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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Rich boy Rich boy Sharon Pomerantz Een arme joodse jongen uit Philadelphia werkt zich op tot vastgoedjurist, maar verliest daarbij het plezier in het leven en de liefde. OL15408835W
The prophet of Tenth Street The prophet of Tenth Street Tsipi Keller http://www.headbutler.com/shorttakes/brief-prophet-tenth-street In Brief: "The Prophet of Tenth Street" By JESSE KORNBLUTH Published: Mar 27, 2012 Tsipi Keller and I were on a literary committe… OL15991867W
Los informantes Los informantes Juan Gabriel Vásquez When Gabriel Santoro's biography is scathingly reviewed by his own father, a public intellectual and famous Bogotá rhetorician, Gabriel could not imagine what had pierced his icy exterior to provoke … OL1663451W
Saint Mazie Saint Mazie Jami Attenberg Meet Mazie Phillips: big-hearted and bawdy, she's the truth-telling proprietress of The Venice, the famed New York City movie theater. It's the Jazz Age, with romance and booze aplenty--even when Pro… OL17310308W
The sisters Weiss The sisters Weiss Naomi Ragen "A powerful new novel of identity, loyalty and true love, from the international bestselling author of The Tenth Song In 1950's Brooklyn, sisters Rose and Pearl Weiss grow up in a loving but strict u… OL17819037W
The gift of Asher Lev The gift of Asher Lev Chaim Potok The Sequel to My Name is Asher Lev. Asher has a child, Avrumel, and once his Uncle Yitzchock passes away he must return home to Brooklynn. Throughout his time their he understands that his own father… OL1812110W
Aaron's leap Aaron's leap Magdaléna Platzová "Based on the real-life story of Bauhaus artist Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, Aaron's Leap is framed by the lens of a twenty first-century Israeli film crew delving into the extraordinary life of a woman w… OL19707568W
The girl from Berlin The girl from Berlin Ronald H. Balson Catherine Lockhart and Liam Taggart investigate a German violin prodigy's handwritten records from Berlin's interwar period to resolve a land dispute between a powerful corporation and a woman facing… OL19761123W
The last flight of Poxl West The last flight of Poxl West Daniel Torday "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.… OL19996188W
The Pinch The Pinch Stern, Steve It's the late 1960s. The Pinch, once a thriving Jewish community centered on North Main Street in Memphis, has been reduced to a single tenant. Lenny Sklarew awaits the draft by peddling drugs and sh… OL20003043W
Jewish Noir Jewish Noir Kenneth Wishnia "A unique collection of all-new stories by award-winning authors. This anthology includes the work of numerous authors such as Marge Piercy, Harlan Ellison, S. J. Rozan, Nancy Richler, Moe Prager (Re… OL20013024W
Among the living Among the living Jonathan Rabb "In late summer 1947, thirty-one-year-old Yitzhak Goldah, a camp survivor, arrives in Savannah to live with his only remaining relatives. They are Abe and Pearl Jesler, older, childless, and an integ… OL20038315W
The fortunate ones The fortunate ones Ellen Umansky 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… OL20049950W
From Sand and Ash From Sand and Ash Amy Harmon,Cassandra Campbell 375 pages ; 21 cm OL20805397W
Open doors Open doors Gloria Goldreich Acclaimed artist Elaine Gordon can't believe her loving husband is gone. After a lifetime spent utterly devoted to her soul mate and their marriage, Elaine is now tetherless, faced with widowhood and… OL3290393W
The Queen's Fool The Queen's Fool Philippa Gregory Henry VIII is dead, succeeded by his only legitimate son, nine year old Edward VI. Too young to rule, the realm is governed by a Regency Council, led by his uncle, Edward Seymour. Edward has continue… OL59951W