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The following is a list of published books in Assyrians, about Assyrians or referencing Assyrians including History, Religion, Culture both from pre-christian era throughought the recent times. This list was gathered from my own research that I started in 1980 through the San Francisco Bay Area Public Library system, City College libraries, State Univerisy libraries as well as private libraries such as Stanford University.

This list is being provided as a reference for anyone who wishes to locate books in the above mentioned subjects.

We assert no judgement, in favor of or disfavor any of the listed books with regards to their titles, validity or invalidity of the subject or contents.

Please note the following Abbreviations of terms used on this page of which most should be self explanetory. Auth=Author, Pub=Publisher, Date Pub=Date Published, Call No, ISBN, Library.

The Following is a reference of the acronyms used in the table below to indicate the library names where these publications are located. We will attempt to update this list by adding to it and also by filling in the incomplete reference information. We hope this service will help Assyrians and non-Assyrians in gaining more knowledge by revewing the books on this list. We also hope our readers will help in expanding this list by providing such information for addition to this list.

Acronym Library Name - Location
CSUH California State University of Hayward, Hayward, CA
SJCC San Jose City College, San Jose, CA
SJPL San Jose Public Library(Main), San Jose, CA
STNFD Stanford University, Stanford, CA
SVLPL Sunnyvale Public Library, Sunnyvale, CA
PBL Burlingame Public Library, Burlingame, CA
SMC San Mateo College Library, San Mateo, CA
SCPL Santa Clara Public Library, Santa Clara, CA

