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Israel and Palestine
The history of an idea
by Martin Buber
1st Edition 1952
Translated from the German by Stanley Godman
HERE is a new work by Professor Buber: a study of the unique relationship between the land and the people of Israel, and of the significance of this reassociation of land and people as the "beginning of a new kind of society and the hope for a broken world". Professor Buber expounds his lofty concept of Zion by tracing the idea from the original testimony of the Bible, down the centuries, to our own day.
This is a book which will not only take a leading place in the literature of Zionism, of which it is itself a history and evaluation, but one which may be commended to all men who are seeking for a way to holiness and true peace in the midst of a world more desperately in need of them than ever before.
Condition - Excellent
Hardcover
Published in 1952 by East and West Library
Length - 165 pages
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Heroes of the Bible
by Manuel Komroff
Illustrated by Robert J. Lee
1st Edition
3rd Impression 1969
The pages of the Old Testament tell of the Creation of the world out of chaos and of Adam, the first man, from the dust of the earth. Down through the centuries it covers a multitude of great events and the lives of a thousand heroes. One of the last of these was Daniel, who defied the mighty Persian king from the lions' den.
HEROES OF THE BIBLE is a collection of the most famous of these stories, retold by Manuel Komroff, in simple modern lan- guage which retains the dignity of the tradiqtional version.
Here are some of the other heroes:
ABRAHAM, old and childless, who left his own country in obedience to God's command and became the founder of a great nation;
JOSEPH, the dreamer, who was sold into slavery in Egypt, yet saved his people from famine;
MOSES, who led the Israelites out of bon- dage and who, through forty years of bitter wanderings in the desert, never wavered in his faith;
DAVID, the shepherd boy who was chosen to be Israel's king, and to whose line the Messiah was promised;
SOLOMON, under whose rule the great temple was built in Jerusalem and whose wisdom was legendary.
There are over fifty dramatic and imagina- tive colour and black and white pictures by the distinguished artist, Robert J. Lee.
Condition - Very Good
Hardcover
Published in 1969 by Hamlyn House
ISBN : 601074467
Length - 140 pages
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The Children's Bible In Colour
The Old Testament and the New Testament
Paul Hamlyn
1st Edition
6th Impression 1968
All the poetry and original beauty of the Bible has been preserved in this version for children -- the words here have a simplicity which is timeless, a directness which makes the meaning immediately clear, and the same magic which has held the world for over a thousand years.
The Bible is a collection of stories and poems which were written by many authors in many places at widely different times. Like all stories these are alive with all sorts and kinds of characters and heroes some of them saints some of them ordinary people, some kind, some cruel, some weak, some strong. The have brilliant settings, and a strength and vitality on is just as exciting now as when they were first written. They are a permanent record of God's dealings with men since the creation of the world, and together they form the history and fabric of the Christian Faith.
Many sensitive and colourful illustrations bring these stories to life in a wonderful way which will fascinate even the youngest reader, making this a Bible to treasure all the way through the years of childhood.
Condition - Very Good
Dustcover tattered
Hardcover
Published in 1968 by The Hamlyn Publishing Group
Length - 518 pages
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The Island of the Day Before
by Umberto Eco
Take The Ancient Mariner. Robinson Crusoe, medieval legends and dastardly deeds, and combine them with liberal portions of suspense, romance and intellectual excitement in a marvellous seafaring adventure - a quest for exotic Pacific islands and for answers to eternal questions. What is matter? God? Love? Set in the seventeenth century, in Italy, France and on the high seas, Umberto Eco's brilliant new novel is full of the many elements that have delighted his millions of readers worldwide - philosophy, natural history, courtly love, theology, political intrigue, cosmology, delightful puns, puzzles and high-spirited humour - all enchantingly. beautifully written.
The year is 1643. Roberto, a young nobleman, survives war, the Bastille, exile and shipwreck, and meets inventors of fantastical machines, a wounded dog, a mad Jesuit priest, an even madder Englishman, his elusive and beloved Lilia, and the mystic Dove as he voyages to a Pacific island straddling the date meridian. There he waits now, alone on the mysteriously deserted Daphne, anchored just across the date-line from an island bounded by treacherous reefs: the island of the day before. If he could reach it, time and his misfortunes - might be reversed. But first he must learn to swim...
Stranded, he writes letters to Lilia that relate his story and refine his love. In a one-sided correspondence that encompasses Richelieu, Mazarin, Ptolemy, Galileo, Aristotle and Epicurus, we are introduced to a history of the Dove from the Ancients, the Bible and the Talmud; to an ethereal beloved and an evil brother; to navigation and a theory of the meridians and longitudes; to pirates and the bubonic plague; and ultimately to the power of storytelling to transform and enchant the world.
