Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots (Feldman Deborah)(Paperback)

Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots (Feldman Deborah)(Paperback)

Now a Netflix original series! Unorthodox is the bestselling memoir of a young Jewish woman's escape from a religious sect, in the tradition of Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel and Carolyn Jessop's Escape, featuring a new epilogue by the author. As a member of the strictly religious Satmar sect of

Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots (Feldman Deborah)(Paperback)

Now a Netflix original series! Unorthodox is the bestselling memoir of a young Jewish woman's escape from a religious sect, in the tradition of Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel and Carolyn Jessop's Escape, featuring a new epilogue by the author.As a member of the strictly religious Satmar sect of Hasidic

Exodus, Revisited: My Unorthodox Journey to Berlin (Feldman Deborah)(Paperback)

A New Hasidism: Roots (Green Arthur)(Paperback)

Neo-Hasidism applies the Hasidic masters' spiritual insights--of God's presence everywhere, of seeking the magnificent within the everyday, in doing all things with love and joy, uplifting all of life to become a vehicle of God's service--to contemporary Judaism, as practiced by men and women who

Unchosen: The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels (Winston Hella)(Paperback)

An exploration of Hasidic Jews struggling to live within their restrictive communities--and, in some cases, to carve out a new life beyond them When Hella Winston began talking with Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn for her doctoral dissertation in sociology, she was surprised to be covertly introduced to

Four Hasidic Masters and Their Struggle Against Melancholy (Wiesel Elie)(Paperback)

Portrays four charismatic leaders of the eighteenth and nineteenth-century Hasidic movement in Eastern

Alienation (Jaeggi Rahel)(Paperback)

The Hegelian-Marxist idea of alienation fell out of favor after the postmetaphysical rejection of humanism and essentialist views of human nature. In this book Rahel Jaeggi draws on the Hegelian philosophical tradition, phenomenological analyses grounded in modern conceptions of agency, and recent

The Magic of the Unicorn (Goodman Deborah Lerme)(Paperback)

The Magic of the Unicorn by Deborah Lerme Goodman takes YOU on a fantasy adventure in search of a unicorn in hopes of using the unicorn's horn to purify the well in your village. 9-12 year old readers will explore the fabled lands of 1507 Flanders weaving magical tapestries, encountering angry

Roots of Romanticism (Berlin Isaiah)(Paperback / softback)

The Roots of Romanticism is the long-awaited text of Isaiah Berlin's most celebrated set of lectures, the Mellon Lectures, delivered in Washington in 1965 and heard since by a much wider audience on BBC

Unorthodox Beauty: Russian Modernism and Its New Religious Aesthetic (Kelly Martha)(Paperback)

Unorthodox Beauty shows how Russian poets of the early twentieth century consciously adapted Russian Orthodox culture in order to create a distinctly religious modernism. Martha M. F. Kelly contends that, beyond mere themes, these writers developed an entire poetics that drew on liturgical

Astrological Roots: The Hellenistic Legacy (Crane J.)(Paperback)

Astrological Roots: The Hellenistic Legacy is the first systematic presentation of Hellenistic astrology to the modern astrological world, and as such it uncovers rigorous techniques that have been lost to us for centuries. How exactly did ancient astrologers assess a chart for fame, career, and

Orpheus and the Roots of Platonism (Uzdavinys Algis)(Paperback)

Bookshop in Paris (Feldman Ellen)(Paperback / softback)

The Tattooist of Auschwitz meets The Paris Library meets The Little Coffee Shop of

Into the Arms of Strangers - Stories of the Kindertransport (Oppenheimer Deborah)(Paperback / softback)

Roots and Soul of the Chinese People (Xu Jun)(Paperback / softback)

The Roots & Soul of the Chinese People is a brave and ambitious attempt by author Mr Xu Jun to connect the dots between the 'socialist core values' drawing on Marxism espoused and promoted by the Communist Party of China (CPC) today with China's long cultural heritage - including Confucianism,

The Roots of Romanticism: Second Edition (Berlin Isaiah)(Paperback)

Island on the Edge of the World (Rodriguez Deborah)(Paperback / softback)

The stunning new novel from internationally bestselling author Deborah Rodriguez transports us to troubled, mysterious and tropical Haiti for a story of friendship, love and

Ace Of Shades (Foody Amanda)(Paperback / softback)

From the author of Daughter of the Burning City comes a thrilling new series about the scandalous lives in the City of Sin. 'Amanda Foody has a wicked imagination.' Stephanie Garber, Sunday Times bestselling author of Caraval Take a card. The price is your

Tanya the Masterpiece of Hasidic Wisdom: Selections Annotated & Explained (Shapiro Rami)(Paperback)

The wisdom of Jewish spirituality and mysticism can be a companion for your own spiritual journey.Tanya, 'It Was Taught,' is one of the most powerful and potentially transformative books of Jewish wisdom. Written in 1797 by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of Chabad Hasidism, Tanya sets

Brazillionaires - The Godfathers of Modern Brazil (Cuadros Alex)(Paperback / softback)

An investigative journalist uncovers the murky, scandalous world of Brazil's

The Rite of Spring: The Music of Modernity (Moore Gillian)(Paperback)

The story behind the scandalous first performance of one of the most influential works in the history of music, as part of the stunning Landmark Library series.On 29 May 1913, at the Thtre des Champs-Elyses in Paris, a new ballet by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky,

The Princess Search: A Retelling of The Ugly Duckling (Cellier Melanie)(Paperback)

An outcast. A prince. And a deadly rebellion... After a lifetime of rejection, seamstress Evie can't trust Frederic, the crown prince of Lanover--not his words of friendship or the way the warmth in his eyes seems to ask for even more. But when they end up on a tour of his kingdom--one filled with

Philosophy Between the Lines: The Lost History of Esoteric Writing (Melzer Arthur M.)(Paperback)

Philosophical esotericism-the practice of communicating one's unorthodox thoughts 'between the lines'-was a common practice until the end of the eighteenth century. The famous Encyclop die of Diderot, for instance, not only discusses this practice in over twenty different articles, but admits to

Quaker Roots and Branches (Lampen John)(Paperback)

Quaker Roots and Branches explores what Quakers call their 'testimonies' - the interaction of inspiration, faith and action to bring change in the world. It looks at Quaker concerns around the sustainability of the planet, peace and war, punishment, and music and the arts in the past and today. It