Ayman Tirawi Beirut's Memory / dhakirat Bayrut /Mémoire du Beyrouth. Beirut: A. Tirawi, 2004. 303 pages. Large-format oblong volume, measuring approximately 11" x 8.25", is bound in dark blue cloth, with color holographic photograph mounted on the front cover showing contrasting images of Beirut. Book exhibits very light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Interior is clean and bright. Trilingual text in English, Arabic and French. Color photographs comparing war-ravaged street scenes in downtown Beirut with the same location after recent reconstruction on the facing page.