The optimist : a social biography of Tawfiq Zayyad / by Sorek, Tamir

Table of Contents: “…Communism and anticolonialism -- Steadfastness -- Badges of modernity -- In the crossfire -- Municipal struggles -- National leadership -- Children in the battlefield -- A secular holy warrior -- A spoke in the wheel of history -- Oslo : the sky is the limit…”
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In Quisling's shadow : the memoirs of Vidkun Quisling's first wife, Alexandra / by Yourieff, Alexandra Andreevna Voronine

Table of Contents: “…Honeymoon; 11. Daily Life in Oslo; 12. Light and Shadow; 13. The Doll in the Drawer; 14. …”
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Be strong and of good courage : how Israel's most important leaders shaped its destiny / by Ross, Dennis, Makovsky, David

Table of Contents: “…Security accepts the PLO and Oslo -- Ariel Sharon: A leader who tells the settlers to give up the dream -- Why a fateful choice is necessary and what it will take to make it.…”

The last Palestinian : the rise and reign of Mahmoud Abbas / by Rumley, Grant, 1988-, Tibon, Amir, 1989-

Table of Contents: “…The rise of Mahmoud Abbas -- The negotiator : 1935-1993 -- From Oslo to Camp David : 1993-2000 -- Years of terror : 2000-2003 -- Our man in Ramallah : 2003 -- President Abbas : 2004-2005 -- Losing Palestine : 2006-2007 -- An offer he couldn't refuse? …”
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My life in the PLO : the inside story of the Palestinian struggle / by Ḥūt, Shafīq

Table of Contents: “…Resigning in Protest over the Oslo Agreement --- 22. After the Resignation --- 23. …”
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Walking : one step at a time / by Kagge, Erling

King Hussein of Jordan : a political life / by Ashton, Nigel John

Table of Contents: “…The tragedy of King Talal -- Breaking the British connection, 1953-6 -- To hold a throne, 1956-7 -- A dynasty under threat, 1957-61 -- Arab Cold War and détente, 1962-6 -- The path to disaster, 1966-7 -- Lost in a sandstorm: Hussein and the peace process, 1967-8 -- 'Seven questions of Israel': the September 1970 crisis -- The October war -- Disengagement and disillusionment, 1973-7 -- The Camp David disaster, 1977-9 -- The Iran-Iraq war, 1980-88 -- Fishing in the Dead Sea: King Hussein and the peace process, 1980-89 -- Between Iraq and a hard place: King Hussein and the Gulf Crisis, 1990-91 -- From Madrid to Oslo: King Hussein and the peace process, 1991-3 -- The best of enemies, the best of friends: Hussein, Rabin and the Jordanian, Israeli peace treaty -- The bitter aftertaste of peace -- The liberation of Iraq, 1995-7 -- A destiny fulfilled?…”
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Europe @ 2.4 km/h. by Haley, Ken

Table of Contents: “…; Chapter 1 -- Magnetic North -- Russia; Chapter 2 -- True North (Refilling the Ocean) -- Norway and Norrland (Central Sweden); Chapter 3 -- Our Bicycles Have Seats -- Southern Sweden, Oslo and Denmark; Chapter 4 -- The Past is a Foreign Country -- Copenhagen, Nykøbing and Bremen; Chapter 5 -- Fellatio at Eleven -- Hamburg, Bremen and the Netherlands; Chapter 6 -- Why is there a Belgium? …”
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Marek Thee : my story : a journey through the 20th century /

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Can academics change the world? : an Israeli anthropologist's testimony on the rise and fall of a protest movement on campus / by Shokeid, Moshe

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Yitzhak Rabin : soldier, leader, statesman / by Rabinovich, Itamar, 1942-

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For the love of dance : my autobiography / by Grey, Beryl, 1927-

Table of Contents: “…61 South Africa, 195762 Rhodesia, Home, Oslo; 63 To Russia, 1957-58; 64 Bolshoi: Coaching And Rehearsing; 65 Bolshoi Debut And On To Kiev; 66 Tblisi And Moscow; 67 Leningrad (St Petersburg); 68 1958: Multi-Tasking; 69 First Tour With Festival Ballet, 1958; 70 1959: Covent Garden, Bucharest And Christmas; 71 1960: Flying South; 72 Southern Hemispehere, 1960; 73 Beirut; 74 Family Matters; 75 Japan, Hong Kong And The Philippines, 1961; 76 1962: Appearances With Royal And Festival Companies; 77 China, 1964; 78 1964, South Africa Revisited; 79 1964-66 -- Decision Time; Part Two -- As Director…”
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A complicated man : the life of Bill Clinton as told by those who know him / by Takiff, Michael, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Not an admiral: transition -- Bedlam at birth: getting started -- Bill asks, Colin tells: the President, the gays, the military -- New kid in town: permanent Washington greets the Clintons -- Debt on arrival: recharting an economic course -- A casino for Jesus: the budget bill -- The Yanks are coming: navigating a post-Cold War world -- Trade war: passing NAFTA -- Heroic measures: the fight to reform health care -- Stand-up guys: Bill, Boris, Jiang, Fidel -- Action, inaction: Somalia and Rwanda -- No way to run a railroad: fixing a dysfunctional White House -- From humiliation to celebration: Haiti -- Picturing peace: the Oslo signing -- Something is rotten in the State of Arkansas: Whitewater, the scandal begins -- Golfing with Willie Mays: Bill among friends -- Rebuke: the 1994 midterm election.…”
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