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  • Out of the Sky

    Heroism and Rebirth in Nazi Europe

    Was it one of the war’s most memorable feats of valor or an act of desperation, even madness?In Out of the Sky, Matti Friedman unravels one of the strangest episodes of World War II: In 1944, a team of young women and men who had escaped the Holocaust made the inconceivable choice to parachute back into Nazi-occupied Europe under the cover of a British military operation. Yet by the end of the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Who By Fire

    War, Atonement, and the Resurrection of Leonard Cohen

    The incredible never-before-told story of Leonard Cohen's 1973 tour of Israel during the Yom Kippur War."Who by Fire is a stunning resurrection of a moment in the life of Leonard Cohen and the history of Israel. It’s the story of a young artist in crisis and a young country at war, and the powerful resonance of the chord struck between them. A beautiful, haunting book full of feeling." —Nicole ... Read more

    Was $17.99 CAD Now $15.99 CAD

  • The Aleppo Codex

    In Pursuit of One of the World's Most Coveted, Sacred, and Mysterious Books

    "A brilliant non-fiction thriller about an ancient copy of the Torah. Highly recommended."—Paulo Coelho, author of The AlchemistWinner of the 2014 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish LiteratureA thousand years ago, the most perfect copy of the Hebrew Bible was written. It was kept safe through one upheaval after another in the Middle East, and by the 1940s it was housed in a dark grotto in Aleppo, Syria, ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • Spies of No Country

    Behind Enemy Lines at the Birth of the Israeli Secret Service

    From the award-winning and critically-acclaimed author of Pumpkinflowers, the never-before-told story of the mysterious "Arab Section": the Jewish-"Arab" spies who, under deep cover in Beirut as refugees, helped the new State of Israel win the War of Independence.In his third non-fiction book, Matti Friedman introduces us to four unknown young men who are caught up in the fraught events ... Read more

    Was $9.99 CAD Now $7.99 CAD

  • Pumpkinflowers

    An Israeli Soldier's Story

    Finalist for the Hilary Weston Writer's Trust Non-Fiction Prize, the RBC Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction, and the Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature • Longlisted for the 2017 BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction • A New York Times Notable Book of the Year • A Globe and Mail Pick for Best Canadian Non-Fiction of the YearFrom an award-winning Canadian-Israeli writer comes the ... Read more

    Was $12.99 CAD Now $8.99 CAD

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    Pumpkinflowers

    A Soldier's Story of a Forgotten War

    Narrated by Matti Friedman ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 31 min

    “A book about young men transformed by war, written by a veteran whose dazzling literary gifts gripped my attention from the first page to the last.” —The Wall Street Journal“Friedman’s sober and striking new memoir . . . [is] on a par with Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried -- its Israeli analog.” —The New York Times Book ReviewIt was just one small hilltop in a small, unnamed... ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Who By Fire

    War, Atonement, and the Resurrection of Leonard Cohen

    Narrated by Matti Friedman, Andrew Polk ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 15 min

    The incredible never-before-told story of Leonard Cohen's 1973 tour of Israel during the Yom Kippur War."Who by Fire is a stunning resurrection of a moment in the life of Leonard Cohen and the history of Israel. It’s the story of a young artist in crisis and a young country at war, and the powerful resonance of the chord struck between them. A beautiful, haunting book full of feeling." —Nicole ... Read more

    $32.95 CAD

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    The Aleppo Codex

    A True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the Pursuit of an Ancient Bible

    Narrated by Simon Vance ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 28 min

    A true-life thriller about the journey of one of the world’s most precious manuscripts—the 10th century annotated Hebrew Bible known as the Aleppo Codex—from its hiding place in an ancient Syrian synagogue to the newly-founded Israel. Using his research, including documents which have been secret for 50 years and interviews with key players, AP correspondent Friedman tells a story of political ... Read more

    $28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Spies of No Country

    Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel

    Narrated by Simon Vance ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 2 min

    Award-winning writer Matti Friedman's tale of Israel's first spies has all the tropes of an espionage novel, including duplicity, betrayal, disguise, clandestine meetings, the bluff, and the double bluff—but it's all true.The four spies at the center of this story were part of a ragtag unit known as the Arab Section, conceived during World War II by British spies and Jewish militia leaders in ... Read more

    $28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Out of the Sky

    Heroism and Rebirth in Nazi Europe

    Narrated by Matti Friedman ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 36 min

    Was it one of the war’s most memorable feats of valor or an act of desperation, even madness?In Out of the Sky, Matti Friedman unravels one of the strangest episodes of World War II: In 1944, a team of young women and men who had escaped the Holocaust made the inconceivable choice to parachute back into Nazi-occupied Europe under the cover of a British military operation. Yet by the end of the ... Read more

    $38.00 CAD

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    Heart of a Stranger

    An Unlikely Rabbi's Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging

    Narrated by Angela Buchdahl ...

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    **AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!“A story that begs to be told. . . engrossing.” —The Washington PostFrom the first Asian American to be ordained as a rabbi, a stirring account of one woman’s journey from feeling like an outsider to becoming one of the most admired religious leaders in the world**Angela Buchdahl was born in Seoul, the daughter of a Korean Buddhist mother and Jewish American ... Read more

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    Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew

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    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom two New York Times bestselling authors, a timely, disarmingly honest, and thought-provoking investigation into antisemitism that connects the dots between the tropes and hatred of the past to our current complicated moment.**For Emmanuel Acho and Noa Tishby no question about Jews is off-limits. They go there. They cover Jews and money. Jews and power. Jews and ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD