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Eyewitness Guide Jerusalem: Israel, Petra & Sinai

Eyewitness Guide Jerusalem: Israel, Petra & Sinai

by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

This compact, illustrated guide provides a thorough overview of Israel and western Jordan, including Petra, Wadi Rum and Amman. (ISR46, $25.00)

In the Land of Israel

In the Land of Israel

by Amos Oz

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 275 PAGES

In this compelling volume, Israeli novelist Amos Oz interviewed dozens of his fellow countrymen from all walks of life. A passionate, candid and diverse portrait of a people and their hopes, fears and prejudices. (ISR03, $14.95)

The Israelis, Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land

The Israelis, Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land

by Donna Rosenthal

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 480 PAGES

Colorful and compelling, this sharp-eyed portrait captures the diversity of modern Israel with humor and authority. 60th anniversary edition. (ISR53, $16.00)

Israel, Palestine, Holy Land Map

Israel, Palestine, Holy Land Map

by Freytag & Berndt

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • MAP
  • 1 PAGES

A double-sided, indexed map at a scale of 1:150,000. (ISR09, $14.95)

 
Jerusalem Map

Jerusalem Map


by Borch Maps

  • 2006
  • MAP

A fold-out street map with an inset of the old city in more detail. (ISR13, $8.95)

Tel Aviv Map

Tel Aviv Map


by MAPA Publishers

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • MAP
  • 1 PAGES

This frequently updated, detailed city map of Tel Aviv includes a guide to the sights on the reverse. (ISR40, $12.95)

Insight Guide Israel

Insight Guide Israel


by Insight Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

This lavishly illustrated guide includes maps and short essays on history, culture and attractions. (ISR01, $23.99)

The Holy Land, An Oxford Archaeological Guide

The Holy Land, An Oxford Archaeological Guide


by Jerome Murphy O'Connor

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 450 PAGES

Half of this indispensable, authoritative guide is devoted to the Roman temples, Byzantine synagogues and other monuments -- Christian, Jewish and Muslim -- of Jerusalem itself. (ISR12, $37.95)

A History of Modern Israel

A History of Modern Israel


by Colin Shindler

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Shindler charts the tumultuous foundation and course of the modern state of Israel over the last 60 years in this balanced and lucid account. (ISR65, $25.99)

Aliya, Three Generations of American-Jewish Immigration to Israel

Aliya, Three Generations of American-Jewish Immigration to Israel


by Liel Leibovitz

  • RELIGION
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A well-researched and deeply personal examination of the spiritual and psychological motivations of American Jews who immigrate to Israel. (ISR55, $15.95)

From Beirut to Jerusalem

From Beirut to Jerusalem


by Thomas Friedman

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 530 PAGES

An illuminating and heartfelt exploration of the complex Middle East. Pulitzer Prize winner Friedman provides a personal and a scholarly perspective on the roots of the conflict. (MDE03, $17.00)

Homeland, The Illustrated History of the State of Israel

Homeland, The Illustrated History of the State of Israel


by Marv Wolfman

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 120 PAGES

Depicting the history of Israel from biblical Abraham to the present, this sophisticated, four-color graphic adaptation is academically grounded, guiding readers through highlights in historical detail and from Israel's world view. (ISR59, $21.95)

Jerusalem, City of Longing

Jerusalem, City of Longing


by Simon Goldhill

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

Goldhill shows the layered, multi-religious history of the city through its architecture, organizing his exhilarating guide into a series of seven walking tours (each with map). (ISR63, $19.95)

Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths

Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths


by Karen Armstrong

  • RELIGION
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 472 PAGES

A popular history by the author of A History of God. Armstrong tackles big subjects -- and this book is no exception. It's a comprehensive, concise portrait of the city over the last 5,000 years. (ISR10, $18.00)

Judaism, A Very Short Introduction

Judaism, A Very Short Introduction


by Norman Solomon

  • RELIGION
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

Succinctly sketching the history, religious traditions and practice of Judaism. (REL38, $11.95)

O Jerusalem

O Jerusalem


by Dominique Lapierre | Larry Collins

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 635 PAGES

A new edition of the dramatic history of the siege of Jerusalem during the 1948 Israeli War of Independence, as told through the personal stories of Jews, Arabs and Brits. (ISR11, $18.00)

Raid On The Sun, Inside Israel's Secret Campaign that Denied Saddam the Bomb

Raid On The Sun, Inside Israel's Secret Campaign that Denied Saddam the Bomb


by Rodger W. Claire

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

Based on interviews with surviving pilots and planners, this is a fast-paced account of Operation Babylon, the 1981 Israeli air strike on an Iraqi nuclear reactor. (ISR54, $15.99)

