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One Country
A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse
Ali Abunimah
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"A provocative and well-written account attacking the same failure of imagination that delivered to the world the present Arab-Israeli calamity."—
Clayton E. Swisher,
Middle East Policy
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The Arabs and the Holocaust
The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives
Gilbert Achcar
Picador
“This is a refreshing and original study, showing clearly that Muslim anti-Semitism is neither universal, nor inevitable, nor subject to pat explanations.”—
The Economist
“A systematic and scholarly refutation of the simplistic myths that have arisen following the formation of Israel . . . the best book on the subject so far.”—
Tariq Ali,
The Guardian
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West of Kabul, East of New York
An Afghan American Story
Tamim Ansary
Picador
"In the weeks after September 11 . . . Tamim Ansary delivered us from text into context, from crisis into history, from isolation into geography, from a world shattered to one that, having lived through millennia of shatterings, stays mournfully round, and around . . . Mr. Ansary, a California writer and editor, has put this and much else into
West of Kabul, East of New York
, a book that steadies our skittering compass."—
Richard Eder,
The New York Times
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In the Company of Soldiers
A Chronicle of Combat
Rick Atkinson
Holt Paperbacks
"Intimate, vivid, and well-informed . . . On the field of battle where more than 770 journalists were 'embedded,' Atkinson stood apart as one of the very rare...
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A Wall in Palestine
René Backmann, Translated by A. Kaiser
Picador
"[A] well-written history of the barrier . . . The most detailed account of the barrier to date. Backmann places the barrier smack in the middle of the controversy over Israeli confiscation of Palestinian lands: He makes a compelling case that Israel set out to expand West Bank Jewish settlements on the Israeli side at the expense of thousands of acres of Palestinian territory."—
Linda Gradstein,
The Washington Post
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A Long Way Gone
Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Ishmael Beah
Sarah Crichton Books
"What is it about African wars that is so disturbing? Why do they unsettle us so? . . . The great benefit of Ishmael Beah's memoir,
A Long Way Gone
, is that it may help us arrive at an understanding of this situation. Beah's autobiography is almost unique, as far as I can determine—perhaps the first time that a child soldier has been able to give literary voice to one of the most distressing phenomena of the late 20th century: the rise of the pubescent (or even prepubescent) warrior-killer . . .
A Long Way Gone
is his first, remarkable book. . . . Beah's memoir joins an elite class of writing: Africans witnessing African wars . . .
A Long Way Gone
makes you wonder how anyone comes through such unrelenting ghastliness and horror with his humanity and sanity intact. Unusually, the smiling, open face of the author on the book jacket provides welcome and timely reassurance. Ishmael Beah seems to prove it can happen."—
William Boyd,
The New York Times Book Review
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In the Land of Magic Soldiers
A Story of White and Black in West Africa
Daniel Bergner
Picador
"The journalist and novelist Daniel Bergner is right . . . to see Africa's civil wars as a horror of our time that deserves exploration . . . Bergner has a keen eye . . . What is of value in this book is less what it says about Sierra Leone than about the human condition."—
Adam Hochschild,
The New York Times Book Review
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Thieves of Baghdad
One Marine's Passion to Recover the World's Greatest Stolen Treasures
Matthew Bogdanos and William Patrick
Bloomsbury USA
Thieves of Baghdad is a riveting account of Colonel Matthew Bogdanos and his team’s extraordinary efforts to recover over 5,000 priceless antiquities stolen...
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Escape from Slavery
The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity and My Journey to Freedom in America
Francis Bok with Edward Tivnan
St. Martin's Griffin
"Bok takes the Sudanese government and world leaders to task for their indifference to his people's suffering. Although he at first was an unwilling ambassador, he has become a leading voice for the antislavery movement in the United States."—
Detroit News and Free Press
"A touching modern-day slave narrative that is more than just an account of [Bok's] journey from childhood to manhood under the worst of circumstances . . . Pages of historical details are eye-opening and provide a glimpse into what can happen when religion is the impetus in the governing of a nation . . . An informative, inspiring read."—
The Boston Globe
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The Yom Kippur War
And the Airlift Strike That Saved Israel
Walter J. Boyne
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books
It's usually called the Yom Kippur War. Or sometimes the October War. The players that surround it are familiar: Sadat and Mubarak, Meir and Sharon, Nixon and...
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Israel Is Real
An Obsessive Quest to Understand the Jewish Nation and Its History
Rich Cohen
Picador
"Rich Cohen's book accomplished the miraculous. It made a subject that has vexed me since early childhood into a riveting story. Not by breaking new ground or advancing a bold peace plan, but by narrating the oft-told saga of the Jews in a fresh and engaging fashion."—
Tony Horwitz,
The New York Times
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Beyond America's Grasp
A Century of Failed Diplomacy in the Middle East
Stephen P. Cohen
Picador
Middle East expert Stephen P. Cohen traces U.S. policy in the region from the breakup of the Ottoman Empire to the present. A century ago, there emerged two...
