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Conversations with Elie WieselWritten by Elie Wiesel and Richard D. HeffnerConversations with Elie Wiesel is a far-ranging dialogue with the Nobel Peace Prize-winner on the major issues of our time and on life’s timeless questions. |
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The Monk and the PhilosopherWritten by Jean Francois Revel and Matthieu RicardJean Francois-Revel, a pillar of French intellectual life in our time, became world famous for his challenges to both Communism and Christianity. Twenty-seven years ago, his son, Matthieu Ricard, gave up a promising career as a scientist to study Tibetan Buddhism -- not as a detached observer but by immersing himself... Read more » |
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The Five Books of MosesWritten by Dr. Everett FoxWidely acclaimed by Bible scholars and theologians of every denomination, Everett Fox's masterful translation re-creates the echoes, allusions, alliterations, and wordplays of the Hebrew original. Together with its extensive commentary and illuminating notes, this unique translation draws the reader closer to the authentic living voice of the Bible. Read more » |
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The TrialWritten by Franz KafkaWritten in 1914, The Trial is one of the most important novels of the twentieth century: the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential... Read more » |
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Tevye the Dairyman and The Railroad StoriesWritten by Sholem AleichemOf all the characters in modern Jewish fiction, the most beloved is Tevye, the compassionate, irrepressible, Bible-quoting dairyman from Anatevka, who has been immortalized in the writings of Sholem Aleichem and in acclaimed and award-winning theatrical and film adaptations. |
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The Complete StoriesWritten by Franz KafkaThe only available collection that brings together all of Kafka's stories--those published during his lifetime and those released after his death. Read more » |
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The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other StoriesWritten by Franz KafkaThe best-known novellas and stories of one of the seminal writers of the twentieth century. Included are "The Judgment, " "A Country Doctor, " and "A Hunger Artist." New Foreword by Anne Rice. Read more » |
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Montessori MethodWritten by Maria MontessoriThis book is Montessori's own exposition of the theory behind her innovative educational techniques. She shows parents, teachers and administrators how to "free a child to learn through his own efforts". Read more » |
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ReflectionsWritten by Walter BenjaminA companion volume to Illuminations, the first collection of Walter Benjamin's writings, Reflections presents a further sampling of his wide-ranging work. Here Benjamin evolves a theory of language as the medium of all creation, discusses theater and surrealism, reminisces about Berlin in the 1920s, recalls conversations with Bertolt Brecht, and provides... Read more » |
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IlluminationsWritten by Walter BenjaminWalter Benjamin was one of the most original cultural critics of the twentieth century. Illuminations includes his views on Kafka, with whom he felt a close personal affinity; his studies on Baudelaire and Proust; and his essays on Leskov and on Brecht's Epic Theater. Also included are his penetrating study "The... Read more » |
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