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Garrels Anne; with Letters By Vint Lawrence
Naked In Baghdad: The Iraq War and the Aftermath as Seen By NPR's Correspondent
USA: Picador USA 2004. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. With a New Introduction and Afterword that covers the first year of America's occupation in Iraq. Clean unmarked card cover no edgewear no creases tight glued binding. Internals also very clean and unmarked. Pages moderately toned. THE IRAQ WAR. 244 pages. 8.25 x 5.5 inches. Publisher: Picador New York 2004. Picador USA paperback
Référence libraire : 018834 ISBN : 0312424191 9780312424190
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Anderson Jon Lee
The Fall of Baghdad
U.S.A: Penguin Press 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. The essential book on the invasion of Iraq from the perspective of the Iraquis themselves. Binding of navy half cloth with silver titles navy boards very clean and unmarked no edgeweat tight and solid. Few pale spots on bottom edge of text block. Prev owner bookplate on ffep. Internals in Fine Condition. 389 pages. 2004 Penguin Press USA Penguin Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 018232 ISBN : 1594200343 9781594200342
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Lamb David
The Arabs: Journeys Beyond the Mirage
U.S.A: Vintage Books/Random House 1988. Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. xvi 333 pages with bibliography and index. White cover with red titles is clean and unmarked with trace wear to front corners. Tight glued binding square. . Pages completely clean with no markings lightly toned. A thoughtful close-up study of the Arab peoples based on firsthand observation and on knowledge of their history. Lamb deals with most of the issues that vex the Middle East today -- spread of religious extremism the politics of oil the changing image of Israel the nature of Arab terrorism with considered suggestions on the most effective measures for stamping it out. xvi 333 pages with bibliography and index. 8 x 5.25 inches. Vintage Books/Random House New York 1988. Vintage Books/Random House paperback
Référence libraire : 017913 ISBN : 0394757580 9780394757582
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Goldberg Jeffrey
Prisoners : A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East Divide
New York: Alfred A Knopf/Random House 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Type: Hardback First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in FINE Condition. An unusual friendship developed between an American Jew who served as guard in the largest prison in Israel and his prisoner Rafiq a rising leader in the PLO. Despite their fears and prejudices they began a dialogue that grew into a friendship. This is an account of life in that harsh desert prison--mean overcrowded and violent-and of that dialogue between the guard Jeffrey Goldberg and Rafiq. It is a dialog of their accusations explanations fears prejudices and aspirations. Jeffrey Goldber became an award-winning correspondent for The New Yorker and Rafiq became a graduate student in Washington DC where Goldberg was located. And their dialogue continued. Clean unmarked solid volume in brown half cloth with bold and bright gilt titles with gray boards; square with sharp corners. Internals As New. Black jacket with orange and gray titles is clean unclipped as new. 316 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Alfred A Knopf/Random House New York 2006. Alfred A Knopf/Random House hardcover
Référence libraire : 017972 ISBN : 0375412344 9780375412349
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Khalidi Rashid
Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints And America's Perilous Path In The MIddle East
Boston MA: Beacon Press 2004. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hardback Second Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Begun as the United States moved its armed forces into Iraq Rashid Khalidi's powerful and thoughtful book examines the record of Western involvement in the region and analyzes the likely outcome of our most recent Middle East incursions. His book provides the historical and cultural perspective so vital to understanding the situation and to finding a more effective and just foreign policy. Very clean solid attractive volume in binding of black half cloth w/gilt titles black paper-wrapped boards unmarked no edgewear square sharp corners. Book plate on endpaper else Fine. Clean bright jacket with original price intact no edgewear quarter inch circular whitish spot on upper corner. 223 pages with Chapter Notes and Index. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. Beacon Press Boston MA 2004. Beacon Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 017799 ISBN : 0807002348 9780807002346
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Goodson Larry P
Afghanistan's Endless War: State Failure Regional Politics and the Rise of the Taliban
U.S.A: Univ of Washington Press 2001. First Edition. Paperback. As New. Trade Paperback As New. Clean and bright cover with cover photograph: Afghan refugees in Iran holding posters of opposition leasder Ahmed Shah Masood 1999. Text block clean and free of any markings Tightly bound. xv 264 pages. Six Maps & Tables Appendix: Major Actors in Modern Afghan History Notes Glossary References Cited& Index. 6 x 9 inches. University of Washington Press Seallte WA 2001. Univ of Washington Press paperback
