Middle East Books


Among the Believers: An Islamic JourneyAmong the Believers: An Islamic Journey
Best Price: $4.79
This book is remarkable in the relevance of the authors experiences in the early 80s to the...
Egypt Travel Map (Globetrotter Travel Map)Egypt Travel Map (Globetrotter Travel Map)
Best Price: $4.62
Let's Visit IsraelLet's Visit Israel
Best Price: $2.55
I bought this book for our niece who was 28 months old at Chanukah. She loves to have books...
Travel Egypt Nile CruiseTravel Egypt Nile Cruise
Best Price: $8.50
Does what it says, tells you about a nile cruise - the good and the bad. I found it very helpful.
Lonely Planet Istanbul Encounter (Lonely Planet Encounter Series) (Best Of)Lonely Planet Istanbul Encounter (Lonely Planet Encounter Series) (Best Of)
Best Price: $6.83
I really liked reading the ideas that the locals have for some offbeat sightseeing, also liked...


Encounters with the Middle East: True Stories of People and Culture that Help You Understand the Region (Travelers' Tales)Encounters with the Middle East: True Stories of People and Culture that Help You Understand the Region (Travelers' Tales)
Best Price: $10.94
Having never traveled to the Middle East, my only awareness of the complexity of the region...
The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut (Modern Library Paperbacks)The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut (Modern Library Paperbacks)
Best Price: $6.99
I found this book absolutely fascinating as it described a time, only 70-odd years ago, when...
Saudi Arabia - Culture Smart!: a quick guide to customs and etiquette (Culture Smart!)Saudi Arabia - Culture Smart!: a quick guide to customs and etiquette (Culture Smart!)
Best Price: $5.33
Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different...
Hong Kong Complete Residents' GuideHong Kong Complete Residents' Guide
Best Price: $16.18
The Hong Kong Explorer is like a manual for living, helping residents make the most of their...
Wallpaper City Guide: Istanbul (Wallpaper City Guide)Wallpaper City Guide: Istanbul (Wallpaper City Guide)
Best Price: $5.15
This guide is mostly outdated -- something to be expected when covering a city changing as...


Hammond Atlas of the Middle East and North AfricaHammond Atlas of the Middle East and North Africa
Best Price: $8.95
I purchased this book together with the Middle East Atlas and would not have otherwise bought...
False PapersFalse Papers
Best Price: $3.50
Like other Aicman books rhis really worth reading, some wonderful insights, into a long vanished...
Coral Reef Guide Red Sea: The Definitive Guide to Over 1200 Species of Underwater Life (Coral Reef)Coral Reef Guide Red Sea: The Definitive Guide to Over 1200 Species of Underwater Life (Coral Reef)
Best Price: $25.55
Simply put, this is the best guide to the marine life of the Red Sea available today. Great...
Insight Guides IsraelInsight Guides Israel
Best Price: $14.25
The book was in perfect condition. These books (Insight Guides) are wonderful books. I would...
Oman: The Bradt Travel GuideOman: The Bradt Travel Guide
Best Price: $11.26
Despite claiming to be written for expats and backpackers alike, this book is one of those...

Live From Jordan: Letters Home From My Journey Through the Middle EastLive From Jordan: Letters Home From My Journey Through the Middle East
Best Price: $4.97
I highly recommend Live from Jordan. This book has really opened my eyes and has helped me...
Israel - Culture Smart!: a quick guide to customs and etiquette (Culture Smart!)Israel - Culture Smart!: a quick guide to customs and etiquette (Culture Smart!)
Best Price: $5.31
This book gives a good brief introduction to the history, sights and people of Israel, though it...
Walking in the Caucasus - GeorgiaWalking in the Caucasus - Georgia
Best Price: $17.41
This book tells you exactly what it says in the title. It is purely a walking guide, actually...
All About IsraelAll About Israel
Best Price: $6.98
Revenge: A Story of HopeRevenge: A Story of Hope
Best Price: $4.90
You fool; you insensitive--no, malevolently cruel fool: You can wax philosophic and even have a...

