Jason is the maintenance man for a building in Queens. He takes care of the building with devotion and love, as if it were his own child. But Jason also longs for a child of his own. He is determined to become a father at all costs, but his overprotective parents do not believe that he and his partner, Lizzie, are fit to raise a child and do everything they can to prevent him from fulfilling his wish. When a couple with a baby move into the building, Jason's desire becomes an obsession...
Read MoreThe United States of America. The attitude of the countries of the world towards the United States has always been ambivalent. In honor of the 250th anniversary of the independence of the United States, Prof. Gad Yair offers in his book This is America: Portrait of a Nation an in-depth cultural characterization of "the greatest nation in the world."
Read Moreיְלָדִים וִילָדוֹת! גְּבִירוֹתַי וְרַבּוֹתַי! קַבְּלוּ אֶת קוֹבִּי לֵץ! קוֹבִּי רוֹצֶה לִהְיוֹת לֵצָן, אֲבָל כָּל הַזְּמַן אוֹמְרִים לוֹ שֶׁלֵּצָן - זֶה לֹא רְצִינִי. הוּא מְנַסֶּה לִמְצֹא עֲבוֹדָה רְצִינִית, אֲבָל אֵיכְשֶׁהוּ תָּמִיד הַכֹּל מִסְתַּבֵּךְ לוֹ.
Read Moreעוד בילדותו שמע איתי מאמא שלו, שאם היא תידרדר בזיקנתה ותאבד קשר למי שהייתה, הוא יהיה חייב "לשים לה משהו בתה" ולגמור עם זה. היום, כשהוא רווק שדואג רק לעצמו ולחניכיו בכפר הנוער, הוא מוצא את עצמו נזרק חזרה לחיים מהם ברח לפני שלוש־עשרה שנה, ולעשות היכרות מחדש עם היחסים המורכבים עם אמו, ועם הבירוקרטיה של הזיקנה והחולי.
Read Moreבשפה הומוריסטית וציורית דן המחבר בסוגיית התדמית והסטיגמה, בוחן את כשלי התכנון האורבני, מנתח את הישגי הממסד וכישלונותיו ושופך אור על ההתמודדות הרגשית והפיזית של התושבים עם תנאי הבידוד בלב המדבר. הספר מביא את פניו האנושיות והגשמיות של חזון הפרחת השממה במלאות לו 70 שנה.
Read MoreEshkol Nevo's classic is being republished after 18 years with a new ending. In the years since its publication in 2007, 'One Wish Right' has become a cult book in Israel and Italy. It has been translated into many languages, sold over half a million copies worldwide - and continues to amaze new generations of readers.
Read MoreNew in the series of books in rhymes for little ones. On a bus sit a mother and a doe. They are traveling to a fattening sheep. Also a big elephant is riding, and a cat with a calf. Again and again and again they travel... and when will the grave arrive?
Read MoreA family novel that moves from sharp and lashing to enveloping and comforting, from a black comedy about contemporary capitalism and modern spirituality, to a heart-wrenching exploration of the lies we tell our children, our loved ones, and ourselves.
Read MoreThe long-awaited sequel to the urban fantasy, 'Heart of the Circle', has arrived – and with it come new challenges and new dangers. 'Bottom of the Well' is an opportunity not only to continue following Geva and Omer, Tamar, Shiran and Doron, but to explore additional angles and hidden corners in the imaginative world of the first book, shedding new light on old events,
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