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From the Holy Mountain: A Journey among the Christians of the Middle East
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As a seminary student, I had been exposed to many of the groups Dalrymple visited during his journey. Though we treated them largely as doctrinal heretics and schismatics, they were lifeless groups and sects in the pages of our medieval church history text books. "From the Holy Mountain" brought those people to life in ways that I had not experienced... »
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The Lost Boys of Sudan: An American Story of the Refugee Experience
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I will refrain from giving a summary of the book, as a couple of other reviewers did a nice job of that previously. I will offer a few brief impressions of this work.
Having obtained a degree in African studies in the 1990s, I was well aware of the issues facing Sudan and the history of the civil wars in the country. Many times material I ... »
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The Lost Heart of Asia
West of China, south of Russia, hemmed in by mountains, steppe, and desert, lie the five Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union. Cut loose fro... »
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Yemen (Bradt Travel Guide)
This guide is a perfect introduction to Yemen for those who've never been, but would work equally well as a guidebook for those who have already explored ... »
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