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2. Won't bore you with the whole bio -- it's in the 'About the Author' page on www.jezebelbook.com. For now: British-born, lived for a long time in the Middle East, now live in the very Pacific Northwest.

3. Favorite drink is grappa.
Natural habitat is high desert (which must have something to do with my living on a houseboat/floating home at sea level...)
Am gnostic agnostic (and yes, will write a long piece/short book explaining that one day).]]> female 423365 1759774 0385516142 9780385516143 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187837393m/1759774.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187837393s/1759774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1759774.Jezebel_The_Untold_Story_of_the_Bible_s_Harlot_Queen 3.74 62 There is no woman with a worse reputation than Jezebel, the ancient queen who corrupted a nation and met one of the most gruesome fates in the Bible. Her name alone speaks of sexual decadence and promiscuity. But what if this version of her story, handed down to us through the ages, is merely the one her enemies wanted us to believe? What if Jezebel, far from being a conniving harlot, was, in fact, framed?
In this remarkable new biography, Lesley Hazleton shows exactly how the proud and courageous queen of Israel was vilified and made into the very embodiment of wanton wickedness by her political and religious enemies. Jezebel brings readers back to the source of the biblical story, a rich and dramatic saga featuring evil schemes and underhanded plots, war and treason, false gods and falser humans, and all with the fate of entire nations at stake. At its center are just one woman and one man—the sophisticated Queen Jezebel and the stark prophet Elijah. Their epic and ultimately tragic confrontation pits tolerance against righteousness, pragmatism against divine dictates, and liberalism against conservatism. It is, in other words, the original story of the unholy marriage of sex, politics, and religion, and it ends in one of the most chillingly brutal scenes in the entire Bible.
Here at last is the real story of the rise and fall of this legendary woman—a radically different portrait with startling contemporary resonance in a world mired once again in religious wars.

]]> 192732 3.71 116 48 2007 1278843 1582342369 9781582342368 11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182455900m/1278843.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182455900s/1278843.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1278843.Mary_A_Flesh_and_Blood_Biography_of_the_Virgin_Mother 3.26 19 The Red Tent-—fully imagining the everyday feminine details of biblical women: "Maryam learned early about childbirth. Since she was young, her grandmother has taken her along whenever there's a delivery. The old woman is in her fifties, but as alert and sharp as any shepherd girl; like all village wise women, she seems to defy age. Her name? The same as the midwife of apocryphal legend: Salome." Hazleton goes on to depict Maryam as an astute apprentice, mixing herbs and learning the craft of healing and midwifery from her legendary grandmother. Hazleton assumes that Maryam was a gifted faith healer and member of a resistance movement against King Herod--gifts and values that were obviously passed onto her son. She also offers a compelling discussion into the identity of Joseph, even questioning his existence. Hazleton sees him as a vague father-figure for Mary, more so than a father to Jesus. The main reason he exists in the Bible, she speculates, is to establish Jesus as a descendent of Kind David. Though purists and fundamentalists may cry blasphemy, many modern readers will find this a refreshingly feminine and respectful life study of a cherished woman, mother and icon. --Gail Hudson]]> 192732 3.71 116 48 2004 6533039 0385523939 9780385523936 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256137637m/6533039.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256137637s/6533039.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6533039-after-the-prophet 3.92 12 Narrative history at its most compelling, After the Prophet relates the dramatic tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between Shia and Sunni Islam.

Even as Muhammad lay dying, the battle over his successor had begun. Pitting the family of his favorite wife, the controversial Aisha, against supporters of his son-in-law, the philosopher-warrior Ali, the struggle would reach its breaking point fifty years later in Iraq, when soldiers of the first Sunni dynasty massacred seventy-two warriors led by Muhammad's grandson Hussein at Karbala. Hussein's agonizing ordeal at Karbala was soon to become the Passion story at the core of Shia Islam.

Hazleton's vivid, gripping prose provides extraordinary insight into the origins of the world's most volatile blend of politics and religion. Balancing past and present, she shows how these seventh-century events are as alive in Middle Eastern hearts and minds today as though they had just happened, shaping modern headlines from Iran's Islamic Revolution to the civil war in Iraq.

After the Prophet is narrative nonfiction at its finest, and an emotional and political revelation for Western readers.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 192732 3.71 116 48 2009 1058862 0684860112 9780684860114 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180629061m/1058862.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180629061s/1058862.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1058862.Driving_to_Detroit_Memoirs_of_a_Fast_Woman 4.33 6 192732 3.71 116 48 1998 1955079 0140058699 9780140058697 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1205299020m/1955079.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1205299020s/1955079.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1955079.Where_Mountains_Roar_A_Personal_Report_from_the_Sinai_and_Negev_Desert 3.67 3 192732 3.71 116 48 1980 1480918 0385476213 9780385476218 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184039103m/1480918.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184039103s/1480918.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1480918.Everything_Women_Always_Wanted_to_Know_about_Cars_But_Didn_t_Know_Who_to_Ask 4.50 2
Lesley Hazleton remembers that day so clearly because while men take for granted the independence that cars bring, women do not. For women, a car means freedom. It means control over their own lives. It means, really, far more to women than it does for most men. Yet for years, automakers didn't consider women when they designed cars. As far as they were concerned, women were in the bleachers and men were in the grandstands.

Not anymore.

Lesley Hazleton talked to 150 women all over America to find out what they really thought about cars. What she discovered will make you laugh and it will make you think. This book is as much about the romance of owning a car (and romance inside a car) as it is about antilock brakes and air bags. More than a car manual (though it's filled with how-to advice on taking care of your car), it will enable you to negotiate for the best deal, teach you how to test-drive, help you decide whether to buy or lease, explain safety features and security issues, and guide you to know your car as much as you love it. With lively anecdotes, charts, and illustrations, Everything Women Always Wanted to Know About Cars, But Didn't Know Who to Ask is revealing, insightful, and extremely informative.]]> 192732 3.71 116 48 1995 1140422 0871133296 9780871133298 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259414326m/1140422.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259414326s/1140422.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1140422.England_Bloody_England_An_Expatriate_s_Return 3.50 2 192732 3.71 116 48 1990 1140418 0140102442 9780140102444 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1140418.Jerusalem_Jerusalem_A_Memoir_or_War_and_Peace_Passion_and_Politics 3.50 2 192732 3.71 116 48 1986 1140420 0201632047 9780201632040 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1140420.Confessions_of_a_Fast_Woman 3.00 2 192732 3.71 116 48 1992 1955078 0345324013 9780345324016 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1955078.The_Right_to_Feel_Bad 4.00 1 192732 3.71 116 48 1984