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(0)David Grossman
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"From the internationally best-selling author--and revered moral voice--a remarkable novel of suffering, love, and healing, the story of three generations of women and a secret that needs to be told. The story was inspired by the life of a friend and confidante of David Grossman who, in the late 1940s, was imprisoned and tortured on the notorious Goli Otok, a barren island prison off the coast of Croatia. Grossman's telling focuses on three strong...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ora, a middle-aged Israeli mother, is on the verge of celebrating her son Ofer's release from army service when he returns to the front for a major offensive. She sets out for a hike in the Galilee, leaving no forwarding information for the "notifiers" who might darken her door with the worst possible news. Recently estranged from her husband, Ilan, she drags along their former best friend and her former lover Avram. Avram served in the army alongside...
Author
Pub. Date
1990.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In a chorus of voices, David Grossman's The Smile of the Lamb tells the story of Uri, an idealistic young Israeli soldier serving in an army unit in the small Palestinian village of Andal, in the occupied territories, and his relationship with Khilmi, a nearly blind old Palestinian storyteller. Gradually as the violent reality of the occupation that infects both the occupier and the occupied alike merges with the old man's stories, Uri, captivated...
Author
Pub. Date
1989.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In this powerful novel by one of Israel's most prominent writers, Momik, the only child of Holocaust survivors, grows up in the shadow of his parents' history. Determined to exorcise the Nazi "beast" from their shattered lives and prepare for a second holocaust he knows is coming, Momik increasingly shields himself from all feeling and attachment. But through the stories his great-uncle tells him-the same stories he told the commandant of a Nazi concentration...
7) The hug
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In The Hug, internationally renowned author David Grossman tells the moving story of the moment when Ben realizes that no two living creatures are alike-not his mother and father, their beautiful dog Miracle or the ants who march side by side at his feet and appear identical-and the loneliness he feels knowing that there is no one else quite like him in the whole world. But just as he is feeling the most alone he has ever felt, he is soothed by his...
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Bill Moyers explores the mysterious region between rationality and belief. These frank, one-on-one conversations touch on the pressing issues in our post 9/11world: the increasing politicization of faith, the perceved gulf between science and religion, the tension between tolerace and free expression and more.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen version (1.66:first).
Language
English
Description
When last we saw George, he and his bride Ursula were living in wedded bliss in the peaceful jungle. Unfortunately this is about to change. Scheming mother-in-law, Beatrice Stanhope, is not about to let her daughter and grandson hang out in the jungle forever. In an elaborate plot, she teams up with Ursula's obsessive ex-fiancé to hypnotize Ursula into leaving George and turning his beloved jungle into mulch.
18) The zigzag kid
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A whimsical, witty, and action-packed adventure about an almost-thirteen-year-old boy named Nono and his world of confusions, fears and fantasies.
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
George of the jungle : Standard version, fullscreen edition : George of the jungle second Widescreen version (1.66:first).
Language
English
Description
George of the jungle : Deep in the heart of the African jungle, the tiny sole survivor of a plane crash is being raised by gorillas. Baby George (Brendan Fraser) grows up to be abuff and lovable klutz with a forest full of animal friends. When poachers mess with George's pals, the King of Swing springs into action. Before you can say, "Watch out for that tree," George finds himself in the battle of a lifetime. Your whole family will go wild for...
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