"A Zionist without a copy of this first classic of a militant Jewish renaissance is like a Greek without his Homer. There cannot be the slightest doubt that in the traditions of the Orient, from the Mediterranean littoral to Tashkent and Samarkand, wherever Jews and Moslems live and thrive on their own soil, the story of the author and his Jewish paladins will be linked with those of Suleiman Malek, Iskander, and of the Colonel's countryman of the Lion-Heart. The exploits of Gallipoli, as told in this fascinating volume, will be sung at the shores of the Dead Sea and in the hills of Moab long after the present generation of Zionists will be gathered with their fathers....Col. Patterson tells us that his narrative of the Zionists of Gallipoli has been written during the enforced idleness of a month of illness....Our gallant Colonel, considered as a narrator, seems to have gone to school in Cairo with those improvisatori of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, who enfold tale within tale, ad infinitum. For all that, no good-humored reader will feel like quarreling with the Colonel because his book reminds one of an autobiographical magazine series rather than of military reports. If the latter are more apt to be terse and to the point, books written in the style of the former are likely to be more readable; and if the personality of the author is spread all over the book, overshadowing in spots the fate of the regiment under his care, the reader will be glad to get acquainted with an attractive personality. His chief lineaments, as seen in his self-portrayal, are those of Sergeant George in 'Bleakhouse' - of a brave, obstinate, truth-telling, generous Briton, personal alliance with the fortunes of militant Judea the earnest of a national alliance to come." -The Maccabæan: A Magazine of Jewish Life and Letters "As an expression of admiration for the Jew as soldier and as man, and of strong sympathy with Jewish ideals one cannot speak too highly in its favor. The book is a worthy record of the gallantry and resourcefulness of the officers and men of the Zion Mule Corps, but it is none the less a monument to the kindliness and sympathy of the corps' non-Jewish commanding officer, the author." -The American Jewish Chronicle "It is the story of the famous Zion mule corps and its service in Gallipoli. This corps was the first Jewish military unit formed in 2,000 years and was composed of Russian born refugees from Palestine. Colonel Patterson commanded the corps and writes this account of the campaign as he saw it, its policy and the operations of war in execution of that policy." -Book Review Digest "There is electricity in each page, and fearless criticism provokes as much thought as the intrepid courage. Veteran soldiers have a right to be critics of military affairs; and when Colonel Patterson finds fault with any person or with anything, his phrases bite. They cannot be forgotten. And the motive-power behind them is the conviction that criticism cannot be too direct, because the lives of thousands are imperiled daily in the firing lines." -Saturday Review

This is a textbook of advanced quantum theory for graduate students and research workers which gives a connected mathematical derivation of the important results, concentrating on the central ideas without burdening the exposition with elaborate detail or unnecessary rigour, and explains, in the simplest possible terms, the symbols and concepts which frequently confront the active research worker in solid state, nuclear and high-energy physics, and in theoretical chemistry. Professor Ziman brings to his task the sympathetic guidance of a lecturer who has not forgotten the difficulties that he himself had to surmount in mastering his subject.

In Apollo and Thelma , broadcaster and lawyer Jon Faine shares a yarn that has enthralled him for forty years, taking him from Melbourne's depression-era slums to the isolation of the outback. Apollo and Thelma have been a constant in Jon Faine's life for decades. As a young lawyer, he was captivated by his favourite client, the Mighty Apollo, a legendary strongman and circus star, famous for pulling trams with his teeth and having an elephant stand on him. Apollo's sister, Thelma, on the other hand, ruthless and rugged, had survived decades running solo one of the most remote pubs in the outback until unexpectedly dying, leaving behind a complicated estate. Befriending Apollo and immersing himself in Thelma's estate, Jon is forced to untangle a long line of astonishing stories and episodes in our distant and recent history that keep intersecting with his own. Via the circuitous route of these two larger-than-life characters - alongside a supporting cast of characters from the world of politics, law, literature and media - Jon reflects on their stories and is inevitably forced to rethink his own. Apollo and Thelma is a uniquely Australian story, beautifully told.

Reprint of the rev. and enl. ed., 1953 published by Secker and Warburg, London.

Countless apt locutions from French have entered the English language, some becoming everyday phrases, others tossed around recklessly by film critics and gourmets. Until now there hasn't been a single handy source a non-French speaker could turn to for explanation - or riposte. In Je Ne Sais What? Jon Winokur, author of The Portable Curmudgeon, explores the French expressions, maxims, and literary allusions that grace English. With his customary finesse, Winokur offers definitions and often brief etymological notes and illustrative quotations for such Gallicisms as cherchez la femme, savoir vivre, nom de guerre, demi-monde, sang froid, and c'est la vie. Unlike Franglais, the hybrid of French and English which has the French Academy in a furor over phrases like les chicken nuggets, Frenglish, as Winokur defines it, is grammatically correct French that enriches English discourse. A nonpareil companion to Eugene Ehrlich's Amo, Amas Amat and More, which helped make Latin a living language once more, Je Ne Sais What? is both a practical reference and a word lover's bon ami. The perfect browsing antidote to ennui, the perfect gift for Francophiles, armchair linguists, and crossword addicts, this delightful guide to the language of love, fashion, food, and diplomacy explains the French everyone uses but few fully understand.

But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. — Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing At the time the passage above was written, people who felt trapped in the wrong gender automatically became case-studies. Today they become the men and women they always felt they were. Transsexuals test our notions of what it is to be male or female and, more provocatively, what it means to be one self as opposed to another. “Their stories,” says Jonathan Ames, “hold the appeal of an adventurer’s tale.” In Sexual Metamorphosis , Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage.