Référence libraire : 017281 ISBN : 0295980508 9780295980508
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Lamb David
The Arabs: Journeys Beyond the Mirage
USA: Vintage Books/Random House 1988. Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. White cover with red titles is clean unmarked trace wear to front corners. Pages completely clean with no markings lightly toned. Gently used if at all. A thoughtful close-up study of the Arab peoples based on firsthand observation and on knowledge of their history. Lamb deals with most of the issues that vex the Middle East today -- spread of religious extremism the politics of oil the changing image of Israel the nature of Arab terrorism with considered suggestions on the most effective measures for stampingi t out. xvi 333 pages with bibliography and index. 8 x 5.25 inches. Vintage Books/Random House New York 1988. Vintage Books/Random House paperback
Référence libraire : 017169 ISBN : 0394757580 9780394757582
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Junger Sebastian
Fire: With a New Essay on Afghanistan and a New Afterword By the Author
USA: Perennial/HarperCollins Publishers 2002. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition with a new essay on Afghanistan and a new Afterword by the author. Bright clean card cover with light edgewear. No soiling. Tight glued binding. Pages clean and without marks of any kind toned. This is a superb eyewitness report about the Taliban's defeat in Kabul. 250 pages. 5.25 x 8 inches. Perennial/HarperCollins New York 2002. Perennial/HarperCollins Publishers paperback
Référence libraire : 016841 ISBN : 0060088613 9780060088613
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MANSFIELD PETER
The Arabs-New Edition
London England: Penguin Books 1985. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Third Edition 1985. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Peter Mansfield explores social political and historical aspects--from the pre-Islamic nomads of Arabia the life of Muhammad and the rise of Arab power that followed to the Western Colonial period the tragedy of Palestine and the modern Arab renaissance reinforced by the power of oil. To be read by anyone who wants to know about the Arab world and how they have become what they are today. Pictorial wrappers are clean with moderate wear to extremities with creased corners rubbed edges. Overstock mark on bottom edge. Soundly bound. Pages clean no marks moderately toned. 527 pages with Index. 5.2 x 7.8 inches. England Penguin Books 1985. Penguin Books paperback
Référence libraire : 008335 ISBN : 0140225617 9780140225617
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STEWART RORY
The Places in Between
Orlando Florida USA: Harcourt 2006. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. Trade Paperback As New. Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan in 2002. By day he passed through mountains with 9 feet of snow hamlets burned and emptied by the Taliban and communities thriving in the remains of medieval civilizations. This is a story of his journey the people he met and their stories--heroes and rogues tribal elders and teen-agers soldiers Taliban commanders and foreign-aid workers. He makes tangible the forces of tradition ideology and allegiance and shapes their lives. 297 pages. 5.4 x 8 inches. 2006 Harcourt Orlando Florida USA Harcourt paperback
Référence libraire : 013799 ISBN : 0156031566 9780156031561
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Chafets Ze'Ev
Double Vision: How America's Press Distorts Our View of the Middle East
New York: William Morrow & Co 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Mylar jacket cover. Binding of copper half cloth silver titled with ivory boards; very clean and unmarked with slight bumping of lower corners. Interior is Fine--very clean and completely unmarked. Clean and bright unclipped jacket. not clipped. A book to help readers to understand the Middle East - and the news we get about it and the news we don't get. Many countries in the Middle East are off limits to reporters; we don't hear about the threats to journalists and the censorship they must practice. The author examines the distortion of many of America's prestigious newspapers and the subtle influences on the way we look at this part of the world. It names names in a stunning expose of journalistic self-censorship duplicity and failure by some of America's most famous news people. 349 pages with Chapter Notes and Index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Publisher: William Morrow & Co. New York 1985. William Morrow & Co hardcover
Référence libraire : 015229 ISBN : 0688039774 9780688039776
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Kunstel Marcia and Albright Joseph
Their Promised Land: Arab and Jew in History's Cauldron One Valley in the Jerusalem Hills
