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Have you ever wondered: How the world would react to a real superhero, even one whose methods left his criminal victims dead? If those outlandish stories about Big Foot, Batboy, and Elvis being alive and living in a trailer park in Lickskillet, OH published in that supermarket tabloid were true? Why a world famous 1960s screen comic would risk everything to get his screenplay-a comedic romp through World War II with Adolph and Eva-produced? Is it inspiration that drives creativity, or something deeper...and bloodier? No problem if you haven't. Paul Kupperberg has done the wondering for you in the sixteen stories in this collection, tales ranging from the real world to the realm of the fantastic, from the last thoughts of a man going knowingly to his death to the musings of a young woman waiting on the arrival of a blind date. "In My Shorts stories range from quite humorous to very disturbing, with side stops to sardonically entertaining...including "Reflected Glory," which offers up a view of the world's first superhero...and the lowbrow p.r. flack with less than pristine moral standards who seeks to mine the hero's celebrity for his own purposes to a truly novel conclusion." -Robert Sodaro, Examiner.com

Stories from the forties present a social critique of America and reflect Goodman's interest in self-analysis

The description for this book, The Gothic: Literary Sources and Interpretation Through Eight Centuries, will be forthcoming.

"Heeding the Call: Jewish Voices in America's Civil Rights Struggle" chronicles the multifaceted role of Jewish Americans in the difficult struggle for civil rights. Their story will inspire the next generation of young Jews and African Americans to renew the legacy of cooperation which once united both groups. The struggle for equal rights in America forged a close connection between African Americans and Jews. But in recent years, that once amicable relationship has become strained. In "Heeding the Call," young people will discover how much the shared history of both groups unites rather than divides them.

Dive in and discover why octupuses have smart arms and blue blood, which squid always wears pyjamas and why squid scientists love to play with whale vomit. This is the 13th book in this series, aimed at 8-12 year olds.

Poetry. ELEGY FOR BOB KAUFMAN is poetry of elegance and feeling, a beautiful tribute to a "gone world." It speaks to the author's youthful memories of a great poet, Bob Kaufman--an enormously complex and difficult man. Cherkovski brings to life San Francisco's bohemian community in the late fifties and early sixties. "Neeli Cherkovski has written a magnificent tribute to the memory of Bob Kaufman. Neeli and Bob were close friends and true colleagues in the art of poetry. This gathering of poems is an expression of an era in San Francisco's North Beach literary community. I recommend it to all readers"--Eileen Kaufman.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...ms. Flor. 218, nicht bei Wet., Hm. und Le, s. HB. IX, 93) bedarf noch der Untersuchung.--2) Er betrachtet die geminata und Verba, deren 1. Bad. = 3. als 2 buchet. V, Derenb. zu n. 1 р. УП, IX.--) Ewald, Beitr. 126/7; s. Isak Gikatilia u. leak b. Saul, unten Anm. 6.--Jona dehnt die Anwendung der arab. Grammatik über den Bedarf der hebr. hinaus, daher ohne Erfolg.--4) Unter Mitwirkung Bach er's, dessen Namen statutenmässig nicht auf dem Titel erscheinen durfte, p. XII.--s) Die Zahlangabe nrtav T'a rührt von Tibbon her (CB. 1417). Derenb. hat den Text, worin er Umarbeitungen vermutet, in 46 K. geteilt, K. 2 = 2, 8 hebr.--) Alphab. Verzeichnis in Bachers Ausg. der Übstz. S. 5f3.--Zur Anführung arab. Gedichte in seinen Schriften s. Schreiner, Mtschr. 1886 S. 270: das grosse Istikak von ibn Djinni.--') Der Zeit nach jünger sind 4, 6; Bacher in W. u. W. II, 173.--8) Ebenso wird hebr. туя in verschied. Sinne gebraucht, auch für Note üherhaupt.--) VA. Bd. 86 S. 86; Os. II, 60, Lc. I, 664 (Suweidi II, 199): „hebr. Jouna"; für Behrnauer lies Neubauer (Notice).--„Werke" bei Bacher, W. u. W. 170, ist unbegründet, desgl.: „sans importance" bei Derenb., Opp. LXXV, wo bemerkt wird, dass Jona diese Schrift nicht citire. Mit Becht weist Der. die Annahme einer Schrift über Logik und gegen die Anfangslosigkeit der Materie als nicht genügend begründet zurück. Quellen: CB. 1416 und HÜb. 917 u. XXXIII; Hauptvertreter sind Lebrecht, Mk., Bacher (Ab. schrieb seine Werke mit hebr. Buchst. ZDMG. 1888 S. 306 und Winter u. W. II, 170), Derenbourg; einen Nachtrag zu Bacher über J.'s Sprachvergleich, v. S. Eppenstein, Rev. Et. XLI, 237. 82. ...