Book Title Author/Publisher/Date Information ISBN/Call No, etc
To Mesopotamia And Kurdistan In Disguise Auth:E.B. Soane
Pub:John Murray Pub
Albemarle Street, W. London 		Call No:
ISBN:
Library:
Conflict, Angora to Afghanistan Auth:Rosita Torr Forbes
Publ: Frederick A. Stokes Co, New York, N.Y. 		Call No:
ISBN:
Library:
Nestorians In China Auth: A.C. Moule
Publ: The China Society. Stephen Austin & Sons LTD.
Hertford, London
Date Pub: 1940. 		Call No: BX-154-C4-M6
The Book Of Protection
Collection of Charms in Assyrian/English 		Auth: Hermann Gollancz, M.A.
Publ: Oxford University Press/Henry Frowde
London
Date Pub: 1912 		Libr: CSUH
Call No: PJ-5647-46
Minorities In The Arab World Auth: Albert Habib Hourani
Publ: Oxford University Press, London
Date Pub: 1947 		Call No: DS-39-H6
The Apology Of Aristides on behalf of the Christians
Desc:Apology to the Roman Emperor Hadrian by Aristides. 		Auth: J. Armitage Robinson B.D.
Publ: Kraus Reprint Limited-Nendln/Liechtenstein (1893)
Publ: Cambridge University Press
Date Pub: 1967 		Libr: STNFD
Everyday Life in Ancient Times
Desc:Begining of Western civilization in Mesopotamia 		Publ: National Geographic Soceity Libr: SJCC
Call No: CB-311-N3
Arab Civilization to A.D. 1500
Desc: Includes sections on Assyrian Contributions to Arab Civilization 		Auth: D.M. Dunlop
Publ: Praeger Publishers
111 Fourth Ave, New York, N.Y. 1003
Date Pub: 1971 		ISBN: 77-I25397
Libr: SJPL
Call No: 956-D92a c.1
The Christian Churches Of The East, VOL II
Inclues information on Nestorina/Jacobite/Malabar churches 		Auth: Donald Attwater
Publ: The Bruce Publishing Company
400 N. Broadway, Milwaukee, WI
Date Pub: 1962. 		Call No: 281.7 A
Libr: SVLPL
Baghdad During The Abbasid Calipate
Descr: Nestorian contributions 		Auth: C. Le Strange
Publ: Curzon Press/Barnes & Noble 		ISBN:
Call No:
Library:
Foundations In The Dust
Descr: Mesopotamian Exploration (Hormuzd Rassam) 		Auth: Seton Lloyd
Publ: Thames & Hudson Date Pub: 1980 		ISBN:
Call No: DS-70-L48 1980
Library: Foothill College
A Nestorian Collection of Christological Texts (Syriac) Auth: Luise Abramowski/Alan E. Goodman
Publ: Cambridge University Press
32 East 57th Street, New York, N.Y. 10022
Date Pub: 1972 		ISBN: 0-521-07578-5 Vol I/ 0-521-08126-2 Vol II
Call No: BT-200-C275 V.1
Library: STNFD
Layard of Ninveh
Desc: Excavations of Layard 		Auth: Gordon Waterfield
Publ: Frederick A. Praeger
111 Fourth Ave, New York, N.Y. 10003 Date Pub: 1968 		Lib Cong: 68-16722
Call No: DS-70.88 L3W3 1968
Library: CSUH
The Syrian Christians Of Kerala
Desc: Assyrian Chuch of the East in India 		Auth: S.G. Pothan
Publ: Asia Publishing House, Bombay, India
Date Pub: 1963 		ISBN:
Call No: BX-163.2 P68
Library: CSUH
Ninveh And Its Remains
Desc: Excavation of Ninveh 		Author/Editor: Henry Austin Layard
Publisher: Frederick A. Praeger
111 Fourth Ave, New York, N.Y. 10003
Date Pub: 1970 		Lib Cong: 70-77302
Call No: 913.35 L451n
Library: BPL
Early Christianity outside the Roman Empire
Desc: Includes information on the Assyrian Church of the East 		Auth: F. Crawford Burkitt
Publ: Cambridge University Press
Date Pub: 1899 		ISBN:
Call No: BR-165-B8
Library: CSUH
The History of Yaballaha III (Nestorian Patriarch) Auth: James A. Montgomery
Publ: Octagon Books Inc.
Address: New York, N.Y.
Date Pub: 1966 		ISBN: 66-28327
Call No: DS-752-T313-1966
Library: STNFD
The Eastern Church in the Western World Auth: William Chauncey Emhardt
Auth: Thomas Burgess and
Auth: Robert Frederick Lau
Publisher: AMS Press
Date Pub: 1928 		ISBN:
Call No: BX-733-E5-1928a
Library: CSUH
Christians In Persia Auth: Robin E. Waterfield
Publ: George Allen & Unwin LTD
Date Pub: 1973 		ISBN: 0-04-275001- 6 Hardback
ISBN: 0-04-275002- 4 Paperback
Call No:
Library:
Our Smallest Ally
Desc: Assyrian support of England 		Auth: W.A. Wigram
Publ: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
The Macmillan Co, N.Y.
Date Pub: 1920 & 1966 		ISBN:
Call No:
Library:
Streams In a Thirsty Land (A History of the Turlock Region)
Desc: History of early Assyrian settlement in Turlock, California 		Auth: Helen Alma Hohenthal
Publ: City of Turlock - Turlock Centennial Foundation
P.O. Box 1694, Turlock, CA 95380
Date Pub: 1972 		ISBN: 0-9600622-1-1
Call No: 72-91045
Library: SMC
Neusyrische Chrestomathie
Desc:Assyrian Literature (Assyrian Text) 		Auth: Rudolf Machuch/Estiphan Panoussi
Publ: Otto Harrassowitz
Wiesbaden, Germany
Date Pub: 1974 		ISBN: Call No: PB-04284-SB 5-40 C
Library: STNFD
The Oldest Christian People
Desc: Christian Assyrians
 Auth: George M. Lamsa
Auth: William Chauncey Emhardt
Publ: AMS Press, New York, N.Y. 10003
Date Pub: 1926 & 1970 		Lib Cong: 71-126651
ISBN: 0-404-02339-8
Call No: BX-158-E6-1966
Library: CSUH
The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Persian Azerbaijan
Desc: Related to the Syriac language 		Auth: Irene Carbell
Auth: Cornelis H. Van Schooneveld
Publ: Mouton & Co.
The Hague, The Netherlands
Date Pub: 1965 		ISBN:
Call No: PJ-5281-G3
Library: CSUH
Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles (Syriac Text)
Desc: History of Assyrian Apostolic fathers 		Auth: William Wright
Publ: Philo Press, Amsterdam
Date Pub: 1968/1871 		ISBN:
Call No: BS-2370.S9.W7.1871a
Library: STNFD
History of Eastern Christianity
Desc: Netsorian, Jacobite, Maronite, St. Thomas Christians 		Auth: Aziz Suryal Atiya
Publ: Methuen & Co.
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4
Date Pub: 1968 		ISBN:
Call No:
Library: CSUH
Nestorian Tablet at Sianfu
Desc: Assyrian Christian Evangalizing in China 		Auth: Ignatius Yin-Ki
Auth: Barry O'Toole 		ISBN:
Call No: BX-154-C4-N45
Library:
Bible, Church, Tradition: An Eastern Orthodox View Auth: Georges Florovsky
Publ: Nordland Publishing Co
Belmont, MA 02178
Date Pub: 1972 		ISBN: 0-913124-02-8
Call No: BX-260-F55 V.1
Library: CSUH
Riding To the Tigris
Desc: Travel Through Assyrian Lands 		Auth: Freya Stark
Publ: Harcourt, Brace & Co, New York
Date Pub: 1959 		Lib Cong: 60-5435
Call No:
Library:
Eastern Turkey - A Guide and History
Desc: Includes Assyrian Towns 		Auth: Gwyn Williams
Publ: Faber & Faber
3 Queen Square, London
Date Pub: 1972 		ISBN: 0-571-008342-6
Call No: DS-51-F27-W54
Library: CSUH
The Cradle Of Mankind
 Auth: Rev. W.A. Wigram
Auth: Sir Edgar T.A. Wigram
Publ: A & C Black, LTD
4,5 & 6 Soho Square, London, W.1.
Date Pub: 1922 		ISBN:
Call No: DS-51-K7-W7-1922
Library:
How Greek Science Passed To The Arabs
Desc: Role of Assyrians in Arab Eduation & Culture 		Auth: De Lacy O'Leary, D.D.
Publ: Routledge & Kegan Paul, LTD
Broadway House: 68-74 Carter Lane, E.C.4
Date Pub: 1949 		ISBN:
Call No: DS-38-O38-C.2
Library: CSUH
Kurds and Christians
Desc: Inludes Assyrian/Chaldean history 		Auth: Rev. Francis Nicholson Heazell
Auth: Mrs. Margoliouth
Publ Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.
3 & 4, Paternoster Buildings, E.C.
Date Pub: 1913 		ISBN:
Call No: DS-51-K7-H42
Library: CSUH
The Near East In History (A 500 Year Story)
Desc: Role of the Assyrians in Near East Culture 		Auth: Philip K. Hitti
Publ: D. Van Nostrand Co. Inc
24 West 40th Street, New York, N.Y. 18
Date Pub: 1961 		ISBN:
Call No: 956-H368N
Library: BPL
Syria, A Short History
Descr: Includes Assyrians 		Auth: Phillip K. Hitti
Publ: The Macmillan Company, New York
Date Pub: 1959 		ISBN:
Call No: 956.9-H67
Library: SCPL
Road Through Kurdistan
Desc: Includes information regarding Assyrians 		Auth: A.M. Hamilton
Publ: Faber & Faber LTD
24 Russell Square, London
Date Pub: 1958 		ISBN:
Call No: DS-51-K7-H25-1958
Library: CSUH
Nationalism in Iran
Desc: Includes information regarding Assyrians 		Auth: Richard W. Cottam
Publ: University of Pittsburgh Press
Date Pub: 1979 & 1964 		ISBN: 0-3229-3396-7 Hardback
ISBN: 0-3229-5299-8 Paperback
Call No: DS-318.C66.1979
Library: SJCC
Iraq
Includes information regarding Assyrians in 1900's 		Auth: Stephen Hemsley Longrigg
Auth: Frank Stoakes
Publ: Frederick A. Praeger
15 West 47th Street, New York, N.Y.
Date Pub: 1958 		Lib Cong: 58-13221
Call No: 956.7 L8651
Library: CSM
Beyond Euphrates
Desc: Includes information regarding Assyrians (1928-1933) 		Auth: Freya Stark
Publ: John Murray
Albemarle St, London
Date Pub: 1951 		ISBN:
Call No: DS-51-B3-S76-1951
Library: CSUH
Middel East Past And Present
Desc: Includes information regarding Assyrians during Abbasid Times 		Auth: Yahya Armajani
Publ: Prentice-Hall Inc
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Date Pub: 1970 		Lib Cong: 77-76315
Call No: 956.A72m C.1
Library: SJPL
Modern Turkey
Desc: Includes information regarding Assyrians 		Auth: Geoffrey L. Lewis
Publ: Praeger Publishers
111 Fourth Ave, New York, N.Y. 10003
Date Pub: 1974 		ISBN: 0-275-3400-7
Call No: 956.1 L58Lm
Library: BPL
The Kurds - An Historical and Political Study
Desc: Includes information regarding Assyrians 		Auth: Hassan Arfa
Publ: Oxford University Press
Ely House, London W.1
Date Pub: 1966 		ISBN:
Call No: DS-51-K7A8
Library: CSUH
A Religious History of the American People
Desc: Includes information on Nestorians & Chaldeans 		Auth: Sydney E. Ahlstrom
Publ: Yale University Press 		ISBN:
Call No: REF 200.973 Ahl
Library:
The Kurdish Revolt: 1961-1970
Desc: Includes information regarding Assyrians 		Auth: Edgar O'Ballance
Publ: Archon Books
Date Pub: 1973 		ISBN: 0-208-01395-4
Call No: DS-51-K7-022 1973
Library: CSUH
Kurdistan and the Kurds
Desc: Includes information regarding Assyrians 		Auth: Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou
Publ: Collet's Holdings LTD
44 & 45 Museum Street, London W.C.1
Date Pub: 1965 		ISBN:
Call No: DS-51-K7-G513
Library: CSUH
Kurds and Kurdistan
Desc: Includes information regarding Assyrians 		Auth: Arshak Safrastian
Publ The Harvill Press LTD
23 Lower Belgravestreet, London
Date Pub: 1948 		ISBN:
Call No: DS-58-K7S2
Library: CSUH
The Kurds and Kurdistan
Desc: Includes information regarding Assyrians 		Auth: Derk Kinnane
Publ: Oxford University Press
Date Pub: 1964 		ISBN:
Call No: DS-51-K7K5
Library: CSUH

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