Baghdad Without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia | Tony Horowitz
Tony Horwitz has a keen eye, a wicked sense of humor, and gall in almost suicidal measure. In an era when every American in the Middle East is a potential hostage, he entered Beirut under a rain of artillery shells, attended the Ayatollah's tumultous funeral in Iran, and met Muammer Qadiffi in Libya. This extraordinary travel adventure is fascinating, funny, poignant and fraught with paradox, and is must reading in these troubled times.