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  • Civil Resistance in the Arab Spring

    Triumphs and Disasters

    Edited by Adam Roberts, Michael J. Willis, Rory McCarthy, Timothy Garton Ash ...
    Civil resistance, especially in the form of massive peaceful demonstrations, was at the heart of the Arab Spring-the chain of events in the Middle East and North Africa that erupted in December 2010. It won some notable victories: popular movements helped to bring about the fall of authoritarian governments in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. Yet these apparent triumphs of non-violent action were ... Read more

    $47.19 CAD

  • Nobody Told Us We Are Defeated

    Stories from the new Iraq

    by Rory McCarthy ...
    In May 2003 journalist Rory McCarthy went to Iraq to cover what was claimed to be the triumphant rebuilding of the country after the American invasion. Two years later he left a place teetering on the brink of civil war, whose inhabitants longed for the Americans to leave but feared what would happen if they did.Throughout his stay, McCarthy was struck by how little the Iraqi point of view was ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Inside Tunisia's al-Nahda

    Between Politics and Preaching

    by Rory McCarthy ...
    Series Book 53 - Cambridge Middle East Studies
    In the wake of the Arab uprisings, al-Nahda voted to transform itself into a political party that would for the first time withdraw from a preaching project built around religious, social, and cultural activism. This turn to the political was not a Tunisian exception but reflects an urgent debate within Islamist movements as they struggle to adjust to a rapidly changing political environment. This ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

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  • Farewell Kabul

    From Afghanistan To A More Dangerous World

    by Christina Lamb ...
    From the award-winning co-author of I Am Malala, this book asks just how the might of NATO, with 48 countries and 140,000 troops on the ground, failed to defeat a group of religious students and farmers? How did the West’s war in Afghanistan and across the Middle East go so wrong?Farewell Kabul tells how the West turned success into defeat in the longest war fought by the United States in its ... Read more

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  • Nine Lives

    My Time As MI6's Top Spy Inside al-Qaeda

    by Aimen Dean, Paul Cruickshank, Tim Lister ...
    Islamist, Scholar, Bomb-maker… Spy. Inside the life of an al-Qaeda double agent.‘This captivating real-life spy-thriller is a must-read.’ Ali Soufan, former FBI Special Agent and author of Anatomy of TerrorAs one of al-Qaeda’s most respected bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden.As a double agent at the heart of al ... Read more

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  • On the Front Line

    The Collected Journalism of Marie Colvin

    by Marie Colvin ...
    Veteran Sunday Times war correspondent, Marie Colvin was killed in February 2012 when covering the uprising in Syria.On the Front Line is an Orwell Special Prize winning journalism collection from veteran war correspondent Marie Colvin, who is the subject of the movie A Private War, starring Rosamund Pike and Jamie Dornan.Marie Colvin held a profound belief in the pursuit of truth, and the courage ... Read more

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  • Daughter of Destiny

    An Autobiography

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  • A State of Fear - My 10 Years Inside Iran's Torture Jails

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    This is the book the Iranian authorities have been dreading you might one day read and have taken drastic measures to ensure that you don't. It is a story of such horrific brutality that anyone who was sceptical about claims that Iran is part of the 'axis of evil' will have that scepticism dispelled by the time they finish reading it. A real insight into the sickening torture jails of Iran and the ... Read more

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