Freytag & BerndtIsrael, Palestine, Holy Land Map2010, MAP, 1 PAGES, $14.95A double-sided, indexed map at a scale of 1:150,000. (Item ISR09)

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Borch MapsJersualem Map2015, MAP, PAGES, $9.95A fold-out street map with an inset of the old city in greater detail. Two Sides. 26x20 inches. (Item ISR13)

Kate MathewsLonely Planet Hebrew Phrasebook & Dictionary2013, PAPER, 263 PAGES, $8.99This handy pocket phrasebook includes pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary. (Item ISR118)

Jerome Murphy O’ConnorThe Holy Land, An Oxford Archaeological Guide2008, PAPER, 450 PAGES, $37.95Half of this indispensable, authoritative guide is devoted to the Roman temples, Byzantine synagogues and other monuments -- Christian, Jewish and Muslim -- of Jerusalem itself. (Item ISR12) Norman SolomonJudaism, A Very Short Introduction2014, PAPER, 151 PAGES, $11.95Succinctly sketching the history, religious traditions and practice of Judaism. (Item REL38)

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Karen ArmstrongJerusalem: One City, Three Faiths1997, PAPER, 472 PAGES, $20.00A popular history by the author of A History of God. Armstrong tackles big subjects -- and this book is no exception. It’s a comprehensive, concise portrait of the city over the last 5,000 years. (Item ISR10)

Amos OzIn the Land of Israel1993, PAPER, 275 PAGES, $14.95In this compelling volume, Israeli novelist Oz interviewed dozens of his fellow countrymen from all walks of life. A passionate, candid and diverse portrait of a people and their hopes, fears and prejudices. (Item ISR03)

Ari ShavitMy Promised Land, The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel2014, PAPER, 464 PAGES, $17.00Israeli journalist and New Yorker contributor Shavit delves into the history of Israel, its founding pioneers, his own family and, critically, Israel’s legacy of occupation, which he puts at the center of this penetrating memoir. (Item ISR122)

Eyewitness GuidesEyewitness Guide Jerusalem: Israel, Petra & Sinai2016, PAPER, 328 PAGES, $25.00This compact, illustrated guide provides a thorough overview of Israel and western Jordan, including Petra, Wadi Rum and Amman. (Item ISR46)

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Louisa B. WaughMeet Me in Gaza2014, PAPER, 312 PAGES, $14.95Replete with comical and eye-opening experiences, this touching account of life in Gaza is a poignant portrait of a Mediterranean land and its people. (Item ISL110) Michael Gluzman (Editor)Israel, A Traveler’s Literary Companion1996, PAPER, 236 PAGES, $14.95Organized geographically, these 16 stories by celebrated contemporary writers including Amos Oz, A.B. Yehoshua and David Grossman reflect the cultural diversity of modern Israel. (Item ISR06)

Susan AbulhawaMornings in Jenin2010, PAPER, 331 PAGES, $17.00This family saga, drawing on the author’s own experiences and history, follows four generations of a Palestinian family who lost their home in 1948 with the creation of Israel. (Item MDE186)

David GrossmanTo the End of the Land2011, PAPER, 592 PAGES, $15.95Grossman’s haunting novel follows an Israeli mother as she walks across Israel to Galilee to avoid the “notifiers” who might arrive with news of her son’s death in a military offensive against the Palestinians. (Item ISR95)

Simon GoldhillJerusalem, City of Longing2009, PAPER, 368 PAGES, $23.00Goldhill shows the layered, multi-religious history of the city through its architecture, organizing his exhilarating guide into a series of seven walking tours (each with map). (Item ISR63)

Simon SchamaThe Story of the Jews, Finding the Words 1000 BC-1492 AD2014, HARD COVER, 496 PAGES, $39.99A marvelously readable, far-reaching chronicle of three thousand years of Jewish history. (Item ISR125)

Israel FinkelsteinThe Bible Unearthed, Archaeology’s New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts2002, PAPER, 400 PAGES, $17.00An excellent summary of a host of recent findings for the first millennium B.C.E., which challenges many famous biblical stories. (Item MDE137)

Amos OzA Tale of Love and Darkness2005, PAPER, 544 PAGES, $16.95A family saga and portrait, Oz writes of growing up in Jerusalem in the 1940s, his family’s origins and his life as a novelist and commentator. Big in scope, A Tale of Love and Darkness is, in part, the story of Israel and its people. (Item ISR45)

Sayed KashuaNative, Dispatches from an Israeli-Palestinian Life2016, HARD COVER, 304 PAGES, $24.00Humorous, heartfelt and very entertaining, the collected newspaper columns of award-winning journalist Sayed Kashua chronicle his life as an Arab in Jerusalem between 2006 and 2014. (Item ISR141)

Barbara KreigerThe Dead Sea and the Jordan River2016, PAPER, 304 PAGES, $28.00In this historical profile, scholar and Dartmouth professor Barbara Kreiger jumps into the history of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea, bodies of water that hold immense religious and historical significance, but present a modern-day conservation crisis. (Item JRD40)