Golda Meir: Israel's Matriarch by Deborah E. Lipstadt (Contribution by)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Judaica | Series: Jewish Lives Ser.
In the eyes of millions of American Jews, she could do no wrong. For close to five decades, for better and for worse, she shaped how American Jews saw and understood Israel and its place in the world. If the laudatory works depict a woman who built a nation, sent men into battle, negotiated treaties, sp ...Show more
Ancestry by Simon Mawer
$24.99 AUD
Category: Judaica
This book defies categorisation. It's a history, it's a novel, almost it's a kind of archaeology, an investigation into the reality of the past and an exploration of that uncertain borderland which lies between fact and fiction. Using archive material Mawer has picked through the traces left behind by h ...Show more
People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present by Dara Horn
$32.99 AUD
Category: Judaica
A startling and profound exploration of how Jewish history is exploited to appease the living. Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating essays since she was a teenager. Often asked by major publications to write on subjects related to Jewish culture ...Show more
Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth by Noa Tishby
$32.99 AUD
Category: Judaica | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
A "fascinating and very moving" (Aaron Sorkin, award-winning screenwriter of The West Wing and The Social Network) chronological timeline spanning from Biblical times to today that explores one of the most interesting countries in the world--Israel.Israel. The small strip of arid land is 5,700 miles awa ...Show more
The Invention of the Jewish People by Shlomo Sand
$29.99 AUD
Category: Judaica
A historical tour de force that demolishes the myths and taboos that have surrounded Jewish and Israeli history, The Invention of the Jewish People offers a new account of both that demands to be read and reckoned with. Was there really a forced exile in the first century, at the hands of the Romans? Sh ...Show more
Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz by József Debreczeni
$39.99 AUD
Category: Judaica
The first English language edition of a lost memoir by an Auschwitz survivor, offering a shocking and deeply moving perspective on life within the camps When Jozsef Debreczeni arrived in Auschwitz in 1944, had he been selected to go 'left', his life expectancy would have been approximately forty-five m ...Show more
The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland
$24.99 AUD
Category: Judaica
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK ‘Excellent … thrilling … Freedland’s book is rich in the kind of details that haunt you long after you have turned the last page’ Sunday Times ‘A brilliant and heart-wrenching book, with universal and timely lessons about the power of informat ...Show more
To Calm My Dreams: Surviving Auschwitz by Kazimierz Tyminski
$29.99 AUD
Category: Judaica
The powerful true story of a man caught up in the Nazi 'final solution' and a deeply personal account of life in the most notorious of concentration camps. Translated by his children in fulfilment of their father's wishes, this book reproduces faithfully the camp notes written from Kazimierz's arrest in ...Show more
The Strength of Hope: A Holocaust Survivor's Guide to Love and Life by Abram Goldberg, Fiona Harris
$24.99 AUD
Category: Judaica
97-year-old Abram Goldberg is a beacon of positivity, and lives with a joy and optimism that could not more starkly contrast with his experience in the Holocaust. One of the most uplifting stories you will ever read. Abram Goldberg is a beacon of joy and optimism, and a master of keeping perspective. ...Show more
The Fighter of Auschwitz: The incredible true story of Leen Sanders who boxed to help others survive by Erik Brouwer
$29.99 AUD
Category: Judaica
The story of Dutch boxer Leen Sanders who was spared to entertain the Nazi guards and helped others survive Auschwitz. 'He had the dream again last night... He taps the gloves of his unbeaten Polish opponent. There are rumours that the loser will be sent to the gas chamber.' In 1943 Leen Sanders ...Show more
Survival and Sanctuary: Testimonies of the Holocaust and Life Beyond by Freda Hodge (Translator)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Judaica
When Jewish survivors of the Holocaust arrived in Australia after World War II, they were filled with hope that they could build a new life. These survivors found themselves in a country not only blessedly far from the chaos of post-war Europe but also on the periphery of the political changes taking pl ...Show more