Recipient of the macarthur genius fellowship and founder of the national yiddish book center, lansky recounts his efforts to rescue the worlds abandoned yiddishlanguage books before they pass out of existence. The murder of roger ackroyd is a work of detective fiction by agatha christie, first published in june 1926 in the united kingdom by william collins, sons 1 and in the united states by dodd, mead and company on 19 june 1956. The sunday oregonian as a twentythreeyearold graduate student, aaron lansky set out to save the worlds abandoned yiddish books before it was too late. My first home was an apartment in manhattans upper west side, a neighborhood that overlooked the george washington bridge. Ackroyd examines london from its prehistory through today. The boston globe every now and again a book with nearuniversal appeal comes along. How a young man rescued a million books and saved a vanishing civilisation new ed by aaron lansky isbn. Penley, aaron in memoriam by claude penley lithographers by leighton brothers, milford house, london aaron edwin penley 20 may 1806 15 january 1870 was an english watercolourpainter.
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He writes about entertainment and culture for, billboard, and the huffington post. Lansky s account of rescuing the literature of a quickly dying language has both sad and triumphant overtones. Bruce lansky is an internationally known poet and anthologist. Though once spoken by threequarters of the worlds jewish population, few jews of his generation, or even of his parents, knew how to speak, much less read, the language. Aaron lanskys book is an adventure story about the survival of yiddish. Outwitting history follows lansky s farflung travels and features the engaging men. Jan 24, 2017 vicki lansky, a bestselling author who dispensed recipes and practical advice that helped a generation of parents cope with childrearing challenges and housekeeping, from cradle cap to divorce. The amazing adventures of a man who rescued a million yiddish. Aaron lansky s outwitting history presents an interesting countertrend to modern habits of reading.
January 6, 1942 january 15, 2017 was an american author and publisher, best known for her cookbook feed me im yours feed me im yours began as a local fundraising cookbook for the minneapolis chapter of the childbirth education association cea in 1974. Nazi loot hunter richard aronowitz on the darkness of past and present nazi loot hunter and art provenance specialist richard aronowitz speaks to nikki mckeown about his new novel an. Nov 11, 2011 in outwitting history, aaron lansky, founder of the renowned national yiddish book center, tells his personal story as a oneman rescuer of yiddish booksand along the way provides an acce. The murder of roger ackroyd work by christie britannica. The amazing adventures of a man who rescued a million yiddish books by aaron lansky. The publication of a new book by peter ackroyd is an occasion for the kind of falderal and charivari that the author so vividly. Oct 05, 2004 in 1980, a twentythreeyearold student named aaron lansky set out to rescue the worlds abandoned yiddish books before it was too late. The books meant nothing to many of those who had inherited them, as they had no knowledge of yiddish. In outwitting history, lansky shares his adventures as well as the poignant and often laughoutloud stories he heard as he traveled the country collecting books. Lanskys account of rescuing the literature of a quickly dying language has both sad and triumphant overtones. Some of the published credits of bruce lansky include girls to the rescue book 1. Every now and again a book with nearuniversal appeal comes along. Other articles where the murder of roger ackroyd is discussed.
Precious volumes that had survived hitler and stalin were being passed down from older generations of jewish immigrants to their nonyiddishspeaking children only to be thrown away or destroyed. Lansky is the author of outwitting history 2004, when he began saving books in the early 1980s, most experts believe that there were fewer than 70,000 yiddish volumes extant. The thinking mans gangster is a book about organized crime unlike any other yet written. He spent about 10 years traveling the world nonstop, visiting over 100 countries, and has since lived outside the us for an additional years. Aaron lansky was a graduate student in montreal in the late 1970s when he discovered that large numbers of yiddish books were being discarded by younger jews who could not read the language of their parents and grandparents.
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Thus began a career of scooping up yiddish books from all over the world and storing them at the national yiddish book center in amherst. In this brilliant biography and social history, robert lacey separates the strands of fact and legend in meyer lanskys career, revealing a truth about the gangster life in america that is far more fascinating and dramatic than fiction. Outwitting history by aaron lansky is a book about the authors efforts to rescue a large number of books in. North america books, history, nonfiction australias. He has a passion for getting children excited about reading and writing poetry.