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Eyeless in Gaza: A Novel (P.S.)

Author: Aldous Huxley
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Keywords: novel, gaza, eyeless
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2009-11-01
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 0061724890
ISBN-13: 9780061724893

Written at the height of his powers immediately after Brave New World, Aldous Huxley’s highly acclaimed Eyeless in Gaza is his most personal novel. Huxley’s bold, nontraditional narrative tells the loosely autobiographical story of Anthony Beavis, a cynical libertine Oxford graduate who comes of age in the vacuum left by World War I. Unfulfilled by his life, loves, and adventures, Anthony is persuaded by a charismatic friend to become a Marxist and take up arms with Mexican revolutionaries. But when their disastrous embrace of violence nearly kills them, Anthony is left shattered�

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Gaza: Life in a Cage

Author: Herve Kempf
Publisher: Algora Pub
Keywords: cage, life, gaza
Number of Pages: 247
Published: 2006-01-30
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 0875864406
ISBN-13: 9780875864402

Bad news blows steadily out of Gaza, but few of us actually know much about the place and the various people who call it home. In this photo essay two French journalists create an informal survey of the views on all sides, from Palestinian "tunnellers" to Israeli "settlers." Curious to see how real life was playing out on the ground in Gaza on a day-to-day basis, two French journalists traveled there together four times in 2004, during the height of the second Intifada, to take the pulse of a society under fire. Their images and anecdotes reveal the deeply human side of a conflict whose impact

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Palestinian Women of Gaza and the West Bank

Author: Suha Sabbagh
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Keywords: bank, west, gaza, women, palestinian
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 1998-03-01
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0253333776
ISBN-13: 9780253333773

"... takes a new look at the situation in one of the hottest spots on the globe and asks what impact the politicization of women will have on the lives of people in the emerging Palestinian state." -- NWSA JournalThis volume introduces the reader to the social and political roles and challenges faced by women of Arab/Palestinian society. Even Arabic commentators have failed to accurately assess the contributions of women within the struggles of Gaza and the West Bank. These essays, written from an "insider’s" perspective, show how Palestinian women confront issues of gender, feminism, an

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A Grave in Gaza (Omar Yussef Mysteries)

Author: Matt Beynon Rees
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: mysteries, yussef, omar, gaza, grave
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2009-02-18
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 0547086253
ISBN-13: 9780547086255

In A Grave in Gaza, Omar Yussef and his boss,Magnus Wallender, travel to the Gaza Strip for a routine inspection of the UN schools in the Gaza refugee camps.Upon their arrival they meet James Cree, the UN security officer for Gaza, who informs them that a teacher at one of their schools has been accused of spying and imprisoned. As they try to free the teacher and keep a lid on an explosive political situation, they are pulled into a confrontation with Gaza’s warring government factions and the criminal gangs with which they are connected.Omar Yussef confronts the dark elements of Gazadi

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Failing Peace: Gaza and athe Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Author: Sara Roy
Publisher: Pluto Press
Keywords: israeli, conflict, palestinian, athe, peace, gaza, failing
Number of Pages: 408
Published: 2006-10-20
List price: $31.00
ISBN-10: 0745322344
ISBN-13: 9780745322346

This book is the culmination of 20 years of research, fieldwork and analysis on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and the impact of Israeli occupation. Discussion of Israeli policy toward Palestinians is often regarded as a taboo subject, with the result that few people -- especially in the U.S. -- understand the origins and consequences of the conflict. Roy’s book provides an indispensable context for understanding why the situation remains so intractable. The focus of Roy’s work is the Gaza Strip, an area that remains consistently neglected and misunderstood despite its political