In this riveting analysis, Doron Almog describes the pivotal role of the Jewish community in the United States in helping Israel fight for its independence. Though their government had its doubts, American Jews saw the righteousness of the cause of establishing a Jewish homeland after World War II and the Holocaust. In defiance of official policy and often the law, the supporters of Jewish statehood in America determinedly provided for the needs of the nascent nation, laying the groundwork for one of the most fundamental alliances in the modern Middle East. $0.99 on Kindle.
The Commitment: The Impact of American Jews on the Establishment of the State of Israel post-WWII
Warrior Lore
The echoes of Norse myth and Germanic legend resonate through these medieval Scandinavian ballads, presented here in a new English translation. You will see fighting with trolls and heroes, flyting with riddles, and flights with princesses from their raging fathers and rampaging brothers. Let these ballads of heroes sing out and remember a bygone age in the northern forests and fells. $0.99 on Kindle.
Starved For Bullets: A Collection of Scars
Fifty tantalizing poems and prose await you as medically-retired Marine, Sgt. Goodrich, brings the unsettling world of the conflicted veteran into full view. With beautifully terrifying visuals and unexpected truths, be sure to strap yourself in tight for the controversial ride ahead. Once the final page is turned, you will never again look at the Iraq and Afghanstan conflicts in quite the same way. From American politics, to disorienting battlefronts, to love an loss, and, finally, leading to the aftermath of war, you will see what it means to be a United States Marine. Learn more.
A Peek at Bathsheba
At the height of his political success, David takes a stumble, which threatens to undermine all his achievements.
He falls in love with a married woman, Bathsheba, and then tries to cover up the scandal, and have her husband, Uriah, carry his own death sentence to his commander, Joav.
Only then does regret set in.
Buying Time: Beating Swords into Plowshares
During the Cold War, with the doomsday clock at three minutes to midnight, protesters risked their lives and freedom at nuclear weapon sites. Join a rabble-rousing Catholic priest and Methodist minister, a kindergarten teacher, and a Quaker homemaker, as they beat swords into plowshares, or in this case, hammer on a B-52 bomber. Arrested and jailed, they bought the world time through doing time.
“Patricia Robertson’s book takes you down the little-trod path of heroic sacrifice in the name of faith and action.” Ken Wyatt, retired editorial writer, Jackson Citizen Patriot (Michigan).