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  • Jews and Booze

    Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition

    by Marni Davis ...
    Series Book 2 - Goldstein-Goren American Jewish History
    Finalist, 2014 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature from the Jewish Book CouncilTraces American Jews' complicated relationship to alcohol through the years leading up to and after prohibitionFrom kosher wine to their ties to the liquor trade in Europe, Jews have a longstanding historical relationship with alcohol. But once prohibition hit America, American Jews were forced to choose between ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Every Precious and Fragile Thing

    A Novel

    by Barbara Davis ...
    Narrated by Sara Sheckells, Marni Penning, Petrea Burchard, Sarah Beth Goer ...

    Unabridged

    A mother and daughter try desperately to reconcile just as a decades-old secret threatens to shatter their relationship forever in this powerful story from the bestselling author of The Echo of Old Books.For social worker Mallory Ward, working with at-risk youth is a calling. But when one of her clients is tragically killed, she finds herself at a crossroads. Despite long-held resentments toward ... Read more

    $61.82 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Warbler, The

    A Novel

    by Sarah Beth Durst ...
    Narrated by Caitlin Davies, Sara Sheckells, Marni Penning ...

    Unabridged

    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Lies Among Us comes a magical tale about mothers and daughters, choices and consequences, and the real meaning of home when every place feels like a cage.Ten months. That’s the longest Elisa has stayed anyplace, constantly propelled by her fear that if she puts down roots, a family curse will turn her into a tree.But she’s grown tired of flitting ... Read more

    $59.08 CAD

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    The Downhome Sound

    Diversity and Politics in Americana Music

    by Mandi Bates Bailey ...
    Narrated by Marni Penning ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 48 min

    American roots music, also known as Americana music, can be challenging to categorize, spanning the genres of jazz, bluegrass, country, blues, rock and roll, and an assortment of variations in between. In The Downhome Sound, Mandi Bates Bailey explores the messages, artists, community, and appeal of this seemingly disparate musical collective. To understand the art form's intended meanings and ... Read more

    $26.10 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    War and Craft [Dramatized Adaptation]

    American Craftsmen 3

    by Tom Doyle ...
    Narrated by A Full Cast, Ken Jackson, Michael John Casey, Nora Achrati, Deidra Starnes, Andy Clemence, Lily Beacon, Bradley Smith, Bruce Alan Rauscher, Chris Genebach, Colleen Delany, Harley Gordon, David Jourdan, Dawn Ursula, Jacob Yeh, Kenyatta Rogers, Lawrence Redmond, Lynette Rathnam, Marni Penning, Mary C Davis, Nanette Savard, Nanna Ingvarsson, Richard Rohan, Peter Holdway, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Scott McCormick, Tia Shearer, Tuyet Thi Pham, Yasmin Tuazon ...
    Series series American Craftsmen

    Unabridged

    6 hours 34 min

    America, land of the Free…and home of the warlocks.The Founding Fathers were never ones to pass up a good weapon. America's first line of defense has been shrouded in secrecy, magical families who have sworn to use their power to protect our republic.But there are those who reject America's dream and have chosen the Left Hand Path. In this triumphant conclusion to Tom Doyle's imaginative alternate ... Read more

    $30.22 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • In Our Hearts We Were Giants

    The Remarkable Story of the Lilliput Troupe—A Dwarf Family's Survival of the Holocaust

    by Yehuda Koren, Eilat Negev ...
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  • My Silent Pledge

    A Journey of Struggle, Survival and Remembrance

    by Sidney J Zoltak ...
    Series Book 2 - MiroLand
    A child survivor, a child of survivors and a grandchild of a survivor, Sidney Zoltak is all these things. His story about a family that struggled and endured, the generosity of those who saved them against all odds, and a vow never to forget is a remarkable journey through the Holocaust into a rich and full life. At eight, Sidney loses a middle class home and goes from the slow death of the ghetto ... Read more

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  • The Warburgs

    The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family

    by Ron Chernow ...
    From the Pulitzer Prize–winning bestselling author of Alexander Hamilton, the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical, comes this definitive biography of the Warburgs, one of the great German-Jewish banking families of the twentieth century.Bankers, philanthropists, scholars, socialites, artists, and politicians, the Warburgs stood at the pinnacle of German (and, later, of German-American) Jewry. ... Read more

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  • The Life of Flavius Josephus

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  • Alex's Wake

    The Tragic Voyage of the St. Louis to Flee Nazi Germany-and a Grandson's Journey of Love and Remembrance

    by Martin Goldsmith ...
    Alex's Wake is a tale of two parallel journeys undertaken seven decades apart. In the spring of 1939, Alex and Helmut Goldschmidt were two of more than 900 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany aboard the St. Louis, "the saddest ship afloat" ( New York Times). Turned away from Cuba, the United States, and Canada, the St. Louis returned to Europe, a stark symbol of the world's indifference to the ... Read more

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  • Current Events: Israel and Her Enemies (Illustrated Edition)

    by Charles River Editors ...
    You don't want a messianic apocalyptic cult controlling atomic bombs. - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Welcome to the Middle East, where Israel and her neighbors have been engaged in diplomatic and military conflicts for nearly 64 years, with roots in the disputes dating back over 2,000 years of history. Founded in May 1948, Israel faced annihilation from the moment the state declared ... Read more

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