Bedouin of Northern Arabia: The Traditions of Al Dhafir
by Bruce Ingham


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This is an authentic and absorbing account of the history and traditional way of life of the Al-Dhafir bedouins of North-Eastern Arabia, based on a study of their traditions, Arabic historical annals and the reports of western travellers over the past... (read more)

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Shut Up, I'm Talking: And Other Diplomacy Lessons I Learned in the Israeli Government -- A Memoir
by Gregory Levey


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Shut Up, I'm Talking is a smart, hilarious insider take on Israeli politics that reads like the bastard child of Thomas Friedman and David Sedaris. Now a political writer for Salon, Gregory Levey stumbled into a job as speechwriter for the Israeli... (read more)

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In Search of Nomads: An Anglo-American Obsession from Hester Stanhope to Bruce Chatwin
by John Ure


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For centuries, settled peoples have contemplated nomads with fascination and envy, or with disdain and fear. Both Americans and the British have had an obsession with nomadic peoples, stemming from their own wanderlust and admiration for the unfettered... (read more)

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Lord of Arabia: An Intimate Study of a King
by Reynold Nicholson


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Newly reissued, Lord of Arabia is the famous biography of Ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, who continues to cast a shadow over the Middle East. In this important study, the author reveals many of the family traditions and deeply-held principles that form... (read more)

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Palestinian Walks: Forays Into a Vanishing Landscape
by Raja Shehadeh


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Raja Shehadeh is a passionate hill walker. He enjoys nothing more than heading out into the countryside that surrounds his home. But in recent years, his hikes have become less than bucolic and sometimes downright dangerous. That is because his home is... (read more)

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Salam Pax: The Baghdad Blog
by Salam Pax


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Salam Pax has attracted a huge worldwide readership for the Internet diary he kept during the buildup, prosecution, and aftermath of the war in Iraq. Bringing his incisive and sharply funny Web postings together in print for the first time, Salam Pax... (read more)

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The Bomb in the Basement: How Israel Went Nuclear and What That Means for the World
by Michael Karpin


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As Iran continues to develop its nuclear program and explicitly denounces Israel, Michael Karpin's The Bomb in the Basement provides important context for the ongoing tensions in the Middle East. After Israel won its war of independence in 1948, founding... (read more)

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Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War
by Anthony Shadid




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 Winner of the 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize A Washington Post Book World Top Five Nonfiction Book of the Year A Seattle Times Top Ten Best Book of the Year A New York Times Notable Book of the Year In 2003, The Washington Post's Anthony... (read more)

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Speaking of Empire: Conversations with Tariq Ali
by Tariq Ali


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This series of interviews brings together Ali's insights into a wide range of topics--among them the fate of modern-day Pakistan, the occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq, the intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the state of the Islamic world, and... (read more)

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Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo
by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence


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When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of only one thing: the fate of the Baghdad Zoo, located in the city center and caught in the war's crossfire. Once Anthony entered Baghdad he discovered that full-scale combat and... (read more)

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The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century
by Steve Coll


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Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and author of the national bestseller Ghost Wars, Steve Coll presents the story of the Bin Laden family's rise to power and privilege, revealing new information to show how American influences changed the family and how one... (read more)

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What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East
by Bernard Lewis


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For centuries, the world of Islam was in the forefront of human achievement -- the foremost military and economic power in the world, the leader in the arts and sciences of civilization. Christian Europe was seen as an outer darkness of barbarism and... (read more)

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House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties
by Craig Unger


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Newsbreaking and controversial, an award-winning investigative journalist uncovers the 30-year relationship between the Bush family and the house of Saud and explains its impact on American foreign policy, business, and national security.... (read more)

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Iraq, Inc.: A Profitable Occupation
by Pratap Chatterjee


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Almost two years after the "fall of Baghdad,"the situation in Iraq continues to deteriorate. Ordinary Iraqis wait in line for basic necessities like clean water and fuel, while the number of civilians and soldiers killed escalates in tandem with the... (read more)

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A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility
by Taner Akcam


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A landmark assessment of Turkish culpability in the Armenian genocide, the first history of its kind by a Turkish historian<BR> In 1915, under the cover of a world war, some one million Armenians were killed through starvation, forced marches... (read more)

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Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam
by Mark Bowden




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From the best-selling author of Black Hawk Down comes a riveting, definitive chronicle of the Iran hostage crisis, America's first battle with militant Islam. On November 4, 1979, a group of radical Islamist students, inspired by the revolutionary... (read more)

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Understanding Iraq: The Whole Sweep of Iraqi History, from Genghis Khan's Mongols to the Ottoman Turks to the British Mandate to the American Occupation
by William R. Polk


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Iraq will continue to be a major issue and involvement for the United States into the foreseeable future says William R. Polk, former member of the State Department's Policy Planning Council and professor of Middle Eastern history at the University of... (read more)

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Al-Jazeera: The Inside Story of the Arab News Channel That Is Challenging the West
by Hugh Miles


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Al Jazeera is one of the most widely watched news channels in the world--and one of the most controversial. A noted journalist speculates on the potentially dramatic effects of the network's new station on the Western world while uncovering the true... (read more)

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