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Martin Gilbert An insightful history of Churchill's lifelong commitment―both public and private―to the Jews and Zionism, and of his outspoken opposition to anti-SemitismWinston Churchill's commitment to Jewish rights, to Zionism,...

Rick BeyerHistory isn't always made by great armies colliding or by great civilizations rising or falling. Sometimes it's made when a chauffeur takes a wrong turn, a scientist forgets to...

Shifra Shomron   Grains Of Sand: The Fall Of Neve Dekalim puts a human face to the people of Gush Katif as it closely follows the story of an Israeli...

Ruth Kark, Margalit Shilo and Galit Hasan-Rokem, editorsThis fascinating interdisciplinary collection of essays brings gender issues to the foreground in order to redress a profound imbalance in the historiography of...

Amin Maalouf The author has combed the works of contemporary Arab chronicles of the Crusades, eyewitnesses, and often participants. He retells their story and offers insights into the historical forces...

The Coming Generational Storm: What You Need to Know about America's Economic FutureLaurence J Kotlikoff and Scott BurnsHow to avoid a fiscal crisis in the next generation -- and how...

Mick Inkpen 'Penguin Small' tells the story of the last North Pole penguin, who as it turns out was also the smallest penguin!   January 1, 2006 by Hodder Children's...

Edmund MorrisPulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris (The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Rex, Dutch) is one of America’s most distinguished biographers, known for his rich, compulsively readable prose style. His...

Tom Segev The Seventh Million is the first book to show the decisive impact of the Holocaust on the identity, ideology, and politics of Israel. Drawing on diaries, interviews, and thousands...

Gloria Sananes SteinIn 1917, Marguerite Saltiel, an 18 year old reporter for L'Independant, a popular newspaper in Salonica, Greece, was involved in the adventure of wartime coverage on the Allied...

**Torn Slipcover**Paul Kleber MonodThe late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are known as the Age of Enlightenment, a time of science and reason. But in this illuminating book, Paul Monod reveals...