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The Library of Dreams: New and Selected Poems, 1965-2013

Product Description: Poetry. Jewish Studies. These poems explore subjects drawn from the Hebrew Bible and Jewish mysticism as well as contemporary Jewish American life and imagination. The poet, who is also a celebrated expert in Jewish folklore and storytelling, has assembled a collection that includes new work, standout favorites, and some poems that have been long out of print, all from a career spanning nearly fifty years...read more

By Howard Schwartz

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9781886157880, titled "The Library of Dreams: New & Selected Poems, 1965-2013" | Bkmk Pr/Umkc, November 1, 2013, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Poetry.

Breathing in the Dark

Product Description: Howard Schwartz is a contemporary master of the parable, the short lyric and the tale. In BREATHING IN THE DARK, he has multiplied his dreams, his myths, and his stories into poems that grow quietly and firmly from the secret root stock of his imagination...read more

By Howard Schwartz

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9781936419012 | Mayapple Pr, February 1, 2011, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Howard Schwartz is a contemporary master of the parable, the short lyric and the tale.

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9781936419005 | Mayapple Pr, February 1, 2011, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Howard Schwartz is a contemporary master of the parable, the short lyric and the tale.

Leaves from the Garden of Eden: One Hundred Classic Jewish Tales

By Howard Schwartz (other contributor), Tsila Schwartz (contributor) and Kristina Swarner (illustrator)

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9780199754380 | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, September 23, 2010), cover price $27.95

More Bones: Scary Stories From Around the World

By E. M. Gist (illustrator), Arielle North Olson (other contributor) and Howard Schwartz (other contributor)

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9780142414255 | Reprint edition (Puffin, August 20, 2009), cover price $6.99

Leaves from the Garden of Eden: One Hundred Classic Jewish Folktales

Product Description: In Leaves from the Garden of Eden, Howard Schwartz, a three-time winner of the National Jewish Book Award, has gathered together one hundred of the most astonishing and luminous stories from Jewish folk tradition. Just as Schwartz's award-winning book Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism collected the essential myths of Jewish tradition, Leaves from the Garden of Eden collects one hundred essential Jewish tales...read more

By Howard Schwartz (other contributor)

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9780195335651 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, October 7, 2008, cover price $74.00 | About this edition: In Leaves from the Garden of Eden, Howard Schwartz, a three-time winner of the National Jewish Book Award, has gathered together one hundred of the most astonishing and luminous stories from Jewish folk tradition.

More Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World

Product Description: Ready for scary?! Shhh! Have you heard about the man who marries . . . a corpse?! Or what about the magic school where one student in every class is never allowed to leave? Or the beautiful red-haired maiden whose hair is actually serpents? Many of these tales go back hundreds of years and to the farthest corners of the earth, but as diverse as they are, they also reveal one important truth: everyone loves a scary story...read more

By E. M. Gist (illustrator), Arielle Olson (other contributor) and Howard Schwartz (other contributor)

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9780670063390 | Viking Childrens Books, August 14, 2008, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Ready for scary?

Ask the Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World

Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Culled from various cultures and master storytellers around the world, this collection of 22 frightening tales gives substance to readers' deepest fears and includes appropriately creepy black-and-white drawings.

By David Linn (illustrator) and Howard Schwartz

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9780606247047 | Demco Media, August 1, 2002, cover price $14.55 | also contains Ask the Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World | About this edition: A collection of scary folktales from countries around the world including China, Russia, Spain, and the United States.

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9781439515891 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $14.99 | also contains Ask the Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

The Day the Rabbi Disappeared: Jewish Holiday Tales of Magic

Product Description: Noted folklorist Howard Schwartz retells 12 Jewish tales from around the world. Each tale combines elements of magic with a link to a Jewish holiday, giving new perspectives on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Hanukkah, Purim, and Passoverâplus Shabbat, the weekly Sabbath...read more

By Monique Passicot (illustrator) and Howard Schwartz

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9780827607576 | Jewish Pubn Society, June 1, 2003, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Retelling of twelve traditional tales from Jewish folklore, featuring elements of magic relating to holidays such as Rosh Hodesh, Sukkot, Tu bi-Shevat, and Shabbat.

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9780670887330 | Viking Childrens Books, July 1, 2000, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Retellings of twelve traditional tales from Jewish folklore featuring elements of magic and relating to holidays, including Rosh Hodesh, Sukkot, Tu bi-Shevat, and Shabbat

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9781439534083 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Noted folklorist Howard Schwartz retells 12 Jewish tales from around the world.

