The Lemon Tree

Author : Sandy Tolan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1596919221
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lemon Tree written by Sandy Tolan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST “Extraordinary ... A sweeping history of the Palestinian-Israeli conundrum ... Highly readable and evocative.” – The Washington Post The tale of a simple act of faith between two young people, one Israeli and one Palestinian, that symbolizes the hope for peace in the Middle East – with an updated afterword by the author. In 1967, Bashir Khairi, a twenty-five-year-old Palestinian, journeyed to Israel with the goal of seeing the beloved stone house with the lemon tree behind it that he and his family had fled nineteen years earlier. To his surprise, when he found the house he was greeted by Dalia Eshkenazi Landau, a nineteen-year-old Israeli college student, whose family left fled Europe for Israel following the Holocaust. On the stoop of their shared home, Dalia and Bashir began a rare friendship, forged in the aftermath of war and tested over the next half century in ways that neither could imagine on that summer day in 1967. Sandy Tolan brings the Israeli-Palestinian conflict down to its most human level, demonstrating that even amid the bleakest political realities there exist stories of hope and transformation.

Author : Ilil Arbel
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595339824
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lemon Tree written by Ilil Arbel and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lemon Tree is the true story of a Siberian pioneer family's extraordinary year-long journey as they transport their late son's tiny lemon tree to Israel. Ten-year-old Sasha has one dying wish: he asks his family to take his lemon tree-the tree he raised from a seed floating in his tea-and plant it in an orchard in Israel. Nothing deters Sasha's family from fulfilling his dream. The Wissotzskys travel on cattle trains through the Trans-Siberian line, become stranded in Shanghai, are shot at by Manchurian officials, and face the constant threat of typhoid fever, as they overcome these and other harrowing obstacles on their 1918 journey. Against all odds, this real-life pioneer family perseveres in their quest to fulfill a child's dying wish. Can the little tropical tree survive the cold, harsh journey?

Author : Rosanna Ley
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1786483378
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lemon Tree Hotel written by Rosanna Ley and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Sun-soaked escapism' Best 'A gorgeous, mouth-watering dream of a holiday read!' Red 'Pure, fun escapism' Heat An enchanting story about love, family secrets, and a little piece of heaven . . . In the beautiful village of Vernazza, the Mazzone family have transformed an old convent overlooking the glamorous Italian Riviera into the elegant Lemon Tree Hotel. For Chiara, her daughter Elene and her granddaughter Isabella, the running of their hotel is the driving force in their lives. One day, two unexpected guests check in. The first, Dante, is a face from Chiara's past, but what exactly happened between them all those years ago, Elene wonders. Meanwhile, Isabella is preoccupied with the second guest, a mysterious young man who seems to know a lot about the history of the old convent and the people who live there. Isabella is determined to find out his true intentions and discover the secret past of the Lemon Tree Hotel. READERS LOVE THE LEMON TREE HOTEL 'Kept me enthralled' ***** 'Gripping yet romantic' ***** 'Could not put it down' ***** 'I loved every minute of it' ***** 'Escapism at its finest' *****

Author : Sandy Tolan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 154760395X
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lemon Tree (Young Readers' Edition) written by Sandy Tolan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tale of friendship between two people, one Israeli and one Palestinian, that symbolizes the hope for peace in the Middle East. “Makes an incredibly complicated topic comprehensible.”--School Library Journal In 1967, a twenty-five-year-old refugee named Bashir Khairi traveled from the Palestinian hill town of Ramallah to Ramla, Israel, with a goal: to see the beloved stone house with the lemon tree in its backyard that he and his family had been forced to leave nineteen years earlier. When he arrived, he was greeted by one of its new residents: Dalia Eshkenazi Landau, a nineteen-year-old Israeli college student whose family had fled Europe following the Holocaust. She had lived in that house since she was eleven months old. On the stoop of this shared house, Dalia and Bashir began a surprising friendship, forged in the aftermath of war and later tested as political tensions ran high and Israelis and Palestinians each asserted their own right to live on this land. Adapted from the award-winning adult book and based on Sandy Tolan's extensive research and reporting, The Lemon Tree is a deeply personal story of two people seeking hope, transformation, and home.

