Jewish Wisdom
10 best books like Jewish Wisdom (Joseph Telushkin): Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, A Place of Execution, How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe , How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States, The Practice of the Presence of God, Valentine: A Novel, Choosing a Jewish Life: A Handbook for People Converting to Judaism and for Their Family and Friends, How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household, Living a Jewish Life, Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
| Author | Olga Tokarczuk |
| ISBN | 0525541330 |
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents. Her reputation as a crank and a recluse is amplified by her...
| Author | Val McDermid |
| ISBN | 0312979533 |
Winter 1963: two children have disappeared in Manchester; the murderous careers of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady have begun. On a freezing day in December, another child goes missing: 13-year-old Alison Carter vanishes from the isolated Derbyshire hamlet of Scardale. For the young George Bennett it...
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
| Author | Thomas Cahill |
| ISBN | 0385418493 |
From the fall of Rome to the rise of Charlemagne - the "dark ages" - learning, scholarship, and culture disappeared from the European continent. The great heritage of western civilization - from the Greek and Roman classics to Jewish and Christian works - would have been utterly lost were it not for the...
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
| Author | Daniel Immerwahr |
| ISBN | 0374172145 |
A pathbreaking history of the United States' overseas possessions and the true meaning of its empire
We are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states. And we are also familiar with the idea that the United States is an "empire," exercising power around the world. But what about the actual...
The Practice of the Presence of God
| Author | Brother Lawrence |
| ISBN | 0883681056 |
Brother Lawrence was a man of humble beginnings who discovered the greatest secret of living in the kingdom of God here on earth. It is the art of “practicing the presence of God in one single act that does not end.” He often stated that it is God who paints Himself in the depths of our souls. We must merely...
| Author | Elizabeth Wetmore |
| ISBN | 0062913263 |
Written with the haunting emotional power of Elizabeth Strout and Barbara Kingsolver, an astonishing debut novel that explores the lingering effects of a brutal crime on the women of one small Texas oil town in the 1970s.
Mercy is hard in a place like this . . .
It’s February 1976,...
| Author | Anita Diamant |
| ISBN | 0805210954 |
Married to a convert herself, Anita Diamant provides advice and information that can transform the act of conversion into an extraordinary journey of self-discovery and spiritual growth.
Here you will learn how to choose a rabbi, a synagogue, a denomination, a Hebrew name; how to handle...
| Author | Blu Greenberg |
| ISBN | 0671602705 |
Truthfully, in spite of all the parts of this book I just don't agree with (namely: she's a bit heavy handed with lumping Conservative/Reform/Reconstructionist together, she calls herself a feminist but doesn't show it in her writing except in passive agressive comments here and there, the book is...
| Author | Anita Diamant |
| ISBN | 0062734431 |
Jewish tradition is a gift and a challenge. "Living a Jewish Life" is your guide to the cultural and spiritual treasures of Judaism, explained in ways that address the choices posed by modern life. From hanging a mezuzah to celebrating a wedding, from lighting Sabbath candles to choosing a synagogue...
Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander
This no-holds-barred autobiography chronicles the remarkable life of Phil Robertson, the original Duck Commander and Duck Dynasty star, from early childhood through the founding of a family business. Life was always getting in the way of Phil Robertson’s passion for duck hunting.
An...
| Author | William Kennedy |
| ISBN | 0743263065 |
Francis Phelan, ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger, full-time drunk, has hit bottom. Years ago he left Albany in a hurry after killing a scab during a trolley workers' strike. He ran away again after accidentally -- and fatally -- dropping his infant son.
Now, in 1938, Francis is back in...
| Author | Robert Eisenberg |
| ISBN | 0062512234 |
Boychiks in the Hood is your passport to the Hasidic "underworld" -- a destination far different from popular expectations. Join Robert Eisenberg as he hangs out with an ex-Deadhead in Antwerp, makes a pilgrimage to the grave of the revered Rebbie Nachman in the Ukraine, munches mini-bagels with Rollerblading...
| Author | Lawrence Kushner |
| ISBN | 1879045338 |
Wow, not at all what I expected.
This was yet another book I stumbled upon in grad school and told myself someday I'd need to get back to. I'm glad I did.
The story of Jacob's Ladder, reinterpreted and expounded upon by 7 Jewish teachers/scholars throughout history. Sounds riveting...
Two sisters climbing the ranks of Dublin’s criminal justice system. A murder case that could change their lives forever. The Sisters is a gripping new thriller from one of the most exciting voices in crime fiction.
In this prequel to the international bestseller The Ruin, set 10 years prior,...
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
| Author | Shotaro Ishinomori |
| ISBN | 1421575418 |
A full-color graphic novel by manga legend Shotaro Ishinomori based on the classic video game The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is an adaptation of the beloved, internationally bestselling video game originally released for Nintendo’s Super...
The Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet: Understanding the Ancient Hebrew Language of the Bible Based on Ancient Hebrew Culture and Thought
| Author | Jeff A. Benner |
| ISBN | 1589395344 |
The Hebrew Bible, called the "Tenach" by Jews and "Old Testament" by Christians, was originally written in the Hebrew language using an ancient pictographic, or paleo-Hebrew, script. Through the study of this ancient language and script the words of the Bible will come alive to the reader in a way never...