Thrillingly plotted, beautifully written, engrossing, funny and moving, this is Umberto Eco's finest novel to date.
Umberto Eco, professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna and author of The Name Of The Rose and Foucault's Pendulum, is one of the world's bestselling novelists. His most recent book is How to Travel with a Salmon.
Condition - Excellent
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Published in 1995 by Secker & Warburg
ISBN : 0-436-20270-0
Length - 515 pages
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The Jewish World
Revelation, Prophecy and History
Edited by Elie Kedourie
436 Illustrations including 135 in colour and 301 photographs, drawings and maps
The Jews are one of the great enigmas of history. What makes them unique? What has given them their resilience, their power of survival and their ability to adapt to radically new conditions without losing their identity? What combination of religious faith, social organization, intellectual toughness and poetic imagination constitutes Jewishness?
The Jewish World approaches these questions in a new way. Eighteen eminent authorities survey Jewish history from its beginnings down to the 20th century: the earliest days before the Exile; the Jewish polity in its encounters with the Great Powers of the ancient world; Jewish life after the destruction of the Jewish state under Christianity. and Islam; the impact of the Enlightenment on Jewish thought and traditions; the Jewish experience in 19th- and 20th-century Europe; the rise and development of American Jewry; the appearance of Zionism and its culmination in the foundation of Israel.
That is the 'outer' history - but there is another, 'inner', history, without which the first is meaning- less. An equal number of chapters are thus devoted to the Bible, to the Talmud, to Jewish philosophy and to mysticism, to imaginative literature, i.e. Hebrew poetry and fiction, and to the challenge of modernity and the way in which Judaism as a system of thought and belief has tried to cope with it.
The scheme of the book is therefore novel. So is the rich use of illustrations: contrary to common belief, the Jews have always had a tradition of visual art, largely derived from the art of their neighbours but employed in the service of strictly Jewish needs. Synagogues from Dura Europus to modern times have yielded pictures, manuscript illuminations and liturgical objects whose beauty will be a revelation to many. From the 17th century onwards, ordinary Jewish life is illus- trated in prints and popular art of all kinds, much of it never reproduced before.
A main concern of the volume is to articulate Jewish history in its own terms, to show how this ancient human group has tried to respond to the extremely varied conditions and challenges, whether political, social or intellectual, which it has encountered in its long history. No previous book has attempted this type of presentation on the same scale and with comparable scholarship.
'Packed with enlightening information... Each section of the book is preceded by pages of quite exceptional illustrations, with captions so well written that in themselves they graphically illustrate the astonishing 3000 years of the Jewish story' - Jewish Chronicle
Condition - Excellent
Hardcover
Published in 1986 by Thames and Hudson
ISBN : 0-500-25066-9
Length - 328 pages
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Twilight
by Elie Wiesel
1st Edition 1988
Twilight, Elie Wiesel's first book since receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, and his most ambitious novel in many years, casts us into a world of harrowing visions and mystical truths. A best- seller in France, it has been called "inspired," "electrifying" and "beautiful."
Raphael Lipkin has been searching for Pedro ever since his strange disappearance soon after the war. Who is Pedro? Where did he come from? And why has he become the central obsession of Raphael's life? These questions and oth- ers continue to haunt Raphael decades after their separation, and explain his circumstances at the Mountain Clinic, an unusual institution in upstate New York, specializing in patients whose delusions spring from the Bible. At the clinic, Raphael is drawn into the delirious realm of men who believe they are Cain and Abraham, Joseph, and even the Messiah. And as he encounters these characters, Raphael is forced to confront his past in Rovidok, the quiet Carpathian town where he grew up.
There are stories within stories: of love and politics in Lvov, of birds and hunger in Lodz, of romance and torture in Hungary, of witnessing
the destruction of Jerusalem far away from Jeru- salem. Stories that transport us from Eastern Europe to postwar Paris and Berlin and finally to New York are all masterfully woven into a tapes- try of Hasidic tales, Talmudic sayings, and messi- anic dreams that link the living and the dead.
A novel that resonates with the dramatic upheaval of this century, Twilight is ultimately about survival and fear, hope and redemption, and, above all, friendship.
Elie Wiesel received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, on December 10, 1986. His Nobel citation reads: "Wiesel is a messenger to mankind. His message is one of peace and atone- ment and human dignity. The message is in the form of a testimony, repeated and deepened through the works of a great author." He is Andrew Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University and the author of more than thirty books. Mr. Wiesel lives in New York City with his family.
