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"Populated by engaging characters, rich in incicdent, and vivid in historical detail." THE NEW YORKTIMES BOOK REVIEW In the eleventh-century London, Rob Cole left poor, disease-ridden London to make his way across the land, hustling, juggling, peddling cures to the sick--and discovering the mystical ways of healing. It was on his travels that he found his own very real gift for healing--a gift that urged him on to become a doctor. So all consuming was his dream, that he made the perilous, unheard-of journey to Persia, to its Arab universities where he would undertake a transformation that would shape his destiny forever....

Robert Jeremy Cole, the legendary doctor and hero of THE PHYSICIAN, left an enduring legacy. From the eleventh century on, the eldest son in each generation of the Cole family has borne the same first name and middle initial and many of these men have followed the medical profession. A few have been blessed with their ancestor's diagnostic skill and the 'sixth sense' they call The Gift, the ability to know instinctively when death is impending. The tragedy of Rob J.'s life is the deafness of his son, Robert Jefferson Cole, who is called Shaman by everyone who knows him. Shaman's life is difficult. First, he must learn to speak so that he can take his place in the hearing world, and then he must fight against the prejudices of a society where physical differences matter. As Shaman struggles to achieve his identity, the Coles, along with the rest of America, are drawn into the conflict between the North and the South.

In 1492 Spain is held in firm grip by the inquisition. Per decree an announcement is made that all Jews have to leave the country. A large exodus starts. 15-year-old Yonah is left on his own after his brother and father are killed. Instead of converting to Christianity or fleeing he decides to stand firm by his faith and to fight for himself. Three years later Yonah is keen to settle somewhere. In Granada he finally meets people of his own faith again - the family of the silk merchant Saadi, who still practice Judaism in secrecy. Yonah's love for Ines, the young daughter of the family, however remains unfulfilled. Yonah moves on to Gibraltar where he starts an apprenticeship with Fierro, an armourer. Fierro has to flee from the inquisition himself and asks his young apprentice to accompany him on his journey to the North and when he finally arrives in Saragossa meeting Nuno seals his fate. Yonah immediately senses that medicine is his true calling...

A story set in America, Europe, Africa and Israel. A New York diamond dealer investigates the history of a yellow diamond that was buried in a temple and has caused conflict over the centuries. The novel also deals with his love for two women. By the author of Shaman and The Physician.

A drama of love and identity, of compassion and cruelty, involving a Brooklyn-born rabbi and a Christian minister's daughter who must learn to cope with the complications of an unorthodox life in a world where Jews and Christians don't fall in love. By the author of The Physician and Shaman.

The first time R.J. defies her beloved father is when she is born a female; the second, when she opts to study law rather than medicine. Yet destiny is to overtake her when, for the first time, R.J. Cole realises that she has inherited The Gift. Holding the hand of a sick man, R.J. feels a dreadful certainty that he is going to die; tragically, the patient is no stranger but her own lover. Struggling with her grief, R.J. knows she must bow to the inevitable, and become a doctor. At first she combines her new talent with her legal work on cases where medical advice is needed, and her diagnostic skill combined with The Gift make her an invaluable consultant. But her life changes when she moves to a small town practice and is faced with a terrible dilemma - and an important choice to make...

With Choices, Noah Gordon brings to a close his great trilogy spanning the generations of the Cole medical dynasty. Beginning with the legendary 11th-century doctor Robert J. Cole, each eldest son has borne the same name and middle initial, and some have possessed the uncanny "sixth sense" known as The Gift: the terrible and instinctive knowledge that someone is about to die. In Choices, it emerges again in the present, but this time in a daughter, Roberta Jeanne d'Arc Cole, known as R.J. The first time R.J. defies her beloved father is when she is born a female; the second, when she chooses to study law rather than medicine. Yet destiny is to overtake her when R.J. realizes that she has inherited The Gift. As she holds the hands of a sick man, R.J. feels a dreadful certainty that he is going to die; tragically, he is her own lover. Struggling with her grief, R.J. knows she must bow to the inevitable and become a physician. But her life changes when she moves to a small-town practice and is faced with a terrible dilemma -- and an important choice to make.

At Suffolk County General Hospital, three brilliant young men are brought together by their ambition and passionate dedication to life. But they work in the shadow of the Death Committee, a formidable hospital tribunal where doctors sit in judgment of their peers, deciding who is to blame when a death could have been prevented. During an unforgettable year of love and fear, failure and victory, the young doctors must face the crucial dramas and triumphs of hospital life.

Escocés y miembro de una familia que ha practicado la medicina a lo largo de generaciones, Rob J. Cole debe emigrar por razones políticas a las nuevas tierras de América. Tras trabajar en Boston con el eminente cirujano Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cole partirá rumbo al Oeste, hacia un territorio que los colonos todavía no han podido arrebatar a los indios sauk, y donde le esperan las experiencias más intensas de su vida profesional y personal. Sigue así la trepidante saga de la familia Cole, que Noah Gordon había iniciado con la publicación de El médico y que tiene en Chamán una excelente continuación.

Questo romanzo è la storia di un amore - quello tra Michael e Leslie - così profondo e appassionato da superare gli ostacoli e i pregiudizi che lo minacciano: perché Michael è un giovane rabbino, nato e cresciuto nel cuore della New York ebraica, e Leslie è la figlia di un pastore protestante, ed entrambi vivono in ambienti in cui ebrei e cristiani non hanno molte occasioni di innamorarsi, e ancor meno di sposarsi tra loro.

