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  • The Fortunate Ones

    A Novel

    by Ellen Umansky ...
    A BOOKLIST BEST DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEAROne very special work of art—a Chaim Soutine painting—will connect the lives and fates of two different women, generations apart, in this enthralling and transporting debut novel that moves from World War II Vienna to contemporary Los Angeles.It is 1939 in Vienna, and as the specter of war darkens Europe, Rose Zimmer’s parents are desperate. Unable to get out ... Read more

    $9.49 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    The Fortunate Ones

    A Novel

    by Ellen Umansky ...
    Narrated by Karen White ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 34 min

    One very special work of art—a Chaim Soutine painting—will connect the lives and fates of two different women, generations apart, in this enthralling and transporting debut novel that moves from World War II Vienna to contemporary Los Angeles.It is 1939 in Vienna, and as the specter of war darkens Europe, Rose Zimmer’s parents are desperate. Unable to get out of Austria, they manage to secure ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • All These Vows

    by Dr. Annette M. Boeckler, Catherine Madsen, Dr. Ellen M. Umansky ...
    Series Book 2 - Prayers of Awe
    The most memorable prayer of the Jewish New Year—what it means, why we sing it, and the secret of its magical appeal.Through a series of lively commentaries, over thirty contributors—men and women, scholars and rabbis, artists and poets, spanning three continents and all major Jewish denominations—examine Kol Nidre's theology, usage, and deeply personal impact. They trace the actual history of the ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From Christian Science to Jewish Science

    Spiritual Healing and American Jews

    by Ellen M. Umansky ...
    During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, thousands of American Jews were drawn to the teachings of Christian Science. Viewing such attraction with alarm, American Reform Rabbis sought to counter Christian Science's appeal by formulating a Jewish vision of happiness and health. Unlike Christian Science, it acknowledged the benefits of modern medicine yet, sharing the belief in God ... Read more

    $100.79 USD

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    The Girls at 17 Swann Street

    A Novel

    by Yara Zgheib ...
    Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 49 min

    "[Narrator Saskia Maarleveld's] tour de force reading perfectly encapsulates Anna’s anxieties, shame, and overwhelming guilt at failing to achieve perfection" — Booklist, starred review**A People Pick for Best New Books**Yara Zgheib’s poetic and poignant debut novel is a haunting portrait of a young woman’s struggle with anorexia on an intimate journey to reclaim her life.The c... ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Girls at 17 Swann Street

    A Novel

    by Yara Zgheib ...
    *A BookMovement Group Read***A People Pick for Best New Books**Yara Zgheib’s poetic and poignant debut novel is a haunting portrait of a young woman’s struggle with anorexia on an intimate journey to reclaim her life.The chocolate went first, then the cheese, the fries, the ice cream. The bread was more difficult, but if she could just lose a little more weight, perhaps she would make the soloists ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Boy Who Lived with the Dead

    by Kate Ellis ...
    Series Book 2 - Albert Lincoln
    'Haunting' Independent'A powerful story of loss, malice and deception' Ann Cleeves'A splendidly macabre thriller' Andrew Taylor1920. Scotland Yard detective DI Albert Lincoln is still reeling from the disturbing events of the previous year when he's called away from London to a new case in the North West of England.Before the War he led the unsuccessful investigation into the murder... ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Watching the Ghosts

    Book 4 in the Joe Plantagenet series

    by Kate Ellis ...
    Series Book 3 - DI Joe Plantagenet
    Boothgate House is a recently converted apartment building with a sinister past. Once an asylum for the insane, known as Havenby Hall, it was where serial killer Peter Brockmeister was sent on his release from prison.Detective Inspector Joe Plantagenet is drawn into the house's history when the daughter of a solicitor, who was investigating Havenby Hall's closure, is kidnapped.Joe wonders whether ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Jackal Man

    Book 15 in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series

    by Kate Ellis ...
    Series Book 15 - DI Wesley Peterson
    'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The TimesA teenage girl is strangled and left for dead on a lonely country lane in Devon. The police are baffled when she describes her attacker as having the head of a dog, but when the body of a woman is found mutilated and wrapped in a sheet, DI Wesley Peterson suspects the killer may be performing an ancient ritual linked to the jackal ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Blood Pit

    Book 12 in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series

    by Kate Ellis ...
    Series Book 12 - DI Wesley Peterson
    'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The TimesDI Wesley Peterson has never witnessed such a bizarre crime scene. A man has been brutally murdered by two precise wounds to his neck and his body drained of blood.It seems that the victim was not a popular man in the Devon area and Wesley doesn't have a shortage of suspects. But then two more victims are found killed in an identical ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • A Painted Doom

    Book 6 in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series

    by Kate Ellis ...
    Series Book 6 - DI Wesley Peterson
    'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The TimesTeenager Lewis Hoxworthy discovers a disturbing painting in a medieval barn; a find which excites archaeologist Neil Watson, who is excavating an ancient manor house nearby.But when a man is found shot through the head in Lewis's father's field and Lewis himself goes missing, it is Neil's friend, Detective Inspector Wesley Peterson, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • A Treasury of Jewish Quotations

    Edited by Joseph L. Baron ...
    The quotations contained in this monumental volume consist of aphorisms, maxims, proverbs, and comments of Jewish authorship or on Jewish themes. Here is a rich treasury compiled from over 2,500 years of Jewish writingsDfrom the Talmud, the Mishnah, the Zohar, and the Bible, through excerpts from Rashi, Maimonides, the Baal Shem Tov, as well as Spinoza, Disraeli, Herzl, Freud, Einstein, and many ... Read more

    $60.79 USD