 In a Desert Land : Photographs of Israel, Egypt,
and Jordan by Neil Folberg (Photographer) Hardcover - 204 pages 2nd edition
(April 1998) Abbeville Press, Inc.; Review Next best thing to being
there! This is a rich diet of unusually beautiful pictures; a collection of
vivid scenes. You feel like you're there... You'll wish that you were there!
Ah, but Folberg's eye is even better than yours or mine. Open up (pun intended)
and let him teach you how to see.
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|  Lonely Planet Guide : Israel & the Palestinian Territories
by Andrew Humphreys, Paul Hellander, Neil Tilbury
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| Insight Guides Jerusalem Paperback 3 edition (January 1998) Apa
Productions;
Amazon
 Review After visiting Jerusalem, it is like
total recall. This is the most concise guide I've seen. It is like revisiting
all those wonderful sites with background history about each one. A must for
before and after seeing the real thing!
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 A History of Ancient Israel and Judah by J. Maxwell
Miller, John Haralson Hayes (Photographer) Hardcover - 523 pages (May 1986)
Westminster John Knox Pr; Synopsis A significant achievement, this book
moves our understanding of the history of Israel forward as dramatically as
John Bright's A History of Israel, Martin Noth's History of Israel, and William
F. Albright's From the Stone Age ot Cristianity did at an earlier period.
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| Views of Jerusalem and the Holy Land by Steven Brooke
(Photographer) Hardcover - 224 pages (November 1998) Rizzoli International
Publications
Amazon
 Book Description Like
Rizzoli's Views of Rome, Views of Jerusalem and the Holy Land juxtaposes
contemporary photographs with engraving and watercolors of corresponding
earlier views, extending the tradition of the vedutisti to accommodate the
qualities of the photographers art-and creating a provocative dialogue between
past and present.Elegant monochromes depict some of the region's most famous
holy places, including the Western Wall, the Damascus Gate, the Ecce Homo Arch
on the Via Dolorosa, the Dome of the Rock, the Church of St. John the Baptist,
the tomb of the Virgin Mary, and the room of the Last Supper.
Review stunning, unforgettable images of the Holy Land Like his earlier
classic work "Views of Rome", Brooke presents visual poetry of the
architecture and monuments of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. The composition and
lighting are flawless; the images are stunning and unforgettable. Not just a
"coffee table" book, but one to re -visit and appreciate over the
years.
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| Israel : A Photobiography by Micha Bar-Am (Photographer), Thomas
L. Friedman, Harris, Elon, Constance Herndon Hardcover - 200 pages (February
1998) Simon & Schuster
Amazon
 Review: From Robert Capa's 1948 photograph
of soldiers on the road to Jerusalem to the 1996 shot of a small child gazing
into a blue sky filled with colorful kites, the photographs in Israel: A
Photobiography depict a broad spectrum of life in a complicated country. It is
telling that the major sections of the book are organized by war--Sinai
Campaign, Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, Lebanon War. Stirring images of soldiers
on the front lines, refugees on the move, an off-duty fighter tending the
family barbecue with a gun on his hip, and Druze women in the Golan Heights
shouting to their relatives across the border in Syria remind readers of the
harsh reality behind the headlines. Many photographs capture quieter, more
personal moments, such as a Greek Orthodox wedding, a man visiting the Tel Aviv
zoo, and a woman soothing her infant outside a kibbutz dining hall.
Individually the pictures tell thousands of different--even divisive--stories
of the people in and around Israel. When regarded collectively, though, these
provocative images form a portrait of a nation struggling to find its place. An
essay by Thomas L. Friedman, the New York Times's Jerusalem correspondent,
explores the contradictions that are elemental to the country, introduces the
photographs, and leads readers to consider the pictures from many different
angles. Amazon.com
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