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...

Raising Twins: What Parents Want to Know (and What Twins Want to Tell Them)Eileen M Pearlman, PhD and Jill Alison GanonRaising Twins guides you through the physical, emotional, and cognitive...

Mosab Hassan Yousef with Ron Brackin   Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group Hamas. The oldest son...

Parents' Association of the Aseh Chayil School Talk of The Table boasts a unique combination of over 175 recipes from homemade delicacies to professional fare, including contributions from a number...

Edited by Melanie King from an original text by William Buchan What common condition was once treated with cow dung? How might oyster shells relieve heartburn? Can eels really cure...

William B HelmreichAn intimate portrait of the Big AppleAs a child growing up in Manhattan, William Helmreich played a game with his father called "Last Stop." They would pick a...

Thomas PakenhamStanding tall on the sunburned plains of Africa and Australia, baobabs may be the oldest life forms on the planet. Many of the specimens still standing today have been...

Author: Joyce Carol Oates ‘My husband died, my life collapsed.’On a February morning in 2008, Joyce Carol Oates drove her ailing husband, Raymond Smith, to the emergency room of the...

AJ JacobsA New York Times bestseller in hardcover, a chronicle of A.J. Jacob’s mission to radically improve every element of his body and mind—from his brain to his fingertips to...

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Gideon ShimoniWinner of the Arnold Wiznitzer Prize, Hebrew University. This superb and highly nuanced study traces the development and ramifications of the ideology of Zionism from its roots in Europe...

Ehud Sprinzak A prominent Israeli political scientist traces the history of extremist violence in Israeli politics, from the time of David Ben-Gurion to the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin,...