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Spanish Language book. Approximate translation of the title to English: Fifty Songs From the Years of Revolution. A collection of the lyrics & musical notations of 50 Cuban revolutionary songs from the 1950s-1960s by 27 different song-writers. Table of Contents (located in the back of the book): Estas Canciones [These Songs]; Song Lyrics [arranged in alphabetical order by songwriter name]; Cifrados de Las Canciones [musical notation of the songs]. Musical notation by Pepe Ordaz.

Published in 1971 in "Turtle: A New Jewish Arts Magazine", London. Approximately 40 romantic and/or philosophical poems in a 30 page booklet dedicated to "Shalva". Per the author: "These poems are written in the form of a poetic story. They are the author's account of how he marshaled the spiritual treasures of his faith in order to keep alive his love for a religious Jewish girl."

One Never Used (in original cellophane wrapping) Audiocassette tape of songs sung by the well-known Yiddish language soprano. Musique Internationale CM 7375.
Masha Benya (Benyakonsky, Beniakonskyte), (1908-2007), was born in Lithuania, studied & performed in Germany in the 1930s until emigrating to the U.S. after Kristallnacht in 1938. She was recognized as a major figure in the "dynamic postwar Yiddish music milieu" & was a long time member & Governing Board member of the American Society for Jewish Music.
The 19 songs on this tape are a medley of classical western music, Yiddish folk songs & Hebrew songs.
Side 1: Dehm Vieni Non Tardar (Mozart); The Soldier's Bride (Rachmaninoff); Old Mother Hubbard (in the style of Handel); M'zogt Es Iz a Land Do (Yiddish song from the Hebrew verse of Shaul Tchernikhovsky); Unter Di Grininke Beymelekh (from a poem by Bialik); Fun Vanen Heybt Zikh On a Libe? (folk song arrangement); Royz, Royz (Hassidic folk song); Kh'ken Es Nit Farshteyn (lyrics from a poem by… Read More

Multi-lingual (8 languages) SKF Co. 11" x 8.25" production catalog on bearing arrangements which remain important for supporting & positioning shafts, radially & axially, relative to other components such as housings. Fully multi-lingual: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Finnish, & Swedish. Of historical interest in the fields of engineering & manufacturing. Numerous black & white line drawings.

Bilingual Edition: basically equally divided into Yiddish & Hebrew sections with 11 photographs.Transcribed Yiddish title: "A Vilner Maidel In Nazishe Negel".Transcribed Hebrew title: "Na'ara M'Vilna B'Miltaot HaNatzim". The memoirs of Holocaust survivor Sima Skurkowitz, originally from Vilna (now the capital of LIthuania but part of Poland during the two world wars) of her childhood, life in the Vilna Ghetto, then to multiple Estonian concentration camps (Vaivara, Vivikona, Narva, Kiviliah, Azari, Goldpiltz), then to Shtuthof concentration camp, then as a slave laborer in Oxentzal near Hamburg, Germany, then to Bergen-Belsen where she was liberated. She also describes life after the liberation & emigration to Israel.Her husband's experiences in the Lithuanian Division of the Red Army are also noted. In addition, she writes about British Chaplain Leslie Hardman who helped the Bergen-Belsen inmates upon liberation and about her friend, Lazar Ran.

Originally published in 1980. This is the 1983 Fifth printing. Includes numerous b&w illustrations, photographs & line drawings, Appendix, & Index. PEG is an abbreviation here for polyethylene glycol 1000.From the back cover: "If the high cost of seasoned wood is keeping you out of the workshop, let woodworker Patrick Spielman show you how you can turn inexpensive green wood into clocks, tables, and other beautiful household objects. PEG is an easy-to-use and readily obtainable chemical...Although commercial woodworkers have been using it to treat wood for 20 years, this is the first book that tells you how you can use it at home. Once you treat your green wood with PEG, it will no longer shrink, warp, swell, check, or crack-ever, no matter where or how you use it! Spielman tells you everything you need to know about working green wood with PEG: sources of supply [as of 1980], what wood to use, how to mix the solution, and how to treat, dry, and finish the wood...To make it easy for you, the author… Read More

Little Golden Books Hebrew language edition. Transliterated title: Sifriat "Paz" #10 - Heidi Bat HaHarim. Is parallel to the Little Golden Books English language version #192. Translated by Anda Amir-Pinkerfeld, the well-known Israeli poet & children's book writer. Printed in Israel & distributed by Steimatzky's Book Stores. In Hebrew with vowel signs (Nikud). The famous story of Heidi who was living happily in the Swiss mountains with her grandfather until she was taken by her aunt to be a companion to a wealthy but sickly girl Clara, and how she returned to her grandfather's home and helped Clara become healthy again.

16 New York City Metrocards (doubles noted in parentheses) issued by the MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority) dating from 2013-2016.7 of the cards are from the "Poetry in Motion" series with the following poems: "Noche de Lluvia" by Aracelis Girmay (2); "Riverbed" excerpt by Seamus Heaney (2); "Ragtime" by Kevin Young (1); "West of Rest is Sleep" by Jeffrey Yang (2).7 of the cards with public service messaging: Subway Emergency Instructions (1 in English, 1 in Spanish); "Don't Become a Statistic" (2); Air Train JFK (1); "It's 9:00am, Do You Know Where Your Children Are?" (1); Instructions to Parents About Safe Rides for their Kids (1).2 of the cards are commemorative: Grand Central Grand Centennial with clock illustration (1); NFL (National Football League)/NY-NJ 48th Superbowl Host Committee with football & skyline illustration (1).

English language soft cover booklet. Though only 33 pages in length, this booklet is DENSELY PACKED with information, illustrations, and photographs of the history of Czech Jewish literature and biographies of past & present, known & less well-known Czech/Bohemian Jewish writers. Czech Jewry has a 1000 year history. Arranged chronologically starting from what is known about 11th-12th century Jewish authors & rabbinical literature to Frank Kafka to contemporary writers such as Ivan Klima & Arnost Lustig. Includes information on some Czech Jewish women writers such as Rivka bat Meir Tiktiner and Lenka Prochazkova. Two pages are devoted to the theme and symbolism of the Golem. Published on the occasion of the Jerusalem International book Fair, May 7-11, 2001. Written & edited by Vladimir Suva. Translated by Iva Pekarkova.