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Roth, Philip.
Paper Book
Like Rip Van Winkle returning to his hometown to find that all has changed, Nathan Zuckerman comes back to New York, the city he left eleven years before. Alone on his New England mountain, Zuckerman has been nothing but a writer: no voices, no media, no terrorist threats, no women, no news, no...
Everyman
Roth, Philip.
Paper Book
Philip Roth's new novel is a candidly intimate yet universal story of loss, regret, and stoicism. The best-selling author of The Plot Against America now turns his attention from "one family's harrowing encounter with history" (New York Times) to one man's lifelong skirmish with mortality.
Prague winter : a personal story of remembrance and war, 1937-1948
Albright, Madeleine Korbel.
Paper Book
"A riveting tale of her family's experience in Europe during World War II [and] a well-wrought political history of the region, told with great authority. . . . More than a memoir, this is a book of facts and action, a chronicle of a war in progress from a partisan faithful to the idea of...
Prague winter : a personal story of remembrance and war, 1937-1948
Albright, Madeleine Korbel.
Paper Book
Before she turned twelve, Madeleine Albright's life was shaken by the Nazi invasion of her native Czechoslovakia, the Battle of Britain, the attempted destruction of European Jewry, the Allied victory in World War II, the rise of communism, and the onset of the Cold War. ...
The dying animal
Roth, Philip.
Paper Book
David Kepesh is white-haired and over sixty, an eminent TV culture critic and star lecturer at a New York college, when he meets Consuela Castillo, a decorous, well-mannered student of twenty-four, the daughter of wealthy Cuban exiles, who promptly puts his life into erotic disorder. ...
American pastoral
Roth, Philip.
Paper Book
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century--a compulsively readable elegy for America's promises of prosperity, civic order, and domestic bliss, and "one of Roth's most powerful novels ever" (The New York Times)....
American pastoral
Roth, Philip.
Paper Book
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century--a compulsively readable elegy for America's promises of prosperity, civic order, and domestic bliss, and "one of Roth's most powerful novels ever" (The New York Times)....
All about me! : my remarkable life in show business
Brooks, Mel
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, and the stage. Now he shares his story for the first time in "a wonderful addition to a seminal career" (San Francisco Chronicle), "infused with...
All about me! : my remarkable life in show business
Brooks, Mel
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, and the stage. Now he shares his story for the first time in "a wonderful addition to a seminal career" (San Francisco Chronicle), "infused with...
I am David
Holm, Anne
Paper Book
In this gripping story, a twelve-year-old boy struggles to cope with an entirely strange world as he flees northward to freedom in Denmark, after escaping from the eastern European prison camp where he spent most of his life. David's entire twelve-year life has been spent...
The prisoners of Breendonk : personal histories from a World War II concentration camp
Deem, James M.
Paper Book
Fort Breendonk was built in the early 1900s to protect Antwerp, Belgium, from possible German invasion. Damaged at the start of World War I, it fell into disrepair . . . until the Nazis took it over after their invasion of Belgium in 1940. Never designated an official concentration camp by the SS...
Saints and Liars :
Dwork, Debórah
Paper Book
Long before their country officially joined the war, American aid workers were active in rescue efforts across Europe. Two such Americans were Martha and Waitstill Sharp, who were originally sent to Prague as part of a relief effort but turned immediately to helping Jews and dissidents after the...
Maybe you should talk to someone :
Gottlieb, Lori
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "Rarely have I read a book that challenged me to see myself in an entirely new light, and was at the same time laugh-out-loud funny and utterly absorbing."--Katie Couric "This is a daring, delightful, and transformative...
Yearbook
Rogen, Seth
Paper Book
#2 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* * "Rogen's candid collection of sidesplitting essays . . . thrives at both explaining and encapsulating a generational comedic voice."--The Washington Post A collection of funny personal essays from one of the writers of...
White bird : a wonder story
Palacio, R. J.
Paper Book
Now a major motion picture, starring Helen Mirren and Gillian Anderson! R. J. Palacio's unforgettable graphic novel debut is a story about the power of kindness and unrelenting courage in a time of war. SYDNEY TAYLOR AWARD WINNER * A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR...
