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House on End­less Waters by Emu­na Elon

House on End­less Waters by Emu­na Elon

Translators: Antho­ny Berris and Lin­da Yehiel At the behest of his agent, renowned author Yoel Blum reluctantly agrees to visit his birthplace of Amsterdam to promote his books, despite promising his late mother that...

Einstein in Bohemia by Michael D. Gordin

Einstein in Bohemia by Michael D. Gordin

A finely drawn portrait of Einstein’s sixteen months in Prague In the spring of 1911, Albert Einstein moved with his wife and two sons to Prague, the capital of Bohemia, where he accepted a...

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The Ger­man House by Annette Hess

Translator: Eliz­a­beth Lauf­fer If everything your family told you was a lie, how far would you go to uncover the truth? For twenty-four-year-old Eva Bruhns, World War II is a foggy childhood memory. At...