If you are looking for an excellent investment book that gives you the facts this is it. Moshe uses past performance and a Monte Carlo simulation program to 'weigh the odds' on which investments perform better than other investments and more importantly over what time horizon. A good book to go along with this is Nick Murray's book Simple Wealth Inevitable Wealth. If you are a broker like my self this will help you understand how to help your clients. If you are an investor this is a great book for you to truly understand what investing is all about and what risk really is - cause it ain't a basket of stocks - it's purchasing power.

This book is a splendid analysis of the Russian conquest of Chechnya and Daghestan between the late 1820s and early 1850s. Its central theme is the collision between imperial Russia and the Muslim peoples of the Caucasus. Gammer traces the origins of the 'Islamic revival' that occurred in the Caucasus in the second quarter of the nineteenth century and shows how, under the leadership of Imam Shamil, that revival assumed a military dimension that challenged Russia's presence in the region. Gammer insists that Shamil and his followers were by no means the 'fanatics' or 'terrorists' imagined by the Russians. He argues that Shamil was a genuine believer in God and in Islamic law; that Shamil first sought accommodation with the Russians but soon became aware that the Russians were only interested in establishing imperial hegemony in the region; that Shamil was a shrewd politician who very nearly succeeded in unifying the ethnically diverse peoples of Chechnya and Daghestan under a common Islamic banner. The book is based on profound scholarship, but it is written in a lively narrative style. The text is accompanied by helpful maps and suggestive illustrations. Although Gammer's book focuses on the nineteenth century, its subject is timely in light of the two recent wars between post-Soviet Russia and the Chechens who, since Shamil's rebellion, may never have accepted Russian rule.

An indepth look at an Amazing personality and the conditions surrounding his times. Moshe Gammer has done justice to his subject matter.

Old Jewish Folk Music comprises the collections and writings of ethnomusicologist Moshe Beregovski as edited and translated into English by Mark Slobin, professor of music at Wesleyan University. Featured are insights into Soviet and Jewish history and musicology surveying the notes and lyrics of three hundred folk songs. Each song is carefully notated exactly as it was sung, and is accompanied by Beregovski's notes on origins and variants. Old Jewish Folk Music is a superb work of impeccable scholarship and highly recommended to students of Judaic and Yiddish traditions in music, Ukrainian musical influence, and klezmer music.

The Ramchal establishes the definative "Mussar" (ethical exhortation) baseline for all time in this phenomenal piece. By establishing a ladder of ethical and behavioral levels on which we climb closer to the divine presence, Ramchal presents righteousness in a fashion which makes it both accessible and challenging to all people, regardless of their current environment. A must read for all serious seekers.

I first used this book in my freshman electrical engineering course and have kept it next to my desk through graduate school, my tenure at Bell Labs, and in my current practice. It is an excellent and unusually clear introduction to a wide variety of topics in mathematics, computer science, and information theory. I highly recommend this book.

Pirkei Avot-Ethics of the Fathers

It is a collection of ethical sayings made by Rabbis who passed down Jewish law and tradition. Pirkei Avot was compiled around the year 200 C.E.

This edition is visually beautiful and chock full of interesting commentary in well written English. I received it as a gift for my 50th birthday. It is easy to read, and a pleasure to browse through. I used this edition to teach selected sayings to a 12 year old girl from a non religious Jewish background. The commentaries sparked endless excited discussion. My student was enchanted by this edition and has requested that I buy it for her as her Bat Mitzvah gift.

This book will open you to the many possibilities. You learn new ways of thinking, moving and living. Moshe Feldenkrais has been recognized by some of the greatest minds in the last 100 years. You would not be wasting your time or money by investing in this book. Once you pick it up you will have a hard time putting it down. There is no other book on mind/body development/evolution that can match this or Moshe's The Potent Self, Awareness Through Movement and The Elusive Obvious. Pick these books up where ever you can.

wonderful,funny,it makes you want to read more nd more, esetra,esetra,esetra

Prof. Yechezkel Kaufmann (1889-1963),with its original and creative attitude, goes back 3,300 years to the period when the Israeli beliefe had been born. This comprehensive research was written from scientific-historic point of view. The main question of this great book is what can be learned from the bible books, what is being reflected in the old stories. Kaufmann is trying to prove that the Israeli monotheistic belief is an original creation from the days of Moses. From those days the monotheistic belief was the ruler power in Israel and gave this nation a special course in the history of the world. The readers will be deeply thrilled and expressed by this book, even if not everyone would agree with its conclusions.