Eating the Flowers of Paradise : A Journey Through the Drug Fields of Ethiopia and Yemen
by Kevin Rushby
Book Description Ethiopia in eastern Africa and Yemen on the Arabian peninsula remain two of the most inviting outposts for travelers seeking the exotic. In these two places, Qat is just one name given to a green leafy plant that is cultivated there. When chewed, the leaves of this plant release two substances that produce a hypnotic, reverential "high," distinctive in the thoughtful state it induces. Kevin Rushby discovered that the use of Qat is a way of life since it plays a pivotal role in all facets of the...

A History of Modern Yemen
by Paul Dresch (Author)
Book Description Yemen's modern history is unique and deserves to be better understood. While the borders of most Middle East states were defined by colonial powers after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, a single Yemeni state was not formed until 1990. In fact, much of Yemen's twentieth-century history was taken up constructing such a state, forged after years of civil war. The book is augmented by illustrations, maps and a detailed chronology.
Paperback: 304 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.75 x 8.98 x 6.04 
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr (Pap Txt); ; (February 2001)
ISBN: 052179482X 

Yemen : The Unknown Arabia
by Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Martin Yeoman (Illustrator)

Motoring With Mohammed : Journeys to Yemen and the Red Sea (Vintage Departures)
by Eric Hansen

Yemen : The Unknown Arabia
by Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Martin Yeoman (Illustrator)

The Road to Redemption : The Jews of the Yemen 1900-1950 (Brill's Series in Jewish Studies, Vol 17)
by Tudor Parfitt

Yemen
by Laurence Deonna, Corinne Borel (Translator)

Yemen: Revised Edition
by G. Rex Yemens Smith, Paul Auchterlonie (Editor)

Impressions of Yemen
by Pascal Marechaux, Maria Marechaux (Contributor), Kathleen Guillaume (Translator)

Passover Haggadah: The Original Tradition of the Jews of Yemen
by Ben-Tsur Chaim

A History of Modern Yemen
by Paul Dresch (Author)

The History of Al-Tabari : The Sasanids, the Byzantines, the Lakmids, and Yemen (Suny Series in Near Eastern Studies)
by C. E. Bosworth (Translator), Ehsan Yar-Shater (Preface)

'Peaks of Yemen I Summon' : Poetry As Cultural Practice in a North Yemeni Tribe
by Steven C. Caton

Domestic Government : Kinship, Community and Policy in North Yemen (Society and Culture in the Modern Middle East)
by Martha Mundy

The Flower of Paradise : The Institutionalized Use of the Drug Qat in North Yemen (Culture, Illness, and Healing)
by John G. Kennedy

Medieval Folk Astronomy and Agriculture in Arabia and the Yemen (Collected Studies, Cs585)
by Daniel Martin Varisco

Studies in the Medieval History of the Yemen and South Arabia (Collected Studies, 574)
by G. Rex Smith

Yemen (Pallas Guide Series)
by Peter Wald

A Day Above Yemen
by John J. Nowell
Book Description: “A Day Above Yemen” gives the reader an opportunity to view the ancient land of Yemen from a modern perspective. From above, the deep canyons and majestic mountains of Hadramawt, seem even more dramatic than when viewed from the land.

Yemen is a land of such contrasts and beauty that it is impossible to capture all its facets in one book. “A Day Above Yemen” give us a fascinating glimpse into and over many of its varied regions.
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Operation Esther: Opening the Door for the Last Jews of Yemen
by Hayim Tawil et al
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The Amiriya: A Sixteenth-Century Madrasa in Yemen (Oxford Studies in Islamic Art , No 13)
by Selma Al-Radi et al
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