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The Jewish Book of Fables. The Selected Works of Eliezer Shtaynbarg.
Shtaynbarg, Eliezer. Illus: Craft, Dana
The fable has a 3000-year-old tradition in Jewish literature, going back to the Bible and the Talmud. It was not until the advent of the illustrious poet and fabulist Eliezer Shtaynbarg that fable writing in Yiddish was honed to perfection. This text is devoted to Shtaynbarg's work. Illustrator(s): Craft, Dana. Translator(s): Leviant, Curt. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ACY; DQ; FA; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607182
- ISBN
- 9780815607182
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.31
€ 35.99
€ 31.31
Hardcover. Offers a portrait of a marginalized Egyptian community, bringing to life the absurd and tragic characters who occupy the margins of society while paying tribute to a historical Cairene neighborhood. This novel reveals a social climate where ruthlessness and goodness seem almost indistinguishable and humanity is on display in all its rich variety. Translator(s): Booth, Marilyn. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608523
- ISBN
- 9780815608523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.55
€ 20.99
€ 19.55
Hardcover. A collection of stories that reveal one woman's exploration of identity, finding it in both the sweeping backdrop of Egyptian history and the quotidian exchanges with friends and family. Series: Arab American Writing. Num Pages: 176 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609216
- ISBN
- 9780815609216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.10
€ 25.99
€ 23.10
Hardcover. A novel that follows the parallel lives of a transplanted Austrian woman, who has made Iran her home, and her grandson, Nuri, who desperately misses his mother but hides his longing behind a veneer of teenage bravado. Translator(s): Rahimieh, Nasrin. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609339
- ISBN
- 9780815609339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.15
€ 31.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. The evocative story of three Iraqi characters who have all come from Basra to Amman to escape the atrocities of Saddam Hussein's oppression and wars Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609957
- ISBN
- 9780815609957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.02
€ 20.99
€ 19.02
Hardcover. A collection of translated richly constructed stories that beautifully illustrate the intersecting worlds of Russian, Jewish and American lives Editor(s): Shrayer, Maxim. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610335
- ISBN
- 9780815610335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.18
€ 31.99
€ 28.18
Paperback. In this harrowing novel, a young Moroccan bookseller is falsely accused of being involved in jihadist activities. Drugged and carried off the street, Hamuda is "extraordinarily rendered" to a prison camp in an unknown location where he is interrogated and subjected to various methods of torture. Translator(s): Allen, Roger. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610472
- ISBN
- 9780815610472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.89
€ 20.99
€ 19.89
Paperback. Editor(s): Buchelt, Lisabeth C. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- Critical
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815634140
- ISBN
- 9780815634140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.30
€ 44.30
Paperback. First published in 1926, this somewhat avant-garde, semi-autobiographical novel is about Atlantan Katharine Faraday, who, after numerous anguishing relations with men, chooses a career and independence over marriage and motherhood. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820305264
- ISBN
- 9780820305264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.63
€ 43.63
Paperback. A novel of social protest chronicling the lives of the Youngblood family and their friends in Crossroads, Georgia from the turn of the 20th century to the Great Depression. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820322018
- ISBN
- 9780820322018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.59
€ 44.59
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842361934
- ISBN
- 9780842361934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.45
€ 19.99
€ 16.45
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842375269
- ISBN
- 9780842375269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.98
€ 16.99
€ 16.98
Paperback. Aging cowboy and bronco-buster Wes Hendricks just wants to be left alone on his poor ranch, even when town developers offer him big money to sell it. Wes's grandson reluctantly tries to convince him to give up his home, but that was before he, too, succumbs to the ranch's--and a young cowgirl's--wild beauty. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: FJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875650487
- ISBN
- 9780875650487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.47
€ 20.99
€ 20.47
Paperback. This novel is set in the Lone Star State during the Cold War at the beginning of the 1960s. The post-war generation is in a frenzy of high living and profligate spending. The characters here are all caught in this brave new world: some are the princes of prosperity, others are the victims of it. Series: Texas Tradition Series. Num Pages: 378 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875652337
- ISBN
- 9780875652337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.56
€ 18.56
Hardcover. Galveston widow Rose Parrish, 76 years old and in failing health, is coming to grips with her life. Her only companions are her housekeeper, Pearl, her financial advisor, Captain Broussard, and a medical student, Jesse Martin. Mary Powell weaves the separate stories of these people into tale of "the good life" and "the good death". Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653037
- ISBN
- 9780875653037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.26
€ 23.99
€ 23.26
Paperback. A novel for a city with a rich heritage. This book captures the history of Fort Worth, the wild and wooly city "where the West begins," by following the fortunes of one family. This is often the story of ruthless, fiercely ambitious men, of betrayal and tragedy, but it is also a story of strength and achievement. Num Pages: 511 pages. BIC Classification: FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 721.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653136
- ISBN
- 9780875653136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.73
€ 20.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653945
- ISBN
- 9780875653945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.47
€ 20.99
€ 20.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875654249
- ISBN
- 9780875654249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.66
€ 23.99
€ 21.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FXZ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 5. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Edition, Special edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875654393
- ISBN
- 9780875654393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.62
€ 8.62
Hardcover. Republished with a foreword by John Tisdale, director of TCU's School of Journalism, the late Jay Milner's novel is a riveting portrayal of a scenario that unhappily mirrored real-life incidents throughout the South in the mid-twentieth century. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875656526
- ISBN
- 9780875656526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.58
€ 31.99
€ 28.58