Ethnic Orientation/Jewish
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My Mother’s Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region
$27.95 Add to cartWith his dying breath, Lena’s father asks his family a cryptic question: “You couldn’t tell, could you?” After his passing, Lena stumbles upon the answer that changes her life forever.
As her revolutio
- Author: Adams, Alina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1736499025
- Language: English
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Under a Sunburnt Sky
$16.99 Add to cartInspired by the true story of an overlooked hero of World War II, Under a Sunburnt Sky is the unforgettable tale of one boy’s heroism when faced with evil and the unbreakable bonds of love.
When the Na
- Author: Mirren, Lilly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 298
- Publish Date: July 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1922650137
- Language: English
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She Sold Her Husband and Other Satirical Sketches
$15.00 Add to cartSam Liptzin-also known as Feter Shepsl, Uncle Sam, and Kvikzilber (Quicksilver)-was a self-proclaimed “radical humorist.” Born in Lipsk, Belarus, in 1893, Liptzin moved to the United States in 1909 an… [more below]
- Author: Liptzin, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 01 2023
- ISBN10: 9791096677139
- Language: English
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Bee Season
$20.00 Add to cartEliza Naumann, a seemingly unremarkable nine-year-old, expects never to fit into her gifted family: her autodidact father, Saul, absorbed in his study of Jewish mysticism; her brother, Aaron, the vess… [more below]
- Author: Goldberg, Myla
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 15 2001
- ISBN10: 0385498802
- Language: English
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The Case of the Missing Books
$12.95 Add to cartIsrael Armstrong is a passionate soul, lured to Ireland by the promise of an exciting new career. Alas, the job that awaits him is not quite what he had in mind. Still, Israel is not one to dwell on d
- Series: Mobile Library Mystery #1
- Author: Sansom, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 02 2007
- ISBN10: 0060822503
- Language: English
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The Spinoza of Market Street: and Other Stories
$16.95 Add to cartIn his classic followup to his debut story collection, Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories, Isaac Bashevis Singer continues to introduce readers to his unique brand of fiction in eleven unforgettable st… [more below]
- Series: Isaac Bashevis Singer: Classic Editions
- Author: Bashevis Singer, Isaac
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1632922320
- Language: English
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A Girl During the War
$17.99 Add to cartThe author of the “unforgettable story of strength, love, and survival” (Jillian Cantor, USA TODAY bestselling author) The Light After the War returns with a sweeping and evocative story of love and p… [more below]
- Author: Abriel, Anita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1982181176
- Language: English
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The Full Catastrophe
$18.99 Read moreWinner, 2023 Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction
Finalist, 2023 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award
A compassionate and funny novel about defining yourself, the communities that support us, and th
- Author: Cook, Méira
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 348
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1487009941
- Language: English
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The End of Days
$16.95 Add to cartWinner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the Hans Fallada Prize, The End of Days, by the acclaimed German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, consists essentially of five “books,” each leading to a di
- Author: Erpenbeck, Jenny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 08 2016
- ISBN10: 0811225135
- Language: English
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On the Landing: Stories by Yenta MASH
$16.95 Add to cartIn these sixteen stories, available in English for the first time, prize-winning author Yenta Mash traces an arc across continents, across upheavals and regime changes, and across the phases of a woma
- Series: Niu Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
- Author: Mash, Yenta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 28 2018
- ISBN10: 0875807933
- Language: English
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Sarra Copia: A Locked-in Life
$12.95 Add to cartSarra Copia: A Locked-in Life is historical fiction based on the life of the title character, who was confined in the Jewish ghetto in Venice from her birth in 1592 until her death forty-nine years la
- Author: Ludmerer, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1733661999
- Language: English
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The Education of H*y*m*a*n K*a*p*l*a*n
$15.99 Add to cartThe humorous adventures of Hyman Kaplan, the irrepressible student at the American Night Preparatory School for Adults, and his personal war with the English language. A classic work of american humor
- Author: Ross, Leonard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: September 06 2011
- ISBN10: 0156278111
- Language: English
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Sadness Is a White Bird
$18.99 Add to cart**A 2019 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalist** **A 2018 National Jewish Book Award Finalist for Debut Fiction** In this “nuanced, sharp, and beautifully written” (Michael Chabon) debut novel, a young… [more below]
- Author: Rothman-Zecher, Moriel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1501176277
- Language: English
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The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach
$18.99 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan’s Tale comes an intoxicating novel of love and redemption during a time of war.
Summer 1941. Young Adelia Montforte flees fascist Italy for Amer… [more below]
- Author: Jenoff, Pam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 28 2015
- ISBN10: 0778317544
- Language: English
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The Sterns Are Listening
$28.00 Add to cartFrom acclaimed poet and memoirist Jonathan Wells comes a raucous and aching New York novel about family derangement, Boomer laments and youthful revolt, rock and roll, and the sacrifices we make for w… [more below]
- Author: Wells, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 257
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1736309374
- Language: English
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Breathturn into Timestead
$48.99 Add to cart2015 National Translation Award Winner in Poetry
Paul Celan, one of the greatest German-language poets of the twentieth century, created an oeuvre that stands as testimony to the horrors of his times- Author: Celan, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0374608032
- Language: English
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The Lost Shtetl
$20.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD AND THE JEWISH FICTION AWARD FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH LIBRARIES
GOOD MORNING AMERICA MUST READ NEW BOOKS * NEW YORK POST BUZZ BOOKS * THE MILLIONS MOST AN
- Author: Gross, Max
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 0062991132
- Language: English
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The Yellow Bird Sings
$16.99 Add to cartNational Jewish Book Award Finalist
Rosner’s exquisite, heart-rending debut novel is proof that there’s always going to be room for another story about World War II….This is an absolutely beautiful- Author: Rosner, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1250179785
- Language: English
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The Taster
$16.95 Add to cartAmid the turbulence of World War II, a young German woman finds a precarious haven closer to the source of danger than she ever imagined–one that will propel her through the extremes of privilege and… [more below]
- Author: Alexander, V. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 30 2018
- ISBN10: 1496712277
- Language: English
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The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants
$21.95 Add to cartAward-winning author and immigration attorney Orlando Ortega-Medina returns to 1990s San Francisco in The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants, a powerful family drama that plays out within a captivating legal
- Author: Ortega-Medina, Orlando
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 335
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1612942636
- Language: English
