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 Persepolis: The Story of a ChildhoodBest Price: $6.36 I feel I learned more about the history of Iran through the eyes of a little girl who was... |  Persepolis 2: The Story of a ReturnBest Price: $6.64 I loved Persepolis, so when I realized there was a Persepolis 2, I quickly bought a used copy... |  Hagakure: The Book of the SamuraiBest Price: $11.25 Saw the movie after I had read the book. This is one of those books I read again and again. ... |  Russian Textiles: Printed Cloth for the Bazaars of Central AsiaBest Price: $26.79 I wish there was a 6 star rate! Love the quality (overall!) of the book! Amazong for... |  The Silk Road: Two Thousand Years in the Heart of AsiaBest Price: $10.00 The Silk Road, by Frances Wood is a wonderfully detailed account of the history of what is... |
 Bushido: The Way of the Samurai (Square One Classics)Best Price: $5.39 This book is good, since its a Japanese author, however, what does he know about Bushido?... |  PalestineBest Price: $12.95 Palestine puts a very human face on the ongoing tragedy of the people living in their own... |  Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central AsiaBest Price: $14.74 I have a weakness for Peter Hopkirk. He could write about dishwater and I would be enthralled. ... |  Discoveries: Petra: Lost City of the Ancient World (Discoveries (Abrams))Best Price: $7.46 I bought this book for my parents who will be visiting Petra this year. This is a small but... |  Architecture in the EmiratesBest Price: $19.60 Construction fever in the Gulf The small emirates and states located on the Gulf, at the... |
 Oriental Carpet Design: A Guide to Traditional Motifs, Patterns and SymbolsBest Price: $26.10 The book is a very well written vol d'oiseau over modern oriental rugs and carpets with... |  Safe Area Gorazde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995Best Price: $10.89 First, the bad news: "Safe Area Goradze" is bleak, depressing and unrelentingly sad. ... |  Arabesque: Graphic Design from the Arab World and PersiaBest Price: $43.47 Despite their rich tradition of calligraphy, the Arab World and Persia are not known for their... |  The Complete Art Of War: Sun Tzu/sun Pin (History and Warfare)Best Price: $14.75 Great book, the reader is given a sense of historical referance while the reader is left to... |  Rituals of War: The Body and Violence in MesopotamiaBest Price: $16.47 Rituals of War is an investigation into the earliest historical records of violence and... |
 The Shaolin Monastery: History, Religion and the Chinese Martial ArtsBest Price: $45.70 ". . . medieval sources do not allude to specific Shaolin fighting methods, Indeed they... |  Splendid Slippers: A Thousand Years of an Erotic TraditionBest Price: $15.59 This book was absolutely wonderful. Before reading this book my knowledge of the ancient... |  City of Darkness - Life In Kowloon CityBest Price: $85.00 I hate to do this, but other buyers should be aware: I have the July 2005 printing (paperback;... |  A Fist in the Hornet's Nest: On the Ground in Baghdad Before, During & After the WarBest Price: $4.49 Despite my giving this book a rather lukewarm rating, it does have several things to recommend... |  Jordan: Past and Present: Petra, Jerash, AmmanBest Price: $14.28 Overlays of the past and present are fantastic! Gives a wonderful visual overview of Petra,... |
 Oriental Rugs: A Buyer's GuideBest Price: $6.97 I am a newcomer in the world of persian rugs and found this book very useful. The more you read... |  Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A History with DocumentsBest Price: $35.00 I assure you that this book is nowhere near as dry as Smith's lectures, and I also assure you... |  Islamic Patterns: An Analytical and Cosmological ApproachBest Price: $17.50 El-Said writes about the designs seen in a lot of Islamic art and architecture with a scientific... |  Arabic Art in Color (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)Best Price: $8.05 The pictures are wonderful examples of patterns. I was looking for something with more depth... |  Treasures of Islam: Artistic Glories of the Muslim WorldBest Price: $18.50 TREASURES OF ISLAM: ARTISTIC GLORIES OF THE MUSLIM WORLD is indeed "a wealth of... |
 The Dynasties of China: A HistoryBest Price: $8.25 If you are trying to find a starting place in the history of China, then this is a good book for... |  The Mongol Art of WarBest Price: $17.98 I only skimmed through this book at the bookstore...seems a fairly standard chronicle of rather... |  Splendors of Islam: Architecture, Decoration and DesignBest Price: $44.10 This is a thorough and scholarly exploration of a fascinating subject - the world of Islamic... |  The Root of Wild Madder: Chasing the History, Mystery, and Lore of the Persian CarpetBest Price: $2.67 This is a brilliant read. The author's love of Persian Carpets is infectious. His book is full... |  Islamic Art and Architecture (The World of Art)Best Price: $3.29 Bought this book for my daughters Art class. It had all the information she needed. As alway... |
