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Shortlisted for the Palestine Book Awards 2017 A powerful, groundbreaking history of the Occupied Territories from one of Israel's most influential historians From the author of the bestselling study...

This comprehensive study draws exhaustively on a wide range of sources both primary and secondary, and in particular the Pali texts, to offer an authoritative study of the thirty-seven conditions...

Taking the Muslim call to prayer as his starting point, the author unravels the significance of the muezzin's haunting cry, considering prophethood, prayer, politics and community to present a more...

A new history of the Portugal?s Carnation Revolution on its fiftieth anniversary On the night of 24 April 1974, at five minutes to eleven, a Lisbon radio station broadcasts Portugal?s Eurovision...

A brilliant and accessible rebuttal of The God Delusion from one of Christianity's most incisive thinkersIn this, his first new book since the best-selling God: A Guide for the Perplexed (Oneworld,...

This is an analysis of the nature, causes and consequences of the crisis of modern society. Professor Sorokin asserts that the whole of modern culture is undergoing a period of transition brought on...

More bamboozlement from an Only Connect winner and legendary quizmaster 'Frank Paul is an extremely impressive chap and a dazzling quizzer' Victoria Coren Mitchell, presenter of Only Connect Are you...

The astonishing true story of how Catherine the Great joined forces with a Quaker doctor from Essex to spearhead one of the first global public health campaigns. A TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022 SO FAR...

'Nothing is more striking in the literature of contemplation, and of high aesthetic experience, than an experienced reality, a joy and richness, which can never be conveyed save by allusion.'...

The book that is providing a storm of controversy, from 'Israel's bravest historian' (John Pilger) Renowned Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe's groundbreaking work on the formation of the State of Israel...

The separate events of Islamic scripture are not difficult to chronicle, but what kind of event does the whole of the Qur'an represent? How should we understand the coming together of a charismtic...

The Faith and Practice of Al-GhazaliAuthor: W. Montgomery WattPublisher: Oneworld PublicationsPublication Date: Feb 01, 2000Number of Pages: 176 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

A journey through time and space, grappling with the ghosts of empire A New Statesman Book of the Year, 2021 ?Follow Iain Sinclair into the cloud jungles of Peru and emerge questioning all that...

The untold story of what the Stasi did next ?Fascinating and powerful.? Sunday Times What do you do with a hundred thousand idle spies? By 1990 the Berlin Wall had fallen and the East German state...

The first volume in a three-volume set, this is a study of the rise of Persian Sufi spirituality and literature in Islam during the first six Muslim centuries. This collection of 24 essays covers the...

This comprehensive study is unique in its chronological breadth, intellectual diversity and historical scope and which demonstrates the central role played by Sufism in Persianate culture in Iran,...

This collection - the second of a three-volume study - examines the roots of the artistic, literary and cultural renaissance of Sufism from the 12th to the 15th centuries. It includes essays on...

A guide to the 99% of the Universe our eyes can?t see from a dazzling new voice in popular science From the discovery of entirely new kinds of galaxies to a window into cosmic ?prehistory?, Bothwell...

The Meaning of Life in the World ReligionsAuthor: Nancy MartinPublisher: Oneworld PublicationsPublication Date: Dec 02, 1999Number of Pages: 348 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

The loss of America in 1781 has traditionally been blamed on incompetent British military commanders and political leaders whose arrogant confidence and out-dated tactics were no match for the...

An updated edition of this bestselling introduction to the conflict With coverage of all the recent events, the new edition of this bestselling book gives a thorough and accessible account of the...

The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their MoneyAuthor: Frederik ObermaierPublisher: Oneworld PublicationsPublication Date: April 11, 2017Number of Pages: 400...

This work presents an overview of Muslim thinking through the ages and around the world. The book brings together a collection of commentaries, translated from the original Arabic, on some of the key...

A startling expos? of how much Big Brother knows about you We are entering a new state of global hypersurveillance. As we increasingly resort to technology for our work and play, our electronic...

A Guardian best history book of 2016 Eccentric, shy aristocrat ... or mad, bad and dangerous to know? Neighbour Jane Austen found the 3rd earl of Portsmouth a model gentleman and Lord Byron...

The mind behind the infamous Ig Nobel Prizes presents an addictive collection of improbable research all about us - and you Marc Abrahams collects the odd, the imaginative and the brilliantly...

This Is Improbable: Cheese String Theory, Magnetic Chickens and Other Wtf ResearchAuthor: Marc AbrahamsPublisher: Oneworld PublicationsPublication Date: Mar 01, 2013Number of Pages: 320 pagesBinding:...

A unique coming-of-age story from the lost world of Arab-Jews In July 1950, Avi Shlaim, only five, and his family were forced into exile, fleeing from their beloved Iraq into the new state of Israel...

Featuring over 250 key thinkers both major and less well-known, and spanning three centuries, this is a comprehensive survey of early Shi'ite literature, and the first of its kind. For each figure,...

This concise history tells the story of Turkey, a country caught between the ideologies of East and West. From its beginnings as a disparate group of tribes to its status as the first secular...