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1	The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels more books like this by Thomas Cahill In "The Gifts of the Jews", Thomas Cahill reveals the critical change that made Western civilisation possible. Within the matrix of ancient religions and philosophies, life was seen as an endless cycle of birth and death; time was like a wheel, spinning irrevocably until ancient Jews began to see time differently, as a narrative whose triumphant ... see all copies from £2.12! new only from £7.21! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Blood Brothers more books like this by Elias Chacour Riveting, true-life story of a Christian Palestinian from Galilee brings to life the history of modern Israel and offers insight into living at peace. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £9.21! \| signed copies
3	Children of the Flames: Dr. Josef Mengele and the Untold Story of the Twins of Auschwitz more books like this by Lucette Matalon Lagnado, Lucette Matalon Lagnado, Sheila Cohn Dekel Children of the Flames is a story of unsurpassed poignancy and enduring historical interest that expresses the continuing paradox surrounding the infamous "Angel of Death". In a narrative evocative of the award-winning film Shoah, the long-lost survivors of Dr. Josef Mengele's notorious medical experiments recount their stories with ambiguity and ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £10.51! \| first editions
4	History of the Jews more books like this by Paul Johnson "The world tended to see the Jews as a race which ruled itself in antiquity and set down its records in the Bible; had then gone underground for many centuries; had emerged at last only to be slaughtered by the Nazis; and, finally had created a state of its own, controversial and beleaguered. But these were merely salient episodes. I wanted to ... see all copies from £3.20! new only from £11.28! \| first editions
5	The Jewish Book of Why more books like this by Alfred J Kolatch, Rabbi Hundreds of important questions about Jewish life and practice are answered in a concise, straightforward, and unbiased manner. Orthodox, Conservative and Reform views are presented. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £10.36! \| first editions
6	Girl at the Lion D'Or more books like this by Sebastian Faulks A beautifully controlled and powerful story of love and conscience, will and desire which begins when a mysterious young girl arrives to take up the post at the seedy Hotel du Lion D'Or in a small French town in the mid 1930s. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books more books like this by Aaron Lansky The man who spearheaded what has been called "the greatest cultural rescue effort in Jewish history" recounts his poignant, intrepid, and often riotous quest to safeguard a vanishing civilization. see all copies from £1.97! new only from £6.35! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Jews, God and History more books like this by Max I Dimont Here, brilliantly told in a thousand and one episodes, is the story of a people escaping annihilation and cultural death, fighting, falling back, advancing. Philosophers and kings, poets and financiers, warriors and merchants all come alive, as the story ranges across time and the globe--from ancient Palestine to Europe to the Orient and America. ... see all copies from £2.17! new only from £6.75! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering more books like this by Norman G Finkelstein In this study, the author interrogates the conventional accounts of the place the Holocaust has come to occupy in American culture. It was not until the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, when Israel's evident strength brought it into line with US foreign policy, that memory of the Holocaust began to acquire the exceptional prominence it enjoys at the ... see all copies from £2.57! new only from £8.36! \| first editions
10	Nazi Germany and the Jews, Volume 1: The Years of Persecution 1933-1939 more books like this by Saul Friedlander Despite the plethora of books on Nazi Germany and its genocidal "Final Solution," there have been few sustained general studies, and none at all on the prewar period until the publication of "The Years of Persecution", the first volume of Saul Friedlander's epic study "Nazi Germany and the Jews". Covering the period from Hitler's rise to power to ... see all copies from £7.55! new only from £12.36! \| first editions
11 view cover	David and Solomon: In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Tradition more books like this by Israel Finkelstein, Neil Asher Silberman The exciting field of biblical archaeology has revolutionized our understanding of the Bible - and no one has done more to popularise this vast store of knowledge than Israel Finkelstein and Neil Silberman, who revealed what we now know about when and why the Bible was first written in "The Bible Unearthed". Now, with "David and Solomon", they do ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £7.41! \| first editions
