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The Cellist of Dachau is an acclaimed and “masterful” novel of the Holocaust— the legacy that haunts us, and the music that binds us.In 1938, Otto Schalmik, a 19-year-old musician from a Jewish family in Vienna, is arrested by Nazi police. Transported to Dachau, he is summoned to the home of the camp’s Adjutant, who forces him to scrub the floors and play Bach on a priceless looted cello.In 1990s California, Otto, now a world-famous composer, ...

An assembly of tales, from Britain, the USA, and the seas in between, explore different expressions of the gay male experience. The Lovely Life of Arnold drops into the life of New York fashionista Arnold, in seven-year leaps from the age of seven to forty-two. From birth, Arnold's parents knew their family was perfect and complete, because nothing could be better than a gay son. Lessons from Cruising sees an Asian schoolteacher link up with a...

At first glance, Stuart Ashley looks like any other down-on-his-luck 50-something. His family has grown up, his seemingly happy marriage with Zoe is starting to fall apart, and he has just been made redundant at the local electrical generator plant. Perhaps that was part of his problem though, Stuart had always viewed the world through a different lens to others. He was a gifted engineer and his compulsive/obsessive personality produced a deep...

A vivid account of the political triumphs and domestic tragedies of the Jewish king Herod the Great during the turmoil of the Roman revolution

The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies is part of a major series of Oxford Handbooks. This substantial volume of c.400, 000 words reflects the current state of scholarship as analysed by an international team of experts in the different and varied fields represented within contemporary Jewish Studies.

A coming of age story, set in the English Midlands in the 1960s, and Berlin of 1975.

Bullying is a social phenomenon that defines the contemporary workplace with much of the emphasis on psychosocial rather than physical suffering. In France, workplace bullying has emerged as a subject of intense interest and controversy among scholars, policy makers and cultural producers - notably novelists, playwrights and film directors. It has a high public profile as reflected in specific legislation, a wealth of critical literature on wo...

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This book collects studies of the social, cultural, and religious history of the Jews in the Graeco-Roman world. The sixteen contributors--some specialists in Jewish history, others in classical studies--tackle the extent to which Jews in this period differed from other peoples in the Mediterranean region, and how much Jewish evidence can be used for the history of the wider classical world.

A modern teenage dystopia. The world has seen no girls born for sixteen years. Karen was the last girl and Steven her twin.

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Any man-from 27 to 97-can regain their sex life, rebuild their self-confidence and self-esteem in the bedroom and in all areas of their lives...that men should not have to suffer in shame or silence because there is a solution to getting back into a healthy and active sex life. After all, sex is as natural and basic as eating and drinking to our physical and emotional well-being. Its easy to End Your ED Today!

Souverän und lebendig erzählt Martin Goodman die 4000 Jahre umfassende Geschichte des Judentums. Anschaulich und klar schildert er die religiösen Vorstellungen und Praktiken einer der großen Weltreligionen. Die einzigartige und packende Globalgeschichte einer vibrierenden und vielseitigen religiösen Tradition, die - wie kaum eine andere - das geistig-spirituelle Erbe der ganzen Menschheit geprägt hat. Das Judentum ist eine der ältesten Religi...

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Concise guide to treatment of cancer in different regions of the bodym covering peritoneal disease, gynaecological malignancies, melanoma, sarcoma and lung, and liver. Each section discusses different treatment options for that region.

Anlässlich des 100. Todestages von Hermann Cohen und 100 Jahre nach Erscheinen seines Spätwerkes "Religion der Vernunft aus den Quellen des Judentums" behandelt dieser Band im Spannungsfeld von Philosophie und Religion die Frage des Nationalen, die im gegenwärtigen Prozess der Radikalisierung und Politisierung der religiösen und philosophischen Grundfragen von Vernunft und Ethik zunehmend an Bedeutung gewinnt.Eine Bedingung für das Verständnis...

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