Author: Luiz Sergio Solimeo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781877905582
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Islam and the Suicide of the West
Author: Luiz Sergio Solimeo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781877905582
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781877905582
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Call Me Ishtar
Author: Rhoda Lerman
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN: 1468315382
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
From the award-winning author of God’s Ear: A “wildly funny, achingly spiritual, profoundly Jewish and feminist” satire of religion and gender politics (The New York Times Book Review). Call Me Ishtar is the outrageous manifesto of a goddess determined to right the wrongs of the three-thousand-year-old patriarchy. She is Ishtar: Mother Goddess, Queen of Heaven, Angel of Death, and Whore of Babylon, and, returning to earth in this most recent incarnation, suburban housewife and sexual subversive. Gallivanting through upstate New York, Ishtar breaks into a Hostess factory to taint its products, catapults a rock band to stardom via satanic rituals, and rises from the coffin at her own funeral—all to overthrow the worship of phallic gods and resume her former glory in this “bouncy, tongue-in-cheek mythmash of The White Goddess and The Feminine Mystique” (Kirkus Reviews). “[Lerman’s] is a unique voice—wildly funny, achingly spiritual, profoundly Jewish and feminist at the same time.” —The New York Times Book Review
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN: 1468315382
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
From the award-winning author of God’s Ear: A “wildly funny, achingly spiritual, profoundly Jewish and feminist” satire of religion and gender politics (The New York Times Book Review). Call Me Ishtar is the outrageous manifesto of a goddess determined to right the wrongs of the three-thousand-year-old patriarchy. She is Ishtar: Mother Goddess, Queen of Heaven, Angel of Death, and Whore of Babylon, and, returning to earth in this most recent incarnation, suburban housewife and sexual subversive. Gallivanting through upstate New York, Ishtar breaks into a Hostess factory to taint its products, catapults a rock band to stardom via satanic rituals, and rises from the coffin at her own funeral—all to overthrow the worship of phallic gods and resume her former glory in this “bouncy, tongue-in-cheek mythmash of The White Goddess and The Feminine Mystique” (Kirkus Reviews). “[Lerman’s] is a unique voice—wildly funny, achingly spiritual, profoundly Jewish and feminist at the same time.” —The New York Times Book Review
The Girl That He Marries
Author: Rhoda Lerman
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468316052
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
The novel that Gloria Steinem called “the feminist Jekyll-and-Hyde of our time―and we recognize the monster in ourselves while we’re laughing.” Outrageous and outrageously funny, The Girl That He Marries is the story of Stephanie―nearly thirty and still single, a bright and attractive young woman with an unerring instinct for unmarriageable men and a nagging fear she’s going to grow old alone. Enter Richard: urbane, ambitious, and eminently marriageable. The adored son of an adoring mother, Richard has been adroitly manipulating people all his life. He’s especially adroit at the game of love. Before she knows it, Stephanie is hooked on Richard. But before Richard knows it, Stephanie has figured out the rules―and very soon is beating him at his own artful game. In the process, she twists herself into the girl he would marry―and becomes a very different woman. The trouble is, as Stephanie finds out too late, when you play the mating game, you risk getting stuck with the prize. “[A] hilarious romance a la Kafka.” —The New York Times Book Review
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468316052
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
The novel that Gloria Steinem called “the feminist Jekyll-and-Hyde of our time―and we recognize the monster in ourselves while we’re laughing.” Outrageous and outrageously funny, The Girl That He Marries is the story of Stephanie―nearly thirty and still single, a bright and attractive young woman with an unerring instinct for unmarriageable men and a nagging fear she’s going to grow old alone. Enter Richard: urbane, ambitious, and eminently marriageable. The adored son of an adoring mother, Richard has been adroitly manipulating people all his life. He’s especially adroit at the game of love. Before she knows it, Stephanie is hooked on Richard. But before Richard knows it, Stephanie has figured out the rules―and very soon is beating him at his own artful game. In the process, she twists herself into the girl he would marry―and becomes a very different woman. The trouble is, as Stephanie finds out too late, when you play the mating game, you risk getting stuck with the prize. “[A] hilarious romance a la Kafka.” —The New York Times Book Review
In the Company of Newfies
Author: Rhoda Lerman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780967853314
Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
A personal, literary account of a year in the life of Newfoundland's dogs with emphasis on human/dog bonding.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780967853314
Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
A personal, literary account of a year in the life of Newfoundland's dogs with emphasis on human/dog bonding.
The Book of the Night
Author: Rhoda Lerman
Publisher: Holt McDougal
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
In a fantasy world, tenth century Ireland and twentieth century Ireland co-exist uneasily.
Publisher: Holt McDougal
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
In a fantasy world, tenth century Ireland and twentieth century Ireland co-exist uneasily.
