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Passed Down From Mom

A Collection of Inspiring Stories About Moms & Motherhood

by The Unapologetic Voice House, Alison Rand, Brita Moe, Cara Wray, Cori Edwards, Linda Rubio, Michael Berg, Nancy Brooker, Nilda Campuzano, Pauline Erickson, Rachel Dumke, Valerie Nifora, Vindy Teja, Whitney Mullings, Holly Hammerquist, Teresa Severson, Tara Severson ...

All mothers hear this: "Tell me a story." The greatest stories they have to share are the ones about being mothers.Mothers have lessons to share with their children, their friends, spouses and even strangers. This collection of short stories is told from the viewpoint of more than a dozen different mothers from all backgrounds: they were born in different countries, with different traditions, ... Read more

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All mothers hear this: "Tell me a story." The greatest stories they have to share are the ones about being mothers.Mothers have lessons to share with their children, their friends, spouses and even strangers. This collection of short stories is told from the viewpoint of more than a dozen different mothers from all backgrounds: they were born in different countries, with different traditions,
... Read more
Longing and Belonging

Jews in the Modern Islamic World

Edited by Nancy Berg, Dina Danon ...

Series series Jewish Culture and Contexts
This volume explores the history of Jewish life and experience in the modern Islamic worldLonging and Belonging investigates the lives of Jews among Muslims in the modern age, both inside and outside the Ottoman Empire and after its demise. Here, modern Jewish protagonists are revealed as active participants in an expansive Islamic civilization, reflecting a mutuality and cross-fertilization in ... Read more

$58.99 USD

This volume explores the history of Jewish life and experience in the modern Islamic worldLonging and Belonging investigates the lives of Jews among Muslims in the modern age, both inside and outside the Ottoman Empire and after its demise. Here, modern Jewish protagonists are revealed as active participants in an expansive Islamic civilization, reflecting a mutuality and cross-fertilization in
... Read more
Audiobook

Dandelion Wine

by Ray Bradbury, Ray Bradbury, Nancy Curran Willis, Nancy Curran Willis, Mark Vander Berg, Jerry Robbins, Jeffrey Gage ...

Narrated by a full cast ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Green Town Series
Unabridged

1 hour 55 min

Ray Bradbury’s endearing, lyrical tale of boyhood and an idyllic Midwestern summer is presented here as a full-cast audio dramatization by The Colonial Theatre on the Air, complete with sound effects and a brilliant music score.Twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding knows Green Town, Illinois, is as vast and deep as the whole world that lies beyond. For Douglas, summer is a pair of new tennis shoes, ... Read more

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Ray Bradbury’s endearing, lyrical tale of boyhood and an idyllic Midwestern summer is presented here as a full-cast audio dramatization by The Colonial Theatre on the Air, complete with sound effects and a brilliant music score.Twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding knows Green Town, Illinois, is as vast and deep as the whole world that lies beyond. For Douglas, summer is a pair of new tennis shoes,
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Longing and Belonging

Jews in the Modern Islamic World

Edited by Dina Danon, Nancy E. Berg ...

Series series Jewish Culture and Contexts
This volume explores the history of Jewish life and experience in the modern Islamic worldLonging and Belonging investigates the lives of Jews among Muslims in the modern age, both inside and outside the Ottoman Empire and after its demise. Here, modern Jewish protagonists are revealed as active participants in an expansive Islamic civilization, reflecting a mutuality and cross-fertilization in ... Read more

$46.99 USD

This volume explores the history of Jewish life and experience in the modern Islamic worldLonging and Belonging investigates the lives of Jews among Muslims in the modern age, both inside and outside the Ottoman Empire and after its demise. Here, modern Jewish protagonists are revealed as active participants in an expansive Islamic civilization, reflecting a mutuality and cross-fertilization in
... Read more
Audiobook

The Halloween Tree

by Ray Bradbury, Ray Bradbury, Jeffrey Gage, Jerry Robbins, Jerry Robbins, Mark Vander Berg8, Chris Snyder9, Nancy Curran Willis0 ...

Narrated by a full cast, Jerry Robbins, J. T. Turner, Matthew Scott Robertson, Anastas Varinos, Connor Doherty0, Curtis Brauner1, James McLean2, Jacob Rosenbaum3, Dan Duran4, Rob Cattell5, Colonial Radio Theater Chorus6, Jon Specht7 ...

Unabridged

2 hours 1 min

On a Halloween night, eight boys are led on an incredible journey into the past by the mysterious “spirit” Moundshroud. Riding a dark autumn wind from ancient Egypt to the land of the Celtic druids, from Mexico to a cathedral in Paris, they will witness the haunting beginnings of the holiday called Halloween.Featuring the evocative prose and imagery of Ray Bradbury, the fine acting of the Colonial ... Read more

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On a Halloween night, eight boys are led on an incredible journey into the past by the mysterious “spirit” Moundshroud. Riding a dark autumn wind from ancient Egypt to the land of the Celtic druids, from Mexico to a cathedral in Paris, they will witness the haunting beginnings of the holiday called Halloween.Featuring the evocative prose and imagery of Ray Bradbury, the fine acting of the Colonial
... Read more
Exile and the Jews

Literature, History, and Identity

Edited by Nancy E. Berg, Rabbi Marc Saperstein ...

