Published in the year 2005, Quest for Sheba is a valuable contribution to the field of Middle Eastern Studies.

Learn how to strengthen the Emotional Skills within you and go from good to great. This book will help you know yourself better and understand people more. Then you will stand out in leadership with skills and confidence that is impossible to ignore.Written by a Certified Executive Coach, Vince brings real life stories and examples from his coaching experiences. Written from coach to coachee, one will understand the importance of growing their Emotional Intelligence in order to beco...

Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned horror and dark fantasy authors! Explore the uncanny world of mummies, ancient egypt, and dark sorcery, with these 20 stories:SYMPATHY FOR MUMMIES, by John Gregory BetancourtSOME WORDS WITH A MUMMY, by Edgar Allan PoeTHE POWER OF WAKING, by Nina Kiriki HoffmanTHE MUMMY’S FOOT, by Jessie Adelaide MiddletonLOST IN A PYRAMID, OR THE MUMMY’S CURSE, by Louisa May A...

Wilfred Thesiger was born in Addis Ababa in 1910 and educated at Eton and Oxford. Though British, he was repulsed by the softness and rigidity of Western life, "the machines, the calling cards, the meticulously aligned streets, etc." In the spirit of T.E. Lawrence, Thesiger spent five years exploring and wandering the deserts of Arabia. With vivid descriptions and colorful anecdotes he narrates his stories, including two crossings of the Empty Quarter, among peoples who had never seen a Eu...

In 1933 Robert Byron began a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Teheran to Oxiana--the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. The Road to Oxiana offers not only a wonderful record of his adventures, but also a rare account of the architectural treasures of a region now inaccessible to most Western travelers.

PW Pick 2013"Australian author Greenwood, having made a name for herself with the lighthearted Phryne Fisher series, succeeds brilliantly with this gripping thriller set in ancient Egypt." — Publishers Weekly STARRED reviewEighteenth Dynasty Egypt is peaceful and prosperous under the dual rule of the Pharaohs Amenhotep III and IV, until the younger Pharaoh begins to dream new and terrifying dreams.Ptah-hotep, a young peasan...

Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British geographer, explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer and diplomat. He was known for his travels and explorations within Asia, Africa and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke 29 European, Asian and African languages.Burton was a captain in the army of ...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

In the 1890's, with the slave trade coming to and end and the market for ostrich feathers drying up,  the era of the great caravan was coming to and end. This short piece follows a Caravan from Tripoli across the Sahara to Central Africa.

Part travelogue, part autobiography, "The Road to Mecca" is the compelling story of a Western journalist and adventurer who converted to Islam in the early twentieth century. A spiritual and literary counterpart of Wilfred Thesiger and a contemporary of T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), Muhammad Asad journeyed around the Middle East, Afghanistan and India. This is an account of Asad's adventures in Arabia, his inner awakening, and his relationships with nomads and royalty alik...