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Sale: $34.88
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Manufacturer: Trident Pr
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Publisher: Trident Pr
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Publication Date: 1997-01-12
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Reading Level: 240
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Description: This is the first book to describe in vivid detail the UAE's natural environment and wildlife (as opposed to other books that have dealt with particular groups of animals, or which have restricted themselves to separate emirates within the UAE)
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Manufacturer: Zodiac Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Nick Crawley::Christine Nowell
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Publisher: Zodiac Publishing
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Publication Date: 2001-09-15
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Reading Level: 128
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Description: Now & Then - Abu Dhabi is a photographic insight into the capital city and emirate of a nation whose fortunes waned in one area to be replaced by oil wealth in another. This book is a beautiful and historical photographic record, and will be an inspiration for photographers in the years to come.
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Price: $22.50
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Sale: $20.25
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Manufacturer: Ithaca Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Rosemarie Said Zahlan
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Publisher: Ithaca Press
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Edition: Rev Upd
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Dewey Decimal Number: 320
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Publication Date: 1999-04
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Reading Level: 212
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Description: When Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait in August 1990, the Gulf states became the focus of frenzied international interest for the second time in a decade, the first having been during the Iraq-Iran war, 1980-8. Both events posed major threats to the regional state system which had evolved over almost two centuries. This book is based on a wide range of primary materials, including declassified documents used here for the first time. It defines and describes the geopolitical framework of the region and the state system which emanated from it. It explains how the Gulf states owe their creation and survival, sometimes against many odds, to forces well beyond the waters of the Gulf. Rosemarie Said Zahlan tells the story of the formation of the states, their evolution from colonial dependency to statehood, their socio-econo mic transformation by oil, and their stability in the midst of change. She illuminates their relationships with each other, with the wider Arab world, and with the major world powers. The result is an informed and balanced picture of the political, economic, religious and cultural character of the region. It is also a story of the powerful families and their shaikhs who have had to lead their countries so rapidly into the modern world, all the while preserving their own socio-political traditions.
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Price: $52.95
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Sale: $40.24
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Manufacturer: Emirates Center for Strategic Studies
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: Emirates Center for Strategic Studies
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Dewey Decimal Number: 302
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Publication Date: 2006-10-31
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Reading Level: 728
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Description: The rise of Arab satellite stations, Arabic websites and transnational Arabic newspapers and magazines means that Arab media are reaching larger audience and readership than ever before. The Arab media play a prominent role in covering global events, with the world’s eyes on news channels such as Al Jazeera, the first to bring us breaking news.
Examining the Arab media’s influence in shaping Arab public opinion and the western perspectives of the Arab world, 'Arab Media in the Information Age' addresses the important questions facing observers today: what is the relationship between media independence and credibility? To what extent do commercial interests and political influence affect Arab media? What is the impact of technology on Arab media? And most importantly what is the direction for the future? With comment and analysis from leading Arab and international academics such as Naomi Sakr and media professionals such as Greg Dyke, 'Arab Media in the Information Age' is crucial to understanding the current realities for Arab media and assessing directions for the future.
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Price: $37.00
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Sale: $23.43
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Manufacturer: Children's Press(CT)
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Library Binding
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Author: Liz Sonneborn
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Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
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Dewey Decimal Number: 953.57
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Publication Date: 2008-03
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Reading Level: 144
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Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Manufacturer: Tricycle Press
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Daniel Potts
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Publisher: Tricycle Press
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Publication Date: 1999-12-31
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Reading Level: 160
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Manufacturer: Stacey Intl
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Ronald Codrai
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Publisher: Stacey Intl
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Publication Date: 1990
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Reading Level: 176
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Price: $36.00
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Sale: $36.00
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Manufacturer: Zodiac Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Robert Nowell::Simone Nowell
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Publisher: Zodiac Publishing
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Dewey Decimal Number: 915
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Publication Date: 2000-09-01
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Reading Level: 128
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Description: Now & Then Dubai is a large format, coffee table book showing the development of Dubai over the past 100 years using old photographs compared with new photographs taken from a similar angle. The modern photographs, taken using a 6x7 Mamiya RZ camera, are dramatic and colorful, especially compared with the old monochrome pictures shown on the same page. There are 14,000 supporting words of descriptive text. The foreword is by HH Sheikh Ahmed, the Chairman of Emirates Airline.
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Price: $120.22
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Sale: $188.23
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Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Peter Lienhardt
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Dewey Decimal Number: 306.095357
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Publication Date: 2001-06-09
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Reading Level: 279
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Description: In this perceptive analysis of the Arab sheikhdoms of the Gulf, Peter Lienhardt discusses the common social patterns manifest in their tribal structure, the relations between men and women, the economics of pearl fishing, the growth of towns, and the complex relationship between the ruling shaikhs and their subjects. The advent of oil wealth radically altered the economic and social conditions of the region, but the sheikhs have continued to play an important political role in their modern states.
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Price: $120.00
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Sale: $107.99
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Manufacturer: Ithaca Press (GB)
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Publisher: Ithaca Press (GB)
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Dewey Decimal Number: 720.95357
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Publication Date: 2006-06
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Reading Level: 352
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Description: Since the late 1960s, the cities of the United Arab Emirates have experienced unprecedented development and accelerated construction. Viewed in the context of the specific environment and cultural fabric of this desert region in Arabia, the coming of modern architecture has been coupled with extensive cultivation projects implemented in an originally barren landscape. Simultaneously, the cities have also remained true to their heritage and recognized the importance of their vernacular architecture and, in a fascinating contrast to the rapid modernization, today there are also many reconstruction and heritage projects underway. Recognizing the need for a publication that discusses this architectural antithesis, "The Architecture of the United Arab Emirates" includes contributions by architectural professionals and specialists who have witnessed this firsthand. Dr Damluji has selected articles which fall into two sections: modern architecture - which questions the form of new cities, the contribution of international architectural practice and the state of modern Islamic architecture; and vernacular architecture - which discusses architectural surveys carried out and conservation and heritage projects throughout the UAE. The book concludes with discussions of the ongoing reconstruction of traditional buildings, regeneration schemes, and the implications and reality of the reestablishment of traditions and heritage on the modern urban fabric and architectural thought. In selecting these particular articles Dr Damluji is at pains to stress how the UAE, despite moving rapidly into the future, needs to acknowledge the architecture of its own environment.
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