 Serpent of the Nile: Women and Dance in the Arab WorldBest Price: $21.94 Lots of colour pictures ... past & present ...including old paintings, quotes &... |  Samurai: An Illustrated HistoryBest Price: $22.02 Following some points made by Marc Winter's review, whereas I agree with some of what was said,... |  Cave Temples of Mogao: Art and History on the Silk Road (Conservation and Cultural Heritage Series)Best Price: $15.00 The Mogao grottoes in China, situated near the oasis town of Dunhuang on the fabled Silk Road,... |  Mesopotamia: Assyrians, Sumerians, Babylonians (Dictionaries of Civilizations)Best Price: $15.48 A really excellent book, a good "dictionary" which is the compendium of all recent... |  Islamic Geometric Patterns (with CD-ROM) (Book & CD Rom)Best Price: $11.80 Clear diagrams and a detailed explanatory text: an inspirational guide for craftspeople and... |
 Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient TimesBest Price: $10.75 "As well as being scholarly, Redford's work meets my criteria for impartiality and honesty:... |  Praying With IconsBest Price: $13.99 The first copy of the revised, expanded, all-color edition of "Praying with Icons"... |  Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Practical Guide - A Step-by-Step Approach to Learning Ancient Egyptian HieroglyphsBest Price: $17.95 Excellent resource - learned a lot about different ancient languages and the ties between them. |  Bedlah, Baubles, and BeadsBest Price: $22.90 This book is wonderful! I am currently in the process of designing my own costume and this book... |  Authentic Turkish Designs (Dover Design Library)Best Price: $3.21 Just a mish mash of designs with no information on originality of the designs, or even a mention... |
 Traces of the Calligrapher: Islamic Calligraphy in Practice, c. 1600-1900 (Museum of Fine Arts)Best Price: $17.78 In Islamic culture, calligraphy has long been considered a quintessential art form. This... |  Much Maligned Monsters: A History of European Reactions to Indian ArtBest Price: $20.57 This is a must have book for anyone interested in euro-centric outlook towards India and Indic... |  Embroidery from India and Pakistan (Fabric Folios)Best Price: $15.65 Focusing on over 20 textiles from the British Museum's fabulous collection, this book explores... |  India and the Mughal DynastyBest Price: $7.09 This book provided everything I hoped it would: 1) A brief outline of the major events and major... |  Why the French Don't Like Headscarves: Islam, the State, and Public SpaceBest Price: $21.00 Three years after the facts, is it still worthwhile to revisit the French government's decision... |
 Ehon: The Artist And the Book in JapanBest Price: $37.80 As a companion to the New York Public Library exhibit a couple of years ago, this book serves... |  Islamic Art in DetailBest Price: $14.74 You would not expect the beautiful, color, and large-sized plates of Islamic art found in this... |  The Mummies of UrumchiBest Price: $11.95 I bought this book & read it soon after it was printed. I thought it was a great book at... |  Arabic Script: Styles, Variants, and Calligraphic AdaptationsBest Price: $13.38 This small work is an excellent introduction to Arabic calligraphy, especially for beginners. It... |  The Languages of ChinaBest Price: $16.75 I agree with the other reviewers that this book is completely engrossing. Rarely cam that be... |
 The Chinese Cultural Revolution: A HistoryBest Price: $16.36 This is a truly groundbreaking study that completely overturns the conventional wisdom on the... |  Combat Sports in the Ancient World: Competition, Violence, and Culture (Sports and History Series)Best Price: $8.00 Well to start off im 18 and HATE READING (as does everyone in my generation) and from the way... |  Arabic Designs CD-ROM and Book (Electronic Clip Art)Best Price: $4.41 The photos are beautiful! But the images on the CD Rom are low level scans. I got better images... |  Angkor: Celestial Temples of the KhmerBest Price: $36.96 Excellent book! I wish I had known about this book before I went to Angkor Wat. |  The Looting of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad: The Lost Legacy of Ancient MesopotamiaBest Price: $10.10 Instead of writing about the looting, what was lost, what has since been recovered and how, the... |
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