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Rich with authentic detail and insight, these compelling stories sweep the listener along on an intimate, uniquely Jewish journey from 1974 through the first decade of the new millennium as the characters wrestle with identity, independence, ambition, sexuality, faith, and love.

Nora Brouwer, a radar operator, watches as Allied bombers crest the horizon. A cryptic call tempts her—safety or a daring mission? Her brother-in-law, Christiaan Brouwer, ensnared in an SS prison, faces a dire choice: betray his secrets or forfeit his life. What will honor demand? Floris Brouwer, once a Waffen-SS titan, now languishes at Mauthausen concentration camp. A chance to regain past glory beckons, but at war's dark price. Lisa Abrahams, master of espionage, yearns for more than London's shadows. With victory nearing, her heart races to find Christiaan and alter fate.

A partir da história de amor entre um estudante e uma mulher misteriosa, Amós Oz questiona a fundação do estado de Israel e as guerras que abalam o Oriente Médio. Amós Oz é o mais importante escritor israelense da atualidade. Candidato constante ao prêmio Nobel, fez de sua obra uma...

Se questo è un uomo: Con ostinazione e pacatezza, Primo Levi non ha mai smesso di cercare le parole per raccontare l’atrocità della deportazione e del campo di sterminio di Auschwitz, in cui venne internato dal febbraio 1944 al 27 gennaio 1945. La tregua: La tregua è il libro del ritorno, dove Primo Levi racconta le sue esperienze durante il lungo viaggio attraverso Russia e Europa dell’Est per tornare alla sua Torino. Un viaggio assurdo, fatto di incontri con persone di civiltà e lingue diverse ma tutte vittime della stessa guerra.

Удивительная и трогательная история жизни Лейба Гройсмана, авантюриста и заботливого патриарха семейства, гения предпринимательства и просто маленького человека на фоне больших событий XX века. Да, Лейб Гройсман — не самый приметный и далеко не идеальный человек. Но он-таки умел жить, добиваться успеха и всегда заботился о своей семье. Лейб Гройсман двигался вперед, несмотря на все испытания и невзгоды, что подкидывала ему жизнь. И что бы он ни делал, основной движущей силой этого великого комбинатора всегда была любовь — к родителям, жене, детям, племянникам и внукам.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'The most outrageously funny book about sex written' Guardian Portnoy's Complaint n. [after Alexander Portnoy (1933-)]:A disorder in which strongly-felt ethical and altruistic impulses are perpetually warring with extreme sexual longings, often of a perverse nature...

Brought to you by Penguin. The American psyche is channelled into the gripping story of one man. This is the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Philip Roth at his very best. It is 1998, the year America is plunged into a frenzy of prurience by the impeachment of a president. In a small New England...

Brought to you by Penguin. It's the sweltering summer of 1944, and Newark is in the grip of a terrifying epidemic. Decent, athletic twenty-three year old playground director Bucky Cantor is devoted to his charges and ashamed with himself because his weak eyes have excluded him from serving in...

From the New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg comes a dazzling novel of family, following a troubled mother and her two daughters over forty years through a swiftly changing American landscape as they seek lives they can fully claim as their own. The women of the Cohen family are in...

The year is 66 A.D. Nero rules the world as Caesar. Judea is a client state of Rome. The taxes are doubled and the Judeans refuse to pay. The Romans decide to raid the Judean's holy Temple treasury. The Judeans insult and mock the Romans for their avarice; the Romans respond by murdering thousands of Judeans.

Chani hat es geschafft. Sie hat den Mann geheiratet, den sie sich ausgesucht hat – nicht selbstverständlich, wenn man in einer jüdisch-orthodoxen Gemeinde lebt. Und was nun? 'Seid fruchtbar und mehret euch', natürlich, aber genau das funktioniert eben nicht. Chani ist verzweifelt, denn ihr Mann Baruch kann sie verstoßen, wenn sie ihm keine Nachkommen schenkt. Und wer wäre sie dann noch unter ihresgleichen? Zwischen Rabbi, Fruchtbarkeitsklinik und ihrer Schwiegermutter muss Chani 'HaSchem' ein Schnippchen schlagen.