New York: Crown Publishing 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Remainder First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Remainder mark on bottom edge else Fine. 7 area maps. An authentic story of two families one Jewish and one Arab who lived for generations in the valley outside of Jerusalem and their lives before and during the rise of Zionism up to the 1948 war for Israel's independence. Genealogy charts for the Hamdan Family and the Levy Family on endpapers. Black half cloth gilt titled with blue cloth over boards very clean tight solid square no edgewear interior fine. 392 pages with Chapter Notes Bibliography and Index. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Crown Publishing New York 1990. Crown Publishing hardcover
Référence libraire : 015233 ISBN : 0517572311 9780517572313
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Prendergast John
The Road To India: Guide to the Overland Routes to the East
London UK: John Murray 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Type: Hard Back First Printing of this scarce title. Hardcover in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Archival protective cover. Two page map of the area in the center of the book. Orange cloth gilt titled very clean and unmarked with a small bump to the rear bottom edge otherwise fine. Internals clean and unmarked. The author has over 40 years experience driving in the East including 8 return trips to India by road since 1960. The overland route he took was through Turkey Iran Afghanistan and Pakistan to India with much information on vehicles distances traveling times gas stations etc with plenty of anecdote and history exploration of handicrafts of an area landscape etc. This particular route may be a thing of the past for a while-doesn't sound like a likely trip today! But wonderful for the armchair traveler or for those optimistic about future trips! 206 pages. 6 x 8.75 inches. 1977 John Murray London UK John Murray hardcover
Référence libraire : 015457
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Rubin Barry
Revolution Until Victory: The Politics and History of the Plo
Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard Univ Press 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hardback Second Printing. Hardcover and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. A comprehensive account of the Palestinian struggle and the PLO and also a telling case study of radical revolutionary and Third World politics of our time. Jacket photograph of 'Jubilant Palestinians drape their flag over the Damascus Gate entrance to Jerusalem's Old City after the Israeli-PLO Accord signing Friday September 1993'. Binding of black half cloth red titled with brown parchment designed paper-wrapped boards very clean and unmarked with slight rubbing of spine heel and lower edge. Tight and solid square with sharp corners. Former owner name on endpaper with a line through it. Light small smudge on fore edge of page edges otherwise clean and white. Pages clean no markings no tears. Unclipped clean jacket with light wear around spine head and heel. 271 pages with Notes Bibliography Glossary and Index. 1994 Harvard Univ Press Cambridge MA and London England Harvard Univ Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 015486 ISBN : 0674768035 9780674768031
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Roosevelt Eleanor
India and the Awakening of the East
New York: Harper and Bros 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Archival protective jacket cover. 32 pages of photographs. Endpaper map of the Middle East 1952. Green quarter cloth with light green titles light green boards; very clean and unmarked sunned along edges edges lightly rubbed. Tight and solid. Rough cut. Pages clean completely unmarked lightly and evenly toned. Clean and bright jacket in amazingly good condition rubbed along fold sunned on spine not price-clipped. A five month journey in 1952 that grew out of a dispute in the United nations about undernourished children--to Lebanon Syria Jordan Israel Pakistan India and Indonesia--E. Roosevelt said on landing in Lebanon "I have come to learn" and she tells a moving and personal story about the problems and hopes of peoples coming of age. 237 pages. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. Harper and Bros New York 1953. Harper and Bros hardcover
Référence libraire : 015050
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Orfalea Gregory
Before the Flames: A Quest for the History of Arab Americans
Austin Texas U.S.A. And London England: Univ of Texas Press 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book in Fine Condition with a Near Fine Dust Jacket. A powerful and personal account of some one hundred years of Arab-American history in the United States for over two million Arab-Americans. Very clean solid handsome volume. Tight & solid sewn binding. Jacket bright and clean with trace wear along some edges. 354 pages with Notes Glossary Bibliography and Index. 6.25 x 9.5 inches. University of Texas Press Austin Texas 1988. Univ of Texas Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 015051 ISBN : 0292707487 9780292707481
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THOMAS HUGH
SUEZ