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They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children
The Global Quest to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers
Roméo Dallaire Ishmael Beah
Walker & Company
\u0022It is my hope that through the pages of this remarkable book, you will discover groundbreaking thoughts on building partnerships and networks to enhance...
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Devil's Game
How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam
American Empire Project
Robert Dreyfuss
Metropolitan Books
"Crisp, lively . . . Provides a concise and readable account of the evolution of America's partnerships with radical Islamic groups and regimes."—
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The Age of Deception
Nuclear Diplomacy in Treacherous Times
Mohamed ElBaradei
Metropolitan Books
For the first time, the Nobel Prize laureate and "man in the middle" of the planet's most explosive confrontations speaks out—on his dealings with America,...
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An Unexpected Light
Travels in Afghanistan
Jason Elliot
Picador
"The most sustained firsthand description of life in Afghanistan to be produced by a foreign observer in recent years . . . Exciting."—
Richard Bernstein,
The New York Times
ALA Notable Books - Winner - Nonfiction
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Mirrors of the Unseen
Journeys in Iran
Jason Elliot
Picador
"Elliot reports on the 'double life' of the Persians he meets, who unanimously denounce the ruling mullahs. One insists that you're nobody in Iran if you haven't been imprisoned; another rolls his eyes at the author's obsessive trawling of mosques, protesting, 'People will think I'm with a fanatic.' The book is replete with historical arcana . . . ruminations on the 'turbulent calligraphies' of Islamic architecture, and labyrinthine footnotes . . . Elliot is a travel writer of the old school: untethered to an itinerary, eager to be led astray, and as ardent an observer of the experience of traveling as of his destination."—
The New Yorker
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After Jihad
America and the Struggle for Islamic Democracy
Noah Feldman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks
"A substantial and important defense of why America should support democratic reform and not the authoritarian status quo in much of the Muslim world. In the follow-up to the conflict in Iraq, no subject could be more timely."—
Emran Qureshi,
The Washington Post Book World
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The Good Soldiers
David Finkel
Picador
"Against the tradition of combat memoirs, [Finkel] chooses to keep himself out of the action, so that
The Good Soldiers
sometimes reads more like a novel than a reporter’s journal, with Finkel as the omniscient narrator . . .
The Good Soldiers
is more than a splendid account of men in combat. It will stand as the classic book about an extremely challenging war."—
Daniel Ford, Durham, New Hampshire,
Michigan War Studies Review
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Breaking News
A Memoir
Martin Fletcher
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books
During three decades covering wars, revolutions, and natural disasters, Martin Fletcher worked his way from news agency cameraman to Tel Aviv bureau chief for...
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Because They Hate
A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America
Brigitte Gabriel
St. Martin's Griffin
"Her writing is eloquent and her passion tremendous." --Publishers Weekly “Brigitte Gabriel's words should be read, and studied carefully, by all the law...
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Naked in Baghdad
The Iraq War and the Aftermath as Seen by NPR's Correspondent Anne Garrels
Anne Garrels; With Letters by Vint Lawrence
Picador
"It is fascinating to read about the frustrations, large and small, of an intrepid female reporter."—
Susan Salter Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times Book Review
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As China Goes, So Goes the World
How Chinese Consumers Are Transforming Everything
Karl Gerth
Hill and Wang
"Gerth author of
China Made: Consumer Culture and the Creation of the Nation
, does much to redress the imbalance and to point out the potential influence of Chinese consumerism, not only on China but on the rest of the world. The book is both informative and entertaining. Although supported by input from published sources, the text is largely the result of insightful observations of the author, who lived, studied, and traveled extensively in China. The book draws parallels between expanding consumerism in China and corresponding developments in other countries such as the US. However, Gerth is careful in identifying unique aspects of China's embrace of domestic consumption. The book contains extensive source notes, readings, and Web sites for further investigation. The writing style is reader friendly and can be appreciated by a broad spectrum of readers who have even a passing interest in understanding the growing importance of China as a world power. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels."—
W. C. Struning, emeritus, Seton Hall University,
Choice
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Mullahs, Merchants, and Militants
The Economic Collapse of the Arab World
Stephen J. Glain
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books
Named Top Book of the Year by
theGlobalist.com
"Fascinating study filled with memorable firsthand accounts . . .
Mullahs, Merchants, and Militants
represents a major contribution to our knowledge of the inner economic workings of the harried Arab business class."—
The Middle East Journal
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