Shapira: 34 books
Yosef Haim Brenner
A Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Based on previously unexploited primary sources, this is the first comprehensive biography of Yosef Haim Brenner, one of the pioneers of Modern Hebrew literature. Born in 1881 to a poor Jewish family in Russia, Brenner published his first story, "A Loaf of Bread," in 1900. After being drafted...
Sacred Fire
Torah from the Years of Fury 1939-1942
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2002
Sacred Fire: Torah from the Years of Fury (1939-1942) consists of commentaries on each weekly Torah portion. It also includes a number of lengthy sermons delivered on the major Jewish Festivals as well as a few discourses alluding to people loved and lost. Because writing is not permitted on the Sabbath,...
A New Wrinkle
What I Learned from Older People Who Never Acted Their Age
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
Aging is a mystery for mostsomething that just happens, a complex labyrinth. In A New Wrinkle, author and clinical gerontologist Eric Z. Shapira provides a wide range of information to help people adapt to aging and make it their friend. Designed as a model on how to be prepared for the aging process,...
Mismanagement, “Jumpers,” and Morality
Covertly Concealed Managerial Ignorance and Immoral Careerism in Industrial Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Executives’ morality and ethics became major research topics following recent business scandals, but the research missed a major explanation of executives’ immorality: career advancement by "jumping" between firms that causes ignorance of job-pertinent tacit local knowledge, tempting...
The Evolution of a New Industry
A Genealogical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
The Evolution of a New Industry traces the emergence and growth of the Israeli hi-tech sector to provide a new understanding of industry evolution.
In the case of Israel, the authors reveal how the hi-tech sector built an entrepreneurial culture with a capacity to disseminate intergenerational...
Man schießt und weint
Gespräche mit israelischen Soldaten nach dem Sechstagekrieg
Language: German
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Die andere Seite des Krieges – Gespräche mit den Soldaten des Sechstagekriegs Nach dem Sechstagekrieg von 1967 initiierte Avraham Shapira zusammen mit Amos Oz das wohl einflussreichste israelische Buch: "Gespräche mit israelischen Soldaten". Es entstand, als "nach dem Sechstagekrieg...
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Wie ich der deutscheste Jude der Welt wurde
Language: German
Release Date: May 21, 2016
Respektlos, witzig, klug: ein Buch über Deutsche, Juden, Muslime – und einen Nazi mit Wolfgang-Petry-Frisur. Silvester 2015 wurde ein junger Israeli in der Berliner U-Bahn von antisemitische Parolen grölenden Kerlen zusammengeschlagen. Ein Mediengewitter war die Folge, PEGIDA solidarisierte sich,...
Antidemocracy in America
Truth, Power, and the Republic at Risk
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
On Election Day in 2016, it seemed unthinkable to many Americans that Donald Trump could become president of the United States. But the victories of the Obama administration hid from view fundamental problems deeply rooted in American social institutions and history. The election’s consequences...
A Student's Obligation
Advice from the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1995
The last hasidic rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto explores many facets of spiritual growth and character development.
Growing Up Grizzly
The True Story of Baylee and Her Cubs
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
The True Story of a Big-Hearted Bear is a factual story of a mother grizzly bear named Baylee, her three cubs, and a two-year-old grizzly who Baylee adopts into their family. Grizzly bears are extremely protective of their young and generally do not tolerate other bears. However, Baylee raised her adopted...
by Robert L. Peurifoy, Clifford J. Schexnayder, Robert Schmitt
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018
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Fully updated coverage of construction planning techniques and equipment technology
Construction...
Hadoop Application Architectures
Designing Real-World Big Data Applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Get expert guidance on architecting end-to-end data management solutions with Apache Hadoop. While many sources explain how to use various components in the Hadoop ecosystem, this practical book takes you through architectural considerations necessary to tie those components together into a complete...
Kafka: The Definitive Guide
Real-Time Data and Stream Processing at Scale
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
Every enterprise application creates data, whether it’s log messages, metrics, user activity, outgoing messages, or something else. And how to move all of this data becomes nearly as important as the data itself. If you’re an application architect, developer, or production engineer new to Apache...
Conscious Community
A Guide to Inner Work
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 1977
Within this volume, Reb Kalonymus teaches the art of self-observation with an emphasis on organizing and running a spiritual community. The reader is exhorted to be mindful of God at all times, with specific advice given for enhancing the experience of prayer. By addressing adults who are not withdrawn...