Ethnic Orientation/Jewish
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The Teacher of Warsaw
$26.99 Read moreFor fans of The Warsaw Orphan and The Tattooist of Auschwitz: the start of WWII changed everything in Poland irrevocably–except for one man’s capacity to love.
September 1, 1939. Sixty-year-old Janusz
- Author: Escobar, Mario
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 07, 2022
- ISBN10: 0785252177
- Language: English
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The Lost Book of Adana Moreau
$18.99 Add to cart*Winner of the Chicago Review of Books Award for Fiction*
A Heartland Booksellers Award Nominee
An NPR Best Book of the Year
A BookPage Best Book of the Year
A Library Journal Best Winter/Spring Debut of … [more below]
- Author: Zapata, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1335147357
- Language: English
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In Alexa’s Shoes
$29.99 Add to cartIn Alexa’s Shoes – a dramatic, uplifting true story of a young girl’s struggle to overcome great odds to survive through WWII.
In the autumn of 1940, thirteen-year-old Alexa’s happy life is ripped from
- Author: Alexandra, Rochelle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 25 2019
- ISBN10: 1640856153
- Language: English
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Paper Is White
$16.95 Add to cartWhen oral historian Ellen Margolis and her girlfriend decide to get married, Ellen realizes that she can’t go through with a wedding until she tells her grandmother. There’s only one problem: her gran
- Author: Zaid, Hilary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 318
- Publish Date: March 13 2018
- ISBN10: 1612941133
- Language: English
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The Sins on Their Bones
$19.95 Add to cartSet in a Jewish folklore-inspired reimagining of 19th century Eastern Europe, this queer dark fantasy debut pits two estranged husbands and a daring spymaster on opposite sides of a civil war. Perfect… [more below]
- Author: Samotin, Laura R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1039007562
- Language: English
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Shadows on the Hudson
$36.99 Add to cart“A piercing work of fiction with a strong claim to being Singer’s masterpiece” (Richard Bernstein, The New York Times), Shadows on the Hudson traces the intertwined lives of a group of Jewish refugees
- Series: FSG Classics
- Author: Singer, Isaac Bashevis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: April 29 2008
- ISBN10: 0374531226
- Language: English
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Good Riddance
$18.99 Add to cartIn a delightful new romantic comedy from Elinor Lipman, one woman’s trash becomes another woman’s treasure, with deliriously entertaining results.
Daphne Maritch doesn’t quite know what to make of th- Author: Lipman, Elinor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 04 2020
- ISBN10: 0358108551
- Language: English
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The Matchmaker: A Farce in Four Acts
$18.99 Add to cart“Loud, slap dash and uproarious…extraordinarily original and funny.”–New York Times
Now, for the first time in a standalone edition, Thornton Wilder’s brilliant, hilarious play which was adapted int
- Author: Wilder, Thornton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 09, 2017
- ISBN10: 0062693492
- Language: English
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And After the Fire
$17.99 Add to cartNational Jewish Book Award Winner
The New York Times bestselling author of A Fierce Radiance and City of Light returns with a powerful and passionate novel–inspired by historical events–about two wom
- Author: Belfer, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 02 2017
- ISBN10: 0062428527
- Language: English
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The Saturday Morning Murder: A Psychoanalytic Case
$19.99 Add to cartFrom award-winning and internationally acclaimed author, Batya Gur, comes a hair-raising mystery in which Israeli investigator Michael Ohayon’s detective skills are put to the ultimate test.
When Dr. E
- Series: Michael Ohayon #1
- Author: Gur, Batya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 28 2020
- ISBN10: 0060995084
- Language: English
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Woman on Fire: A Mystery Novel
$26.99 Add to cart“An exuberant and propulsive thriller laced with sex, art, and history. Lisa Barr has created an unforgettable story that forces readers to question where the line should be drawn between the pursuit
- Author: Barr, Lisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0063211262
- Language: English
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All the Shining People
$17.99 Read moreFinalist, 2023 Trillium Book Award
Finalist, Writers Union of Canada 2023 Daunta Gleed Literary Award
Finalist, 2023 ReLit Award for Short FictionTwelve exquisitely written stories depicting the s
- Author: Friedman, Kathy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1487010400
- Language: English
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The Children’s Train
$16.99 Add to cartThe inspiration behind the forthcoming Netflix film
“The innocence of childhood collides with the stark aftermath of war in this wrenching and ultimately redemptive tale of family, seemingly impossible
- Author: Ardone, Viola
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 12 2021
- ISBN10: 0062940511
- Language: English
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The Man Who Saw Everything
$17.99 Read moreLonglisted for the Booker Prize
Named a Best Book of the Year By: The New York Times Book Review (Notable Books of the Year) * The New York Public Library * The Washington Post * Time.com * The New Yor- Author: Levy, Deborah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1632869853
- Language: English
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Children of the Stars
$16.99 Add to cartFrom international bestselling author Mario Escobar comes a story of escape, sacrifice, and hope amid the perils of the Second World War.
August 1942. Jacob and Moses Stein, two young Jewish brothers,
- Author: Escobar, Mario
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 0785233032
- Language: English
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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
