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1	Where Mountains Roar: A Personal Report from the Sinai and Negev Deserts more books like this by Lesley Hazleton add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.88! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Sand Devil more books like this by Michael B B Oren add to wishlist The heat of the Negev Desert is captured in this collection of three novellas. An escaped murderer holds a young woman hostage in "House of Bondage". In "The Maestro of Yerucham", a Russian violinist who has survived the Nazis and the Soviet regimes finds a young girl he believes to be the heir to his talents. And in "Sand Devil", the adolescent ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.21! \| SVS
3	Rivers in the desert; a history of the Negev. more books like this by Nelson Glueck add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Bedouin Poetry from Sinai and the Negev: Mirror of a Culture more books like this by Mr. Clinton Bailey, Wilfred Thesiger (Foreword by), Baily add to wishlist The desert-dwelling Bedouin have always been a subject of intense fascination. Their culture and ethics are still largely a mystery, both for the peoples with whom they share the Middle-Eastern and African lands, and for those living in the West. Like other non-literate peoples, the Bedouin have a strong oral tradition and use poetry for many ... see all copies from $34.57! new only from $156.78! \| SVS
5	The Negev: The Challenge of a Desert, 2nd Ed more books like this by Michael Evenari, Nephtali Tadmor, Naphtali Tadmor add to wishlist The Negev, first published over a decade ago, told the story of some twenty years of study of southern Israel's desert. It synthesized the findings of botanists, geologists, soil scientists, agronomists, archaeologists, historians, and engineers and told how the applications of their work produced an agricultural surplus in this forbiddingly dry, ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $80.00!
6	Sand Devil more books like this by Michael Bornstein add to wishlist The head of the Negev Desert is captured in this collection of three novellas. As escaped murderer holds a young woman hostage in "House of Bondage. In "The Maestro of Yerucham, a Russian violinist who has survived the Nazis and the Soviet regimes finds a young girl he believes to be the heir to his talents. And in "Sand Devil, the adolescent son ... see all copies from $2.16! new only from $3.45! \| first editions
7	Negev Bedouin and Livestock Rearing: Social, Economic and Political Aspects Social, Economic and Political Aspects more books like this by Aref Abu-Rabia add to wishlist In the past sheep-rearing was the main means of existence for most Bedouin. Today it is developing in a new direction. For some it is as important as ever, for others it has become only a subsidiary source of income and a safeguard against economic instability. This volume looks at the effects social, political and economic change has had upon the ... see all copies from $45.00! new only from $84.77! \| SVS
8	The Negev: The Challenge of a Desert, First Edition more books like this by Michael Evenari, Leslie Shanan, Naphtali Tadmor add to wishlist In December 1966, the New York Times reported, "An experimental farm in the middle of Israel's arid southern desert proved its success in an unusual way this year. It had a surplus problem." This happy surplus was the outcome of two decades of scientific study of ancient desert agriculture, which had been motivated initially by the realization ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
9	Prisoner of Hope more books like this by Moshe Prywes, Elie Wiesel (Foreword by) add to wishlist Israel's leading medical educator recounts his odyssey from tragedy to triumph. see all copies from $9.50! new only from $59.94! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Where Mountains more books like this by Lesley Hazleton add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
11	Regeneration of Plants in Arid Ecosystems Resulting from Patch Disturbance more books like this by Yitzchak Gutterman add to wishlist The main subject of this book is the interaction between diggings created by porcupines when consuming geophytes, and their influences on annual and perennial vegetation in a desert biome. The accumulation of run-off water in diggings and depressions made by animals increases the carrying capacity of these microhabitats in the desert biome. The ... see all copies from $110.51! new only from $110.51! \| SVS
12	Prehistory and Paleoenvironments in the Central Negev, Israel more books like this by Anthony E. Marks (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $16.50! signed copies \| first editions
13	Transitions : Russians, Ethiopians and Bedouins in Israel's Negev Desert more books like this by Richard E. Isralowitz, Jonathan Friedlander add to wishlist This text consists of articles from Israeli academics familiar with the Russian, Ethiopian and Bedouin people of the Negev. The editors have organized the work to juxtapose the contributions in a way that will generate comparative insights that exclusive volumes on any one group of people would not achieve. The book is a "photo-documentation" and ... see all copies from $30.00! new only from $74.75!
14	The Negev and Sinai more books like this by Rinna Samuel, Werner Braun add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
15	Our World: The Taming of Israel's Negev more books like this by Cecil P Golann add to wishlist Describes the history and geography of Israel's Negev Desert and the country's determined effort to make the area habitable and productive. see all copies from $2.05! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16	Bedouin Century: Education and Development Among the Negev Tribes in the Twentieth Century more books like this by Aref Abu-Rabia add to wishlist The Bedouin in the Negev region have undergone a remarkable change of life style in the course of the 20th century: within a few generations they changed from being nomads to an almost sedentary and highly educated population. The author, who is a Bedouin himself and has worked in the Israeli Ministry of Education and Culture as Superintendent of ... see all copies from $46.24! new only from $46.24! \| SVS
17	Mountain of God more books like this by Emmanuel Anati, Rizzoli add to wishlist see all copies from $37.57! first editions
18	Bedouin Poetry more books like this by Mr. Clinton Bailey, Dr Clinton Bailey add to wishlist The desert dwelling bedouin have always been a subject of intense fascination. Their culture and ethics are still largely a mystery. Like other non-literate peoples, the bedouin have a strong tradition of oral poetry, which plays an indispensable role in their daily life. Clinton Bailey has spent more than twenty years among the bedouin of Sinai ... see all copies from $24.88! new only from $24.88! \| SVS
19	A Boy, a Chicken, and the Lion of Judah: How Ari Became a Vegetarian more books like this by Anselm Atkins (Illustrator), Roberta Kalechafsky add to wishlist Although his parents are understanding and involved in conserving the plants and animals near their home in the Negev desert, nine-year-old Ari does not know how to tell them that he does not want to eat meat anymore. see all copies from $8.60! new only from $8.60! \| SVS
20	The Archaeology of the Early Islamic Settlement in Palestine more books like this by Jodi Magness add to wishlist see all copies from $49.50! new only from $49.50!
21	Horvat Qitmit : an Edomite shrine in the biblical Negev more books like this by Itzhaq Beit-Arieh, Pirhiya Beck, Liora Freud add to wishlist see all copies from $60.00! new only from $60.00! \| first editions
22	Israel's Southern Landscapes: Your Guide to Eilat and the Negev more books like this by Aviva Bar-Am add to wishlist see all copies from $40.00! new only from $53.43!
23 view cover	The Influence of Settlement on Substance Use and Abuse Among Nomadic Populations in Israel and Kenya more books like this by Isma'il Abu-Sa'ad, J Mburu add to wishlist This book provides an overview of how settlement processes among nomadic and semi-nomadic populations can result in social and cultural disruption of traditional life. Based on a study among the Negev Bedouin Arab tribes in Israel and the Maasai tribes in Kenya, it focuses, in particular, on the influence of settlement processes on substance use ... see all copies from $14.18!
24 view cover	As Nomadism Ends: The Israeli Bedouin of the Negev more books like this by Avinoam Meir add to wishlist As pastoral nomads become settled, they face social, spatial, and ecological change in the shift from herding to farming, toward integration into the market economy. This book analyzes the socio-spatial changes that follow the end of nomadism, especially in the unique case of the Bedouin of the Negev. As pastoral nomads become settled, they face ... see all copies from $122.37!
25	The Dual Heritage: Immigrants from the Atlas Mountains in an Israeli Village more books like this by Moshe Shokeid add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions

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