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  • Appointment in Jerusalem
    Lydia Prince - Chosen Books, Lincoln, VA - 1975

    An exciting true adventure of a young Danish school teacher who caught the vision for Zion long before her contemporaries. She left a life of comfort to care for orphan children during the Mandate Period in Israel. She later became the wife of Derek Prince.

  • Israel Pocket Library
    Keter Publishing House, 440 Park Ave. S., New York, NY

    Geography; Jerusalem; Zionism; Immigration and Settlement; History (-1880) Anti-Semitism; Education and Service; History (1880-); Archaeology; Holocaust; Religion; Democracy; Economy; Society; Jewish Values. (These books are compiled from material originally published in the Encyclopedia Judaica.)

  • O Jerusalem
    Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre - Pocket Book (Simon & Schuster) - 1972

    A well-written, balanced account of the 1948 War of Independence in Israel.

  • Our Jerusalem, An American Family in the Holy City, 1881-1949
    Bertha Spafford Vester - American Colony Jerusalem - 1988

    Story of the Christian family that began the American Colony & the Spafford clinic.

  • Street People
    Helga Dudman - Hippocrene - 1982

    Offers vignettes about the people Israeli city streets are named after. It is a blend of historical tidbits and commentary to make the street people come alive.

  • The Case for Israel
    Alan Dershowitz - John Wiley & Sons - 2003 - ISBN: 047146502X

    Hardcover: 264 pages

  • The Last Word on the Middle East
    Derek Prince - Chosen Books, Zondervan - 1982

    Good study of prophecies relating to Israel. The “Last Word” of the title is not Derek’s, but the Hebrew prophets.