Fleishman is in trouble :
Brodesser-Akner, Taffy,
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST * "A masterpiece" (NPR) about marriage, divorce, and the bewildering dynamics of ambition Now an Emmy Award-nominated FX limited series on Hulu, starring Claire Danes, Jesse Eisenberg, Lizzy Caplan, and...
Long Island compromise /
Brodesser-Akner, Taffy,
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * An exhilarating novel about one American family and the dark moment that shatters their suburban paradise, from the New York Times bestselling author of Fleishman Is in Trouble New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * New York<...
Extremely loud & incredibly close
Foer, Jonathan Safran
Paper Book
ANew York Times Bestseller * NamedA Best Book of the Year by the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post Book World, Chicago Tribune, St. Louis Post-Dispatch,andRocky Mountain News   Nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an...
Extremely loud & incredibly close
Hanks, Tom.
DVD
Based on the novel by author Jonathan Safran Foer, director Stephen Daldry's post-9/11 drama follows the journey of a nine-year-old boy as he attempts to solve a family mystery. Two years after his father is killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks, the curious boy discovers a mysterious key...
Sweep : the story of a girl and her monster
Auxier, Jonathan
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Auxier comes an enchanting standalone novel about the power of friendship and the beauty of finding home Nan Sparrow is one of London's countless "climbers"-children who spend their days cleaning chimneys. The work is brutal and dangerous. Thanks...
The woman with the blue star /
Jenoff, Pam
Paper Book
"An emotional novel that you will never forget." --Lisa Scottoline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eternal From the author of The Lost Girls of Paris comes a riveting tale of courage and unlikely friendship during World War II -- Now a New York...
The woman with the blue star
Jenoff, Pam
Paper Book
"An emotional novel that you will never forget." --Lisa Scottoline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eternal From the author of The Lost Girls of Paris comes a riveting tale of courage and unlikely friendship during World War II -- Now a New York...
The hidden palace
Wecker, Helene
Paper Book
"Richly nuanced and beautiful. . . . An immersive and magical tale of loneliness, love, and finding hope." (Buzzfeed) "A layered novel of many complex characters...To keep their worlds safe, Chava and Ahmad must access both their greatest supernatural powers and their...
The Netanyahus :
Cohen, Joshua,
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2021 A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2021 A KIRKUS BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2021 ...
The world that we knew
Hoffman, Alice
Paper Book
This instant New York Times bestseller and longlist recipient for the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal takes place in 1941, during humanity's darkest hour, and follows three unforgettable young women who must act with courage and love to survive. "[A] hymn to the power of...
The book of magic /
Hoffman, Alice
Paper Book
"Hoffman certainly knows how to enchant" (The New York Times Book Review) in this breathtaking conclusion to the Practical Magic series--a spellbinding and bewitching novel that asks how far will you go to change your fate? For over three-hundred years a curse has kept the...
The world that we knew : a novel
Hoffman, Alice
CD
This instant New York Times bestseller and longlist recipient for the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal takes place in 1941, during humanity's darkest hour, and follows three unforgettable young women who must act with courage and love to survive. " A] hymn to the power of resistance,...
The world that we knew :
Hoffman, Alice
Paper Book
This instant New York Times bestseller and longlist recipient for the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal takes place in 1941, during humanity's darkest hour, and follows three unforgettable young women who must act with courage and love to survive. "[A] hymn to the power of...
The book of magic
Hoffman, Alice
Paper Book
"Hoffman certainly knows how to enchant" (The New York Times Book Review) in this breathtaking conclusion to the Practical Magic series--a spellbinding and bewitching novel that asks how far will you go to change your fate? For over three-hundred years a curse has kept the...
The Museum of Extraordinary Things : a novel
Hoffman, Alice.
Paper Book
Mesmerizing and illuminating, Alice Hoffman's The Museum of Extraordinary Things is the story of an electric and impassioned love between two vastly different souls in New York during the volatile first decades of the twentieth century. Coralie Sardie is the daughter of the...
