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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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The Destruction of the European Jews is a book published in 1961 by historian Raul Hilberg. Hilberg revised his work in 1985, and it appeared in a new three-volume edition. It is largely held to be the first comprehensive historical study of the Holocaust. According to Holocaust historian, Michael R.
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New York ,New York: Viking 1981, 1981. Book. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. First Edition Cloth & bds., 8vo.,218pp. D/j with crease rear panal, else Fine in Fine D/j..
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Stanford University Press, 1988. Book measures 22x15.cm. xiv,[2],277pp. Bound in original publishers cloth, with gilt lettering. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket, faded. Jacket in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A very nice clean copy. . Publishers Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo.
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1943. FREDMAN, J. George. [With Louis A. Falk]. JEWS IN AMERICAN WARS. NY: Jewish War Veterans Of the U.S., [1943]. 8vo., blue cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition, fourth printing (so stated). The book documents military contributions by Jews to fight for and support America- issued when much anti-Jewish sentiment was being issued in Germany. Signed inscription by Fredman on the front endpaper: "Compliments of J.G. Fredman. Jan., 26, 1945." Good (some cover wear; contents clean & tight). With a fold-out brochure for the Jewish War Veterans laid in. $50.00.
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Oxford University Press Inc, 1988. Book measures 24x16.cm. viii,[2],279pp. Bound in original publishers brown cloth, with gilt lettering. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket lightly faded, marked. Jacket in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A very nice clean copy. . Publishers Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo.
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Rome : Luciano Morpurgo , 1932. Book measures 9 3/4 x 7 inches. 173,[8]pp, frontispiece map, illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers blue cloth, with gilt lettering, map in red. Cloth lightly rubbed, minor wear, faded. Generally binding in good condition. Internally, library bookplate on free endpaper, 2 library numbers written in hand, I can't see any other library marks. Pages have some light tanning, a few edges brittle, one page slightly loose. Pages in good clean condition. A good copy. . Publishers Cloth. Near Very Good. 8vo.
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NY: FS&G, 1976 Hard Cover. FINE in a Fine dustjacket. FIRST PRINTING. 30 pages, cloth. Story of the legend of Hoshana Rabbah that says that on the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles the sky opens & that anyone who sees it happen will have their wish granted..
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*-Excellent rich handsome book- Large hardcover book in very good condition. Pages are glossy and unmarked. Blue Boards are clean and show only very minor edge wear. Jacket is in good condition showing only typical shelf wear/ ruffling edges/dings – one small hole near spline. Very nice book giving the history of the Jewish people 2nd printing printed by Moshe Topel & Sons Printing plants LTD.Jacket design Doreet Scharfstein -Summary: This overview of Jewish heritage includes important events and time lines in Jewish history Copyright 1986 by Mssada Publishers, Israel. English Edition subjects Jews-History-Dictionaries/ Alper, Joseph DS114.E53 1986 ISBN 0816012202 inv Judica 3 bib 2717 I photograph hand enter & research every book listed,no scanner no generic catch phrase description.Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa,Los Angeles I carefully pack your book-your books wrapped,not co-mingled,you get the copy you were viewing carefully packed to protect it from damage in transit.- ....Encyclopedia of Jewish history : events and eras of the Jewish people Author: Joseph Alpher Pub- [New York] : Facts on File-an Infobase Holding Company, 1986--0816012202 --9780816012206 -)subjects Israel -- History- Jews- Israel- Judendom- Jews, to 1986- Religion & Spirituality /Judaism Religious Studies-Judaism - Encyclopedia inv Jewish History HC bib 2717 Judica 3 Encyc Jewish History Hc 2717 judica3 bib
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NY: Dial, 1995. Hard Cover. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Juvenile story based in the plight and escape of the Ethiopian Jews.. First Edition, First Printing. Illus. by Brian Pinkney.
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Mchn., Winkler (1956).. 4. Aufl. 131 (3) S. Mit mehreren Abb. OLn.
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New York: Oxford Univ. Press. Hardcover. 1995. 2nd printing. 8vo 202pp . Fine in Fine DJ.
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1947. MINKIN, Jacob S. THE WORLD OF MOSES MAIMONIDES: WITH SELECTIONS FROM HIS WRITINGS. NY: Thomas Yoseloff, [1947]. Small 4to, blue cloth. First Edition. Signed presentation from Minkin on front endpaper. Very Good. $45.00.
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Palgrave Macmillan, 1996. Book measures 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. 292 pages. Bound in original publishers softcover. Binding in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A very nice clean copy. . Soft Cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo.
