For use in schools and libraries only. An American nurse and an Israeli freedom fighter get caught up in the re-birth of Israel.

In this compelling novel, Michener sweeps readers back through time to the very beginnings of the Jewish faith, thousands of years ago, to experience the entire colorful history of the JewsQfrom the lives of the early Hebrews to the impact ...

This is a poignantly written work, which argues that the Marrano experience of concealing ''the Other within'' is also paradigmatic for the adventures of modern subjectivity.

Now in paperback, the acclaimed Holocaust memoir declared "a book of breathtaking honesty and extraordinary insight.""--"LA Times"

Hilberg cannot, of course, cover everyone or everything, but all readers of this book, no matter how much or how little knowledge they may bring to it, will come away with an enhanced understanding of how this great human catastrophe ...

Story of Jewish family life revealing optimism and good-humor.

Latterly Jews became fully vested as part of America's white mainstream and gave up describing themselves in racial terms. "This is an outstanding book.

This includes the evolution of the Hebrew religion as a projective response to the inner conflicts produced by the human family; the sociopsychological development of the Israelite kingdoms in Canaan; the fascinating duality of Jewish life ...

"One of the best comprehensive histories of a culture in this century."--Amos Funkenstein, Stanford University

Relates the adventures of the Saxon knight Ivanhoe in 1194, the year of Richard the Lion-Hearted's return from the Third Crusade.