The museum of extraordinary things : a novel
Hoffman, Alice
Paper Book
Mesmerizing and illuminating, Alice Hoffman's The Museum of Extraordinary Things is the story of an electric and impassioned love between two vastly different souls in New York during the volatile first decades of the twentieth century. Coralie Sardie is the daughter of the...
Nightbird
Hoffman, Alice.
Paper Book
Bestselling author Alice Hoffman's bewitching Nightbird is perfect for ages 10-13: love and friendship empower a lonely girl to embrace her uniqueness and discover her strengths.   Twig lives in Sidwell, where people whisper that fairy tales are real. After all,...
When we flew away : a novel of Anne Frank before the diary
Hoffman, Alice
Paper Book
When we flew away : a novel of Anne Frank before the diary
Hoffman, Alice
Paper Book
Blackbird House
Hoffman, Alice.
Paper Book
Novelist Hoffman weaves a 200-year-long web of tales, all set in Blackbird House, a small, bewitching farm on the outer reaches of Cape Cod. Inside Blackbird House more than a dozen men and women learn how love transforms and lasts. Young Adult.
The dovekeepers : a novel
Hoffman, Alice.
Paper Book
Over five years in the writing, The Dovekeepers is Alice Hoffman's most ambitious and mesmerizing novel, a tour de force of imagination and research, set in ancient Israel. In 70 C.E., nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on Masada, a...
We can't keep meeting like this
Solomon, Rachel Lynn
Paper Book
"Impossible not to love." --Rachael Lippincott, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Five Feet Apart A wedding harpist disillusioned with love and a hopeless romantic cater-waiter flirt and fight their way through a summer of weddings in this effervescent...
Mr. Perfect on paper : a novel
Meltzer, Jean
Paper Book
From the author of The Matzah Ball comes a pitch-perfect romcom following a third-generation Jewish matchmaker who unwittingly finds her own search for love thrust into the spotlight... The perfect Jewish husband should be: A doctor or lawyer...
Mr. Perfect on paper : a novel
Meltzer, Jean
Paper Book
From the author of The Matzah Ball comes a pitch-perfect romcom following a third-generation Jewish matchmaker who unwittingly finds her own search for love thrust into the spotlight... The perfect Jewish husband should be: A doctor or lawyer...
The Matzah Ball /
Meltzer, Jean
Paper Book
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK SELECTED BY * POPSUGAR * BUSTLE * BUZZFEED * BOOKPAGE * GOODREADS MEMBERS "The Matzah Ball had me laughing out loud...an all-around terrific read."--Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author Oy! to the...
The matzah ball
Meltzer, Jean
Paper Book
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK SELECTED BY * POPSUGAR * BUSTLE * BUZZFEED * BOOKPAGE * GOODREADS MEMBERS "The Matzah Ball had me laughing out loud...an all-around terrific read."--Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author Oy! to the...
I remember nothing : and other reflections
Ephron, Nora.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Here is the beloved, bestselling author of I Feel Bad About My Neck at her funniest, wisest, and best, taking a hilarious look at the past and bemoaning the vicissitudes of modern life--and recalling with her signature clarity and wisdom everything she hasn't...
I remember nothing, and other reflections
Ephron, Nora.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Here is the beloved, bestselling author of I Feel Bad About My Neck at her funniest, wisest, and best, taking a hilarious look at the past and bemoaning the vicissitudes of modern life--and recalling with her signature clarity and wisdom everything she hasn't...
I feel bad about my neck : and other thoughts on being a woman
Ephron, Nora.
Paper Book
With her disarming, intimate, completely accessible voice, and dry sense of humor, Nora Ephron shares with us her ups and downs in I Feel Bad About My Neck, a candid, hilarious look at women who are getting older and dealing with the tribulations of maintenance, menopause, empty nests, and...
Notorious RBG : the life and times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Carmon, Irin
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller Featured in the critically acclaimed documentary RBG "It was beyond my wildest imagination that I would one day become the 'Notorious RBG." -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 2019 She was a fierce dissenter with a serious collar game. A legendary,...