Condition - Excellent
Hardcover
Published in 1988 by Summit Books
ISBN : 0-671-64407-6
Length - 217 pages
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Beyond The
DA VINCI CODE
by Sangeet Duchane
From The Rose Line To The Bloodline
A suspense novel about a murder in the Louvre with clues hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci sells six million copies in its first year of publication and sparks a tidal wave of efforts to not only crack the codes but to reveal the secrets behind them.
Going beyond the novel to the facts-and beyond those facts to the reason the story fascinates so many-we find its most radical claims are historically sound.
* There is no biblical proof that Jesus was single or celibate.
* Many early Christians believed that Mary Magdalene, not Peter, was the first disciple.
* The legendary Grail artifact may not have been the cup of Christ, but the cup of Mary Magdalene.
* The stories of the Bible were passed through oral transmission long before they were written down.
* Christians did not agree that Jesus was God for over 300 years after his death.
Why has the novel touched so many? Why do myths have such power over our lives and what are we looking for when we try to confirm their authenticity?
Understanding the story behind The Da Vinci Code can offer remarkable insights into the early Christian community, the Holy Grail, Leonardo da Vinci, the sacred feminine and the reasons these topics continue to beguile us.
Condition - Excellent - As New
Hardcover
Published in 2005 by Sterling Publishing Co
ISBN : 0-7607-6625-8
Length - 256 pages
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Measuring Eternity
by Martin Gorst
The Search For The Beginning Of Time
The untold story of the religious figures, philosophers, astronomers, geologists, physicists, and mathematicians who, for more than four hundred years, have pursued the answer to a fundamental question at the intersection of science and religion: When did the universe begin?
The moment of the universe's conception is one of science's Holy Grails, investigated by some of the most brilliant and inquisitive minds across the ages. Few were more committed than Bishop James Ussher, who lost his sight of him during the fifty years it took him to compose his Annalsof all known history, now famous only for one date: 4004 BC Ussher's date for the creation of the world was spectacularly inaccurate, but that didn't stop it from being so widely accepted that it was printed in early twentieth-century Bibles. As writer and documentary filmmaker Martin Gorst vividly illustrates in this captivating, character-driven narrative, theology let Ussher down just as he had thwarted Theophilus of Antioch and many before him. Geology was next to fail the test of time. In the eighteenth century, naturalist Comte de Buffon, working out the rate at which the earth was supposed to have cooled, came up with an age of 74,832 years, even though he suspected this was far too low. Biology then had a go in the hands of fossil hunter Johann Scheuchzer, who alleged to have found a specimen of a man drowned at the time of Noah's flood. Regrettably it was only the imprint of a large salamander.
And so science inch forward via Darwinism, thermodynamics, radioactivity, and, most recently, the astronomers at the controls of the Hubble space telescope, who put the beginning of time at 13.4 billion years ago (give or take a billion). Taking the reader into the laboratories and salons of scholars and scientists, visionaries and eccentrics, Measuring Eternity is an engagingly written account of an epic, often quixotic quest, of how individuals who dedicated their lives to solving an enduring mystery that advanced our knowledge of the universe. .
Condition - Excellent - As New
Hardcover
Published in 2001 by Broadway Books
ISBN : 0-7679-0827-9
Length - 338 pages
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Beef,, Bible and Bullets explains the rise to power of a maverick right-wing populist in Latin America's largest economy. The book describes how the country's worst ever recession, growing criminal violence and an unparalleled corruption scandal paved the way for the unexpected victory of an extremist political outsider. It also analyses how backing from rapidly expanding evangelical churches, wealthy agribusiness groups and a powerful security establishment – the so-called bible, beef and bullets loBB Hardbackies – has brought to office the Brazil's most conservative government since the 1970s. Condition: almost a new book. Price R390. Courier costs for purchaser’s account to any destination in South Africa
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The Bible as HistoryArcheology confirms The Book Of Booksby Werner Keller1st Edition 14th Impression
The Bible as History
Archeology confirms The Book Of Books
by Werner Keller
1st Edition 14th Impression 1969
Revolutionary new evidence that confirms some of the most monumental and controversial events in the Bible-including the destruction of Sodom and Gomorra.
Recently deciphered texts from the ancient world that offer an intriguing look back at the origin of the Ten Commandments.
The Bible As History will take you on a breathtaking journey to the heart of Holy Scripture as it pieces together one of the most stunning spiritual puzzles in the history of mankind.
