Download or read book Ellishiva Cinnamon written by Nirmala Narine and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey through the unforgettable world of New York City when it was still a dense jungle. With the introduction of the Va'nature race-a species dedicated to preserving the life-giving magic of Earth's natural resources. Ellishiva C. is at once an exploration of the dangers mankind poses to his environment.
Download or read book Elisheva s Diary written by Richard D. Small and published by TouchPoint Press via PublishDrive. This book was released on 2018-04-20 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The diary of a woman born in 95 BC in the northern Israeli city of Dan is discovered by Musa, a young worker, in excavations at Tel Dan fifty years ago has remained hidden until now. Elisheva began her chronicle at the age of ten, when her friend almost dies in a bandit raid. She meets Ariel, the son of the Jerusalem merchant, who saves her friend. They marry four years later. Together they develop a trading business specializing in wine and spices that encompasses Galilee, Lebanon, and Damaseq. Using his trading business as cover, Ariel reports to Queen Shlomtsion on military developments in Syria. During a trip to Jerusalem, Elisheva meets the Queen who discusses safeguarding women’s rights in law. When invasion threatens Israel, Queen Shlomtsion forges alliances with Queen Cleopatra and Rome and sends Ariel to negotiate a friendship treaty with Armenia. Musa, now an old man, attempts to sell the diary to raise money to bring his relatives, caught in the civil war in Syria, to Israel. He is caught and sentenced to prison, but his relatives are rescued and brought to Israel. Elisheva’s Diary is a chronicle of an ancient nation struggling to survive in a hostile world. A story of good, evil, compassion, values, and love.
Download or read book Pot on the Fire written by John Thorne and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pot on the Fire is the latest collection from "the most enticingly serendipitous voice on the culinary front since Elizabeth David and M.F.K. Fisher" (Connoisseur). As the title suggests, it celebrates-and, in classic Thorne style, ponders, probes, and scrutinizes-a lifelong engagement with the elements of cooking, and elemental cooking from cioppino to kedgeree. John Thorne's curiosity ranges far and wide, from nineteenth-century famine-struck Ireland to the India of the British Raj, from the Italian cucina to the venerable American griddle. Whether on the trail of a mysterious Vietnamese sandwich ("Banh Mi and Me") or "The Best Cookies in the World," whether "Desperately Resisting Risotto" or discovering the perfect breakfast, Thorne is an erudite and intrepid guide who, in unveiling the gastronomic wonders of the world, also reveals us to ourselves.
Download or read book Always Something Else written by M. C. Millman and published by The Judaica Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten-year old Elisheva Raskin has a knack for getting herself into sticky situations at home or in school with her friends, but tries to make the best of every situation.
Download or read book Ellishiva Cinnamon written by Nirmala Narine and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey through the unforgettable world of New York City when it was still a dense jungle. With the introduction of the Va'nature race-a species dedicated to preserving the life-giving magic of Earth's natural resources.
Download or read book Moses written by Shlomo Giora Shoham and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-26 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This intellectual biography describes the personal development and Weltanschauung of Moses from his childhood until his death. It includes interactions with well-known biblical and historical figures and with composite characters representing all of the lifestyles that he encountered. It shows how Moses was affected by the people and events in his life and how he was able to lead the Jewish people in their successful struggle for freedom. This book describes the attitudes, thought processes and motivations of Moses himself and the participants in the events surrounding his life. The book also elucidates the changes in the Jewish religion that occurred before and during his lifetime. It clarifies how Moses developed into a multi-faceted leader and law-giver and shows how he influenced the Jewish religion at the time of the Exodus.
Download or read book Say Farewell To Alexandreia written by K. D. Zenios and published by Ζένιος Κυριάκος. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SAY FAREWELL TO ALEXANDREIA This is the tumultuous love story of Olympias and Lycos, set during the last eleven months of Ptolemaic rule in Egypt, and the incredibly dramatic events of that period, culminating in the fall of Alexandria. A widow at 16, Olympias becomes an involuntary go-between the palace and Lycos. And the two become lovers. Together they will face an incredible adventure while Cleopatra’s ships are being dragged through the desert to the Red Sea and then they will become entangled in an abortive attempt to murder Anthony. Lycos, on the other hand, is an enigmatic, powerfully-built Scythian mercenary in the services of the Parthian king who arrives in Alexandria with a proposal which aspires to stall the invading Octavian, and which entails the ambitious undertaking of moving the Egyptian ships from the Mediterranean to the safety of the Red Sea. The lovers will meet for the last time at Olympias’ paternal house, where the terrible secret is revealed
Download or read book Hanina My Son written by Andrew Sanders and published by Gefen Publishing House Ltd. This book was released on 2001 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the historical account of the first century sage, Hanina Ben Dosa, Sanders creates a colorful tale of this great man. Hanina lived in Roman-occupied Israel, he was involved with the development of Rabbinic Judaism, and he interacted with early Christianity, making this book of great interest to Jews, Christians, and fans of historical fiction.
