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Jesus Plays the Catskills    by Hank Gross
Price: $9.99 USD. 24280 words. Published on March 6, 2010. .

In this sublime retelling of the story and teachings of Christ's life, Jesus himself takes the mike and tells it to a Borscht-belt crowd as a Jewish comic might. It's the New Testament as you've never heard it before! So here he is, ladies and germs, the King of Kings, the Lamb of God...let's give it up, folks, for JESUS!
(Chapter 2) The Lord's    by
Price: Free! 15650 words. Published on March 8, 2010. .

Prophecy for the coming years. Chapter 2 of Immanuel.
The Polski Affair    by Leon Gildin
Price: $3.99 USD. 52440 words. Published by Chris Banner on March 18, 2010. .

Award-Winning Finalist in the Historical Fiction category of the 2010 International Book Awards! This is a fictionalised account of the role played by the Hotel Polski during the Nazi occupation of Warsaw. Rosa Feurmann, a Jewish partisan, infiltrates the hotel. She is detected and comes under the personal control of the Hotel’s Nazi Commandant. The experience haunts her later life.
Triple Crown    by Eric Chevlen
Price: $4.99 USD. 6010 words. Published on May 27, 2010. .

Triple Crown is the only triple heroic crown of sonnets in the English language. The interwoven poems deal with 3 aspects of reality: universal, societal, and personal. The first cycle retells the story of Creation. The second describes the conflicts of the kings of ancient Israel. In the final cycle, Job describes his suffering, and rails against a world which appears to be devoid of justice.
Buddha Impetus to Primitive Psyche    by Shelton Ranasinghe
Price: $2.99 USD. 27720 words. Published on May 31, 2010. .

This book is an unconventional approach to Buddhist doctrine. It is brilliantly written with logical evaluation of Buddhist concepts with emphasis on suffering and "anatta" (non-self), the two pillars of Buddhist teaching. The author's ability to read the Buddhist scripture and extract what Buddha really meant is the greatest contribution. This Book is a 'must' for anyone with an open mind.
Canaan Barred    by Philip Hyams
Price: $7.99 USD. 31220 words. Published by Vox Humana Books  on May 31, 2010. .

“...I believe I would have killed Ahmed. Oh why did they prevent me? Yet...I know it is not him. He cannot be held to blame..." A contemporary twist on the classic tale of forbidden love, Canaan Barred is the story of one man’s desperate attempt to find meaning in a world where prejudice, bigotry, and hatred conspire to destroy his humanity.
Evacuation To Central Asia (Jews Escape from the Nazis and Soviets)    by Barbara Michael
Price: $4.95 USD. 47240 words. Published on June 2, 2010. .

This is a different World War II perpective. People fled deep into the Soviet Union and into the Central Asian Republics of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan,Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan to avoid the terror of the invading German Army.The book codifies historical facts and testimonies of many Jews and other refugees who managed to survive the war. Included are six original testimonies of children.
The Bible I Thought I Knew    by Peter  B. Nagy
Price: $4.95 USD. 58290 words. Published on June 15, 2010. .

A Shocking Review asking, "Does the Bible Really Say that"? Join us for an eye opening quest for truth, with honest scrutinity of Scripture and our Jewish roots. Are you tired of immaculate misconceptions and great ommisions running rampant in today's drive-thru Christianity? Do you see ordained marketeers toss half verses around like Biblical McNuggets? Our findings will amaze you!
Mourning and Celebration: Jewish, Orthodox and Gay, Past and Present    by K. David Brody
Price: $9.00 USD. 71020 words. Published on June 29, 2010. .

Have you ever wondered how life would have been, had you been born one hundred years earlier? Mourning and Celebration is how author K. David Brody answers that question. Yankl lives in a 19th-century Polish shtetl. And he’s gay.
Invasion of the Blatnicks    by Neil Plakcy
Price: $2.99 USD. 103630 words. Published on August 2, 2010. .

Steve Berman loses his job just before a visit to his parents in Florida. En route, though, he’s offered a new one, with a developer building a shopping center at the edge of the Everglades. Comic complications ensue with the craziness of his cousins, the Blatnicks, and the equally zany construction crew. A comic novel about Jewish family relationships and shopping mall construction.