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| | 2. |  | The Marsh Arabs (Penguin Classics)
from Penguin Classics
Price: $8.64
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Having lived in Arabia for many many years, I was fortunate to be in the area before Saddam wiped the Marsh Arab culture out. Thesiger took beautiful photographs and wrote wonderful stories of these people. All I have is his books and one of their hand-woven fish baskets -- they would send fish to... more info
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| | 3. |  | Guerrillas: Journeys in the Insurgent World
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $2.94
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After reading Anderson's book, I felt that my knowledge about insurgency was about the equivalent of just a few pieces that were part of a big puzzle that Anderson puts together when describing the various factors motivating people to raise arms, and the common points between the various causes... more info
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| | 5. |  | The Fall of Baghdad
from Little, Brown Book Group
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Jon Lee Anderson's "Fall of Baghdad" is a first-person account of the 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq, written from the perspective of someone who was there to actively witness and chronicle the events as they unfolded on the ground.
Anderson, a journalist with The New Yorker magazine, tells... more info
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| | 6. |  | Iraq: The Space Between
from powerHouse Books
Price: $1.86
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In a book with next to no words, this collection by Christoph Bangert quite possibly says more about Iraq than many books available today. At great risk of harm to himself, Bangert traveled Iraq with anyone who would let him follow along. The result is one of the most candid looks at what has... more info
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| | 10. |  | CUBA: singing with bright tears
from Pond Press
Price: $28.74
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Beahan's photographs capture the sense and the appearance of emptiness in Cuba. As the noted travel essayist Pico Iyer sees it, "The real seduction of Cuba...lies precisely in that kind of impromptu makeshift quality, and in the fact that it feels so deserted: the whole island has the ramshackle... more info
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