Most Popular Books by Amos

John Amos Comenius''s The Great Didactic stands as one of the most influential educational treatises of the 17th century and a foundational text in the history of pedagogy. Written during an era of religious conflict and intellectual upheaval, the book outlines Comenius''s radical vision for universal education based on reason, nature, and the innate dignity of every human being. He believed education should begin at birth and be available to all—regardless of class, gender, or nation—making him a true pioneer of democratic, inclusive schooling. Structured as both philosophy and method, the work discusses how knowledge should be taught in stages aligned with human development, emphasizing sensory experience, repetition, and joy in learning. Comenius advocated instruction in the vernacular and the use of illustrations and real-life examples to make abstract concepts accessible. He also believed that schools should be nurturing environments—not prisons for the mind—and that teachers must be compassionate guides, not authoritarian enforcers. His educational model was spiritual as well as intellectual, seeking to cultivate wisdom, virtue, and reverence for divine order. The Great Didactic influenced generations of thinkers and laid groundwork for modern education systems worldwide. For educators, historians, and philosophers alike, Comenius''s work remains a profound call to reform learning not merely as an academic process, but as a sacred and universal human right.

《爱与黑暗的故事》 It is the story of a boy growing up in the war-torn Jerusalem of the forties and fifties, in a small apartment crowded with books in twelve languages and relatives speaking nearly as many. 《爱与黑暗的故事》是当今以色列最富影响力的作家阿摩司·奥兹的自传体长篇小说，一向被学界视为奥兹最优秀的作品。短短五年，便翻译成二十多种文字，曾夺得2005年“歌德文化奖”，2007年入围“国际布克奖”。小说以耶路撒冷做为主要背景，以娓娓动人的笔法向读者展示出百余年一个犹太家族的故事与民族历史，既带你走进一个犹太家庭，了解其喜怒哀乐；又使你走近一个民族，窥见其得失荣辱。

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Considered magicians of the ingredient world, gums (hydrocolloids) are used in a variety of food applications. They possess excellent thickening, binding, emulsifying, suspension, and viscosity properties. The first comprehensive reference produced on gums in 60 years, this work is organized by taxonomy. Each entry contains the botanical name and synonyms of the tree from which it is exuded, common names, geographic distribution, chemical characteristics and structural features, physical properties, and industrial and food applications. The uses of other parts of the trees from which the gums originate are also detailed. Entries are illustrated with color photos and line drawings.

“Superb… The first critical analysis of Israel written from within... It''s a deliberate act of self-awareness, exploring how a people got where they are.” — Time “The most illuminating, even-handed, candid appraisal of the contemporary Jewish condition yet to appear” — Newsweek “[A] penetrating, profound, explosive essay-analysis of the Israelis and the Jews... Elon is that very rare writer of contemporary history who can sincerely and honestly see and sympathize with the irreconcilable forces of so suicidal a death-embrace as the Israeli-Arab struggle... a moving, enlightening, stimulating book... this book is a beacon.” — David Schoenbrun, The New York Times “Amos Elon should be praised... he has written the most acute, even-handed portrait yet of the perennially controversial Israelis... he has created a portrait that is as complex as it is palpable.” — Roger Jellinek, The New York Times “An instant bestseller in Hebrew, and in English from 1971, it became required reading in schools and mirrored the lives of Israelis.” — The Guardian “[A] superb book” — The Nation “Amos Elon’s The Israelis stands out as a uniquely valuable book” — Commentary Magazine

''The Palm-Wine Drinkard'' is the phantasmagorical story of an alcoholic man and his search for his dead wine tapster. As he travels through the land of the dead, he encounters a host of supernatural and often terrifying beings - among them the ''complete gentleman'' who returns his body parts to their owners, the insatiable ''hungry-creature'', and his own pyromaniac son.

Efforts to construct a Christian theology of religions have inevitably stumbled on the Christian scandal of particularity--the historical Jesus of Nazareth. What, however, if we began by focusing on the universal presence and activity of God in the world as symbolized by the Holy Spirit? Yong develops just such a pneumatological approach to religions, drawing, by way of resource, on the Pentecostal-charismatic experience of the Spirit. This book thus invites Pentecostals, charismatics, and other Christians to conceive of how a pneumatological approach to religions can invigorate the wider ecumenical conversation. At the same time, it also brings recent Pentecostal-charismatic scholarship into dialogue with a broader audience, including those interested in philosophical theology, world religions, global spiritualities, and comparative religion and theology.

The acclaimed author presents "three passionate lectures about the state of politics in Israel" in this "humorous, mournful, enraged, and uplifting" volume ( Kirkus). A National Jewish Book Award Finalist Israeli author Amos Oz has won numerous awards for his novels capturing the cultural and political complexities of his country, including the Frankfurt Peace Prize, the Primo Levi Prize, and the National Jewish Book Award. But these essays on the universal nature of fanaticism and its possible cures, on the Jewish roots of humanism and the need for a secular pride in Israel, and on the geopolitical standing of Israel in the wider Middle East and internationally, "may contain his most urgent message yet." (Ruth Eglash, Washington Post). These essays were written, Oz states, "first and foremost" for his grandchildren: they are a patient, learned telling of history, religion, and politics, to be thumbed through and studied, clung to even, as we march toward an uncertain future. "Concise, evocative . . . Dear Zealots is not just a brilliant book of thoughts and ideas—it is a depiction of one man''s struggle, who for decades has insisted on keeping a sharp, strident and lucid perspective in the face of chaos and at times of madness." —David Grossman, winner of the Man Booker International Prize

"An exemplary instance of a writer using his craft to come to grips with what is happening politically and to illuminate certain aspects of Israeli society that have generally been concealed by polemical formulas." --"The New York Times" Notebook in hand, Amos Oz traveled throughout Israel and the West Bank in the early 1980s to talk with workers, soldiers, religious zealots, aging pioneers, new immigrants, desperate Arabs, and visionaries, asking them questions about Israel''s past, present, and future. What he heard is set down here in those distinctive voices, alongside Oz''s observations and reflections. A classic insider''s view of a land whose complex past and troubled present make for an uncertain future. "Oz''s vignettes . . . wondrously re-create whole worlds with an economy of words." --"Philadelphia Inquirer"

La boîte noire, celle qui enregistre les dialogues des pilotes, restitue, sous forme de lettres échangées entre Alec et Ilana, après sept années d''éloignement et de silence, leur vie passée. Alec Gidéon, intellectuel de renommée internationale, vit aux Etats-Unis ; ses rapports exacerbés avec son ex-femme Ilana, révèlent un homme blessé, qui n''a pas su oublier. Ilana, agaçante, passionnée, s''écoutant écrire, n''aura de cesse qu''Alec revienne. Michel Sommo, pied-noir, partisan du Grand Israël, deuxième mari d''Ilana à qui il voue un amour total, se laissera corrompre par l''argent d''Alec qu''il lui aura extorqué. Et Boaz, fils d''Alec et d''Ilana, graine de voyou, est le symbole d''une certaine jeunesse, lasse des guerres qui veut " prendre du bon temps ". Tels sont les acteurs de ce roman des affrontements, dans lequel ce qui est exprimé n''a souvent qu''un lointain rapport avec la réalité : Amos Oz change de registre et se renouvelle dans cette histoire d''amour où la violence, l''érotisme et l''humour servent de révélateurs à un Israël contemporain.

This third edition of an established textbook for students of political science presents all the changes made to the United Nations since 1992