For sale in CIS only! From the Ancient Greeks' obsession with the armies of the Persians, Westerners have been irresistibly drawn to the exotic nature of 'Oriental' warfare and have sought either to emulate their enemies' imagined ways of fighting o...

For sale in CIS only! Two thousand years ago, Madagascar was probably uninhabited. An isl and twice the size of Great Britain, it was home to unique species of flora and fauna that were undisturbed by humanity until the first navigators landed on it...

For sale in CIS only! The Sufi brotherhoods are not religious orders, but religious communities within the general community of Islam. Their members neither live in monasteries nor take vows of celibacy and poverty. They are Muslims who marry, earn...

For sale in CIS only! Interest in the study of ethnic conflict has soared over the past decade, partly due to the ethnic conflicts that have erupted violently, especially in central and Eastern Europe after the collapse of communism, but also in oth...

For sale in CIS only! Increased Muslim migration has changed the religious landscape of Europe and America. Mosques and Islamic centres are found in many urban areas while Muslim cities now include Paris, London and New York as much as Cairo, Tunis...

For sale in CIS only! The least-known part of Marshal Mannerheim's long and eventful life, his early years and the time he served in the Imperial Russian Army, forms the subject of this book.