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Making History
'A huge, fizzing omnium-gatherum of a book . . . marvellous' Daily Telegraph 'Witty, wise and elegant . . . a classic of history itself' The Spectator 'Grave and witty, suave yet pointed . . . full of energy' Hilary Mantel 'An enthralling investigation . . . consistently entertaining' The Times 'Epic . . . whatever Cohen writes about he writes about with brio' New Yorker Who writes the past? And how do the biases of storytellers - whether Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare or Simon Schama - influence our ideas about history today? Epic, authoritative and entertaining, Making History delves into the lives of those who have charted human history - professional historians, witnesses, novelists,...
Chasing the Sun
The Sun is so powerful, so much bigger than us, that it is a terrifying subject. Yet though we depend on it, we take it for granted. Amazingly the first book of its kind, CHASING THE SUNis a cultural and scientific history of our relationship with the star that gives us life. Richard Cohen, applying the same mix of wide-ranging reference and intimate detail that won outstanding reviews for By the Sword, travels from the ancient Greek astronomers to modern-day solar scientists, from Stonehenge to Antarctica (site of the solar eclipse of 2003, when penguins were said to sing), Mexico's Aztecs to the Norwegian city of Tromso, where for two months of the year there is no Sun at all. He introduce...
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Israel: Is It Good for the Jews?
A very personal journey through Jewish history (and Richard Cohen’s own), and a passionate defense of Israel’s legitimacy. Richard Cohen’s book is part reportage, part memoir—an intimate journey through the history of Europe’s Jews, culminating in the establishment of Israel. A veteran, syndicated columnist for The Washington Post, Cohen began this journey as a skeptic, wondering in a national column whether the creation of a Jewish State was “a mistake.” As he recounts, he delved into his own and Jewish history and fell in love with the story of the Jews and Israel, a twice-promised land—in the Bible by God, and by the world to the remnants of Europe’s Jews. This promise, ...
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New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs.
Volume contains: 128 NY APP 555 (McKuskie v. Hendrickson) 128 NY APP 658 (Seeber v. Amer. M. & M. Co.) 128 NY APP 659 (Quinlan v. Stratton) 128 NY APP 680 (Schultz v. Mead) 128 NY APP 680 (Munro v. Smith) 129 NY APP 38 (Munro v. Tousey) 129 NY APP 38 (Munro v. Tousey) 129 NY APP 96 (Drexel v. Pease) 129 NY APP 619 (Munro v. Tousey) 129 NY APP 619 (Munro v. Tousey) 129 NY APP 619 (Altmayer v. N.Y. E. R.R. Co. & M. Ry. Co.)
Dr. Richard Cohen
Died Jan. 8 1998.
