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Sometime trial attorney and perennial procrastinator, presently novelist, short story writer, and essayist, I’m the author of the multiply translated The Writer’s Brush, Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture by Writers, which The New York Times Sunday Book Review described as “sparkling audaciously on every page,” and which the American Libraries Association called “a grand feat of research and interpretation.” My first novel, The Hand Before the Eye, black comic and shot through with religious themes—praised by Publishers Weekly for “its impassioned finale of spiritual redemption,” was a Vanity Fair Hot Type Recommendation. You’re My Dawg, Dog: A Lexicon of Dog Terms for People, has brought pleasure equally to dog and word lovers.

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	The Writer's Brush: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture by Writers 4.23 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Corrupted Humours, A Novel 2.23 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Historical Building Construction: Design, Materials, and Technology really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1995 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Investigation of Buildings: A Guide for Architects, Engineers, and Owners (Norton Professional Book) 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hand Before the Eye 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Still Phyllis: A Caregiver's Memoir of Dementia and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You're My Dawg, Dog: A Lexicon of Dog Terms for People by Donald Friedman (Goodreads Author), J.C. Suares (Illustrations) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Structure of Skyscrapers in America, 1871–1900; Their History and Preservation 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After 9-11: An Engineer's Work at the World Trade Center it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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MARTY SUPREME: A NEW GUISE FOR AN ANCIENT HATRED

To foster antisemitism the medieval church arranged paintings and carvings depicting Jews being excreted by pigs. In Germany they were called “Juden Sau” or Jews sow. You can see them preserved in the choir stalls of Cologne Cathedral (1308) and in bas relief in the town church of Wittenberg (1305). Jews forced to ride or suckle from pigs was a popular theme not just in Germany but throughout

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“The hard part about changing is that you have to change.”
― Donald Friedman, The Hand Before the Eye

tags: change, change-quotes, change-your-life

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“Your dog is the ultimate acolyte; he believes you are the very image of God.”
― Donald Friedman, You're My Dawg, Dog: A Lexicon of Dog Terms for People

tags: dog, dogs-and-humans, dogs-loyalty

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“For true repentance there must be change. Remember when it comes-the flash, the insight- that it’s only the beginning.”
― Donald Friedman, The Hand Before the Eye

tags: change, insight, repentance

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