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Licoricia of Winchester rose from obscurity to become the most successful female financier in early Plantagenet England

The life and times of a remarkable medieval Jewish businesswoman, Licoricia of Winchester, who rose from obscurity to become one of the wealthiest women in thirteenth-century England.

Described by leading medievalist Robert Stacey as 'the most remarkable Jewish woman in medieval history', Licoricia's extraordinary story is not widely known.

Henry Turner ist ein erfolgreicher, aber rücksichtsloser Rechtsanwalt, der um jeden Preis gewinnen will, sogar auf Kosten seiner Frau und seiner Tochter. Aber ein einziger Gewehrschuss beendet sein Leben auf der Überholspur und lässt ihn arbeitsunfähig und ohne Erinnerung an sein früheres Leben zurück. Nun, gezwungen zu einem Neuanfang, muss Henry Turner die harte Wahrheit über einen totalen Fremden lernen ... über sich selbst. Harrison Ford g...

Representing four centuries of collecting and a thousand years of Jewish history, this book brings together Hebrew manuscripts and rare books from the Bodleian Library and Oxford colleges. Highlights of the extraordinary collections include a fragment of Maimonides' autograph draft of the Mishneh Torah, the earliest dated fragment of the Talmud, exquisitely illuminated manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible, stunning festival prayer books, and one of...

A short, accessible and affordable history of the Jewish people. The objects featured can be seen in the Ashmolean Museum, and many of their stories have not been told before.

The death of a parent marks an emotional and psychological watershed in a person's life. For children and teenagers, the loss of a parent if not handled sensitively can be a lasting trauma, and for adults too, a parent's death can be a tremendous blow. When Parents Die speaks to bereaved children of all ages. Rebecca Abrams draws on her personal and professional understandings of parental loss, as well as the experiences of many other adults, ...

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In the winter of 1790, a mysterious and deadly disease strikes the unsuspecting town of Aberdeen. The victims are all women in the prime of life. Determined to save his patients, talented young physician Alec Gordon embarks on an astonishing medical quest. What he discovers will shake the small, close-knit community to the core and change his own life - and that of his wife and young daughter - forever. Based on a true story, Touching Distance...

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