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  • Collected Studies (Volume 3)
    Joseph Shatzmiller
    Joseph Shatzmiller’s Collected Studies (Volume 3): Maimonidean Argument in France is a comprehensive compilation of his research on the intellectual and mental history of the Jews in Provence. The central focus of the book is the ongoing conflict between adherents of Maimonidean philosophy and its opponents, which persisted throughout the thirteenth century due to the movement ...
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    121,46 €

  • Collected Studies (Volume 4)
    Joseph Shatzmiller
    In Collected Studies (Volume 4): Jews in the Medical Profession, Joseph Shatzmiller, the prominent scholar of Provence Jewry, presents a fascinating glimpse into the world of Jewish doctors and medicine in medieval Western Europe. Drawing on a wealth of archival sources and intellectual history, Shatzmiller delves into the lives and experiences of Jewish physicians who played a...
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    121,86 €

  • This Is Our Home
    Whitney Nell Stewart
    The cultural memory of plantations in the Old South has long been clouded by myth. A recent reckoning with the centrality of slavery to the US national story, however, has shifted the meaning of these sites. Plantations are no longer simply seen as places of beauty and grandiose hospitality; their reality as spaces of enslavement, exploitation, and violence is increasingly at t...
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    126,85 €

  • Polish Jewish Re-Remembering
    Sławomir Jacek Żurek / Tomas F. Anessi
    Polish-Jewish Re-Remembering addresses Polish-Jewish relations, including the impact of Jews on the development of national culture in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, their presence in social life, and relations between Jews and non-Jews. The book consists of nineteenth chapters on Polish, Jewish and Polish-Jewish Literature from the interwar period to the early twent...
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    199,65 €

  • Finding Fort Trial and Fort Mayo
    Albert Atwell
    For years no one has known the exact location of Fort Trial or Fort Mayo in Virginia, from the Revolutionary War period. Many have speculated, but the author takes you through the research process with the deeds, wills, and probates that deal with the land swaps and assignments to find the actual locations and the homes of the men who owned the property. He also talks about how...
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    43,25 €

  • Part One - God, Enki, Ra/Marduk & Yahweh
    Glyn Thomas
    From an early age, the author has been fascinated by the origins of humanity and the solutions offered by religious beliefs concerning our existence beyond death. Understanding the Bible is critical for Christians, whilst incorporation (as the Old Testament) of the Jewish Torah, the Prophets and the Writings brings a common root with Judaism and also many commonalities with Isl...
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    18,40 €

  • Tarnow Vol. II; The Life and Destruction of a Jewish City
    Tarnow had a rich and vibrant history during its best years, but like many Polish towns, a tragic end. Its Yizkor book vividly describes both: the era of prosperity and the cultural and intellectual contributions of its people, and its destruction at the hands of the Nazis during World War II.Located in southern Poland about 45 miles east of Krakow, the Jewish community was est...
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    53,99 €

  • Facts about Palestine
    Abdul Haqq
    In 'Facts about Palestine,' journey into the heart-wrenching reality of a nation’s enduring quest for justice. This meticulously researched non-fiction collection uncovers the harsh truths of historical systemic human rights violations in Palestine, dating back to 1917 and persisting to the present day. Amidst the early sparks of resistance in 1917, this book boldly exposes the...
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    5,38 €

  • A Jewish Life Under The Tsars
    Norman Marsden
    Brilliant and insightful, Chaim Aronson overcame grinding poverty and a poor education to become a master craftsman and inventor. Yet, forced to partner with clueless aristocrats and scheming middlemen, he could never quite make a decent living for himself and his family. Aronson left rural Seredžius, Lithuania, studied in Vilna, married and started in business in Telz (Telšiai...
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    41,52 €

  • Casseroles, Can Openers, and Jell-O
    Elizabeth Aldrich
    An 'all-you-can-eat' tour of American life in the postwar period, told through the foods we loved. ...
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    29,49 €

  • African Slavery A Different Look
    Spencer Gantt
    This title follows the Atlantic Slave Trade from the deep interior of the Dark Continent to the shores of the Caribbean Islands, South America and beyond. Departure and arrival points for 12,000,000 people captured, sold and transported are noted. The slave centers of Europe and New England are described along with the businessmen and ship captains responsible for the Middle Pa...
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    6,79 €

  • Facts are Facts - Original Edition
    Benjamin H Freedman
    Inscribed upon the cross when Jesus was crucified were the Latin words 'Jesus Nazarenus Rex Iudeorum.' Pontius Pilate was the author of that famous inscription. Latin was Pontius Pilate’s mother tongue. Authorities competent to translate and pass upon the correct translation into English agree that it is 'Jesus the Nazarene Ruler of the Judean.' There is no disagreement among t...
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    17,92 €

  • Jewish Culture and Creativity
    Jewish Culture and Creativity honors the wide-ranging scholarship of Prof. Michael Fishbane with contributions of his students on subjects that cover the gamut of Jewish studies, from biblical and rabbinic literature to medieval and modern Jewish culture, and concluding with case studies of the creative application of Prof. Fishbane’s thought and theology in contemporary Jewish...
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    199,73 €

  • A progressive education?
    Laura Tisdall
    A Progressive Education? argues that the period after WWII witnessed a fundamental transformation in concepts of childhood and adolescence in England and Wales. ...
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    44,11 €

  • Performance art and revolution
    Sanja Perovic
    This book assesses Stuart Brisley’s seminal influence on British art through his lifelong engagement with the histories and imaginaries of revolution. It links together revolutionary history with the author’s critical dialogue with Brisley, developed over many years, to explore how revolutionary art, politics and history relate today. ...
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    158,14 €

