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Turn It Again

Author : Sheila Delany

Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers

Page : 241 pages

File Size : 22,52 MB

Release : 2007-05-01

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1556354428

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Originally published as a special issue of 'Exemplaria', these essays deserve a much wider audience. They deal with Jewish studies and the medieval historian, rabbinic ecclesiology and the synods of Nicaea and Yavneh, Jewish women martyrs, sexual politics and marriage, late-medieval Castile, nation and miscegenation, cultural hybridity, and Kabbalistic anthropology. The authors are widely published scholars and critics in various fields of Jewish studies. The volume will be valuable to many scholars, teachers, and students. The essays open up so many interesting avenues of inquiry that they will enlighten and challenge not only specialists in Jewish studies but also scholars, critics, students, and teachers of medieval literature and Jewish literature, medieval history and culture, women's studies, and religious studies.



...and turn it again

Author : Simeon J. Maslin

Publisher : Xlibris Corporation

Page : 264 pages

File Size : 19,75 MB

Release : 2008-03-31

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1462819427

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In his new book, ...and turn it again, author Simeon Maslin introduces his readers to a first-century sage who taught: "Turn it and turn it again, for everything is in it." That ancient sage was referring to Hebrew Scripture, and Maslin continues the time-honored rabbinic process of turning those sacred verses, turning them yet again, and finding in them inspiring, poignant, and often humorous lessons for our day. In praise of ...and turn it again Rabbi Maslin is one of the most gifted practitioners of the rabbinic art of connecting ancient texts and modern concerns. His vignettes shimmer with insight, humor and compassion for the human condition. – Rabbi Harold Kushner, author, When Bad Things Happen to Good People By spinning and respinning tales from our ancient texts and connecting them to the real issues of our lives, Maslin links us to our people, our past, and our God. This book is a treasure by one of the great teachers of our generation. – Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, President, Union for Reform Judaism In this remarkably insightful collection, Rabbi Maslin brilliantly converts his favorite biblical verses into highly fluent and pleasurable prose to stimulate and challenge his readers. This is the ageless rabbinic art of teaching practiced to perfection, a significant addition to the Jewish exegetical tradition. – Prof. David Ruderman, Director, Center for Advanced Jewish Studies, U. of Penn.





Haunted Asylums, Prisons, and Sanatoriums

Author : Jamie Davis

Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide

Page : 242 pages

File Size : 29,72 MB

Release : 2013

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 073873750X

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Recounts supernatural encounters from ten well-known U.S. institutions, including West Virginia Penitentiary and St. Albans Sanatorium, in a work that features photographs, highlights from site tours, and historical information.



Play It Again

Author : Alan Rusbridger

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 417 pages

File Size : 28,20 MB

Release : 2013-09-17

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0374232911

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The editor of the Guardian newspaper gave himself one year to learn Chopin's Ballade no. 1 in g minor, arguably one of the most difficult Romantic pieces in the repertory.



Mystical Myra

Author : Robert Dean Vaughn

Publisher : Author House

Page : 306 pages

File Size : 47,58 MB

Release : 2007-05-08

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1467829455

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Myra is not your average woman; she never has been, not in millions of years. From a pampered princess, to a wilderness in the sun, to a prison in the desert, to a place in the heart of every person she happens to meet. This is the story of her sojourn on the Earth. This is her struggle for freedom and survival. The Apache Indians call her Child of the Sun. Ruben Hawken called her wife and lover and the mother of my children. She’s a loving nurturing spirit with the power to influence for good. She heals, that’s what she does ... Myra is more then victorious but not without setbacks and hardship and the patience of Job. You’ve got to love Myra, can’t help yourself ... Don’t you find that just a little suspicious? I’m a cynic so I certainly do ... But what do I know? I can’t seem to get past that ridiculous Nutsoid sign.



IPod and ITunes For Dummies

Author : Tony Bove

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 434 pages

File Size : 16,48 MB

Release : 2011-12-27

Category : Computers

ISBN : 111813060X

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Book Description

Looks at the basics of using a Mac, covering such topics as the desktop, working with files and folders, using Pages, playing movies, organizing photos, playing music, browsing the Internet, and computer security.



