The acclaimed autobiography of the Chicago journalist and author hailed as "the most significant American Jewish writer" of the mid-twentieth century ( Los Angeles Times).Raised in the notorious Bloody Nineteenth Ward in Chicago, Meyer Levin landed a job at the Chicago Daily News at eighteen. He pursued reporting as a means to support his fiction writing, yet it was as a war correspondent that Levin found his voice. One of the first Americans to enter the c...

A novel of ambition and risk set against the backdrop of gold-driven exploration.

From the acclaimed author of Compulsion comes the saga of a Jewish family that flees Russia to become settlers of the nascent state of Israel.Proclaimed "most significant American Jewish writer of his time" by Los Angeles Times, Meyer Levin turns his journalistic eye for character and detail to an epic tale of the founding of Israel. At the turn of the twentieth century, Feigel and Yankel Chaimovitch are among the many Russian Jews caught up in the...

The family saga that began in The Settlers continues through WWII and the creation of Israel in a novel that "follows history's beat closely and knowingly" ( Kirkus Reviews).When the Chaimovitch family fled the Russian pogroms at the turn of the twentieth century, they hoped their family could flourish in Eretz Yisroel, the land of their ancestors. Twenty years later, they are thriving in Palestine and sending their youngest son Mati off to attend ...

Two lovestruck teenagers stumble toward adulthood in 1920s Chicago in a novel by "one of the best American writers working in the realistic tradition" (Norman Mailer).Johnnie didn't plan on falling for Frankie. She was too young, too naïve, and his best friend's sister to boot. But from the moment he sees her, Johnnie knows that Frankie is the only girl for him. There's only so much pretending he can do before he admits it. And there's so much to learn—about her, ab...

The Golden Mountain tells the powerful story of Jewish immigrants striving for opportunity and belonging in America. Meyer Levin captures generational conflict, cultural identity, ambition, and sacrifice with emotional depth. This audiobook is a moving work of literary fiction, immigration history, and social realism.

Eva: A Novel of the Holocaust, first published in 1959, is a fictionalized account of Ida Loew, a young Jewish girl from Poland who survived the Jewish pogroms of the Nazis and the Auschwitz camp. The book opens with the girl at age 16 leaving her home in southeastern Poland and posing as a gentile from the Ukraine named Katya. The story follows Eva as she works as a maid in the home of a prominent Austrian family in Linz (the husband is an SS officer), and then as an offi...

Science and mysticism collide in this romantic fable from the acclaimed author of Compulsion and The Old Bunch.When Félicité, a young French researcher, travels to Jerusalem to study the secrets of life alongside renowned professor Uriel Buchhalter, she is surprised to find the older man's heart as engaging as his mind. But their relationship is complicated when American scientist, Joe Schwartz—bitterly jealous of his rival's personal and professio...

In 1951, Meyer Levin’s wife gave him a copy of The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, which had just been published in France. Levin was already a successful writer in his mid-forties, searching for a way to bear witness to his experiences as a war correspondent in Europe. In Anne Frank’s diary, he found the voice he had been waiting for.The Obsession, widely regarded as one of Meyer Levin’s finest works, is a candid account of his struggle to bring his version ...

"Golden Mountain, The", authored by Meyer Levin. This edition delivers a compelling exploration of its central themes and offers readers an immersive and thought-provoking experience. It examines wide-ranging themes that will resonate with thoughtful readers. Readers can expect a clear structure: an engaging opening that establishes stakes, a sequence of scenes or essays that develop central ideas, and a concluding section that synthesizes insights and suggests practical or philosophical t...

"The Golden Mountain" is a novel written by Meyer Levin, an American author. The book was first published in 1932 and is considered one of Levin's notable works. It tells the story of a Jewish immigrant family's experiences in the United States, specifically in Chicago, during the early 20th century.The novel explores the challenges and opportunities faced by the family as they try to adapt to their new life in America. It touches on themes of assimilation, cultural identity, and t...

While energy efficiency projects could partly meet new energy demand more cheaply than new supplies, weak economic institutions in developing and transitional economies impede developing and financing energy efficiency retrofits. This book analyzes these difficulties, suggests a 3-part model for projectizing and financing energy efficiency retrofits, and presents thirteen case studies to illustrate the issues and principles involved.