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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books 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) List Price $16.00 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Heaven in the Midst of Hell: A Quaker Chaplain's View of the War in Iraq by Sheri Snively Synopsis War exposes the divide between who we think we are and how we behave in extreme situations. Commander Snively has crafted a vivid, unsettling, and ultimately hopeful personal account of the effects of the Iraq war on soldiers and civilians alike who find... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women by Geraldine Brooks Publisher Comments With a New Afterword As a prizewinning foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, Geraldine Brooks spent six years covering the Middle East through wars, insurrections, and the volcanic upheaval of resurgent fundamentalism. Yet for her, headline... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody Publisher Comments In August 1984, Michigan housewife Betty Mahmoody accompanied her husband to his native Iran for a two-week vacation. To her horror, she found herself and her four-year-old daughter, Mahtob, virtual prisoners of a man rededicated to his Shiite Moslem... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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O Jerusalem! by Larry Collins Publisher Comments Here is the classic retelling of the spellbinding events of the birth of Israel.... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Middle East: The Middle East: Where Political Correctness Can Kill (Politically Incorrect Guides) by Martin Sief Synopsis In this informative, iconoclastic book, veteran foreign correspondent Sieff offers a jaw-dropping survey of the history and politics of a region that people know surprisingly little about--even though it's never off the front pages.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Eve of Destruction: The Untold Story of the Yom Kippur War by Howard Blum Publisher Comments In Dark Eden: Eve of Destruction, the thrilling sequel to New York Times bestselling author Patrick Carmans Dark Eden, the seven teens who were “cured” by Rainsford reunite to find relief from their ailments...and realize they may have the... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan Synopsis Brian Keenan's release from captivity was the first ray of hope for those hostages held in the Middle East. He describes the plight of his fellow hostages with first-hand knowledge. The language he uses reflects his past efforts as a poet in describing... (read more) Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Road to Democracy in Iran (Boston Review Books) by Akbar Ganji Publisher Comments Akbar Ganji, called by some Iran's most famous dissident, was a commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. But, troubled by the regime's repressive nature, he became an investigative journalist in the 1990s, writing for Iran's pro-democracy... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $4.25 Used - Hardcover
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What Went Wrong?: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response by Bernard Lewis Publisher Comments For many 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, a remote land beyond its northwestern frontier,... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Blood of Abraham: Insights Into the Middle East by Jimmy Carter Synopsis In a new edition of this national bestseller, Carter demystifies the history of each of the nations that comprise the Middle East, the reasons for their different goals, and the nature of their prime concerns--and provides an enlightened and reconciling... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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This Heated Place: Encounters in the Promised Land by Deborah Campbell Publisher Comments A freelance writer who once lived in Israel delivers a compelling account of travel in war-torn Israel, with personal insights into the region's complex, bloody struggles.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Secret History of the Iraq War by Yossef Bodansky Publisher Comments In the months leading up to March 2003, fresh from its swift and heady victory in Afghanistan, the Bush administration mobilized the United States armed forces to overthrow the government of Iraq. Eight months after the president declared an end to major... (read more) This Edition: SOLD OUT add to wish list |
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The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror by Bernard Lewis Publisher Comments In his first book since What Went Wrong? Bernard Lewis examines the historical roots of the resentments that dominate the Islamic world today and that are increasingly being expressed in acts of terrorism. He looks at the theological origins of political... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Israel/Palestine: How to End the 1948 War (Seven Stories' Open Media) by Tanya Reinhart Publisher Comments In Israel/Palestine, Reinhart traces the development of the Security Barrier and Israels new doctrine of "disengagement," launched in response to a looming Palestinian-majority population. Examining the official record of recent diplomacy, including... (read more) List Price $11.75 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Banking on Baghdad by Edwin Black Publisher Comments In Banking on Baghdad, New York Times and international bestselling author Edwin Black chronicles the dramatic and tragic history of a land long the center of world commerce and conflict. Tracing the involvement of Western governments and militaries, as... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Iranians by Sandra Mackey Publisher Comments The Iranians explores Iran in the context of its old and complex culture, for throughout its history Iran has struggled with two warring identities-one evolving from the values, social organization, and arts of ancient Persia, the other from Islam. By... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Politicide: Ariel Sharon's War Against the Palestinians by Baruch Kimmerling Publisher Comments Ariel Sharon was one of the most experienced, shrewd and frightening leaders of the new millennium. Despite being found both directly and indirectly responsible for acts considered war crimes under international law, he became Prime Minister of Israel, a... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Even After All This Time: A Story of Love, Revolution, and Leaving Iran by Afschineh Latifi Publisher Comments At the age of ten, a young Iranian girl witnesses the horror of her father's execution and escapes the revolution with her sister. Growing up in Tehran in the 1970s, Afschineh Latifi and her sister and two brothers enjoyed a life of luxury and privilege.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Iraq since 1958 : from revolution to dictatorship. by Mar Farouk Sluglett Publisher Comments Iraq Since 1958 is the definitive political history of modern Iraq from the fall of the Hashemite monarchy until today. As the world prepares for war, it provides a critical analysis of those issues that have dominated Iraqi affairs over the last half... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $3.75 Used - Trade Paper
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