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...
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On Democracies and Death Cults by Douglas Murray
Israel and the Future of Civilization In his travels through Israel and Gaza, #1 International Bestselling author Douglas Murray has seen the best and the worst humanity has to offer, and he has no...
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,...
Tacitus Percussor: A Quiet Killer by Justin F. Mann
A shadow stalks the streets of Jerusalem. His silence is deadly. His mark is divine. While Jerusalem braces for Passover, a chilling series of murders begins. Each victim is mutilated—marked on the forehead with...
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...
Leon Bibel: Forgotten Artist of the New Deal by Richard Haw
Leon Bibel (1913–1995) was a prolific modern American artist who painted, printed, stamped, etched, sketched, and carved. He produced pieces that ranged from social realism to dreamy expressionism and was an aesthetic experimentalist, never...
The Story in Fiction and Film of French Collaboration in the Occupation and Complicity in the Holocaust 1940-1944 by Daniel R. Schwarz
German Occupation, Vichy, and Truth Jews, Judaism, and the Arts This book examines fiction and film narratives that show the active collaboration of the Vichy government with the Nazis in the deportation and murder...
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...
Cry for Me, Argentina: My Life As a Failed Child Star by Tamara Yajia
A hilarious, moving memoir by Argentine-American comedian Tamara Yajia about growing up between two worlds. From the day she was born, Tamara Yajia entered the world on a wave of absurdity. She was the...
Bitter War of Memory: The Babyn Yar Massacre, Aftermath, and Commemoration by Victoria Khiterer
Bitter War of Memory: The Babyn Yar Massacre, Aftermath, and Commemoration discusses the Holocaust in Kyiv and the efforts to memorialize the Babyn Yar massacre. Babyn Yar is one of the largest Holocaust sites...