Notorious RBG : the life and times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Carmon, Irin
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller Featured in the critically acclaimed documentary RBG "It was beyond my wildest imagination that I would one day become the 'Notorious RBG." -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 2019 She was a fierce dissenter with a serious collar game. A legendary,...
My own words
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader
Paper Book
The New York Times bestselling book from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg--"a comprehensive look inside her brilliantly analytical, entertainingly wry mind, revealing the fascinating life of one of our generation's most influential voices in both law and public opinion" (Harper...
I dissent : Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes her mark
Levy, Debbie
Paper Book
Get to know celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg--in the first picture book about her life--as she proves that disagreeing does not make you disagreeable! Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has spent a lifetime disagreeing: disagreeing with inequality,...
The female persuasion /
Wolitzer, Meg
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller   "A powerful coming-of-age story that looks at ambition, friendship, identity, desire, and power from the much-needed female lens." --Bustle "Ultra-readable." --Vogue    ...
Into the forest :
Frankel, Rebecca,
Paper Book
A 2021 National Jewish Book Award Finalist One of Smithsonian Magazine's Best History Books of 2021 "An uplifting tale, suffused with a karmic righteousness that is, at times, exhilarating." --Wall Street Journal
All this could be yours
Attenberg, Jami
Paper Book
"All hail Jami Attenberg, the queen of dysfunctional families." --Refinery29 "Big Little Lies meets Succession in the scorching heat of the Big Easy . . . Money, power and family are touched upon through Attenberg's emotional, humorous and sharply written accounts." --Parade...
All this could be yours /
Attenberg, Jami.
Paper Book
"All hail Jami Attenberg, the queen of dysfunctional families." --Refinery29 "Big Little Lies meets Succession in the scorching heat of the Big Easy . . . Money, power and family are touched upon through Attenberg's emotional, humorous and sharply written accounts." --Parade...
Maus : a survivor's tale
Spiegelman, Art.
Paper Book
The bestselling first installment of the graphic novel acclaimed as "the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust" (Wall Street Journal) and "the first masterpiece in comic book history" (The New Yorker) * PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * One of Variety's...
Moonglow : a novel
Chabon, Michael
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Winner of the Sophie Brody Medal * An NBCC Finalist for 2016 Award for Fiction * ALA Carnegie Medal Finalist for Excellence in Fiction * Wall Street Journal's Best Novel of the Year * A New York Times Notable Book of the...
Unstoppable : Siggi B. Wilzig's astonishing journey from Auschwitz survivor and penniless immigrant to Wall Street legend
Greene, Joshua
Paper Book
Winner - Best of Los Angeles Award's "Best Holocaust Book - 2021" "A must-read that hopefully will be adapted for the screen. Greene lets Wilzig's effervescent spirit shine through, and his story will appeal to a wide variety of readers." - Library Journal...
The two-family house
Loigman, Lynda Cohen
Paper Book
"An emotional but dreamy novel that...will transport you far, far away from your next dreary Monday morning. You may do a lot of sobbing, but don't worry, you'll be smiling by the end." --Bustle, "12 Spring Break Reads To Help You Escape Normal Life" **Buzzfeed, "14 Of The...
When time stopped : a memoir of my father's war and what remains
Neumann, Ariana
Paper Book
In this remarkably moving memoir Ariana Neumann dives into the secrets of her father's past: years spent hiding in plain sight in war-torn Berlin, the annihilation of dozens of family members in the Holocaust, and the courageous choice to build anew. In 1941, the first...
Across so many seas /
Behar, Ruth,
Paper Book
NEWBERY HONOR WINNER "As lyrical as it is epic, Across So Many Seas reminds us that while the past may be another country, it's also a living, breathing song of sadness and joy that helps define who we are." --Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling author of Refugee<...
Our country friends : a novel
Shteyngart, Gary
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK * ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, Financial Times, The Washington Post, Time, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, Town & Country, Good...
Little failure : a memoir
Shteyngart, Gary
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MICHIKO KAKUTANI, THE NEW YORK TIMES * NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME NAMED ONE OF THE BEST...
