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The Cauldron

The Making of the Modern Middle East

by Simon Sebag Montefiore ...

Narrated by Leighton Pugh ...

Unabridged

20 hours 10 min

An essential guide to the making of the modern Middle East from 1900 to the present: a spellbinding history by the New York Times bestselling author of Jerusalem and The RomanovsRenowned historian Simon Sebag Montefiore wades into the ideological battles and geopolitical tensions of the Middle East with a comprehensive and nuanced chronicle that situates the region in the context of its last one ... Read more

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An essential guide to the making of the modern Middle East from 1900 to the present: a spellbinding history by the New York Times bestselling author of Jerusalem and The RomanovsRenowned historian Simon Sebag Montefiore wades into the ideological battles and geopolitical tensions of the Middle East with a comprehensive and nuanced chronicle that situates the region in the context of its last one
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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017

by Rashid Khalidi ...

Narrated by Rashid Khalidi, Fajer Al-Kaisi ...

Unabridged

10 hours 30 min

**This program includes an introduction read by the author.A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history.**In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the Zionist call to create a Jewish national home in Palestine, wrote a letter aimed at Theodore ... Read more

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**This program includes an introduction read by the author.A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history.**In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the Zionist call to create a Jewish national home in Palestine, wrote a letter aimed at Theodore
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Jerusalem

The Biography

by Simon Sebag Montefiore ...

Narrated by John Lee ...

Unabridged

25 hours 21 min

Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgement Day and the battlefield of today’s clash of civilizations. From King David to Barack Obama, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict, this is the epic history of three thousand years of faith, slaughter, fanaticism and ... Read more

$37.50 CAD

Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgement Day and the battlefield of today’s clash of civilizations. From King David to Barack Obama, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict, this is the epic history of three thousand years of faith, slaughter, fanaticism and
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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

by Ilan Pappe ...

Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

Unabridged

12 hours 40 min

Renowned Israeli historian Ilan Pappe's groundbreaking book revisits the formation of the State of Israel. Between 1947 and 1949, over 400 Palestinian villages were deliberately destroyed, civilians were massacred, and around a million men, women, and children were expelled from their homes at gunpoint.Denied for almost six decades, had it happened today it could only have been called "ethnic ... Read more

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Renowned Israeli historian Ilan Pappe's groundbreaking book revisits the formation of the State of Israel. Between 1947 and 1949, over 400 Palestinian villages were deliberately destroyed, civilians were massacred, and around a million men, women, and children were expelled from their homes at gunpoint.Denied for almost six decades, had it happened today it could only have been called "ethnic
... Read more
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Eichmann in Jerusalem

A Report on the Banality of Evil

by Hannah Arendt ...

Narrated by Wanda McCaddon ...

Unabridged

11 hours 22 min

Sparking a flurry of heated debate, Hannah Arendt's authoritative and stunning report on the trial of German Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in the New Yorker in 1963. This revised edition includes material that came to light after the trial, as well as Arendt's postscript directly addressing the controversy that arose over her account. A major journalistic ... Read more

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Sparking a flurry of heated debate, Hannah Arendt's authoritative and stunning report on the trial of German Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in the New Yorker in 1963. This revised edition includes material that came to light after the trial, as well as Arendt's postscript directly addressing the controversy that arose over her account. A major journalistic
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A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict

by Ilan Pappe ...

Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross ...

Unabridged

3 hours 48 min

An indispensable guide to understanding the Israel–Palestine conflict, and how we might yet still find a way out of it."Ilan Pappe is the most original, radical and hard-hitting of Israel's 'new historians.'" —Avi Shlaim, author of Three WorldsThe devastation of 7 October 2023 and the horrors that followed astounded the world. But the Israel–Palestine conflict didn't start on 7 October. It didn't ... Read more

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An indispensable guide to understanding the Israel–Palestine conflict, and how we might yet still find a way out of it."Ilan Pappe is the most original, radical and hard-hitting of Israel's 'new historians.'" —Avi Shlaim, author of Three WorldsThe devastation of 7 October 2023 and the horrors that followed astounded the world. But the Israel–Palestine conflict didn't start on 7 October. It didn't
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On Palestine

by Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappe ...

Narrated by George Newbern ...

Unabridged

5 hours 45 min

The sequel to the acclaimed Gaza in Crisis from world-famous political analyst Noam Chomsky and Middle East historian Ilan Pappé.Operation Protective Edge, Israel's 2014 assault on Gaza, left thousands of Palestinians dead and cleared the way for another Israeli land grab. The need to stand in solidarity with Palestinians has never been greater. Ilan Pappé and Noam Chomsky, two leading voices in ... Read more

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The sequel to the acclaimed Gaza in Crisis from world-famous political analyst Noam Chomsky and Middle East historian Ilan Pappé.Operation Protective Edge, Israel's 2014 assault on Gaza, left thousands of Palestinians dead and cleared the way for another Israeli land grab. The need to stand in solidarity with Palestinians has never been greater. Ilan Pappé and Noam Chomsky, two leading voices in
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The War of Return

by Einat Wilf, Adi Schwartz ...

