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Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone by Rajiv Chandrasekaran Publisher Comments An unprecedented account of life in Baghdad's Green Zone, a walled-off enclave of towering plants, posh villas, and sparkling swimming pools that was the headquarters for the American occupation of Iraq. The Washington Post's former Baghdad bureau... (read more) Your price: $4.98 Sale - Hardcover 
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The Lost Years: Radical Islam, Intifada, and Wars in the Middle East, 2001-2006 by Charles Enderlin Publisher Comments "Enderlin meticulously chronicles the political and diplomatic impasses...revealing the history of this former film noir through interviews with the men who were its lead actors." —Le Monde From Ariel Sharon's ascent to power in... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Hardcover
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We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan That Will Work by Jimmy Carter Publisher Comments In this urgent, balanced, and passionate book, Nobel Peace Laureate and former President Jimmy Carter argues that the present moment is a unique time for achieving peace in the Middle East — and he offers a bold and comprehensive plan to do just... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $4.97 Sale - Hardcover
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Unintended Consequences: How War in Iraq Strengthened America's Enemies by Peter W Galbraith Publisher Comments Called by New York Times columnist David Brooks the "smartest and most devastating" critic of President George W. Bush's Iraq policies, Peter Galbraith was the earliest expert to describe Iraq's breakup into religious and ethnic entities, a reality now... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $3.97 Sale - Hardcover
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The People Reloaded: The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran's Future by Nader Hashemi Publisher Comments A definitive collection of essays and documents on the movement behind Iran's mass protests Since June of 2009, the Islamic Republic of Iran has seen the most dramatic political upheaval in its three decades of rule. What began as a series of mass... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Revenge: A Story of Hope by Laura Blumenfeld From Powells.com "Revenge helps answer the question, who are you? You are what you're willing to avenge," Laura Blumenfeld explained to Salon.com. A decade after her father, an American rabbi visiting Jerusalem, was shot and almost killed, Blumenfeld... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $5.25 Sale - Hardcover
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Crescent and Star [Revised Edition]: Turkey Between Two Worlds by Stephen Kinzer Publisher Comments “A sharp, spirited appreciation of where Turkey stands now, and where it may head.” —Carlin Romano, The Philadelphia Inquirer In the first edition of this widely praised book, Stephen Kinzer made the convincing claim that Turkey was... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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No End in Sight: Iraq's Descent Into Chaos by Charles Ferguson Publisher Comments The first book of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq's descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality, and anarchy, No End In Sight is a shocking story of wholesale incompetence, recklessness, and venality. Culled from over 200 hours of... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Bin Laden, Islam, and America's New "War on Terrorism" (Seven Stories' Open Media Book) by As'ad AbuKhalil Publisher Comments Lebanese scholar As'ad AbuKhalil examines the roots of the September 11 crisis, the causes for antipathy toward the United States, and the historical relations between the U.S. and the Islamic world. AbuKhalil also reviews the background of U.S... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $2.75 Sale - Trade Paper
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Osmans Dream the Story of the Ottoman Empire 1300 1923 by Caroline Finkel Publisher Comments The Ottoman Empire was one of the largest and most influential empires in world history. Its reach extended to three continents and it survived for more than six centuries, but its history is too often colored by the memory of its bloody final throes on... (read more) Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Teta, Mother, and Me: Three Generations of Arab Women by Jean Said Makdisi Publisher Comments In this "beautifully written memoir" (Publishers Weekly), Jean Said Makdisi illuminates a century of Arab life and history through the stories of her mother, Hilda Musa Said, and her Teta, "Granny" Munira Badr Musa. Against the backdrop of the fall of... (read more) List Price $15.25 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Brief History of Saudi Arabia by James Wynbrandt Publisher Comments A Brief History of Saudi Arabia offers a balanced, informed perspective on the long history of this unique and important country. Placing the political, economic, and cultural events of today into a broad historical context, this book provides a concise... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $10.25 Sale - Trade Paper
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A World of Trouble: The White House and the Middle East--From the Cold War to the War on Terror by Patrick Tyler Publisher Comments The White House and the Middle East—from the Cold War to the War on Terror The Middle East is the beginning and the end of U.S. foreign policy: events there influence our alliances, make or break presidencies, govern the price of oil, and draw... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Ataturk by Andrew Mango Publisher Comments In this major new biography of Mustafa Kemal Atat?rk, and the first to appear in English based on Turkish sources, Andrew Mango strips away the myth, to show the complexities of one of the most visionary, influential, and enigmatic statesmen of the... (read more) Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present by Michael B Oren Publisher Comments This best-selling history is the first fully comprehensive history of America"s involvement in the Middle East from George Washington to George W. Bush. As Niall Ferguson writes, 'If you think America"s entanglement in the Middle East began with... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon by Robert Fisk Publisher Comments With the Israeli-Palestinian crisis reaching wartime levels, where is the latest confrontation between these two old foes leading? Robert Fisk's explosive Pity the Nation recounts Sharon and Arafat's first deadly encounter in Lebanon in the early 1980s... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Rebel Land: Unraveling the Riddle of History in a Turkish Town by Christ De Bellaigue Publisher Comments An esteemed journalist travels to Turkey to investigate the legacy of the Armenian genocide and the quest for Kurdish statehood. In 2001, Christopher de Bellaigue, then the Economist's correspondent in Istanbul, wrote a piece about the history of Turkey... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Beware of Small States by David Hirst Publisher Comments In this magisterial history of Lebanon, from the end of Ottoman rule to the Hezbollah and Hamas wars of today, acclaimed and fiercely independent Middle East journalist and historian David Hirst charts the interplay between a uniquely complex country and... (read more) Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Struggle for Iran by Christ De Bellaigue Publisher Comments When Christopher de Bellaigue first visited Iran in 1999, he found it irresistably alive: under the leadership of President Mohammad Khatami, Islamic revolutionary rule was loosening and the prospects for democratic pluralism seemed bright. But over the... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Waiting for an Ordinary Day: The Unraveling of Life in Iraq by Farnaz Fassihi Publisher Comments Since 2003, Iraqs bloody legacy has been well-documented by journalists, historians, politicians, and others confounded by how Americans were seduced into the war. Yet almost no one has spoken at length to the constituency that represents Iraqs last best... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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