To save precious centuries-old Islamic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians in Timbuktu pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean’s Eleven.In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a gove
A Year with the Sages uniquely relates the Sages’ understanding of each Torah portion to everyday life. The importance of these teachings cannot be overestimated. The Sages, who lived during the
This book uses the spiral shape as a key to a multitude of strange and seemingly disparate stories about art, nature, science, mathematics, and the human endeavour. In a way, the book is itself organi
"Presents some of the Chicago Cubs' greatest players and their achievements in pro baseball, including Ryne Sandberg, Sammy Sosa, and Starlin Castro"--Provided by publisher.
Langdon Hammer has given us the first biography of the poet James Merrill (1926–95), whose life is surely one of the most fascinating in American literature. Merrill was born to high privilege and hig
A National Jewish Book Award WinnerThe High Holy Days—Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur—are for many Jews the highlight of the Jewish year. The liturgy for the Days of Awe are the longest and most complex
