With the publication of Elijah Visible, Thane Rosenbaum emerged as a fresh and important new voice on the American literary scene, a young writer in the great Jewish storytelling tradition of Isaac Bashevis Singer and Isaac Babel. In this haunting debut, Rosenbaum weaves together nine postmodern tales about Adam Posner, a young man determined to climb the American corporate ladder, who finds himself paralyzed by he legacy of the Holocaust. Encumbered by the psychic screams of his deceased parents, Posner embodies the disintegration, as well as the spiritual search, of the modern Jewish family. Rosenbaum's stunning portrait of the post-Holocaust world will resonate with contemporary readers of all backgrounds.

A collection of stories juxtaposing the jaded, materialistic lives of America's affluent Jews with those of their tormented ancestors. A portrait of two generations, suggesting the Holocaust was a prologue to the disintegration of the Jewish family.

Winner of the 1997 National Jewish Book Award for Jewish Thought, "Stalking Elijah" traces Rodger Kamenetz's rollicking and profound cross-country journey in search of the great teachers revitalizing Judaism today.

The prophet Elijah, traditional guest at the Passover seder, impatiently waits outside the door until it is his turn to come inside and join the celebration.

Nothing could be more important than the health of our children, and no one is better suited to examine the threats against it than Sandra Steingraber. Once called "a poet with a knife," she blends precise science with lyrical memoir. In Living Downstream she spoke as a biologist and cancer survivor; in Having Faith she spoke as an ecologist and expectant mother, viewing her own body as a habitat. Now she speaks as the scientist mother of two young children, enjoying and celebrating their lives while searching for ways to protect them -- and all children -- from the toxic, climate-threatened world they inhabit Each chapter of this engaging and unique book focuses on one inevitable ingredient of childhood -- everything from pizza to laundry to homework to the "Big Talk" -- and explores the underlying social, political, and ecological forces behind it. Through these everyday moments, Steingraber demonstrates how closely the private, intimate world of parenting connects to the public world of policy-making and how the ongoing environmental crisis is, fundamentally, a crisis of family life.

Elijah A leader called by God, a hero of the faith, champion of God's cause, fearless opponent of the forces of evil. A man racked by self-doubt, stressed out, and ready to give up. You know that you've been called by God to stand up for Him in an evil age, to be unpopular--even persecuted--at times, yet to bring people into the Christian faith. Let Elijah's story encourage you. Welcome to reality, where victory stems from honesty, not denial.

Highlights the life and accomplishments of the Canadian-born black American who developed an oil cup that allowed train engines to be oiled while the train was running, as well as many other inventions.