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This epic, enthralling debut novel--in the vein of Nicole Krauss' The History of Love--follows a postwar love triangle between an American rabbi, his wife, and a German-Jewish refugee.

Spanning seventy years and several continents--from a refugee's shattered dreams in 1938 Berlin, to a discontented American couple in the 1950s, to a young woman's life in modern-day Jerusalem--this epic, enthralling novel tells the braided love story of three unforgettable characters. In 1946, Walter Westhaus, a German Jew who spent the war years at Tagore's ashram in India, arrives at the...

His name was Rob Castor. Quite possibly, you've heard of him. He became a minor cult celebrity in his mid-twenties for writing a book of darkly pitch-perfect stories set in a stupid sleepy upstate New York town. Several years later, he murdered his writer girlfriend, and then committed suicide. . . .

With extraordinarily luxuriant and evocative prose, award-winning author Eli Gottlieb takes us deep into the human psyche, where the most profound of secrets are kept. Now You See Him is a wrenching and enthrallingly suspenseful story that mines the explosive terrains of love...

Hidden on the top story of an old house on Willow Street sits an extraordinary little round room with a ceiling shaped like a tower. The sign on the door reads "Storage Room." Inside the little room is dark and musty and filled with piles of boxes. Cobwebs gather on its walls, and a fireplace and rotting leaves coat its once shining skylight.

The room feels neglected and forgotten.

The room wasn't always so sad. Once it was a bright, cheerful place loved by children. Laughter bounced off its walls, and sunlight streamed through the skylight. The room was happy then. It had a...

In this lovable tale aimed at four-to-six-year-olds, a little boy learns how to take care of his new pet and how to accept someone who acts a little differently.

Danny the kitten follows the little boy home one day and becomes a new member of the family. The little boy loves his new pet but grows concerned when Danny spends most of his time curled up and hiding. He looks for Danny all over the place. But Danny seems happy, so even though the little boy is frustrated, he accepts that this is just how Danny is. The kitten loves hiding.

Then the little boy and his mother are at...

In the 1960s, adoptions of foreign babies by residents of the United States were relatively rare. One woman sought to change that trend. In her memoir, "Take My Children, " author Bernice Gottlieb shares the story of her involvement in international adoptions.

Gottlieb tells not only of her personal experience adopting a baby girl from Korea, but also of her of mission to find homes in the United States for children of Korean families banished to living in leprosy colonies. At the time, leprosy was an ugly word for Koreans, and society sought to separate these individuals suffering from...

Practical Transformer Handbook shows how a transformer can be put to use, common problems which a user will face, and which is the most appropriate in a particular situation. Anyone working with transformers will find this a valuable user guide. Theory and mathematics are kept to a minimum, and instead the everyday working of these devices is described. Practical Transformer Handbook covers transformers in electronic technology, control techniques, instrumentation, and other more unusual applications.

In this practical book a wide range of devices, uses and problems are...

The Friedmans and Gottliebs were ordinary people living extraordinary lives. Perservering through periods of war, persecution, personal tragedy and economic crisis, they always clung to the core values that marked them as the brave and decent family they are.

With this memoir they remember those who came before them, and honor them for passing down the beliefs that made them a family to be proud of. They passed down stories, too --and by putting these intimate fragments, favorites of the clan, into print, they hope to preserve family lore and inspire newer generations to do the same....