Nine Quarters of Jerusalem
By: Matthew Teller
3.93
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In Jerusalem, what you see and what is true are two different things. Maps divide the walled Old Ci…
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1. Jerusalem: The Biography
By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
4.07
Format: 752 pages, Hardcover
The epic history of three thousand years of faith, fanaticism, bloodshed, and coexistence, from Kin… read more
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"Necessity is very often the mother of romance."-Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography
"Names were changed, traditions muddled, but all that matters in Jerusalem is what is believed to be true."-Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography
"In 312, Manichaeanism and Mithraism were no less popular than Christianity. Constantine could just as easily have chosen one of these - and Europe might today be Mithraistic or Manichaean."-Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography
"What the fanatical Jewish conservatives regarded as heathen pollution, cosmopolitans saw as civilization. This was the start of a new pattern in Jerusalem: the more sacred she became, the more divide…"-Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography
2. Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape
By: Raja Shehadeh
4.23
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
“I often come to walk in these hills,” I said to the soldier…he was compact and short, not much tal… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
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"Aku ada buku, aku tak perlukan pakaian atau sepatu khusus untuk berjalan ke perbukitan."-Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape
"Ini bukan pertama kali kita kalah, tapi kini pemimpin kita meraikannya seolah kita menang. (Tentang Perjanjian Damai Oslo antara Israel-Palestin)"-Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape
"Religious practice in the Land of the Bible tends to encourage exclusivity and discrimination rather than love and magnanimity. There is no place like the Holy Land to make one cynical about religion."-Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape
"Meskipun aku suka sekali pohon ru, kuakui mereka seperti penjajah. Merekalah bukti betapa manusia telah menelantarkan bukit ini pada kuasa alam. Warna mereka hijau gelap, tak seperti pohon zaitun yan…"-Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape
3. The Seven Good Years
By: Etgar Keret , Miriam Shlesinger , Sondra Silverston , Jessica Cohen , Anthony Berris
4.15
Format: 173 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, life-affirming, and hilarious memoir from a master storyteller.The seven years between… read more
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- nonfiction
"Experience has taught me that there are some situations in which it's better to keep quiet. That is, I tried to keep quiet. Life gives me good advice, but sometimes I refuse to take it."-Etgar Keret, The Seven Good Years
"The story I had written wasn't the creased, stit-smeared paper now sitting in the bottom of the trash can on the street. That page was just a pipeline through which I could transmit my feelings from …"-Etgar Keret, The Seven Good Years
"The writer is neither saint nor tzaddik nor prophet standing at the gate; he's just another sinner who has a somewhat sharper awareness and uses slightly more precise language to describe the inconce…"-Etgar Keret, The Seven Good Years
"Me, when it comes to religion, I have no God. When I'm cool, I don't need anyone, and when I'm feeling shitty and this big empty hole opens up inside me, I just know there's never been a god that cou…"-Etgar Keret, The Seven Good Years
4. Hebrew Myths: The Book of Genesis
By: Robert Graves , Raphael Patai
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This exploration of Hebrew myths & the book of Genesis resulted from a collaboration between a scho… read more
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- nonfiction
- judaism
- history
5. Raft (Xeelee Sequence, #1)
By: Stephen Baxter
4.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
Alternate-cover edition can be found Stephen Baxter's highly acclaimed first novel and the beginn… read more
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6. A Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the Struggle for the Mastery of the Middle East
By: James Barr
3.33
Format: 170 pages, Hardcover
Through a stellar cast of politicians, diplomats, spies and soldiers - including T.E. Lawrence, Win… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
7. Białe. Zimna wyspa Spitsbergen
By: Ilona Wiśniewska
3.68
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
Spitsbergen to najwieksza wyspa norweskiego archipelagu Svalbard w Arktyce i najbardziej na polnoc … read more
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8. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
By: Peter Frankopan
3.77
Format: None pages,
From the rise and fall of empires in China, Persia, and Rome itself to the spread of Buddhism and a… read more
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9. A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
By: Nathan Thrall
4.35
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION Named a Best Book of the Year by The N… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
10. The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World
By: Peter Frankopan
3.58
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
'All roads used to lead to Rome. Today, they lead to Beijing.' When The Silk Roads was published… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Schoolkinderen worden snel groot (sneller dan wij volgens de krantenberichten), en ze moeten onze wereld gaan begrijpen. Lezen is een manier om de volgende generatie te helpen om te leren en te denke…"-Peter Frankopan, The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World
11. The Lion House
By: Christopher de Bellaigue
3.66
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Venice, 1522. Twenty-three men in robes of scarlet and blue assemble to hear the most sensitive int… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"The trouble with big empires is that the enemy is far away and there is weather in between."-Christopher de Bellaigue, The Lion House
12. What Does Israel Fear From Palestine?
By: Raja Shehadeh
4.34
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
A searing reflection on the failures of Israel to treat Palestine and Palestinians as equals, as pa… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
13. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
By: Rashid Khalidi
4.50
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
14. Agla. Alef
By: Radek Rak
4.23
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
Długo wyczekiwana książka Radka Raka – laureata Nagrody Literackiej Nike Agla to brawurowa histo… read more
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15. We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption in an American City
By: Justin Fenton
4.26
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Baltimore, 2015. Riots were erupting across the city as citizens demanded justice for Freddie Gray,… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
16. Enemies and Neighbors: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017
By: Ian Black
4.20
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
In Enemies and Neighbors, Ian Black, who has spent over three decades covering events in the Middle… read more
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- history
17. The Arsonists' City
By: Hala Alyan
4.31
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A rich family story, a personal look at the legacy of war in the Middle East, and an indelible rend… read more
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18. Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History
By: Nur Masalha
4.04
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For centuries, the land of Palestine has been fought over by competing faiths, nations and empires.… read more
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19. Nine Quarters of Jerusalem
By: Matthew Teller
3.93
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In Jerusalem, what you see and what is true are two different things. Maps divide the walled Old Ci… read more
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- cities
20. Noc szpilek
By: Santiago Roncagliolo
3.83
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
Porywający od pierwszego zdania thriller autorstwa jednego z najważniejszych współczesnych południo… read more
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21. Dom ojców
By: Andrzej Muszyński
3.71
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Ta opowieść to podróż w czasie i przestrzeni do świata naszych przodków – tych, których pamiętamy, … read more
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