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Wild Mulberries מאת Iman Humaydan Younes Sarah is on the brink of adulthood in her village in the mountains of Lebanon in the 1930s, a world itself hesitating on the verge of change. Her father the shaykh is uninterested in anything but the silkworms he's always raised, no matter that each year they're worth less. Her conservative aunt wor...

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Mezze Modern: Delicious Appetizers from Greece, Lebanon, and Turkey מאת Maria Khalife A typical Middle Eastern meal starts with mezze. A selection of deliciously healthy and mouthwatering bites is offered as a taster before the main course to tempt and tantalize the taste buds. Mezze Modern includes a variety of cold and hot mezze, salads and pastries from Greece, Turkey and L...

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Peru In Focus: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture (In Focus Guides) מאת Jane Holligan De Diaz-Limaco

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Qatar: The Business Traveller's Handbook מאת David Chaddock Currently poised to become the richest nation in the world based on GNP per capita, Qatar has certainly established itself as a major business destination. Having survived an eventful history, Qatari nationals now enjoy a crime-free and self-assured economy. Qatar: The Business Traveller...

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Islamic Tiles (Eastern Art) מאת Venetia Porter Ceramic tiles have been produced for over a thousand years in the heartlands of the Islamic world, from Iraq in the ninth century to Turkey in the nineteenth. The wealth of designs and colors used to decorate mosques, shrines and palaces later provided inspiration for European artists and designers....

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Australia: the East (Travellers' Wildlife Guides) מאת Les Beletsky Australia is one of the few travel destinations worldwide where almost all visitors want to view wildlife -- kangaroos and koalas, of course, but, increasingly, other animals as well: parrots, bowerbirds, dangerous saltwater crocodiles, large ground lizards called monitors or "goannas," and the col...

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The North African Kitchen: Regional Recipes and Stories מאת Fiona Dunlop Behind closed doors, North African home cooks are taking the region's food to new heights. Traditional dishes such as tagines, stews, soups, and salads are being adapted and refined, and new dishes are being created using classic ingredients such as fiery spices, jewel-like dried fruits, lemons, and...

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Café Life Venice: A Guidebook to the Cafés and Bacari of Le Serenissima מאת Joe Wolff Venice is a city without parallel. This essential companion will enrich anyone's experience of the magical city of lagoons. The Café Life series takes you to its third Italian city-La Serenissima (the Most Serene Republic)-with Café Life Venice. Like predecessors Café Life Rome...

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9/11 Contradictions: An Open Letter to Congress and the Press מאת David Ray Griffin In 9/11 Contradictions, David Ray Griffin shows that the official story about 9/11 is riddled with internal contradictions. Two contradictory statements cannot both be true. These contradictions show, therefore, that individuals and agencies articulating the official story of 9/11 have made m...

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Sharing the Promised Land: A Tale of the Israelis and Palestinians מאת Dilip Hiro

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House of the Winds (Emerging Voices. New International Fiction) מאת Mia Yun House of the Winds is a portrait of a family and a nation struggling to recover from the tumultuous long years of Japanese rule and the Korean War -- and the story of one dreaming mother and her listening daughter. Young Wife is a magic-wand mother who tells stories of the time when tigers smoke...

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Moroccan Modern מאת Hassan M'souli The cuisine of Morocco is rated among the best in the world. In Moroccan Modern, Hassan M'Souli, executive chef and owner of Out of Africa restaurant on Sydney's northern beaches, shares over 100 of his favorite recipes. Learn how to cook using traditional recipes, creating the fabulous flavor...

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The African Kitchen: A day in the life of a Safari Chef מאת Josie Stow Africa is synonymous with adventure-a land of wild animals, colorful traditions and natural splendor. The African Kitchen is a culinary and visual feast, a food lover's tour of this fascinating continent. The guide is leading safari chef Josie Stow, who takes us through a day in the life of her bush...

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A Traveller's History of Greece (Traveller's History Series) מאת Timothy Boatswain In A Traveller's History of Greece, the reader is provided with an authoritative general history of Greece from its earliest beginnings down to the present day. It covers in a clear and comprehensive manner the classical past, the conflict with Persia, the conquest by the Romans, the Byzantine era a...

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The Lebanese Kitchen: Quick & Healthy Recipes מאת Monique Bassila Zaarour This practical and comprehensive cookbook opens up a world of delightful dishes and provides numerous, inspiring ideas for healthy eating. Monique Bassila Zaarour brings three great gifts to her Lebanese Kitchen: from her Lebanese heritage, an intimate knowledge of one of the world's great cuisines;...

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A Traveller's History of Italy (Traveller's Histories Series) מאת Valerio Lintner A Traveller's History of Italy analyzes the development of the Italian people from pre-historic times right through to the imaginative, resourceful and fiercely independent Italians we know today. All the major periods of Italian history are dealt with, including the Etruscans, the Romans, the...

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Calcutta: A Cultural History מאת Krishna Dutta In the popular imagination, Calcutta is a packed and pestilential sprawl, made notorious by the Black Hole and the works of Mother Teresa, Kipling called it a City of Dreadful Night, and a century later V.S. Naipaul, Gunter Grass, and Louis Malle revived its hellish image. This is the place where th...

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Hawaii (On the Road Histories) מאת John H. Chambers This reader-friendly Hawaiian history tells the islands' story from the arrival of the very first Polynesian settlers in the 300s to the most recent strivings for native Hawaiian sovereignty. The harsh regime of Hawaii's chiefs, the landing and death of Captain Cook, Kamehameha's bloody conquests, t...

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A Traveller's History of Turkey (Traveller's Histories Series) מאת Richard Stoneman Throughout the millennia Turkey formed the core of several Empires--Persia, Rome, Byzantium--before becoming the center of the Ottoman Empire. All these civilizations have left their marks on the landscape, architecture and art of Turkey--a place of fascinating overlapping cultures. A Traveller...

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Nevis Queen of the Caribees (Macmillan Caribbean Guides) מאת Joyce Gordon Nevis is one of those Caribbean islands of which dreams are made--off the beaten track, little known and untouched by mass tourism. For a small island--a mere 35 square miles --Nevis possesses a rich and colorful history. It was the birthplace of Alexander Hamilton (1757); Horatio Nelson met and m...