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PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST? Reflections on Justice and Nationhood.

PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST? Reflections on Justice and Nationhood.

by Chomsky, Noam.

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Used - Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
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like
Published
(1974)
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Hardcover first edition -
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New York:: Pantheon,, (1974). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. A collection of essays by this noted linguist and political activist, published a year after the Yom Kippur War; now, almost 50 years later peace seems farther away than ever. Includes a substantial foreword by Irene L. Gendzier. Notes… Read more about this item
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THE ARABS: The Life-Story of a People Who Have Left Their Deep Impress on the World.

THE ARABS: The Life-Story of a People Who Have Left Their Deep Impress on the World.

by Thomas, Bertram (1892-1950)

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Used - Very near fine in orange cloth with gilt and black on the spine, no dust jacket.
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orange cloth with gilt and black on the spine, no
Published
1937.
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Hardcover first edition -
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$40.00

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Garden City, NY:: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.,, 1937.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in orange cloth with gilt and black on the spine, no dust jacket. . First US printing. Thomas, the author of this influential history. was the first documented Westerner to cross the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter) He "absorbed much of… Read more about this item
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JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM.

JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM.

by Hazleton, Lesley.

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Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
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fine
Published
(1986)
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Hardcover first edition -
ISBN
9780871130648
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$23.50

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New York:: Atlantic Monthly Press,, (1986). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. "A memoir of war and peace, passion and politics" - "Hazleton first went to Jerusalem at the age of 20, remained 13 years, then moved to New York City. Five years later, in 1984, she returned for what she intended… Read more about this item
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FINDING PALESTINE: One American's Trek from the Midwest to the Middle East.
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FINDING PALESTINE: One American's Trek from the Midwest to the Middle East.

by Elliott, Liza.

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Used - Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Published
(2002)
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SIGNED first edition -
ISBN
9780932727978
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$27.50

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Pasadena, CA: : Hope Publishing House,, (2002). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. "In 1948 Secretary of State George Marshall told President Truman he'd not vote for the president's re-election should he recognize Israel - and warned that the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine would lead to… Read more about this item
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AMONG THE BELIEVERS: An Islamic Journey.

AMONG THE BELIEVERS: An Islamic Journey.

by Naipaul, V. S.

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Used - Fine in near fine dust jacket (closed tear to upper edge of front cover of dj, original price of 15.00 on dj flap)
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near fine
Published
1981.
Binding
Hardcover first edition -
ISBN
9780394509693
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$34.50

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New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1981.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in near fine dust jacket (closed tear to upper edge of front cover of dj, original price of 15.00 on dj flap). First trade edition. An account of a visit to 4 countries in the throes of 'Islamization' - Pakistan, Iran, Malaysia and Indonesia - a subject… Read more about this item
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THE LOST HEART OF ASIA.

THE LOST HEART OF ASIA.

by Thubron, Colin.

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Used - Near fine in a very near fine dust jacket (toning to the pages).
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very near fine
Published
(1994)
Binding
Hardcover first edition -
ISBN
9780434779765
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$24.50

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London:: William Heinemann,, (1994). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a very near fine dust jacket (toning to the pages).. First printing. A book on the newly-emergent countries of central Asia which contain the magical cities of Bukhara and Samarkand, the Kazakh Steppes, the deserts of Karakum and the Pamir Mountains. The five Central Asian republics… Read more about this item
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WEST OF KABUL, EAST OF NEW YORK: An Afghan American Story.

WEST OF KABUL, EAST OF NEW YORK: An Afghan American Story.

by Ansary, Tamim.

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Used - Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (light toning).
Published
(2003.)
ISBN
9780312421519
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$15.00

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New York:: Picador / Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (2003.). Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (light toning).. 1st trade paperback printing. "The day after Islamic terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center, Tamim Ansary of San Francisco sent an anguished e-mail to twenty friends, duscussing the attack from his perspective as an Afgan American. That message, spreading via the… Read more about this item
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JIHAD: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia.

JIHAD: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia.

by Rashid, Ahmed

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Used - Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Published
(2002)
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First edition -
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New Haven, CT:: Yale University Press,, (2002). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. ) A study of the five Central Asian republics - Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan - which were part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991. Although rich in both cultural heritage and natural resources… Read more about this item
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OPIUM NATION: Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman's Journey Through Afghanistan.

OPIUM NATION: Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman's Journey Through Afghanistan.

by Nawa, Fariba.

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Used - Near fine.
Published
(2011)
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First edition -
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New York:: HarperPerennial,, (2011). First edition -. Near fine.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) When reporter Fariba Nawa returned home to Afghanistan, after 20 years in the US, she discovers a country transformed by a multibillion-dollar drug trade. After decades of unbroken war, this is a country of poppy farmers, corrupt officials, expats, drug… Read more about this item
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DUST IN THE LION'S PAW: Autobiography 1939-1946.

DUST IN THE LION'S PAW: Autobiography 1939-1946.

by Stark, Freya.

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Used - Good overall - some spine slant, contents clean.
Published
(1985.)
ISBN
9780712604512
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London:: Century, , (1985.). Good overall - some spine slant, contents clean.. Trade paperback. The fourth volume in her autobiography - this covers the years during World War II when, despite her personal sufferings (the man she loved killed by the Germans, her mother imprisoned by Mussolini) she used her knowledge of the middle East to act as… Read more about this item
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IN THE LAND OF INVISIBLE WOMEN: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom

IN THE LAND OF INVISIBLE WOMEN: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom

by Ahmed, Qanta.

