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The Middle East

2005
Presents an introduction to the Middle East and discusses issues of economic, political, and cultural significance, including the Arab-Israeli conflict, U.S. policy, the Persian Gulf, oil, and Islam, with profiles of twelve Middle Eastern countries chronology's of events in the region from 1900 to 2004.

The New Middle East

1993
Offers a vision of the future of the Middle East, free of conflicts, a social and economic revival, and the beginning of an era of peace and understanding.

In the name of God

the Khomeini decade
1989
Chronicles Iran's explosive decade of revolution and political maneuverings.

The Middle East in the age of uncertainty, 1991-present

2007
Explores the events that have taken place in the Middle East since the Gulf War in 1991, discussing the end of Iraqi occupation in Kuwait, the continuing Arab-Israeli conflict, al-Qaida-sponsored attacks on the United States, and the invasion of Iraq.

The revolution in Iran

1988
Discusses the origins, events, conclusion, and aftermath of the conflict in Iran after Ayatollah Khomeini returned from exile to lead the 1979 revolution.

War brothers

the graphic novel
2013
A graphic novel adaptation of the author's novel about a group of boys in Uganda who are kidnapped and forced to join the Lord's Resistance Army, or LRA, and their desperate escape, only to return home to discover that their friends and family are afraid of them.

Margaret Thatcher

1985
A biography of Great Britain's first woman Prime Minister.

Dawn and dusk

2007
As thirteen-year-old Azad tries desperately to cling to the life he has known, the political situation in Iran during the war with Iraq finally forces his family to flee their home and seek safety elsewhere.

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