Sky, Emma
Summary: Returning to the UK in September 2010 after serving in Iraq as the political adviser to the top American general, Emma Sky felt no sense of homecoming. She soon found herself back in the Middle East travelling through a region in revolt. 'In A Time of Monsters' bears witness to the demands of young people for dignity and justice during the Arab Spring; the inability of sclerotic regimes to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SKY, EMMA SKYPope, Hugh.
Summary: Following in the footsteps of Sir Richard Burton and Lawrence of Arabia, Hugh Pope presents his modern-day explorations, mined from more than three decades, of the politics, religion, and aspirations of Muslim peoples to show how the Middle East is much more than a monolithic "Islamic world."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.05 POPEames, Andrew
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 EAMGiglio, Mike
Summary: The war against ISIS and the so-called caliphate it declared across Syria and Iraq was a battle to define not just the Middle East but the wider world. Growing from the aftermath of the U.S. war in Iraq and a brutal civil war in Syria, ISIS sought to usher in a new era of conflict as it launched terrorist attacks across Europe, while inflicting a savage extremism on the population in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 GIGAbley, Mark
Summary: "A poet and journalist looks back on a remarkable journey from Turkey to Nepal in 1978, when the region was on the brink of massive transformation. In the spring of 1978, at age twenty-two, Mark Abley put aside his studies at Oxford and set off with a friend on a three-month trek across the celebrated Hippie Trail -- a sprawling route between Europe and South Asia, peppered with Western...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anansi 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ABLEY, MARK ABLSummary: Travel through the Wadi Rum Desert and the ancient ruins of Petra, swim in the Dead Sea, see the oil fields of Kuwait, tee off at a desert golf course in Abu Dhabi, marvel at the awe inspiring structures of Dubai and discover a warm welcome in Beirut. Roving hosts Ian Wright, Megan McCormick, Zay Harding, and Holly Morris present the most interesting and exciting parts of the Middle East off...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pilot Productions 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.6 GLOCohen, Jared
Contents: Destination Iran -- Removing the shackles -- Democracy after dark -- Nuclear pride -- "Death to America" -- The calm before the storm -- The all-night "party of God" -- Struggling for dignity -- Babies in the Ba'ath Party -- The road to Mesopotamia -- Iraqis who like us -- Waking up in the insurgency -- Epilogue : the youth party.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gotham Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.604 COHFeiler, Bruce S.
Summary: The author recounts his ten-thousand-mile journey across the Middle East in search of the roots of the Bible to discover whether it was an abstraction or a living, breathing entity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.6 FEIFeiler, Bruce S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2001
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 915.6 FEISummary: Follows Michael Wood as he travels in search of the truth behind four famous legends. Explores not only the historical past and literal truth of these myths, but also the mythic past and archetypal stories behind them. Examines the Biblical myth of the Queen of Sheba, an exotic and mysterious woman of power who, with King Solomon, plays a key role in the founding myths of the modern states of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV INSKaplan, Robert D.
Summary: Robert D. Kaplan now travels from West Africa to Southeast Asia to report on a world of disintegrating nation-states, warring nationalities, metastasizing populations, and dwindling resources. He emerges with a gritty tour de force of travel writing and political journalism. Whether he is walking through a shantytown in the Ivory Coast or a death camp in Cambodia, talking with refugees, border...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.9181 KAPMilliken, James T.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Daily Eagle 1904
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2 available in Nelson Room, Call number: MIR 910.4 MILCall number: R NEL 910.4 MIL
Dekker, Ted
Summary: Is it really possible to love one's enemies? This question sparked a fascinating and, at times, terrifying journey into the heart of the Middle East during the summer of 2008. It began in Egypt, passed beneath the high-rises of Saudi Arabia, then through the bullet-pocked alleyways of Beirut and dusty streets of Damascus, before ending at the cradle of the world's three major religions:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Religion 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.054 DEKSummary: A documentary in which Merian C. Cooper, Ernest Schoedsack, and Marguerite Harrison travel through Asia Minor and Iraq to reach a tribe of nomads in Iran known as the Bakhtyari. They follow the tribe on its forty-eight day trek across deserts, streams, and mountains to reach pasture for their flocks. These three poeple were the first Westerners to cross the Zardeh Kuh Pass and the first to make...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milestone Film & Video 1999
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GraByron, Robert
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1982