Schwartz: 1127 books
Short
Walking Tall When You're Not Tall At All
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
A SURVIVAL GUIDE TO GROWING UP SHORT. Part science book, part memoir—a
book for everyone concerned about looking (or feeling) different.
When veteran journalist John Schwartz took a close look at famous height studies, he made a surprising discovery: being short doesn't have to be a disadvantage!...
by Terese Pencak Schwartz
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2012
Eleven million people were killed in the Holocaust. Almost six million of these were Jewish - Hitler's most recognized victims. But, five million were not Jewish. Who were these other victims?
The author, a Jewish convert of Polish Catholic descent, whose uncle was murdered by Nazi soldiers,...
Inside Gilligan's Island: From Creation to Syndication
From Creation to Syndication
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2010
While every new TV series has to face some problems, no show had to overcome greater obstacles than Gilligan's Island. In spite of that, no series has achieved greater success, as measured by the fact that Gilligan's Island has given rise to three TV movies, two animated series, and is the most rerun...
The Zionist Paradox
Hebrew Literature and Israeli Identity
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Many contemporary Israelis suffer from a strange condition. Despite the obvious successes of the Zionist enterprise and the State of Israel, tension persists, with a collective sense that something is wrong and should be better. This cognitive dissonance arises from the disjunction between “place”...
The First Modern Jew
Spinoza and the History of an Image
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2012
Pioneering biblical critic, theorist of democracy, and legendary conflater of God and nature, Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) was excommunicated by the Sephardic Jews of Amsterdam in 1656 for his "horrible heresies" and "monstrous deeds." Yet, over the past three centuries, Spinoza's...
by Dana Schwartz
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
A"hilarious and heartbreaking" (Jo Piazza) and unflinchingly honest memoir about one young woman's terrible and life-changing decisions while hoping--and sometimes failing--to find herself, in the style of Never Have I Ever and Adulting.
Join Dana Schwartz on a journey revisiting...
Remembering Chapel Hill
The Twentieth Century As We Lived It
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
Since the 1789 charter of the country’s first state university, Chapel Hill has attracted people from all over who found that the town was the perfect place to put down roots. In this collection, local newspaper columnist Valarie Schwartz celebrates many of Chapel Hill’s most notable residents, from...
by M Schwartz
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2012
The Companion to the cult classic, “How to get the most bang for your buck in Thailand”
A year after I published “How to get the most Bang for your buck in Thailand, the results are in. The amazing and at times overwhelmingly positive responses I received from readers has made it one...
by Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
An injury at birth left Audrey with a wandering eye. Though flawed, the bad eye functions well enough to permit her an idiosyncratic view of the world, one she welcomes in the stifling postwar Brooklyn of the 1950s. During a journey to Manhattan to see a doctor about her sight, she begins to explore...
Unplug
A Simple Guide to Meditation for Busy Skeptics and Modern Soul Seekers
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
A modernized approach to meditation that will appeal to anyone, even if - especially if - you believe you have no time, you can't sit still, or that "it's just not you."
Whether you're a Fortune 500 CEO or someone bogged down with a never-ending to-do list, the proven secret to being...
Water in Plain Sight
Hope for a Thirsty World
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
Water scarcity is on everyone's mind. Long taken for granted, water availability has entered the realm of economics, politics, and people's food and lifestyle choices. But as anxiety mounts - even as a swath of California farmland has been left fallow and extremist groups worldwide exploit the desperation...
Shifting Voices
Feminist Thought and Women's Writing in Fin-de-Siècle Austria and Hungary
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
The organized women's movement in Austria-Hungary became increasingly important with the rise of modernism and feminist concerns ranging from women's legal and political rights, access to education, professional opportunities, economic independence, and sexual freedom found expression in print. Agatha...
Cancer Fitness
Exercise Programs for Patients and Survivors
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2008
Increase your survival odds by creating and following an exercise program that counteracts the side effects of your treatment, speeds your recovery, and reduces your risk of recurrence.
Most cancer patients and survivors think that "rest" will decrease their fatigue and speed their recovery. But in...
The Last Lone Inventor
A Tale of Genius, Deceit, and the Birth of Television
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In a story that is both of its time and timeless, Evan I. Schwartz tells a tale of genius versus greed, innocence versus deceit, and independent brilliance versus corporate arrogance. Many men have laid claim to the title "father of television," but Philo T. Farnsworth is the true genius...