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- A Yankee Engineer Abroad, 1855-57
(Part II The East) by Frederick Hubbard, AuthorHouse
- Power and Passion in Egypt: A Life of Sir Eldon Gorst, 1861-1911, by Archie Hunter, I.B.Tauris, London, 2007; 276 pp., ISBN 9781845113643, £35
- The Sanusi's Little War: The amazing story of a forgotten conflict in the Western Desert 1915-17 by Russell McGuirk, Arabian Publishing, London, 2007, 332 pp, 10 maps, 50 ills.
- Napoleon in Egypt: 'The greatest glory' by Paul Strathern, Cape, London, 2007, 480 pp., 9780224076814, £20
- The Sultan's Procession: The
Swedish Embassy to to Sultan Mehmed IV in 1657-1658 and the Ralamb paintings
by Karin Adahl, London, 2007
- Crimean Journal: An Eye-Witness Account of the Charge of the Life Brigade by Fanny Duberly, 1855, foreword by John Barham, 2006, The Long Riders' Guild Press (www.classictravelbooks.com), ISBN 1-59048-235-2, £10.99
- The Bradt Travel Guide to Syria by Diane Darke, Bradt, 2006, ISBN 077 68 354 613, £14.99
- Egypt through Writers' Eyes by Deborah Manley and Sahar Abdel-Hakim, London: Eland, 2007, ISBN 978-09550 1056-9, £12.99
- Syria through Writers' Eyes by Marius Kociejowski, published by Eland, London, 2006, ISBN 0 907871 84 4, £12.99
- Egypt and Austria III: The Danube Monarchy and the Orient (Proceedings of the Prague Symposium 11-14 September, 2006, edited by J. Holaubek, H, Navratilova and W.B. Oerten, Prague, 2007, ISBN 978-80-86277-57-8, 272 pp., illustrated, paperback
- Encampment of Ibrahim Pasha, near Jaffa 1836
- Wary of Travellers
- Near Disaster for Disraeli