Aspire to Become is an introspective book that enables individuals to use it as a tool to purview their past experiences and use it as a vehicle for their personal growth.
In this major work exploring the American Jewish response to the Holocaust as it occurred, by examining contemporary Jewish press accounts of such events as Kristallnacht, the refusal to allow the refugee ship St.
During the long years of the Second World War, tea remained the cornerstone of British hospitality, drunk and enjoyed by civilians and members of the armed forces alike.
This vintage book contains a fascinating and detailed biography of the heroic chief of German military intelligence who opposed Hitler at the cost of his own life; Wilhelm Franz Canaris.
'A beautiful work that is in turn haunting, touching and redemptive' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE'A profoundly emotional book, and a brave one' THE NEW YORKER'Generous in spirit, devoid of self-pity, and an authentic literary achievement' ANDREW SOLOMON ------When Luiz Schwarcz was a child, he was told little about his grandfather L ios, a Hungarian Jew.
In this fresh approach to Christian spirituality, John Driver shows that the spirituality of the disciples and the early Christian church included every dimension of life.
Through the poetry of Bouena Sarfatty (1916-1997), An Ode to Salonika sketches the life and demise of the Sephardi Jewish community that once flourished in this Greek crossroads city.
Richly illustrated with historical photographs and paintings, Spirit of the Indian Warrior presents the thoughts of some of history’s greatest warriors and tribal leaders.
As the nation reels from the impact of the Great Recession, many families are finding new ways to live together, including creating multigenerational households to save money and consolidate resources.
"e;The poems in Copia are about what is and what is almost-gone, what is in limbo and what won't give way, what is almost at rock bottom but still and always brimming with the possibility of miracle.
* ORDER MY NAME IS EMILIA DEL VALLE NOW THE CAPTIVATING NEW NOVEL FROM ISABEL ALLENDE *** The wise, warm, defiant meditation on what it means to be a woman from literary legend Isabel Allende **'Allende combine[s] wit with anger as she picks apart the patriarchy' Independent'Full of Isabel's wisdom and warm words' Grazia'Allende has everything it takes: the ear, the eye, the mind, the heart, the all-encompassing humanity' New York Times_______________When I say that I was a feminist in kindergarten, I am not exaggerating.
Western culture is infatuated with the dream of going beyond, even as it is increasingly haunted by the specter of apocalypse: drought, famine, nuclear winter.
