Middle World

On September 12th, 2012, Brandon Webb learned Glen Doherty, one of his closest friends and his former Navy SEAL teammate, was killed alongside Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and two other Americans when the U.S. State Department and CIA headquarters in Benghazi, Libya, were sieged in a shocking terrorist attack.

Háfiz (1315-1390) was a lyric poet, a major figure in classical Persian literature. The compendious anthology of his poetry simply titled the Divan contains several hundred odes, from which this small selection was made by the translator. In the introduction Bicknell writes: ...we must look upon Háfiz as one of the few poets in the world who utters an unbroken strain of joy and contentment. His poverty was to him a constant fountain of satisfaction, and he frankly took the natural joys of life as they came....

שנות השישים בקאבול, בירת אפגניסטן. שני ילדים, אמיר וחסן, נולדים באותו בית מידות ויונקים משדיה של אותה מינקת, אך למרות זאת, הם גדלים בעולמות שונים לחלוטין. אמיר הוא בנו של איש עסקים עשיר ומכובד, מעמודי התווך של קאבול; חסן הוא בנו של עלי, המשרת של באבא, אביו של אמיר. אמיר הוא פאשטוני, מוסלמי סוני, בן לאליטה השלטת באפגניסטן. חסן הוא האזארי, בן למיעוט אתני נחשל ומנודה. לשני הילדים האלה — קאבול שלפני הפלישה הסובייטית היא עיר קסומה, ססגונית, מלאה ריחות אקזוטיים, בזארים שוקקי חיים ותחרויות להפרחת עפיפונים, שכל העיר יוצאת לקחת בהן חלק.

In Intimate Enemies, Khaled Diab explores the human lives at stake in the conflict. From Palestinians evading checkpoints to attend parties to the different approaches Israelis take in defining personal Jewish identities to the experiences of women from across the region, Intimate Enemies looks at what makes people tick. It also becomes clear in this closer understanding of the people how misleading a simple notion of two opposing sides really is.

"Jaw-dropping . . . Inspiring . . . A haunting and beautifully composed book . . . It blew my mind." --Lisa Taddeo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Three Women A fearless exposé of the secrets and lies of women's intimate lives, by the bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny, Adèle...

A Short History of the Middle Ages describes the tumultuous era that bridged antiquity and the modern world. Renowned 19th-century French historian and statesman Victor Duruy originally crafted a sweeping, multi-volume chronicle of this pivotal period, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the dawn of the Renaissance.

World history began in the Persian Gulf. The ancient port cities that dotted its coastlines created the first global seaboard, a place from where faiths and cultures from around the world set sail and made contact. More than a history, The Center of the World shows us that contradictions that define our modern age have always been present.

Welcome to the Middle East conflict, a conflict that is technically 63 years old and counting but has its roots in over 2,000 years of history. With so much time and history, the peace process has become laden with unique, politically sensitive concepts, like the right of return, contiguous borders, secure borders, demilitarized zones, and security requirements, with players like the Quartet, Palestinian Authority, Fatah, Hamas, the Arab League, and Israel. Over time, it has become exceedingly difficult for even sophisticated political pundits and followers to keep track of it all.

הספר הזה הוא דיווח ישיר מהחלל הפנימי, כפי שנצפה במסעותיי, ביניהם ואחריהם. כתבתי אותו עבור הסקרניות, הכמהות, ההרפתקניות, והמתעניינות שלא בהכרח מתכוונות לצאת בעצמן למסעות דומים. כל מסע דורש אומץ. כל סיפור מסע דורש התגברות על מבוכה ופחד. אולי זה אותו הדבר. חמש נשים (ועוד כלבה אחת) יוצאות למסע, כל אחת בדרכה. הן לא יוצאות לחפש את עצמן, הן יוצאות למצוא את הבלתי מוגבל. כדי להצליח לפרוץ גבולות הן נעזרות בכל מה שיכול לספק להן מידע חיוני, שיטלטל את תפיסת העולם השגורה. המסעות שלהן פסיכדליים, גשמיים, מיסטיים, פילוסופיים: מילים גדולות, שמתחילות במצוקה רוחנית אנושית, שאי אפשר להחניק עוד.

In American Mojo: Lost and Found, Peter D. Kiernan, the award-winning author of the New York Times best-seller Becoming China's Bitch, focuses on America's greatest challenge and opportunity: restoring the middle class to its full promise and potential. Our educated, skilled, and motivated middle class was the cornerstone of America's postwar economic might, but the country's dynamic core has struggled and changed dramatically through the last three decades.

