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USA: Ivy Books/Ballantine Publishing, 1989. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Mass Market Paperback in Very Good Condition. Fulghum writes about life, death, love, pain, joy, sorrow--the very "stuff of life" and the significance found in the smallest details. 196 pages. 4.25 x 7 inches. Ivy House, USA, 1989.

Brassey's US, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Brassey's US, 1995; First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. Fine red half cloth, black titles with navy boards; tight, solid and square, sharp corners; internals pristine. "In Embassies Under Siege, eyewitnesses present nine representative crises in vivid detail, examining the recurring challenges posed to diplomatic missions. The authors, all career Foreign Service officers, provide more than just frightening firsthand accounts of vulnerable people facing great peril. They also suggest useful lessons for protecting diplomatic personnel abroad." (from the jacket) 8vo. 192 pages. Notes and Index. 1995, Brassey's US.

New York: Penguin Books, 2008. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Rear corner tips slightly wrinkled, else Fine. Clean, unmarked solid volume. A look at how the super-rich consistently rely on public handouts while preaching about free markets and wasteful entitlement programs--all the way to the bank. Congressional earmarks, subsidies, hedge fund tax breaks, subsidies to sports teams, K-street lobbyists, amid a cavernous gap between rich and poor. David Johnston reveals the forces that shape our everyday economic lives and shows us how we can make things better. 326 pp with Notes and Index. 8vo. 2008, Penguin Books. ISBN10: 1591842484, ISBN13: 9781591842484

USA: Penguin, 2008. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Seventh Revised and Updated Edition, 2008, with a new Introduction, for the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of Israel. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked wraps, with a whisper of wear. Soundly bound, square. Pages toned, quite clean, ompletely unmarked. This documentary history covers the full spectrum of the Israel-Arab conflict, from the earliest days, through wars, and the peace-making efforts of the Camp David Agreements, up to the Israel-PLO and Israel-Jordan peace accords. In print for forty years and now in its 7th edition, "The Israel-Arab Reader" is an authoritative guide to more than a denturyt of conflict in the Middle East. 626 pages, 8.5" x 5.5" x 1.5". 2008, Penguin USA, New York

USA: Penguin, 1995. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. First Printing of this Fifth Revised and Updated Edition. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked blue and gold cover, with slight edgewear, Soundly bound, square. Pages clean and unmarked, toned, a few are slightly creased on top edge. Prev owner name in pencil on first page. This documentary history covers the full spectrum of the Israel-Arab conflict, from the earliest days, through wars, and the peace-making efforts of the Camp David Agreements, up to the Israel-PLO and Israel-Jordan peace accords. 686 pages. 8 x 1.25 x 5 inches. Penguin USA, New York, 1995.

New York & London: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2009. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co., 2009. Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Fareed Zakaria describes the "rise of the rest"--the political and economic ascendance of countries such as China, India, Brarzil, Russia, South Africa, and Kenya. 292 pages, with Notes and Index. 292 pp with Notes and Index. 8vo. 2009, W. W. Norton & Co Inc.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2003. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. b/w illustrations and maps. An account of the forces--historical, religious, ethnic, and political--that produced Saddam Hussein's dictatorship. b/w illustrations and maps. He was president of Iraq from July 1979 to April 2003. The author says that after he goes, the country could be the site of conflict even more vicious than the Balkan wars. Written in 2003. Clean and unmarked wraps with light crease to front corners; tight and solid glued binding. Pages toned, more so alonmg edges, quite clean. 427 pages, Afterword, Bibliography, Index. 8.25" x 505". 2003, W. W. Norton & Company, New York.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Princeton Univ Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in FINE Condition. This study reveals how much race-sensitive admissions increase the likelihood that African Americans will be admitted to selective universities and demonstrates what effect the termination of these policies would have on the number of minority students. It also determines how well minorities have performed academically in comparison to other students and what success they have subsequently had. Handsome binding of black full cloth w/gilt titles, very clean & unmarked, tight & solid, square with sharp corners. 472 pages with Appendix Tables, References, and Index. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ 1998.

NBM Publishing, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Publisher: NBM Publishing, 2006. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Introduction by Ahmed Rashid. Graphic Novel. B/w illustrations. Red cloth back boards with yellow lettering on front and spine. Very clean and unmarked book, inside and out. Corner tips and spine head and heel rubbed. Unclipped jacket has slight wear to spine head and heel else fine. 303 pages. Bibliography. 8vo. 2006, NBM Publishing. ISBN10: 1561634549, ISBN13: 9781561634545

Mechanicsburg, PA, USA: Stackpole Books, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. . Black paper-wrapped boards with copper titles to spine, clean with some darkened areas like from fingerprints; tight, solid and square binding, sharp corners. Red-orange endpapers have two small whitish spots and also on inner lower front corner. Internals As New. 367 pages. 5.75 x 8.5 inchers. 2007, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA.

Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc, 2006. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Regnery Publishing First Printing of First Paperback Edition, 2006. Paperbnack AS New. 222 pages. Bibliography. Notes. Index. 8vo. 2006, Regnery Publishing, Inc. ISBN10: 1596980214, ISBN13: 9781596980211

Oxford Univ Press, 2002. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Ex-Library Hardcover Former Library Book and Jacket in Good Condition. Clean, tight, unmarked--only markings are library stamp on endpaper and text block, no cards or pockets---otherwise in fine condition. 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.

New York, New York, USA: Vintage Books/Random House, Inc, 1987. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. A firsthand account of the Afghan Resitance to the Russian occupation of Afghanistan from 1979 into the 1980s. Clean and unmarked wraps in gold and burgundy, corners ruffled, slight wear to spine head, the binding is solid and tight, all pages intact. Pages are clean and completely unmarked, moderately toned, corners ruffled. Name on title page of former owner. 171pages. 5 x 8 inches. 1987, Vintage Books/Random House, New York, New York, USA