9780613891769, titled "Day The Rabbi Disappeared: Jewish Holiday Tales Of Magic" | Turtleback Books, June 1, 2003, cover price $20.80 | About this edition: Retelling of twelve traditional tales from Jewish folklore, featuring elements of magic relating to holidays such as Rosh Hodesh, Sukkot, Tu bi-Shevat, and Shabbat.

Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism

From tales of Adam, Moses, and other biblical figures, to the fall of Lucifer and the quarrel of the sun and moon, an anthology of Jewish myth presents seven hundred key stories and through extensive commentary places them in context with the literature of the world.

By Caren Loebel-Fried (illustrator) and Howard Schwartz

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9780195086799 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, September 17, 2004, cover price $99.00 | About this edition: From tales of Adam, Moses, and other biblical figures, to the fall of Lucifer and the quarrel of the sun and moon, an anthology of Jewish myth presents seven hundred key stories and through extensive commentary places them in context with the literature of the world.

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9780195327137 | Oxford Univ Pr, August 24, 2007, cover price $29.95

Sociologia Cualitativa: Metodo Para La Reconstruccion De La Realidad

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By Howard Schwartz

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9789682477898 | Editorial Trillas S.A. De C.V., September 21, 2006, cover price $46.95 | About this edition: Book by Schwartz, Howard

Before You Were Born

Retells a folktale in which Lailah, a guardian angel, places the indentation that everyone has on the upper lip just before a baby is born.

By Howard Schwartz and Kristina Swarner (illustrator)

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9781596430280 | Roaring Brook, April 27, 2005, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Retells a folktale in which Lailah, a guardian angel, places the indentation that everyone has on the upper lip just before a baby is born.

9780761319337 | 1 edition (Roaring Brook, May 6, 2004), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Retells a folktale in which Lailah, a guardian angel, places the indentation that everyone has on the upper lip just before a baby is born.

Before You Where Born

By Howard Schwartz and Kristina Swarner

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9780761327912 | Roaring Brook, May 6, 2004, cover price $15.95

Jerusalem of Gold: Jewish Stories of the Enchanted City

Jewish stories set in Jerusalem, adapted from the Talmud and Midrash, Hasidic sources, and oral tradition, with origins in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Spain, Italy, and Greece.

By Howard Schwartz and Neil Waldman (illustrator)

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9781580231497 | Jewish Lights Pub, May 1, 2003, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Jewish stories set in Jerusalem, adapted from the Talmud and Midrash, Hasidic sources, and oral tradition, with origins in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Spain, Italy, and Greece.

Invisible Kingdoms: Jewish Tales of Angels, Spirits, and Demons

Provides readers with an exciting story collection of Jewish folklore about angels, spirits, and demons, enhanced with full color illustrations.

By Stephen Fieser and Howard Schwartz

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9780060278557 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, October 1, 2002, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A collection of nine tales from countries around the world, dealing with an assortment of supernatural creatures.

Library:

9780060278564 | Harpercollins, October 1, 2002, cover price $18.89 | About this edition: A collection of nine tales from countries around the world, dealing with an assortment of supernatural creatures.

A Coat for the Moon and Other Jewish Tales

Product Description: In this collection of fifteen classic Jewish folktales, the authors share some of the richest stories of Jewish tradition from countries the world over, including France, Turkey, Israel, Yemen, Egypt, and Iraq, thus opening up new worlds for young readers...read more

By Howard Schwartz

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9780827605961 | Jewish Pubn Society, June 1, 1999, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A collection of Jewish folktales from around the world, including 'The Lamp on the Mountain,' 'The Witch Barusha,' 'The Sabbath Walking Stick,' and 'The Fisherman and the Silver Fish'

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9780827607361 | Jewish Pubn Society, December 1, 2000, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: In this collection of fifteen classic Jewish folktales, the authors share some of the richest stories of Jewish tradition from countries the world over, including France, Turkey, Israel, Yemen, Egypt, and Iraq, thus opening up new worlds for young readers.

Four Who Entered Paradise

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By Howard Schwartz

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9780765761552 | Jason Aronson Inc, July 1, 2000, cover price $36.99 | About this edition: To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.

