Description: THE STORY OF THE JEWSFinding the Words1000 BC - 1492 AD by Simon Schama ecco (HarperCollins Publishers), New York, 2014. Hardcover. A Great Gift Idea ! ~ for a friend ~ or just for yourself !!! SIGNED! SIGNED & DATED! SIGNED! Beautiful ! Brand New ! 1st US Edition, 1st Printing! SIGNED & DATED (3/19/14, one day after the book was released!) personally by Simon Schama directly on the title page.(NOT signed to anyone) BONUS: Photos of Simon Schama at his San Francisco signing event, plus the event flier, will be included with the book.Book is Brand New and unread. No marks or inscriptions. Opened only to be signed. Full number line - 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Dust jacket is in Brand New Condition, bright, clean, NOT price-clipped. In a protective removable mylar cover. A Must Have for any Simon Schama or Jewish History fan !!! ~ A Beautiful Collectible, Autographed 1st US Edition/1st Printing for Collectors ~ In this magnificently illustrated cultural history—the tie-in to the PBS and BBC series The Story of the Jews—Simon Schama details the story of the Jewish experience, tracing it across three millennia, from their beginnings as an ancient tribal people to the opening of the New World in 1492 to the modern day. It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds. It spans the millennia and the continents—from India to Andalusia and from the bazaars of Cairo to the streets of Oxford. It takes you to unimagined places: to a Jewish kingdom in the mountains of southern Arabia; a Syrian synagogue glowing with radiant wall paintings; the palm groves of the Jewish dead in the Roman catacombs. And its voices ring loud and clear, from the severities and ecstasies of the Bible writers to the love poems of wine bibbers in a garden in Muslim Spain. In The Story of the Jews, the Talmud burns in the streets of Paris, massed gibbets hang over the streets of medieval London, a Majorcan illuminator redraws the world; candles are lit, chants are sung, mules are packed, ships loaded with spice and gems founder at sea. And a great story unfolds. Not—as often imagined—of a culture apart, but of a Jewish world immersed in and imprinted by the peoples among whom they have dwelled, from the Egyptians to the Greeks, from the Arabs to the Christians. Which makes the story of the Jews everyone's story, too.Reviews“Award-winning Columbia University historian Schama . . . brings to bear his gift for synthesizing mountains of information into a well-crafted, accessible narrative in this impressive volume that spans nearly 2,500 years and serves as a companion volume to a PBS series.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review)) “A multifaceted story artfully woven by an expert historian.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review)) “Schama has written an unconventional but masterful and deeply felt history of his people…” (Booklist (starred review)) “Mr. Schama’s The Story of the Jews is exemplary popular history. It’s engaged, literate, alert to recent scholarship and, at moments, winningly personal.” (New York Times) “In his brilliant new history of the Jews, the unconventional scholar somehow manages to be simultaneously sentimental and subversive, consensual and contrarian - and we readers are the beneficiaries.” (Haaretz (English edition)) About the Author Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University in New York. His award-winning books include Scribble, Scribble, Scribble; The American Future: A History; National Book Critics Circle Award winner Rough Crossings; The Power of Art; The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age; Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution; Dead Certainties (Unwarranted Speculations); Landscape and Memory; Rembrandt's Eyes; and the History of Britain trilogy. He has written and presented forty television documentary films for the BBC, PBS, and The History Channel, including the Emmy-winning Power of Art, on subjects that range from John Donne to Tolstoy. PLEASE NOTE: We have several signed copies of this book, and the signature you receive may vary slightly from the one pictured. Please check out my other items! *** FREE PRIORITY MAIL SHIPPING TO US RESIDENTS *** Shipping & Handling: Standard shipping to U.S. buyers is via USPS Priority Mail. Express Mail is available upon request for additional fees . International rates vary depending on destination. Please email questions. All books are padded securely in bubble wrap to prevent damage. Payments: We accept PayPal. (Please note that if payment is made by echeck, shipping will be delayed until echeck is cleared). All items must be paid for within 5 days or will be re-listed.
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