of the books on Rahm Emanuel's White House bookshelf in the 2nd pic in this Huffpo slideshow. One is by Palestinian Hanan Ashrawi, my redoubtable photographer friend has pointed out to me. My take is that this shows that Emanuel was dealing for official reasons with Ashrawi, and wanted to show off her book, or she'd given it to him. Frankly I don't think Emanuel has ever really read a book. He's smart in a different way, instinctually, street smart. Money, power makes his heart go pitter-pat. By contrast, his boss has read too many books. Which is why he needs Rahm. He might get ideas.
