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My Family Right Or Wrong by Ephraim Kishon EN
HungaryDescription:
A collection of short humorous stories involving the author and his family.
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My Promised Land : The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel by Ari Shavit EN
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A groundbreaking, ambitious, and authoritative examination of Israel by one of the most influential columnists writing about the Middle East today My Promised Land tells the story of Israel as it has never been told before. Facing unprecedented internal and external pressures, Israel today is at a moment of existential crisis. Through revealing stories of significant events and of ordinary individuals—pioneers, immigrants, entrepreneurs, scientists, army generals, peaceniks, settlers, and Palestinians—Israeli journalist Ari Shavit illuminates many of the pivotal moments of the Zionist century ... continue
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On the Shores of the Great Sea by M. B. Synge EN
EnglandDescription:
Book I in The Story of the World series, by M. B. Synge, "On the Shores of the Great Sea" focuses on the civilizations surrounding the Mediterranean Sea from the time of Abraham to the birth of Christ. Brief histories of the Ancient Israelites, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Scythians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans are given, concluding with the conquest of the entire Mediterranean area by Rome. Important myths and legends that preceded recorded history are also related. Suitable for children ages 9 and up to read to themselves and for children as young as 6 as a read-aloud. The Story of the World ser... continue
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Our Holocaust by Amir Gutfreund EN
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Amir and Effi collected relatives. With Holocaust survivors for parents and few other "real" relatives alive, relationships operated under a "Law of Compression" in which tenuous connections turned friends into uncles, cousins, and grandparents. Life was framed by Grandpa Lolek, the parsimonious and eccentric old rogue who put his tea bags through Selektion, and Grandpa Yosef, the neighborhood saint, who knew everything about everything, but refused to talk of his own past. Amir and Effi also collected information about what happened Over There. This was more difficult than collecting relative... continue
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Pain by Zeruya Shalev EN
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“Zeruya Shalev is one of my favorite contemporary writers, her work always spiky and original, and Pain is a searing book, a wild and ravenous story of family entanglement and impossible yearning.” —Lauren Groff, author of Florida and Fates and Furies A powerful, astute novel that exposes how old passions can return, testing our capacity to make choices about what is most essential in life. Ten years after she was seriously injured in a terrorist attack, the pain comes back to torment Iris. But that is not all: Eitan, the love of her youth, also comes back into her life. Though their relations... continue
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Poveste despre dragoste şi întuneric by Amos Oz RO
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In Israelul de la jumatatea secolului XX, micul Amos isi petrece copilaria in intimitatea cartilor, a nesfarsitelor discutii intelectuale, pasionat fiind de marile intamplari ale istoriei, de sensul lor si inconjurat de membrii familiei sale, carturari autentici, care ii insufla dorinta de cunoastere. Inzestrat cu o imaginatie debordanta, Amos transfigureaza intamplarile istoriei, al caror martor implicat este, intr-o saga incitanta, evenimentele pastrand dramatismul perceput de copilul a carui sensibilitate contrasteaza puternic cu neverosimilul celei mai tulburi perioade din istoria lumii.
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Regretting Motherhood : A Study by Orna Donath EN
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A provocative and deeply important study of women’s lives, women’s choices—and an ‘unspoken taboo’—that questions the societal pressures forcing women into motherhood Women who opt not to be mothers are frequently warned that they will regret their decision later in life, yet we rarely talk about the possibility that the opposite might also be true—that women who have children might regret it. Drawing on years of research interviewing women from a variety of socioeconomic, educational, and professional backgrounds, sociologist Orna Donath treats regret as a feminist issue: as regret marks the ... continue
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Sadness Is a White Bird : A Novel by Moriel Rothman-Zecher EN
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**A 2019 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalist** **A 2018 National Jewish Book Award Finalist for Debut Fiction** “Nuanced, sharp, and beautifully written, Sadness Is a White Bird manages, with seeming effortlessness, to find something fresh and surprising and poignant in the classic coming-of-age, love-triangle narrative, something starker, more heartbreaking: something new.” —Michael Chabon “Unflinching in its honesty, unyielding in its moral complexity.” —Pulitzer Prize–winning author Geraldine Brooks In this lyrical and searing debut novel written by a rising literary star and MacDowell Fel... continue