U.S.A: Harper & Row 1966. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE and Vintage Jacket in Very Good Condition. Mylar jacket cover. An essay in contemporary history that explores and explains the extraordinary sequence of events that culminated in the Anglo-French Suez expedition in 1956 and the Israeli invasion of the Sinai Peninsula; the enmity between Dulles and Eden; the Israeli desire for a preventive war; the shades of Munich and appeasement that haunted British statesmen; the question of oil supplies; --so many aspects perhaps unknown or forgotten about this international crises in the 1950s. Black cloth red and yellow titled on spine; very clean and unmarked; no edgewear; top edge of text block dust-dulled; tight and solid binding. internals in fine condition. Clean black jacket with orange lettering rubbed light edgewear light chipping to spine ends. 264 pages. 5.75x8.5". 1966 Harper & Row USA Harper & Row hardcover
Référence libraire : 015102
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Schultheis Rob
Night Letters: Inside Wartime Afghanistan
USA: Orion Books/Crown Publishing 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Type: Hardback First Printing Hardcover Book and jacket As New. An account from the front lines of the Afghan civil war giving a human face to a conflict that is hard for Americans to understand. Rob Schulteis fell in love with Afghanistan in the 1970s when it had barely changed for 500 years before being plunged into civil war. Through the eighties he reported on the war from the front lines. Afghanistan 1979-1989. 155 pages. 5.25 x 9.5 inches. Orion Books/Crown Publishing New York 1992 Orion Books/Crown Publishing hardcover
Référence libraire : 014534 ISBN : 0517588617 9780517588611
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Howe Irving and Gershman Carl Editors
Israel The Arabs And The Middle East
New York: Quadrangle Books 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Binding of blue-green cloth gilt titled; very clean and unmarked; slight rubbing of edges with strip of sunning on upper and lower edge. Tight solid and square. Interior is in Fine Condition pages toned. Blue and green striped jacket very clean with slight corner and edge wear rear jacket flap wrinkled. Writing "as partisans but not as propagandists" the editors of this volume have joined witha distinguidhed group of contributors to seriously probed the problems of the Middle East. Their central premise is that the survival of Israel is a major priority for everyone who cares about democracy. 440 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. Quadrangle Books New York 1972. Quadrangle Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 014096
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Bulloch John
The Persian Gulf Unveiled
New York: Congdon and Weed Inc 1984. First US Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Type: Hardback First U.S.Printing. Hardcover Book in Fine Condition with a VG Jacket. John Bulloch takes the reader into the oil-rich states of the Persian Gulf--Kuwait Qatar Bahrain United Arab Emirates- with an introduction to their sheikhs tells about their rivalries their history their future. He explores the impact of the oil boom on these once subsistence economies. Binding of burgundy half-cloth gilt titled with tan cloth-wrapped boards very clean and unmarked tight and solid volume. Frontspiece: maps of the area. Internals clean and free from any markings. Jacket is not price-clipped has slight wear to spine head. . 224 pages with index. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Congdon and Weed Inc. New York 1984. Congdon and Weed, Inc hardcover
Référence libraire : 014265
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TIMERMAN JACOBO
The Longest War: Israel in Lebanon
New York New York USA: Alfred A Knopf Inc 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Translated from the Spanish by Miguel Acoca. Binding of cream half cloth with gilt titles brown boards also with gilt lettering. Top and bottom edge of front panel lightly sunned otherwise fine. Rough cut. Interior is very clean and unmarked. Book is solid square with sharp corners. Israel's controversial invasion of Lebanon is the topic of this harrowing book that describes the impact of the war both on the author and his country which have consequences of the most importance to the Israeli state and its people in that for the first time Israel became the agressor. A book of the greatest significance. 167 pages. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 1982 Alfred A Knopf Inc New York New York USA Alfred A Knopf Inc hardcover
Référence libraire : 013867 ISBN : 0394530225 9780394530222
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Timmerman Kenneth
Preachers of Hate : Islam and the War on America
New York: Crown Forum/Crown Publishing 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket AS NEW. 370 pages. Very clean and unmarked inside and out solid and tight binding of black and yellowish-tan paper-covered boards square with sharp corners. 370 pages 8vo. Crown Publishing New York Crown Forum/Crown Publishing hardcover
Référence libraire : 013891 ISBN : 1400049016 9781400049011
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Gowers Andrew and Walker Tony
Behind the Myth: Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Revolution