A Journey to Paradise and Other Jewish Tales: And Other Jewish Tales

Presents eight traditional Jewish tales from around the world

By Giora Carmi (illustrator) and Howard Schwartz

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9780943706214 | Simcha Media Group, December 1, 1999, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Presents eight traditional Jewish tales from around the world

A Journey to Paradise and Other Jewish Tales

Presents eight traditional Jewish tales from around the world

By Giora Carmi (illustrator) and Howard Schwartz

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9780943706160 | Simcha Media Group, December 1, 1999, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Presents eight traditional Jewish tales from around the world

Jewish Legendary Stories for Children

By Howard Schwartz

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9780943706023 | Pitspopany Pr, December 1, 1999, cover price $16.95

Next Year in Jerusalem: 3000 Years of Jewish Stories

Jewish stories set in Jerusalem, adapted from the Talmud and Midrash, Hasidic sources, and oral tradition, with origins in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Spain, Italy, and Greece.

By Howard Schwartz

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9780140564389 | Reprint edition (Puffin, May 1, 1998), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Eleven timeless stories, folktales, and legends celebrate the unique spirit and role of Jerusalem within Jewish tradition

School and Library:

9780670861101 | Viking Childrens Books, February 1, 1996, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Jewish stories set in Jerusalem, adapted from the Talmud and Midrash, Hasidic sources, and oral tradition, with origins in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Spain, Italy, and Greece

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9780613084352 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $15.30 | About this edition: Eleven timeless stories, folktales, and legends celebrate the unique spirit and role of Jerusalem within Jewish tradition

The Diamond Tree: Jewish Tales from Around the World

A collection of Jewish traditional nursery tales from many different countries

By Howard Schwartz

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9780060252397 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, August 1, 1991, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: A collection of Jewish traditional nursery tales from many different countries

Paperback:

9780064406956 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, February 1, 1998), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: A collection of Jewish traditional nursery tales from many different countries

Library:

9780060252434 | Harpercollins, October 1, 1991, cover price $16.89 | About this edition: A collection of Jewish traditional nursery tales from many different countries

Reinforced:

9780606129145 | Demco Media, February 1, 1998, cover price $12.54 | About this edition: A collection of Jewish traditional nursery tales from many different countries

Reimagining the Bible: The Storytelling of the Rabbis

Essays examine Jewish literature, from the Torah to modern Yiddish stories, and trace its continuity from the Biblical era to modern times (view table of contents)

By Howard Schwartz

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9780195104998 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, January 15, 1998, cover price $145.00 | About this edition: Essays examine Jewish literature, from the Torah to modern Yiddish stories, and trace its continuity from the Biblical era to modern times

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9780195115116 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, January 15, 1998, cover price $56.00 | About this edition: Essays examine Jewish literature, from the Torah to modern Yiddish stories, and trace its continuity from the Biblical era to modern times

The Wonder Child: & Other Jewish Fairy Tales

An illustrated collection of traditional Jewish tales from various countries

By Stephen Fieser (illustrator), Barbara Rush and Howard Schwartz

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9780060235178 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, October 1, 1996, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: An illustrated collection of traditional Jewish tales from various countries

Library:

9780060235185 | Harpercollins, October 1, 1996, cover price $16.89 | About this edition: An illustrated collection of traditional Jewish tales from various countries

Tales of Wisdom: One Hundred Modern Parables

A collection of parables by such authors as Franz Kafka, Jorge Luis Borges, Elie Wiesel, Isak Dineson, Bertolt Brecht, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Italo Calvino, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez considers a wide range of topics.

By Howard Schwartz (editor)

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9780517142561 | 3 edition (Crescent Books, February 1, 1996), cover price $9.99 | About this edition: A collection of parables by such authors as Franz Kafka, Jorge Luis Borges, Elie Wiesel, Isak Dineson, Bertolt Brecht, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Italo Calvino, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez considers a wide range of topics.

The Sabbath Lion: A Jewish Folktale from Algeria

Because of Yosef's devotion to honoring the Sabbath, he is given special protection by a great lion

By Stephen Fieser (illustrator), Barbara Rush and Howard Schwartz

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9780060208530, titled "Sabbath Lion: A Jewish Folktale from Algeria" | Harpercollins Childrens Books, September 1, 1992, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Because of Yosef's devotion to honoring the Sabbath, he is given special protection by a great lion

Paperback:

9780064433822 | Trophy Pr, February 1, 1996, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Because of Yosef's devotion to honoring the Sabbath, he is given special protection by a great lion

Library:

9780060208547 | Harpercollins, September 1, 1992, cover price $13.89 | About this edition: Because of Yosef's devotion to honoring the Sabbath, he is given special protection by a great lion

Reinforced:

9780606098038 | Demco Media, February 1, 1996, cover price $11.15 | About this edition: Because of Yosef's devotion to honoring the Sabbath, he is given special protection by a great lion

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