Arabs & Israel For Beginners covers the Middle East from ancient times to the present tells the truth in plain English and is one of the few non-scholarly books that is relentlessly fair to both Jews and Arabs. If you want to continue to believe fairy tales about Arabs in Israel don't touch this book – it will surely be hazardous to your closed mind. If you want the truth about 12000 years of Middle Eastern History then Arabs & Israel For Beginners is the perfect place to start.

Many people consider Morrison's novels difficult to read. Most of her readers have at least one book on their shelves that they couldn't finish or when they did finish one just scratched their heads in confusion. And when we think we are sure we know what she's writing about it turns out we are half wrong or only getting the tip of the iceberg instead of the whole beautiful brooding thing.Toni Morrison For Beginners is about the woman her books her mission her word music and all that subte...

The History of Opera For Beginners is a humorous little book which starts with the radical assumption that Opera is just plain old music rather than the highbrow inaccessible music that everyone assumes it to be. The reader will learn the difference between Italian and German Opera and why you don't have to study a new language to enjoy Opera.The History of Opera For Beginners is an ideal introduction for people who are convinced that opera is solely for those refined few who were born lis...

Jack London wrote at least four stories about boxing; A Piece of Steak (1909), The Mexican (1911), The Abysmal Brute (1911), and The Game (1905). The Game is told, in part, from the point of view of a woman, the fiancée of one of the competitors. This is to be his last fight and they are to be married on the morrow. Against her better judgment, she agrees to watch the bout. (Introduction by Tom Crawford)