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  • The Life and Opinions of Zacharias Lichter

    A new translation of the only novel by lauded Romanian literary critic Matei CălinescuAn NYRB Classics OriginalUgly, unkempt, a haunter of low dives who begs for a living and lives on the street, Zacharias Lichter exists for all that in a state of unlikely rapture. After being engulfed by a divine flame as a teenager, Zacharias has devoted his days to doing nothing at all—apart, that is, from ... Read more

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    The epic novel of two families and the genocide in Nazi Germany, by the writer of the blockbuster TV miniseries.The Dorfs are "good" Germans, loyal to the new Nazi regime, with whom their son Erik, a promising lawyer, finds his ambitions realized with the SS at the side of the ruthless Reinhard Heydrich.The Weisses are Jewish, also "good" Germans—but under the new regime, they are doomed.Told ... Read more

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  • The Chosen

    by Chaim Potok ...
    A coming-of-age classic about two Jewish boys growing up in Brooklyn in the 1940s, this “profound and universal” (The Wall Street Journal) story of faith, family, tradition, and assimilation remains deeply pertinent today.“Works of this caliber should be occasion for singing in the streets and shouting from the rooftops.” —Chicago TribuneIt’s the spring of 1944 and fifteen-year-olds Reuven... ... Read more

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  • The Hours Count

    A Novel

    A spellbinding historical novel about a woman who befriends Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, and is drawn into their world of intrigue, from the author of Margot and The Lost LetterOn June 19, 1953, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed for conspiring to commit espionage. The day Ethel was first arrested in 1950, she left her two young sons with a neighbor, and she never came home to them again. ... Read more

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  • The Days of Winter

    A Novel

    A New York Times–bestselling saga that follows a powerful European family through two world wars, from the author of The Last Princess.Nathan Hack expects his four sons to marry well and keep up the tradition of becoming barristers in the prestigious house of Hack. But Rubin, the youngest, feels that his legacy is a stranglehold. He's betrothed to a woman from a fine family when he falls in love ... Read more

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  • Gone to Dust

    A Novel

    by Matt Goldman ...
    Series Book 1 - Nils Shapiro
    Set in Minnesota, Gone to Dust is the New York Times bestselling debut private eye murder mystery from Emmy Award-winning Seinfeld writer Matt Goldman.“Sharp wit, complex characters, and masterful plotting makes Goldman a writer to watch. Irreverent and insightful, private detective Nils Shapiro is sure to become a fan favorite.”—Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling authorA brutal crime. The ... Read more

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  • Up from Orchard Street

    A Novel

    In the tradition of Like Water for Chocolate and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, this exhilarating novel centered around a memorable immigrant family brings to vibrant life the soul and spirit of New York’s legendary Lower East Side.Up from Orchard Street......where three generations of Roths live together in a crowded tenement flat at number 12. Long-widowed Manya is the family’s head and its heart: ... Read more

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  • Eternal Life

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    by Dara Horn ...
    A New York Times Notable BookA Booklist Editors' ChoiceA Chicago Public Library Best Book of the YearWhat would it really mean to live forever?Rachel is a woman with a problem: she can't die. Her recent troubles—widowhood, a failing business, an unemployed middle-aged son—are only the latest in a litany spanning dozens of countries, scores of marriages, and hundreds of children. In the 2,000 years ... Read more

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  • Kabbalah

    A Love Story

    Sometime, somewhere, someone is searching for answers . . .. . . in a thirteenth-century castle. . . on a train to a concentration camp. . . in a New York city apartmentHidden within the binding of an ancient text that has been passed down through the ages lies the answer to one of the heart’s eternal questions. When the text falls into the hands of Rabbi Kalman Stern, he has no idea that his ... Read more

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  • Bertrand Court

    A captivating novel told in story form, of great appeal to fans of such books as A Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing, Olive Kitteridge, and Kitchens of the Great Midwest.Author is very active and connected in the Washington D.C.-area book and academic community, as well as in many Jewish organizations; the book is set in the D.C. suburb of BethesdaThe author has a very active network of fans of ... Read more

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  • The Book of Esther

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    by Emily Barton ...
    What if an empire of Jewish warriors that really existed in the Middle Ages had never fallen—and was the only thing standing between Hitler and his conquest of Russia?Eastern Europe, August 1942. The Khazar kaganate, an isolated nation of Turkic warrior Jews, lies between the Pontus Euxinus (the Black Sea) and the Khazar Sea (the Caspian). It also happens to lie between a belligerent nation to the ... Read more

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  • There Are Jews in My House

    by Lara Vapnyar ...
    There Are Jews in My Houseis one of the most striking debuts of recent years. Tracing the lives and aspirations of Russians living in Moscow and Brooklyn, these poignant, sad and funny stories create a luminous new literary world.In the title story, set during the Second World War, Galina, a gentile, offers refuge to a Jewish friend and her daughter, only to find herself increasingly resentful of ... Read more

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