BooksList.Best
Search

Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization's Greatest Minds

10 best books like Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization's Greatest Minds (Joel Kraemer): Shōgun, Tai-Pan, Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome, Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza, The Aleppo Codex: The True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the International Pursuit of an Ancient Bible, Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs & Israelis 1956-78, A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind, Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History, Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation, Day Trading Strategies: Beginner's Guide to Tools, Tactics, Psychology, and Setup patterns.

Shōgun
AuthorJames Clavell
ISBN0440178002
So sorry, I am not worthy of the honor of reviewing this novel. If however, my Lord insists it, then I shall endeavor to offer up some humble thoughts regarding its mighty, even epic narrative. Neh? The scope is so vast, the characters and settings are so many, the head is liable to spin at times, so sorry....
Tai-Pan
AuthorJames Clavell
ISBN0440184622
An Alternate Cover of this edition can be found here.

Set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong in the 1840s, Tai-Pan is the story of Dirk Struan, the ruler - the Tai-Pan - of the most powerful trading company in the Far East. He is also a pirate, an opium smuggler, and a master manipulator...
Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome
AuthorRobert Harris
When Tiro, the confidential secretary (and slave) of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified stranger on a cold November morning, he sets in motion a chain of events that will eventually propel his master into one of the most suspenseful courtroom dramas in history. The stranger is a Sicilian,...
Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza
AuthorAdina Hoffman
ISBN0805242589
One May day in 1896, at a dining-room table in Cambridge, England, a meeting took place between a Romanian-born maverick Jewish intellectual and twin learned Presbyterian Scotswomen, who had assembled to inspect several pieces of rag paper and parchment. It was the unlikely start to what would prove...
The Aleppo Codex: The True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the International Pursuit of an Ancient Bible
AuthorMatti Friedman
ISBN1616200405
A true-life thriller about the journey of one of the world's most precious manuscripts--the 10th century annotated Hebrew Bible known as the Aleppo Codex--from its hiding place in an ancient Syrian synagogue to the newly-founded Israel. Using his research, including documents which have been secret...
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs & Israelis 1956-78
AuthorKai Bird
ISBN1416544402
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER KAI BIRD’S fascinating memoir of his early years spent in Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Lebanon provides an original and illuminating perspective into the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Weeks before the Suez War of 1956, four-year-old Kai Bird, son of a garrulous,...
A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind
AuthorShoukei Matsumoto
Cleanliness is next to enlightenment. In this Japanese bestseller a Buddhist monk explains the traditional meditative techniques that will help cleanse not only your house - but your soul.

Live clean. Feel calm. Be happy.

We remove dust to sweep away our worldly cares. We live simply...
Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History
AuthorJoseph Telushkin
ISBN0062318985
“One of the greatest religious biographies ever written.” – Dennis Prager

In this enlightening biography, Joseph Telushkin offers a captivating portrait of the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, a towering figure who saw beyond conventional boundaries to turn his movement,...
Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation
AuthorYossi Klein Halevi
ISBN0060545763
Interweaving the stories of a group of 1967 paratroopers who liberated Jerusalem, the acclaimed international journalist traces the history of Israel from the Six Day War to the present

In June 1967, Israel won a swift and decisive victory in the Six Day War. Many of the soldiers responsible...
Day Trading Strategies: Beginner's Guide to Tools, Tactics, Psychology, and Setup patterns.
AuthorBranden Lee
Description

There are a lot of great investment options that you can choose. Some people like to work in real estate, some like to put the money into their retirement plan, and still, others are fans of starting their own business. Most of these will take some time and effort to get done though....
The Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Discovered the Hidden Gospels
AuthorJanet Martin Soskice
ISBN1400041333
In 1892, two sisters, identical twins from Scotland, made one of one of most important scriptural discoveries of modern times. Combing the library of St. Catherine’s Monastery at Mount Sinai, they found a neglected palimpsest: beneath an unpreposessing life of female saints, they detected what...
The Sword And The Olive: A Critical History Of The Israeli Defense Force
AuthorMartin van Creveld
Combining razor-sharp analysis with dramatic narrative, vivid portraits of soldiers and commanders with illuminating discussions of battle tactics and covert actions, The Sword and the Olive traces the history of the IDF from its beginnings in Palestine to today. The book also goes beyond chronology...
Murder in Jerusalem
AuthorBatya Gur
ISBN0060852933
Modern Israel is a place filled with contradictions: the beautiful landscape often rife with human conflict; the tranquil and the peaceful in constant struggle with terrible destruction; and amazing human love and kindness set against a backdrop of civil strife. Through the eyes of a writer like...
A Chain of Thunder
AuthorJeff Shaara
ISBN0345527380
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Continuing the series that began with A Blaze of Glory, Jeff Shaara returns to chronicle another decisive chapter in America's long and bloody Civil War. In A Chain of Thunder, the action shifts to the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. There, in the vaunted...
We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations that Matter
AuthorCeleste Headlee
ISBN0062669028
“WE NEED TO TALK.”

In this urgent and insightful book, public radio journalist Celeste Headlee shows us how to bridge what divides us--by having real conversations

BASED ON THE TED TALK WITH OVER 10 MILLION VIEWS
NPR's Best Books of 2017

Winner of the 2017 Silver...
The American Yawp
AuthorJoseph Locke
.
The West in the World: A History of Western Civilization
AuthorDennis Sherman
ISBN0073406929
The West in the World relates the story of how the west has transformed - and been transformed by - the rest of the world. The authors examine the West's contributions to the world and how the west has changed and embraced new ideas through contact with the people outside its center. Using a political / cultural...
Ayn Rand Answers: The Best of Her Q & A
AuthorRobert Mayhew
ISBN0451216652
After the publication of Atlas Shrugged in 1957, Ayn Rand occasionally lectured in order bring her philosophy of Objectivism to a wider audience and apply it to current cultural and political issues. These taped lectures and the question-and-answer sessions that followed not only added an eloquent...
About
Feedback
© BooksList.Best 2024