Nonfiction » History » Middle East

The Nabataeans, Builders of Petra    by Dan Gibson
Price: $2.99 USD. 85440 words. Language: English. Published by CanBooks  on May 10, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Middle East.

A fascinating look at the ancient Nabataean Kingdom! During the time of the Greek and Roman Empires, this small Arabian empire built spectacular cities in the Arabian Desert. Their ships and camel caravans traveled to far off exotic places to bring luxury goods to European markets. Most of all they are remembered for building the exotic ancient city of Petra.
The Mecca Question    by Jeremy Smyth
Price: Free! 8470 words. Language: English. Published by CanBooks  on April 19, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Middle East.

The Mecca Question This 20 page booklet by Jeremy Smyth examines the section of Gibson's new book on Qur'anic Geography that claims that Mecca is not the Holy City of Islam. This is a short review of the evidence presented in the larger book. The Mecca Question is free to download, copy, and pass on t0your friends.
The Scimitar and the Veil: Extraordinary Women of Islam    by Jennifer Heath
Price: $1.99 USD. 141210 words. Language: English. Published on April 6, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Middle East.

The first popular history and overview of Muslim women and their great accomplishments. It portrays over 50 extraordinary Muslim women from the birth of Islam in the 7th century CE through the 19th century who have played crucial roles in shaping the religion and in scholarship, the arts and much more.
Arabian Knights - Volume 2    by Aisha Bilal
Price: $0.99 USD. 10980 words. Language: English. Published on April 1, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Biographical anthologies.

In this volume you can read about hidden tombs and lost wells, brave knights and cowardly murderers, an endangered crown prince and a man looking for his soul mate. Whether you’re interested in anthropology, theology or just plain old-fashioned adventure, you're sure to find a story you like in this fun second installment of the narrative history series "Knights of Arabia".
MARCH OF THE SCYTHIANS: FROM SARGON II TO THE FALL OF NINEVEH    by Cam Rea
Price: $2.99 USD. 43430 words. Language: English. Published on March 25, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Middle East.

The Assyrian-Scythian wars.
Arabian Knights - Volume 1    by Aisha Bilal
Price: Free! 16280 words. Language: English. Published on February 4, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Biographical anthologies.

A fun and interesting collection of stories about the adventures and misadventures of ordinary, famous and infamous real-life Arabian Knights. In this volume you can read about a slave, a Bedouin, a lost king, a town elder, a most unfortunate man, a diplomatic merchant, and more. If you're looking for something light to read and would like to expand your horizons then this is the book for you.
What Most People Don't Know About The Bible    by Elizabeth & William Hicks
Price: $0.99 USD. 3950 words. Language: English. Published on December 12, 2012. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Biblical Biography / Old Testament.

An alternate interpretation of The Bible, primarily The Old Testament, based on Zecharia Sitchin's translations of ancient Sumerian texts.
Target Iran: Drawing Red Lines in the Sand    by William John Cox
Price: Free! 23120 words. Language: English. Published on September 11, 2012. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Islamic militancy.

A history of Iran and its conflict with the United States and Israel over its uranium enrichment program, a discussion of the likelihood of war between the parties and a proposal for a comprehensive nuclear weapons policy for all nations.
Freedom Sailors    by Bill Dienst
Price: $9.99 USD. 72560 words. Language: English. Published on August 13, 2012. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Current affairs.

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FREEDOM SAILORS is a much-needed account of how a small group of ordinary people conceived and executed what seemed like a grandiose and audacious plan to break Israel’s illegal military blockade of the Gaza Strip, a blockade that keeps more than 1.5 million people in an open-air prison.
Syria - A Decade of Lost Chances: Repression and Revolution from Damascus Spring to Arab Spring    by Carsten Wieland
Price: $4.99 USD. 152790 words. Language: English. Published by Cune Press  on June 25, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Middle East.

Syria’s President Bashar al-Asad was an outspoken opponent of the US and Israel. In March 2011 when Arab Spring came to Syria, Bashar reasoned that his support among Syrians was deep and wide because, as he told the Wall Street Journal a few weeks earlier, he was "closely linked to the beliefs of the people." He was dead wrong