Race
Invention of the Jewish People
By Shlomo Sand
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Published 24-May-2010
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Shows that the Israeli national myth has its origins in the 19th century, rather than in biblical times when Jewish historians, like scholars in many other cultures, reconstituted an imagined people in order to model a future nation. This book demonstrates the construction of a nationalist myth and the collective mystification that this requires.
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Heaven on Earth
By Sadakat Kadri
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Published 03-Jan-2013
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Offers a critique of extremism that is human rights-based and entertaining - combining the comparative approach of Karen Armstrong and the immediacy of Ed Husain ("The Islamist") with storytelling. This book goes beyond the explosive headline issues to reveal the stranger ones: genie exorcisms; and the legal consequences of premature ejaculation.
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On the Muslim Question
By Anne Norton
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Published 15-Mar-2013
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In the post-9/11 West, there is no shortage of strident voices telling us that Islam is a threat to the security, values, way of life, and even existence of the United States and Europe. This title demolishes the notion that there is a "clash of civilizations" between the West and Islam.
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Tale of Frieda Keysser
By John H J Strehlow
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World Until Yesterday
By Jared Diamond
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Published 31-Dec-2012
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Explores how tribal peoples approach essential human problems, from childrearing to old age to conflict resolution to health. In this book, the author reveals how tribal societies offer a window into how our ancestors lived for millions of years - until virtually yesterday, in evolutionary terms - and provide an insights into human nature.
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Border Vigils
By Jeremy Harding
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Published 08-Oct-2012
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Searing reportage and analysis of the new politics of immigration in both Europe and America
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Book of Jewish Food
By Claudia Roden
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Published 26-Aug-1999
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A food book - a feast of the Jewish experience.
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Bageye at the Wheel
By Colin Grant
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Published 04-Apr-2013
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To his fellow West Indians who assemble every weekend for the all-night poker game at Mrs Knight's, he is always known as Bageye. There aren't very many black men in Luton in 1972 and most of them gather at Mrs Knight's - Summer Wear, Pioneer, Anxious, Tidy Boots - each has his nickname.
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Making and Unmaking of a Zionist
By Antony Lerman
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Published 06-Aug-2012
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Powerful memoir of the personal and political journey of a leading figure in the UK's Jewish community, from idealistic Zionist to critic of Israel.
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Muslim Brotherhood
By Alison Pargeter
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Published 06-Feb-2013
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In this authoritative and fully updated new edition, Alison Pargeter follows the twists and turns of the Muslim Brotherhood as it battled through the years of oppression under authoritarian regimes to finally become a key and legitimate political actor.
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