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American Priestess
The Extraordinary Story of Anna Spafford and the American Colony in Jerusalem
Written by Jane Fletcher Geniesse
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $17.95
For generations, The American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem has been a well-known retreat for journalists, diplomats, pilgrims and spies. However, few know the story of Anna Spafford, the enigmatic evangelist who was instrumental in its founding
Branded heretics by Jerusalem’s established Christian missionaries when they arrived in 1881, the Spaffords and... Read more >
The Extraordinary Story of Anna Spafford and the American Colony in Jerusalem
Written by Jane Fletcher Geniesse
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $17.95
For generations, The American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem has been a well-known retreat for journalists, diplomats, pilgrims and spies. However, few know the story of Anna Spafford, the enigmatic evangelist who was instrumental in its founding
Branded heretics by Jerusalem’s established Christian missionaries when they arrived in 1881, the Spaffords and... Read more >
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Everywhere a Guest, Nowhere at Home
A New Vision of Israel and Palestine
Written by Kim Chernin
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2009
Price: $14.95
The title of this book is a phrase often used to describe the fate of the Jewish people in the world and invokes one of the central arguments for the creation of the state of Israel. In this thoughtful collection of essays, Kim Chernin suggests that the Zionist struggle has left... Read more >
A New Vision of Israel and Palestine
Written by Kim Chernin
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2009
Price: $14.95
The title of this book is a phrase often used to describe the fate of the Jewish people in the world and invokes one of the central arguments for the creation of the state of Israel. In this thoughtful collection of essays, Kim Chernin suggests that the Zionist struggle has left... Read more >
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A History of Zionism
From the French Revolution to the Establishment of the State of Israel
Written by Walter Laqueur
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 1, 2009
Price: $19.95
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From the French Revolution to the Establishment of the State of Israel
Written by Walter Laqueur
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 1, 2009
Price: $19.95
Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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American Priestess
The Extraordinary Story of Anna Spafford and the American Colony in Jerusalem
Written by Jane Fletcher Geniesse
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: June 17, 2008
Price: $26.00
For generations in Jerusalem, a fabled mansion has been the retreat for foreign correspondents, diplomats, pilgrims and spies–but until now, few have known the true story of the house that became the American Colony Hotel or its bizarre history of tragedy, religious extremism, emotional blackmail, and peculiar sexual practices.
During the... Read more >
The Extraordinary Story of Anna Spafford and the American Colony in Jerusalem
Written by Jane Fletcher Geniesse
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: June 17, 2008
Price: $26.00
For generations in Jerusalem, a fabled mansion has been the retreat for foreign correspondents, diplomats, pilgrims and spies–but until now, few have known the true story of the house that became the American Colony Hotel or its bizarre history of tragedy, religious extremism, emotional blackmail, and peculiar sexual practices.
During the... Read more >
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eBook and a
trade paperback.
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American Priestess
The Extraordinary Story of Anna Spafford and the American Colony in Jerusalem
Written by Jane Fletcher Geniesse
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: June 17, 2008
Price: $17.95
For generations, a fabled mansion in Jerusalem has been the retreat for foreign correspondents, diplomats, pilgrims, and spies, but, until now, no one had known the true story of the house that became the American Colony Hotel, with its bizarre history of tragedy, religious- extremism, emotional blackmail, and peculiar sexual practices.
In... Read more >
The Extraordinary Story of Anna Spafford and the American Colony in Jerusalem
Written by Jane Fletcher Geniesse
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: June 17, 2008
Price: $17.95
For generations, a fabled mansion in Jerusalem has been the retreat for foreign correspondents, diplomats, pilgrims, and spies, but, until now, no one had known the true story of the house that became the American Colony Hotel, with its bizarre history of tragedy, religious- extremism, emotional blackmail, and peculiar sexual practices.
In... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Prisoners
A Story of Friendship and Terror
Written by Jeffrey Goldberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $14.95
During the first Palestinian uprising in 1990, Jeffrey Goldberg – an American Jew – served as a guard at the largest prison camp in Israel. One of his prisoners was Rafiq, a rising leader in the PLO. Overcoming their fears and prejudices, the two men began a dialogue that, over more... Read more >
A Story of Friendship and Terror
Written by Jeffrey Goldberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $14.95
During the first Palestinian uprising in 1990, Jeffrey Goldberg – an American Jew – served as a guard at the largest prison camp in Israel. One of his prisoners was Rafiq, a rising leader in the PLO. Overcoming their fears and prejudices, the two men began a dialogue that, over more... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Arabs and Israel For Beginners
Written by Ron David
Illustrated by Susan David
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $14.95
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is in the headlines daily, but do most Americans really understand what it is about? With dramatic events happening almost every day in this region, and the US government increasingly becoming involved, the American public deserves to hear both sides. Arabs & Israel For Beginners provides an intelligent... Read more >
Written by Ron David
Illustrated by Susan David
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $14.95
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is in the headlines daily, but do most Americans really understand what it is about? With dramatic events happening almost every day in this region, and the US government increasingly becoming involved, the American public deserves to hear both sides. Arabs & Israel For Beginners provides an intelligent... Read more >
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A History of Israel
From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time
Written by Howard M. Sachar
Format: Trade Paperback, 1296 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2007
Price: $39.95
Second Edition, Revised and Expanded Read more >
From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time
Written by Howard M. Sachar
Format: Trade Paperback, 1296 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2007
Price: $39.95
Second Edition, Revised and Expanded Read more >
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Prisoners
Written by Jeffrey Goldberg
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 3, 2006
Price: $14.95
They met in 1990 during the first Palestinian uprising—one was an American Jew who served as a prison guard in the largest prison in Israel, the other, his prisoner, Rafiq, a rising leader in the PLO. Despite their fears and prejudices, they began a dialogue there that grew into a remarkable... Read more >
Written by Jeffrey Goldberg
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 3, 2006
Price: $14.95
They met in 1990 during the first Palestinian uprising—one was an American Jew who served as a prison guard in the largest prison in Israel, the other, his prisoner, Rafiq, a rising leader in the PLO. Despite their fears and prejudices, they began a dialogue there that grew into a remarkable... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Right to Exist
A Moral Defense of Israel's Wars
Written by Yaacov Lozowick
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $15.00
For more than a half-century, Israel has been forced to defend its existence against international political disapproval, racist calumny, and violence visited upon its citizens by terrorists of many stripes. While nations have always been made to defend their moral, political, economic, or social actions, Israel has the unique plight of... Read more >
A Moral Defense of Israel's Wars
Written by Yaacov Lozowick
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $15.00
For more than a half-century, Israel has been forced to defend its existence against international political disapproval, racist calumny, and violence visited upon its citizens by terrorists of many stripes. While nations have always been made to defend their moral, political, economic, or social actions, Israel has the unique plight of... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Right to Exist
A Moral Defense of Israel's Wars
Written by Yaacov Lozowick
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2003
Price: $26.00
In July 2000, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat refused to negotiate a peace offer made by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak at Camp David. At the end of September the Palestinians then launched their second intifada, an outbreak of terrorism in the heart of Israel’s cities that continues to this day. The... Read more >
A Moral Defense of Israel's Wars
Written by Yaacov Lozowick
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2003
Price: $26.00
In July 2000, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat refused to negotiate a peace offer made by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak at Camp David. At the end of September the Palestinians then launched their second intifada, an outbreak of terrorism in the heart of Israel’s cities that continues to this day. The... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Six Days of War
June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
Written by Michael B. Oren
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: June 3, 2003
Price: $17.95
Though it lasted for only six tense days in June, the 1967 Arab-Israeli war never really ended. Every crisis that has ripped through this region in the ensuing decades, from the Yom Kippur War of 1973 to the ongoing intifada, is a direct consequence of those six days of fighting. Michael... Read more >
June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
Written by Michael B. Oren
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: June 3, 2003
Price: $17.95
Though it lasted for only six tense days in June, the 1967 Arab-Israeli war never really ended. Every crisis that has ripped through this region in the ensuing decades, from the Yom Kippur War of 1973 to the ongoing intifada, is a direct consequence of those six days of fighting. Michael... Read more >
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A History of Zionism
From the French Revolution to the Establishment of the State of Israel
Written by Walter Laqueur
Format: Trade Paperback, 688 pages
On Sale: May 20, 2003
Price: $19.95
Read more >
From the French Revolution to the Establishment of the State of Israel
Written by Walter Laqueur
Format: Trade Paperback, 688 pages
On Sale: May 20, 2003
Price: $19.95
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Tragedy of Zionism
How Its Revolutionary Past Haunts Israeli Democracy
Written by Bernard Avashai
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2002
Price: $27.50
Read more >
How Its Revolutionary Past Haunts Israeli Democracy
Written by Bernard Avashai
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2002
Price: $27.50
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Veiled Courage
Inside the Afghan Women's Resistance
Written by Cheryl Benard
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2002
Price: $23.95
In Afghanistan under Taliban rule, women were forbidden to work or go to school, they could not leave their homes without a male chaperone, and they could not be seen without a head-to-toe covering called the burqa. A woman’s slightest infractions were met with brutal public beatings. That is why it... Read more >
Inside the Afghan Women's Resistance
Written by Cheryl Benard
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2002
Price: $23.95
In Afghanistan under Taliban rule, women were forbidden to work or go to school, they could not leave their homes without a male chaperone, and they could not be seen without a head-to-toe covering called the burqa. A woman’s slightest infractions were met with brutal public beatings. That is why it... Read more >
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Israel and Europe
An Appraisal in History
Written by Howard M. Sachar
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: June 13, 2000
Price: $15.00
"A remarkable feat--clear, compelling and accessible--. Critical background for any appreciation of the Jewish state."--The New York Times Book Review
With his characteristic grace and lucidity, Howard M. Sachar, renowned author of thirteen earlier books on Middle Eastern and Jewish history, brings to life the complex and dramatic story of the friendships... Read more >
An Appraisal in History
Written by Howard M. Sachar
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: June 13, 2000
Price: $15.00
"A remarkable feat--clear, compelling and accessible--. Critical background for any appreciation of the Jewish state."--The New York Times Book Review
With his characteristic grace and lucidity, Howard M. Sachar, renowned author of thirteen earlier books on Middle Eastern and Jewish history, brings to life the complex and dramatic story of the friendships... Read more >
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