12 view cover	The Avengers: A Jewish War Story more books like this by Rich Cohen Three young Zionists left Poland during World War II and made for the Lithuanian ghetto of Vilna. Here they carried out some of the first underground resistance raids of the war. Rich Cohen describes those dangerous, but highly effective strikes. see all copies from £3.50! new only from £9.82! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	What Is a Jew more books like this by Morris N Kertzer Completely revised and reorganized, this guide to the traditions, beliefs, and practices of Judaism--for both Jew and non-Jew--tackles a wide range of subjects in a question-and-answer format. Ideal for conversion students, interfaith couples, and congregants seeking answers to essential day-to-day issues. see all copies from £2.65! new only from £7.64! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Wanderings more books like this by Chaim Potok A fascinating history of the Jews, told by a master novelist, here is Chaim Potok's fascinating, moving four thousand-year history. Recreating great historical events, exporing Jewish life in its infinite variety and in many eras and places, here is a unique work by a singular Jewish voice. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £17.67! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Henry Ford and the Jews: The Mass Production of Hate more books like this by Neil Baldwin (Preface by) This provocative history of the world's most famous anti-Semite--a Detroit Free Press and New York Post bestseller--examines the origins, methods, and consequences of hatred. . How and why did this quintessential American folk-hero and pioneering industrialist become one of the most obsessive anti-Semites of our time-a man who devoted his immense ... see all copies from £5.74! new only from £6.96! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany more books like this by Marion Kaplan Draws on the extraordinary memoirs, diaries, interviews, and letters of Jewish women and men to give us an intimate portrait of Jewish life in Nazi Germany. Kaplan tells the story of Jews in Germany not from the hindsight of the Holocaust, nor from the vantage of the persecutors, but from the bewildered and ambiguous perspective of Jews trying to ... see all copies from £8.15! new only from £13.83! \| first editions
17 view cover	Defiance: The Bielski Partisans more books like this by Ms. Nechama Tec The prevailing image of European Jews during the Holocaust years is one of helpless victims under a death sentence, unable to fight consignment to the ghettos, to the camps, and to the gas chambers. In fact, many Jews struggled alone or with others against the terrors of the Third Reich, risking their lives against overwhelming odds for the ... see all copies from £10.39! new only from £10.39!
18 view cover	The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World more books like this by Kati Marton Author Kati Marton follows these nine over the decades as they flee fascism and anti-Semitism, seek sanctuary in England and America, and set out to make their mark. The scientists Leo Szilard, Edward Teller, and Eugene Wigner enlist Albert Einstein to get Franklin Roosevelt to initiate the development of the atomic bomb. Along with John von ... see all copies from £5.96! new only from £9.54! \| first editions
19 view cover	Voyage of the Damned more books like this by Gordon Thomas see all copies from £1.41! new only from £12.30! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	A Short History of the Jewish People: From Legendary Times to Modern Statehood more books like this by Raymond Scheindlin A Short History of the Jewish People fills a gap in the literature by providing a concise, popularly written narrative account that introduces readers to all of the major political events, wanderings, cultural environments, and individuals to contribute to the shaping of the Jewish people into who they are today. Organized chronologically, the ... see all copies from £9.71! new only from £13.83!
21 view cover	The Complete Works of Flavius Josephus more books like this by Flavius Josephus, William Whiston (Translator) see all copies from £7.10! new only from £74.14!
22 view cover	A Historical Atlas of the Jewish People: From the Time of the Patriarchs to the Present more books like this by Eli Barnavi This book contains hundreds of maps detailing the long and cosmopolitan history of the Jewish people. It covers the period from the patriarchs through the present. Includes illustrations as well as chronologies and commentary. see all copies from £16.95! new only from £23.63! \| first editions
23 view cover	Churchill and the Jews: A Lifelong Friendship more books like this by Sir Martin Gilbert Churchills official biographer, Sir Martin Gilbert, explores the origins, implications, and results of Churchills determined commitment to Jewish rights, opening a window on an underappreciated and heroic aspect of the brilliant politicians life and career. see all copies from £9.13! new only from £11.37!
24 view cover	The Rest of Us: The Rise of America's Eastern European Jews more books like this by Stephen Birmingham In the last of Stephen Birmingham's historical trilogy, he spotlights the successes of Eastern European Jews, from Samuel Goldwyn to Helena Rubinstein and Irving Berlin, and what each individual brought to that changing early-century American landscape. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £7.74! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Wonders of America: Reinventing Jewish Culture, 1880-1950 more books like this by Jenna Weissman Joselit Drawing on advertisements and etiquette manuals, sermons and surveys, social historian Jenna Weissman Joselit presents a lively, richly illustrated account of how American Jews created their distinctive culture. In vivid, often humorous detail, she describes how they raised their children, decorated their homes, shopped, cooked, marked important ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £9.59! \| signed copies \| first editions

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