ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations
AVI SHLAIM
Reflections on the causes and consequences of the Israel-Palestine conflict, by the author of the bestselling The Iron Wall.
“Shlaim is an important, sage, reasoned voice on the course of Israeli-Palestinian relations.” Kirkus Reviews
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PLOWSHARES INTO SWORDS
From Zionism to Israel
ARNO MAYER
Eminent historian returns with an authoritative history of Zionism and Israel.
“In Plowshares into Swords, Arno Mayer gives a sweeping and often illuminating overview of the story of Zionism.” New Statesman
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THE RETURNS OF ZIONISM
Myths, Politics and Scholarship
GABRIEL PITERBERG
Leading Israeli scholar with a major re-evaluation of Zionist ideology and literature.
“Very well-informed, and even fascinating.” New Statesman
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A TIME TO SPEAK OUT
Independent Jewish Voices on Israel, Zionism and Jewish Identity
EDITED BY ANNE KARPF, BRIAN KLUG, JACQUELINE ROSE, BARBARA ROSENBAUM
Jewish voices challenge the crude polarities of the Israel/Palestine debate.
“Varied in content, highly personal, fascinating and controversial…these essays deserve to be read carefully and debated courteously.” Jewish Chronicle
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IF I AM NOT FOR MYSELF
Journey of an Anti-Zionist Jew
MIKE MARQUSEE
An eloquent and deeply-felt memoir exploring the author’s relationship with his Jewish identity.
“A manifesto for a whole generation of Jewish radical activists who refuse to be deterred by the threat of being labelled, and libelled, as self-haters.” Guardian
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MUSIC QUICKENS TIME
DANIEL BARENBOIM
From Israel’s most celebrated musician and outspoken critic, an examination of the power of music to transform society.
“The writing brims with an optimism that is both heroic and hard-won.” New Yorker
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AN ORCHESTRA BEYOND BORDERS
Voices of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
ELENA CHEAH
With a preface by DANIEL BARENBOIM
The untold story of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, created by Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said, reaching out beyond the Israeli-Arabic divide.
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HOLLOW LAND
Israel’s Architecture of Occupation
EYAL WEIZMAN
Groundbreaking exposé of Israel’s terrifying reconceptualization of geopolitics in the Occupied Territories and beyond.
“Weizman has achieved a rare amalgam of politics, aesthetics, sociology, history and theory.” Financial Times
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THE LAST RESISTANCE
JACQUELINE ROSE
A bravura exploration of politics and writing in dark times.
“An original, innovative survey of some of the deeper dynamics at play within Zionism…a timely
commentary as Israel seems poised once again to lash out militarily as a means of resolving its difficulties.” Tribune
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IMAGE AND REALITY OF THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT
2nd Edition
NORMAN FINKELSTEIN
“The most revealing study of the background of the conflict.” Noam Chomsky
“Both an impressive analysis of Zionist ideology and a searing but scholarly indictment of Israel’s treatment of the Arabs since 1948.” London Review of Books
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WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS
A Tribute to Edward Said
EDITED BY MUGE SOKMEN AND BASAK ERTUR
Brings together some of the figures most closely associated with Said’s seminal scholarship to examine his political and intellectual legacy.
“[The contributors] display a critical acuity free of adulation, as Said would have appreciated.”
Morning Star
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IN SEARCH OF FATIMA
A Palestinian Story
GHADA KARMI
A frank and intimate memoir by diaspora Palestinian Ghada Karmi, detailing her experiences of
displacement, nostalgia and loss.
“Ghada Karmi’s stunning memoir is remarkable… [she] has a wonderfully subtle way of showing how in thousands of different ways the political and the personal intermesh. All this she does with a skill and insight that could be a novelist’s envy.” Edward Said
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A CHILD IN PALESTINE
The Cartoons of Naji al-Ali
Naji al-Ali with an Introduction by Joe Sacco
First collection by one of the Arab world’s greatest cartoonists, revered throughout the region for his outspokenness, honesty and humanity.
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DREAMS OF A NATION
On Palestinian Cinema
EDITED BY HAMID DABASHI
A lively celebration of the genius and power of Palestinian cinema.
“Dabashi has produced a valuable archive on Palestinian cinema, unlike any other.” Screen
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