Brooklyn New York USA: Olive Branch Press/Interlink Pub Grp 1992. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Type: Hardback First US Edition. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Photographic illustrations. Maps on endpapers. Black cloth binding with gilt titles; a very clean unmarked tight & solid volume. Spine has a faint lean else Fine. Fine Jacket is not price-clipped. An inside account of one of the most controversial national movements of the modern era: of its origins its armed struggle against Israel its gradual shift from violence to diplomacy. The author explores the many different roles Arafat has played during his nearly forty year career as a Palestinian activist. 407 pages with Notes Bibliography and Index. 5 x 9.5 inches. Olive Branch Press/Interlink Publishing Brooklyn NY 1992. Olive Branch Press/Interlink Pub Grp hardcover
Référence libraire : 013917 ISBN : 0940793865 9780940793866
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Rubin Barry
Cauldron of Turmoil: America in the Middle East
Orlando Florida: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket in Archival Protective Cover. Book has remainder mark otherwise in Fine Condition. Rarry Rubin discusses the origins and course of the Persian Gulf War and its background and repercussions from the oil price boom of the mid-1970s to Iran's 1978-79 revolution; from the American diplomates held hostage between 1978 and 1981 to the eight year million casualty Iran-Iraq War. He helps us understand the complex history of the Middle East and also the history of America's involvement in the region. 306 pages with Notes and Index. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. 1992 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Orlando Florida U.S.A. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover
Référence libraire : 013922 ISBN : 0151161283 9780151161287
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Kelly JB
Arabia the Gulf and the West: A Critical View of the Arabs and Their Oil Policy
New York New York U.S.A: Basic Books Inc 1980. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fifth Printing of First American Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket in FINE Condition. Last in Print. Fine navy cloth binding with gilt titles on spine. Very clean and unmarked; tight & solid sewn binding square with sharp corners intact endband. Internals as new. Brown and orange jacket with gold titles price-clipped. Published in 1980. Kelly critically examines the post-war history of the regimes in power in the Arabian Peninsula the impact that oil has and has not had on their societies and he discusses the uses they put to their oil riches. He demonstrates conclusively that the West's policy of appeasement starting with the British abandonment of her position in the Gulf and our failure to step in there afterward has had disastrous consequences that we maybe now fully recognize. 530 pages with bibliography and index. 6.4 x 9.5 inches. Basic Books New York 1980. Basic Books, Inc hardcover
Référence libraire : 013920 ISBN : 0465004156 9780465004157
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Sciolino Elaine
The Outlaw State: Saddam Hussein's Quest for Power and the Gulf Crisis
New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Veteran reporter Elaine Sciolino presents the story of Saddam Hussein and his outlaw state in an authoritative historical perspecteive. Eight pages of illustrations. Golden brown half cloth with black titles black boards. Very clean unmarked tight & solid sewn binding square with sharp corners. Bright and clean unclipped jacket. 320 pages with Chronology of Events Bibliography and Index. 6.25 x 9.4 inches. John Wiley & Sons New York 1991. IRAQ-POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; PERSIAN GULF WAR 1991. John Wiley & Sons Inc hardcover
Référence libraire : 013925 ISBN : 0471542997 9780471542995
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Lewis Bernard
What Went Wrong: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response
Oxford and New York: Oxford Univ Press 2002. Hardcover. As New/As New. Type: Hardback Ninth Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. Black-and-white illustrations. Bound in blue half cloth with silver titles blue boards very clean unmarked tight solid and square. Blue unclipped jacket with painting of 'The quay of the Dolmabahce Place Kaiser Wilhelm II on a visit to Sultan Abdulhamid II is boarding the royal boat'. Bernard Lewis explores the eclipse of the Middle East in the last three centuries and how the aftermath is felt to this day. He sheds light on the massive divide between the West and Islam societies of today.180 pages with Notes and Index. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. Oxford University Press Oxford and New York 2002. Oxford Univ Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 013187 ISBN : 0195144201 9780195144208
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MUNTHE TURI EDITOR
THE SADDAM HUSSEIN READER
New York: Thunder's Mouth Press and Balliett & Fitzgerald Inc 2002. Paperback. Good. Type: Ex-Library Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Selections from leading writers on Iraq. Used Retired library book with wear to cover book has been used/read. Cover is clean light crease down middle. Text block edges show use. Pages clean and unmarked. Page edges have small marks. Clear and readable book. 556 pages. 6.25 x 9.25 Inches. Thunder's Mouth Press New York 2002. Thunder's Mouth Press and Balliett & Fitzgerald Inc paperback
