by Christopher De Bellaigue  Publisher Comments In this superbly crafted and thoughtful book, de Bellaigue probes the human wreckage of the world's last great revolution. The result is a subtly intense revelation of the hearts and minds of the Iranian people, and what it is like to live among them....(read more) Your price $26.95 (New - Hardcover) check for other copies 
by Jimmy Carter  
Publisher Comments Following his #1 New York Times bestseller Our Endangered Values, the former president, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, offers an assessment of what must be done to bring permanent peace to Israel with dignity and justice to Palestine. President... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your Price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies 
by Rory Stewart Publisher Comments In August 2003, at the age of thirty, Rory Stewart took a taxi from Jordan to Baghdad. A Farsi-speaking British diplomat who had recently completed an epic walk from Turkey to Bangladesh, he was soon appointed deputy governor of Amarah and then Nasiriyah,... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Michael B. Oren Publisher Comments The history of America's political, military, and intellectual involvement in the Middle East from George Washington to George W. Bush. "Will shape our thinking about America and the Middle East for years."—Christopher Dickey, Newsweek From the... (read more) Your Price $17.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Azar Nafisi
Publisher Comments Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher named Azar Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. As Islamic morality squads staged... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Verity Campbell Publisher Comments Discover Turkey Imagine Byzantine chariot teams clashing as you cross the Hippodrome in Istanbul. Hear the whoosh of the flame in the balloon as you float over the fairy chimneys of Cappadocia. Tackle Yusufeli Gorge's mighty 'King Kong' rapids on... (read more) Your Price $25.99 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Orhan Pamuk Publisher Comments A shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world’s great cities, by its foremost writer. Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul and still lives in the family apartment building where his mother first held him in her arms. His... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Steve Coll Publisher Comments Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and author of the national bestseller Ghost Wars, Steve Coll presents the story of the Bin Laden familyas rise to power and privilege, revealing new information to show how American influences changed the family and how one... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your Price $24.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Stephen Kinzer Publisher Comments With a thrilling narrative that sheds much light on recent events, this national bestseller brings to life the 1953 CIA coup in Iran that ousted the country's elected prime minister, ushered in a quarter-century of brutal rule under the Shah, and... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
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Wednesday May 14, 2008
by Richard Ben Cramer Publisher Comments In How Israel Lost Richard Ben Cramer analyzes the four questions that have bedeviled Israel and Palestine for almost forty years: I. Why do we care about Israel? II. Why dont the Palestinians have a state? III. What is a Jewish state? IV. Why is there... (read more) Your Price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Ilan Pappe Synopsis In this controversial new book, a prominent Israeli historian at Haifa University revisits the formative period of the State of Israel. Decisively debunking the myth that the Palestinian population left of their own accord during the War of Independence,... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Queen Noor Publisher Comments A national best-seller on its first publication in 2003, Leap of Faith is the story of a young American woman who became wife and partner to an Arab monarch. In it, Queen Noor of Jordan provides a compelling portrait of her late husband King Hussein and... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Brigitte Gabriel Publisher Comments “Because They Hate is powerful, passionate and full of divine purpose.” --Dr. John C. Hagee, Senior Pastor, Cornerstone Church, author of Jerusalem Countdown: A Warning to the World "Her writing is eloquent and her passion tremendous... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your Price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Robert Byron Publisher Comments In 1933 the delightfully eccentric Robert Byron set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Teheran to Oxiana -the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Felicity Ashbee Book News Annotation Ashbee was six years old when her family sailed from England to Palestine at the beginning of the British mandate, and remembers her experiences and observations as an adjunct member of the colonial establishment. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc... (read more) Your Price $19.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
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