Dr WERNER KELLER was born in Germany in 1909 and is today recognised as one of the foremost journalists in the scientific field. His greatest interests, however, have always been archaeology and the story of mankind, and, in pursuit of these, he has travelled extensively in Italy, the Balkans and the Middle East.
After studying in Zurich, Geneva and Jena, he made his home in Berlin, where his first articles appeared in Berliner Tageblatt.
He decided to write The Bible as History in 1950, after studying the sensational French reports on the findings of the ancient Phoenician port of Ugarit and of the home of the patriarchs in the Kingdom of Mari on the Euphrates.
His book, published in Germany under the title of Und die Bibel hat dochrecht, was an immediate success. It aroused such world-wide Public interest that leading publishers have already made arrangements to issue editions of it in their own countries, in Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the U.S.A.
"Now thanks to a German writer, Dr Werner Keller, the Bible need never be dull or incomprehensible to anyone again." - The Evening News
"There is not a dull page in the book the general reader will find it a mine of instruction and pleasure." - The Church Times
"A fascinating book.. countless readers will be excited by this book which assembles so much knowledge in so concise a form." - Evening Standard
"I immediately wish to say how much I have enjoyed reading it and how much I have learnt from it. I hope many people will read the book carefully and thoughtfully." - The Christian
"There is an atmosphere of excitement about this book which is contagious. It does not contain a single boring page. ... most excellently translated by William Neil.. The canvas covered in this book about the Bible as a source-book of history, whose reliability has been repeatedly attested to by archaeological investigation, is simply monumental..." - The New York Times Book Review
"The Bible as History is a rich book for all who love the scriptures... it is devout, scholarly but written so that 'he who runs may read,' excitingly interesting throughout. a truly great book. All our school libraries should possess a copy." - The Sunday School Chronicle
Condition - Very Good
Pages are neat, clean and well bound
Dustcover shows wear
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Published in 1969 by Hodder & Stoughton
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Rembrandt Drawings
Text by Paul Némo
Translated by David Macrae
Rembrandt's drawings can be grouped under three headings, as in this book: family scenes, landscapes and episodes from the Bible.
His preferred models were old men, and, in particular, the poor whose rags were so repugnant to the high society types who came to hi studio to order their portraits. Generally speaking-- and with the exception of his early period of worldly success and vanity-- he was always attracted by ordinary people, as he felt that their character was more starkly and plainly visible than that of anyone else. His drawings concern themselves with human types and expressions rather than with the facile depiction of the picturesque.
It has been observed that he attached no importance at all to a person's rank. A critic writing in 1681 observed: "Instead of taking as his model the Greek Venus, off he went and found a laundry-wench or a peat- digger. The breasts would be flabby, the hands deformed; there might even be the marks of undergarments on her hips and the of a garter on her leg-- but held copy everything."
Rembrandt loved to go walking in the afternoon through the surrounding countryside, often returning home just before dusk. His pupil Hoog- stracten wrote that he once said: "The towns, villages, churches and the thousand riches of creation call out to us, saying: Come, thinker, contemplate us and follow us." There is no doubt that Rembrandt did derive some consolation from nature, the midst of such unrelenting tragedy. Even though he left only fifteen oil paintings of landscapes, he drew large numbers of them, both real and fantastic.
Rembrandt was a profoundly religious man who simply did not feel drawn to the interplay of ideas for their own sake. He was not particularly fond of literature and was in no sense an "intellectual". The truth was what he sought, with his heart and instinct as much as with his reason -- if not more so. And the silence of a church or a temple moved him much more deeply than even the most perfect syllogism. His picture of the Good Samaritan reflects the spirit and mood of the Gospel, a passage of which he used to read every day, except when he chose to read from the Old Testament. Indeed, his works could be used to illustrate almost all of Holy Writ.
However, beyond such sources of inspiration, which were always profoundly human, even the most casual of his sketches bears the unmistakable mark of a great master: their sureness of line and beautiful interplay of light and shade give these drawings a quality which transcends time and place.
