The RiverWoods revolution

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Amos Oz

"Notebook in hand, Amos Oz traveled throughout Israel and the West Bank -- to cities, towns, and obscure corners -- to talk with workers, soldiers, religious zealots, aging pioneers, new immigrants, desperate Arabs, young fanatics, dreamers, and visionaries. He asked them where Israel had come from, where it was now, where it was headed. What he heard is memorably recorded here in their distinctive voices, alongside Oz's keen descriptions, observations, and reflections. Oz tells the truth as he sees it and others see it, with courage and brutal frankness. This scrupulously is accurate, but passionate, reporting on the most urgent questions facing Israel today"--Publisher's description

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Pär Lagerkvist

Barabbas, the thief, was acquitted when Christ was crucified, but he cannot put the thought of that man out of his mind. He finds himself drawn to the Christians who remain.

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compiled with a foreword by Ernest Jerome Hopkins

Contains: One of the missing -- A baffled ambuscade -- The affair at Coulter's Notch -- A son of the gods -- One kind of officer -- A tough tussle -- Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Chickamauga -- The coup de grâce -- One officer, one man -- The story of a conscience -- Parker Adderson, philosopher -- An affair of outposts -- Jupiter Doke, brigadier-general -- A horseman in the sky -- The mocking-bird -- George Thurston -- Killed at Resaca -- Three and one are one -- Two military executions -- The major's tale -- A resumed identity -- A man with two lives -- The other lodgers -- A bivouac of the dead

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Geoffrey Blainey

'Black kettle and full moon' is a guided tour of vanished Australia. It covers the years from the first gold rush to World War 1. Blainey paints a fascinating picture of how our forebears lived and looks at aspects of social life.