Narrated by Einat Wilf ...

Unabridged

9 hours 16 min

Two prominent Israeli liberals argue that for the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians to end with peace, Palestinians must come to terms with the fact that there will be no "right of return."In 1948, seven hundred thousand Palestinians were forced out of their homes by the first Arab-Israeli War. More than seventy years later, most of their houses are long gone, but millions of their ... Read more

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Two prominent Israeli liberals argue that for the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians to end with peace, Palestinians must come to terms with the fact that there will be no "right of return."In 1948, seven hundred thousand Palestinians were forced out of their homes by the first Arab-Israeli War. More than seventy years later, most of their houses are long gone, but millions of their
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La Vie des Disciples de Jésus-Christ, jusqu' à la Destruction du Temple de Jérusalem.

by Israel Nazir ...

Narrated by Israel Nazir ...

Abridged

1 hour 37 min

Cette histoire romancée ou roman historique commence quelques jours après la crucifixion de Jésus-Christ par la découverte par Marie-Madeleine et Marie-Salomé du sépulcre vide de Jésus. L'histoire s'étale ensuite sur les 40 années qui suivirent et se termine par la destruction du Temple de Jérusalem.Cette histoire est centrée sur la vie des douze disciples de Jésus auquel se rajoute Paul, apôtre ... Read more

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Cette histoire romancée ou roman historique commence quelques jours après la crucifixion de Jésus-Christ par la découverte par Marie-Madeleine et Marie-Salomé du sépulcre vide de Jésus. L'histoire s'étale ensuite sur les 40 années qui suivirent et se termine par la destruction du Temple de Jérusalem.Cette histoire est centrée sur la vie des douze disciples de Jésus auquel se rajoute Paul, apôtre
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Mossad

The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

by Michael Bar-Zohar, Nissim Mishal ...

Narrated by Benjamin Isaac ...

Unabridged

14 hours 34 min

The Mossad is widely recognized today as the best intelligence service in the world. It is also the most enigmatic, shrouded in secrecy. In Mossad, authors Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal take us behind the closed curtain with riveting, eye-opening, boots-on-the-ground accounts of the most dangerous, most crucial missions in the agency's sixty-year history. These are real Mission: Impossible ... Read more

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The Mossad is widely recognized today as the best intelligence service in the world. It is also the most enigmatic, shrouded in secrecy. In Mossad, authors Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal take us behind the closed curtain with riveting, eye-opening, boots-on-the-ground accounts of the most dangerous, most crucial missions in the agency's sixty-year history. These are real Mission: Impossible
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Israel

What Went Wrong?

by Omer Bartov ...

Narrated by James McNaughton ...

Unabridged

8 hours 9 min

A leading Israeli American scholar of the Holocaust explores and explains his native country's intensifying turn toward violence and exclusion.The distinguished historian Omer Bartov was born on a kibbutz, grew up in Tel Aviv, and served in the Israel Defense Forces during the Yom Kippur War. He went on to become a leading scholar of the German army and the Holocaust, before turning his attention ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

A leading Israeli American scholar of the Holocaust explores and explains his native country's intensifying turn toward violence and exclusion.The distinguished historian Omer Bartov was born on a kibbutz, grew up in Tel Aviv, and served in the Israel Defense Forces during the Yom Kippur War. He went on to become a leading scholar of the German army and the Holocaust, before turning his attention
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Enemies and Neighbors

Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017

by Ian Black ...

Narrated by Michael Page ...

Unabridged

20 hours 4 min

In Enemies and Neighbors, Ian Black, who has spent over three decades covering events in the Middle East and is currently a fellow at the London School of Economics, offers a major new history of the Arab-Zionist conflict from 1917 to today.Laying the historical groundwork in the final decades of the Ottoman Era, when the first Zionist settlers arrived in the Holy Land, Black draws on a wide range ... Read more

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In Enemies and Neighbors, Ian Black, who has spent over three decades covering events in the Middle East and is currently a fellow at the London School of Economics, offers a major new history of the Arab-Zionist conflict from 1917 to today.Laying the historical groundwork in the final decades of the Ottoman Era, when the first Zionist settlers arrived in the Holy Land, Black draws on a wide range
... Read more
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From Beirut to Jerusalem

by Thomas L. Friedman ...

Narrated by Robert Petkoff ...

