This early work is a fascinating read for kosher cooks, containing two thousand recipes that conform to Jewish dietary laws followed by a menue section, with menus for balanced every day and company meals, Passover menus, and suggestions for party menus. Contents Include: Rules for Kashering; Handy Hints; Appetizers and Canapes; Sandwiches; Soups; Garnishes and Dumplings for Soup; Fish; Sauces for Fish and Vegetables; Sauces for Meat; Frying; Entrees; Meats; Poultry; Stuffing for Meat and Poultry; Vegetables; Salads; Noodles and Macaroni; Cereals; Eggs; Cheese; Bread; Pancakes, Fritters and Waffles; Coffee Cakes; Cakes; Cake Frostings and Fillings; Tortes; Cookies; Pies and Pastry; Old-Fashioned Puddings; Desserts; Ice Box Cakes; Steamed Puddings; Vegetable Gelatine Puddings; Frozen Desserts; Pudding Sauces; Candies; Beverages; Canned Fruits; Canned Vegetables; Jellies, Jams and Preserves; Brandied Fruits; Pickles and Relishes; Passover Dishes; Passover Menus; and Menus. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Имя Милоша Формана занимает почетное место в истории кинематографа. Его фильмы завоевывали самые престижные международные премии. Звезды европейского и американского кино почитали за честь сниматься у него. Баловень судьбы? И книга его - история успеха? Но почему такое странное название - `Круговорот`? Искусство, идеология, политика и творчество - в этот круговорот была втянута судьба молодого чешского кинематографиста. оказывается, в жизни блестящего мастера было немало страшных, горестных страниц...

"From his parents roots in villages of Eastern Europe to his own childhood in Massachusetts, Meltzer's memoir is not just a look at life but an introspective exploration of the influences of an era of history on that life." Booklinks 9/98

Included in this book, which was originally published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company in 1933, is a new introduction by Jacob Neusner. This volume deserves wide attention as a discussion of the factors of the Jewish survival against persecution.

Marjorie Perloff writes: “Among the great modernist poets, Mina Loy was surely the greatest wit, the most sophisti- cated commentator on the vagaries of love, the one whose brittle and sardonic laughter continues . . . to pursue us.” Stories and Essays of Mina Loy is the first book-length volume of Mina Loy’s narrative writings and critical work ever published. This volume brings together her short fiction, as well as hybrid works that include modernized fairy tales, a Socratic dialogue, and a ballet. Loy’s narratives address issues such as abortion and poverty, and what she called “the sex war” is an abiding theme throughout. Stories and Essays of Mina Loy also contains dramatic works that parody the bravado and misogyny of Futurism and demonstrate Loy’s early, effective use of absurdist technique. Essays and commentaries on aesthetics, historical events, and religion complete this beguiling collection, cementing Mina Loy’s place as one of the great writers of the twentieth century.

A Decade of Negative Thinking brings together writings on contemporary art and culture by the painter and feminist art theorist Mira Schor. Mixing theory and practice, the personal and the political, she tackles questions about the place of feminism in art and political discourse, the aesthetics and values of contemporary painting, and the influence of the market on the creation of art. Schor writes across disciplines and is committed to the fluid interrelationship between a formalist aesthetic, a literary sensibility, and a strongly political viewpoint. Her critical views are expressed with poetry and humor in the accessible language that has been her hallmark, and her perspective is informed by her dual practice as a painter and writer and by her experience as a teacher of art. In essays such as “The ism that dare not speak its name,” “Generation 2.5,” “Like a Veneer,” “Modest Painting,” “Blurring Richter,” and “Trite Tropes, Clichés, or the Persistence of Styles,” Schor considers how artists relate to and represent the past and how the art market influences their choices: whether or not to disavow a social movement, to explicitly compare their work to that of a canonical artist, or to take up an exhausted style. She places her writings in the rich transitory space between the near past and the “nextmodern.” Witty, brave, rigorous, and heartfelt, Schor’s essays are impassioned reflections on art, politics, and criticism.

This memoir, written as fiction, but based on fact, describes the fear-filled efforts of a pair of Polish adolescents, brother and sister, to survive in secrecy and constant anxiety in Lvov at a time when Jews were being rounded up and sent to the Ghetto - or worse. They have only their false identity papers, their few trusted contacts and their own wits to help them conceal their Jewish background and keep one step ahead of the German authorities. Miriam Akavia, who experienced at first hand similar terrors and anxieties, skillfully conveys the fluctuations in mood from the natural optimism and high spirits of youth to the painfully learned caution and dissembling forced upon them by their situation.

This whimsical collection of poems in the haiku tradition celebrates the joy and wonder of nature. The twenty-eight playful poems take the young reader from early morning, through the day, and into the night's "gallery of diamonds". Sometimes serious, sometimes funny, but always surprising, these poems are sure to capture the imagination

A biography of the German princess who became the absolute ruler of the Russian empire and won for herself the reputation of a great enlightened monarch.

In a timely, passionate survey of Balkan history since the early 29th century Glenny provides essential background to recent events in this war-torn area. No other book covers the entire region & offers such profound insights into the roots of Balkan violence, or explains so vividly the origins of modern Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania & Albania. Many readers will welcome the author's insights into the final century of Ottoman rule, a complex & colorful period affecting today's conflicts. If you ever wondered why Lord Byron died in a remote place called Missolonghi, or exactly what a Young Turk is, or why bullett fired by a Serbian nationalist in the provincial backwater Sarajevo started WWI--it's all from the 1st Serbian uprising in 1804 to the latest Serbian shenanigans in Kosovo earlier this year. Glenny's account of each national group in the Balkans & its struggle for statehood is lucid & fair-minded. He brings the culture of different nationalisms to life. The narrative is studded with sharply observed set pieces & portraits of kings, guerillas, bandits, generals & politicians. He interweaves a narrative of key events with the story of international affairs--the relations between states in the Balkans, & between them & the great powers. It's the latter relationship that lies at the heart of this compulsively-readable book. Glenny shows how great-power influence in the region has been catastrophic for the people of the Balkans, & how so-called "ancient hatreds" & "tribal rivalries" have often been intensified by ignorant diplomats in far-away capitals, creating states, allocating populations & redrawing borders with deadly results. It remains to be seen, Glenny argues in a terse epilogue, whether the most recent western intervention will have a more benign outcome.

A collection of nearly 100 of Mitch Albom's most memorable colums from the Dteroit Free Press.

Zionists began calling for a national Jewish home in Palestine in the nineteenth century, but the birth of Israel did not take place until 1948. This anthology presents the debates between Arab inhabitants and Jewish settlers--both of whom claim historic rights to the territory that is now Israel.

"For more than a century, much of the attention given to the Middle East has focused on the Arab-Israeli conflict. The rise of a Palestinian offshoot of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamic Resistance Movement, or Hamas, transformed the nature of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. According to Bard, the dispute, in the view of Hamas, is not over a division of Palestine, but rather about Jews ruling over Muslims and the presence of Jews on Islamic land. However, this Islamic-Jewish conflict is not simply confined to the Middle East. Muslim terrorist attacks have been directed at Jews all around the world, from Europe to Asia to Latin America. Radical Muslims in European countries are becoming more brazen, particularly in France, where the Muslims constitute nearly ten percent of the population. In just the last year, there have been several Muslim attacks on Jews throughout France. Death to the Infidels documents the growth of radical Islam in the Middle East and how, from the author's interpretation, it has transformed what had primarily been a political conflict into a one-sided religious war limiting the prospect for peace, particularly in Israel"--