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Kenneth R. Timmerman

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My first Middle East reporting trip took me to Beirut in July 1982, and I've been going back ever since. I've lived in Egypt and Lebanon, have worked with freedom fighters in Iran and Iraq, and been held hostage by Muslim terrorists in a war zone. You can read an illustrated bio here or download a 1-page author's bio here.

My latest book, And the Rest is History, is a real life adventure story of how I became a hostage, an arms dealer, and an Israeli spy. Dennis Prager called it "a relentlessly interesting book." In my day job, I help victims of terrorism fight the state-sponsors who murdered their loved ones.

I was nominated for the Nobel Peace prize by the former deputy prime minister of Sweden, Per Ahlmark, for my work in exposing Iran's ...more

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	Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson 3.79 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2002 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Forces: The Truth About What Happened in Benghazi 4.23 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Countdown to Crisis: The Coming Nuclear Showdown with Iran 3.46 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Preachers of Hate: Islam and the War on America 3.58 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2003 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow Warriors: The Untold Story of Traitors, Saboteurs, and the Party of Surrender really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death Lobby: How the West Armed Iraq 3.83 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1991 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The French Betrayal of America 3.44 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Raising Olives in Provence: A Guide for Body and Soul 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deception: The Making of the Youtube Video Hillary and Obama Blamed for Benghazi 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Honor Killing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Hell and Gone (The Retreads Book 1)

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Rigged (The Falling Empires, #1)

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Reliving the precarious era where Zionism took root in the land There are probably more studious histories that retell the saga of the Balfour Declaration, General Allenby’s two year campaign to free Palestine of the Turk, and the duplicity of the Br ...more
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Kenneth Timmerman liked Michael Stokes's review of Raising Olives in Provence: A Guide for Body and Soul: "Having followed Ken for several years with his weekly “what’s going on in the world” email, I was ready to read another of his non-fiction books. This one was a delight to this reader as it felt like I was along-side the writer as he wrote his “memoi" Read more of this review »
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Kenneth Timmerman made a comment in the group Around the World in 80 Books — Provence far from the tour guides topic " I am not a travel writer by trade but a recovering war correspondent and book author. Having covered many wars in the Middle East, in 2003 my wife and ...more "
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