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Brook, Stephen was born on June 20, 1947 in London.
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The subjects of this book, the three principal cities of the old Hapsburg Empire - Vienna, Budapest and Prague - are as different from one another as the languages spoken, and since World War II these differences have if anything increased. Looking at all aspects of life in Vienna, Budapest and Prague, this book looks at the food and wine, the culture, the buildings, the politics and, above all the people of these three cities.
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A portrait of a deeply complex society, laying bare the contradictions that make Israel both problematic and fascinating. The author views it as a country in a constant state of military alert and at the same time the least militarist by inclination. He describes it as a secular state increasingly dominated by ultra-Orthodox forces. The founding fathers were European Jews who now find themselves outnumbered by Oriental Jews. Israelis, whatever their origin and politics, now find themselves increasingly in confrontation with a rapidly growing Palestinian population. The clash of rival Jewish and Arab nationalism seems increasingly intractable. The kibbutzim, repositories of political idealism are close to bankruptcy. Although he found Israelis to be urban and highly cultured people they could at the same time be curt and ill-mannered. Aggression and fear, the author reveals, walks hand in hand and Jerusalem, a beautiful and unique city is filled with tension. Stephen Brook has also written "The Club: The Jews of Modern Britain".
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Stephen Brook drove round Texas, visiting the major cities of Dallas and Houston and small remote communities. The people, too, were as varied as the state.
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Brook, Stephen was born on June 20, 1947 in London.
Master of Arts, Trinity College, Cambridge U., 1969.
Staff editor, Atlantic Monthly, Boston, 1972-1973; editor, David R. Godine, Boston, 1973-1975; editor, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1976-1980; freelance writer, London, since 1982. Wine columnist New Statesman, London, 1986-1987, Vogue, London, since 1988, Unique, Paris, since 1994.
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Member honorary committee Armenian Rights Group, London.
M. Maria Lonstrup.