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* The Dead Sea scriptures , in English translation , with introduction and notes by Theodore H. Gaster , excellent first edition copy -rust colored cloth / buckram boards , boards to have a certain amount of wear on their edges top and bottom shelving , one corner slightly pumped ,D/J not great dust jacket has done its job, however - does have chipping, clipping, small tears tears on the jacket itself, could be resuscitated with a Brodard cover... What are the Dead Sea Scrolls? How do they compare with the scriptures the old New Testament, what is the relationship of the Dead Sea sect of Christianity? The Scrolls discovered in 1947 and prompted many such controversial questions complete text in English are now available to the General Public . First edition 1956 Doubleday , and Company New York Garden City , jacket typography - design - Edward Gorey ,Lccn 56 - 11602 copyright by author printed in USA. Dead Sea Scriptures in English Translation - -Dead Sea Scriptures in English Translation -hardcover good, dust jacket acceptable, Publication date: 1956- Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc. New York, 1956, Pub -Doubleday, ASIN: B000J2JRDA, Introduction and notes by Theodor H. Gaster, Jacket design by Edward Gorey, 350 pages, Book size about 4 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 1 in....... Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa, Los Angeles Culver City- maybe this will do it!-At least you know what you're getting into-City-Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in - transit.......Dead Sea Script 5344 HC Judica 6
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Nase vojsko. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1991. Paperback. 9788020601469 . Czech-language text, five-page English summary rear pages. Bookplate of author, Holocaust survivor Barry Spanjaard inner cover. Binding tight, cover bright and inner pages unmarked. ; Dokumenty .
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Varsava, t. Tipografij B. Zecerra, Jozefów 5642/1882.. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd. gr.-4°. 192; 361 [recte 186] S. HLn. d. Zt. Einbd. berieb. u. staubfl. Stellenw. fleckig.
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Chaim Gross, 1965. Lithograph. Page measures 21" x 15". Edition 70/100. Whimsical lithograph by celebrated artist Chaim Gross (1904-1991). Artist signature and date on bottom right. Also, signed "To my friend Peter Buckley.
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Bln., Lettner (1956).. kl.-8°. 176 (4) S. OLn. m. OU. (dieser m. Einrissen). EA - Lucie Adelsberger (1895-1971) war eine deutsche Fachärztin für Kinderheilkunde sowie Innere Medizin und Überlebende des Holocaust. Sie wurde aufgrund ihrer jüdischen Herkunft in das KZ Auschwitz deportiert, wo sie als Häftlingsärztin im KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau tätig war. Sie verfasste zwischen 1945 und 1946 das Skript Auschwitz. Ein Tatsachenbericht., der 1956 in überarbeiteter Fassung erstmals publiziert wurde.
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Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Melbourne, Sydney, New York, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Dark blue covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, lightly marked spine, bumped spine-ends, lightly rubbed corners, red block edges, sound blinding, clean pages. Ex-library book from Lincoln Cathedral and the Sibthorpe Library with bookplate and date-sheet with withdrawn stamps at front, library stamps on the reverse of the title-page and in the lower margin on page 17. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 72112060132..
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492 pages. Writing in ink inside front cover.
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Göttingen, Vandenhoek und Ruprecht (1966).. 6. Aufl. 435 S. Mit 1 gefalt. Karte. OLn. Einbd. fleckig.
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1940. GOLDSTEIN, Sidney E. MEANING OF MARRIAGE AND FOUNDATIONS OF THE FAMILY: A JEWISH INTERPRETATION. NY: Bloch Publishing, 1940. Small 8vo., navy-blue cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. Signed by Goldstein on front endpaper. Good (sunned spine, ink presentation on front endpaper). $45.00.
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paperback, 22,5 x 15,5 cm., 355 pps., ind., Samuel Weiser, York Beach, 1988, 3rd. printing, Some staining of page-edges, front page a bit wrinckled fair
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1970. ALLON, Yigal. SHIELD OF DAVID: THE STORY OF ISRAEL'S ARMED FORCES. NY: Random House, [1970]. Small quarto, cloth in dust jacket. First American Edition. Allon, a major-general who was also a Knesset member and Minister of Labor, recounts the history of the Israeli military from Hashomer, to the Zion Mule Corps, to the present day. Signed by Allon on the title pagre and dated by him "Jerusalem, 1976." Near fine; few minor tears d/j. $50.00.
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Henry Holt and Co, 2003-02-04. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Used; Like New/VERY GOOD. HEROES OF THE HOLOCAUST
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1967. HOWELL, Anthony. IMRUIL: A NATURALIZED VERSION OF HIS ODE-BOOK. London: Barrie & Jenkins, [1967]. Small 8vo., brown cloth stamped in gilt. Signed, Limited Edition of 50 numbered copies. Near fine. $40.00.
