books about: east

books about: east

books:

East

Baghdad at Sunrise: A Brigade Commander's War in Iraq (Yale Library of Military History)

Peter R. Mansoor

Yale University Press, 2008

Excellent, No-Nonsense Account of Iraq following the "End of Major Ground Combat"
I am an Army historian who has accessed many, if not most, of the existing (and they are relatively few) records pertaining to the Ready First Brigade Combat Team's operations in Iraq during the period discussed in this book. Therefore, I can set the "bar" a bit ...

The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran

Hooman Majd

Doubleday, 2008

Beyond Ideas of Wrongdoing and Rightdoing
In the preface, writer Hooman Majd is described in oxymoron as the only person in the life of this particular friend as 100 percent American and 100 percent Iranian. In quoting a Sufi poet Sanai, Majd notes: "Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,/there is a ...

Epicenter: Why the Current Rumblings in the Middle East Will Change Your Future

Joel C. Rosenberg

Tyndale House Publishers, 2008

excellent book
Epicenter: Why the Current Rumblings in the Middle East Will Change Your FutureThis book was excellent. It really gets you thinking about the connections between current events and prophecies.

The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel

Salman Rushdie

Random House, 2008

A Magnificent Adult Fairy Tale
On occasion a novel receives harsh treatment from critics not based on the actual work, but rather because it is not what the critics want it to be; this then is the only explanation I can find to explain the harsh, often shrill, reviews received by Rushdie's equisite ...

The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower

Robert Baer

Crown, 2008

An Absolutely Alternative Look at the Realty of Us vs. Iran
Once again, Baer comes flying in with the sorry-but-it's-true reality of the Middle East. I've read all his books and couldn't wait to read this one. The first two dealt with exposing what Saudi Arabia is really up to and their involvement in terror and, most ...

The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq

Bing West

Random House, 2008

Outstanding and Very Timely!
"The Strongest Tribe" summarizes Bing West's observations and interviews in and about Iraq since the Iraq War began in 2003. Sources are drawn from top generals down to front-line privates, as well as civilian leaders in Iraq. My only suggestion for Bing's book is ...

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Naomi Klein

Picador, 2008

Keynes vindicated
Roll on Naomi Klein! I think she has hit the nail right on the head When I was studying economics at Australia's Monash University between 1965 and 1969, our first three years were devoted to the study of the economics of John Maynard Keynes, a man with both heart ...

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time

Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007

espetacular
HISTORIA ESPETACULAR E ENVOLVENTE!! Os detalhes da viagem sao impressionantes. Eh como se eu estivesse dentro do carro com Greg, andando pelos caminhos tortuosos que levam ate as montanhas. Senti a agua gelada dos rios em meu corpo, o frio, o medo, e tambem o calor da ...

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

Riverhead, 2007

One of the Few Bestsellers that Deseves the Hype
First off, I must say that this is an important book. There are some reviewers who claim that Khaled Hosseini must have written this with the western reader in mind. This may be true, but in my opinion it is a good thing. He has brought the plight of Afghanistan into ...

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Marjane Satrapi

Pantheon, 2004

A story without the confines of traditional boundaries
People often associate comic books with childrens' fiction, as if the medium itself is inflexible. Some of us the comic lovers know that is not the case. And case in point Persepolis - where the emotions of a little girl in the politically and socially charged Iran ...

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

John J. Mearsheimer, Stephen M. Walt

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008

Read this book.
Have you wondered why 19 Arabs flew 2 planes into the 2 towers? Have you wondered why Palestinians cheered on 9-11? Do you wonder why Arabs hate us? Do you wonder why George Bush, Dick Cheney, and the US congress supports Zionist aggression? Read this book. In a ...

Interpreter of Maladies

Jhumpa Lahiri

Mariner Books, 1999

One of the best books I've ever read
To give a frame of reference, some of my favorite authors are Margaret Atwood and Barbara Kingsolver. I have searched and searched for another introspective, intelligent, strong female voice, and finally I have found it. I plan on buying every one of her books and ...

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September ...

Steve Coll

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004

Execellent Book -
Don't let the size of this book scare you - it is accurate and full of great information! I know some people who were close to the information and say it is very accurate - Enjoy - Jan Simpson

The Namesake: A Novel

Jhumpa Lahiri

Mariner Books, 2004

A great and superbly written story
Jhumpa Lahiri writes about a very interesting and commonly neglected new American phenomenon: the rise of the Indian-American middle class. This book is about cultures, values, life and death, love and misery. It is about America. It is about India. It is also ...

The Last Jihad (Political Thrillers Series #1)

Joel C. Rosenberg

Tyndale House Publishers, 2006

Thrilling, scary!
This book was thrilling, scary, and almost phrophetic when it was written. I could hardly put it down, then read the rest of the series a quickly as I could! READ THESE!