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middle east

Cover of Target Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination–and Secret Diplomacy–to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East
Non­fic­tion
Tar­get Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sab­o­tage, Cyber­war­fare, Assas­si­na­tion – and Secret Diplo­ma­cy – to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Cre­ate a New Mid­dle East
Yon­ah Jere­my Bob
llan Evy­atar
Cover of A Tourist From Petach Tikva: Growing Up Alongside the Creation of the State of Israel
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A Tourist From Petach Tik­va: Grow­ing Up Along­side the Cre­ation of the State of Israel
Aubrey Kagan
Cover of The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements That Changed the World
Non­fic­tion
The Art of Diplo­ma­cy: How Amer­i­can Nego­tia­tors Reached His­toric Agree­ments That Changed the World
Stu­art E. Eizenstat
Cover of Wages of Empire
Fic­tion
Wages of Empire
Michael J. Cooper
Cover of Sephardi Voices: The Untold Expulsion of Jews from Arab Lands
Non­fic­tion
Sephar­di Voic­es: The Untold Expul­sion of Jews from Arab Lands
Hen­ry Green
Richard Sturs­berg
Essay

Sephar­di Voices

Richard Sturs­berg
March 20, 2022
Cover of Titan of Tehran: From Jewish Ghetto to Corporate Colossus to Firing Squad–My Grandfather's Life
Non­fic­tion
Titan of Tehran: From Jew­ish Ghet­to to Cor­po­rate Colos­sus to Fir­ing Squad – My Grand­fa­ther’s Life
Shahrzad Elghanayan
Cover of Karaism: An Introduction to the Oldest Surviving Alternative Judaism
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Karaism: An Intro­duc­tion to the Old­est Sur­viv­ing Alter­na­tive Judaism
Daniel J. Lasker
Cover of Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy
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Mas­ter of the Game: Hen­ry Kissinger and the Art of Mid­dle East Diplomacy
Mar­tin Indyk
Cover of Adventure Girl: Dabi Digs in Israel
Chil­dren’s
Adven­ture Girl: Dabi Digs in Israel
Janice Hechter
Cover of Honey & Co: Chasing Smoke: Cooking Over Fire Around the Levant
Cook­book
Hon­ey & Co: Chas­ing Smoke: Cook­ing Over Fire Around the Levant
Sar­it Pack­er & Ita­mar Srulovich
Cover of Bavel: Modern Recipes Inspired by the Middle East
Cook­book
Bav­el: Mod­ern Recipes Inspired by the Mid­dle East
Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis with Lesley Suter
Cover of Proof of Life: Twenty Days on the Hunt for a Missing Person in the Middle East
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Proof of Life: Twen­ty Days on the Hunt for a Miss­ing Per­son in the Mid­dle East
Daniel Levin
Cover of The Book of V.
Fic­tion
The Book of V. 
Anna Solomon
Cover of Friendly Fire: How Israel Became Its Own Worst Enemy and the Hope for Its Future
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Friend­ly Fire: How Israel Became Its Own Worst Ene­my and the Hope for Its Future
Ami Ayalon
Cover of My Spiced Kitchen: A Middle Eastern Cookbook
Cook­book
My Spiced Kitchen: A Mid­dle East­ern Cookbook
Yaniv Cohen
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