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| 1. |  | In an Antique Land: History in the Guise of a Traveler's Tale from Vintage Price: $10.20 Customer Review:  Dr. Ghosh is a social anthropologist by training, and a gentle one at that. He is also a gifted writer and a masterful storyteller. At least that is the impression I have formed from reading this book. The book is part travelogue, part history and part anthropology. These three themes have been... |
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| 2. |  | The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The Latin America Readers) from Duke University Press Price: $17.13 Customer Review: Excellent selections that give the reader a comprehensive overview of the fascinating country of Peru. Selections extend from pre-Inca to present day and include everything from politics to poetry. Filled with primary sources, the reader should appeal to both students and travelers alike. |
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| 3. |  | Erased: Vanishing Traces of Jewish Galicia in Present-Day Ukraine from Princeton University Press Price: $17.79 Customer Review: This book explained the extremely said situation of the erasure of Jewish heritage in the Ukraine. It is quite thorough on the towns that were visited. It is a must read for anyone with roots in the former Galicia. |
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| 4. |  | Resurrecting Hebrew (Jewish Encounters) from Schocken Price: $14.28 | |
| 5. |  | Jerusalem: City of Longing from Belknap Press Price: $20.40 | |
| 6. |  | Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary; Travel-size from Jewish Publication Society of America Price: $30.00 Customer Review: I already owned the large harcover version of this torah and commentary. I was thrilled to get it in a smaller version that allows me to carry it along in my briefcase and to read and meditate on the scripture anywhere. The commentary is excellent and enlightening as it brings so much more meaning... |
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| 7. |  | National Geographic Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to Eastern Europe from National Geographic Price: $12.89 Customer Review:  Bought this for a friend who is going to Poland in April. She really likes the book, good info, and will let me know if it was a help. |
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| 8. |  | Revenge: A Story of Hope from Washington Square Press Price: $16.15 Customer Review: You fool; you insensitive--no, malevolently cruel fool: You can wax philosophic and even have a point. But there are times when such an intellectual exercise is inhumane to the extreme. This woman is writing about something intensely personal, about a loved one who was targeted for death. Your... |
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| 9. |  | Israel A Spiritual Travel Guide: A Companion For The Modern Jewish Pilgrim from Jewish Lights Publishing Price: $14.24 Customer Review: This is a great book to have with you on your trip to Israel. The readings and blessings add so much to an already special experience. |
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| 10. |  | Jewish Travellers in the Middle Ages: 19 Firsthand Accounts from Dover Publications Customer Review: Do not buy this book for the editorial content, it is minimal. The first hand accounts provided by the travellers provide more than enough reason to buy this book. There are not many other diaries similar to the ones presented here. |
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| 11. |  | The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela: Through Three Continents in the Twelfth Century from Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Price: $11.56 Customer Review: I read this with my 7-year-old daughter, and we both loved it. It's a fascinating story that effortlessly weaves in history and geography. The pictures are beautiful. |
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| 12. |  | Israel: A Traveler's Literary Companion from Whereabouts Press Price: $12.95 Customer Review: The best two stories in the collection, in my opinion: You Never Can Tell by Gad Taub, and Idoletry by Yoram Kolerstein. |
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| 13. |  | Schlepping Through the Alps: My Search for Austria's Jewish Past with Its Last Wandering Shepherd from Ballantine Books Price: $10.17 Customer Review: A chochem is, in Yiddish, a wise person. Sam Apple, the writer, is a lot wiser than Sam Apple, the character he creates, a woody allen-ish hypochondriac awkwardly trying to write a book about a wandering Jewish Austrian shepherd. Apple also scores a literary triumph in his portrait of the... |
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| 14. |  | Across the Sabbath River: In Search of a Lost Tribe of Israel (In Search of a Lost Tribe of Israel) from Houghton Mifflin Customer Review: Hillel Halkin has done a marvelous job of consolidating the knowledge of a lost people and weeded out myth, superstition and misplaced information. S P O I L E R DON'T READ PAST HERE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO FIND OUT THE CONCLUSIONS THAT HALKIN CAME TO IN... |