The Edge of Being

Author : James Brandon

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 305 pages

File Size : 39,35 MB

Release : 2022-10-11

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 0525517685

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A tender and heartfelt queer YA novel about the multiplicities of grief, deeply held family secrets, and finding new love. Isaac Griffin has always felt something was missing from his life. And for good reason: he's never met his dad. He'd started to believe he'd never belong in this world, that the scattered missing pieces of his life would never come together, when he discovers a box hidden deep in the attic with his father's name on it. When the first clue points him to San Francisco, he sets off with his boyfriend to find the answers, and the person he’s been waiting his whole life for. But when his vintage station wagon breaks down (and possibly his relationship too) they are forced to rely on an unusual girl who goes by Max—and has her own familial pain—to take them the rest of the way. As his family history is revealed, Isaac finds himself drawing closer to Max. Using notes his dad had written decades ago, the two of them retrace his father’s steps during the weeks leading up to the Compton's Cafeteria Riot in San Francisco, a precursor to the Stonewall Riots a few years later. Only to discover, as he learns about the past that perhaps the missing pieces of his life weren't ever missing at all.



iPod & iTunes For Dummies

Author : Tony Bove

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 516 pages

File Size : 43,68 MB

Release : 2010-11-17

Category : Computers

ISBN : 0470943831

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The perennial iPod and iTunes bestseller returns—completely updated! The popularity of iPods is not slowing down—so you need to keep up! Now in its eighth edition, iPod & iTunes For Dummies is the ideal companion for getting started with the iPod and Apple’s iTunes service. Bestselling veteran author Tony Bove helps you get comfortable with using the iPod as more than just a digital music player. You’ll learn to shop at the iTunes store, surf the Web, rent movies, buy songs, send and receive e-mail, get directions, check finances, organize and share photos, watch videos, and much more. Plus, the new and expanded content touches on the latest iPod models, including the iPod classic, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, iPod touch, and the newest version of iTunes. Serves as the latest edition in the bestselling lineage of a helpful, easy-to-understand guide to the iPod and iTunes Offers straightforward coverage of using your iPod as the ultimate digital music player and shows you how buy and download songs from iTunes, create playlists, share content from your iTunes library, burn CDs from iTunes, play music through your home or car stereo, and more Details how to import music, videos, audiobooks, and podcasts; find cool content in the App Store; choose the right accessories; sync your iPod with your Mac or PC; and more Reviews updating your iPod, troubleshooting, and maintaining the battery life iPod and iTunes For Dummies, 8th Edition guides you through all the latest updates and enhancements so that you can start enjoying your iPod today!



The Grasp of Consciousness (Psychology Revivals)

Author : Jean Piaget

Publisher : Psychology Press

Page : 253 pages

File Size : 23,92 MB

Release : 2015-10-05

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 1317524829

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Originally published in English in 1976, the book draws on and extends our knowledge of the process of learning. The subject of the study is the general stage in a child’s development that comes between his successful performance of an activity without knowing how he did it – that is, what he had to do in order to succeed – and the times when he becomes aware of what went into that action. The book reports the results of experiments conducted at the Centre of Genetic Epistemology. Children, ranging in age between four and adolescence, were asked to perform such tasks as walking on all fours, playing tiddlywinks, building a ramp for a toy car. They were then asked to explain how they had performed the task, and in some cases, to instruct the interviewer. Their answers show a number of surprising inaccuracies in the child’s ability to grasp the nature of what he has done. Taking a broad view of his results, Piaget shows that they reveal several stages in the gradual development of the child’s conceptualization of his actions. In analysing each stage, Piaget argues that the child’s concept of his own action cannot be considered a simple matter of ‘enlightenment’, but must actively be reconstructed from his experience. This view has always been at the core of Piaget’s work, and a new area of the child’s mental world is here given definitive treatment.