Series series JPS Anthologies of Jewish Thought
This first comprehensive anthology examining Jewish responses to exile from the biblical period to our modern day gathers texts from all genres of Jewish literary creativity to explore how the realities and interpretations of exile have shaped Judaism, Jewish politics, and individual Jewish identity for millennia. Ordered along multiple arcs—from universal to particular, collective to individual, ... Read more

$25.99 USD

This first comprehensive anthology examining Jewish responses to exile from the biblical period to our modern day gathers texts from all genres of Jewish literary creativity to explore how the realities and interpretations of exile have shaped Judaism, Jewish politics, and individual Jewish identity for millennia. Ordered along multiple arcs—from universal to particular, collective to individual,
... Read more
What We Talk about When We Talk about Hebrew (and What It Means to Americans)

Edited by Naomi B. Sokoloff, Nancy E. Berg ...

Series series Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies
Why Hebrew, here and now? What is its value for contemporary Americans? In What We Talk about When We Talk about Hebrew (and What It Means to Americans) scholars, writers, and translators tackle a series of urgent questions that arise from the changing status of Hebrew in the United States. To what extent is that status affected by evolving Jewish identities and shifting attitudes toward Israel ... Read more

$26.99 USD

Why Hebrew, here and now? What is its value for contemporary Americans? In What We Talk about When We Talk about Hebrew (and What It Means to Americans) scholars, writers, and translators tackle a series of urgent questions that arise from the changing status of Hebrew in the United States. To what extent is that status affected by evolving Jewish identities and shifting attitudes toward Israel
... Read more
Since 1948

Israeli Literature in the Making

Edited by Nancy E. Berg, Naomi B. Sokoloff ...

Series series SUNY series in Contemporary Jewish Literature and Culture
A portrait of Israeli literature in its full transnational and multilingual complexity.2021 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleToward the end of the twentieth century, an unprecedented surge of writing altered the Israeli literary scene in profound ways. As fresh creative voices and multiple languages vied for recognition, diversity replaced consensus. Genres once accorded lower status-such as the ... Read more

$35.99 USD

A portrait of Israeli literature in its full transnational and multilingual complexity.2021 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleToward the end of the twentieth century, an unprecedented surge of writing altered the Israeli literary scene in profound ways. As fresh creative voices and multiple languages vied for recognition, diversity replaced consensus. Genres once accorded lower status-such as the
... Read more

Audiobook

Now and Forever

Somewhere a Band Is Playing & Leviathan '99

by Ray Bradbury ...

Narrated by Paul Hecht ...

Unabridged

4 hours 46 min

A journalist bearing terrible news leaps from a still-moving train into a small town of wonderful, impossible secrets . . .The doomed crew of a starship follows their blind, mad captain on a quest into deepest space to joust with destiny, eternity, and God Himself . . .Now and Forever is a bold new work from an incomparable artist whose stories have reshaped America's literary landscape. Two ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

A journalist bearing terrible news leaps from a still-moving train into a small town of wonderful, impossible secrets . . .The doomed crew of a starship follows their blind, mad captain on a quest into deepest space to joust with destiny, eternity, and God Himself . . .Now and Forever is a bold new work from an incomparable artist whose stories have reshaped America's literary landscape. Two
... Read more

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Audiobook

Ghost at Dusk

by Kevan Dale ...

Narrated by Mark Sanderlin ...

Unabridged

9 hours 30 min

He’s been trapped in his home since he died. If he can’t outwit the demon holding him captive, he’ll never be free.Tim Lane is running out of time. Since dying on Halloween 1981, he’s tried everything to hold back the hellish force that killed him. But with the demon clawing his way into his elderly father’s mind, the desperate teenage ghost finally takes the gloves off.As Tim races to save his ... Read more

$11.99 USD

He’s been trapped in his home since he died. If he can’t outwit the demon holding him captive, he’ll never be free.Tim Lane is running out of time. Since dying on Halloween 1981, he’s tried everything to hold back the hellish force that killed him. But with the demon clawing his way into his elderly father’s mind, the desperate teenage ghost finally takes the gloves off.As Tim races to save his
... Read more
Soulful Simplicity

How Living with Less Can Lead to So Much More

by Courtney Carver ...

Courtney Carver shows us the power of simplicity to improve our health, build more meaningful relationships, and relieve stress in our professional and personal lives.We are often on a quest for more—we give in to pressure every day to work more, own more, and do more. For Carver, this constant striving had to come to a stop when she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Stress was like ... Read more

$5.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

Courtney Carver shows us the power of simplicity to improve our health, build more meaningful relationships, and relieve stress in our professional and personal lives.We are often on a quest for more—we give in to pressure every day to work more, own more, and do more. For Carver, this constant striving had to come to a stop when she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Stress was like
... Read more

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Contested Land, Contested Memory

Israel's Jews and Arabs and the Ghosts of Catastrophe

by Jo Roberts ...

1948: As Jewish refugees, survivors of the Holocaust, struggle toward the new State of Israel, Arab refugees are fleeing, many under duress. Sixty years later, the memory of trauma has shaped both peoples' collective understanding of who they are.After a war, the victors write history. How was the story of the exiled Palestinians erased -- from textbooks, maps, even the land? How do Jewish and ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

1948: As Jewish refugees, survivors of the Holocaust, struggle toward the new State of Israel, Arab refugees are fleeing, many under duress. Sixty years later, the memory of trauma has shaped both peoples' collective understanding of who they are.After a war, the victors write history. How was the story of the exiled Palestinians erased -- from textbooks, maps, even the land? How do Jewish and
... Read more

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