by Glen Rotchin, The Rent Collector Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download The Rent Collector book, The fashion business meets Kabbalah in Montreal’s garment district.In a novel that does for Chabanel Street what Mordecai Richler’s The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz did for St. Urbain Street, a 36-year-old Orthodox Jew, Gershon Stein, collects rent in a large industrial building in the heart of Montreal’s needletrade. Meanwhile, he struggles to reconcile his relationship with his ailing Holocaust-survivor father, find balance in his family life, and match wits with his arch-nemesis, Joey Putkin, an Israeli leather coat manufacturer leasing the basement of his building.Gershon’s days are occupied by an array of colourful tenants: Arnie Free, who makes footwear for Hasidic Jews and strippers; Sonny Lipsey, whose shtick is giving industry characters the perfect nicknames; and the delicate Michelle Labelle, whose face seems to emit a mysterious light. If there is one thing Gershon knows, it’s that life is rented and everyone has a debt to pay: to their landlord, their family, their community, and, most of all, to their soul.
Author: Howard Schwartz Publisher: Oxford University Press Release Date: 2018-07-09 Book Size: 29.83 MB Book Format: PDF, ePub, Docs Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 368 View: 4071
by Howard Schwartz, A Palace Of Pearls Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download A Palace Of Pearls book, Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav (1772-1810) is widely considered to be one of the foremost visionary storytellers of the Hasidic movement. The great-grandson of the Ba'al Shem Tov, founder of the movement, Rabbi Nachman came to be regarded as a great figure and leader in his own right, guiding his followers on a spiritual path inspired by Kabbalah. In the last four years of his life he turned to storytelling, crafting highly imaginative, allegorical tales for his Hasidim. Three-time National Jewish Book Award winner Howard Schwartz has masterfully compiled the most extensive collection of Nachman's stories available in English. In addition to the well-known Thirteen Tales, including "The Lost Princess" and "The Seven Beggars," Schwartz has included over one hundred narratives in the various genres of fairy tales, fables, parables, dreams, and folktales, many of them previously unknown or believed lost. One such story is the carefully guarded "Tale of the Bread," which was never intended to be written down and was only to be shared with those Bratslavers who could be trusted not to reveal it. Eventually recorded by Rabbi Nachman's scribe, the tale has maintained its mythical status as a "hidden story." With utmost reverence and unfettered delight, Schwartz has carefully curated A Palace of Pearls alongside masterful commentary that guides the reader through the Rabbi's spiritual mysticism and uniquely Kabbalistic approach, ultimately revealing Rabbi Nachman to be a literary heavyweight in the vein of Gogol and Kafka. Vibrant, wise, and provocative, this book is a must-read for any lover of fairy tales and fables.
Author: Lisa Jefferson Publisher: Routledge Release Date: 2016-04-15 Book Size: 10.45 MB Book Format: PDF Category : History Languages : en Pages : 1180 View: 286
by Lisa Jefferson, The Medieval Account Books Of The Mercers Of London Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download The Medieval Account Books Of The Mercers Of London book, As the premier livery company, the Mercers Company in medieval England enjoyed a prominent role in London's governance and exercised much influence over England's overseas trade and political interests. This substantial two-volume set provides a comprehensive edition of the surviving Mercers' accounts from 1347 to 1464, and opens a unique window into the day-to-day workings of one of England's most powerful institutions at the height of its influence. The accounts list income, derived from fees for apprentices and entry fees, from fines (whose cause is usually given, sometimes with many details), from gifts and bequests, from property rents, and from other sources, and then list expenditures: on salaries to priests and chaplains, to the beadle, the rent-collector, and to scribes and scriveners; on alms payments; on quit-rents due on their properties; on repairs to properties; and on a whole host of other costs, differing from year to year, and including court cases, special furnishings for the chapel or Hall, negotiations over trade with Burgundy, transport costs, funeral costs or those for attendance at state occasions, etc. Included also in some years are ordinances, deeds and other material of which they wanted to ensure a record was kept. Beginning with an early account for 1347-48, and the company's ordinances of that year, the accounts preserved form an entire block from 1390 until 1464. The material is arranged in facing-page format, with an accurate edition of the original text mirrored by a translation into modern English. A substantial introduction describes the manuscripts in full detail and explains the accounting system used by the Mercers and the financial vocabulary associated with it. Exhaustive name and subject indexes ensure that the material is easily accessible and this edition will become an essential tool for all studying the social, cultural or economic developments of late-medieval England.
Author: Jerry Aylward Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Release Date: 2020-10-05 Book Size: 39.24 MB Book Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi Category : History Languages : en Pages : 160 View: 5231
by Jerry Aylward, Francis Two Gun Crowley S Killings In New York City Long Island Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download Francis Two Gun Crowley S Killings In New York City Long Island book, On a May morning in 1931, Nassau County police officer Fred Hirsch was gunned down by the notorious New York City gangster Francis Crowley. Nicknamed "Two Gun" for tricking and murdering cops with a second loaded firearm, Crowley left a bloody trail from the Bronx to Long Island. He shot and wounded two men at a local dance hall and a New York City police detective and murdered one of Nassau County's finest. Eventually, he was tracked to a hideout in Manhattan, where a two-hour gun battle, including more than two hundred cops and ten thousand spectators, led to his capture. His murder spree involved thousands of law enforcement personnel, stole national media attention and cut across the New York metropolitan area. Author Jerry Aylward presents the murderous life of Francis "Two Gun" Crowley from the streets of New York to the electric chair in Sing Sing.
by Diana Wynne Jones, Drowned Ammet Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download Drowned Ammet book, When his protest against the tyrannical government fails, a young boy escapes, with two other children, to the mysterious Holy Islands where they learn the power of two folk figures celebrated by their countrymen.
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett Publisher: Release Date: 2016 Book Size: 39.15 MB Book Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi Category : Gardens Languages : en Pages : 156 View: 4378
by Bengal (India). Sadr Dīwānī ʻAdālat, Decisions Of The Sudder Dewanny Adawlut Recorded In English In Conformity To Act Xii 1843 In 1845 1861 Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download Decisions Of The Sudder Dewanny Adawlut Recorded In English In Conformity To Act Xii 1843 In 1845 1861 book,
by Tony Fahey, Social Housing In Ireland Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download Social Housing In Ireland book, This study explores the living conditions and quality of life in seven urban local authority housing estates in Ireland. The research team involved paid particular attention to the perspective of the residents in each estate - their views about what made their neighbourhoods good or bad places to live, and what they had to say about their relationships with local service agencies and local authorities in particular.
Author: Samuel Lewin Publisher: Associated University Presses Release Date: 1988 Book Size: 45.78 MB Book Format: PDF, ePub, Docs Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 161 View: 5558
by Samuel Lewin, Shining Through The Clouds Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download Shining Through The Clouds book,
Author: Joseph Alfred Fisher Publisher: Release Date: 1893 Book Size: 29.83 MB Book Format: PDF, Kindle Category : Railroads Languages : en Pages : 546 View: 2127
by Joseph Alfred Fisher, Railway Accounts And Finance Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download Railway Accounts And Finance book,