Author : Zoulfa Katouh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1526648490
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow written by Zoulfa Katouh and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic, emotional, breathtaking story of love and loss set amid the Syrian revolution. Burning with the fires of hope and possibility, AS LONG AS THE LEMON TREES GROW will sweep you up and never let you go. _______________ SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DISCOVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 'This is an important book. Everyone should read it' - Elizabeth Laird, award-winning author of Welcome to Nowhere 'Wrenching and lyrical' - Samira Ahmed, New York Times bestselling author of Internment 'Hauntingly beautiful ... a must read' - Huda Fahmy, author of Huda F Are You _______________ Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had her parents and her big brother; she still had her home. She was even supposed to be meeting a boy to talk about marriage. Now Salama volunteers at a hospital in Homs, helping the wounded who flood through the doors. She knows that she should be thinking about leaving, but who will help the people of her beloved country if she doesn't? With her heart so conflicted, her mind has conjured a vision to spur her to action. His name is Khawf, and he haunts her nights with hallucinations of everything she has lost. But even with Khawf pressing her to leave, when she crosses paths with Kenan, the boy she was supposed to meet on that fateful day, she starts to doubt her resolve in leaving home at all. Soon, Salama must learn to see the events around her for what they truly are-not a war, but a revolution-and decide how she, too, will cry for Syria's freedom. _______________

Author : Sarah Turton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780955904806
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond the lemon tree written by Sarah Turton and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sandy Tolan
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0552155144
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lemon Tree written by Sandy Tolan and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a 43-minute radio documentary that Tolan produced for "Fresh Air," this volume pursues the story into the homes and histories of the two families at its center through the present day. Their stories form a personal microcosm of the last 70 years of Israeli-Palestinian history.

Author : Garry Kennard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780957541887
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lemon Tree Suite written by Garry Kennard and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rebecca Hillauer
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN 13 : 9789774249433
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers written by Rebecca Hillauer and published by American Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arab women filmmakers: Who are they? What drives them? What are their experiences in a male-dominated profession? How do they function within the contexts - and constraints - of patriarchal societies? The answers are complex and sometimes surprising, as complex and surprising as the vastly different films these women direct. In this unprecedented book, Rebecca Hillauer assembles a comprehensive and penetrating look into the history of Arab women's filmmaking, as well as the political and social background of the countries - Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Algeria, among others - from which these artists emerged. In addition to the biographies, filmographies, and discussions of their most important works, lively, in-depth interviews allow us to hear from the filmmakers themselves. Collectively, these women, who hail from a wide range of professional, religious, and social backgrounds, provide a varied and vivid picture of what it means to work in creative and journalistic fields in the modern Arab world. For Hillauer, the subject of a film, its genesis, and the personal story of the artist who created it reveal far more than a particular approach to cinematography. Arab women filmmakers and their main characters (who are often semi-autobiographical) not only afford us a look at seldom-seen facets of Arab societies, they personify an alternative women's 'model,' one that is far removed from western clichés. Broad in scope, and rich in insight, Arab Women Filmmakers is a must read for cineastes as well as students of film, feminism, and the Middle East.

Author : Joseph Pugliese
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 1478009071
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biopolitics of the More-Than-Human written by Joseph Pugliese and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-30 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Biopolitics of the More-Than-Human Joseph Pugliese examines the concept of the biopolitical through a nonanthropocentric lens, arguing that more-than-human entities—from soil and orchards to animals and water—are actors and agents in their own right with legitimate claims to justice. Examining occupied Palestine, Guantánamo, and sites of US drone strikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen, Pugliese challenges notions of human exceptionalism by arguing that more-than-human victims of war and colonialism are entangled with and subject to the same violent biopolitical regimes as humans. He also draws on Indigenous epistemologies that invest more-than-human entities with judicial standing to argue for an ethico-legal framework that will enable the realization of ecological justice. Bringing the more-than-human world into the purview of justice, Pugliese makes visible the ecological effects of human war that would otherwise remain outside the domains of biopolitics and law.