Référence libraire : 005938 ISBN : 1560254289 9781560254287
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TIME LIFE BOOK EDITORS
India Library of Nations
USA: Time-Life Books 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Fine Condition. No jacket as issued. One of a series of books describing countries of the world-their natural resources peoples customs and traditions histories economies and governments. Beautifully illustrated with full color and b/w photographs. Bound in red leatherette w/silver titles paper illustration affixed to front cover of wicker lanterns hanging on tall bamboo poles glowing beside the Ganges River. Clean and unmarked tight and solid volume. Front and back endpapers: The major rivers plains mountain ranges and other natural features; the country's states territories and major cities. A beautiful and informative book. 11.5 x 9.5 inches. 160 pages with bibliography and index. Time-Life Books Alexandria VA 1987. Time-Life Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 003428 ISBN : 0809451727 9780809451722
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Wallace Lew
The Prince of India or Why Constantinople Fell--Vol II
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1906. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Type: Ex-Library Hardcover 1906 Retired Library Book in Good Condition. No Jacket. An older book nice worn small thick with a fascinating story. The author was a minister to Turkey thus his intimate knowledge of that part of the world. Brown cloth binding w/ gilt titles; panels and edges rubbed bottom front corner has dark smudge spine has slight lean. Corners rounded. Sewn binding tight and solid. Pages clean no underlining no highlighting no writing moderately toned. Brown endpapers book-taped reinforced at hinge. There is residue left on the back paste-down from a library pocket and a lib. number on spine. This is a lesser known work by the author of Ben-Hur; he served as governor of the territory of New Mexico and as a U.S. diplomat as minister to the Ottoman Empire. Lew Wal;lace 1827-1905. 578 pages w/index. 6.75 x 4.5 inches. 1906 Harper & Brothers New York and London. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
Référence libraire : 002626
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Sir Richard Burton
Sir Richard Burton's Travels in Arabia and Africa: Four Lectures from a Huntington Library Manuscript
Huntington Library Press 2005. Trade Paperback. Fine. Book is in excellent condition in every respect. Binding is solid and square covers have sharp corners exterior shows no blemishes text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 109 pages as new. Huntington Library Press paperback
Référence libraire : 143555 ISBN : 0873282094 9780873282093
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Baroud Ramzy; Noam Chomsky preface
Searching Jenin: Eyewitness Accounts of the Israeli Invasion
Cune Press 2003. Trade Paperback. Good. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square covers have sharp corners exterior shows no blemishes text/interior is marked occasionally in pencil with underlining and marginalia. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only no tears. 285 pages with b&w photos. Cune Press paperback
Référence libraire : 143673 ISBN : 1885942346 9781885942340
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Erlich Reese; Noam Chomsky
Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect
Prometheus Books 2016. Trade Paperback. Good. Book looks great binding is solid and square covers have sharp corners exterior shows no blemishes text/interior is marked occasionally with marginalia and underlining. Prometheus Books paperback
Référence libraire : 142738 ISBN : 1633882357 9781633882355
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Shawqi Abu Khalil
Atlas on the Prophet's Biography
U.S.A.: Dar-us-Salam Publications 2004. Hard Cover. Very Good/Pictorial Boards. Book shows light wear to covers with three pages of interior with marking otherwise clean solidly bound little wear only. Lots of maps with photos and text. 292 pages. Dar-us-Salam Publications hardcover
Référence libraire : 140086 ISBN : 9960897710 9789960897714
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Brynner Yul
Bring Forth the Children: A Journey to the Forgotten People of Europe and the Middle East
NY: McGraw-Hill. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Boards rubbed lower corners bumped jacket tattered torn price-clipped and has waterstain on top edge of front panel. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Photographs by Inge Morath and Yul Brynner. Cloth-backed boards. Many photos in this account of postwar refugee camps in Germany Austria Jordan Jerusalem and the Gaza strip undertaken while the late actor served as Special Consultant to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 155 pages . McGraw-Hill hardcover
Référence libraire : 44252
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Glueck Nelson
Rivers in the Desert: A History of the Negev
NY: Farrar Straus and Cudahy. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered and toned. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. xv 302pp. Map endpapers. Red cloth binding. Many photos. Index to text index to Biblical citations.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Farrar, Straus and Cudahy hardcover