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| 15. |  | How to Feed Friends and Influence People: The Carnegie Deli...A Giant Sandwich, a Little Deli, a Huge Success from Wiley Price: $17.56 Customer Review:  Not quite a "must read" for deli lovers and lovers of New York City, but close... Anyone who has ever eaten at the Carnegie Deli will appreciate this book which gives a good history of one of New York's most legendary delis, and explains how and why those great big--and wasteful--sandwiches... |
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| 16. |  | Ten Days of Birthright Israel: A Journey in Young Adult Identity (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life) from Brandeis Price: $18.21 | |
| 17. |  | Moving Up: An Aliyah Journal from MAZO PUBLISHERS Price: $15.25 Customer Review: The author describes in a series of journal entries and in a light-hearted way the problems she and her family encountered not only in emigrating to Israel, but living there as well. She also describes with obvious awe and reverence the places she and her family visits that are of significance to... |
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| 18. |  | Israel (A to Z) from Children's Press (CT) Price: $6.95 | |
| 19. |  | The Travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian from BookSurge Publishing Price: $32.99 | |
| 20. |  | The Jews of Poland from Jewish Publications Society Price: $10.00 | |
| 21. |  | A Travel Guide to the Jewish Caribbean and South America from Pelican Publishing Company Price: $25.00 Customer Review: We took this book with us to Argentina -- it was helpful. Very informative about history of Jewish communities, but poor editing (repetition of prior descriptions, for example) make reading this book less enjoyable than it should be. |
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| 22. |  | To Jerusalem and Back (Penguin Classics) from Penguin Classics Price: $11.86 Customer Review: Well known , Nobel prize winning author , put his pen to the service of recording his 1975 visit to the Land of Israel and his thoughts on the dillemas faced by Israel at the time , and on world politics at large in the mid 1970's. The author puts down his observations , from his thoughts... |
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| 23. |  | Poland's Jewish Landmarks: A Travel Guide from Hippocrene Books Price: $15.25 Customer Review: This stand alone volume is a wonderful beggining of an index of Jewish sites in Poland and is a worthy addition to any traveller going to that country to examine its Jewish past or his or her Jewish roots there. Although it claims to begin in the 9th century AD the sites do not date back so far.... |
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| 24. |  | The Angel of Forgetfulness from Penguin (Non-Classics) Price: $10.20 Customer Review: I did not fall in love with the plot of this book as much as I fell in love with Stern's characters. You will enjoy spending your time with them during the read and will remember them all as if you really got to know them. |
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| 25. |  | The Jewish Family Fun Book: Holiday Projects, Everyday Activities, and Travel Ideas with Jewish Themes from Jewish Lights Publishing Price: $15.16 | |
| 26. |  | A Travel Guide to Jewish Russia & Ukraine from Pelican Publishing Company Price: $22.50 Customer Review: As a part of a Jewish community in Western Ukraine I am well aware of the problems the citizens of Ukraine are facing be they Ukrainians, Russians or Jews. I found this book worth of interest -- unfortunately it has too many minor factual and other mistakes that make it not applicable for the... |
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| 27. |  | Holocaust Museum In Washington from Rizzoli International Publications Customer Review: This book tells the story of the founding and exhibits of the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. This book does not replace visits to the Museum. It is an excellent reference book to have in combination with visits to the Museum. The Holocaust Museum is one of the finest Museums in Washington,... |
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| 28. |  | The Great Jewish Cities of Central and Eastern Europe: A Travel Guide and Resource Book to Prague, Warsaw, Cracow, and Budapest from Jason Aronson Price: $57.82 Customer Review: I was lucky to find this book in the library and used it extensively while in Warsaw, Cracow and Prauge. The detail is incredible, the writing style excellent with a lilt of humor. This book -made- my trip so I'm buying my own copy. If you take this book to Europe with you don't bother hiring a... |
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| 29. |  | The Book of Trouble: A Romance from Harcourt Price: $23.00 Customer Review:  WHO REALLY CARES ABOUT ANN MARLOW'S EXPLORATIONS INTO HER AFFAIR OF NINE MONTHS WITH A GUY CALLED AMIR-DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS, TRY IT FOR YOURSELF AND FIND OUT. BORING IN THE EXTREME-TALK ABOUT PUTTING YOUR TO SLEEP. IF SHE IS A WRITER, SO I AM. IT IS SO VAGUE,SKIPPING FROM POINT TO... |
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| 30. |  | Let's Visit Israel from Kar-Ben Publishing Price: $5.95 Customer Review: I bought this book for our niece who was 28 months old at Chanukah. She loves to have books read to her, but I wanted to get her a book that would "speak" to her, even without a reader. This book does that. I also taped in pictures of my husband and myself visiting some of the same places and doing... |
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