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Saint Mazie
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Aaron's leap
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Dinner at the center of the earth
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Nathan Englander |
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The secret book of kings
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Yokhi Brandes |
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Jacob's oath
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Martin Fletcher |
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The gallery of vanished husbands
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Natasha Solomons |
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A replacement life
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Monastery
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Eduardo Halfon |
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A reunion of ghosts
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Judith Claire Mitchell |
"In the vein of such classic family sagas as Fall on Your Knees, A Reunion of Ghosts is the confessional of three sisters who have decided to kill themselves on the very last day of the 20th century;… |
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The last flight of Poxl West
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"All his life, Elijah Goldstein has idolized his charismatic Uncle Poxl. Intensely magnetic, cultured and brilliant, Poxl takes Elijah under his wing, introducing him to opera and art and literature.… |
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Girl singer
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Mick Carlon |
"1938: eighteen-year-old Avery, aspiring singer, is heard by Lester "Pres" Young, Count Basie's tenor saxophonist. Pres recommends her to Basie, and Avery is whisked into the jazz life. Years later, … |
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In the land of armadillos
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Helen Maryles Shankman |
"A radiant debut collection of linked stories from a two-time Pushcart nominee set in the German-occupied town of Wlodawa, Poland, where mythic tales of Jewish folklore meet the real-life monsters of… |
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The beauty queen of Jerusalem
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Sarit Yishai-Levi |
"The #1 International Best Seller! The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem is a dazzling novel of mothers and daughters, stories told and untold, and the ties that bind four generations of women. Gabriela's mo… |
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The fortunate ones
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One very special work of art--a Chaim Soutine painting--connects the lives and fates of two different women, generations apart, in a novel that moves from World War II Vienna to contemporary Los Ange… |
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Die unsichtbare Wand
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H. G. Adler |
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