Référence libraire : 44241
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Lowdermilk Walter Clay
Palestine: Land of Promise
New York: Greenwood Press 1968. Reprint of 1944 edition. 244 pp. Land reclamation development and conservation in Palestine. Signed under non-personal inscription by Inez Marks Lowdermilk author's widow and dedicatee of the present book on dedication page and additionally inscribed and signed by her to previous owner on front free endpaper. A photocopy of an article by Inez Lowdermilk is laid in. Spine cocked rubbed at crown and heel; upper corners of boards bumped page edges tanned. Lacks dust jacket. . Inscribed. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Greenwood Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 10894
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Warren Kathleen A.
Daring to Cross the Threshold: Francis of Assisi Encounters Sultan Malek al-Kamil
Rochester Minnesota: SIsters of Saint Francis 2003. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean off-white pages. Wrappers have light handling wear. ; Study of Saint Francis of Assisi's encounters with Islam. ; 8.5" 18.5 cm tall; 151 pages. SIsters of Saint Francis unknown
Référence libraire : 4030037
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Refik Ahmet
T�rk Tiyatrosu Tarihi: Yakin �aglarda. Ikinci cilt
Istanbul: Kanaat K�t�phanesi 1934. Second Edition. Softcover. Fair with no dust jacket. Second Edition. Book is in the Turkish language. Sound binding. Clean tanned pages. Wraps are tattered at spine with overall tanning handling wear. Illustrated with black and white photographic reproductions. ; Book about recent Turkish theater primarily the 1920s and early 1930s. Photographs of stage productions information on actors actresses others. ; 9.5" tall; 124 pages. Kanaat K�t�phanesi unknown
Référence libraire : 3340068
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Harper Prudence O.; others
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin Spring 1984 Volume XLI Number 4; Ancient Near Eastern Art
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art 1984. Soft Cover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Tightly stapled binding minor shelf wear to wraps. Clean and bright pages. ; Issue focusing on ancient Near Eastern art in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ; 11.0" 28 cm tall; 56 pages. Metropolitan Museum of Art unknown
Référence libraire : 3370049
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Alterman Jon B.; Elissar Eliahu Ben & Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Sadat and His Legacy: Egypt and the World 1977-1997 : On the Occasion of the Twentieth Anniversary of President Sadat's Journey to Jerusalem
Washington D.C.: Washington Institute for Near East Policy 2001. Softcover. Fine with no dust jacket. Square tight binding. Clean and bright pages. Wrappers have very slight edge rubbing. ; Assessment of the impact of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and his role in international relations. 8.5" tall; 220 pages. Washington Institute for Near East Policy unknown
Référence libraire : 3390079 ISBN : 0944029744 9780944029749
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Wickwar W. Hardy
Modernization of Administration in the Near East
Beirut: Khayats 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Good in Good dust jacket. First Edition. Sound binding and hinges. Pages lightly tanned with underlined passages writing on ffep. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed with bumped corners. DJ has edge wear tear at top of spine tanning overall shelf wear. ; Role of public administration in the development of the Middle East. ; 9.0" tall; 201 pages. Khayats hardcover
Référence libraire : 3430047
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Lane Fox Robin
Travelling Heroes in the Epic Age of Homer
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2009. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Clean bright pages. Paper over boards is clean very slightly edge rubbed. DJ has light edge rubbing. ; Draws upon archaeologyancient texts and new discoveries to develop the thsis that migrants from the Greek island of Uboea settled in the Near East and Italy and that what they found there helped to shape their myths. ; 9.25" tall; 496 pages. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
Référence libraire : 3560048
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Omer Dvora
Operaci�n Teher�n: Basado en las historias biogr�ficas de David y Rajel Laor
Tel Aviv: Englender y Beigel Editores 1989. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Book is in the Spanish language. Sound binding. Clean bright pages. Wraps have light handling wear. By Israeli author Dvora Omer 1932- . Story of Jewish children who escaped the Holocaust during WWII by being transported to Palestine later Israel via a roundabout route from Poland through eastern Europe to the Middle East. ; 8.5" tall; 263 pages. Englender y Beigel Editores unknown
Référence libraire : 3550043
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Grossman David; Watzman Haim trans.
