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The Jew Store

by Stella Suberman

Published: 2001-09-14

Paperback: 316 pages

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For a real bargain, while you're making a living, you should make also a life.--Aaron Bronson. In 1920, in small town America, the ubiquitous dry goods store--suits and coats, shoes and hats, work clothes and school clothes, yard goods and notions--was usually owned by Jews and often referred to as "the...

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Jewel (Oprah's Book Club)

by Bret Lott

Published: 2011-11-15

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In the backwoods of Mississippi, a land of honeysuckle and grapevine, Jewel and her husband, Leston, are truly blessed; they have five fine children. When Brenda Kay is born in 1943, Jewel gives thanks for a healthy baby, last-born and most welcome. Jewel is the story of how quickly a life...

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The Jewel in the Crown (The Raj Quartet, Book 1)

by Paul Scott

Published: 1998-05-22

Paperback: 462 pages

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No set of novels so richly recreates the last days of India under British rule—"two nations locked in an imperial embrace"—as Paul Scott's historical tour de force, The Raj Quartet. The Jewel in the Crown opens in 1942 as the British fear both Japanese invasion and Indian demands for i...

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Jewel of His Heart, The: A Novel (Heart of the West)

by Maggie Brendan

Published: 2009-10-01

Paperback: 333 pages

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Romance readers have taken to Maggie Brendan's softer romantic style that perfectly captures life on the American frontier, introducing them to rugged, independent souls and their inner spiritual struggles, and the quest for love that makes for a satisfying read every time. Set in 1890s Montana, The...

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The Jewel of Medina

by Sherry Jones

Published: 2008-10

Hardcover: 432 pages

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A’isha bint Abi Bakr is the daughter of a rich merchant from Mecca in the harsh, exotic world of seventh-century Arabia at the time of the foundation of Islam. When she is married to the Prophet Muhammad at the age of nine, she must rely on her wits, her courage, and even her sword in a struggle to...

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The Jewel of St. Petersburg

by Kate Furnivall

Published: 2010-08-03

Paperback: 432 pages

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The national bestselling author of The Russian Concubine takes us back to Tsarist Russia for a sweeping novel of love and intrigue. Russia, 1910. Valentina Ivanova is the darling of St. Petersburg's elite aristocracy-until her romance with a Danish engineer creates a terrible scandal and ...

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Jewels of the Sun: The Gallaghers of Ardmore Trilogy #1 (Irish Trilogy)

by Nora Roberts

Published: 1999-11-01

Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages

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Return to the lush green hills of Ireland, where love is touched by magic--and where the Gallagher siblings explore the depths of their fiery hearts.In the small village of Ardmore, Ireland, Gallagher's pub is the center of the lively seaside community and the home of three passionate si...

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Jewish Dharma: A Guide to the Practice of Judaism and Zen

by Brenda Shoshanna

Published: 2008-08-25

Hardcover: 304 pages

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Raised as an Orthodox Jew in Borough Park, Brooklyn, Shoshanna always struggled with the structure of not only her religion but her lifestyle. When a teacher exposed her to Zen in high school, she found happiness, then confusion, and then of course guilt. After a lifetime of studying Zen and returning...

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Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean: How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom--and Revenge

by Edward Kritzler

Published: 2009-11-03

Paperback: 352 pages

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In this lively debut work of history, Edward Kritzler tells the tale of an unlikely group of swashbuckling Jews who ransacked the high seas in the aftermath of the Spanish Inquisition. At the end of the fifteenth century, many Jews had to flee Spain and Portugal. The most adventurous amon...

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Jews Without Money: A Novel

by Michael Gold

Published: 2004-03-04

Paperback: 336 pages

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