At Old Saratoga Books we have a few glittering biblio-baubles for you to consider for gift giving this holiday season. We've discounted these books for our blog readers so if you are interes… Read More
Bookish events in Texas for the week of December 14 - 20, 2015: Special Events:Long-Bin Chen's The Book Garden sculpture exhibit, San Antonio, December 10 - February 20Monday, December… Read More
Our E-list No. 4: Photography has just been issued and highlights some unique, signed and otherwise interesting books on photography, photographic ephemera and original photographs. Here is… Read More
Join Shalom Hartman Institute North America President Yehuda Kurtzer as he discusses the tensions between Jewish memory and Jewish history and how he was inspired by Vishniac’s photogr… Read More
On the 19th of August 1897, one of the world’s most remarkable microbiologists and naturalist photographers, Roman Vishniac was born in Pavlovsk, the Russian Empire. Within the ar… Read More
Photographer Roman Vishniac created some of the most iconic images of Jewish life in Europe before the Holocaust, documenting a world that would soon vanish. He also chronicled the rise of N… Read More
Photographer Roman Vishniac created some of the most iconic images of Jewish life in Europe before the Holocaust, documenting a world that would soon vanish. He also chronicled the rise of N… Read More
Between 1935 and 1938 photographer Roman Vishniac explored the cities and villages of Eastern Europe, capturing life in the Jewish shtetlekh of Poland, Romania, Russia, and Hungary, communit… Read More
Between 1935 and 1938 photographer Roman Vishniac explored the cities and villages of Eastern Europe, capturing life in the Jewish shtetlekh of Poland, Romania, Russia, and Hungary, communit… Read More
Medical equipment, air circulation machinery, announcements and staff pages create a cacophony of sounds 24/7 that can stress patients, staff and visitors alike, said Ilene Busch-Vishniac, a… Read More
While I was browsing the net, I stumbled upon a very unique subject. Thus, I preferred to share it with other fellows perfume enthusiasts.
Could each certain perfume posses a unique non-re… Read More
Solar flares, similar to many other astrophysical energetic processes, are related to magnetic reconnection. During these events magnetic energy is transferred from other forms of energy, mo… Read More
Magnetic reconnection is a key process in astrophysical and space plasmas that converts magnetic energy into other forms of energy. It drives gamma-ray bursts, solar flares, and accelerates… Read More