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The Lemon Tree
An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
2008
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A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST“Extraordinary … A sweeping history of the Palestinian-Israeli conundrum … Highly readable and evocative.” – The Washington PostThe 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 P...
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The Lemon Tree (Young Readers' Edition)
An Arab, A Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
2020
EN
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 JournalIn 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 ni...
Children of the Stone
The Power of Music in a Hard Land
2015
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“A moving account of the dispossessed children of Palestine, and the transformative power that music has had in giving them meaning and reason for hope.”-Reza Aslan“Moving … Tolan is a scrupulous craftsman.” - Los Angeles TimesIt is an unlikely story. Ramzi Hussein Aburedwan, a child from a Palestinian refugee camp, confronts an occupying army, gets an education, masters an instrument, dreams of something much bigger than himself, ...
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Bittersweet Empire
Billionaire Sugar Barons and the Ghosts of Slavery
2027
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Bestselling author and award-winning investigative journalist Sandy Tolan exposes the bitter history behind the powerful, secretive sugar industry, and the Fanjuls, the Succession-like family who owns Domino Sugar and profits from it the most.For well over a century—going back to the slave trade in Cuba and into modern-day South Florida—deep-pocketed sugar barons have accumulated billions of dollars in wealth, while their cane cutters remain trapped in an ...
Bittersweet Empire
Billionaire Sugar Barons and the Ghosts of Slavery
Unabridged
12 hours
2027
EN
Bestselling author and award-winning investigative journalist Sandy Tolan exposes the bitter history behind the powerful, secretive sugar industry, and the Fanjuls, the Succession-like family who owns Domino Sugar and profits from it the most.For well over a century—going back to the slave trade in Cuba and into modern-day South Florida—deep-pocketed sugar barons have accumulated billions of dollars in wealth, while their cane cutters remain trapped in an ...
The Lemon Tree (Young Readers' Edition)
An Arab, A Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
- Narrated by
- Rami Medina
Unabridged
4 hours 42 min
2020
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Bloomsbury presents The Lemon Tree (Young Readers' Edition) by Sandy Tolan, read by Rami Medina.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 JournalIn 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 ston...
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