  • R. Saadia Gaon
    Eliezer Schlossberg
    R. Saadia Gaon (882-942) was unquestionably one of the most important if not the most important medieval Jewish thinker. He dealt with biblical exegesis, philosophy, grammar, poetry, prayer, and Halakha, and in many of these fields he is considered an innovator and a trailblazer, paving new paths for his followers. Many of the sages who lived after him cited from his writings. ...
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    186,09 €

  • The Streckfus Riverboat Dynasty
    Arthur L. Smith
    In 1880 John Streckfus began a commercial packet business serving the Rock Island community that evolved to become the largest excursion riverboat operation serving the Mississippi from St. Paul to New Orleans and the Ohio from Pittsburg to St. Louis. Streckfus built the sternwheeler J.S., the first purposed sightseeing and music/dance riverboat in 1900. When the J.S. suffered ...
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    68,36 €

  • Leaving a Legacy
    Rebecca Shamblin
    Maybe it has always been a secret dream of yours to create a book out of your genealogy research, but you have been too busy or overwhelmed to get started. I will help you break this process down into simple, manageable steps. You will learn about the research process, what to include, how to turn facts into stories, how to organize your book, how to get it printed, and finally...
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    32,75 €

  • Gaols Gallows and Ghosts
    Richard Blacklee
    I first met Richard through a shared interest in the history of local buildings in Northampton, though I was already familiar with his excellent work on the Culworth Gang. Northampton has a significant number of older attractive buildings which should be appreciated. This book provides an excellent introduction to the history of some of the most interesting and intriguing of th...
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    17,06 €

  • Translation as Incarnation
    Israel Kamudzandu
    The publication and attention given to postcolonial work has flooded the field of academia, yet not much attention has been paid to the precolonial, premissional, and colonial eras, and receptions of the Western Missionary Bible and its impact on the colonization of Global South nations; schools in this area had to wrestle with the study of the Bible from kindergarten to colleg...
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    16,82 €

  • Let’s spend the night together
    Subcultures Network
    It is often unmentioned and sometimes only implied, but sex provided much of the charge that infused post-war youth culture. This collection seeks to locate the sex in the well-known trilogy of ’sex & drugs & rock ’n’ roll’. From the masculine swagger of the Teds to the sensual fetishization of all things Goth, the essays here locate the sexual performance and implications of B...
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    181,57 €

  • The spatiality and temporality of urban violence
    This interdisciplinary edited volume studies practices and representations of urban violence from a spatiotemporal perspective. It discusses how the spatial and temporal characteristics of the urban can produce and shape violence, and how practices as well as memories of violence transform spatialities and temporalities of cities. ...
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    169,41 €

  • The Luckiest Thirteen
    Brian W Lavery / Brian W. Lavery
    A relentless nautical drama that would define, or end, men’s lives.The English port city of Hull was home to ‘three day millionaires’ - trawlermen on brief shore leave. They were spilling cash from record catches. With months out working fierce seas, who knew if the next trip would be their last?The St Finbarr was set to change all that.She was built as the perfect trawler, no ...
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    16,15 €

  • Black Tech
    Theresa Merritt-Watson
    Black Tech is designed to be the first of several books in a series to help African Americans learn and appreciate more about Black participation in the development of the United States.Black Tech is written for first- to third-grade readers, but its content is applicable to all ages. In the book, a young narrator presents Black inventors and their unique inventions in a colorf...
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    14,73 €

  • Loggerheads
    Bruce Hornidge
    'For a decade, the issue of forest and land use in British Columbia raged like a forest fire . . .'Shamed by demonstrators as a 'tree-killer,' Clayoquot Sound tree faller Bruce Hornidge faced soul-searing losses of identity and family livelihood. This gripping, irony-laden memoir of a life spent harvesting in the beauty of the forest deals frankly with the nearly invisible huma...
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    21,02 €

  • 18
    Nora Gold
    This anthology contains 18 splendid Jewish stories, each translated into English from a different language. These compelling, humorous, and moving stories, written by eminent authors that include Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Isaac Babel, and Lili Berger, reflect both the diversities and the commonalities within Jewish culture, and will make you laugh, cry, and think and are enjoyable fo...
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    17,70 €

  • Captivity’s Collections
    Kathleen S. Murphy
    Cashews from Africa’s Gold Coast, butterflies from Sierra Leone, jalap root from Veracruz, shells from Jamaica—in the eighteenth century, these specimens from faraway corners of the Atlantic were tucked away onboard inhumane British slaving vessels. Kathleen S. Murphy argues that the era’s explosion of new natural knowledge was deeply connected to the circulation of individuals...
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    126,99 €

  • Captivity’s Collections
    Kathleen S. Murphy
    Cashews from Africa’s Gold Coast, butterflies from Sierra Leone, jalap root from Veracruz, shells from Jamaica—in the eighteenth century, these specimens from faraway corners of the Atlantic were tucked away onboard inhumane British slaving vessels. Kathleen S. Murphy argues that the era’s explosion of new natural knowledge was deeply connected to the circulation of individuals...
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    38,15 €

  • African American Almanac
    Lean’tin Bracks
    Courage, resilience and triumph! Celebrating the African American experience, the extraordinary people, and their profound influence on American history! African Americans helped build the United States. Their contributions, deeds, and influence are interwoven into the fabric of the country. Celebrating centuries of achievements, the African American Almanac: 400 Years of Blac...
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    75,67 €

  • The Last Boy in Auschwitz
    Moshe (Mjetek) Bomberg
    Meeting his brother in Auschwitz, he understood that they are all aloneA young boy’s world falls apart! He can trust no one and does not know what his tomorrow holds or if he will live to see it.Poland 1944, Mjetek finds himself in Auschwitz after taking part in Zionist underground activities trying to fight against the Nazi occupation of Warsaw. He meets his brother and unders...
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    21,13 €


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