"Betrayal loudly rings the alarm for a somnolent American Jewry. Read it and wake others."—Daniel Pipes, President of the Middle East Forum"If you think it's time for the American Jewish community, its organizations, and its leadership, to have an honest, challenging, vigorous debate about where we are going—and what mistakes we have made—then read this important, illuminating, sometimes depressing, but ultimately inspiring, book."—Gil Troy, Distinguished Scholar of N...

Hunter Davidson (1826-1913) enjoyed one of the most remarkable careers at sea of any officer, and An Officer of Six Navies: The Life of Confederate Commander Hunter Davidson tells his swashbuckling wild story for the first time.Davidson earned his fifteen minutes of fame in May 1864 when he and his Confederate Submarine Battery Service became the first force to destroy an enemy warship using an electrically detonated torpedo. Davidson also makes the history books as the co...

Includes:•Charles River Editors original biography of Hannibal•Cornelius Nepos biography of Hannibal from Lives of Eminent Commanders•Jacob Abbotts biography entitled Hannibal•Livys History of Rome Volume III , which discusses The Second Punic War•Polybius Histories Book III, which covers the start of The Second Punic War and Hannibals victory at CannaeI will either find a way, or make one. Hannibal (Latin proverb, attributed to Hannibal in regards to crossing the Alps with his elephants)In ...

The smog beast wafted into downtown Los Angeles on July 26, 1943. Nobody knew what it was. Secretaries rubbed their eyes. Traffic cops seemed to disappear in the mysterious haze. Were Japanese saboteurs responsible? A reckless factory? The truth was much worse—it came from within, from Southern California's burgeoning car-addicted, suburban lifestyle. Smogtown is the story of pollution, progress, and how an optimistic people confronted the epic struggle against airborne poisons ba...

This volume edited by Zongo Classics contains the following classic children's novels: - A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett - Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Black Beauty by Anna Sewell - A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain - Just so Stories by Rudyard Kipling - The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang - Kidnapped by Robert Louis St...

Exploring Pittsburgh's Ups and DownsIn Pittsburgh, the elevation varies wildly, fluctuating 660 feet from highest to lowest points throughout the area and making it one of the hilliest cities in the United States. Throughout this unruly and physically challenging landscape, the city's first mass transportation system was built—a steadily expanding network of public stairways, locally referred to as city steps, these flights of stairs are a throwback to a very diffe...

A magical collection of short stories to entertain children and ease the bedtime routine including Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault, Hansel and Gretel by The Brothers Grimm and Jack and the Beanstalk and Dick Whittington by Joseph Jacobs.

ARE YOU READY TO LISTEN TO SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR AND MUST-HAVE BEDTIME STORIES FOR YOUR CHILD? IF SO, THEN KEEP READING…Do you want easy to listen bedtime stories that will improve your child’s creativity?Or popular stories that will effectively put your child to sleep in no time?Then this is the right audiobook for you!In The Most Beloved Bedtime Stories for Kids - Volume 2, you're going to discover a collection of the most beautiful classic fairy tales ...

If you’re looking for enthralling, magical fairy tales to help your child relax and find comfort at night, then keep reading!Are you looking for a great bedtime routine for your child that will help them wind down after a hectic day of school and play?Do you want to cultivate your child’s creativity and sense of wonder using some of the great classics of our time?Every parent wants two things for their children: One is to live riche...

If You’re Looking for Enthralling, Magical Fairy Tales to Help Your Child Relax and Find Comfort at Night, Then Keep Reading!Are you looking for a great bedtime routine for your child that will help them wind down after a hectic day of school and play?Do you want to cultivate your child’s creativity and sense of wonder using some of the great classics of our time?Who doesn’t?!Every parent wants two things for their children: One is to live richer, more imaginative lives; the other is to ge...

Laudato Si’ insists on a revolutionary human response to the public challenges of our time concerning the ecological crisis. The volume takes up the revolutionary spirit of Pope Francis and speaks to the economic, technological, political, educational, and religious changes needed to overcome the fragile relationships between humans and Earth. This volume identifies various systemic factors that have produced the anthropogenic ecological crisis that threatens the planet and uses the ethica...

Brother against Brother: 140 Civil War Memoirs assembles a vast documentary chorus from the American Civil War, illuminating combat, command, captivity, nursing, naval service, campaigning, and the unsettled moral terrain of national rupture. Ranging from terse battlefield recollection and military analysis to reflective autobiography and eyewitness narrative, the volume preserves the varied registers through which participants made meaning of war. Accounts of major operations stand beside...