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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...
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Allah's Bomb: The Islamic Quest for Nuclear Weapons
by Al Ventner Publisher Comments It is called the "Club of Nine," the exclusive group of nations that have detonated nuclear weapons. Apart from the major powers, its membership also includes, India, Pakistan, and Israel. More recently, its membership was blighted by North Korea. Based...
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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...
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Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life
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...
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Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
by Geraldine Brooks
Publisher Comments Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women is the story of Brooks's intrepid journey toward an understanding of the women behind the veils, and of the often contradictory political, religious, and cultural forces that shape their lives. In...
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The Middle East
by Bernard Lewis Publisher Comments In a sweeping and vivid survey, renowned historian Bernard Lewis charts the history of the Middle East over the last 2,000 years, from the birth of Christianity through the modern era, focusing on the successive transformations that have shaped it...
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A History of the Arab Peoples
by Albert Hourani Publisher Comments Encyclopedic and panoramic in its scope, this fascinating work chronicles the rich spiritual, political, and cultural institutions of Arab history through 13 centuries....
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Turkish Reflections
by Mary Lee Settle Publisher Comments After a twenty-year absence, Mary Lee Settle returns to the land she calls the happiest home she has ever known. A land of intersecting continents, cultures, and contradictions, Turkey beckons her on a cross-country journey, in search of the country's...
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What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East
by Bernard Lewis Publisher Comments 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...
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Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
by Michael Oren Publisher Comments A gripping account of one of the pivotal events in modern Middle Eastern history — on the 35th anniversary of the war In Israel and the West it is called the Six Day War. In the Arab world, it is known as the June War, or simply as "the...
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Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran
by Elaine Sciolino Publisher Comments Sciolino goes behind the headlines for an intriguing, in-depth look at Iran's complex people and culture. photos. 1 map....
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Sandstorms: Days and Nights in Arabia
by Peter Theroux Publisher Comments In this provocative and incisive memoir, Peter Theroux reveals the Middle East only as a true insider can. Stationed as a journalist in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for most of his seven years in the region, Theroux explodes the romantic images of Arabia, but...
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The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?
by John L Esposito Publisher Comments Thoroughly updated and featuring new material on current affairs in Turkey, Afghanistan, Palestine, and Southeast Asia, this new edition of Esposito's highly regarded book covers the many challenges for the West posed by the Islamic revival....
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Out of Place: A Memoir
by Edward W Said Publisher Comments From one of the most important intellectuals of our time comes an extraordinary story of exile and a celebration of an irrecoverable past. A fatal medical diagnosis in 1991 convinced Edward Said that he should leave a record of where he was born and...
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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 Publisher Comments 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...
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Iraq, Inc.: A Profitable Occupation
by Pratap Chatterjee Publisher Comments 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...
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Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey
by V S Naipaul
Publisher Comments On the basis of his seven-month journey across the Asian continent. V.S. Naipaul here explores the life, the culture and the current ferment inside four nations of Islam: Iran, where the hysteria and rage of revolution continues; Pakistan, trageically...
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Iraq Under Siege: The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War
by Arnove A E
Publisher Comments Table of Contents Acknowledgments Map Anthony Arnove The Roots of US/UK Policy Naseer Aruri: US Policy on Iraq: 1990-1999 Phyllis Bennis and Denis Halliday: Iraq: The Impact of Sanctions and U.S. Policy (Interview with David Barsamian) Noam Chomsky: US...
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Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran
by Elaine Sciolino Publisher Comments Sciolino goes behind the headlines for an intriguing, in-depth look at Iran's complex people and culture. photos. 1 map....
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Introduction to Islamic Civilization
by Roger M Savory Publisher Comments A broad, sympathetic introduction to basic facts and problems of Islamic studies, based on the successful Canadian \'Radio Study\' series....
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