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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn
Yes, academic works are much more common, yet harder to find. But history, even in its academic cloak, isn't that difficult to read and most of the really good historians also tend to write at least one popular version on their specialty. If nothing else out of vanity, they like to be invited as experts, be it to news shows or Senate hearings.
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I actually do have a number of academic books on ancient middle eastern history, only a couple of them are in ebook (but quite expensive). I find that in general, academic specific writing tends to be quite dry, with the assumption that the reader is already extremely knowledgeable in the subject. Of course, you might be referring to text books when you say academic.