Noah BenShea, Author Ballantine Books $11 (128p) ISBN 978-0-345-36662-7
Jacob is a pious, modest, self-effacing baker who writes pithy aphorisms on scraps of paper. By chance, one of his maxims becomes baked inside a loaf of bread and is read by a woman who finds wisdom and solace in his words. He is asked to write more.
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Noah BenShea, Author Villard Books $12.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-394-57925-2
A sense of timelessness pervades this delicate and finely tuned book, subtitled ``Gentle Wisdom for a Complicated World.'' Jacob the baker could be plying his trade in Poland in 1900 or on the lower East Side of New York in the '80s. His steady flow
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Noah BenShea, Author Villard Books $25 (0p) ISBN 978-0-679-42584-7
Quoting from a wide, eclectic and imaginative variety of Jewish sources--the Bible, the Talmud, secular literature, Yiddish folk sayings, the writings of Jewish scientists, politicians, philosophers, legal scholars and comedians--ben Shea has...
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Shaun Tomson and Noah benShea, illus. by Dan Merkel. Familius, $17.99 (204p) ISBN 978-1-64170-655-1
Mixing self-help with photography and poetry, professional surfer Tomson (The Code) and philosopher benShea (We Are All Jacob’s Children) present a charming program for connecting people to their “true purpose.” The authors compare navigating life’s
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