Download or read book The New York Times Jewish Cookbook written by Linda Amster and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-09-15 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Download or read book Olive Days written by Jessica Elisheva Emerson and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2024-09-10 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A smoldering debut novel about a young mother in an Orthodox Jewish community of Los Angeles whose quest for authenticity erupts in a passionate affair following a night of wife swapping Rina Kirsch is a young mother and Modern Orthodox Jew in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles. Dutifully keeping to the formidable expectations of a traditional household connects Rina with generations past and those to come. But a contradiction burns at her center: Rina is an atheist. She is also stymied in her life and marriage. Hoping to reinvigorate their relationship, Rina’s husband convinces her to partake in a night of wife swapping with other Orthodox couples. Rather than preserve her marriage, however, the swap plunges Rina down a heady path that begins with a rekindled passion for painting and culminates in an intoxicating affair with Will Ochoa, her married art teacher. Clandestine rendezvous and stolen moments of ardor awaken Rina to an existence beyond the confining parameters of tradition, offering a glimpse at the possible life she left behind in the olive groves of her youth. As the blush of erotic thrill comes into sharp contrast with the complications of living a secret life, Rina must decide if it’s worth sacrificing everything she’s ever known to fully inhabit the uncharted landscape unfolding before her, one where her needs take precedence. Told in the fevered tenor common to both lust and religious devotion, Olive Days is an unforgettable story of the agonizing choices women make to balance duty against desire.
Download or read book In Nirmala s Kitchen written by Nirmala Narine and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through her travels to such exotic locales as New Zealand, North Africa, India, and the Caribbean, to name a few, Nirmala Narine has scoured local markets and remote hillsides for herbs and spices to bring home to her own kitchen. In this collection of recipes and personal anecdotes, Nirmala includes a thorough glossary of herbs and spices to guide even the most inexperienced cook beyond table salt and pepper.
Download or read book On the Landing written by Yenta Mash and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-28 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these sixteen stories, available in English for the first time, prize-winning author Yenta Mash traces an arc across continents, across upheavals and regime changes, and across the phases of a woman's life. Mash's protagonists are often in transit, poised "on the landing" on their way to or from somewhere else. In imaginative, poignant, and relentlessly honest prose, translated from the Yiddish by Ellen Cassedy, Mash documents the lost world of Jewish Bessarabia, the texture of daily life behind the Iron Curtain in Soviet Moldova, and the challenges of assimilation in Israel. On the Landing opens by inviting us to join a woman making her way through her ruined hometown, recalling the colorful customs of yesteryear—and the night when everything changed. We then travel into the Soviet gulag, accompanying women prisoners into the fearsome forests of Siberia. In postwar Soviet Moldova, we see how the Jewish community rebuilds itself. On the move once more, we join refugees struggling to find their place in Israel. Finally, a late-life romance brings a blossoming of joy. Drawing on a lifetime of repeated uprooting, Mash offers an intimate perch from which to explore little-known corners of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. A master chronicler of exile, she makes a major contribution to the literature of immigration and resilience, adding her voice to those of Jhumpa Lahiri, W. G. Sebald, André Aciman, and Viet Thanh Nguyen. Mash's literary oeuvre is a brave achievement, and her work is urgently relevant today as displaced people seek refuge across the globe.
Download or read book The Unseen Body written by Jonathan Reisman, M.D. and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fascinating, lyrical book... Reisman's experiences in other cultures bring a richness and depth to The Unseen Body. The way he thinks about the body and medicine—the rivers and tributaries, the flowing and unclogging, the top-down organization of the brain—is extraordinary!" —Mary Roach In this fascinating journey through the human body and across the globe, Dr. Reisman weaves together stories about our insides with a unique perspective on life, culture, and the natural world. Jonathan Reisman, M.D.—a physician, adventure traveler and naturalist—brings readers on an odyssey navigating our insides like an explorer discovering a new world with The Unseen Body. With unique insight, Reisman shows us how understanding mountain watersheds helps to diagnose heart attacks, how the body is made mostly of mucus, not water, and how urine carries within it a tale of humanity’s origins. Through his offbeat adventures in healthcare and travel, Reisman discovers new perspectives on the body: a trip to the Alaskan Arctic reveals that fat is not the enemy, but the hero; a stint in the Himalayas uncovers the boundary where the brain ends and the mind begins; and eating a sheep’s head in Iceland offers a lesson in empathy. By relating rich experiences in far-flung lands and among unique cultures back to the body’s inner workings, he shows how our organs live inextricably intertwined lives—an internal ecosystem reflecting the natural world around us. Reisman offers a new and deeply moving perspective, and helps us make sense of our bodies and how they work in a way readers have never before imagined.
