Donna Rosenberg In this 3rd revised edition each myth is accompanied by an introduction offering historical background to place it in context as well as suggestions for literary analysis. The...

Editor: Patricia Wayant Starting on the day she is born, a granddaughter brings immeasurable joy into a grandparent's life. She is a miracle in the making, and while there is...

Colin Shindler The state of Israel came into existence in 1948. Colin Shindler's book traces Israel's history across sixty years, from its optimistic beginnings - immigration, settlement, the creation of...

Gerda Charles The conversion of the Jews by Philip RothThe judgment of Solomon by Yehuda YaariFace from Atlantis by Nordine GordimerFist love by Isaac BabelGimpel the fool by Isaac Bashevis...

Edited by Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair From the reviews: "This is a great anthology of modern poetry, in the sense that it is absolutely massive (almost 2,000 pages!), and...

Rivkah Slonim In this absorbing collection of 50 essays and stories about the mikvah—the Jewish ritual bath—women and men contribute their thoughts on this ancient Jewish tradition. The issues of...

Editor: Zisi Stavi It is widely accepted that the short story is the most difficult genre in fiction because it is so condensed. This anthology includes 50 short stories from...

Quentin TarantinoQuentin Tarantino's films hace single-handedly revived and redefined American noir, bringing to Hollywood a new energy, irony, and cool. Tarantino has won awards and accolades around the world, earned...

Edited by Clint WillisEpic is a mountaineering term that evokes a sense of treacherous disaster — the climb that went wrong; fighting blinding snowstorms and horrific avalanches; days spent tentbound,...

Chosen by Anne HarveyA rich and inspiring anthology from a quintet of poets.Poems light and humorous, serious and subtle, from five of our most talented writers of children's cverse:Charles CausleyJohn...

Gill Davies and Lynne Gibbs2004

Chosen by Kit WrightThis enjoyable anthology has been especially compiled by the poet Kit Wright. There are exciting poems about highwaymen, spine chilling poems of spectres and ghouls, delightful uplifting...