In this comprehensive pictorial guide based on their many visits to Palestine, former senior CIA analyst Bill and Kathleen Christison portray the devestating effects of the Israeli occupation. Aided by more than 50 photographs, the duo provides a comprehensive and compelling description of the systematic ways occupation effects the daily lives of Palestinians.

"The Christisons provide an unbearably grim, authoritative, and persuasive account of Palestine under Israeli occupation. PALESTINE IN PIECES is a miracle of truth-telling, enriched greatly by pictures, maps, and first-hand witnessing. It is must-read for anyone concerned with the dark realities of the Israel/Palestine conflict." -Richard Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law Emeritus, Princeton University

Award-winning author Dave Eggers tells teh story of Abdulrah-man Zeitoun, a successful Syrian-born contractor who decides to stay in New Orleans and protect his property while his family flees Katrina. After the levees, break, he uses a small canoe to rescue people, before being arrested by an armed squad and accused of beign a memeber of al-Qaeda. Drawn from extensive interviews and research, Eggers paints a wonderfully written narrative exploring the intersection of the badly managed Katrina and the disastrous "War on Terror".

"Imagine Charles Dickens, his sentimentality in check but his journalistic eyes wide open, roaming New Orleans after it was buried by Hurricane Katrina.... Eggers’s tone is pitch-perfect--suspense blended with just enough information to stoke reader outrage and what is likely to be a typical response: How could this happen in America?... It’s the stuff of great narrative nonfiction.... Fifty years from now, when people want to know what happened to this once-great city during a shameful episode of our history, they will still be talking about a family named Zeitoun." -- Timothy Egan, The New York Times Book Review

"The Invention of the Jewish People is an indispensable challenge and a very complex intellectual exercise…a more secure society [than Israel] would include the book in the core curriculum of its school system."-Avraham Burg, former Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Yedioth Ahronoth

"One of the most fascinating and challenging books published here in a long time."-Tom Segev - Haaretz

"Shlomo Sand has written a remarkable book... Anyone interested in understanding the contemporary Middle East should read it." -Tony Judt, author of Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945

A leading Israeli historian shatters the national myth of the Jewish exodus from the promised land. A historical tour de force that demolishes the myths and taboos that have surrounded Jewish and Israeli history, The Invention of the Jewish People offers a new account of both that demands to be read and reckoned with. Was there really a forced exile in the first century, at the hands of the Romans? Should we regard the Jewish people, throughout two millennia, as both a distinct ethnic group and a putative nation-returned at last to its Biblical homeland?

Shlomo Sand argues that most Jews actually descend from converts, whose native lands were scattered far across the Middle East and Eastern Europe. The formation of a Jewish people and then a Jewish nation out of these disparate groups could only take place under the sway of a new historiography, developing in response to the rise of nationalism throughout Europe. Beneath the biblical back fill of the nineteenth-century historians, and the twentieth-century intellectuals who replaced rabbis as the architects of Jewish identity, The Invention of the Jewish People uncovers a new narrative of Israel's formation, and proposes a bold analysis of nationalism that accounts for the old myths.

After a long stay on Israel's bestseller list, and winning the coveted Aujourd'hui Award in France, The Invention of the Jewish People is finally available in English. The central importance of the conflict in the Middle East ensures that Sand's arguments will reverberate well beyond the historians and politicians that he takes to task. Without an adequate understanding of Israel's past, capable of superseding today's opposing views, diplomatic solutions are likely to remain elusive.

In this iconoclastic work of history, Shlomo Sand provides the intellectual foundations for a new vision of Israel's future. .

Groundbaking book by an award winning Dutuch journalist who explores the contradictions in Western media with the on-the-ground realities of the Middle East. Told with humor and wit, Luyendijk comments on how the media again and again favor stories that confirm poularly held (and often overly simplified) Western beliefs about the Middle East.

"People Like Us helps explain the geopolitical tragicomedy of the past eight years. (...) Much of Luyendijk’s argument is familiar from the field of media studies. However, what sets People Like Us apart is that it is theory written by a practising journalist about a fantastically misunderstood region. The book applies beyond the Middle East: in Russia, where journalists trot around Kremlin press conferences as if that was the way to find out what was happening; and in South Africa, where journalists living in white Johannesburg suburbs were stunned by popular support for Jacob Zuma." - Simon Kuper, Financial Times

The first English translation of recent poetry by the late Mahmoud Darwish, the most important Palestinian contemporary poet

"If I die before you, I leave you the impossible."--Mahmoud Darwish, in "Exile"

"A brilliant poet--certainly the most gifted of his generation in the Arab world."--Edward Said

"I can only hope that the day will soon come, especially in English, when Darwish's night and dream, jasmine and almond blossoms are seen for what they are: the private lexicon of a singular and eternal, timeless voice in the history of human literature."--Fady Joudah

The first English translation of the most recent poetry of the late Mahmoud Darwish- Palestine's most important contemporary poet. Threading the beauty and fragility of life into his unparalleled lyrical form, the work makes an excellent read for Darwish aficiados and novices alike.

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

"Powerfully underscores teh problems with the West Bank occupation.. THe book argues that the occupation has been a catastrophe for both Israelis and Palestinians" - Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times Columnist

"A strong and important book" - Noam Chomsky

"Hard-hitting... Lords of the Land provides a passionate and informed history.." - Foriegn Affairs

A rich and hard-hitting history outlining the tragic history of Palestinian occupation and the detrimental effects to both the Palestinian independence movement and the possibilities of a viable democratic Israeli state. One of the most comprehensive guide to the history of the settlements from their inception to the present day and their impact on the Israeli psyche and politics.