Resultaten gefilterd op "Cherry Orchard Books"

Jewish Partisans of the Soviet Union During World War II

• Paperback | Engels
• A classic compilation of original Russian and Jewish sources on the anti-Nazi resistance in Eastern Europe., including over 100 photographs and 12 map... Lees meer

Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour

Yelena Lembersky

• Paperback | Engels
• Told in the dual points of view, Like A Drop of Ink in a Downpour is a clear-eyed look at the reality of life in the Soviet Union during the Cold War,... Lees meer

Running in Good Faith?

Alan D Krinsky

• Hardcover | Engels
• C onsiders the seemingly irreconcilable values and political commitments of Judaism and Libertarianism, stimulating a broad discussion and calling int... Lees meer

Dovlatov and Surroundings

Alexander Genis

• Paperback | Engels
• Dovlatov and Surroundings is a literary ode by one of the most consequential late 20th-century Russian writers, Alexander Genis, to another: Sergei Do... Lees meer

Self-Portrait, with Parents and Footnotes

Annette Aronowicz

• Hardcover | Engels
• In this book, Aronowicz explores the lives of her parents, who lived through the Spanish Civil War, the Second World War, and the post-war Communist w... Lees meer

Trapped by Evil and Deceit

Daniel Brand

• Hardcover | Engels
• Trapped by Evil and Deceit is a historical account of true events that reads like a political thriller. Amazingly, a few Jews successfully saved thous... Lees meer

The Dreamtime

Mstyslav Chernov

• Hardcover | Engels
• A fusion of documentary and psychological thriller inspired by true events conceived and written over an eight-year period. Drawing on the Indigenous ... Lees meer

My Journey Home

Zsuzsanna Ozsvath

• Hardcover | Engels
• This poignant story of survival, friendship, and love begins with the the author's childhood during the Holocaust in Hungary. It captures life after t... Lees meer

Dovlatov and Surroundings

Alexander Genis

• Hardcover | Engels
• Dovlatov and Surroundings is a literary ode by one of the most consequential late 20th-century Russian writers, Alexander Genis, to another: Sergei Do... Lees meer

Cheerful Memories/Troubled Years

Taratuta, Ida Taratuta

• Hardcover | Engels
• This book is the story of the Taratuta family and their struggle to flee the USSR to repatriate to Israel at the end of the last century. It includes ... Lees meer

Wheat Songs

Perry Giuseppe Rizopoulos

• Paperback | Engels
• Wheat Songs is memoir about war, survival and the love between a grandson and his grandfather. The piece is the result of WWII and the Nazi occupation... Lees meer

A Russian Immigrant

Maxim D Shrayer

• Paperback | Engels
• A literary manifesto of Russian Jews in America, Shrayer's A Russian Immigrant features the travails of Simon Reznikov, a restless Jewish-Russian prot... Lees meer

Küchlya

Yuri Tynianov

• Hardcover | Engels
• Küchlya (1925), the first novel of the great Russian formalist Yury Tynyanov gives us a vividly written and moving recreation of the childhood, youth,... Lees meer

Barcelona Prose

Efim Etkind

• Hardcover | Engels
• Barcelona Prose is a collection of autobiographical essays by the gifted translator, literary scholar, and dissident, Efim Etkind. These engaging, dee... Lees meer

Sin-A-Gogue

David Bashevkin

• Paperback | Engels
• This volume presents the concepts of sin and failure in Jewish thought, weaving together biblical and rabbinic studies to reveal a holistic portrait o... Lees meer

Habsburg Sons

Peter C Appelbaum

• Paperback | Engels
• Habsburg Sons describes Jewish participation in the Habsburg Army. 1788-1918, concentrating on World War I. Approximately 300,000-350,000 Jews fought ... Lees meer

Anatomy of a Friendship

Cecile Spiegel, Diane Tuckman

• Paperback | Engels
• Diane Tuckman and Cecile Spiegel fled religious persecution with WWII conflicts at their heels. Hiding in plain sight, Cecile eluded the Nazis in Fran... Lees meer

The Last Generation of Jews in Poland

Efraim Shmueli

• Hardcover | Engels
• An amalgam of personal reminiscences of a bright young man with later observations of a mature scholar bring to life the mighty pulsation of Jewish li... Lees meer

How We Outwitted and Survived the Nazis

Roman Dziarski

• Paperback | Engels
• "Extraordinary storytelling about unfathomable horror." - Library Journal (starred review) "[A] worthy tribute to the extraordinary bravery of a remar... Lees meer

Zev's Los Angeles

Zev Yaroslavsky

• Hardcover | Engels
• This is the story of Zev Yaroslavsky, a young social activist, who became one of Los Angeles' most powerful and consequential elected officials, takin... Lees meer

Under a Bloodred Sky

Avigdor Hameiri

• Paperback | Engels
• This book represents an anthology of Avigdor Hameiri's ten most compelling war stories and poetry. They are unique in mixing the supernatural and maca... Lees meer

Barcelona Prose

Efim Etkind

• Paperback | Engels
• Barcelona Prose is a collection of autobiographical essays by the gifted translator, literary scholar, and dissident, Efim Etkind. These engaging, dee... Lees meer

Küchlya

Yuri Tynianov

• Paperback | Engels
• Küchlya (1925), the first novel of the great Russian formalist Yury Tynyanov gives us a vividly written and moving recreation of the childhood, youth,... Lees meer

When the Menorah Fades

Zvi Preigerzon

• Paperback | Engels
• This book describes the life of the Jewish people in Hadiach, Ukraine, and their suffering under the Nazis, with a Kabbalistic spiritual touch: the Pe... Lees meer