Dry Tears
Author: Nechama Tec
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195035001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
A story of a young Jewish girl's coming-of-age during the tragic years of the Holocaust.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195035001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
A story of a young Jewish girl's coming-of-age during the tragic years of the Holocaust.
God's Ear
Author: Rhoda Lerman
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9781468311402
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The long-awaited reissue of the Jewish Book of the Year Award-winning novel of a young man who turns his back on his Jewish faith
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9781468311402
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The long-awaited reissue of the Jewish Book of the Year Award-winning novel of a young man who turns his back on his Jewish faith
The Unmaking of Americans
Author: John J. Miller
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 068483622X
Category : Acculturation
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Immigrants have always adopted America's ideological principles and striven to become "American". But now there is a war against the whole notion of assimilation; newcomers are encouraged to maintain their own separate cultural identity. In the tradition of Arthur Schlesinger's "The Disuniting of America", this commonsense manifesto promotes renewing the assimilation ethic in America.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 068483622X
Category : Acculturation
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Immigrants have always adopted America's ideological principles and striven to become "American". But now there is a war against the whole notion of assimilation; newcomers are encouraged to maintain their own separate cultural identity. In the tradition of Arthur Schlesinger's "The Disuniting of America", this commonsense manifesto promotes renewing the assimilation ethic in America.
Crucible of the Incurable
Author: Anthony Stavrianakis
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 150177834X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Crucible of the Incurable concerns how people face life with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Anthony Stavrianakis spent a year in clinics and with people living with the illness in the United States. He examines the multiple meanings of care in a context of a chronic, degenerative, one-hundred percent fatal, neuromuscular illness, whose most common duration is between two and five years. How do people diagnosed with ALS continue to "live as well as possible, for as long as possible" in accordance with the normative work at the heart of outpatient ALS care? Crucible of the Incurable shows how those touched by the situation of a person living with ALS bear this problem and this task. Given the sense of certitude around the diagnosis, given past experiences of those aware of its usual progression, and given the uncertainty of the disease's cause and its progression for each specific person; how then do people orient themselves to the experience of life with this illness, how to support those who are confronted with it, and how to provide aid or solace.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 150177834X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Crucible of the Incurable concerns how people face life with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Anthony Stavrianakis spent a year in clinics and with people living with the illness in the United States. He examines the multiple meanings of care in a context of a chronic, degenerative, one-hundred percent fatal, neuromuscular illness, whose most common duration is between two and five years. How do people diagnosed with ALS continue to "live as well as possible, for as long as possible" in accordance with the normative work at the heart of outpatient ALS care? Crucible of the Incurable shows how those touched by the situation of a person living with ALS bear this problem and this task. Given the sense of certitude around the diagnosis, given past experiences of those aware of its usual progression, and given the uncertainty of the disease's cause and its progression for each specific person; how then do people orient themselves to the experience of life with this illness, how to support those who are confronted with it, and how to provide aid or solace.
With Shaking Hands
Author: Samantha Solimeo
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813547121
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Far from celebrity media spotlight, ordinary individuals, many older and less advantaged, suffer the disabling pain of Parkinson's disease (PD), an illness whose progressive symptoms often mimic old age and cause mobility impairment, communication barriers, and social isolation. At the heart of With Shaking Hands is the account of elder Americans in rural Iowa who have been diagnosed with PD. With a focus on the impact of chronic illness on an aging population, Samantha Solimeo combines clear and accessible prose with qualitative and quantitative research to demonstrate how PD accelerates, mediates, and obscures patterns of aging. She explores how ideas of what to expect in older age influence and direct interpretations of one's body. This sensitive and groundbreaking work unites theories of disease with modern conceptions of the body in biological and social terms. PD, like other chronic disorders, presents a special case of embodiment which challenge our thinking about how such diseases should be researched and how they are experienced.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813547121
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Far from celebrity media spotlight, ordinary individuals, many older and less advantaged, suffer the disabling pain of Parkinson's disease (PD), an illness whose progressive symptoms often mimic old age and cause mobility impairment, communication barriers, and social isolation. At the heart of With Shaking Hands is the account of elder Americans in rural Iowa who have been diagnosed with PD. With a focus on the impact of chronic illness on an aging population, Samantha Solimeo combines clear and accessible prose with qualitative and quantitative research to demonstrate how PD accelerates, mediates, and obscures patterns of aging. She explores how ideas of what to expect in older age influence and direct interpretations of one's body. This sensitive and groundbreaking work unites theories of disease with modern conceptions of the body in biological and social terms. PD, like other chronic disorders, presents a special case of embodiment which challenge our thinking about how such diseases should be researched and how they are experienced.