In internationally-bestselling author Ronald H. Balson's newest audiobook, The Girl from Berlin, Liam and Catherine come to the aid of an old friend and are drawn into a property dispute in Tuscany that unearths long-buried secrets. An...
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Author:Balson, Ronald H.Summary: -
Author:Sweeney, EmmetSummary:The Ages in Alignment series argues for a complete reconstruction of ancient chronology. The histories of the Near Eastern civilizations are now believed to have commenced around 3300 BC, about 2,000 years before those of China and the...
- Author:Whatling, MichaelSummary:
Absence isn't a hole. It's a presence living inside you, eating its way out. Occupied France, 1943. Returning home from the daily hunt for the rationed ingredients necessary to keep his family pâtisserie open, Andre Albert...
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Author:Loveless, RyanSummary:In 1932, after Captain Joshua Pascal’s family loses its fortune, the Great War veteran’s sense of duty compels him to help his mother convert his childhood home into a Jewish boarding house. He’s lived openly as a homosexual among his...
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Author:Tulchinsky, Karen X.Summary: -
Author:Sem-Sandberg, Steve, Death, SarahSummary:Longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize In February 1940, the Nazis established what would become the second-largest Jewish ghetto in the Polish city of Lódz. Its chosen leader: Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, a sixty-three-year...
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Author:Josephus, FlaviusSummary:Presents the history of the destruction of Jerusalem from the book the Wars of the Jews by Josephus. Includes a biography of Josephus.
- Author:Tregebov, MichaelSummary:
There is a Jewish proverb that goes: "Grandchildren are your reward from God for not having murdered your children." And so THE BRISS begins, with Sammy, the father of two grown children he would like to choke the life out of. His...
- Author:BOYNE, JohnSummary:
Nine-year-old Bruno is bored and lonely since his family moved from Berlin. It is 1942 and his father, a Nazi officer, has a new posting in a place called 'Out-With'. It isn't long before Bruno finds a new friend, a boy...
- Author:Boyne, JohnSummary:
Guaranteed to spark discussion and debate--this is a tale of two young boys experiencing the Holocaust from different perspectives and getting caught up in terrible events entirely beyond their control. When Bruno returns home from...
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Author:Orgad, DoritSummary:Manuel NuNez's life changes forever on the day his parents trust him enough to reveal a secret; they are Jews. Brought up as a Christian during the Spanish Inquisition of the 17th century, Manuel is surprised, but proud when he learns...
- Author:Tokarczuk, OlgaSummary:
In the mid-eighteenth century, as new ideas-and a new unrest-begin to sweep the Continent, a young Jew of mysterious origins arrives in a village in Poland. Before long, he has changed not only his name but his persona; visited by what...
- Author:Zusak, MarkusSummary:
A young adult novel about how a young girl's love of books helps a community survive World War II and the Holocaust. It's just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans,...
- Author:Harmel, KristinSummary:
Inspired by an astonishing true story from World War II, a young woman with a talent for forgery helps hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis in this unforgettable historical novel from the international bestselling author of the...
- Author:Naves, Elaine KalmanSummary:
Faith, Rhoda, and Erica, affectionately known the Three Graces, are members of a liberal Jewish congregation in contemporary Montreal. Rabbi Nate wants a grand new synagogue; Marty, the congregation's treasurer, harbours a raunchy...
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Author:Fine, MarciaSummary:Edict of Expulsion: 31st of March 1492. Accused of ritual murder in Granada, and not under jurisdiction of the Inquisition, the church orders expulsion of all Jews and Marranos from Spain within four months. Acclaimed author Marcia Fine...
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Author:Yates, J. DylanSummary:Jules Finn and Szaja Trautman know that sorrow can sink deeply—so deeply it can drown the soul. Growing up in her parents' crazy hippie household on a tiny island off the coast of Boston, Jules's imaginative sense of humor is the weapon...
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Author:Ben Izzy, JoelSummary:When a storyteller loses his voice, he believes he's lost everything. In fact, he's been given a great gift. Once upon a time, a successful storyteller lost his voice to throat cancer. Deprived of the instrument of his art and his...
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Author:Goodwin, DanielSummary:Half-way into his life, Lewis Morton discovers that the man he has presented to the world for thirty years is not necessarily the man he actually is, or ought to be.
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Author:Richler, MordecaiSummary:Duddy -- the third generation of a Jewish immigrant family in Montreal -- is combative, amoral, scheming, a liar, and totally hilarious. From his street days tormenting teachers at the Jewish academy to his time hustling four jobs at...
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