From the internationally bestselling author Ezra Barany comes this award-winning Jewish version of The Da Vinci Code. A reclusive computer programmer Nathan Yirmorshy pounds out ones and zeros in the quiet of his home while his landlord secretly watches behind a two-way mirror. When an intercepted note connects the landlord to a secret society, and a detective ends up dead, Nathan must abandon his home and everything familiar to him, open his heart to a tarot reader he has never met, and trust her with his life-just as the ancient scriptures have foretold.
... a carefully crafted and important book... a first-class contribution to the literature on modern Europe." --American Historical Review "... valuable... the first historical work to attempt a 'synthetic sketch' of the problems indicated in the title." --Journal of Polish Jewish Studies An illuminating study of the demographic, cultural, and socioeconomic condition of East Central European Jewry, the book focuses on the internal life of Jewish communities in the region and on the relationships between Jews and gentiles in a nationalist environment.
From a bestselling author comes a provocative exploration of the next big thing in energy--fracking--and its profound impact on geopolitics and the global economy. In a few short years, the discovery of vast reserves of until now unreachable natural gas, and the adoption of a process to get at it, have brought about a shale-gas revolution that is transforming Canada and the United States. In Groundswell, Ezra Levant looks at fracking's enemies--who they are, and what they don't want us to know--and debunks claims about contaminated groundwater, fracking chemicals, and earthquakes. And he also looks at fracking's benefits: significant job and wealth creation, lower CO2 emissions, and, most importantly, increased political freedom. With natural gas in abundance, prices fall and the stranglehold of energy companies such as Russia's Gazprom loosens. Countries such as Ukraine, Poland, France, Israel, and China have vast reserves of shale gas, and accessing it could mean a monumental shift in energy politics. In this timely and provocative book, Levant explores the promise of natural gas that fracking has made possible and provides an eye-opening look at a subject of growing international importance.
This book will help you get excited to plan your novel. The tools shared here are designed to spark your muse and give you confidence when you sit down to write your story. Plan Your Novel Like A Pro: And Have Fun Doing It! is for organic writers and pansters who want a roadmap to follow, so that they can let their creativity loose."Beth's book is like plotting for pantsers!"-Tess Rider, Science Fantasy Romance AuthorPlan your novel, write with confidence, and have fun doing it!We know that you have other activities in your life besides writing, and that writing your novels is important to you. How can you manage your writing and still meet your other obligations?Well, you can, in small, manageable bite-sized pieces. Each lesson in this book can be done in as little as 15-20 minutes.You can plan your novel in a way that fits into your life. We know, because we've done it, multiple times!Based on the popular course, Plan Your Novel: 30-Day Writing Challenge, this book is organized into 4 sections, so that you can do the exercises over a one-month period.If you're planning to participate in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) or Camp NaNo, this course will get you ready and give you everything you need to write a novel in 30 days.This book is for you: ... if you have never written a novel, have always wanted to, and still feel lost on how to go from brilliant idea to The End, then you will be stretched in new and different ways.... if you're an experienced novelist, with 1 or 2 completed or partially completed novels under your bed, and you're stuck somehow. You may find this course structured in a way that's new to you and yet familiar....if you have 3 or more unfinished novels sitting in a drawer, and always hit that sagging middle and lose focus or lose interest, this course will help you dream up exciting ways to torture, I mean challenge, your characters all the way to story resolution.With this book, you'll be able to: -- Believe that you can write a novel-- Step into a sense of satisfaction and creative accomplishment-- Get excited for NaNoWriMo-- Plan your novelFOR AUTHORS WHO WRITE: -Novels, novellas, and short stories-Page-turning fiction like mystery, thriller, romance, suspense, fantasy, science fiction, women's fiction, and mash-ups of these -For Adult, Young Adult, New Adult, and Middle Grade Readers How this book is organized: Introduction & Essential TipsIntroductionChapter 1: Essential Character Tips for Fiction WritersChapter 2: Essential Plot Tips for Fiction WritersWeek One: Elevator Pitch, What-If Pitch & Short SynopsisChapter 3: Elevator PitchChapter 4: The What-If Pitch by Ezra BaranyChapter 5: Your Story SynopsisWeek Two: Get to Know Your Main CharactersChapter 6: Interview Your CharactersChapter 7: Uncover Your Characters' Core Beliefs And Identity And How They ChangeChapter 8: Your Characters' SecretsChapter 9: Draft Your Character's Emotional Core With The Empathy FormulaChapter 10: The Character Relationship MapChapter 11: Focusing on What to WriteWeek Three: Story Plot Points & World BuildingChapter 12: Uncover Your Character's Worst Fears to Discover Your Story ConflictsChapter 13: World Building: Questions to BrainstormChapter 14: Your Story's StructureChapter 15: The Question ToolboxWeek Four: Scene-By-Scene Outline And PlottingChapter 16. High-Concept PitchChapter 17: Design Your Plot with the Problem-Solution ToolChapter 18: Five Essential Stages Of A Scene (And Of Story!)Chapter 19: Scene Setup: StoryboardingChapter 20: Scene-by-Scene OutlineNext Steps: Write Your NovelResources for Further Reading and StudyAcknowledgmentsAlso by Beth BaranyAbout the Authors
A Parallel Hebrew-English Critical Edition of the Book of Elections (3 Versions), the Book of Interrogations (3 Versions), and The Book of the Luminaries
A Parallel Hebrew-English Critical Edition of the Book of Elections (3 Versions), the Book of Interrogations (3 Versions), and The Book of the Luminaries
This volume offers the first critical edition, with English translation and commentary, of seven astrological treatises by Abraham Ibn Ezra: the Book of Elections (3 versions); the Book of Interrogations (3 versions); and the Book of the Luminaries.
From the Middle Ages until the present, the development of astrology among Jews was associated mainly with the name of Abraham Ibn Ezra (1089-1167). His scientific corpus deals with mathematics, astronomy, scientific instruments and tools, and the Jewish calendar; but especially with astrology. This volume is the first product of a larger enterprise-a scientific edition of all twelve Ibn Ezra's astrological treatises-and offers a critical Hebrew text of the two versions of Ibn Ezra's "Sefer ha-Te'amim," the Book of Reasons, accompanied by an annotated translation and commentary. The two treatises presented here were designed by Ibn Ezra to offer "reasons," "explanations," or "meanings" of the raw astrological concepts formulated in the introduction to astrology that Ibn Ezra entitled "Reshit Hokhmah" (Beginning of Wisdom).
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