"The Penitent "tells the story of Jospeh Shapiro, his rapid climb to prosperity, his quick plunge into promiscuity, and his subsequent flight to Israel in order to find salvation.
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Cults today are bigger than ever, with broad ramifications for national and international terrorism. In this newly revised edition of her definitive work on cults, Singer reveals what cults really are and how they work, focusing specifically on the coercive persuasion techniques of charismatic leade[...]
The award-winning author writes of his boyhood in Warsaw, between 1908 and 1918, recounting tales of his family and neighbors and of Warsaw's aroma-laden, crowded Krochmalna Street, where foolishness and thievery mixed with wisdom and wonder[...]