2016, ISBN: 9780876306369

Paperback, Hardcover

Synopsis: The brilliantly original new novel from Michael Chabon, author of the Pulitzer prize-winning The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay For sixty years Jewish refugees and their descen… More...

Synopsis: The brilliantly original new novel from Michael Chabon, author of the Pulitzer prize-winning The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay For sixty years Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a 'temporary' safe haven created in the wake of revelations of the Holocaust and the shocking 1948 collapse of the fledgling state of Israel. Proud, grateful and longing to be American, the Jews of the Sitka District have created their own little world in the Alaskan panhandle, a vibrant, gritty, soulful and complex frontier city that moves to the Yiddish beat. Now, after sixty years of federal neglect, the District is set to revert to Alaskan control, and their dream is coming to an end: once again the tides of history threaten to sweep them up and carry them off into the unknown.But homicide detective Meyer Landsman has enough problems without worrying about the upcoming Reversion. His life is a shambles, his marriage a wreck, his career a disaster. He and his half-Tlingit partner, Berko Shemets, can't catch a break in any of their outstanding cases. Landsman's new supervisor is the love of his life and also his worst nightmare. And then someone's got the nerve to commit a murder in the flophouse Landsman calls home. Out of habit, obligation and a half-cocked shot at redemption, he begins to investigate the killing of his neighbor, a former chess prodigy, and soon finds himself contending with all the powerful forces of faith, obsession, evil and salvation that are his heritage and with the unfinished business of his marriage to Bina Gelbfish, the one person who understands his darkest fears. At once a gripping whodunit, a love story, an homage to 1940s noir, and an exploration of the mysteries of exile and redemption, The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a novel only Michael Chabon could have written., HarperCollins, 2007, 5, Tel Aviv University. Good+. 1967. Softcover. Blank white stickers have been affixed to wraps. One small white sticker has repaired a small tear to last page of text. ; The Seventh International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies; 64 pages; The following notes, written to assist delegates to the seventh International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies, are divided into two parts, the first a brief survey of the archaeology of the country in the periods concerned, the second an account of the Roman frontier system in the country's southern region. ., Tel Aviv University, 1967, 2.5, New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc, 1978. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 379, [5] pages. Endpaper map. Illustrations. Map. DJ has wear, tears, chips and soiling. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some edge soiling. Inscribed and dated by the author on the half-title page. Ruth Gruber (September 30, 1911 ? November 17, 2016) was an American journalist, photographer, writer, humanitarian, and a United States government official. She was a recipient of the Norman Mailer Prize. In 1946, The New York Post asked her to cover the work of a newly created Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine. The Committee was to decide the fate of 100,000 European Jewish refugees who were living in European camps as displaced persons (DP). The committee members spent four months in Europe, Palestine, and the Arab countries and a month in Switzerland digesting their experiences. The committee's twelve members unanimously agreed that Britain should allow 100,000 Jewish immigrants to settle in Palestine. British foreign minister Bevin rejected the finding. The author interweaves the personal story of an Israeli woman, Raquela Prywes, with the national story of modern Israel. Ruth Gruber is a foreign correspondent and authority on Israel, refugees, and the Middle East. A National Jewish Book Award?winning biography: A look at the early years of Israel?s statehood, experienced through the life of a pioneering nurse. During her extraordinary career, nurse Raquela Prywes was a witness to history. She delivered babies in a Holocaust refugee camp and on the Israeli frontier. She crossed minefields to aid injured soldiers in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and organized hospitals to save the lives of those fighting the 1967 Six-Day War. Along the way, her own life was a series of triumphs and tragedies mirroring those of the newly formed Jewish state. Raquela is a moving tribute to a remarkable woman, and an unforgettable chronicle of the birth of Israel through the eyes of those who lived it., Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc, 1978, 2.25, USA: Western Publications Inc., 1973. Magazine. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Features: Oregon's Legendary Sheriff - Jim Blakely; Saddle Mountain's Lost Mine; That joint down by the river; The Moline Dreadnaught - an early auto adventure over 5 states; Samuel MacDougall's Great Gold Hoax; The James Connell Murder Case - a beef contract turned out to be a death warrant; Horse Traders and Gypsies; Bloodshed on Lightning Creek, Wyoming - a border dispute; Deputized Sawmill Man - James William Anderson; Newt Israel's last trip to Tucson; A close call at Red Fork; Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy.., Western Publications Inc., 1973, 3, paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book., 2.5, Routledge, 1992-05-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!, Routledge, 1992-05-01, 6<