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The Profession: A Thriller by Steven Pressfield

On June 12, 2011, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Editor

The year is 2032. The third Iran-Iraq war is over; the 11/11 dirty bomb attack on the port of Long Beach, California is receding into memory; Saudi Arabia has recently quelled a coup; Russians and Turks are clashing in the Caspian Basin; Iranian armored units, supported by the satellite and drone power of their Chinese allies, have emerged from their enclaves in Tehran and are sweeping south attempting to recapture the resource rich territory that had been stolen from them, in their view, by Lukoil, BP, and ExxonMobil and their privately-funded armies.

Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War by Annia Ciezadlo

On February 7, 2011, in Book Reviews, by Editor

“I cook to comprehend the place I’ve landed in,” muses Ciezadlo early in her first book, a vividly written memoir of her adventures in travel and taste in the Middle East. Like any successful travelogue writer, she fills her pages with luminous, funny, and stirring portraits of the places and people she came across in her time abroad.

Late for Tea at the Deer Palace: The Lost Dreams of My Iraqi Family by Tamara Chalabi

On January 22, 2011, in Book Reviews, by Editor

The daughter of a vocal critic of Saddam Hussein, Chalabi traces her family history back four generations, through a hundred years of turbulent Iraqi history. Chalabi’s great-grandfather, Abdul Hussein, a Shia Muslim, became the minister of education in an administration largely dominated by Sunnis in the 1920s. His son, Hadi, the author’s grandfather, becomes a successful businessman only to have his life put in jeopardy when he is arrested for treason.

Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death

On November 30, 2010, in Book Reviews, by Editor

This painstaking and balanced book studies the experience of one airborne platoon in Iraq’s deadly “Black Triangle,” where U.S. forces have racked up a larger number of casualties than in any other area of the country.

How Gail Rebuck Turned Tony Blair's Book Into A Bestseller

On September 13, 2010, in Book Reviews, Writing & Publishing, by Editor

Tony Blair’s autobiography, A Journey, last week became the fastest-selling memoir ever, and all in spite of being moved to the crime or fiction sections of bookshops by opponents of the former prime minister, and without the usual lucrative serialisation deal with a national newspaper.

Tony Blair – British Prime Minister

On September 5, 2010, in Book Reviews, by Editor

Tony Blair has dominated British political life for more than a decade. Like Margaret Thatcher before him, he has changed the terms of political debate and provoked as much condemnation as admiration.

New Literature – A Journey: My Political Life by Tony Blair

On September 4, 2010, in Book Reviews, by Editor

Tony Blair is a politician who defines our times. His emergence as Labour Party leader in 1994 marked a seismic shift in British politics. Within a few short years, he had transformed his party and rallied the country behind him, becoming prime minister in 1997 with the biggest victory in Labour’s history, and bringing to an end eighteen years of Conservative government. He took Labour to a historic three terms in office as Britain’s dominant political figure of the last two decades.

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