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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In this volume Miriam Halahmy celebrates the work of her brother-in-law, Oded Halahmy, a successful and popular sculptor whose art can be seen in his galleries in New York and in Jaffa, Israel and in many public buildings in the USA and around the world. The text includes illustrations of his work alongside accompanying poems. Miriam Halahmy shares Oded Halahmy's passion for the symbolism of the pomegranate. The fruit is an ancient and universal symbol of beauty, love and marriage, fertility, prosperity, hope, life and rebirth. She plants these seeds in her poetry, which is abundant in imagery. She also draws on her Jewish roots and sense of place, and her place in the world. In this volume Miriam Halahmy celebrates the work of her sculptor brother-in-law, Oded Halahmy. The text includes illustrations of his work alongside accompanying poems. Miriam Halahmy shares Oded Halahmy's passion for the symbolism of the pomegranate, an ancient symbol of beauty, love and marriage, fertility, prosperity, hope, life and rebirth. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Where do poets stand when faced with terrible events like September 11? Can they speak up for humanity? United by a belief that poetry cannot be neutral, American poet Karen Eberhardt Shelton and British poet Jay Ramsay send out a message about how we can connect with each other across great divides. They aim to provide poetry that touches our hearts, awakens our perceptions and moves us to action. Where do poets stand when faced with events like September 11? Can they speak up for humanity? United by a belief that poetry cannot be neutral, American poet Karen Eberhardt Shelton and British poet Jay Ramsay send out a message about how we can connect with each other across great divides. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This will be the first major collection of poems by Bernard Kops for more than 20 years. He is one of Britain's most celebrated writers, with seven previous volumes of poetry, 40 plays for stage and radio, nine novels, and two autobiographies, making him one of Britain's most prolific and versatile authors. Earlier this year, in recognition of his literary work, he had the rare honour of a Civil List pension being conferred on him by the Queen. Awarded for life, it puts him in the exalted company of poets such as Lord Byron and William Wordsworth. This collection contains many new poems and also his most celebrated poems from his exceptional and varied body of work, such as "Shalom Bomb", an unofficial anthem for the CND movement in the 1960's and his more recent "Whitechapel Library, Aldgate East" which, mourns the passing of the old library in the East End of London, where he grew up.Events include: December 29 Limmud Festival, Warwick University; Feb 17 Housman's Bookshop, London; Feb 28 Jewish Book Week reading with George Szirtes and Michele Wandor, 11 am March Josephs Bookstore; April 1 Whitechapel Art Gallery (free admission) 20-50 expected; and, Aug 12 Lauderdale House (Thursday). A collection of poems by one of Britain's most celebrated writers. It contains poems from his work "Shalom Bomb", an unofficial anthem for the CND movement in the 1960's and his "Whitechapel Library, Aldgate East" which, mourns the passing of the old library in the East End of London, where he grew up. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This collection brings together many of the poet's continuing preoccupations: the idea that no book is complete till a reader reads it; that the totality of any writer's oeuvre constitutes one work, one book; and the Biblical and mystical idea of the Book of Life. This collection brings together many of the poet's continuing preoccupations: the idea that no book is complete till a reader reads it; that the totality of any writer's oeuvre constitutes one work, one book; and the Biblical and mystical idea of the Book of Life. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Poetry collection by Bernard Kops who remarkably, at aged 91, proves that his lyric powers remain undimmed. Full of tears and laughter and outpouring of love for his beloved Erica and sadness that the joys of living cannot go on for ever. The dead are calling to him. He imagines life after death and a world that never ends. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. of a fraught and complex situation. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Cloth Bound. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. great gilt lettering on spine David McKay printed on spine Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Early Edition. pp 159. Early edition. No date c. 1910. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Society novel. Translated from the Polish by S.C. de Soissons. De Soissons also provides a eulogistic 5 page introduction.no writing no tearing no foxing please see all pictures.…

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Set in Bethlehem in 1920. A sense of foreboding hangs over Palestinian society under British rule. Samira Lafiah, a progressive young woman is in conflict with her prominent, traditional family who expect her to accept an arranged marriage. Can she defy her family and her society's rigid conventions and discover love in a year full of turmoil. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. A coming-of-age story by a master of storytelling on the need to love and cherish life and grab it by the drosky's reins. This is Kops at his most irrepressible and irreverent, vibrant and lyrical and connected - to the present and the past. Seventeen-year-old Sam Glass is depressed. Since his father died suddenly, he sees no point in life especially not among the cosy middle class environs where his love of quoting from classical literature falls on deaf ears. Then a strange figure appears who claims to be a rabbi from the Middle Ages, who takes Sam back in time to the Russia of 1881. He meets a panoply of characters including his own forebears and some familiar figures from Jewish history. Then he discovers the secret purpose for which he has been chosen -- to assassinate Tsar Alexander II . Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. her family's exile after their expulsion from Spain in 1492. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Written with rage and passion about her own journey to creative self-fulfilment against the odds, the novel begins in the hermetic, traditional world of Polish Jewry before the first World War. Deborah is the daughter of an unworldly rabbi. Talented and ambitious but condemned to household chores, Deborah frets that she is not allowed to receive the same education and opportunities as her brothers. She fails in love with a communist but then an arranged marriage is proposed.This is a classic that scholars and fans of the Singers continually refer to for its authentic account of life in the Singer household and the struggle of Esther Kreitman to be free. Deborah was first published in Warsaw in Yiddish in 1936 and later translated by her son Maurice Carr into English in 1946 and published by W.G Foyle. It was republished by Virago in 1983 when her work was still unknown. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: Used - Very Good. VG paperback. 1st ed. A clean, as-new copy. Used - Very Good. VG paperback.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Exlib with usual stamps. Front endpaper is missing. Dustwrapper is protected by a layer of clear, non adhesive plastic.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Naomi Alexander is an accomplished artist in the "kitchen sink" tradition of John Bratby and post-impressionist Pierre Bonnard. When invited by the Europas Parkas Museum in Vilnius to be their first artist in residence she decided to draw Jewish culture as her family roots go back to 18th c Lithuania. She draws what she sees: the vast forests and their dark secrets, the poor people that now live in the homes where Jews once lived, dilapidated buildings, synagogues and cemeteries and the churches that still loom over the old Jewish areas. Additional information and quirky captions give a sense of the present day struggles of Lithuania's small Jewish community. Presents paintings and drawings of Jewish Lithuania with introductory articles. The artist's subjects are the poor people that live where Jews once lived, synagogues and churches. The captions explain the story of a lost community. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Hardcover, no jacket, no publishing date but vintage (1930? ) Blind-stamped floral decoration on front cover, black-stamped title and floral decoraion on spine, mild wear to the spine-ends, surface blemish on back cover, clean and presentable overall, binding is tight, contents are fine; 280 pages.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Hardcover, no jacket, no publishing date but vintage (1930? ) Blind-stamped flora illustration on front cover, black-stamped title and floral illustration on spine, faint blemishes on back cover, short corner-creases to the front corners, binding tight, contents fine.…

