she encounters facts that contradict everything she thought she knew. A Roman coin stamped Judaea Capta. Genetic evidence of continuous Jewish presence.

The life story of Ramesses II is voluminously recorded and illustrated through documents and inscriptions, and it is even represented physically through his funerary goods and the well-preserved mummified remains of the man himself. But despite the resources available with which to reason about who Ramesses II was and what his impact might have been, there is also a necessary disconnection between him and those who chronicled his story.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The Great Escape for the Great War: the astonishing true story of two World War I prisoners who pulled off one of the most ingenious escapes of all time. FINALIST FOR THE EDGAR AWARD ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR “Fox unspools...

Why have Israelis and Palestinians failed to achieve a two-state solution to the conflict that has cost so much and lasted so long? In Paradigm Lost, Ian S. Lustick brings 50 years as an analyst of the Arab-Israeli dispute to bear on this question and offers a provocative explanation of why continued attempts to divide the land will have no more success than would negotiations to establish a one-state solution.

This is part two of Gerald Massey's work about the comparisons between the Judeo-Christian religion and the Egyptian religion. No one ever understood the mythology and ritual of Ancient Egypt so well as Gerald Massey since the time of the Ancient Philosophers of Egypt. This book is one of the best of its kind, and a must-have for every student of Egyptian mythology and history.

Sulla base di una conoscenza diretta delle fonti e dell'ormai sterminata bibliografia di lingua tedesca e italiana, l'autore traccia un profilo dell'imperatore normanno-svevo Federico II (1194-1250), una delle figure più discusse del Medioevo europeo. Il volume è suddiviso in tre parti: la prima è dedicata alla storia politica di Federico, segnata dalla lotta con il Papato e i Comuni; la seconda si occupa dell'uomo, della sua sfera famigliare, dei suoi interessi filosofici e scientifici, e del suo entourage di cui facevano parte anche studiosi ebraici e arabi; la terza segue la formazione del mito di Federico attraverso i secoli fino ai giorni nostri.

Tehran, 1941. The world is ablaze, but in neutral Iran, life carries on—until British and Russian tanks roll in. Though much has been written about World War II, little is known of Iran's trials during the conflict. Many remember the Japanese surprise assault on Pearl Harbor, epitomizing deceitful warfare, just as Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's treacherous invasion of the Soviet Union, played a parallel tune of unexpected aggression.

Step back in time and immerse yourself in the astonishing life of Ramesses II, the most celebrated pharaoh of ancient Egypt. Ramesses delves into the reign of this iconic ruler, revealing his monumental achievements, military conquests, and enduring legacy.

By sheer force of the pharaoh's will, the City of the Sun rises from hot, barren sands. But as this monument to his strength flourishes, the king's ties to sanity begin to fray. His religious zeal and unchecked power lead him to commit one atrocity after another, and soon, those who dwell in the throne's shadows must enter into a fatal conspiracy to prevent Egypt from crumbling altogether.