A volume which explores in detail Seneca's 'De Beneficiis'. Divided into three sections, it looks at the historical and philosophical context of the work, its relation to Seneca's other texts, and concludes with a detailed synopsis of each book, accompanied by notes in commentary form.

Discusses the origin and development of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, their major symbols, and ways of observing them in the world today and in different times in history.

Michael Roemer's groundbreaking work argues that every story, be it ancient myth or documentary film, is completed before we read or watch it. He explores why a society like ours — predicated on free will — is addicted to tales that neither we, nor the heroes, can control. Roemer argues that, contrary to both formalist and postmodern aesthetic theories, traditional stories do not create order out of chaos but challenge our order with chaos, undermining the structures we have built to protect ourselves. He finds that stories are both radical and conservative, invalidating our freedom while centering on heroes or heroines who are obliged to act alone; their adventures remove them from the sheltering community. Moreover, their attempt to escape the plot is mandated by the plot itself. Predicated on contradiction, ambiguity, and uncertainty, stories affirm what they deny — just as society both affirms and denies our existence as individuals.

Maimonides' vision of Judaism was deeply elitist, but at the same time profoundly universalistic. He was highly critical of the regnant Jewish culture of his day, which he perceived as so heavily influenced by ancient Jewish mysticism as to be debased. While focusing on that critique, Kellner skilfully and accessibly demonstrates how Maimonides used philosophy in order to purify a corrupted and paganized religion and to present distinctions fundamental to Judaism as institutional, sociological, and historical, rather than ontological. In Maimonides' hands, metaphysical distinctions are translated into moral challenges.

Orality has been central to the transmission of Sephardic customs, wisdom, and values for centuries. Throughout the Middle Ages, Spanish Jews were known for their linguistic skills, and as translators and storytellers they were the main transmitters of Eastern/Islamic culture to the Christian world. Derived from a distinguished heritage, Judeo-Spanish storytelling has evolved over a five-hundred-year historical journey. Constant contact with the surrounding societies of the past and with modern Israeli influences, making it more universal than other Sephardic oral genres. Told in order to entertain but also to teach, Judeo-Spanish folktales convey timeless wisdom and a colorful depiction of Sephardic communities up to the first half of the twentieth century. King Solomon and the Golden Fish is a selection of fifty-four folktales taken from Matilda Koén-Sarano's collection of stories recorded in Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) and translated by Reginetta Haboucha into fluent and idiomatic English that preserves the flavor and oral nuances of each text. Haboucha provides commentary and annotations to the folktales that enlighten both the academic and the lay reader, making this book at once appealing to scholars and enjoyable for the general public. King Solomon and the Golden Fish is divided into six main thematic sections: Supernatural Tales, Tales of Fate, Tales of the Prophet Elijah, Romantic Tales, Tales of Cleverness and Wisdom, and Jokes and Anecdotes. These folktales remain a powerful link between modern-day Spanish Jews and the Hispano-Jewish legacy?this collection passes along that legacy and provides a source of the customs and values of Sephardic Jews.

This remarkable new kind of puzzle book requires no words. On each page there are 12 colorful designs, all different, as well as a "mirror master"--a small card mirror that when places on the page in just the right way makes the image match the design.