Zusammenfassung: "Haunted Laughter is a comprehensive study of film productions that have used comedy to represent Adolf Hitler, the Third Reich, and the Holocaust. Author Jonathan Friedman proposes a model and a set of criteria to evaluate the effective use of comedy as a means of representation"--(Provided by publisher.)

A radio host from San Francisco, his new lover, and a high school kid who does not age are brought together in an illustrated tale of strength and strange foes

"A major figure argues that the creation of bioethics was dependent on the rise of the post-WWII liberal democratic order and muses on the fate of the field, should that order fall"-- Provided by publisher.

XYXX is a limited-edition anthology of erotic short fiction by acclaimed short story writer, Jonathan Papernick. The five stories in this collection are shot through with lust, adultery, desire, sex and all of the struggles and complications of eros in the modern world. Author Steve almond once wrote, "Papernick writes with tremendous passion about the downside of love, sex..." Papernick brings that passion to the page with the stories "We Were One," "What Is It Then, Between Us?" "In Flagrante Delicto," "The Cinq a Sept Girl," and the deeply personal lament, "Saudade." This collection features artwork by Aubrey Beardsley, Egon Scheile, and Max Ernst.

This book - the author calls it "a melancholic account" - is an intellectual autobiography of Joseph Agassi, which especially focusses on his relation to Karl R. Popper. Moreover it affords interesting insights into philosophical discussion within the Popper-circle in London as well as into relations among his students of that time (Imre Lakatos, William W. Bartley, Paul Feyerabend a.s.o.)

Professor Joseph Agassi has published his Towards an Historiography of Science in 1963. It received many reviews by notable academics, including Maurice Finocchiaro, Charles Gillispie, Thomas S. Kuhn, Geroge Mora, Nicholas Rescher, and L. Pearce Williams. It is still in use in many courses in the philosophy and history of science. Here it appears in a revised and updated version with responses to these reviews and with many additional chapters, some already classic, others new. They are all paradigms of the author’s innovative way of writing fresh and engaging chapters in the history of the natural sciences.

America's greatest living essayist writes about life and aging and being all too nicely out of it. In these personal pieces, he takes on topics as varied as grieving for a dead son, learning Latin late in life, and the pleasures of living with cats. Epstein gives us a "bonfire of his own vanities," his thoughts about why watching sports is so impossibly seductive, what it is like to be short, and why he misses smoking even decades as a health-obsessed non-smoker. Above all, he writes about the literary life and the endless joys that reading and writing have brought to a self-confessed "lucky man."

Offers a collection of essays about such topics as growing older, the pleasures of friendship, gluttony, and keeping journals

Who is the greatest living essayist writing in English? Joseph Epstein would surely be at the top of anybody’s list. Epstein is penetrating. He is witty. He has a magic touch with words, that hard to define but immediately recognizable quality called style. Above all, he is impossible to put down. Joseph Epstein’s The Ideal of Culture: Essays is the fourth such volume from Axios Press and contains 63 essays. Subjects range from domestic life to current social trends to an appraisal of “contemporary nuttiness.” It follows the much acclaimed Essays in Biography , 2012, A Literary Education and Other Essays , 2014, and Wind Sprints: Shorter Essays, 2016. After reading Epstein, we see life with a fresh eye. We also see ourselves a little more clearly. This is what Plutarch intended: life teaching by example, but with a wry smile and such a sure hand that we hardly notice the instruction. It is just pure pleasure.

Who is the greatest living essayist writing in English? Joseph Epstein would surely be at the top of anybody’s list. Epstein is penetrating. He is witty. He has a magic touch with words, that hard to define but immediately recognizable quality called style. Above all, he is impossible to put down. Joseph Epstein’s Wind Sprints: Shorter Essays is the third volume of essays from Axios Press following the much acclaimed Essays in Biography, 2012 and A Literary Education and Other Essays, 2014. It contains 142 short essays, literary sprints rather than marathons. Subjects range from domestic life to current social trends to an appraisal of “contemporary nuttiness.” After reading Epstein, we see life with a fresh eye. We also see ourselves a little more clearly. This is what Plutarch intended: life teaching by example, but with a wry smile and such a sure hand that we hardly notice the instruction. It is just pure pleasure.

The Bible Unmasked is a book written by Joseph Lewis that aims to critically examine the Bible and reveal its flaws, inconsistencies, and contradictions. The author argues that the Bible is not a divinely inspired text but rather a collection of myths, legends, and historical inaccuracies. The book is divided into several chapters, each of which focuses on a specific aspect of the Bible, such as its creation story, the Ten Commandments, and the life of Jesus Christ. The author uses historical, scientific, and philosophical arguments to debunk the Bible's claims and to offer alternative explanations for the events and characters described in the text. The book is intended for readers who are interested in exploring the Bible from a critical and skeptical perspective and who are willing to challenge their own beliefs and assumptions about religion and faith.Contents: Abram and Sarai; Isaac and Rebekah; Incest, or Lot and His Daughters; Jacob, Leah and Rachel; Rape of Dinah; Joseph and Potiphar's Wife; Judah and Tamar; 19th Chapter of Judges; King David and His Wives; Rape of Tamar; Story of Ruth; King Solomon and His Songs; Book of Esther, New Testament; Virgin Birth; Elizabeth, Mary and the Angel Gabriel; Jesus and the Sinner, Creed of Science.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.