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The Russian Countess
Edith Sollohub
ISBN: 978 0 9556239 5 0 (£18.99)
Format: HB
20 llustrations
Publication: 1 July 2009
Countess Edith Sollohub, born Edith Natalie de Martens, was well known in pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg for accompanying her husband Alexander on shooting and riding trips and for being outstandingly accurate with her gun. She was the daughter of a high-ranking Russian diplomat, and the mother of three young sons, destined to join the social and intellectual elite of imperial Russia. The Revolution of 1917 changed the course of these lives.
Illustrated with original family photographs this account will interest the serious academic and general reader alike.
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A Dictionary of Kabbalah and Kabbalists
Dan Cohn-Sherbok
ISBN: 978 0 9556239 7 4(PB) (£12.99)
ISBN: 978 0 9556239 6 7(HB) (£25.00)
256 pp, 20 illustrations
Publication: 1 October 2009
Designed as a reference work for the student and general reader, this Kabbalistic dictionary is a concise and handy guide to the history and treasures of the Jewish mystical tradition. It is the first dictionary of Kabbalah which provides an overview of the major themes of Jewish Kabbalistic thought as it developed over the centuries as well as brief introductions to its major practitioners. In addition to the dictionary itself, the book contains a chronology of Kabbalah, a history of Kabbalah from ancient times to the present, maps, illustrations and an insight into the emergence of the Kabbalah Centre in California, where many stars, including Madonna, worship.
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