The Yellow Wind
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. Sound binding and hinges. Clean bright pages. Paper over boards is lightly edge rubbed with bumped corners. DJ has light overall shelf wear. ; Account of the Israeli author's journey to Palestinian camps and Jewish settlements. ; 8.25" tall; 224 pages. Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover
Référence libraire : 3630035 ISBN : 0374293457 9780374293451
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Viteles Harry
A History of the Co-operative Movement in Israel. Book One: the Evolution of the Co-operative Movement
London: Vallentine Mitchell 1966. Hardcover. Good in Fair dust jacket. Square tight binding. Clean tanned pages. Writing on ffep. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed. DJ has edge wear tearing tanning and soiling. ; Scholarly analysis of the kibbutz co-operative settlements and various labor and producers' societies in Israel. 9.0" tall; 252 pages. Vallentine Mitchell hardcover
Référence libraire : 3310053
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Stern Boris; Lubin Isador Foreword
The Kibbutz That Was
Washington D. C.: Public Affairs Press 1965. Hardcover. Good in Good dust jacket. Square sound binding and hinges. Pages clean but tanned. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed. DJ has edge wear some tearing tanning and overall soiling. ; Scholarly consideration of the place and utility of the kibbutz in the life of Israel in the mid-20th century. 9.25" tall; 158 pages. Public Affairs Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 3310051
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Diamond Stanley Ed. ; Spiro Melford E. ; Rosenfeld Eva; Schwartz Richard D.
Social Problems: the Official Journal of the Society for the Study of Social Problems Volume 5 Number 2 Fall 1957 ; Special Issue on the Kibbutz
Waltham MA: Brandeis University 1957. Softcover. Good with no dust jacket. Square sound binding. Clean but tanned pages. Wrappers have light shelf wear overall soiling and tanning wear to top of spine. ; Contents: Diamond "Kibbutz and Shtetl"; Spiro "The Sabras and Zionism"; Rosenfeld "Institutional Change in the Kibbutz"; Schwartz "Democracy and Collectivism"; book reviews; news reports and announcements. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 90 pages. Brandeis University unknown
Référence libraire : 5270040
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Chikhani Nacouz Lela; Aractingi Philip
Les M�res: A l'�preuve du Liban. Essai
Beyrouth Beirut: FMA 1993. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Book is in the French language. Sound binding. Clean pages with light reading wear. Wrappers have light handling wear. ; Examination of the condition of women in Lebanon. 8.5" tall; 215 pages. FMA unknown
Référence libraire : 5190058
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Al Haq; Law in the Service of Man
Punishing a Nation: Israeli Human Rights Violations During the Palestinian Uprising December 1987-December 1988
Boston: South End Press 1989. Soft Cover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Square tight binding. Clean and bright pages. Some fading of wrappers at and near spine with minor edge rubbing. 299 pp. ; Documented reporting of human rights violations on the West Bank/Gaza Strip in 1987 and 1988. 8.5" 21.5 cm tall; 299 pages. South End Press unknown
Référence libraire : 5200028 ISBN : 0896083780 9780896083783
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