Where Mountains Roar: a personal report from the Sinai and Negev Desert

Travel

HAZLETON, Lesley

Middle East

HOLT. RINEHART AND WINSTON

Trade paperback. Travel, memoir and adventure. 5" x 7 3/4" tall; 221pp.

Where Mountains Roar: A Personal Report from the Sinai and Negev Desert

Literature & Fiction

Penguin??Books

From Publishers Weekly\nHazelton, a British Jew who now lives in Jerusalem, writes vividly of the passions and wars, the religious-secular clashes and the excitement of this "city of paradox." The author's "reflections and conversations with writers and intellectuals illuminate every facet of life in today's Israel," PW found. 
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Jerusalem, Jerusalem: A Memoir or War and Peace, Passion and Politics

Thelma and Louise meets Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance in the story of a woman who transcends gender boundaries to drive faster and delveplex and unholy union between car and driver."

Confessions of a Fast Woman

Biographies & Memoirs

Addison-Wesley

A car columnist for Lear's magazine reveals her infatuation with fast cars, describing how she learned to handle a formula race car and became a mechanic's apprentice.

The author argues that depression is a necessary, life-enhancing process that should not be distorted by feelings of shame and guilt prompted, in part, by the platitudes of popular psychology

The Right to Feel Bad: Coming to Terms With Normal Depression

Health, Fitness & Dieting

DOUBLEDAY

There is no woman with a worse reputation than Jezebel, the ancient queen who corrupted a nation and met one of the most gruesome fates in the Bible. Her name alone speaks of sexual decadence and promiscuity. But what if this version of her story, handed down to us through the ages, is merely the one her enemies wanted us to believe? What if Jezebel, far from being a conniving harlot, was, in fact, framed? In this remarkable new biography, Lesley Hazleton shows exactly how the proud and courageous queen of Israel was vilified and made into the very embodiment of wanton wickedness by her political and religious enemies. Jezebel brings readers back to the source of the biblical story, a rich and dramatic saga featuring evil schemes and underhanded plots, war and treason, false gods and falser humans, and all with the fate of entire nations at stake. At its center are just one woman and one man—the sophisticated Queen Jezebel and the stark prophet Elijah. Their epic and ultimately tragic confrontation pits tolerance against righteousness, pragmatism against divine dictates, and liberalism against conservatism. It is, in other words, the original story of the unholy marriage of sex, politics, and religion, and it ends in one of the most chillingly brutal scenes in the entire Bible. Here at last is the real story of the rise and fall of this legendary woman—a radically different portrait with startling contemporary resonance in a world mired once again in religious wars.

Jezebel: The Untold Story of the Bible's Harlot Queen

Community & Culture

Doubleday Religion

In this gripping narrative history, Lesley Hazleton tells the tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam, a rift that dominates the news now more than ever. Even as Muhammad lay dying, the battle over who would take control of the new Islamic nation had begun, beginning a succession crisis marked by power grabs, assassination, political intrigue, and passionate faith. Soon Islam was embroiled in civil war, pitting its founder's controversial wife Aisha against his son-in-law Ali, and shattering Muhammad’s ideal of unity. Combining meticulous research with compelling storytelling, After the Prophet explores the volatile intersection of religion and politics, psychology and culture, and history and current events. It is an indispensable guide to the depth and power of the Shia–Sunni split.

After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam

Historical

Anchor

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Where Mountains Roar: a personal report from the Sinai and Negev Desert

Where Mountains Roar: A Personal Report from the Sinai and Negev Desert

Jerusalem, Jerusalem: A Memoir or War and Peace, Passion and Politics

Confessions of a Fast Woman

Confessions of a Fast Woman

The Right to Feel Bad: Coming to Terms With Normal Depression

Jezebel: The Untold Story of the Bible's Harlot Queen

Jezebel: The Untold Story of the Bible's Harlot Queen

After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam

After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam