Posted by 10derHeart on August 4, 2006, at 0:48:19
In reply to Re: Any book recommendations?, posted by Jost on August 3, 2006, at 17:56:45
> They're probably neutral, because they come from a diary on a blog I often read, which asked for books for an introductory course on the Middle East. These are the more interesting, less academic ones.
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> 1. O Jerusalem Collins and Lapierre ( "gripping and balanced account of events leading to Israel's independence") originally published 1972
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> 2. Jerusalem Beseiged. Eric Cline ("four thousand years of struggles for control of Jerusalem, a city central to three religions")
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> 3. A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam - Karen Armstrong
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> 4. No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam - Reza Aslan (very recent)Sounds totally fascinating..gosh, sometimes I wish I could just read and read all day, every day!!
> I would give links to amazon, but I'm not sure how to link.
I can help :-) Basically, you type double-double quotes around the titles. It's explained in Dr. Bob's FAQ ( http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html ) like this:
>> This site lets you link book, movie, and music titles to Amazon.com and thereby help others find them (and support online education and self-help by buying them). Just put a title in double double quotes, and the server will automatically search Amazon.com and link to the first match. When you confirm your post, you have the option of linking to a different title (or not linking at all). If you get too many matches double-double-quoting just the title, you can also include the author or artist to narrow down the search. So, for example, you can turn "E-Therapy" into "E-Therapy" or "E-Therapy (Hsiung)" into "E-Therapy (Hsiung)". :-)
Sorry, but this only works with double quotes (not underscores or anything else) and Amazon.com (not Amazon.co.uk, etc.).
FYI, this is an application of Amazon.com Web Services.<<
Here, I've done a couple for you....
"O Jerusalem "
"A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam "
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