The Wisdom in the Hebrew Alphabet: the Sacred Letters as a Guide to Jewish
From the very first Kabbalistic work, through the Talmud, through an impressive array of rabbinic literature, great minds have found the Aleph-Beis to be a gold mine of wisdom and guidance. This fascinating best-seller weaves these golden threads into a glorious tapestry, presenting hundreds of...
Hebrew Thought Compared with Greek
| Author | Thorleif Boman |
| ISBN | 0393005348 |
"In its patient, lucid philological approach to crucial issues, in its breathtakingly compact treatment of significant voices from Heraclitus to Job to Bergson, and in the studied independence of its own lines of development and conclusions, Boman's book is a modest masterpiece. It must be read...
The Feasts of the Lord: God's Prophetic Calendar From Calvary to the Kingdom
| Author | Kevin Howard |
| ISBN | 0785275185 |
Isreal's feasts are infinitely more important than just a series of cultural observances. These feasts are appointed by the Lord, and they are owned by the Lord. He calls them "my feasts." Together they form God's prophetic calendar, outlining the work of history's most important person...Jesus,...
| Author | Flavius Josephus |
| ISBN | 0913573868 |
Encounter the world and traditions that Jesus knew.
Illuminate your understanding of the New Testament.
In The Complete Works you will discover what the New Testament writers knew about Abraham, Moses, Samuel, David, and Solomon and examine an in-depth history of Herod and his...
The Researchers Library of Ancient Texts: Volume One -- The Apocrypha Includes the Books of Enoch, Jasher, and Jubilees
| Author | Thomas Horn |
| ISBN | 0983621691 |
The Bible, as we hold it today, is esteemed by many religious institutions and especially Conservative Christians to be the inspired, inerrant Word of God. This doctrinal position affirms that the Bible is unlike all other books or collections of works in that it is free of error due to having been given...
Learn to Read Biblical Hebrew: A guide to learning the Hebrew alphabet, vocabulary and sentence structure of the Hebrew Bible
Anyone interested in learning to read the Hebrew Bible in its original language will find within the pages of this book all the resources needed to begin this wonderful journey. The book is laid out in four parts. The first part teaches the Hebrew alphabet through a series of lessons. The second part teaches...
Englishman's Hebrew Concord: Coded with Strong's Concordance Numbers
| Author | George V. Wigram |
| ISBN | 1565632087 |
This new edition of the standard work "The Englishman's Hebrew Concordance of the Old Testament" is an improved and corrected edition that features a new, larger format. Now coded to "Strong's, " it is invaluable in Bible study for those who do not know Hebrew. A new index of out-of-sequence "Strong's"...
Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life
| Author | Donald S. Whitney |
| ISBN | 1576830276 |
Drawn from a rich heritage, "Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life" will guide you through a carefully selected array of disciplines, including: Scripture readingPrayerWorshipScripture meditationEvangelismServingStewardship of time and moneyScripture applicationFastingSilence...
The Greatest Thing In the World
| Author | Henry Drummond |
| ISBN | 1585425664 |
LOVE
Patience - Love Passive
Kindness - Love Active
Humility - Love Hiding
Generosity - Love Competing
Courtesy - Love Polite
Unselfishness - Love Giving
Good Temper - Love Behaving
Guilelessness - Love Believing
Sincerity - Love Honest
The...
unPHILtered: The Way I See It
| Author | Phil Robertson |
| ISBN | 1476766231 |
The beloved patriarch of A&E’s® Duck Dynasty® series, Phil Robertson, shares his thoughtful—and opinionated—philosophy on life.
In Phil Robertson’s #1 New York Times bestseller, Happy, Happy, Happy, we learned about Phil’s colorful past and the wild road to becoming...
Who ate lunch with Abraham
Originally posted in angelroman.org
This book has one primary purpose and it is to demonstrate, according to the Hebrew Scriptures, how Jesus was present physically in the Old Testament as a man. It takes you from Genesis through the Law and the Prophets until we have the whole picture with...
Good Call: Reflections on Faith, Family, and Fowl
| Author | Jase Robertson |
| ISBN | 1476763534 |
The straight-faced, funny man of Duck Dyanasty has a real story to tell. Not a repeat of the previous Duck Dynasty books, Jase opens up about his personal family life, his childhood days with a drunken father, and how he came to faith.
This open book from Jase may surprise some fans who love him...
Immortal: The Truth About Heaven, Hell, and the Resurrection
The Theft of America’s Soul: Blowing the Lid Off the Lies That Are Destroying Our Country
| Author | Phil Robertson |
| ISBN | 1400210046 |
It’s time to take back what the devil has stolen and put God back into our culture. The Theft of America’s Soul is a prophetic wake-up call for all who desire to see our nation thrive, challenging readers to exchange these ten lies for truths that will bring peace of mind, harmony, and prosperity back...
