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Canadian non-fiction, Criticism, Christianity, Religious texts, Writing
Canada's renowned literary critic and theorist analyses the Bible as the single most important influence in the imaginative tradition of Western art and literature. 1982.
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Criticism, Writing
Meyer shows how all the greats - Homer, Sophocles, Virgil, Dante, Shakespeare and numerous other classic writers - are still… very relevant. Using his trademark approach to reading and understanding, he takes readers on an exciting voyage of discovery through some of the most important works of Western literature. 2000.
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History, Lifestyle, Judaism
Cahill continues his study of civilizations, begun in "How the Irish Saved Civilization" (DC15036), with an extended look at the… Torah. He shows how events therein, especially the Jews' belief in one God and their ability to look at reality in a whole new way, influenced civilization. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1998.
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Religion, Judaism
In this first volume of a new translation, Fox uses as his base the German translation done by Martin Buber… and Franz Rosenzweig between 1925 and 1962. Guided by the principle that the Hebrew Bible was meant to be read aloud, Fox renders a poetic version with careful attention to rhythm and sound. Includes commentaries and notes. 1995. (The Schocken Bible ; 1)
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Biography, Literature biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Writing
This is the 1970s autobiography of the journalist and historian whose life and writing influenced many Canadians. British Columbia-raised, his… life spanned some formative years of the province's political history. As a journalist he met and wrote about many prime ministers, and became recognized as an influential thinker. 1976.
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Writing
A compendium of specific tips to encourage writers to be clear, brief, and bold. This fourth edition of E.B. White's… revision of Strunk's classic style manual is modestly updated to accommodate gender references and to provide fresh examples. Contains a foreword by Roger Angell. 2000, c1979.
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History, War, Writing
Journalist Fisk has been reporting on the Middle East for the last 30 years, covering every major event from the… Algerian Civil War to the Iranian Revolution, from the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and the Gulf War to the ongoing war in Iraq. Reaching back into the long history of invasion, occupation and colonization in the region, he describes how a history of injustice "has condemned the Middle East to war." Some descriptions of violence. Some strong language. 2005.
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Religion, Judaism
New York University professor, Lawrence Schiffman, discusses the Dead Sea Scrolls, the most important collection of Jewish texts from the… centuries before the rise of Christianity. Only through efforts to understand what the scrolls can teach us about the history of Judaism is it possible for us to learn what they have to teach us about the history of Christianity, because Christianity came into being only after these texts were composed and copied. 2007.
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Judaism
An encyclopedic introduction to the tradition and rituals of the Jewish religion that covers virtually all aspects of Jewish observance.… Rabbi Trepp briefly describes the historical development of each rite and the divergent practices among Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist Jewry. 1980.
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Canadian non-fiction, Criticism, Essays, Writing
Dr. Frye has collected all his essays on Canadian writing and painting which he believes are of permanent value. Includes… his annual surveys of English Canadian poetry which originally appeared between 1950 and 1960.
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History, Lifestyle, Politics and government, Judaism, World War II
A social history of anti-Semitism from the Crucifixion to the Holocaust. Also tells the story of the Jews--their religion, politics and culture. 1988.
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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Writing
Eleanor Wachtel is one of the English-speaking world's most respected and sought-after interviewers. This book, celebrating her show's twenty-five year… anniversary, presents her conversations with legendary authors like Jonathan Franzen, Alice Munro, and J.M. Coetzee, who share their views on process, the writing life, and the hazards of literary fame. 2016.
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Music, Writing
A collection of "thirty-seven examples of the art of journalism as practiced at the Rolling Stone." The articles appeared in… issues from 1969 to 1990. The range of subjects includes actors, musicians, politics, and AIDS. Among contributors are Hunter S. Thompson, P.J. O'Rourke, and Tim Cahill. Each entry is abridged and prefaced with a note by the writer. Some strong language. 1993.
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Religion, Judaism
Opens up Jewish scriptures to non-Jews and Jews alike. It acknowledges the historical content of the Hebrew Bible without mistaking it for a history book. 2010.
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Arts and entertainment, Biography, Canadian non-fiction, Writing
The author, a journalist, tells of his experiences with various well-known figures, including David Suzuki, Margaret Laurence, and Peter Newman. 1986.
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Canadian non-fiction, Essays, Writing
A collection of newspaper essays by Montrealer Joe Fiorito, who won the 1996 National Newspaper Award for these columns. You'll… meet Milo who is seven and having the lousiest day of his life, Jackie of the Ritz, chambermaid to the stars, and Nantha, single father, man about town, as well as many others. 1997.
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Arts and entertainment, Literature, Writing
The art of storytelling is very much alive in today's world. Yashinsky has lived with storytelling all his life, first… listening to storytellers and then becoming one himself. It's the traveler who stops to hear the voice of the dusty little mouse on the road who is rewarded with the treasure. 2004.
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Canadian non-fiction, Criticism, Writing
The author writes of the imaginative mystique of the Canadian North. In discussing the work of writers like Robert Service,… Robertson Davies, Alice Munro, and Margaret Laurence, she talks of northern folklore, myth, and imagery. Originally presented as the Clarendon Lectures at Oxford University. 1995.
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Writing
From her childhood in China to the moment she won her first National Book Award, literary icon Katherine Paterson shares… the personal stories that inspired her children's books. For Junior and Senior High readers. 2014.
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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Writing
In the course of her career, which included novels as well as poetry, short stories, biography and plays, Carol Shields… was encouraging of other writers: she read and commented on her friends' manuscripts, taught writing classes, and spoke and wrote on the craft of writing. This is her guide to the writing process, from conception to publication. Drawn by her daughter and grandson from her correspondence with other writers, essays, notes, comments, criticism and lectures, it helps answer some of the most fundamental questions about writing: why we write at all, whether writing can be taught, what keeps a reader turning the pages, and how a writer knows when a work is done. 2016.