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1	Lover of Unreason: Assia Wevill, Sylvia Plath's Rival and Ted Hughes's Doomed Love more books like this by Yehuda Koren, Eilat Negev add to wishlist The failure of the marriage between Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes has always been considered from one of two conflicting viewpoints: hers or his. Missing for more than four decades has been a third perspective on the events that brought their marriage to its ill-fated end, the story of anotherthe otherwoman: Hughes' mistress Assia Wevill. Like ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions
2	In Our Hearts We Were Giants: The Remarkable Story of the Lilliput Troupe: A Dwarf Family's Survival of the Holocaust more books like this by Yehuda Koren, Eilat Negev add to wishlist This remarkable, never-before-told account of the Ovitz family, seven of whose ten members were dwarfs, bears witness to the best and worst of humanity and to the terrible irony of the Ovitzes' fate: being burdened with dwarfism helped them endure the Holocaust. Through dogged research and interviews with Perla, the youngest Ovitz daughter and ... see all copies from $4.11! new only from $6.23! \| first editions
3	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 $5.67! new only from $90.52! \| first editions
4	Archaeological encyclopedia of the Holy Land more books like this by Avraham Negev (Editor) add to wishlist Spanning ten millennia from earliest civilisation to the Arab conquest this book is the definitive one-volume reference to the ancient lands of the Bible, fusing scientific discovery and literary and religious tradition to produce a deeper understanding of the history of human culture. Here the settings of the world's three major religions are ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.65! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Lover of Unreason: Assia Wevill, Sylvie Plath's Rival & Ted Hughes Doomed Love more books like this by Yehuda Koren, Eilat Negev add to wishlist My true wife and the best friend I ever had, wrote Ted Hughes after Assia Wevills 1969 suicide. Long seen as the woman who lured Hughes away from Sylvia Plath, Wevill has remained a mysterious figure. Now, for the first time Yehuda Koren and Eilat Negev tell the story of Wevills remarkable life and the seven years she spent with Hughes before ... see all copies from $2.40! new only from $2.40! \| SVS
6	Building Air Bases in the Negev: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Israel, 1979-1982 more books like this by Frank N Schubert add to wishlist see all copies from $6.18! new only from $41.40! \| first editions \| SVS
7	ADA Karmi-Melamede, Architect: Life Sciences Buildings, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev more books like this by Ada Karmi-Melamede, David S Robins, Helene Binet (Photographer) add to wishlist At the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheva, Israel, the newly built life sciences complex has provided the ideal meeting place for avant-garde architecture and state-of-the-art science. Nestled in the Negev Desert, this institute with a floor area of 14'500 is a perfect example of the beauty of concrete when used in an elegant and ... see all copies from $7.08! new only from $10.40!
8	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 $57.47! new only from $149.47! \| first editions \| SVS
9	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 $3.70! \| first editions
10	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 $3.95! \| SVS
11	Prehistory and Paleoenvironments in the Central Negev, Israel more books like this by Anthony E. Marks (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $16.00! new only from $39.12! \| first editions
12	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 $76.00!
13 view cover	Arid Dune Ecosystems: The Nizzana Sands in the Negev Desert more books like this by Aaron Yair add to wishlist Sand dune dynamics plays a key role in many arid deserts. This volume provides a synthesis of a specific sand dune ecosystem, the Nizzana site in the Negev Desert. Describing its climate and geophysical/geochemical properties of soils, geological history, flora and fauna, and past/present land-use patterns, it elucidates ecological and ... see all copies from $137.00! new only from $160.13! \| first editions \| SVS
14	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
15	Where Mountains more books like this by Lesley Hazleton add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
16	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 $6.99! first editions
17	Archaeology in the Land of the Bible more books like this by Avraham Negev add to wishlist see all copies from $2.95! first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	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 $49.95! new only from $60.80! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Close Encounters W/20 Israeli more books like this by Eilat Negev add to wishlist This collection of biographies is the first of its kind, as Israeli literature is almost devoid of author biographies. They are arranged chronologically and cover a hundred years of Israeli literature; the change of style and subject matter hints at the d see all copies from $14.74! new only from $14.74!
20	Negev, land, water, and life in a desert environment more books like this by Daniel Hillel add to wishlist see all copies from $4.42! new only from $99.95!
21 view cover	A Culture of Desert Survival: Bedouin Proverbs from Sinai and the Negev more books like this by Mr. Clinton Bailey add to wishlist For 3000 years the Bedouin people have conveyed the wisdom of their culture from one generation to the next by means of spoken proverbs. This anthology presents 1,350 of these proverbs, almost none of which have been heard outside the Bedouin world before. Clinton Bailey has collected Bedouin proverbs and documented the life and survival ... see all copies from $60.00! new only from $80.69! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	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 $21.77! new only from $28.99! \| SVS
23	Mountain of God more books like this by Emmanuel Anati, Rizzoli add to wishlist see all copies from $19.90! first editions
24	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 $2.00! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25	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 $2.96! \| first editions \| SVS

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