Noah Gordon autor de El Medico escribe su primera obra dirigida al publico infantil. Tras cosechar enormes exitos de critica y publico con obras de la envergadura de El medico, Chaman y El ultimo judio, Noah Gordon se aventura por vez primera en el ambito de la literatura infantil. Con Sam y otros cuentos de animales, Ediciones B publica en primicia para todo el mundo la primera obra dirigida a los mas pequenos de este autor reconocido internacionalmente. Cinco narraciones repletas de sensibilidad componen este libro en el que se conjugan la calidad artistica y los valores humanos, brillantemente ilustrado por las evocadoras composiciones de Leonardo Flores. Una obra destinada a perdurar en el animo de sus lectores, digna de ser guardada como un tesoro por varias generaciones.

La storia del leggendario capostipite della famiglia Cole che si spinge fino alla favolosa Persia per apprendere i segreti dell’arte della medicina e di quel “dono” misterioso che gli è toccato in sorte… Londra, 1021. Rob Cole ha solo nove anni quando si accorge di “sentire” l’istante in cui la vita abbandona il corpo. È la scoperta di una vocazione travolgente: diventare medico. All’Università di Ispanhan diviene l’allievo prediletto e l’assistente di Avicenna, il principe dei medici. L’arte di Rob Cole non ha rivali: la sua vita sarà una lotta contro la sofferenza e la morte. Un viaggio decisivo e affascinante attraverso il mondo storico del Medioevo euroasiatico, per scoprire antiche e nuove pratiche mediche e il mondo etico dei valori umani.

Noah Gordon erzählt für Kinder! Entstanden ist eine wunderbare Sammlung stimmungsvoll-realistischer Geschichten von einer Fuchsfamilie im Winter, einer wilden Schildkröte im Garten, Zugvögeln und anderen Tieren. In poetischer, kindgemäßer Sprache und der dem großen Erzähler eigenen Eindringlichkeit erzählt Noah Gordon vom Leben und Überleben in der Natur. Ein Geschenk- und Verschenkbuch für die ganze Familie, berührend und durchgängig farbig illustriert vom Meister der realistischen Tierillustration Reinhard Michl. 'Eigentlich kam mir die Idee zu diesem Buch, als ich meinen Enkeln vorlas. Ich wollte sie nur unterhalten, aber als beim Vorlesen plötzlich ihr Interesse für Wildtiere erwachte, war ich mit dieser Wirkung natürlich sehr zufrieden. In unserer Welt bleibt den Wildtieren immer weniger Raum zum Leben. Und darum möchte ich den Kindern das Gefühl geben, dass diese besonderen Tiere etwas Faszinierendes und Wertvolles sind.' Noah Gordon

El último judío toma como punto de partida la expulsión de los judíos en la España del siglo XV y como protagonista al joven Yonah Toledano. Cuando Yonah es separado de los únicos miembros de su familia que quedan con vida, se ve forzado a abandonar su hogar en búsqueda de un nuevo lugar donde poder establecerse sin tener que renunciar a sus creencias. Contrario a la conversión e involucrado además en la investigación del robo de reliquias, inicia un largo periplo por la España de la Inquisición, durante el cual deberá recurrir a su ingenio para salvaguardar su secreto. Los cambios continuos de identidad y de oficio serán duros de encajar, pero las dificultades no harán sino forjar su personalidad y reafirmar sus orígenes. Desde sus días de pobreza y soledad hasta sus últimos años como reputado médico, seguimos la vida de este extraordinario personaje y de un no menos interesante periodo histórico, en el que las traiciones e intrigas estaban a la orden del día. El viaje iniciático de Yonah le sirve a Noah Gordon, autor de El médico, como eje central de una novela que, a modo de tapiz, abarca desde la descripción minuciosa de los acontecimientos históricos y el análisis de la compleja convivencia entre judíos y cristianos, hasta la disección de la vida interior de un hombre sometido a unas circunstancias excepcionales.

Michael, un giovane rabbino nato e cresciuto nella New York dei primi decenni del Novecento, ama Leslie, la figlia di un pastore protestante. Un amore che sembra impossibile. Ma nonostante l'inevitabile e prevedibile opposizione delle famiglie e dell'ambiente sociale circostante, i due giovani riusciranno a vivere liberamente il destino che si sono scelti. Primo romanzo di Gordon, L'uomo che cercava la verità divenne immediatamente un best seller mondiale, che attraversole vicende dei protagonisti dipinge un indimenticabile affresco dell'America dell'epoca. Una storia che incanta e fa riflettere sui valori che, al di là delle fedi religiose, danno un senso alla nostra esistenza.

Languedoc, Francia, finales del siglo XIX. Josep lvarez descubre de la mano de un viticultor francs el arte de la elaboracin del vino. Desde ese momento, su vida estar determinada por esta pasin. A pesar de su juventud, Josep ha conocido el amor, las intrigas polticas y el trabajo duro, experiencia que, junto a su temprana vocacin, caracterizar su destino. Tras participar contra su voluntad en un complot que convulsionar la ya turbulenta escena poltica del momento, huye a Francia, donde trabajar para un viticultor. Pese a su temor de caer en manos de la justicia, decide un da volver a su hogar. Luchando contra los elementos, Josep emprende una aventura tan ardua como fascinante: la elaboracin de un buen vino. En torno a l, los habitantes de Santa Eullia: la joven viuda Marimar y su hijo Francesc; Nivaldo, el tendero de origen cubano; Donat, el hermano obrero, todos ellos personajes que pueblan esta rica novela. La bodega contiene la esencia anterior de Noah Gordon: historias personales de fuerza, personajes vitales, retratos fidedignos de una poca, plasmados con una sensibilidad y acierto que ha admirado a miles de lectores a lo largo de los aos.

A story of political intrigue, winemaking, and love, set in Catalonia in the late 19th century.