Synopses & Reviews
Ariel Sharon, Israel's former Prime Minister, was perhaps one of the most controversial public figures in the Mideast.
He was born in 1928 in a moshav—an agricultural community in which, unlike a kibbutz, residents own their own property—and was raised by parents who were not only ardent Zionists but also rugged individualists. His father especially was contemptuous of socialism and believed in individual enterprise, raising his son to be self-reliant and physically strong in order to prepare him for the inevitable struggle to establish a Jewish state.
Sharon was perhaps best known as the organizer of what was called Commando Unit 101 and for his original ideas for the training of commando forces, which he later adapted to the training of larger, more traditional armies. During his military career he personally led many raids into Arab territory and has been criticized for his role in the destruction, in 1953, of some forty Arab homes—which he insisted he thought were empty and in which sixty-nine Arabs died. Later, in 1982, he was blamed also for allowing the Lebanese Christian Militia into a Palestinian refugee camp in which hundreds were killed.
His political career was of course indelibly colored by his military exploits. What made Sharon tick? What kind of a man was he? How did his childhood and early life condition him to become a brilliant commander, controversial soldier and an as-yet-untested leader of a small democracy which is divided both within and without? This first biography in English—frank, but balanced—will perhaps answer some of the questions raised by his career both as a soldier and politician.
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"Weimann's splendid research recaptures the 1893 Chicago exposition... a strong narrative line makes the book readable even for nonspecialists..." — Library Journal
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“An almost unbelievable—though not unfamiliar—story of a literary enterprise quashed by money and ‘the law.” — Kirkus Reviews
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“[This story] . . . has never been told with the exhaustive yet endlessly fascinating detail to be found here . . . all described in the liveliest manner by Miller, and anyone who enjoys courtroom repartee will rejoice in it.” — Publishers Weekly
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“Well-documented and written with restraint and balance, Uncollecting Cheever is an absorbing and sometimes unsettling tale of the perils of litigation, especially for a small press, in a time of declining civility, big money and conglomerate power in the publishing world.” — Washington Post Book World
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“Anita Miller quotes copiously from court transcripts and notes, creating an amusing though disgusting picture of a court system ruled by mediocre, star-struck judges manipulated by lawyers who have little regard for grammar, let alone argument . . .” — The Boston Globe
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“Law students and legislators will learn a lot from Uncollecting Cheever . . .
a case study of the insidious effects of litigation on the human psyche.”
— The New York Times Book Review
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"An entertaining book that will be enjoyed by anyone who has ever had a vacation go awry." —Library Journal
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Tea & Antipathy is a delightfully hilarious and true account of one American family's summer in the posh London neighborhood of Knightsbridge in 1965. Capturing the helpless feeling that living in a foreign city often brings, the book recounts how the Millers met a wide variety of memorable characters from all social classes, including Mrs. Grail the Irish cleaning woman, who was convinced that their home was haunted and who hated the English; Basil Goldbrick, a businessman from Manchester; and Basil's clever wife Daisy, who resented Americans. Told in a gently sardonic tone, this story provides insight on what London was like during the Swinging Sixties and what it was like to uproot a family for an adventurous summer abroad.
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Tea & Antipathy is a delightfully hilarious and true account of one American familys summer in the posh London neighborhood of Knightsbridge in 1965. Capturing the helpless feeling that living in a foreign city often brings, the book recounts how the Millers met a wide variety of memorable characters from all social classes, including Mrs. Grail the Irish cleaning woman, who was convinced that their home was haunted and who hated the English; Basil Goldbrick, a businessman from Manchester; and Basils clever wife Daisy, who resented Americans. Told in a gently sardonic tone, this story provides insight on what London was like during the Swinging Sixties and what it was like to uproot a family for an adventurous summer abroad.
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The World's Columbian Exposition included amazing exhibits of the results of women's activities -- in the arts, industry, science, politics and philanthropy. Most of these were housed in the Woman's Building, which was designed, decorated and administered entirely by women.
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The story of how little Academy Chicago Publishers (co-owned by the author and her husband, Jordan Miller) tried to publish the late John Cheever's uncollected short stories, and was blocked from doing so by Cheever's family, is now a familiar part of publishing lore (and law).
About the Author
Anita Miller is a founding editor of Academy Chicago Publishers. Jordan Miller earned his MA at the University of Illinois-Chicago. Sigalit Zetouni earned her BS at the University of Illinois at Chicago and studied at Freiburg University in Germany and Tel Aviv University in Israel. She has written extensively on art history.