Unabridged

25 hours 41 min

The program features a new introduction written and read by the author."If you're only going to read one book on the Middle East, this is it." —Seymour M. HershOne of the most thought-provoking books ever written about the Middle East, From Beirut to Jerusalem remains vital to our understanding of this complex and volatile region of the world. Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas L. Friedman ... Read more

$59.99 CAD

The program features a new introduction written and read by the author."If you're only going to read one book on the Middle East, this is it." —Seymour M. HershOne of the most thought-provoking books ever written about the Middle East, From Beirut to Jerusalem remains vital to our understanding of this complex and volatile region of the world. Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas L. Friedman
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Anti-Zionism

A Jewish History

by Benjamin Moser ...

Narrated by Benjamin Moser ...

Unabridged

14 hours 5 min

A sweeping and revelatory history of the hidden tradition of Jewish thinkers who opposed Zionism, from Pulitzer Prize winner Benjamin Moser.In Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History, Benjamin Moser uncovers a suppressed tradition that has shaped Jewish thought for generations. Through a cast of artists, rabbis, poets, lawyers, activists, journalists, and politicians—from Europe and Africa and Asia and ... Read more

$36.00 CAD

A sweeping and revelatory history of the hidden tradition of Jewish thinkers who opposed Zionism, from Pulitzer Prize winner Benjamin Moser.In Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History, Benjamin Moser uncovers a suppressed tradition that has shaped Jewish thought for generations. Through a cast of artists, rabbis, poets, lawyers, activists, journalists, and politicians—from Europe and Africa and Asia and
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Catch-67

The Left, the Right, and the Legacy of the Six-Day War

by Micah Goodman ...

Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

Unabridged

5 hours 44 min

A controversial examination of the internal Israeli debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a best-selling Israeli author.Since the Six-Day War, Israelis have been entrenched in a national debate over whether to keep the land they conquered or to return some, if not all, of the territories to Palestinians. In a balanced and insightful analysis, Micah Goodman deftly sheds light on the ... Read more

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A controversial examination of the internal Israeli debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a best-selling Israeli author.Since the Six-Day War, Israelis have been entrenched in a national debate over whether to keep the land they conquered or to return some, if not all, of the territories to Palestinians. In a balanced and insightful analysis, Micah Goodman deftly sheds light on the
... Read more
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Palestine

A Four Thousand Year History

by Nur Masalha ...

Narrated by Fajer Al-Kaisi ...

Unabridged

16 hours 1 min

This rich and magisterial work traces Palestine's millennia-old heritage, uncovering cultures and societies of astounding depth and complexity that stretch back to the very beginnings of recorded history.Starting with the earliest references in Egyptian and Assyrian texts, Nur Masalha explores how Palestine and its Palestinian identity have evolved over thousands of years, from the Bronze Age to ... Read more

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This rich and magisterial work traces Palestine's millennia-old heritage, uncovering cultures and societies of astounding depth and complexity that stretch back to the very beginnings of recorded history.Starting with the earliest references in Egyptian and Assyrian texts, Nur Masalha explores how Palestine and its Palestinian identity have evolved over thousands of years, from the Bronze Age to
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Ancient Civilizations: A Captivating Guide to the Ancient Canaanites, Hittites and Ancient Israel and Their Role in Biblical History

by Captivating History ...

Narrated by Duke Holm ...

Unabridged

6 hours 51 min

If you want to discover the captivating history of the ancient Canaanites, Hittites and ancient Israelites, then pay attention...Three captivating manuscripts in one audiobook:The Ancient Canaanites: A Captivating Guide to the Canaanite Civilization that Dominated the Land of Canaan Before the Ancient IsraelitesHittites: A Captivating Guide to the Ancient Anatolian People Who Established the ... Read more

$28.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

If you want to discover the captivating history of the ancient Canaanites, Hittites and ancient Israelites, then pay attention...Three captivating manuscripts in one audiobook:The Ancient Canaanites: A Captivating Guide to the Canaanite Civilization that Dominated the Land of Canaan Before the Ancient IsraelitesHittites: A Captivating Guide to the Ancient Anatolian People Who Established the
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In the War Room

The Inside Story of Israel's Fight Against Hamas and the Iranian Axis

by Yonah Jeremy Bob, Elliot Kaufman ...

Narrated by Josh Bloomberg ...

Unabridged

12 hours 58 min

The inside story of the leaders, debates, and decisions that shaped Israel’s longest warIn the War Room is the inside story of the leaders, debates, and decisions that shaped Israel’s longest war—a multifront battle that eventually led Israeli and then US jets to the heart of Iran. This book also explains the current debates in Israeli society and the clashes or cooperation with US presidents that ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

The inside story of the leaders, debates, and decisions that shaped Israel’s longest warIn the War Room is the inside story of the leaders, debates, and decisions that shaped Israel’s longest war—a multifront battle that eventually led Israeli and then US jets to the heart of Iran. This book also explains the current debates in Israeli society and the clashes or cooperation with US presidents that
... Read more
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The Iron Cage

The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood

by Rashid Khalidi ...