Almustafa, the chosen and beloved, must leave the port of Orphalese upon the ship he has waited upon for 12 years. As he descends to the waterfront, the people of Orphalese gather to question him and hear his wisdom on important topics of their daily lives. Kahlil Gibran's masterpiece is a series of enlightening, philosophical answers to those questions. The inspirational and spiritual words of The Prophet, written in an almost Biblical, poetic style, reveal deep insights into each of the subjects in question.

During his more than 50 years in politics, Democratic strategist Douglas E. Schoen has produced nearly two dozen books that have deftly dissected national and international crises and offered prescriptions for solving them. Now, in The Politics of Life: My Road to the Middle of a Hostile and Adversarial World, Schoen delivers his most personal work. Bringing to life the antiwar youthquake of his Harvard years, Schoen introduces us to Cornel West, Walter Isaacson, Merrick Garland, and other classmates bound for glory.

Für ihr neues Hörbuch hat die preisgekrönte Autorin die gesamte Region bereist. Sie gibt den notleidenden Kindern aus Gaza eine Stimme, spricht mit israelischen Angehörigen getöteter Geiseln, trifft kurdische Frauen, die in Kobane die Stellung gegen den IS halten – und im israelischen Gefängnis Marwan Barghuthi, dessen Bedeutung für die Palästinenser mit der Nelson Mandelas für Südafrika verglichen wird.

Our relationship with China remains one of the most complex and rapidly evolving and is perhaps one of the most important to our nation's future. Here, John Pomfret, the author of the best-selling Chinese Lessons, takes us deep into these two countries' shared history and illuminates in vibrant, stunning detail every major event, relationship, and ongoing development that has affected diplomacy between these two booming, influential nations.

In Lives Between the Lines, Michael Vatikiotis traces the journey of his Greek and Italian forebears from Tuscany, Crete, Hydra and Rhodes, as they made their way to Egypt and the coast of Palestine in search of opportunity. In the process, he reveals a period where the Middle East was a place of ethnic and cultural harmony—where Arabs and Jews rubbed shoulders in bazaars and teashops, intermarried and shared family history.

ما تبقّى لكم هي صرخة أدبية عميقة يطلقها غسان كنفاني، حيث يروي بوجع مُرهَف حكاية عائلة فلسطينية شتتها النكبة، لتجد نفسها عالقة في ظلال اللجوء والمقاومة. عبر صفحات الرواية، يتقاطع مصير "حامد"، الشاب الذي تتوقد روحه شوقًا للعودة إلى الأرض المحتلة، مع شقيقته "مريم"، التي تواجه وحدها معركة مع مجتمعها وتقاليده الثقيلة.

الطفيل: كائن يعيش ويتغذى على كائن آخر، ولا يساعده على الحياة .. أو هو الشخص الذي يستغل كرم الآخرين ولا يقدم لهم شيئا بالمقابل. في العربية الطفيلي هو: الشخص الذي يدعو نفسه لكل مأدبة، وفي الإغريقية بارازيتوس (Parasitos) وهو: ضيف العشاء المحترف الذي لا يقدم شيئاً سوى تسلية الأغنياء.

وداعاً أيها الغريب .. كانت إقامتك قصيرة، لكنها كانت رائعة .. عسى أن تجد جنتك التى فتشت عنها كثيراً .. وداعاً أيها الغريب .. كانت زيارتك رقصة من رقصات الظل .. قطرة من قطرات الندى قبل شروق الشمس .. لحناً سمعناه لثوان هنالك من الدغل .. ثم هززنا الرءوس ، وقلنا إننا توهمناه .. وداعاً أيها الغريب .. لكن كل شىء ينتهى.

The tragedy of Al-Mansur is considered one of the poet Heine's earliest works. In it, he attempted to project his own feelings onto the story of his failed love for his cousin Amalie, who married another man. This caused him a psychological and spiritual crisis, which he tried to express in the tragedy of Al-Mansur.

روي لنا ستيفان زفايج في هذه الرواية قصة ميركو زينتوفيك الذي يتسم بالجهل ولكنه يكتشف موهبته في الشطرنج ويذيع سيطه في العالم كأبرز اللاعبين, واثناء رحلته لنيويورك يقابل بطل الرواية الآخر السيد "ب" والذي تعلم الشطرنج بدون أن يملك قطعة واحدة, ترى من يفوز؟ وكيف تمثل الشطرنج لعبة الحياه بأكملها؟