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  • The Hebrew Prophets

    Selections Annotated & Explained

    by Rabbi Rami Shapiro ...
    Series series SkyLight Illuminations
    Fresh translation and facing-page annotations bring the compelling wisdom of the Hebrew prophets to life.Hundreds of commentaries and dozens of Bible translations make the Hebrew prophets available to modern-day readers, but most often these sources focus on history or apologetics, losing the reader who is searching for spiritual insight.The Hebrew Prophets: Selections Annotated & Explained makes ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tanya the Masterpiece of Hasidic Wisdom

    Selections Annotated & Explained

    by Rabbi Rami Shapiro ...
    Series series SkyLight Illuminations
    The wisdom of Jewish spirituality and mysticism can be a companion for your own spiritual journey.Tanya, "It Was Taught," is one of the most powerful and potentially transformative books of Jewish wisdom. Written in 1797 by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of Chabad Hasidism, Tanya sets forth the fundamentals of Jewish spirituality and mysticism. While a focus of daily study by tens of ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • When Prophecy Fails

    by Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, Stanley Schachter ...
    When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group That Predicted the Destruction of the World is a classic work of social psychology by Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, and Stanley Schachter which studied a small UFO religion in Chicago called the Seekers that believed in an imminent apocalypse and its coping mechanisms after the event did not occur. Festinger's theory of ... Read more

    $2.80 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A First Course in Model Validation and Model Risk Management

    by Jonathan Schachter, Martin Goldberg, Chandrakant Maheshwari ...
    A First Course in Model Validation and Model Risk Management offers robust coverage for current and future financial engineers. Useful as part of a masters program, for self-study, or as a valuable reference, the textbook explains in step-by-step, practical terms how mathematical models owned by financial institutions are essential to their public activities, including sales, trading, risk ... Read more

    $88.79 CAD

  • Davening

    A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Prayer

    by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi ...
    Experience the living taste of prayer in your heart,the deep and gentle glow of prayer in your soul."Many who live their lives as Jews, even many who pray every day, live on a wrapped and refrigerated version of prayer. We go to synagogue dutifully enough. We rise when we should rise, sit when we should sit. We read and sing along with the cantor and answer 'Amen' in all the right places. We may ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jewish with Feeling

    A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Practice

    by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi ...
    A how-to for Jewish spirituality that works.A spiritual seeker is a person whose soul is awake. In this book I make no assumptions about how much you know about Judaism, what holidays you keep, or whether you believe in God. I want us to start from your soul’s experience and carry on from there.—from the Introduction“Virtually anyone remotely affiliated with Judaism should read this book, wrote ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From Age-ing to Sage-ing

    A Revolutionary Approach to Growing Older

    by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Ronald S. Miller ...
    "Medical science has added years to our lives. Reb Zalman's warm and wise book arrives just in time to add life to those years." —Rabbi Harold Kushner, national bestselling author of When Bad Things Happen to Good PeopleOver two decades ago, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi felt an uneasiness. He was growing older, and fears about death and infirmity were haunting him. So he embarked on mission to ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Gate to the Heart: A Manual of Contemplative Jewish Practice

    by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi ...
    IN THE LATE 1950's, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, better known as 'Reb Zalman,' penned what was perhaps the first book on Jewish meditation and contemplative Judaism in English. It was called, The First Step: A Primer of a Jew's Spiritual Life, and was printed in a simple stapled booklet edition which he mailed out to friends and students. But it was not long before this humble booklet had ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How I Became a Quant

    Insights from 25 of Wall Street's Elite

    Edited by Richard R. Lindsey, Barry Schachter ...
    Praise for How I Became a Quant"Led by two top-notch quants, Richard R. Lindsey and Barry Schachter, How I Became a Quant details the quirky world of quantitative analysis through stories told by some of today's most successful quants. For anyone who might have thought otherwise, there are engaging personalities behind all that number crunching!"--Ira Kawaller, Kawaller & Co. and the Kawaller Fund ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Kabbalah for Beginners

    Understanding and Applying Kabbalistic History, Concepts, and Practices

    by Brian Yosef Schachter-Brooks ...
    Gain a better understanding of the Kabbalah path to spiritual transformation and a deeper connection with the Jewish faithComing from the Hebrew root that means "to receive," Kabbalah is known as the "inner" or "esoteric" dimension of Judaism. Kabbalah for Beginners is your introduction to a great spiritual tradition that will help you deepen your experience of the Divine through Kabbalistic ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Accelerating Diagnostics in a Time of Crisis

    The Response to COVID-19 and a Roadmap for Future Pandemics

    Edited by Steven C. Schachter, Wade E. Bolton ...
    Those who responded to the COVID-19 pandemic have now had the opportunity to reflect on lessons learned, and in this science and data-rich book, those reflections are presented as a behind-the-scenes chronology of events and discoveries that occurred in COVID-19's wake. Offering a rubric for a future pandemic response, each chapter is written by experts, with their unique perspectives, experience, ... Read more

    $41.59 CAD

  • When Prophecy Fails

    by Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, Stanley Schachter ...
    In 1954 Leon Festinger, a brilliant young experimental social psychologist in the process of inventing a new theory of human behavior - the theory of cognitive dissonance - and two of his colleagues, Henry Riecken and Stanley Schachter, infiltrated a cult who believed the end of the world was only months away. How would these people feel when their prophecy remained unfulfilled? Would they admit ... Read more

    $7.49 CAD