A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History (Kaganoff Benzion C.)(Paperback)

A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History (Kaganoff Benzion C.)(Paperback)

This reference examines the history of Jewish forenames and surnames, tracing the origin of each name and the changes that have occured over

Place Names of Edinburgh - Their Origins and History (Harris Stuart)(Paperback / softback)

Dictionary of Jewish Words (Scolnic Ellen)(Paperback)

Organized in an A to Z format for easy reference, the Dictionary of Jewish Words contains 1,200 entries derived from Yiddish, Hebrew, Aramaic, and English. The entries include words for and associated with Jewish holidays and life-cycle events, culture, history, the Bible and other sacred texts,

Jewish Edinburgh: A History, 1880-1950 (Gilfillan M. D.)(Paperback)

This first full-length history of the Jews of Edinburgh chronicles their immigration to Scotland's capital city from Russia during the 1880s in the wake of Tsarist persecution, and examines their reception by native Scots. Smaller than its Glasgow counterpart, the Jewish community in Edinburgh took

Penguin Dictionary of Proverbs(Paperback / softback)

A collection of over 6000 proverbs (and their

Revolutionary Yiddishland: A History of Jewish Radicalism (Brossat Alain)(Paperback)

Recovering the history of the revolutionary Jewish tradition Jewish radicals manned the barricades on the avenues of Petrograd and the alleys of the Warsaw ghetto; they were in the vanguard of those resisting Franco and the Nazis. They originated in Yiddishland, a vast expanse of Eastern Europe

Leeds and Its Jewish Community: A History (Fraser Derek)(Paperback)

The definitive history of the third-largest Jewish community in the UK, which analyses the factors which contributed to its growth and success and explores the disproportionate influence the community had on the modern history of

Great British Family Names and Their History: What's in a Name? (Moss John)(Paperback)

Fascinating guide for genealogists and budding family historians wanting to learn more about their name and its history.For better or worse, what we are is often determined by our family; the events that occurred many years before we were born, and the choices that were made by our forebears are

Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory (Hayim Yerushalmi Yosef)(Paperback)

'Mr. Yerushalmi's previous writings . . . established him as one of the Jewish community's most important historians. His latest book should establish him as one of its most important critics. Zakhor is historical thinking of a very high order - mature speculation based on massive scholarship.' -

Jewish Emancipation: A History Across Five Centuries (Sorkin David)(Paperback)

The first comprehensive history of how Jews became citizens in the modern world For all their unquestionable importance, the Holocaust and the founding of the State of Israel now loom so large in modern Jewish history that we have mostly lost sight of the fact that they are only part of-and indeed

Dictionary of English Down the Ages (Flavell Linda)(Paperback / softback)

Throughout history, events great and small have left their mark on the way we speak. Starting from 1066 and working through to the modern day boom in techno-speak, Dictionary of English Down the Ages links hundreds of words with the historical upheavals and minor social changes which gave them

The Jewish Decadence: Jews and the Aesthetics of Modernity (Freedman Jonathan)(Paperback)

As Jewish writers, artists, and intellectuals made their way into Western European and Anglo-American cultural centers, they encountered a society obsessed with decadence. An avant-garde movement characterized by self-consciously artificial art and literature, philosophic pessimism, and an interest

A Dictionary of Family History: The Genealogists' ABC (Scott Jonathan)(Paperback)

Part encyclopedia, part dictionary, part almanac - Jonathan Scott's Dictionary of Family History doesn't claim to be exhaustive, but it is practical, easy to use, entertaining and genuinely informative. It is the kind of book you can dip into or use as a starting point for deeper study, and it is

Israel - A History (Shapira Professor Anita)(Paperback / softback)

A timely and definitive narrative history of Israel in the context of the modern Jewish experience and the Middle East. Ideal for anyone seeking to understand the roots of the current conflict in

The Dictionary of Dreams and Their Meanings: Interpretation and Insights Into the Therapeutic Nature of Our Dreams (Craze Richard)(Paperback)

A Dictionary of London Place-Names (Mills A. D.)(Paperback)

Elephant and Castle, Grim's Ditch, Soho, World's End--the place names of London can be colorful and intriguing. Now, in the new Second Edition of A Dictionary of London Place Names, readers can discover the linguistic and historical origins of these place-names and grasp their significance to

A History of Trees (Wills Simon)(Paperback)

Have you ever wondered how trees got their names? What did our ancestors think about trees, and how were they used in the past? This fascinating book will answer many of your questions, but also reveal interesting stories that are not widely known. For example, the nut from which tree was predicted

A Dictionary of the English Language: An Anthology (Johnson Samuel)(Paperback)

Surprising, colorful, and long-forgotten entries from the most famous dictionary in the history of the English language Samuel Johnson's best-known work, A Dictionary of the English Language (1755), is the most influential and idiosyncratic lexicon ever written and was used by Jane Austen and

The Invention of the Jewish People (Sand Shlomo)(Paperback)

Best-selling analysis of Jewish history by a leading Israeli historian with a new

The Dictionary of Dreams and Their Meanings (Craze Richard)(Paperback)

This title helps you learn how humanity has viewed dreams through the centuries, and what their significance is for us today. It is an exploration of the many types of dreams including lucid dreaming, dream archetypes, nightmares, recurring dreams, erotic dreams and dream logic. You can begin a

Birds of KwaZulu-Natal and Their Zulu Names (Koopman Adrian)(Paperback / softback)

Wolf Almanac: A Celebration of Wolves and Their World (Busch Robert)(Paperback)

The newly revised reference work on the history and evolution of wolves, their biology and physiology, behavior and sociology, and their

Tuttle Concise Japanese Dictionary: Japanese-English/English-Japanese (Martin Samuel E.)(Paperback)

Every serious student of Japanese needs a reliable and user-friendly dictionary in their collection. Tuttle Concise Japanese Dictionary, now with 30% more content, is a completely updated dictionary designed for students and business people who are living in Japan and using the Japanese language on

Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices (Bernheimer Teresa)(Paperback)

Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices offers a survey of Islamic history and thought from the formative period of the religion to the contemporary period. It examines the unique elements which have combined to form Islam, in particular the Qur'ān and perceptions of the Prophet Muhammad,