Lake Success a novel
Shteyngart, Gary
Paper Book
"Spectacular."--NPR * "Uproariously funny."--The Boston Globe * "An artistic triumph."--San Francisco Chronicle * "A novel in which comedy and pathos are exquisitely balanced."--The Washington Post * "Shteyngart's best book."--The Seattle Times...
Here I am
Foer, Jonathan Safran
Paper Book
A monumental novel from the bestselling author of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer's Here I Am In the book of Genesis, when God calls out, "Abraham!" before ordering him to sacrifice his son, Isaac,...
Eating animals
Foer, Jonathan Safran
Paper Book
Part memoir and part investigative report, Eating Animals is the groundbreaking moral examination of vegetarianism, farming, and the food we eat every day that inspired the documentary of the same name. Bestselling author Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his life...
Extremely loud & incredibly close
Foer, Jonathan Safran
Paper Book
ANew York Times Bestseller * NamedA Best Book of the Year by the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post Book World, Chicago Tribune, St. Louis Post-Dispatch,andRocky Mountain News   Nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an...
I could nosh :
Cohen, Jake,
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller The much-anticipated new cookbook from the author of the beloved New York Times bestseller Jew-ish, Jake Cohen, a fun and inspiring collection of recipes melding traditional Jewish flavors and modern influences. nosh /näSH/ ...
A reason to see you again :
Attenberg, Jami.
Paper Book
A Most Anticipated Book from: New York Times * People* Associated Press * Time * Saturday Evening Post * Real Simple * Book Bub * Alta * Chicago Tribune * Harper's Bazaar From New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg comes a dazzling novel of family,...
All grown up
Attenberg, Jami
Paper Book
A wickedly funny novel about a thirty-nine-year-old single, childfree woman who defies convention as she seeks connection.
The Middlesteins
Attenberg, Jami.
Paper Book
For more than thirty years, Edie and Richard Middlestein shared a solid family life together in the suburbs of Chicago. But now things are splintering apart, for one reason, it seems: Edie's enormous girth. She's obsessed with food--thinking about it, eating it--and if she doesn't stop, she won...
The life and crimes of Hoodie Rosen /
Blum, Isaac
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD! A WILLIAM C. MORRIS AWARD WINNER! The Chosen meets Adam Silvera in this irreverent and timely story of worlds colliding in friendship, betrayal, and the hatred that divides us. Hoodie Rosen's life isn't that bad....
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
McBride, James,
CD
THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * A NEW YORK TIMES READERS PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY WINNER OF THE 2024 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PRIZE FOR AMERICAN FICTION FROM ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S...
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store /
McBride, James,
Paper Book
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the...
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
McBride, James
Paper Book
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the...
Israeli soul :
Solomonov, Michael
Paper Book
For their first major book since the trailblazing Zahav, Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook go straight to the food of the people--the great dishes that are the soul of Israeli cuisine. Usually served from tiny eateries, hole-in-the-wall restaurants, or market stalls, these specialties have...
Jewish soul food : from Minsk to Marrakech, more than 100 unforgettable dishes updated for today's kitchen
Gur, Janna.
Paper Book
Over thousands of years, Jews all over the world developed cuisines not only suited to their needs (kashrut, holidays, Shabbat) but also reflecting the influences of their neighbors and carrying memories from their past wanderings. These cuisines may now be on the verge of extinction, however,...
Essential Judaism : a complete guide to beliefs, customs, and rituals
Robinson, George
Paper Book
This is a guide which tells you everything you need to know about being Jewish in a user-friendly way. It explains what Jews do, what they believe and why.
Portico :
Koenig, Leah
Paper Book
A leading authority on Jewish food, Leah Koenig celebrates la cucina Ebraica Romana within the pages of her new cookbook. Portico: Cooking and Feasting in Rome's Jewish Kitchen features over 100 deeply flavorful recipes and beautiful photographs of Rome's Jewish community, the oldest...
We are not one :
Alterman, Eric
Paper Book
A bestselling historian uncovers the surprising roots of America's long alliance with Israel and its troubling consequences  Fights about the fate of the state of Israel, and the Zionist movement that gave birth to it, have long been a staple of both Jewish...

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