“Excellent.”—Steven Poole, The Wall Street Journal • “Terrific.”—Liz Else, New Scientist (Best Popular Science Books of 2025 So Far) • “A brilliant overview of the state of modern cosmology.”—Alex O'Connor, alexoconnor.com • “This will expand readers’ minds.”—Publishers Weekly • One of Smithsonian's Ten Best Scie...

'Extremely convincing' - Electronic IntifadaFor decades we have spoken of the ‘Israel-Palestine conflict’, but what if our understanding of the issue has been wrong all along? This book explores how the concept of settler colonialism provides a clearer understanding of the Zionist movement's project to establish a Jewish state in Palestine, displacing the Palestinian Arab population and marginalizing its cultural presence.Jeff Halper argues that th...

Who killed Jeffrey Epstein? Two journalists look for answers in this must-read for fans of the Netflix docuseries Filthy Rich.With access to Epstein's victims and lawyers, to doctors, Wall Street insiders and law enforcement officers, investigative reporters Alana Goodman and Daniel Halper reveal the dirty secrets and sinister ties that may have driven someone in Epstein’s circle to take matters into their own hands.On the morning of August 10, 201...

"Juicy and gossipy, yet scrupulously researched, drawing on numerous on-the-record conversations with prominent Democrats and Clinton insiders." —Lloyd Grove, The Daily BeastIn the twelve years since the Clintons left the White House, they have gone from being virtually penniless to multi-millionaires, and are arguably the most popular politicians in America—respected and feared by Republicans and Democrats alike. But behind that rise is ...

* Shortlisted for the Palestine Book Awards 2016*Modern warfare has a new form. The days of international combat are fading. So how do major world powers maintain control over their people today?This book is a disturbing insight into the new ways world powers such as the US, Israel, Britain and China forge war today. It is a subliminal war of surveillance and whitewashed terror, conducted through new, high-tech military apparatuses, designed and first used ...

Israeli anthropologist and activist Jeff Halper throws a harsh light on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the point of view of a critical insider. While the Zionist founders of Israel created a vibrant society, culture and economy, they did so at a high price: Israel could not maintain its exclusive Jewish character without imposing on the country's Palestinian population policies of ethnic cleansing, occupation and discrimination, expressed most graphically in its ongoing demolition o...

On a distant planet, students confront the overbearing restrictions on their lives. One of them emerges as a leader who will listen to them and speak for them, igniting their sense of the future and the positive role that they can play in it. That young man is an artist whose honesty and endless questions put his own career in jeopardy.Landor will not back down when he sees possibilities in his actions. He leads a prayer vigil to transmit the hope that he feels to endangered astron...

The twelfth-century Andalusian philosopher Averroes sought to understand the divine in a way independent of religious theology, by turning to the philosophical works of Aristotle and, to a lesser extent, Plato. In doing so, he established standards of scientific inquiry into God that were and remain highly influential on Jewish and Christian thought. Averroes, however, does not provide much in the way of demonstrative knowledge of God, and most of his arguments remain dialectical, rhetoric...

Post-Biblical Hebrew Literature is an anthology prepared by philologist and Hebraist Dr. Benzion Halper. This volume, which presents a random selection from old text, proved extremely helpful to Jewish schools in stimulating interest in medieval Jewish Literature. Content: I. The Wisdom of Ben Sira II. The Mishnah III. Abot De-Rabbi Nathan IV. The Babylonian Talmud V. The Midrash VI. Eleazar Be-Rabbi Kalir VII. Eldad Ha-Dani VIII. Josippon IX. Sa'adya Gaon B. Joseph X. Nathan Ha-Babli XI. ...

Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, and children of all ages. What we have here is a brief compendium of unconventional viewpoints regarding what is loosely termed “the spiritual path,” but what is, in fact, a return to our fundamental sanity. All this and more for only 99 cents!From the foreword: Un-conditioning is about waking up, emerging from a superimposed dream of separate realities into a direct perception of unity, which is life as it is. It's what's commonly called "spiri...

Feeling overwhelmed by the buzz about SOA—service oriented architecture? Take heart! Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies, 2nd Edition makes it easy to understand, plan, and implement the latest SOA solutions for your business.Whether you’re the IT person responsible for developing SOA or the executive who’s trying to get a handle on the concept, Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies, 2nd Edition will help you understand what SOA is, why it’s important, a...

This completely revised fourth edition of a comprehensive core text for advanced health care practitioners is distinguished by its focus on the increasing role of the APRN in primary care of the multiple sclerosis (MS) patient, the importance of involving the interdisciplinary team in different aspects of care, and the imperative of early and aggressive symptom interventions. Written by expert clinicians in easy-to-read outline format, the text includes the most current diagnostic tools an...