Author : Scott R. Benarde
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,17 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781584653035
A fascinating look into how Judaism has shaped and influenced the makers of rock music over the past fifty years.
Author : Hollace Ava Weiner
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 32,69 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Jews
ISBN : 1584656220
An essay collection of lively written, lavishly illustrated, and well-documented narratives on the history and culture of Texas Jews.
Author : Robert A. Norman
Publisher :
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 23,52 MB
Release : 2016-12-19
Category :
ISBN : 9780997820584
Today the Star of David is the universally recognized Jewish symbol, but was that always the case? In this fascinating work that includes dozens of full color photographs, Dr. Norman explores the use of the hexagram through its use in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as in Buddhism and Eastern philosophies. What was it about the hexagram that made it so attractive in multiple faith traditions? He explains that the earliest documented use of the hexagram is in Capernaum in the sixth century, and was displayed prominently in Prague in the thirteenth century, but it did not become the defining symbol of Judaism until the 1930s, when Nazis forced the Jews to wear a yellow hexagram to indicate their Jewishness. The Star took on new meaning at that point, and then when it was adorned on the flag of the State of Israel in 1948, it took its place as one of the great religious symbols.
Author : Lois Lowry
Publisher : HarperCollins Children's Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,97 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780007395200
In Nazi-occupied Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is called upon for a selfless act of bravery to help save her best friend from a terrible fate. Winner of the Newbery Medal, newly reissued in the Essential Modern Classics range. "They plan to arrest all the Danish Jews. They plan to take them away. And we have been told that they may come tonight." It is 1943 and life in Copenhagen is becoming complicated for Annemarie. There are food shortages and curfews, and soldiers on every corner. But it is even worse for her Jewish best friend, Ellen, as the Nazis continue their brutal campaign. With Ellen's life in danger, Annemarie must summon all her courage to help stage a daring escape. Inspired by true events of the Second World War, this gripping novel brings the past vividly to life for today's readers.
Author : Dean Zahav
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 45,39 MB
Release : 2011-12-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781462068142
Sofia, Bulgaria In the tumultuous year of 2020, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to fester. Fourteen-year-old Dani Madgev accidentally finds several Cyrillic letters interwoven into the graphics of the Star of David symbol. His father, Ian, a mathematical linguist, and his mother, Rovine, a cognitive scientist, help him decipher them. But none of them realize what theyre about to get themselves into. Jerusalem, Israel To unravel the mystery of Davids Star, Dani and his parents travel to Tel Aviv, Israel. Along with Nathan Epstein, a biblical history professor at Hebrew University; Kabbalah alchemist Uri Zohar; Ruben Openheim, the head of Peace Now; and Rabbi Loew, the Madgevs make a series of further discoveries within the symbol, leading them to believe they are on the brink of knowledge that may very well change the course of history. Meanwhile, a mysterious character called the LaW begins sending messages encoded using King Davids military cipher to Dani. Once deciphered, the messages and letters found on the Star of David point to a startling realization about the solution of the conflict between Israel and Palestine. But are the two countries ready for the suggested solution? A domino chain of events is set in motion, and someone may have to pay the highest price.
Author : David A. Aguilar
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 34,31 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1426306016
Describes fifteen of the most unusual known stars, plus other interesting stellar objects.
Author : David Malin
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 10,42 MB
Release : 1984-08-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521257145
"Colours of the stars uses spectacular photography to shw the coulours of stars, galaxies, and nebulae." -- dust jacket.
Author : David Hepworth
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 49,98 MB
Release : 2017-11-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1250124131
Named one of the best music books of 2017 by The Wall Street Journal An elegy to the age of the Rock Star, featuring Chuck Berry, Elvis, Madonna, Bowie, Prince, and more, uncommon people whose lives were transformed by rock and who, in turn, shaped our culture Recklessness, thy name is rock. The age of the rock star, like the age of the cowboy, has passed. Like the cowboy, the idea of the rock star lives on in our imaginations. What did we see in them? Swagger. Recklessness. Sexual charisma. Damn-the-torpedoes self-belief. A certain way of carrying themselves. Good hair. Interesting shoes. Talent we wished we had. What did we want of them? To be larger than life but also like us. To live out their songs. To stay young forever. No wonder many didn’t stay the course. In Uncommon People, David Hepworth zeroes in on defining moments and turning points in the lives of forty rock stars from 1955 to 1995, taking us on a journey to burst a hundred myths and create a hundred more. As this tribe of uniquely motivated nobodies went about turning themselves into the ultimate somebodies, they also shaped us, our real lives and our fantasies. Uncommon People isn’t just their story. It’s ours as well.
Author : David Shipman
Publisher : Angus & Robertson
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 29,84 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Author : David Weber
Publisher : Baen Books
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 23,68 MB
Release : 2004-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0743488415
Two complete novels in the New York Times best-selling series, all in one generous volume. Crusade: Neither side in the Human-Orion war was strong enough to defeat the other, so it fizzled into an uneasy peace filled with hatred and mistrust on both sides. Then a ship appeared from the dim mists of half-forgotten history, and fired on the Orion sentry ship, igniting the fires of interstellar war anew, in a quest to free Holy Mother Terra. In Death Ground: The human race and two other star traveling races had warred with each other in the past, but now all three are at peace-a peace which is shattered by the discovery of a fourth race, the "Bugs." The newcomers are mind-numbingly alien in their thought processes, have overwhelming numbers, and regard all other species as fit only to be food animals. There is no hope for peace with the invaders, and the galaxy explodes with a battle to the death. Kill-or be eaten!
