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The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust

by Edith H Beer, Susan Dworkin

Published: 2015-03-10

Paperback: 352 pages

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#1 New York Times BestsellerEdith Hahn was an outspoken young woman in Vienna when the Gestapo forced her into a ghetto and then into a slave labor camp. When she returned home months later, she knew she would become a hunted woman and went underground. With the help of a Christian friend,...

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Ranger Games: A Story of Soldiers, Family and an Inexplicable Crime

by Ben Blum

Published: 2017-09-12

Hardcover: 432 pages

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"A gloriously good writer...Ranger Games is both surprising and moving...A memorable, novelistic account."—Jennifer Senior, New York Times Intricate, heartrending, and morally urgent, Ranger Games is a crime story like no other  Alex Blum was a good kid, a popular high school hocke...

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Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship

by Gregory Boyle

Published: 2017-11-14

Hardcover: 224 pages

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“This is a beautiful and important and soul-transporting book. . . . Please read it.” —Elizabeth Gilbert“If you’re in the market for genuine inspiration, I urge you to read Barking to the Choir.” —Ann PatchettIn a moving example of unconditional love in dif­ficult times, t...

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A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society

by Eugene H. Peterson

Published: 2000-07-28

Paperback: 216 pages

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As a society, we are no less obsessed with the immediate than when Eugene Peterson first wrote this Christian classic. If anything, email and the Internet may have intensified our quest for the quick fix. But Peterson's time-tested prescription for discipleship remains the same--a long obe...

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Victoria & Abdul (Movie Tie-in): The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant

by Shrabani Basu

Published: 2017-08-29

Paperback: 352 pages

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Now a Major Motion Picture starring Dame Judi Dench from director Stephen Frears.History’s most unlikely friendship—this is the astonishing story of Queen Victoria and her dearest companion, the young Indian Munshi Abdul Karim.In the twilight years of her reign, after the devastating d...

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Wicked River: A Novel

by Jenny Milchman

Published: 2018-05-01

Paperback: 464 pages

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Six million acres of Adirondack forest separate Natalie and Doug Larson from civilization. For the newlyweds, an isolated, back country honeymoon seems ideal: a chance to start their lives together with an adventure, on their own.  But just as Natalie and Doug begin to explore the dark in...

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The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir

by Thi Bui

Published: 2017-03-07

Hardcover: 336 pages

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National bestseller ABA Indies Introduce Winter / Spring 2017 Selection Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Spring 2017 Selection ALA 2018 Notable Books Selection An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family’s journey from war-torn Vietnam, from debut author Thi Bui...

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A Gringa in Bogotá: Living Colombia's Invisible War

by June Carolyn Erlick

Published: 2010-03-01

Paperback: 174 pages

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To many foreigners, Colombia is a nightmare of drugs and violence. Yet normal life goes on there, and, in Bogotá, it's even possible to forget that war still ravages the countryside. This paradox of perceptions—outsiders' fears versus insiders' realities—drew June Carolyn Erlick back ...

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Southern Living Christmas All Through The South: Joyful Memories, Timeless Moments, Enduring Traditions

by The Editors of Southern Living

Published: 2014-09-16

Hardcover: 400 pages

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Christmas All Through the South captures and celebrates the quintessential experience of Christmas in the South. Presented as a timeline of the Christmas season, each event depicted tells a highly visual story of local Southern traditions and classic holiday parties. Each event will captiv...

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Jewish Comedy: A Serious History

by Jeremy Dauber

Published: 2017-10-31

Hardcover: 384 pages

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Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award A rich account of Jewish humor: its nature, its development, and its vital role throughout history.In a major work of scholarship both erudite and very funny, Columbia professor Jeremy Dauber traces the origins of Jewish comedy and its developmen...