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Books

Biography/Autobiography

A Tale of Love and Darkness
Author: Amos Oz Volume: -
Editor: - Copyright: 2005
Publisher: Vintage/Ramdom House, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Rd.,SW1V 2SA Place: London
Description: The finest and best written auto-biography I have ever read. Oz is a master writer and weaver of tales both dark and light, funny and tragic. Read this book!!! Now! Know what it is like to grow up in Israel when she and Oz both come of age.
As A Driven Leaf (Elisha ben Abuyah)
Author: Milton Steinberg Volume: -
Editor: - Copyright: 1939/1996
Publisher: Behrman House, Inc. Place: New York
Description: The conservative rabbi's novel as an attempt to reveal Talmudic times and the life of the famous Rabbinic Sage. Interesting and indicative of a man whose Judaic knowledge is vast and whose mind-set is open to all possibilities.
Eban
Author: Robert St. John Volume: -
Editor: - Copyright: 1973
Publisher: Howard and Wyndham Ltd Place: London
Description: Fairly comprehensive biography of the prolific writer statesman, Abba Eban, which was approved by the subject himself. Plenty of positive information but also a fine account of a man who has done a great deal over the years both for Israel and in terms o
Elli, The Coming of Age in the Holocaust
Author: Livia E. Bitton Jackson Volume: -
Editor: - Copyright: 1980
Publisher: Times Books Place: New York
Description: First-person account of a woman's survival of the concentration camp of Auschwitz. Heart-rending, of course, but also an inspiration for the ability of human beings to overcome the most horrendous and create good out of the ashes.
For Those I Loved
Author: Martin Gray Volume: -
Editor: Trans.(from French) Anthony White Copyright: 1973
Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd. (Unwin Brothers Ltd.) Place: London
Description: Story of a concentration camp refugee who relives his nightmares years after the war when tragedy strikes him again. First hand account of his life. Not for the faint-hearted.
GM: As Good As Golda, The warmth & wisdom of Israel's Prime Minister
Author: - Volume: -
Editor: Israel and Mary Shenker Copyright: 1970
Publisher: McCall Publishing Company Place: New York
Description: Schmaltzy rendition of Golda Meir's contribution to Israel. Popular and totally biased, this is not necessary an historical document but a loving tribute to the late prime minister from two of her admirers. Can't believe this is a book and not a magazine
I Shall Bear Witness, The Diaries of Victor Klemperer, 1933-41
Author: Victor Klemperer; Trans. By Martin Chalmers Volume: -
Editor: - Copyright: 1998
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Ni8colson, Orion Publishing Group, Ltd. Place: Orion House, 5 Upper St.Martin's Lane, London, WC2H 9EA
Description: Detailed diaries from academic man who living in Dresden to an Aryan woman, somehow managed to survive the Nazi period and live until 1960. The detail of this Jewish man's experience is what makes the book valuable though it is not light reading and the
My Life, The Autobiography of Golda Meir
Author: Golda Meir Volume: -
Editor: - Copyright: 1976
Publisher: Futura Publications Ltd. Place: London
Description: Good personal and political reflection on one's life from one tough lady. Meir begins with her earliest beginnings in Russia, America, and then Israel. Book ends with the Yom Kippur War. The term Iron Lady started with Meir, not Thatcher who pales by co
Out of the Hitler Time
Author: Judith Kerr Volume: -
Editor: - Copyright: 2002
Publisher: Wm Collins & Sons and Co.,Ltd.(Harper/Collins Publishers Ltd.) Place: London
Description: Triology of three novels based on Kerr's personal experience: 'When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit,' 'Bombs on Aunt Dainty,' and 'A Small Person Far Away.' Novels are told through the eyes of a young German girl, Anna, who had to flee from the Nazis just befor
Recollections of a Jewish Childhood
Author: Iris Blain, author and illustrator Volume: -
Editor: - Copyright: 1987
Publisher: Peacock Publishing Ltd. Place: Bonchurch, Isle of Wight
Description: Beautiful illustrations of Jewish 'rites of passage' illustrated and commented on by Iris Blaine, well-known London artist with introduction by Rabbi Lionel Blue.
Somewhere To Hang My Hat
Author: Stanley Price Volume: -
Editor: - Copyright: 2002
Publisher: New Island Place: Dublin, Ireland
Description: Wonderful and warm account of Price's Irish-Jewish (nee Lithuania) journey from childhood to adulthood. Anyone with a UK background will identify with his experiences, points of reference and the sad and humorous moments of family life. Accounts the detai
The Story of a Life-Aharon Appelfeld
Author: Aharon Appelfeld Volume: -
Editor: - Copyright: 2004
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton of Penguin Books Place: London
Description: Aharon's life is a miracle. After being incarcerated in the camps he manages to escape at ten years of age and lives on berries and roots for two years in the Ukraine Forest before trekking South to Italy and finally to Israel after the war ends. As a wit
Weizmann, His Life and Times
Author: H. M. Blumberg Volume: -
Editor: - Copyright: 1975
Publisher: American Israel Publishing Co., Ltd. Place: Tel Aviv
Description: Outlines the life of Weizmann with plenty of pictorials. A pro-Weizmann biography done as a tribute rather than a critical study.
White Nights
Author: Menachem Begin Volume: -
Editor: - Copyright: 1978
Publisher: Hazell Watson & Viney Ltd. Place: Aylesbury, Bucks
Description: Menachem Begin's blow by blow description of his experience in a Siberian labour camp after his arrest in Poland during the second world war when the Russians occupied that country.
Wilfrid Israel, German Jewry's Secret Ambassador
Author: Naomi Shepherd Volume: -
Editor: - Copyright: 1984
Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson Place: London
Description: One of the great unsung heroes who managed to use his power, expertise and great diplomatic skills to rescue countless Jews from Germany during the Nazi era. Working under cover, this talented man, British born, not only rescued fellow Jews in Germany, bu
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