Richard Cohen: 40 books
by Richard Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
A very personal journey through Jewish history (and Cohen’s own), and a passionate defense of Israel’s legitimacy.
Richard Cohen’s book is part reportage, part memoir—an intimate journey through the history of Europe’s Jews, culminating in the establishment of Israel. A veteran, syndicated...
By the Sword
A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
**“Like swordplay itself, By the Sword is elegant, accurate, romantic, and full of brio—the definitive study, hugely readable, of man’s most deadly art.”—Simon Winchester
With a new Preface by the author**
Napoleon fenced. So did Shakespeare, Karl Marx, Grace Kelly, and President...
How to Write Like Tolstoy
A Journey into the Minds of Our Greatest Writers
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
For anyone who has ever identified with a hero or heroine, been seduced by a strong opening sentence, or been powerfully moved by a story’s end, How to Write Like Tolstoy is a thought-provoking journey inside the minds of the world’s most accomplished storytellers, from Shakespeare to Stephen...
She Made Me Laugh
My Friend Nora Ephron
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
“A very personal remembrance of Nora Ephron’s life and loves, and her ups and downs” (USA TODAY) by her long-time and dear friend Richard Cohen in a hilarious, blunt, raucous, and poignant recollection of their decades-long friendship.
Nora Ephron (1941–2012) was a phenomenal personality,...
Chasing the Sun
The Epic Story of the Star That Gives Us Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2010
In the grand tradition of the scholar-adventurer, acclaimed author Richard Cohen takes us around the world to illuminate our relationship with the star that gives us life. Drawing on more than seven years of research, he reports from locations in eighteen different countries. As he soon discovers,...
The Splendid Vision
Reading a Buddhist Sutra
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Featuring the first-ever English translation of the "Splendid Vision Sutra," a sixth-century Indian Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its rich ritual magic and worship of bodhisattva-goddesses, this volume explicates the text's cultural significance as a source of extraordinary value,...
Tough Jews
Fathers, Sons, and Ganster Dreams
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Award-winning writer Rich Cohen excavates the real stories behind the legend of infamous criminal enforcers Murder, Inc. and contemplates the question: Where did the tough Jews go?
In 1930s Brooklyn, there lived a breed of men who now exist only in legend and in the memories of a few old-timers:...
Beyond Enlightenment
Buddhism, Religion, Modernity
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2006
The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment.
Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions...
Chasing Hope
A Patient's Deep Dive into Stem Cells, Faith, and the Future
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
After more than four decades living with multiple sclerosis, New York Times bestselling author Richard M. Cohen finds a flicker of hope in a groundbreaking medical procedure.
Richard Cohen struggles with failing limbs and is legally blind. He has survived two bouts of colon cancer and a life-threatening...
Healing After Dark
Pioneering Compassionate Medicine at the Boston Evening Clinic
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2011
In 1927 in the field of health care an unusual event occurred. Morris Aaron Cohen, M.D. founded the Boston Evening Clinic, an unique and never before conceived facility for the treatment of the indigent and low-wage earners who could not afford to lose a day’s pay. It was an endeavor that achieved...
Sociologia n.3/2017
Rivista quadrimestrale di Scienze Storiche e Sociali
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 15, 2018
TITO MARCI Dare una chance all'etica Give Ethics a Chance: Rethinking Politics and Ethics in Contemporary American Society RICHARD A. COHEN Introduction RICHARD I. SUGARMAN Is Ethics Possible in Contemporary American Political Life? CHRISTOPHER BUCKMAN Palladium of the People: A Kantian Right to Internet...
by Richard M. Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
A hilarious book by Richard M. Cohen, the New York Times bestselling author of Blindsided and Strong at the Broken Places, about living with his wife, Meredith Vieira, and her band of difficult dogs.
“Has a couple ever gone to war or a spouse moved to another country because a pet came between...
by Richard Shain Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Ecstasy and Distress is a historical family saga and romance that spans several generations. The story unfolds as a Jewish immigrant family settles in the busy and growing city of Portland, Maine, in 1840. Here they find many hardships as they confront anti-Semitism, nativism, and adjustment difficulties...
Rostenkowski
The Pursuit of Power and the End of the Old Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2000
For thirteen years, during a time of Democratic congressional dominance in Washington, Dan Rostenkowski became one of the most influential American legislators of the twentieth century. As chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, the representative from Illinois influenced the nation's...