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  • The Pious Ones

    The World of Hasidim and Their Battles with America

    by Joseph Berger ...
    "A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the world of Hasidim. . . . based on extensive interviews [and] solid research." — Kirkus ReviewsIn this "absorbing read" ( Booklist), veteran New York Times journalist Joseph Berger takes us inside the notoriously insular world of the ultra-Orthodox Jews known as Hasidim to explore their origins, beliefs, and struggles—and the social and political ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The World in a City

    Traveling the Globe Through the Neighborhoods of the New New York

    by Joseph Berger ...
    “The whole world can be found in this city. . . .”–from the PrefaceFifty years ago, New York City had only a handful of ethnic groups. Today, the whole world can be found within the city’s five boroughs–and celebrated New York Times reporter Joseph Berger sets out to discover it, bringing alive the sights, smells, tastes, and people of the globe while taking readers on an intimate tour of the ... Read more

    Was $6.99 CAD Now $4.99 CAD

  • Displaced Persons

    Growing Up American After the Holocaust

    by Joseph Berger ...
    In this touching account, veteran New York Times reporter Joseph Berger describes how his own family of Polish Jews -- with one son born at the close of World War II and the other in a "displaced persons" camp outside Berlin -- managed against all odds to make a life for themselves in the utterly foreign landscape of post-World War II America. Paying eloquent homage to his parents' extraordinary ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Elie Wiesel

    Confronting the Silence

    by Joseph Berger ...
    Series series Jewish Lives
    An intimate look at Elie Wiesel, author of the seminal Holocaust memoir Night and recipient of the Nobel Peace PrizeAs an orphaned survivor and witness to the horrors of Auschwitz, Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) compelled the world to confront the Holocaust with his searing memoir Night. How did this soft-spoken man from a small Carpathian town become such an influential figure on the world stage? ... Read more

    $28.59 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Science and Spirituality

    An Introduction for Students, Secular People & the Generally Curious

    by Joseph J Berger, Ed Buckner ...
    This book provides a short introduction to humanism, aimed at students, young people and those seeking to understand a world without God and those who believe in a science-based, naturalistic worldview.Berger takes the reader on a whistle-stop tour of the universe absent of a god and finds it to be enlightening, rather than scary; meaningful, rather than aimless; hopeful and rational."Science and ... Read more

    $11.05 CAD

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    Displaced Persons

    Growing Up American After the Holocaust

    by Joseph Berger ...
    Narrated by George Guidall ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 55 min

    In this touching account, veteran New York Times reporter Joseph Berger describes how his own family of Polish Jews—with one son born at the close of World War II and the other in a "displaced persons" camp outside Berlin—managed against all odds to make a life for themselves in the utterly foreign landscape of post–World War II America. Paying eloquent homage to his parents' extraordinary courage ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Elie Wiesel

    Confronting the Silence

    by Joseph Berger ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 7 min

    As an orphaned survivor and witness to the horrors of Auschwitz, Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) compelled the world to confront the Holocaust with his searing memoir Night. How did this soft-spoken man from a small Carpathian townbecome such an influential figure on the world stage? Drawing on Wiesel’s prodigious literary output and interviews with his family, friends, scholars, and critics, Joseph ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Clinical Neurovirology

    Edited by Avindra Nath, Joseph R. Berger ...
    This is a comprehensive reference that includes the basic science, clinical features, imaging, pathology and treatment of specific viral entities affecting the central nervous system (CNS). It will assist professionals in their attempt to identify, examine and manage viral CNS infections and unravel the therapeutic and diagnostic challenges associated with viral CNS disorders.Key FeaturesFeatures ... Read more

    Was $336.99 CAD Now $302.31 CAD

  • Lady Liberty

    An Illustrated History of America's Most Storied Woman

    by Joan Marans Dims ...
    Series series New York Masterpieces Revealed
    Magnificent art complements an unvarnished history of the Statue of Liberty and its relationship to immigration policy in the United States.It began in 1865 in Glatigny, France, at a dinner party hosted by esteemed university professor Édouard René de Laboulaye and attended by, among others, a promising young sculptor, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. It was the extravagant notion of creating and ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • New Directions in Contemporary Sociological Theory

    by Peter M. Blau, Thomas J. Fararo, Douglas D. Heckathorn, David R. Heise, Ronald L. Jepperson, Michael Lovaglia, Barry Markovsky, Morris Zelditch, Gerald Marwell, Bruce Buena de Mesquita, James D. Morrow, Pamela E. Oliver, Brent Simpson, Randolph Siverson, John Skvoretz, Alastair Smith, David G. Wagner, Henry Walker, David Willer, Robb Willer, Shane Thye, Jack A. Goldstone, Guillermina Jasso, John D. McCarthy, Immanuel Wallerstein, Mayer N. Zald ...
    Written by eminent sociologists, this book introduces and assesses some of the most influential, recent sociological theories. Each chapter explains the theory and describes a related program of empirical research. Chapters are authored by the actual founders (and/or leading exponents) of these theoretical programs; many chapters contain a description of the inception, growth, and present status ... Read more

    $182.19 CAD

  • Principles and Practice of Palliative Care and Support Oncology

    by Ann Berger, Joseph F. O'Neill ...
    The only book on the market to cover palliative care for both adults and children, Pediatric and Adult Palliative Care and Support Oncology offers an easy-to-read, interdisciplinary approach to supportive oncology as well as end-of-life care. Ideal for oncologists, residents, fellows, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, the fifth edition provides important updates for conventional ... Read more

    $206.09 CAD

  • College Student Retention

    Formula for Student Success

    by Alexander W. Astin, Joseph B. Berger, Erin W. Bibo, Kurt R. Burkum, Alberto F. Cabrera, Gloria Crisp, Ann Gansemer-Topf, Steven M. LaNasa, Susan Lyons, Liliana Mina, Lonnie Morrison0, Thomas G. Mortenson1, Leticia Oseguera2, Geraldo Blanco Ramírez3, Daniel W. Salter4, John H. Schuh5, Loretta Silverman6, Vincent Tinto7, Amaury Nora8, Alan Seidman9 ...
    Series series The ACE Series on Higher Education
    Although access to higher education is virtually universally available, college student retention stills remains a vexing and puzzling problem for educators and legislators.In College Student Retention: Formula for Student Success, second edition, Alan Seidman deals with this problematic issue by examining a number of areas critical to the retention of students, including the history, the theories ... Read more

    $78.19 CAD