Letters from Egypt: A journey on the Nile, 1849-1850Letters from Egypt: A journey on the Nile, 1849-1850
I haven't read any biographies of Nightingale but this book certainly provides a view of her...
The Wadjet EyeThe Wadjet Eye
Best Price: $2.57
Im new to the world of historical fiction and this book got me reading all sorts of historical...
Top 10 Cyprus (EYEWITNESS TOP 10 TRAVEL GUIDE)Top 10 Cyprus (EYEWITNESS TOP 10 TRAVEL GUIDE)
Best Price: $2.00
Probably no independent traveler would want to have DK Top 10 as their only guidebook when...
The Silk Roads, 2nd: includes routes through Syria, Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and China (Silk Roads: A Route & Planning Guide)The Silk Roads, 2nd: includes routes through Syria, Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and China (Silk Roads: A Route & Planning Guide)
Best Price: $14.82
The Silk Road was never a single thread but an intricate web of trade routes – Silk...
Egypt: A Practical GuideEgypt: A Practical Guide
Best Price: $4.76
As a first time traveler to Egypt, I found this book to be very helpful. There were not a lot...

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al Madinah and Mecca (Volume 1)Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al Madinah and Mecca (Volume 1)
Best Price: $5.98
I confess: Richard F Burton is one of my heroes. In part, it's because much of my life has been...
Insight Fleximap Israel (Insight Fleximaps)Insight Fleximap Israel (Insight Fleximaps)
Best Price: $4.12
Middle East: Lonely Planet PhrasebookMiddle East: Lonely Planet Phrasebook
Best Price: $5.71
I was just in Syria and Turkey with this phrase book. There are very few useful phrases here....
Iraq: Then & Now (Bradt Travel Guide)Iraq: Then & Now (Bradt Travel Guide)
Best Price: $16.25
This new Bradt title responds to huge public interest in both Iraq and its people and is less a...
Wallpaper City Guide: Cairo (Wallpaper City Guides (Phaidon Press))Wallpaper City Guide: Cairo (Wallpaper City Guides (Phaidon Press))
Best Price: $8.95

Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour (Penguin Classics)Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $1.41
Having enjoyed "Salammbo," which is a technicolor sandals and swords Panavision epic a...
Abu Dhabi Mini MapAbu Dhabi Mini Map
Best Price: $5.82
Excellent reference. Very helpful in understanding the city layout. Recommend this mini map as a...
Blood and Oil in the OrientBlood and Oil in the Orient
Best Price: $17.95
An Autobiography like Something Out of the Arabian Nights In this lively and witty...
On the Road to Kandahar: Travels Through Conflict in the Islamic WorldOn the Road to Kandahar: Travels Through Conflict in the Islamic World
Best Price: $6.71
I was impressed with a pace that Jason Burke established in reporting his decade or more of...
Wallpaper City Guide: Dubai (Wallpaper City Guide)Wallpaper City Guide: Dubai (Wallpaper City Guide)
Best Price: $4.60
Don't waste your money on this thing. Buy a Lonely Planet or other travel guide. This...

Cyprus (Country Guide)Cyprus (Country Guide)
Best Price: $12.19
it doesn't seem the fact-checking was very good here, unless a bunch of different museums in...
Gertrude Bell: The Arabian Diaries, 1913-1914Gertrude Bell: The Arabian Diaries, 1913-1914
Best Price: $19.68
My purpose in reading this volume of Gertrude Bell's diaries was to learn about this powerful...
Fodor's Exploring Israel, 4th Edition (Exploring Guides)Fodor's Exploring Israel, 4th Edition (Exploring Guides)
Best Price: $10.47
This is NOT the Fodor's Israel guide. It's the supplement with historic, cultural, and...
Damascus: Hidden Treasures of the Old CityDamascus: Hidden Treasures of the Old City
Best Price: $22.00
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOOKS ABOUT THE OLDEST CITY IN THE WORLD, MUST HAVE.
The Road Map to Nowhere: Israel/Palestine Since 2003The Road Map to Nowhere: Israel/Palestine Since 2003
Best Price: $10.72
Tanya Reinhart was a professor of philosophy at Tel Aviv University until her recent untimely...

