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January 2010 at Josephs Bookstore & Cafe Also

Monday 11th January, 8-00pm    Josephs Bookstore
Society for Jewish Study
Dr DIANA LIPTON, Lecturer in Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies and Deputy-Head of the Dept of Theology & Religious Studies, Kings College London, will discuss:
Thinking about Jewish History with Hanina ben Teradion
Non members 5-00   Booking advised    (020 8731 7575 or info@josephsbookstore.com)

February Dates for your Diary:

Monday 1st February, 8-00pm    Joseph’s Bookstore
Society for Jewish Study
Rabbi Dr NORMAN SOLOMON, Oxford University Unit for Research and Teaching in Hebrew and Jewish Studies, & President of the Society will discuss:
Making the Talmud Make Sense
Dr Solomon will talk about the challenges he encountered when editing a new translation of excerpts from the Babylonian Talmud for the Penguin Classics series.
The Talmud: A Selection – Selected, Translated and Edited by Norman Solomon (Penguin Classics, Pb 16-99)
Non members 5-00   Booking advised    (020 8731 7575 or info@josephsbookstore.com)

Thursday 11th February, 7-45pm     Joseph’s Bookstore
The CAHIER Series
Lost and Found by Alison Leslie Gold
Reading & discussion to celebrate the launch of
Lost and Found by Alison Leslie Gold (Sylph Editions / American University of Paris, Pb 10-00) New Yorker Gold, celebrated for her book with Miep Gies, Anne Frank Remembered,will discuss and read from Lost and Found, a personal memoir centered on recent losses of loved ones, and the various findings that alleviate this darkness. The tale is set within the wider context of the displacement of European Jewry in the 20th century.
Lost and Found is complemented by 13 paintings from the artist Charlotte Salomons masterpiece Leben? oder Teater?
The Cahiers Series, beautifully designed and bound limited editions, are published in association with Sylph Editions and the Centre for Writers & Translators at the American University of Paris.
This event is free of charge. Booking is advised. To reserve a place please contact us on 020 8731 7575 or at info@josephsbookstore.com.

RECENT BOOKS OF INTEREST…

Fiction Hardback
The Glass Room – Simon Mawer (16-99)
The Humbling – Phillip Roth (12-99)
Brooklyn – Colm Toibin (17.99)
The Kindly Ones – Jonathan Littell (20.00)
Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel (18-99)
A Designated Man – Moris Farhi (12-99)

Fiction Paperback
Songs for the Butcher’s Daughter – Peter Manseau (10.95)
Day After Night – Anita Diamant (12.99)
The Children’s Book – AS Byatt (7-99)
Little Stranger – Sarah Waters (7-99)
Juliet, Naked – Nick Hornby (7-99)
The Immigrant – Manju Kapur (7-99)

Non- Fiction Hardback
A Fine Romance: Jewish American Songwriters – Lehman (14-99)
Opera for Everybody: The Story of the ENO – Susie Gilbert (25-00)
Superfreakonomics – Steven D. Levitt (20.00)
Holy Warriors – Jonathan Phillips (20-00)
Defence of the Enlightenment – Tzvetan Todorov (16-99)

Non- Fiction Paperback
Solomon Schonfeld: A Purpose in Life – Derek Taylor (16-95)
Everyday Drinking – Kingsley Amis (7-99)
Colossal Failure of Common Sense – Larry McDonald (7-99)
House of Wittgenstein – Alexander Waugh (9-99)
Writing in the Dark – David Grossman (8-99)

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