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This work is a new edition of Thomas Jefferson's literary commonplace book, a notebook of his literary and philosophical reading. Unlike the only previous edition, published in 1928, it contains full annotation, pertinent information on the authors and works commonplaced, and a rationale for dating the entries. Thus it is now possible to show that

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A remarkable tale of empire and exile, restoring to vivid life one of the most extraordinary and colourful figures of medieval history.

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Ballobar's diary provides an unparalleled insight into late Ottoman Jerusalem - and the upheavals of wartime life in the city - and includes a detailed account of the battle amongst the local churches over control of the city's holy places.

New in paperback, this book provides original insight into the final years of Ottoman Empire.

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Jerusalem The Golden is a history of the city of Jerusalem, but it also describes how that city became the cradle of the three monotheist religions -- Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

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A portrait of Jerusalem which gives an insight into the kaleidoscopic culture of this magical city. Battle-scarred from 4000 years of violent conflict, the holy city is a sacred symbol of Judaism, Islam and Christianity and its religious wars of today reflect those of the past.

Roberto Mazza discusses the period of transition from Ottoman rule to the British administration, focusing on the socio-political changes from the nineteenth century to the twentieth, the impact of the First World War and the ongoing development of Jerusalem into the vibrant city it has become.

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From the Heinkel He 178 to the Caproni Camini N.1, this is the authoritative illustrated guide to the revolutionary aircraft that led to start of the military jet age.

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This comprehensive and analytical history of American Jews and Judaism from the Colonial Era to the present explores the impact of America on Jews and of Jews on America.

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Offers an account of the emergence of Anglo-Jewish thought in the 18th and 19th centuries. This work impels a reconsideration of the formative beginnings of modern European Jewish culture. It aims to uncover a vibrant Jewish intellectual life in England during the Enlightenment era. It is intended for students of Jewish and English history.

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Historians of the European Jewish experience have long marginalized the intellectual achievement of Jews in England, where it was assumed no seminal figures contributed to the development of modern Jewish thought. This title depicts the challenge of defining a religious identity in the modern age.

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This book describes a series of six staged economic trials conducted by the Romanian state against Jewish key officials between 1960-1964. Rozenberg places these trials in the context of the Romanian State's overall treatment of Jews and the strengthening of Gheorghiu-Dej's policy of national communism.

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The history of the Jews covers a period of over 3,500 years, with an overwhelming number of countries and lands. This book provides a chronological history of the Jews. It is suitable for readers who are interested in individual topics or periods and want a quick-reference guide to the people and places that shaped Jewish history.

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Tells the real story of how Jewish Ireland - and Dublin's Little Jerusalem in particular - made ends meet from the 1870s, when the first Lithuanian Jewish immigrants landed in Dublin, to the late 1940s, just before the community began its dramatic decline. This title examines the challenges this Dublin's Jewish population faced.

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Introduces readers to the history and culture of the Sephardic dispersion through an exploration of forty-three responsa - questions about Jewish law that Jews asked leading rabbis, and the rabbis' responses.

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This reader combines primary sources from many archival collections with contextual background on key aspects of Jewish life during the Holocaust. It calls into question prevailing perceptions of Jews as a homogenous, faceless, or passive mass of victims, helping to complicate student understanding of the complexities inherent in Holocaust history.