The Forever War by Dexter Filkins
-- also available in eBook format -- In The Forever War, N.Y. Times correspondent Dexter Filkins captures many dramatic moments of the Afghanistan and Iraqi wars. The book begins in Kabul with the brutality of the Taliban. Mr. Filkins ...
(September 2009)
Moment of Truth in Iraq by Michael Yon
What is the real story of the Iraqi War? Michael Yon is a former Green Beret and reporting as a journalist the amazing eyewitness stories of the Iraqi war in the “Moment ...
(January 2009)
Constantinople : Capital of Byzantium by Jonathan Harris
Constantinople serves as an introduction to the history of the famed city that lasted more than 1000 years. Harris arranged his subjects chronologically but made no attempts to include all emperors, dynasties ...
(September 2008)
The End of Iraq : How American Incompetence Created a War Without End by Peter W. Galbraith
The Iraq war and American involvement lead us to 2 questions: What is the point of the war in Iraq? Also, why is this unknown Iraqi conflict becoming a dominating factor in ...
(March 2008)
Shadow War : the Untold Story of How Bush Is Winning the War on Terror by Richard Miniter
September 11th has changed American life and culture forever, and reminds us of the necessary yet regrettable need to remain on the continual offensive in the war against terrorism. Richard Miniter’s Shadow ...
(February 2007)
Secrets of the Kingdom : the Inside Story of the Saudi-U.S. Connection by Gerald L. Posner
Gerald Posner, author of Why America Slept has compiled an interesting collection of insights into one of the most secretive societies on earth. This book begins with a short historical chronicle of ...
(February 2007)
A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz, Translated by Nicholas de Lange
In this memoir the Israeli novelist vividly recollects his childhood, growing up in Jerusalem in the 1940's and 50's. His loving parents' lives were meager and constricted, but filled with books. His ...
(July 2005)
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
In this intriguing memoir, Nafisi weaves an intricate tapestry of themes including Iran's Islamic Revolution -- led by the Ayatollah Khomeini, 1979-1989 -- war, women's rights, academia, and, overall, the power of ...
(June 2005)
Burned Alive : a Victim of the Law of Men by Souad
How could a mother be complicit in the murder of her babies, smothering them at birth? Not once, but seven times! How could a father coldly arrange to have his daughter burned ...
(November 2004)
Leap of Faith : Memoirs of an Unexpected Life by Queen Noor of Jordan
In 1951 Lisa Halaby was born into a distinguished Arab-American family. She was in the first class of women accepted to Princeton, where she majored in architecture and urban planning. Her father ...
(July 2004)
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