Condition - Excellent
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Published in 1972 by Crown Publishers
Length - 125 pages
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One of professional poker's most intriguing and fascinating players, Gus Hansen has often been called "The Madman" for his crazy, fearless, aggressive style. But you can't dispute the fact that this poker superstar knows how to win--and win big. The holder of the inaugural Poker Superstars Invitational title as well as the only player to win three World Poker Tour tournaments, Gus won his fifth major international title when he became the 2007 Aussie Millions Champion, outlasting 747 players and nabbing $1.2 million. Now, for the first time ever, Gus analyses the hands that he played during the tournament and reveals his secrets for winning in Every Hand Revealed. The Poker Player's Bible contains information on the five most popular poker games played around the world and explains how to master the skills and techniques that will give you the confidence to sit down at any game of poker and win. Price R350 for both books. Courier costs for purchaser’s account to any destination in South Africa
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This unique edition of the Bible serves as a source of inspiration and nourishment for all people of Africa and for those who minister to them. Condition: very good. Hardcover. Price R300. Courier costs for purchaser’s account to any destination in South Africa
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The Bible Code is the first full account of a scientific discovery that may change the world, told by a sceptical secular reporter who became part of the story. During Drosnin's five-year investigation of the 3,000-year-old code in the Bible that may reveal our future, he interviewed all the experts, here and abroad. He spent many weeks with the world-class mathematician who discovered the code, Dr. Eliyahu Rips, and he met with famous mathematicians at Harvard, Yale, and Hebrew University. He also talked to a senior code breaker at the top-secret U.S. National Security Agency, who replicated the code and confirmed its messages. The Bible Code 2 is a sequel to The Bible Code. Price R180 for both books. Can be couriered to any place in South Africa at an additional cost
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At first sight two of those books are handy, chunky ring-backed and attractively produced books. The Bead Selector’s Bible is a perfect guide to choosing and using more than 600 beautiful beads, from cut-glass teardrops to wooden spheres and resin squares. The essential information included in The Beader’s Bible begins with a clear section on beads, tools, thread, and other basic kit all with clear illustrations, and techniques are clearly illustrated in colour. There is a pure pattern directory followed by nearly 200 pages of the actual design layouts made up and in colour as well dimensions of finished item, quantity of each colour bead required, bead palette for quick colour ID, suitability for loom or off-loom work and suggestions for mixing and matching with other designs in the pattern directory. Keepsake Crafts Beads by Jo Moody offers 30 projects, ranging from glamorous evening wear and original jewellery to stylish tie backs and a sparkling chandelier. Price R650 for all books. Courier costs for purchaser’s account to any destination in South Africa
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Bruce Wilkinson is recognized as one of the world's foremost Christian teachers and speakers. But he is best known as the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller, The Prayer of Jabez, and other bestsellers including A Life God Rewards, Secrets of the Vine, and The Dream Giver. He is the founder of WorldTeach, a global initiative to train Bible teachers in every nation. Wilkinson also founded Dream for Africa, a humanitarian agency that has taken on AIDS, orphan care and hunger in sub-Saharan Africa. Five hardcovers on offer in almost new condition. Two books have gift dedication notes. R390 for all. Courier costs for purchaser’s account to any destination in South Africa
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The ANC Spy Bible Surviving Across Enemy Lines by Moe Shaik. The Bible Project, a project led in the 80's by former state security boss, Moe Shaik, has had mixed reception. In this memoir, Shaik finally tells his side of the story. Describing his relationship with The Nightingale, a Special Branch officer turned rogue who provided information to the underground, Shaik takes the reader on a thrilling ride navigating the most turbulent and uncertain parts of South Africa's late apartheid and transition past. Condition: like new, unread copy. Price R190. Can be couriered to any place in South Africa at an additional cost
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Benjamin Grahams revolutionary theories have influenced and inspired investors for nearly 70 years. First published in 1934, his Security Analysis is still considered to be the value investing bible for investors of every ilk. Yet, it is the second edition of that book, published in 1940 and long since out of print, that many experts - including Graham protégé Warren Buffet - consider to be the definitive edition. This facsimile reproduction of that seminal work makes available to investors, once again, the original thinking of this century’s (and perhaps history’s) most important thinker on applied portfolio investment. Condition: very good, intensive pencil notes made by the previous owner. Price R860. Courier costs for purchaser’s account to any destination in South Africa
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The legendary relationships guide that mothers recommend to their daughters, friends give as gifts and brothers steal from their sisters, Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus is inarguably the definitive book on having a happy relationship. 'A treasure', 'a bible' and 'an heirloom' are some of the words used to describe the book that has saved countless relationships and improved innumerable others. In Women Are from Bras, Men Are from Penus, you will learn these critical survival skills: how to get a man to do what you want and how to flatter the pants off a woman. Why arguments are good and how to tell if you are arguing. How to dress for an argument and how to blame your partner for practically everything. Price R140 for the set. Can be couriered to any place in South Africa at an additional cost
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