Product Description: Not many writers introduce a phrase - let alone a whole idea - into the language. In Catch-22, Joseph Heller invented a motif for the modern world. The book shaped everything that came after it, establishing Heller's reputation as one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century...read more

Product Description: Joseph Heller returns to the characters of Catch-22, now coming to the end of their lives and the century, as is the entire generation that fought in World War II. But this time they are fighting not the Germans, but The End. Closing Time deftly satirizes the realities and the myths of America post WWII: the absurdity of their politics, the decline of their society and their great cities, the greed and hypocrisy of their business and culture - with the same ferocious humour as Catch-22...read more

Product Description: This study of "The Stern Gang" attempts to demythologize the image of this extremist, Zionist underground group. The book analyzes the party's split from the Irgun Zvai Leumi (National Military Organization) and its attempts to synthesize the politics and ideals of the right and left...read more

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Description: In the books first essay, ''The Ben-Gurion Magnes Debate, Jewish State or Binational State,'' Professor Heller juxtaposes David Ben-Gurion and Judah L. Magnes as pivotal adversaries speaking to the primary problems of Zionist ideology and identity...read more

Product Description: Retrato del artista adolescente, viejo es una incursión conmovedora y fascinante al interior de la mente de un artista que reflexiona sobre su vida en busca de una fuente de inspiración. Una excepcional, emotiva y cautivadora mirada sobre la creatividad, con todos sus momentos de ilusión esperanzada y de angustiosa decepciÃ...read more

Product Description: At the heart of Catch-22 resides the incomparable World War II flier John Yossarian, a hero endlessly inventive in his schemes to save his skin from the horrible chances of war. Yet if he attempts to excuse himself from the perilous missions, he is trapped by the Great Loyalty Oath Crusade, the hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule from which the book takes its title: a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but if he makes the necessary formal request to be relieved of such missions this very act proves that he is sane and therefore ineligible to be relieved...read more

Presents the contemporary classic depicting the struggles of a U.S. airman attempting to survive the lunacy and depravity of a World War II base

Imbued with wit and biting humor, this memoir by the author of 'Catch-22' recounts Heller's battle against Guillain-Barre syndrome, a sometimes fatal condition that can leave its victims paralyzed, and the camaraderie of friends who rallied to his support

Product Description: Bodywise is based on Joseph Heller's own brand of deep-tissue bodywork, which makes the connection between life issues and natural bodily alignment, and shows how to restore the body's natural balance. The book teaches readers how to regain control and become a full-time owner of their bodies...read more

An anthology of short works by the author of Catch-22 considers Heller's life in post-World War II America and includes such pieces as 'I Don't Love You Anymore,' 'Castle of Snow,' and 'A Man Named Flute.' Reprint. 15,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Joseph Heller tells the story of the complex and often conflicting political calculations that led directly to the founding of the independent Jewish state of Israel in the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust. Examining the positions of many competing parties, he explains how and why the charismatic David Ben-Gurion prevailed: by shrewdly manoeuvering between radical extremes on the left and on the right, he says, Ben-Gurion managed to steer a successful middle-of-the-road policy in favour of partition. The book also describes the vital links between internal and external factors in the post-war Zionist movement. It places events in the context of wider Cold War calculations to explain why much of Israel's early military and diplomatic support came - surprisingly - from the Soviet Union, while the United States assumed a neutral position in order not to offend its British ally. In addition, Heller investigates early and ongoing conflicts with neighbouring Arab nations for their influence on Israel's foundation. Through research in a range of archives, diplomatic protocols, diaries and other sources, he provides both Middle East scholars and general readers a balanced account of the historical and contemporary problems and solutions that continue to influence the region's ongoing peace process.

An aging author tries to end his writer's block by working on an updating of 'Tom Sawyer' with a yuppie hero, a White House tale about a president facing impeachment, a reworking of Greek mythology, and other potential novels.

Product Description: World-renowned for its sublime beauty and aura of enchantment, Lake Como in Northern Italy has inspired poets, writers, and artists from the time of Virgil, while luring travelers to its shores. For nearly five centuries, visitors of celebrity, fortune, and power have come to rest, revel, and marvel at Villa d'Este, the luxury hotel as spectacular as the lake it graces...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Conjured back to life by Rembrandt's famous 'Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer,' Aristotle surveys history and profiles historical personalities, ultimately concluding that not much has changed in 2,500 years

The author relates the story of his life, from his Coney Island childhood during the Depression, to his service in the Army Air Force satirized in his most famous book, to marriage and after

Joseph Heller's powerful, wonderfully funny, deeply moving novel is the story of David -- yes, King David -- but as you've never seen him before. You already know David as the legendary warrior king of Israel, husband of Bathsheba, and father of Solomon; now meet David as he really was: the cocky Jewish kid, the plagiarized poet, and the Jewish father. Listen as David tells his own story, a story both relentlessly ancient and surprisingly modern, about growing up and growing old, about men and women, and about man and God. It is quintessential Heller.

Dr. Bruce Gold, a forty-eight-year-old Jewish professor of English, faces the possibilities of being appointed to a high State Department position and being disowned by his family

Product Description: Joseph Heller: Love, Dad (21 min) The chronicle of a brief life – in which are included the unpublished letters from his father, found among the effects of “Catch-22's” Edward Nately, killed on a bombing mission in December, 1944...read more

Product Description: Thirty-three years and over ten million copies later...the classic story continues. Yossarian returns -- older, if not wiser -- to face a new foe. An instant classic when published in 1961, Joseph Heller's "Catch-22" still ranks among the funniest -- and most serious -- novels ever written about war...read more