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The children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam (Princeton classic editions)
By F. E. Peters. 2004
Comparative-religion scholar traces the development of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the sixth century BCE to the middle ages. Considers…
the scriptures, spiritual promises, communities, laws, ways of worshipping, and other topics of each religion. Discusses their confluences and divergences. 2004With heart in mind: Mussar teachings to transform your life
By Alan Morinis, E. Alan Morinis. 2014
Guide to the Mussar tradition in Judaism which emphasizes the observance of traditional Jewish law and customs. Focuses on steps…
to "acquire Torah" to enable a practitioner to internalize wisdom and transform the inner self. Traits encouraged include humility, joy, awe, closeness with friends, and favorable judging. 2014Recounts the inspiring story of the Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994), the prominent yet deeply modest leader who rebuilt a…
dwindling post-holocaust community into the most influential Jewish organization in the world, Chabad-Lubavitch. 2014Five billion years of solitude: the search for life among the stars
By Lee Billings. 2013
Journalist examines the growth of discoveries of exoplanets--planets that orbit stars other than the Sun--in the late twentieth and early…
twenty-first centuries and what it means for the identification of extraterrestrial life. Profiles astronomers and planetary scientists responsible for this batch of identified planets. 2013Narrative nonfiction account of the effort by Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal and a group of Holocaust survivors and Israeli spies…
to track down Adolf Eichmann, who orchestrated Adolf Hitler's policy of genocide during World War II. Some violence. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2013Everyday holiness: the Jewish spiritual path of Mussar
By Alan Morinis, E. Alan Morinis. 2008
Founder of the Mussar Institute discusses this spiritual path of orthodox Judaism which emphasizes clearing away the extremes of emotion,…
desire, and bad habits to allow one's inner essence to shine through. Details desirable qualities such as generosity and humility, and includes suggestions of how to practice. 2007Faraday, Maxwell, and the electromagnetic field: how two men revolutionized physics
By Basil Mahon, Nancy Forbes. 2014
Examination of the lives of Michael Faraday (1791-1867) and James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) and their contributions in the development of…
physics. Discusses Faraday's early life of poverty--and the challenges he faced because of his background--and Maxwell's ability to support Faraday's theories with mathematical formulas. 2014Your guide to the Jewish holidays: from shofar to Seder
By Matt Axelrod, Cantor Matt Axelrod. 2014
Jewish cantor takes a light-hearted look at the eleven most important Jewish holidays. Instead of simply explaining the obligations of…
the Jewish faith as expressed in biblical texts, Axelrod shows where each holiday, along with its rituals, came from in an historical context. 2014The broken and the whole: discovering joy after heartbreak : lessons from a life of faith
By Charles S. Sherman. 2014
Rabbi chronicles his son's brain-stem stroke and its impact upon his faith. Sherman explores his family's ability to find comfort…
and courage in one another and in their Jewish traditions and tells how his son's condition pointed him toward resolutions of life's biggest questions. 2014Newton's football: the science behind America's game
By Allen St. John, Ainissa G. Ramirez. 2013
Journalist St. John and engineer Ramirez examine the game of football and discuss the behavioral and mechanical science concepts behind…
it. The authors explore the notion that chaos theory--as explained to them by MacArthur Fellow Stephan Wolfram--is the underpinning for Cincinnati Bengals' coach Sam Wyche's no-huddle. 2013Theoretical physicist examines advances in brain research that once could only be imagined in science fiction. Explores possibilities such as…
connecting brains to computers to power exoskeletons for those with paralyzed limbs, learning new subjects through artificial memory, and constructing a "brain-net" to link minds across the world. Bestseller. 2014Journalist focuses on the experiences of the people working at NASA from the aftermath of the 1986 Challenger shuttle explosion…
to the July 2011 final shuttle flight. Interviews flight controllers, shuttle workers, and astronauts. Covers the 2003 loss of the Columbia. Includes foreword by astronaut Jerry Ross. 2013The new Reform Judaism: challenges and reflections
By Dana Evan Kaplan. 2013
Rabbi argues that Reform Judaism must find a clear and compelling theology to thrive in America. Traces its history and…
discusses contemporary issues of worship, practice, values, and ethics. Considers topics such as Humanistic Judaism, Messianic Jews, Jubus (Jews interested in Buddha), and Jews for Jesus. 2013The story of the Jews: finding the words, 1000 BC-1492 AD (Story of the Jews #1)
By Simon Schama. 2014
Chronicles the history of the Jewish people, from the Israelites' return to Egypt in the fifth century BC to the…
expulsion of the Sephardim from Spain in 1492. Considers the roots, growth, and evolution of Judaism. Based on the 2013 BBC and PBS television documentary series. 2013A grand complication: the race to build the world's most legendary watch
By Stacy Perman. 2013
Journalist explores the rivalry between financier Henry Graves Jr. and automobile magnate James Ward Packard to build and own the…
most remarkable watch in history. Graves and Packard spurred Swiss watchmaker Patek Phillipe to manufacture the Graves Supercomplication--the most complex mechanical watch ever created. Details early-twentieth-century watchmaking techniques. 2013The Pope and I: how the lifelong friendship between a Polish Jew and John Paul II advanced the cause of Jewish-Christian relations
By Jerzy Kluger, Gianfranco Di Simone. 2012
Autobiography recounts the author's childhood friendship in 1920s Poland with Karol Wojtyla (1920-2005), who became Pope John Paul II in…
1978. Kluger, a Jew, describes surviving World War II and reuniting with his friend after almost thirty years. Translated from Polish. 2011The Jewish festivals: a guide to their history and observance
By Hayyim Schauss, Ḥayim Shoys. 1996
Historical background for Jewish festivals and feast days. Uses details of the celebrations to help explain the basic precepts of…
Judaism. Describes the biblical origin of observances and traces the ways they have evolved. Translated from Yiddish by Samuel Jaffe with a 1996 foreword by Rabbi Harold S. Kushner. 1938A universe from nothing: why there is something rather than nothing
By Lawrence M. Krauss, Lawrence Maxwell Krauss. 2012
Arizona State University cosmologist challenges belief in a divine creator and describes modern research in quantum mechanics that suggests the…
universe originated out of nothing--and could eventually return to that. Includes afterword by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, author of The Greatest Show on Earth (DB 70102). 2012Prague winter: a personal story of remembrance and war, 1937-1948
By Madeleine Albright, Madeleine Korbel Albright. 2012
Former U.S. secretary of state chronicles the history of Czechoslovakia, where she was born in 1937 into the family of…
a Jewish diplomat who later converted to Catholicism. Relates her family's flight from Nazism and communism and traces the fate of her Jewish relatives. Companion to Madam Secretary (DB 57048). Violence. Bestseller. 2012The faith club: a Muslim, a Christian, a Jew-- three women search for understanding
By Priscilla Warner, Suzanne Oliver, Ranya Idliby. 2007
After the 9/11 attacks three American women--one Jewish, one Christian, and one Muslim--decided to collaborate on an interfaith children's book…
to show the similarities among their religions. They discovered that their own misunderstandings had to be addressed first, leading to candid dialogue as their faith club sought common ground. 2006