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The author of the runaway bestseller How the Irish Saved Civilization has done it again. In The Gifts of the Jews Thomas Cahill takes us on another enchanting journey into history, once again recreating a time when the actions of a small band of people had repercussions that are still felt today.The Gifts of the Jews reveals the critical change that made western civilization possible. Within the matrix of ancient religions and philosophies, life was seen as part of an endless cycle of birth and death; time was like a wheel, spinning ceaselessly. Yet somehow, the ancient Jews began to see time differently. For them, time had a beginning and an end; it was a narrative, whose triumphant conclusion would come in the future. From this insight came a new conception of men and women as individuals with unique destinies--a conception that would inform the Declaration of Independence--and our hopeful belief in progress and the sense that tomorrow can be better than today. As Thomas Cahill narrates this momentous shift, he also explains the real significance of such Biblical figures as Abraham and Sarah, Moses and the Pharaoh, Joshua, Isaiah, and Jeremiah.Full of compelling stories, insights and humor, The Gifts of the Jews is an irresistible exploration of history as fascinating and fun as How the Irish Saved Civilization.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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If This Is a Man is a work of witness by the Italian author Primo Levi. It was influenced by his experiences in the concentration camp at Auschwitz during the Second World War. It can be described as a memoir or a personal narrative, but it goes beyond mere recollection by seeking to consider the human condition in all its extremes through the narrative form.
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"Originally published in Great Britain by William Heinemann Ltd., London"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-436) and index.
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“A rare book that combines searing passion with a subject that has affected all of our lives.”— Chicago Tribune Novelist, cultural critic, and former priest James Carroll marries history with memoir as he maps the two-thousand-year course of the Church’s battle against Judaism and faces the crisis of faith it has sparked in his own life. “Fascinating, brave, and sometimes infuriating” ( Time ), this dark history is more than a chronicle of religion. It is the central tragedy of Western civilization, its fault lines reaching deep into our culture to create “a deeply felt work” ( San Francisco Chronicle ) as Carroll wrangles with centuries of strife and tragedy to reach a courageous and affecting reckoning with difficult truths.
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Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. has been counseling those with chronic and terminal illness for more than twenty years. She is cofounder and medical director of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program in Bolinas, California, and is currently clinical professor of family and community medicine at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine.
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Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East is a 2002 non-fiction book by American-Israeli historian Michael Oren, chronicling the events of the Six-Day War fought between Israel and its Arab neighbors. Widely praised by critics, the book won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for history and spent seven weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list.
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Harold S. Kushner is the author of several bestselling books on coping with life's challenges. He has been honored by the Christophers as one of the fifty people who have made the world a better place. He is Rabbi Laureate of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts.
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Bethel: Rutledge Books, Inc, 1996. xiv, 214p., titled boards in dj, jacket a bit sunned along the spine panel. This copy is signed by the author as "Elaine," with a brief presentation inscription. Evidently a vanity press publication, the new sort run up by formula on computer, and, if lacking knowledgeable input from the bankrolling author, slightly.. wrong. At any rate Elaine Winik is the kind of person you would like to like whole-heartedly. She met some fairly important people, went to significant places exhibiting everywhere her flair for life, and never never doubted the rightness of her friends.
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Simon and Schuster, 1958-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. No marks inside or out. Clean hardcover with square binding and gently bumped corners. Unclipped ($4.00) dustjacket with mild spine sun, light wear and small tears to the corners and spine ends. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1958. First Edition, stated First Printing. x, 239 pages, [16] pp. of b&w plates. - "As (the first) Director-General of Israel's Foreign Ministry, Walter Eytan is uniquely qualified to guide the reader through the dramatic decade of mandate, partition, mediation, siege, truce, armistice, conciliation, and warfare that marked her first years of statehood." - - Carefully packed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.
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Paris: Edouard Privat. Good with no dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 422 pp. Indexes. Illustrations. In French. Large square octavo, white hardcovers with orange letters and grey illustration, spine is sunned, covered in protective Mylar, general minimal age. Interior has owner inscript on first free endpaper, pages a bit yellowed but otherwise clean and sturdy. ; Collection Franco-Judaica; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 422 pages .
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Simon & Schuster, 1984-11. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. No marks inside or out. Clean hardcover with tight square binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dustjacket with light wear and a few very small tears. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1984. First Edition with full number line, 1st printing. 255 pp., [16] p. of b&w plates.
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[Erfurt?]: Redaktionsgruppe für Agitation und Propaganda, 1959. 40p., stapled, wraps, 4x7.5 inches, illus., text is in English, very good. Souvenir guidebook to the museum at Buchenwald and to the camp itself, dating from when it was located in East Germany. Hence the information and commentary provided tend to dovetail into East German propaganda points.
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. 1st. Hardcover. VG+/VG. No marks inside or out. Clean hardcover in maroon cloth with silver and gilt lettering to front and spine, orange topstain; square binding and corners. Unclipped dustjacket with light wear including minor chipping to the spine ends. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. Stated First Edition with no printings indicated, 1st printing. xv, 286, ix pages; bibliography. - In 1911 Kiev, a Jewish workman was framed by state officials for the murder of a young boy. "In this chronicle, Mr. Samuel has dramatically and suspensefully, and not without a touch of macabre irony, reconstructed the state's careful piecing together of the clumsy, trumped-up evidence." - - Carefully packed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.
