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A treasury of religious thought and faith--places the symbolic world of the Bible in its original context.

Jews, Christians, and Muslims supposedly share a common religious heritage in the patriarch Abraham, and the idea that he should serve only as a source of unity among the three traditions has become widespread in both scholarly and popular circles. But in Inheriting Abraham, Jon Levenson reveals how the increasingly conventional notion of the three equally "Abrahamic" religions derives from a dangerous misunderstanding of key biblical and Qur'anic texts, fails to do full justice to any of the traditions, and is often biased against Judaism in subtle and pernicious ways.

A fascinating slice of true-crime history that unfolds in 1695, when law enforcement was unheard of and modern money was little more than a concept

When renowned scientist Isaac Newton took up the post of Warden of His Majesty s Mint in London, another kind of genius a preternaturally gifted counterfeiter named William Chaloner had already taken up residence in the city, rising quickly in an unruly, competitive underworld. In the courts and streets of London, and amid the tremors of a world being transformed by ideas Newton himself had set in motion, Chaloner crosses...

"The musical finds endless nuances in the relationships among its characters, and makes room for some leavening humor, too. . . . it should also appeal to just about anyone who has ever felt, at some point in life, that he or she was trapped 'on the outside looking in, ' as one lyric has it. Which is just about everybody with a beating heart."--Charles Isherwood, The New York Times

"Smartly crafted, emotionally open-hearted and ideally cast, it's a new musical that has been embraced by millennials--yet its appeal is...

Creativity and Feature Writing explores how to generate ideas in feature writing. Using clear explanations, examples and exercises, experienced feature writer and teacher Ellie Levenson highlights how feature writers, editors and bloggers can generate ideas and how to turn these into published, paid for articles.

A variety of approaches to idea generation are explored including getting feature ideas from:

• objects, your own life and the lives of others
• the news and non-news articles, including books, leaflets, the internet and...