1 - 4 of 14 results
A Convergence of Birds
Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired by the Work of Joseph Cornell
Jonathan Safran Foer has long had a passion for the work of the twentieth-century American assemblage artist Joseph Cornell. Inspired by Cornell’s avian-themed boxes, and suspecting that they would be similarly inspiring to others, Foer began to write letters. The responses he received from luminaries of American writing were nothing short of...
Jonathan Safran Foer has long had a passion for the work of the twentieth-century American...
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. Each title includes carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises . The eBook edition does not include access to additional online resources. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and...
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language....
Feasting and Fasting
The History and Ethics of Jewish Food
How Judaism and food are intertwined Judaism is a religion that is enthusiastic about food. Jewish holidays are inevitably celebrated through eating particular foods, or around fasting and then eating particular foods. Through fasting, feasting, dining, and noshing, food infuses the rich traditions of Judaism into daily life. What do the...
How Judaism and food are intertwined Judaism is a religion that is enthusiastic about food....
“Recalling the diaries of . . . Anne Frank, Ginz’s diaries reveal a budding Czech literary and artistic genius whose life was cut short by the Nazis.” — International Herald Tribune Not since Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl has such an intimately candid, deeply affecting account of a childhood compromised by Nazi tyranny come to...
“Recalling the diaries of . . . Anne Frank, Ginz’s diaries reveal a budding Czech literary and...