No publication date given, 1916 supplied. Original Russian language publication was 1853. Translated with preface by Angelo S. Rappoport. -- Hardcover, stamped cloth covers, 368 pages. Condition: very good (spine crown tiny rub; a few page corners creased; no jacket). -- Author (1822-99) was Russian prose writer of the natural school, born a member of the landed gentry.…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Hardback. No date, but previous owners name and date to inside cover is dated 1927. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contents: The Art of Guy De Mauspassant, by Holbrook Jackson. Boule De Suif. Useless Beauty. The Necklace. Two Friends. Mademoiselle Fifi. A Night Out. The Father. Uncle Sosthene. Vengeance. All Over. The Dowry. Coco. The Lovers' Leap. Happiness. 256 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). …

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. No date. A Very Good copy. 12mo., 382 pp., bound in publishers blind stamp decorated dark green cloth. Spine is faded, with some light overall wear to covers. Previous owners name inside front cover. Light toning to paper.

FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo hardback with unclipped dust jacket; 168pp, indexed, with b/w illustrations. A clean copy with no previous ownership inscriptions or annotation. VG/VG. (Shelf 200 ) ISBN: 0954054261 Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

No date given, but: 1916 (original language publication was 1853).-- Hardcover. Condition: very good plus, pretty blind-stamped black cloth cover, with bright dust jacket, couple chips, clear tape. -- Author (1822-99) Russian prose writer of the natural school, born a member of the landed gentry. -- Translated into English, with preface by Angelo S. Rappoport. …

Soft Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page without dedication. A near Fine unmarked copy. 298 pages. The author is the first ordained Lesbian rabbi to lead a mainstream synagogue in Britain. She is the rabbi of Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue and the Liberal Jewish Chaplain at Sussex and Brighton Universities. She has been making trouble for as long as she can remember. She reveals her struggles over many years to be accepted as a radical pioneer and the challenges that remain to make Judaism inclusive and responsive in a changing world. R6 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Where do poets stand when faced with terrible events like September 11? Can they speak up for humanity? United by a belief that poetry cannot be neutral, American poet Karen Eberhardt Shelton and British poet Jay Ramsay send out a message about how we can connect with each other across great divides. They aim to provide poetry that touches our hearts, awakens our perceptions and moves us to action. Where do poets stand when faced with events like September 11? Can they speak up for humanity? United by a belief that poetry cannot be neutral, American poet Karen Eberhardt Shelton and British poet Jay Ramsay send out a message about how we can connect with each other across great divides. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. of a fraught and complex situation. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This collection brings together many of the poet's continuing preoccupations: the idea that no book is complete till a reader reads it; that the totality of any writer's oeuvre constitutes one work, one book; and the Biblical and mystical idea of the Book of Life. This collection brings together many of the poet's continuing preoccupations: the idea that no book is complete till a reader reads it; that the totality of any writer's oeuvre constitutes one work, one book; and the Biblical and mystical idea of the Book of Life. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In this volume Miriam Halahmy celebrates the work of her brother-in-law, Oded Halahmy, a successful and popular sculptor whose art can be seen in his galleries in New York and in Jaffa, Israel and in many public buildings in the USA and around the world. The text includes illustrations of his work alongside accompanying poems. Miriam Halahmy shares Oded Halahmy's passion for the symbolism of the pomegranate. The fruit is an ancient and universal symbol of beauty, love and marriage, fertility, prosperity, hope, life and rebirth. She plants these seeds in her poetry, which is abundant in imagery. She also draws on her Jewish roots and sense of place, and her place in the world. In this volume Miriam Halahmy celebrates the work of her sculptor brother-in-law, Oded Halahmy. The text includes illustrations of his work alongside accompanying poems. Miriam Halahmy shares Oded Halahmy's passion for the symbolism of the pomegranate, an ancient symbol of beauty, love and marriage, fertility, prosperity, hope, life and rebirth. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…