An Enthralling True Story of Shipwreck, Exploration and Discovery in the Middle East. This engrossing travelogue begins with the terrifying account of the storm that left Eric Hansen and four companions shipwrecked on a deserted Red Sea island. A witty, vivid mix of reportage, comedy and tension. Simultaneous publication with the paperback edition of Eric Hansen's acclaimed 'Orchid Fever' and 'Str

An extraordinary, beguiling tale of fly-fishing and political spinning, of unexpected heroism and late-blooming love - a Sunday Times bestseller

Rushby was drawn back to the Yemen by memories of ancient cities, spectacular mountains and most of all, the dreamy afternoons spent chewing the stimulant leaf of the qat tree. This is the story of a journey, but it also unveils the rich and varied culture surrounding the drug, qat.

Aged 15 and 13 respectively, Zana Muhsen and her sister left Birmingham to visit relatives in North Yemen, but discovered that their father had sold them into marriage. Unlike her sister, Zana managed to escape, and this is her account of eight years of misery and humiliation.

Wilfred Thesiger was born in Addis Ababa and educated at Eton and Oxford. In the spirit of TE Lawrence, Thesiger spent five years exploring the deserts of Arabia. This book narrates his stories, including two crossings of the Empty Quarter, among peoples who had never seen a European and considered it their duty to kill Christian infidels.

In the Yemeni seaman of the steam age, the author finds a surprising link between her hometown of Cardiff, once the world's biggest coal-exporting port, and Aden, where the coal which fuelled the Empire was bunkered. This work offers an account of the way in which two cultures unexpectedly touch one another.

An accessible and fast moving account of twentieth-century Yemeni history.

Tells the definitive history of the Arab peoples from the seventh century, when the new religion of Islam began to spread from the Arabian Peninsula westwards, to the present day. For this edition, Malise Ruthven continues the history to include such recent events as the crisis in Iraq, the civil war in Algeria and the aftermath of September 11th.

Decline of Hasimite power. Foreword by Fred Halliday.

A study of contemporary Arab political poetry, this book provides a wide range of insights into the ways that modern media aesthetics are shaped by language and culture. It investigates the audio-recording industry in southern Yemen, showing how various forms of political activism emerge through sensory engagements with Arabic poetry and song.

In 1990 the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen united to form the Republic of Yemen. This book focuses on the major social, legal and economic aspects of this transformation. It provides an analysis of key economic, social and legal issues facing Yemen at the start of the twenty-first century.

Detailed images of scenery, historic towns and unique architecture, and portraits of the people and costumes of Yemen in all their variety.

Providing an account of her battle with an abusive man and with bureaucracy, this is the story of a woman's fight against a violent and tyrannical relationship, and her struggle to reclaim her two daughters, sold into marriage in the Yemen.

This book addresses whether Islamist groups are a threat to democratization.

A history of the transition from traditional Shiism to Sunni reformism in pre-modern Yemen.

This study combines ethnography with history to describe the tribal system over the last thousand years. It examines the values that tribal people themselves bring to the contemporary world of nation states.