Download or read book Portrait of Lysbeth written by Rama Santa Mansa and published by Lingeer Press. This book was released on 2024-03-29 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Gothic tale inspired by the real-life Lysbeth Anthonijsen. The year is 1676. We meet Lysbeth Luanda, a second-generation African freedwoman in New York, the former Dutch colony seized by the English, who, in a mere decade, have passed more cruel and oppressive restrictions on the free African community already living in the colony. After being orphaned at age 13, Lysbeth is forced to restart life all on her own, while working as a tavern waitress in Dutch and German-owned taverns along the banks of the Delaware and Hudson rivers. In this multinational milieu, she learns cosmopolitan skills and street philosophy from lovable lowlifes, brash buccaneers, African dreamers, indigenous heroines, and globetrotting Scandinavians. Lysbeth eventually finds a mentor in a Sephardi Jewish medical doctor from Curaçao, under whom she studies surgery and anatomy. As the gloomy autumn season begins in 1676, the gruesome murders of 3 European women, by an unknown assailant in the isolated village of Sleepy Hollow, shocks the whole of New York. Lysbeth's mentor convinces the New York High Sheriff to appoint Lysbeth to go investigate the victims’ inexplicable cause of death and bring back a written coroner's report. After an initial frosty reception by the villagers of Sleepy Hollow, Lysbeth gains new allies who assist her in her investigation. She must now work quickly to map the murderous pattern of the Sleepy Hollow serial killer before it’s too late...
Download or read book Tehilla written by Shmuel Yosef Agnon and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Living Water written by Obery Hendricks and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2004-01-06 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sprung from the pages of The New Testament, Living Water is a gripping and lyrical portrayal of a young women's search for identity set against the strict social confines of the time. This extraordinary first novel brings to life one of the most mysterious and intriguing characters in the Bible – the woman at the well. In a village torn apart by senseless violence, a young girl struggles to mute her passion for life to survive the harsh social restrictions of her people. Catapulted into a series of abusive marriages, she soon becomes a woman unrecognisable from the little girl she once was. After her fifth husband is found bloody and beaten, she emerges amid the scandal and accusations to try and reclaim her life. In the tradition of Their Eyes Are Watching God, The Color Purple and Paradise, Obery Hendricks uses both fine detail and broad strokes to crisply depict this period of early history. And in doing so, this sophisticated literary debut delivers a universal tale of liberation and reconciliation, love and faith.
Download or read book The Last Animal written by Abby Geni and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Last Animal by Abby Geni is that rare literary find — a remarkable series of stories unified around one theme: people who use the interface between the human and the natural world to contend with their modern challenges of love, loss, and family life. These are vibrant, weighty stories that herald the arrival of a young writer of surprising feeling and depth. "Terror Birds" tracks the dissolution of a marriage set against an ostrich farm in the sweltering Arizona desert; "Dharma at the Gate" features the tempest of young love as a teenaged girl must choose between man's best friend, her damaged boyfriend, and a beckoning future; "Captivity" follows an octopus handler at an aquarium still haunted by the disappearance of her brother years ago; "The Girls of Apache Bryn Mawr" details a Greek chorus of Jewish girls at a summer camp whose favorite counselor goes missing under suspicious circumstances; "In the Spirit Room" centers on a scientist suffering the heartbreaking loss of a parent from Alzheimer's while living in the natural history museum where they both worked; in "Fire Blight" a father grieving over his wife's recent miscarriage finds an outlet for comfort in their backyard garden and makes a surprising discovery on how to cherish living things; and in the title story, a retired woman traces the steps of the husband who left her thirty years ago, burning the letters he had sent along the way, while the luminous and exotic wildlife of the Pacific Ocean opens up to receive her. Unflinching, exciting, ambitious and heartfelt, The Last Animal takes readers through a menagerie of settings and landscapes as it underscores the connection between all living things.
