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My Life as a Traitor: An Iranian Memoir by Zarah Ghahramani Publisher Comments At the age of twenty, Zarah Ghahramani was swept off the streets of Tehran and taken to the notorious Evin prison, where criminals and political dissidents were held side by side in conditions of legendary brutality. In this richly textured memoir, she... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $6.98 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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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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Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978 by Kai Bird Publisher Comments PULITZER PRIZE WINNER KAI BIRDS fascinating memoir of his early years spent in Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Lebanon provides an original and illuminating perspective into the Arab-Israeli conflict. Weeks before the Suez War of 1956, four-year-... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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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, timely, 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 that.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid 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: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Beware of Small States: Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East. David Hirst 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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Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph by T E Lawrence Publisher Comments The monumental work that assured T.E. Lawrence's place in history as "Lawrence of Arabia." Not only a consummate military history, but also a colorful epic and a lyrical exploration of the mind of a great man who helped shape the Middle East as... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $13.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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House of Tears: Westerners' Adventures in Islamic Lands (Explorers Club) by John Hughes Publisher Comments Classic tales of Westerners who crossed behind the... (read more) List Price $21.50 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Kurdish Nationalist Movement: Opportunity, Mobilization and Identity (Cambridge Middle East Studies) by David Romano Publisher Comments First book to analyse the Kurdish question through the lens of social movement theory.... (read more) List Price $120.25 Your price: $29.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace by Dennis Ross Publisher Comments The definitive and gripping account of the sometimes exhilarating, often tortured twists and turns in the Middle East peace process, viewed from the front row by one of its major players.--Bill Clinton The Missing Peace, published to great acclaim last... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.74 Sale - Trade Paper
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Black Dog of Fate by Peter Balakian Publisher Comments The first-born son of his generation, Peter Balakian grew up in a close, extended family, sheltered by 1950s and '60s New Jersey suburbia and immersed in an all-American boyhood defined by rock 'n' roll, adolescent pranks, and a passion for the New York... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Windows of the Soul: My Journeys in the Muslim World by Alexandra Avakian Publisher Comments She lived and worked for two years in the Gaza strip, often in Islamic dress, once beaten bloody by Hamas. For several terrifying days in Somalia she was pinned down by sniper fire on the way to her hotel. She careened across the snowy Tien-Shen... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Unmaking of the Middle East: A History of Western Disorder in Arab Lands by Jeremy Salt Publisher Comments Written for those who want to know more about the Middle East than the mainstream media is willing or able to tell, this book begins by examining a question that has been asked by numerous commentators since September 11, 2001: "Why do they hate us... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $11.97 Sale - Hardcover
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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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The International Law Foundations of Palestinian Nationality: A Legal Examination of Nationality in Palestine Under Britains Rule (Graduate Institute of International Studies) by Mutaz M. Qafisheh Publisher Comments By the end of British rule in Palestine on 14 May 1948, Palestinian nationality had become well established in accordance with both domestic law and international law. Accordingly, the legal origin of Palestinian nationality lies in this nearly thirty... (read more) List Price $141.00 Your price: $95.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Te Lawrence: The Selected Letters by Malcolm (edt) Brown Publisher Comments This paperback edition of Malcolm Browns seminal selection contains 470 of the most insightful, revealing and historically relevant letters written by Lawrence between 1905 and 1935. His remarkable epistles to contemporaries such as Lady Astor, Noel... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq by Riverbend Publisher Comments In her riveting weblog, a remarkable young Iraqi woman gives a human face to war and occupation. In August 2003, the world gained access to a remarkable new voice: a blog written by a 25-year-old Iraqi woman living in Baghdad, whose identity remained... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Reaching for Power: The Shi'a in the Modern Arab World by Yitzhak Nakash Publisher Comments "The most significant long-term shift in the Muslim world today is the rise of the Shi'a, a process that has begun in Iraq but will not end there. No one can better explain this upheaval, and what it means for the entire Arab world, than Yitzhak Nakash."-... (read more) List Price $20.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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