Filled with Fire and Light: Portraits and Legends from the Bible, Talmud, and Hasidic World
By: Elie Wiesel
4.04
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Magnificent insights into the lives of biblical prophets and kings, Talmudic sages, and Hasidic rab…
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1. My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
By: Ari Shavit
4.22
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Die große Geschichte IsraelsDer renommierte Journalist Ari Shavit sieht Israel in einer halt- und a… read more
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- history
- jewish
- judaism
- religion
- nonfiction
"As the state became everything, the individual became marginalized. As it marched toward the future, Israel erased the past. There was no place for the previous landscape, no place for previous ident…"-Ari Shavit, My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
2. Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt
By: Geraldine Pinch
4.06
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
From stories of resurrected mummies and thousand-year-old curses to powerful pharaohs and the covet… read more
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- nonfiction
- religion
- history
3. The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America
By: Tamara Winfrey Harris
4.35
Format: 26 pages, Paperback
What's wrong with black women? Not a damned thing! The Sisters Are Alrightexposes anti-black-woman … read more
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- nonfiction
4. Nearly Departed in Deadwood (Deadwood, #1)
By: Ann Charles
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Little girls are vanishing from Deadwood, South Dakota. Fearing her daughter might be next, single … read more
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5. To Life: A Celebration of Jewish Being and Thinking
By: Harold S. Kushner
4.36
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Filled with wisdom and gentle humor, here is the essential book on Judaism's traditions and practic… read more
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- jewish
- judaism
- religion
- nonfiction
- judaica
6. Einstein and the Rabbi: Searching for the Soul
By: Naomi Levy
4.27
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
A bestselling author and rabbi's profoundly affecting exploration of the meaning and purpose of the… read more
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- judaism
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- religion
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7. Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People and Its History
By: Joseph Telushkin
4.33
Format: 48 pages,
What does it mean to be a Jew? How does one begin to answer so extensive a question? In this insigh… read more
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- history
- jewish
- judaism
- religion
- nonfiction
- judaica
8. Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence
By: Jonathan Sacks
3.98
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
***2015 National Jewish Book Award Winner*** In this powerful and timely book, one of the most admi… read more
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9. Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms & a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
By: Simon Winchester
3.67
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"Variably genial, cautionary, lyrical, admonitory, terrifying, horrifying and inspiring...A lifetim… read more
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10. The Essential Talmud
By: Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz , None
3.97
Format: 649 pages, Paperback
The Essential Talmud is a masterful introduction to the beliefs, attitudes, and methods of the sacr… read more
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11. DMT and the Soul of Prophecy: A New Science of Spiritual Revelation in the Hebrew Bible
By: Rick Strassman
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Naturally occurring DMT may produce prophecy-like states of consciousness and thus represent a brid… read more
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12. Optical Delusions in Deadwood (Deadwood, #2)
By: Ann Charles
3.26
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
From the Award-winning Author of Nearly Departed in Deadwood! "What a voice! Hilarious, original, a… read more
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13. This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation
By: Alan Lew
3.80
Format: 281 pages, Hardcover
There are moments in life when one is caught utterly unprepared. Drawing on both his rabbinical tra… read more
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14. Introduction to Judaism
By: None
3.00
Format: None pages,
What could be simpler than a single people worshiping a single God for more than 3,000 years? But J… read more
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15. Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life-in Judaism (after Finally Choosing to Look There)
By: Sarah Hurwitz
4.44
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A renowned political speechwriter rediscovers Judaism, finding timeless wisdom and spiritual connec… read more
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- jewish
- judaism
- religion
- nonfiction
- judaica
16. Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
By: Noa Tishby
4.34
Format: None pages, Audiobook
AUDIO EXCLUSIVE: INCLUDES THE SONG “ELATION STATION” BY INFECTED MUSHROOM!A “fascinating and very m… read more
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- history
- jewish
- judaism
- religion
- nonfiction
"The truth is, there is absolutely nothing that can be said of Israel, that cannot be said of Pakistan."-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
"Instead of helping people move forward UNRWA keeps the Palestinian people in an eternal loop of displacement. Instead of solving the problem in any meaningful way, they have overseen the problem's ex…"-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
"Here's the nugget: settling the refugee problem would mean ending the war against Israel. And as of now, the Palestinians and many of the Arab world have been refusing to do so. The best way to keep …"-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
"There is almost no difference between the establishment of Israel and Pakistan. They were both created as a safe haven for persecuted groups: Jews and Muslims. They are both engaged in land disputes.…"-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
17. One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
By: Michael Frank
4.27
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
One of Wall Street Journal ’s Ten Best Books of the Year * Winner of the National Jewish Book Award… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- jewish
"I do believe that as we travel through life we become a different person in every situation, or context, or phase."-Michael Frank, One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
18. Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
By: Shai Held
4.57
Format: 546 pages, Hardcover
A profound, startling new understanding of Jewish life, illuminating the forgotten heart of Jewish … read more
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- nonfiction
- religion
- jewish
19. Filled with Fire and Light: Portraits and Legends from the Bible, Talmud, and Hasidic World
By: Elie Wiesel
4.04
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Magnificent insights into the lives of biblical prophets and kings, Talmudic sages, and Hasidic rab… read more
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- jewish
- judaism
- religion
- nonfiction
- judaica
20. The Exodus
By: Richard Elliott Friedman
4.05
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The Exodus has become a core tradition of Western civilization. Millions read it, retell it, and c… read more
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- jewish
- judaism
- religion
- nonfiction
- judaica
"The documentary hypothesis once held (and maybe still holds) the agreement of the majority of scholars. But that is not what made it right. We do not determine truth by a majority vote. The hypothesi…"-Richard Elliott Friedman, The Exodus
"Could it not be that Moses and/or the Levites just came to it on their own?! Scholars have a tendency to take any parallel between ancient Israel's culture and assume that Israel took it from the oth…"-Richard Elliott Friedman, The Exodus
"We have seen a movement from many deities to two to one. Whether you take that movement to be fact, mythology, or theology, it is the story of how we got to where most (Western) religions are now. An…"-Richard Elliott Friedman, The Exodus
"We all know that there are harsh passages toward others in the Bible as well: dispossess the Canaanites, destroy Jericho, etc. But, as I said earlier, the evidence on the ground indicates that most o…"-Richard Elliott Friedman, The Exodus
21. A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised): The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture
By: Virginia Savage McAlester
4.60
Format: 880 pages, Hardcover
Here at the fully expanded, updated, and freshly designed second edition of the most comprehensive… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