Narrated by Shawn K. Jain ...

Unabridged

9 hours 32 min

At a time when a lasting peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis seems unattainable, understanding the roots of their conflict is an essential step in restoring hope to the region. In The Iron Cage, Rashid Khalidi provides a lucid context for the realities on the ground today, a context that has been, until now, notably lacking in our discourse.The story of the Palestinian search to ... Read more

$29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

At a time when a lasting peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis seems unattainable, understanding the roots of their conflict is an essential step in restoring hope to the region. In The Iron Cage, Rashid Khalidi provides a lucid context for the realities on the ground today, a context that has been, until now, notably lacking in our discourse.The story of the Palestinian search to
... Read more
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Palestine

A Socialist Introduction

Narrated by Jeed Saddy ...

Unabridged

10 hours 10 min

Palestine: A Socialist Introduction systematically tackles a number of important aspects of the Palestinian struggle for liberation, contextualizing it in an increasingly polarized world and offering a socialist perspective on how full liberation can be won.Through an internationalist, anti-imperialist lens, this book explores the links between the struggle for freedom in the United States and ... Read more

$36.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Palestine: A Socialist Introduction systematically tackles a number of important aspects of the Palestinian struggle for liberation, contextualizing it in an increasingly polarized world and offering a socialist perspective on how full liberation can be won.Through an internationalist, anti-imperialist lens, this book explores the links between the struggle for freedom in the United States and
... Read more
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Ten Myths About Israel

by Ilan Pappe ...

Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross ...

Unabridged

6 hours 40 min

The myths and reality behind the state of Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—from "the most eloquent writer on Palestinian history" (New Statesman)The outspoken and radical Israeli historian Ilan Pappe examines the most contested ideas concerning the origins and identity of the contemporary state of Israel.The "ten myths"—repeated endlessly in the media, enforced by the military, and ... Read more

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The myths and reality behind the state of Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—from "the most eloquent writer on Palestinian history" (New Statesman)The outspoken and radical Israeli historian Ilan Pappe examines the most contested ideas concerning the origins and identity of the contemporary state of Israel.The "ten myths"—repeated endlessly in the media, enforced by the military, and
... Read more
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Israel's Lobby

by Eli Clifton, Ian Lustick ...

Narrated by Pete Simonelli ...

Unabridged

9 hours 47 min

An unflinching exposé of Israel’s lobby, showing how its outsized influence works against our national interests and threatens our freedom.The greatest story in geopolitics and in American domestic affairs is how the far-right government of a small Middle Eastern country came to hold a controlling interest in United States foreign policy. Israel’s lobby is now in a position to police the speech of ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

An unflinching exposé of Israel’s lobby, showing how its outsized influence works against our national interests and threatens our freedom.The greatest story in geopolitics and in American domestic affairs is how the far-right government of a small Middle Eastern country came to hold a controlling interest in United States foreign policy. Israel’s lobby is now in a position to police the speech of
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Policy of Deceit

Britain and Palestine, 1914-1939

by Peter Shambrook ...

Abridged

11 hours

This is the untold story of Britain's role in the Israel–Palestine conflict. During the First World War, the British High Commissioner in Egypt reached a secret agreement with the Sharif of Mecca. If the Sharif allied with Britain against the Ottomans, after the war an independent Arab state that included Palestine would be established. The Sharif kept his word. The British did not. Instead, two ... Read more

$24.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This is the untold story of Britain's role in the Israel–Palestine conflict. During the First World War, the British High Commissioner in Egypt reached a secret agreement with the Sharif of Mecca. If the Sharif allied with Britain against the Ottomans, after the war an independent Arab state that included Palestine would be established. The Sharif kept his word. The British did not. Instead, two
... Read more
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The Only Woman in the Room

Golda Meir and Her Path to Power

by Pnina Lahav ...

Narrated by Suzanne Toren ...

Unabridged

13 hours 6 min

A feminist biography of the only woman to become Prime Minister of IsraelIn this authoritative and empathetic biography, Pnina Lahav reexamines the life of Golda Meir (1898–1978) through a feminist lens, focusing on her recurring role asa woman standing alone among men. The Only Woman in the Room is the first book to contend with Meir’s full identity as a woman, Jew, Zionist leader, and one of the ... Read more

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A feminist biography of the only woman to become Prime Minister of IsraelIn this authoritative and empathetic biography, Pnina Lahav reexamines the life of Golda Meir (1898–1978) through a feminist lens, focusing on her recurring role asa woman standing alone among men. The Only Woman in the Room is the first book to contend with Meir’s full identity as a woman, Jew, Zionist leader, and one of the
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