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U.S.A.: Publications International Ltd, 2000 « During the Second World War, six million Jews--as well as other targeted groups such as Gypsies, Poles, the handicapped, and homosexuals--were systematically murdered by Adolf Hitlers Nazis and their collaborators. The Holocaust Chronicle, written and fact-checked by top scholars, recounts the long, complex, anguishing story of the most terrible crime of the 20th century. A massive, oversized hardcover of more than 750 pages.»
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The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1960-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. No marks inside or out. Clean hardcover with square binding and corners. Unclipped ($5.50) matte dustjacket with light wear including microscopic corner tears. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1960. Stated First Edition with no printings indicated, 1st printing. 378 pages: photos, bibliography, index. - "The social life of the Jews of ancient Rome gleaned from the catacomb inscriptions." - - Wrapped, boxed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.
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Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Light shelfwear on dj., Clean, tight copy. 357 pp.
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Schocken Books, 1986-06-12. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. Clean unmarked hardcover with square binding and corners. Unclipped dustjacket with light to moderate wear including several tears up to 1/2 inch. NY: Schocken Books, 1986. First Edition with full number line, 1st printing. vii, 231 pages with many b&w photos. - The last synagogue in the South Bronx is composed of elderly Jews, located in the precinct dubbed "Fort Apache" by the local police. They have been struggling to maintain a minyan for decades, but have persevered. - - Carefully packed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.
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Leiden: E. J. Brill. Good with no dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. xiv, 406 pp. Abkurzungen, literaturverzeichnis. In German. Dark blue cloth with blind ruling and gilt, spine has white library sticker, normal wear to covers. Interior has standard library marks including pocket, otherwise clean and unmarked. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 406 pages .
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Hardback 175 pages, very good condition, dustjacket with some wear & tear.
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New York: Harpers, 1991. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+ DJ. 8vo = over 9". Maroon hard covers with gold lettering on spine. Signed by Aron Hirt-Manheimer, who edited the text with commentary. Very clean and crisp inside and out, very slight bumping to top/bottom spine edges. DJ clean, very minor edge creases at spine.
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Corgi Childrens, 1984. Paperback. Used; Acceptable. Paperback; English language; a fair reading copy. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. All international orders are sent airmail.
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Rizzoli International Publications Inc., 2000 Edition. F/NF. Hardcover, green cloth, DJ, folio size, 199 pp, 61 full-page color plates,A collection of some of the most beautiful and important Jewish marriage contracts written for a general audience. The custom of illuminating the traditional Jewish marriage contract, the kettubah, developed over the last four centuries into a rich and varied form of Jewish folk art. This book offers a broad selection from one of the outstanding collections of kettubot, representing Jewish communities from the Near East to Northern Europe. It focuses particularly on the kettubot of Italy, where the art of illuminated kettubah, founds its most beautiful expression during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, under the influence of Renaissance of Baroque art. Co-produced with the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, home to one of the largest collections of kettubot, this book also offers a fascinating account of Jewish marriage customs and a vivid picture of diverse Jewish communities.
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Jerusalem; Gefen. 1995. Hardcover. 8vo. IX, 405 pages. 25 cm. First edition. “The full and fascinating history of this remarkable community, from its beginnings in the early part of the 14th century until its virtual destruction during the Holocaust. The book deals with the movements and personalities that played a role in the formation of the community. ” (Publishers description) . Illustrated map endpages. Subjects: Jews - Lithuania - History. Judeus. Joden. Lithuania - Ethnic relations. Lightly bumped edges to cover, institutional stamps on second to last page, otherwise fresh and clean. Good + condition. (EE-4-48) .
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Brooklyn, NY: Dr. Jean Jofen, 1994. First Revised Edition. Softcover. Good+. 64pp; Slight handling wear to covers, minor staining to front cover, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good+ condition. Beginning text in Yiddish.
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Mill Valley: D'Aurora Press, 1978. unpaginated, 6x5.25 inches oblong, cover illustrations by San Francisco artists William McNeill and Paul Blake, very good limited edition of 1000 copies, this copy personally inscribed an signed by poet Ruth and artist Paul.
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Summit Books, 1983. Soft Cover. Very Good. Very Good.
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Fresh Meadows: Biblio Press, 1984. 85p., text typewriter- or keyboard set (and slightly hard to read), otherwise professional production. Softbound, 8.75 x 5.5 inch wraps, faintest edgewear. Does a commitment to Israel make such citizens more "hawkish" domestically --i.e., in Vietnam--? (no). And other issues.
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Geneva: Groupe d'étude sur le Moyen-Orient, 1973. 20p., very good, text in French. Document Palestine 12.
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Hardback 269 pages, tight binding, most pages clean, several pages with stains, spots on side & top. Dustjacket with wear & tear
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New York: Wecker. Fair. 1927. Softcover. 464 pages. Entirely in Yiddish, front to back publishing. Some ads and photos. Card paper cover with red. Front cover is detached and badly chipped. Back cover entirely missing, spine cover is missing. Interior is otherwise intact and unmarked, except an information sticker put at the bottom of page 464 explaining what the book is, partly affecting text. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 464 pages .
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Hardback 259 pages, very good condition, dustjacket slightly worn & torn.
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Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Departamento de Educacion, Cultura, Deporte y Juventud. Good with no dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 8423514412 . 800 pp. Indice de nobres propios, bibliografia. In Spanish with Latin. A few illustrations showing some of the documents. White hard covers with medieval paintings of Jeremias and Daniel. Covers are clean and bright. Interior has owner inscript on the first blank, otherwise clean and fresh. Nice copy. Heavy, may require extra postage. ; Navarra judaica; Vol. 2; 9.92 X 6.93 X 2.28 inches; 800 pages .
