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  • The Pity of It All

    A Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch, 1743-1933

    by Amos Elon ...
    Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award“Brilliant, far-reaching, passionate. . .sweeping and marvelously detailed. . .finely, intimately, movingly drawn. . . a book for the ages.”—The New York TimesIn this important work of historical restoration, respected journalist and historian Amos Elon shows how a persecuted clan of cattle dealers and wandering peddlers was transformed into... ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Eichmann in Jerusalem

    A Report on the Banality of Evil

    by Hannah Arendt ...
    The controversial journalistic analysis of the mentality that fostered the Holocaust, from the author of The Origins of TotalitarianismSparking a flurry of heated debate, Hannah Arendt’s authoritative and stunning report on the trial of German Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in The New Yorker in 1963. This revised edition includes material that came to light after ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Jerusalem: City of Mirrors

    by Amos Elon ...
    A contemplation of the fabled city which for the Western mind is as much a myth as a physical reality. Amos Elon’s elegant, dazzling biography of Jerusalem gives a profound insight into the kaleidoscopic culture of this magical city. Battle-scarred from four thousand years of violent conflict, the holy city is a sacred symbol of Judaism, Islam and Christianity, and its religious wars of today ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

  • Founder: A Portrait of the First Rothschild and His Time

    by Amos Elon ...
    Founder: A Portrait of the First Rothschild and His Time by Amos Elon (52,000 words and 51 illustrations) In this short biography of Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812), historian and journalist Amos Elon describes how the founder of the Rothschild dynasty started out by dealing in rare coins and traveling across Germany while still confined, as a Frankfurt Jew, to its Judengasse. Assisted by his ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

  • The Israelis: Founders and Sons

    by Amos Elon ...
    “Superb… The first critical analysis of Israel written from within... It's a deliberate act of self-awareness, exploring how a people got where they are.” — Time“The most illuminating, even-handed, candid appraisal of the contemporary Jewish condition yet to appear” — Newsweek“[A] penetrating, profound, explosive essay-analysis of the Israelis and the Jews... Elon is that very rare writer of ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

  • Herzl

    by Amos Elon ...
    Born in Budapest to a well-to-do assimilated Jewish family, Theodor Herzl (1860-1904) and his family moved to Vienna when he was 18. He studied law before he began writing plays and pieces of journalism. Herzl became the Paris correspondent for Vienna’s leading newspaper, the Neue Freie Presse, and covered the Dreyfus affair, which shocked and galvanized him to write The Jewish State: An Attempt ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

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  • Europe Against the Jews, 1880–1945

    by Götz Aly ...
    From the award-winning historian of the Holocaust, the first book to move beyond Germany's singular crime to the collaboration of Europe as a whole.The Holocaust was perpetrated by the Germans, but it would not have been possible without the assistance of thousands of helpers in other countries: state officials, police, and civilians who eagerly supported the genocide. If we are to fully ... Read more

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  • The Amritsar Massacre

    The British Empire's Worst Atrocity

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    The history and impact of one of the most heinous acts of colonial repression suffered in British India—a massacre that continues to divide opinion today.The shocking massacre of 379 unarmed Indians in the enclosed Jallianwala Bagh park on the command of a British army officer on April 13th, 1919 is considered a brutal example of colonial abuse. Immediately afterwards martial law was established ... Read more

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  • Heaven and Hell

    A History of the Afterlife

    by Bart D. Ehrman ...
    A New York Times bestselling historian of early Christianity takes on two of the most gripping questions of human existence: where did the ideas of heaven and hell come from and why do they endure?What happens when we die? A recent Pew Research poll showed that 72% of Americans believe in a literal heaven and 58% believe in a literal hell. Most people who hold these beliefs are Christian and ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Family Papers

    A Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century

    by Sarah Abrevaya Stein ...
    An award-winning historian shares the true story of a frayed and diasporic Sephardic Jewish family preserved in thousands of letters.One of The Economist's Best Books of 2019A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA National Jewish Book Award finalistFor centuries, the bustling port city of Salonica was home to the sprawling Levy family. As leading publishers and editors, t... ... Read more

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  • In Putin's Footsteps

    Searching for the Soul of an Empire Across Russia's Eleven Time Zones

    by Nina Khrushcheva, Jeffrey Tayler ...
    In Putin's Footsteps is Nina Khrushcheva and Jeffrey Tayler's unique combination of travelogue, current affairs, and history, showing how Russia's dimensions have shaped its identity and culture through the decades.With exclusive insider status as Nikita Khrushchev's great grand-daughter, and an ex-pat living and reporting on Russia and the Soviet Union since 1993, Nina Khrushcheva and Jeffrey ... Read more

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