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Flight With­out End by Joseph Roth

Flight With­out End by Joseph Roth

Translators: David Le Vay and Beat­rice Mus­grave A soldier travels through Europe on a doomed mission to track down his fiancée in this masterful and vivid evocation of life between the wars Franz Tunda,...

Alarm Fatigue by Barbara Rachel

Alarm Fatigue by Barbara Rachel

Rachel Lazarus is perfectly content with her life as it is. She lives for her family, her best friend, and her two cats. Admittedly, she does not lead an exciting life, but it is a...

Translating Romances, Fables, and Poetry in Medieval Ashkenaz

Reading across Cultures by Caroline Gruenbaum

Translating Romances, Fables, and Poetry in Medieval Ashkenaz Reading across Cultures explores a body of innovative Jewish literary works from the Middle Ages. In late twelfth- and thirteenth-century Ashkenaz―the Jewish communities in northern France,...

The Lure of Their Graves by Lau­ra R. Samotin

The Lure of Their Graves by Lau­ra R. Samotin

In the heart-wrenching sequel to The Sins on Their Bones, The Lure of Their Graves forces Dimitri and Vasily to confront old ghosts and a new threat: political enemies-turned-suitors, all coveting Dimitri’s throne and...

The Mitzvah of Repentance by Robert Colton

The Mitzvah of Repentance by Robert Colton

Mitzvah, an act of Kindness. Repentance, to amend for one’s transgressions. The Fischers, a prominent St. Louis family, take in a German refugee after the conclusion of World War II. The arrival of Magda...