Abraham Isaac Hakohen Kook was the first Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Erets Israel. Orot is his seminal work of thought, a poetic vision of grandeur of the Nation of Israel reborn in its ancient land.

Rav Kook’s philosophical introduction to shemitta (in Heb and Eng) and selections from his halakhic writings on shemitta (in Heb and Eng), with English introduction and summary essay by Yedidya J Sinclair.Shabbat HaAretz, first published in 1909, was written by Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, the towering spiritual leader of pre-state Israel. It is undoubtedly the most influential book on shemitta, the biblical sabbatical year, to have appeared in the modern era. The work includes a soar...

A through and through trucker adventure. Written by a long-haul driver of decades of experience on the road. After reading this you will never look at that stranger high up in the cab on the freeway the same way again. With great storms, honest dialogue, unexpected twists in the road, and rugged writing it is an interesting read.

The 99% movement has not chosen to set down in writing, for their own reasons, what exactly the problems are.Just saying you are one of the 99 % is not enough.They do however acknowledge that everything seems to be for the benefit of the wealthiest 1 to 4% and it is at the expense of the majority of hard working Americans. Furthermore, they recognize that as far as the impotent political establishment in the US is concerned all they are hearing is the partisan chatter of their own voices.

I write this in the hope that no reader will be offended. It is an explanation of the 7 types of people you will encounter in life.In the business world it will give you an edge.It is fun at party's and can be used in all relationships.It can be used no matter where you are in our world.How much money you make or your job,living situation makes no difference.Take a risk, read it and have some fun!

This Way Out, a report of work done six decades ago in Howard Hall, the maximum security section of St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C., is immediately pertinent to today's forensic and mental health crises. The two volumes of this work help fill a need for specific data on what transpires in psychotherapy, especially that of sexual and psychotic offenders. In an era prior to medication, the therapist employs a version of Freudian analysis and adapts it to groups, both la...

Terra Incognita provides an autobiographical account of Joseph Abrahams’ 75-year career as a psychoanalyst, with extensive scientific data, life-altering discoveries, and insightful conclusions. Each chapter represents a different stage of Abrahams’ career, from its prescient wartime beginnings to its post-retirement studies and writings. Terra Incognita offers a detailed look at the multi-disciplinary fields of the severe disorders, individual psychoanalysis, therapeutic community, and gr...

This Way Out, a report of work done six decades ago in Howard Hall, the maximum security section of St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C., is immediately pertinent to today's forensic and mental health crises. The two volumes of this work help fill a need for specific data on what transpires in psychotherapy, especially that of sexual and psychotic offenders. In an era prior to medication, the therapist employs a version of Freudian analysis and adapts it to groups, both la...

Afghan-American Nadia Hashimi's literary debut novel is a searing tale of powerlessness, fate, and the freedom to control one's own fate that combines the cultural flavor and emotional resonance of the works of Khaled Hosseini, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Lisa See.In Kabul, 2007, with a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend school, and can rarely leave the house. Their only hope lies in the ancient custom of bacha posh, which allows young ...

Mahmoud's passion for his wife Fereiba, a schoolteacher, is greater than any love she's ever known. But their happy, middle-class world—a life of education, work, and comfort—implodes when their country is engulfed in war, and the Taliban rises to power.Mahmoud, a civil engineer, becomes a target of the new fundamentalist regime and is murdered. Forced to flee Kabul with her three children, Fereiba has one hope to survive: she must find a way to cross Europe and reach her sister's ...

A literary family drama with patricide at its heart.When Mercy Mulcahy was 40 years old, she was accused of killing her elderly and tyrannical father. Now, at the end of her life, she has completed a book about what really happened on that fateful night of Christmas Eve, 1989.The tragic and beautiful Mercy has devoted her life to protecting Star from her grandfather. His behavior so blighted her own life as a child – she never wanted it to touch her darling...

A royal palace. A closed book. A betrayal that will echo through generations…Windsor, 1940. Secretly tasked with foiling a suspected plot, Sophie Klein is placed in the Royal Library at Windsor castle, where the princesses reside. But when she learns that Windsor is compromised, Sophie must sacrifice everything she knows to save the future queen of England…Philadelphia, Present day. Looking through her grandmother's papers,...