Alexander Mcnabb: 5 books

Published as part of a 'how to use ebook publishing platforms' workshop, this collection of posts from Alexander McNabb's Dubai blog, Fake Plastic Souks, charts the years 2007-2009 when Dubai transformed from a city of insane new projects, towers and island building to the new reality...

When Paul Stokes runs out of choices, his only path is betrayal. The fragile peace is holding. Behind the scenes, the Israelis are competing for dwindling water resources as Jordan and Palestine face drought. Daoud Dajani has the solution to Jordan’s water problems and is bidding against...

I always said if the first volume of blog posts sold over ten copies I'd do another one and, to my considerable bewilderment it has... so...From the uncelebrated failures of the war on terror to the schadenfreude of the Dubai-bashing British press via ranting and raving at banks and call centres, here's another bunch of witterings from 2009-2011.

Michel Freij is a powerful man. But he wants more. Two hundred kilotons more.Michel Freij is poised to become the next president of Lebanon. The billionaire businessman’s calls for a new, strong regional role for the country take on a sinister note when European intelligence reveals Freij...

After a lifetime of service around the Middle East, retired diplomat Jason Hartmoor is dying of cancer. He embarks on a last journey back to Lebanon where he studied Arabic as a young man at the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, the infamous ‘British spy school’ in the village of Shemlan far...