Jo Tatchell: 2 books
A Diamond in the Desert
Behind the Scenes in Abu Dhabi, the World's Richest City
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Get a closer look at this glittering, oil-rich city in a “revealing travelogue through the capital of the United Arab Emirates” (Publishers Weekly).
Jo Tatchell first arrived in the city of Abu Dhabi as a child in 1974, when the discovery of oil was quickly turning a small fishing town...
The Poet of Baghdad
A True Story of Love and Defiance
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2010
In the winter of 1979 Nabeel Yasin, Iraq's most famous young poet, gathered together a handful of belongings and fled Iraq with his wife and son. Life in Baghdad had become intolerable. Silenced by a series of brutal beatings at the hands of the Ba'ath Party's Secret Police and declared an “enemy...