Released on: September 6, 2007, 9:31 am

Press Release Author: Pocket Issue

Industry: Media

Press Release Summary: A new pocket guide hitting bookshops this week, Pocket Issue,
Middle East Conflict, aims to offer the British public a quick fix to the conflict
centred on Israel and the Palestinians, to knowing their Hamas from their Hezbollah
and bringing them up-to-speed on the wider region in as little as 20 minutes. The
title delivers a brief and pithy appraisal of the issues and background history to
the conflict, promising to make the reader an expert in the time it takes for them
to get to work.

Press Release Body: A new pocket guide hitting bookshops this week, Pocket Issue,
Middle East Conflict, aims to offer the British public a quick fix to the conflict
centred on Israel and the Palestinians, to knowing their Hamas from their Hezbollah
and bringing them up-to-speed on the wider region in as little as 20 minutes. The
title delivers a brief and pithy appraisal of the issues and background history to
the conflict, promising to make the reader an expert in the time it takes for them
to get to work.

Dubbed "small briefs for a big world", Pocket Issue guides are designed as a quick
solution for the general reader not wanting to be shown up on the big global issues
in the pub or over dinner. With two sister guides: The Energy Crisis and Global
Warming and a forthcoming titles on Food and the War on Terror, Pocket issue offers
the perfect route to becoming a pocket expert on the big global issues.

"We hear or read about the Middle East daily but most of us don't really know our
Hamas from our Hezbollah, our Shia from our Sunni or why other countries such as
Lebanon, Syria and Iran have been dragged into the conflict? Pocket Issue explains
all in 80 pages because most of us don't have the time or even the attention span to
read more." Says Publisher Emma Hardcastle.

Advised by established Middle East experts, and with a brief to remain objective and
independent, the Pocket Issue guide takes the reader swiftly through the history,
the issues and the key players on the national and global stage. Further sections
discuss what might happen in the future, the political and economic implications for
the region, what you can do to help, plus a comprehensive glossary.

Pocket Issue titles are available online from www.pocketissue.com and from all good
bookshops, priced at £4.99.
ENDS-

Contact: For a review copy of Pocket Issue, Middle East Conflict or for information
on other Pocket Issue titles please contact press@pocketissue.com, 020 8741 7641.

About Pocket Issue - Small briefs for a big world, www.pocketissue.com

Priced at £4.99 and weighing in at only 80 pages, Pocket Issue has built a
reputation for short and pithy backgrounders aimed at the everyday reader. With a
brief to educate the reader in as little as 20-minutes the books are independent and
short, concentrating on an easy-to-read format and clear, accurate facts. Other
titles in the series: Pocket Issue, Global Warming and Pocket Issue, The Energy
Crisis. Titles coming soon: Pocket Issue, Food and Pocket Issue, War on Terror.

Pocket Issue - Images
Book cover and other images can be supplied in high resolution - please contact
press@pocketissue.com.

Web Site: http://www.pocketissue.com

Contact Details: press@pocketissue.com