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100 1 _aOrbach, Benjamin.
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245 1 0 _aLive from Jordan :
_bletters home from my journey through the Middle East /
_cBenjamin Orbach.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bAmerican Management Association,
_c2007.
300 _aviii, 304 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c24 cm.
505 0 _aThe Arab street. Map of Jordan -- Head first : lost in Amman -- Palestine, Palestine, Palestine -- Three-minute showers and the Heinz ketchup eaters -- Life in the seven-layer dip -- From American superstar to baby killer. Map of Syria -- Istanbul to Antakya : from Europe's back porch to Syria's doorstep -- Adventures with St. Simon, Jackie Chan, and the ghost of T.E. Lawrence -- Syria's walls : public space and private worlds -- Living the life. "Fast times" at Jordan University and Friday lunch with Abu Alaa -- Anti-Americanism : America haters and the assassination of Laurence Foley -- Fasting without feasting -- Anti-Americanism : American policy critics and a night at the club -- A woman's world -- Crossing Palestine -- Pickaxes and squeegees -- The beating heart of the Arab east. Map of Egypt -- The mother of the world -- Amid the ambers of the Arab street -- Salah al Fuli and the fall of Baghdad -- Beauty and the beasts -- Amman dreaming -- The oasis.
600 1 0 _aOrbach, Benjamin
_xTravel
_zMiddle East.
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651 0 _aJordan
_xDescription and travel.
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651 0 _aMiddle East
_xDescription and travel.
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856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
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