The Case for Israel

The Case for Israel


by Alan M. Dershowitz

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A prominent defense attorney, Dershowitz uses the form of a legal brief for this confrontational survey of the politics and policies of Israel. (ISR56, $12.95)

The Gifts of the Jews


by Thomas Cahill

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

Cahill brings to life the ancient Hebrews and their contribution to modern life and thought in this second volume on The Making of the Ancient World. (MDE113, $16.00)

The Israel-Arab Reader

The Israel-Arab Reader


by Barry Rubin | Walter Laqueur

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 592 PAGES

Organized chronologically, this newly revised primer includes speeches, letters, articles, timelines and reports dealing with the continuing conflict in the Middle East. (ISR62, $18.00)

The Story of Israel

The Story of Israel


by Martin Gilbert

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 64 PAGES

Starting with the First Zionist Congress in Basel in 1897, Gilbert takes the story of Israel up to the first decade of the 21st Century. With 350 photographs, 14 color maps, and 40 facsimile documents (letter, posters, diaries), many of which pull out and unfold to their original size. (ISR66, $34.95)

Walking the Bible, A Photographic Journey

Walking the Bible, A Photographic Journey


by Bruce Feiler

  • RELIGION
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 160 PAGES

Color photographs and accompanying vignettes capture the people and places of Feiler's remarkable odyssey through the biblical lands of Egypt, Israel, Palestine and Turkey. (MDE94, $32.50)

Israel, Past and Present

Israel, Past and Present


by D. Bahat

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 76 PAGES

Ingenious overlaid illustrations on acetate show Holy Land sites and monuments as they look today and as they did when they were first constructed in antiquity. (ISR44, $25.00)

A Tale of Love and Darkness

A Tale of Love and Darkness


by Amos Oz

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 544 PAGES

A family saga and portrait, Oz writes of growing up in Jerusalem in the 1940s, his family's origins and his life as a novelist and commentator. Big in scope, A Tale of Love and Darkness is, in part, the story of Israel and its people. (ISR45, $16.00)

Abraham, A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths

Abraham, A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths


by Bruce Feiler

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Feiler mixes travel, history and faith, focusing on the historical Abraham as the father of Judaism, Islam and Christianity. (MDE79, $12.99)

God, A Biography

God, A Biography


by Jack Miles

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 446 PAGES

The 1996 Pulitzer Prize winner in the category of biography -- and a biography it is: a marvelous, demanding and risky look at the development of God (the man and the idea). (ISR18, $16.95)

I Saw Ramallah

I Saw Ramallah


by Mourid Barghouti | Edward W. Said | Ahdaf Soueif

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 184 PAGES

An evocative and powerful memoir, focused on the author's return to the West Bank after 30 years, a place utterly changed and still at the center of the devastating conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians. (MDE73, $14.00)

Israel Through My Lens, Sixty Years as a Photojournalist

Israel Through My Lens, Sixty Years as a Photojournalist


by David Rubinger

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 335 PAGES

The compelling autobiography of Israel's preeminent photojournalist, illustrated with his most memorable images. With 129 illustrations, 46 in full color. (ISR64, $35.00)

Exodus

Exodus


by Leon Uris

  • LITERATURE
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 608 PAGES

A blockbuster novel, this book is mandatory reading for its sweeping overview of Israel and Palestine. (ISR05, $7.99)

Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday


by Shmuel Yosef Agnon

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 688 PAGES

Israeli Nobel Laureate Agnon's masterpiece here appears in English translation. First published in 1945, the novel tells of a man who immigrates to Palestine at the beginning of the century, when many Jewish idealists were returning to work the Hebrew soil as in Biblical times. (MDE139, $45.00)

The Book of Abraham

The Book of Abraham


by Marek Halter

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 600 PAGES

Widely celebrated, this riveting family saga traces the tumultuous history of a scroll through 19 centuries of European Jewish history. (ISR52, $14.95)

In a Desert Land, Photographs of Israel, Egypt and Jordan

In a Desert Land, Photographs of Israel, Egypt and Jordan


by Neil Folberg

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1998
  • HARD COVER
  • 204 PAGES

A stunning collection of photographs of the desert Middle East, including the Sinai, Petra and Jerusalem. (JRD06, $49.95)

Birds of the Middle East

Birds of the Middle East


by Richard Porter | Simon Aspinall

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

An outstanding guide to 700 species of the birds in the region from the Arabian peninsula to Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Cyprus. Second edition. (MDE17, $39.95)

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