Playing Cards in CairoPlaying Cards in Cairo
I thoroughly enjoyed this - it's a very unusual book in that it is both a travelogue and a love...
National Geographic Traveler: Egypt (National Geographic Traveler)National Geographic Traveler: Egypt (National Geographic Traveler)
Best Price: $15.69
This book has been the most helpful to date for a new visitor to Egypt. Alongside the Michelin...
Cairo IllustratedCairo Illustrated
Best Price: $14.42
For a person like me who has been to Cairo many times, this book offered me the chance to look...
Jerusalem and the Holy Land (Eyewitness Travel Guides)Jerusalem and the Holy Land (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
Best Price: $19.53
Accent on Afghanistan: Dari, The Language And Culture Of AfghanistanAccent on Afghanistan: Dari, The Language And Culture Of Afghanistan
Best Price: $20.77
Fantastic learning addition in expanding the spoken use of Dari, which is the language spoken in...

Frommer's DubaiFrommer's Dubai
Best Price: $13.59
America’s #1 bestselling travel series Written by more than 175 outspoken...
Treasures of Luxor and the Valley of the Kings: Cultural Travel Guide (Rizzoli Art Guide)Treasures of Luxor and the Valley of the Kings: Cultural Travel Guide (Rizzoli Art Guide)
Best Price: $15.34
Here is a thorough, easy-to-use guide to the vast and stunning collection of art and antiquities...
Journey in a Holy Land: A Spiritual JournalJourney in a Holy Land: A Spiritual Journal
Best Price: $5.99
So Many Enemies, So Little Time: An American Woman in All the Wrong PlacesSo Many Enemies, So Little Time: An American Woman in All the Wrong Places
Best Price: $2.76
Elinor Burkett's account of her travels in Central Asia is vibrant, quirky, and fascinating. I...
The Western Shores of Turkey: Discovering the Aegean and Mediterranean CoastsThe Western Shores of Turkey: Discovering the Aegean and Mediterranean Coasts
Best Price: $14.04
Resting on two continents, Turkey reflects and absorbs the cultures of both East and West and...

A Thousand Sighs, A Thousand Revolts: Journeys in KurdistanA Thousand Sighs, A Thousand Revolts: Journeys in Kurdistan
Best Price: $10.16
It was hard for me to read the book objectively, as I have spent considerable time in South...
Dreaming of East: Western Women and the Exotic Allure of the OrientDreaming of East: Western Women and the Exotic Allure of the Orient
Best Price: $11.28
For generations of Western women, Eastern travel has signified freedom. Yet in the more...
Secrets of the Great PyramidSecrets of the Great Pyramid
Best Price: $69.95
The book is informative and interesting. It tells the knowledge the ancients built into the...
Accent on Afghanistan - PashtoAccent on Afghanistan - Pashto
Best Price: $16.00
I speak several language and have a language identifier (French: 3 & a 2++). I bought this...
The Mysteries of Abu Simbel: Ramesses II and the Temples of the Rising SunThe Mysteries of Abu Simbel: Ramesses II and the Temples of the Rising Sun
Best Price: $8.94
..... The world's top Egyptologist takes you to the most exciting temple in Egypt !! ..... ...

Culture Shock! Bahrain (Culture Shock! Guides)Culture Shock! Bahrain (Culture Shock! Guides)
Best Price: $10.85
With over three million copies in print, CultureShock! is a bestselling series of culture and...
David Roberts: Travels in Egypt & the Holy LandDavid Roberts: Travels in Egypt & the Holy Land
Best Price: $30.00
This is not nearly as nice as another David Robert's book, Egypt: Yesterday and Today, but the...
Syria Travel Map by ITMB (Travel Reference Map) (Travel Reference Map)Syria Travel Map by ITMB (Travel Reference Map) (Travel Reference Map)
Best Price: $8.75
Folded road and travel map. Scale 1:850,000. Distinguishes roads ranging from highways to other...
  
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