Claire Tomalin Acclaimed as the greatest comic actress of her day, Dora Jordan played a quite different role off-stage as lover to the future king, William IV, third son of...

Michael Karpin and Ina Friedman

Anthony Baines January 30, 1962 by Penguin Books Ltd

Maud S Mandel This book traces the global, national, and local origins of the conflict between Muslims and Jews in France, challenging the belief that rising anti-Semitism in France is...

Caroline Moorehead A thrilling biography of Edda Mussolini—Benito Mussolini’s favorite daughter, one of the most influential women in 1930s Europe—and a heart-stopping account of the unraveling of the Fascist dream...

Colin Powell"A GREAT AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY . . . AN ENDEARING AND WELL-WRITTEN BOOK."--The New York Times Book ReviewColin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born...

Yigal Allon The Israeli foreign minister reviews his farmer father's life and ambitions and recounts his own interests and activities as farmer's son, kibbutz pioneer, World War II underground fighter,...

Ariel SabarIn a remote corner of the world, forgotten for nearly three thousand years, lived an enclave of Kurdish Jews so isolated that they still spoke Aramaic, the language of...

Yael Dayan A life of one of Israel’s greatest heroes, as seen through his daughter’s eyes Moshe Dayan was one of the greatest military leaders in Israel’s short history. A...

Genevieve Helsby A delightfully colourful introduction to classical music, aimed to fire the imagination of young children aged 5-7 years. Readers are asked to think about the different places in...

Uri Avnery January 1, 1987 by Lawrence Hill Books

Peter Gay In this poignant book, a renowned historian tells of his youth as an assimilated, anti-religious Jew in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1939―“the story,” says Peter Gay, “of...