Showing results for "Avi" in Biographies & Memoirs

In July 1950, Avi Shlaim, only five, and his family were forced into exile, fleeing their beloved Iraq to the new state of Israel. Today the once flourishing Jewish community of Iraq, at one time numbering over 130,000 and tracing its history back 2,600 years, has all but vanished.

Avi Steinberg is stumped. After defecting from yeshiva to Harvard, he has only a senior thesis essay on Bugs Bunny to show for his effort. While his friends and classmates advance in the world, he remains stuck at a crossroads, unable to meet the lofty expectations of his Orthodox Jewish...

A memoir about writing a novel about searching for love. Is romance dead? Is that why there are so many vampires in today's romance novels? When Avi Steinberg's love life took a grim turn, he did what he always does: He consulted his old books, the usual cast of Great (Very Serious, Usually...

The Upside of Uncertainty, hosted by breathwork facilitator Avi Greenberg, explores the transformative power of embracing the unknown. After leaving the corporate ladder to step into his own uncertainty and build a more meaningful life, Avi now sits down with high achievers from all walks of life to uncover how uncertainty became their greatest advantage. From entrepreneurs to athletes, artists to innovators, each guest shares how leaning into the unknown helped them reach the top of their field and become the best version of themselves. Tune in to discover how uncertainty isn’t something to...

'Were we've been, where we're going, and how far we can go together.'

Historian Avi Shlaim and remembering Robert Ludlum on this edition of Fresh Air. Avi Shlaim is the author of the new book, The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World. Shlaim's book is a revisionist interpretation of Isreal's policy toward the Arab world, based on newly released documents, and on interviews with policymakers and participants in events. Writer Robert Ludlum died yesterday of a heart attack, at age 73. His string of best sellers, such as The Bourne Identity, The Osterman Weekend, and The Icarus Agenda, established him as one of literature's most...

Some thoughts and stories are worth sharing. Sneakily recorded episodes in a noisy household. Talking at short lengths about whatever goes in this head. Random stories from years ago, philosophy, embarrassing but fun thoughts and whatever. You never know what you get in life just say but whatever and move on to the next thing. New episodes whenever I feel like.

In February 1971, as Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell hurtled Earthward through space, he was engulfed by a profound sense of universal connectedness. He intuitively sensed that his presence and that of the planet in the window were all part of a deliberate, universal process, and that the glittering cosmos itself was, in some way, conscious. The experience was so overwhelming, Mitchell knew his life would never be the same.

This is my journey to become one of the Keepers of Alteria -- a magical land accessible through a gate in the middle of the ocean -- after my predecessor vanished in what we suspect is an attempt to open the gate and infiltrate Alteria.

Una colección de 35 ensayos y poemas audaces, importantes e innovadores de inmigrantes, refugiados y soñadores, incluidos escritores, artistas y activistas galardonados, que iluminan la experiencia de vivir sin documentos. Durante este tiempo de inestabilidad política e incertidumbre, esta...

""[These contributions] touch on so many different facets of the immigrant experience that readers will find much to ponder... [and] experience how creative writing enriches our understanding of each other and our lives."" –Booklist Introduction by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet Thanh...

What do the darkest crimes in history have to say about the place where they happened?Killer Trip is a series that leaves the tourist traps, beautiful beaches, and theme parks and goes deeper... and darker.Each episode, host and Cerca Co-founder, Dominique Ferrari invites you to take a look at just how the darkest of crimes can leave their mark on cities as well as people.The Killing of John Lennon and his love of New York City, The disappearance of Jean McConoville in Belfast, a city torn apart, the twisted horror of Dr. Satan in WWII Paris and the story of Jack the Ripper’s London from an ...