Der bewegende Auftakt zu einer fesselnden Familiensaga um die Freiheit zu träumen, den Mut zu handeln und die Kraft zu lieben. Eine starke Frau in einer Welt voller Konventionen. Ein Traum, den sie niemals aufgibt. Berlin 1904: Gegen den Widerstand ihrer Eltern verbringt die Jüdin Hannah viel Zeit in der Arztpraxis ihres Großvaters. Heimlich träumt sie davon, Medizin zu studieren. In Tübingen soll das auch für Frauen möglich sein. Doch das schickt sich nicht für ein Mädchen aus gutem Hause – anders als eine Hochzeit.

Poland, January 1945. Two women and four men escape from a Nazi death march after enduring the horrors of imprisonment at Auschwitz. Despite their individual backgrounds and nationalities, they form their own family caught between the euphoria of freedom and the terror of their circumstances. This is a tale of exploding joy within a hothouse of fear, of human beings erupting into life after breaking free of death’s embrace–an unusual and moving tale that cements Albert Maltz’s reputation as a compassionate observer of character and one of the finest storytellers of his generation.

Pronunciar el nombre de alguien lo mantiene vivo, le permite dar valor a su historia. Todos aquellos que tuvieron que huir de Europa del Este durante la primera mitad del siglo XX tienen una historia que merece ser contada. La vida se volvió imposible y aunque salir implicaba dejarlo todo: casa, bienes, ancestros, comidas, sabores, olores, canciones de cuna, idioma…todo, la opción era morir.

Berlin, 1938. Samuel Weiss and Max von Hofmannsthal were best friends until the cruel antisemitism of Nazi Germany seeped into Berlin and tore their friendship apart. As Max rises in the ranks of the Nazi SS, Sam and his Jewish family find themselves simply struggling to survive.

The Secret That Is Not a Secret: Ten Heretical Tales invites you into a hidden world of faith, desire, transgression, and revelation. The inhabitants of its interlocking stories are pious and rebellious, mystical and queer, from a Hasidic woman tormented by her husband’s long beard to a closeted gay man repenting of his sins in the mikva. The first book of fiction by Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson, winner of the National Jewish Book Award, The Secret That Is Not a Secret is a remarkable work of mystical fiction.

Life is never quite what it seems, even without the lost family heritage delivered to Judith and Belinda. Judith wants an ordinary life... mostly. If Belinda weren’t Judith’s sister, and if it wasn’t for bushfires and bigots, Belinda’s life would be perfectly ordinary. Judith will tell you so; you don’t even have to ask.

Tori Matheny comes from a family of strong women who are all close and happily single. She plans to live the same way—an occasional fling, but never settling down. What’s the need? She is, however, curious about her birth family despite her adoptive mom and aunts strongly discouraging her search. Tori’s always known she was adopted and has never been able to shake her lifelong curiosity. When she runs into a childhood friend with plenty of time on his hands, he seems like the ideal candidate to help with her search.

Tři roky a osm měsíců žije devítiletý Felix Salinger v odlehlém katolickém sirotčinci v horách, ačkoli není katolického vyznání. Jeho rodiče nejsou mrtví. Přivedli ho k matce Mince, představené jeptišek, aby se měl dobře. A určitě si pro něj brzy přijdou, jak Felix věří, jen co vyřeší potíže, které mají se svým knihkupectvím. Protože židovští knihkupci to mají v Polsku roku 1942 těžké. Jak moc těžké, to Felix pochopí, až když se v sirotčinci objeví muži s podivnými páskami na rukávech a začnou vyhazovat a pálit židovské knihy z místní knihovny.

Solange die Liebe uns gehörte. Küstrin, 1941: Schon als Kinder waren Henriette und Hans unzertrennlich, dann werden sie ein Paar - es ist die große Liebe. Doch sie muss geheim bleiben, denn Henriette ist Jüdin. Als die politische Lage sich zuspitzt, entschließt sich ihre Familie zur Flucht. Doch nur Henriette erhält ein Visum. Knapp 80 Jahre später kehrt Henriette zurück. Noch einmal möchte sie ihre alte Heimat sehen. Aber vor allem will sie eines: endlich Hans wiederfinden.