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Used - Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Published
(2008)
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First edition -
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$21.00

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Naperville, IL:: Sourcebooks,, (2008). First edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) When she was denied a visa to remain in the United States, Qanta Ahmed, a young British Muslim doctor, accepted a position in Saudi Arabia. She saw this as more than a new job, but also… Read more about this item
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A HUNDRED AND ONE DAYS: A Baghdad Journal.

A HUNDRED AND ONE DAYS: A Baghdad Journal.

by Seierstad, Asne.

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Used - Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
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like
Published
(2005)
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Hardcover first edition -
ISBN
9780465076000
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Norman, OK:: Basic Books,, (2005). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First US printing. The second book by the author of The Bookseller of Kabul. For 101 days, from January to April 2003, Nowegian journalist Seierstad worked as a reporter in Baghdad - this book focuses on the stories of the people… Read more about this item
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GETTING OUT: Historical Perspectives on Leaving Iraq.

GETTING OUT: Historical Perspectives on Leaving Iraq.

by Walzer, Michael and Nicolaus Mills, editors.

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Used - Fine in glossy black wrappers.
Published
(2009)
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First edition -
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Philadelphia:: University of Pennsylvania Press,, (2009). First edition -. Fine in glossy black wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A book which approaches the issue in two sections: The first "examines seven historical cases of how and how not to withdraw: Britain's departure from the American colonies and from India, the French withdrawal… Read more about this item
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THE MONK OF MOKHA.
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THE MONK OF MOKHA.

by Eggers, Dave.

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Used - Fine in decorative red boards, no dust jacket as issued.
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decorative red boards, no
Published
2018.
Binding
SIGNED hardcover first edition -
ISBN
9781101947319
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$45.00

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New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 2018.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in decorative red boards, no dust jacket as issued.. First printing. The true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco's Tenderloin, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sanaa, Yemen by the civil war… Read more about this item
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UNVEILED: A Woman's Journey Through Politics, Love and Obedience.

UNVEILED: A Woman's Journey Through Politics, Love and Obedience.

by Kanafani, Deborah.

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Used - Fine in printed pale green wrappers.
Published
2008.
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First edition -
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New York:: Free Press (SImon and Schuster), 2008.. First edition -. Fine in printed pale green wrappers.. Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. ) Memoir by the Lebanese-American ex-wife of a former advisor to Yasser Arafat in which she recounts her involuntary relinquishment of American freedoms during her marriage and her post-divorce struggles to reclaim her children from… Read more about this item
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ARMY OF ROSES: Inside the World of Palestinian Women Suicide Bombers.

ARMY OF ROSES: Inside the World of Palestinian Women Suicide Bombers.

by Victor, Barbara.

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Used - Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Jacket Condition
near fine
Published
(2003)
Binding
Hardcover first edition -
ISBN
9781579548308
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$21.50

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Emmaus, PA:: Rodale Press,, (2003). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. Foreword by Christopher Dickey who states "As Barbara Victor makes clear in this extraordinary chronicle of passion and politics, terror and liberation, Palestinian women have always known that when it comes to suffering and dying, they are the equals… Read more about this item
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AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED.
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AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED.

by Hosseini, Khaled.

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Used - Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
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like
Published
2013.
Binding
Hardcover first edition -
ISBN
9781594631764
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New York:: Riverhead Books,, 2013.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. Third novel by the author of "The Kite Runner." Beginning in Afghanistan, this novel has been described as "sweeping, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting. A day after he tells the tale of the div, the father gives away his own… Read more about this item
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THE UNVEILING.
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THE UNVEILING.

by Payne, Grace Fisher.

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Used - Near fine in very good dust jacket. Some minor notations to the title page and copyright page by the author, and updates to the
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very good
Published
(1957)
Binding
SIGNED hardcover -
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Duarte, CA: : Westminster Gardens,, (1957). SIGNED hardcover -. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Some minor notations to the title page and copyright page by the author, and updates to the author's biography on the dj flap.. 2nd printing. "This is the story of Esmat, a woman of modern Iran, her struggle for the right… Read more about this item
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COME BACK TO AFGHANISTAN: A California Teenager's Story.
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COME BACK TO AFGHANISTAN: A California Teenager's Story.

by Akbar, Said Hyder and Susan Burton.

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Used - Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.
Jacket Condition
near fine
Published
(2005)
Binding
SIGNED hardcover first edition -
ISBN
9781582345208
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$39.50

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New York:: Bloomsbury,, (2005). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.. First printing. After 9/11, the author's father sold his clothing store in Oakland and returned to Afghanistan to become President Hamid Karzai's chief spokesman and later the governor of Kunar. Said visited Afghanistan during three consecutive summers, recording his travels on… Read more about this item
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EVLIYA CELEBI.

EVLIYA CELEBI.

by Ministry of Tourism and Information, Turkey.

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Used - Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Published
n.d.
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Ajans Turk Press,, n.d.. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. . Paperback. An account of Mehmed Zilli (1611 1682), known as Evliya elebi, an Ottoman explorer who travelled through the territory of the Ottoman Empire and neighboring lands over a period of forty years. Illustrated with a color plate in the front and 14 plates at… Read more about this item
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