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Poles Apart    by Audrey RL Wyatt
Price: $4.95 USD. 82480 words. Published on October 18, 2010. .

CHAIM SCHLESSEL lost his family to the Holocaust more than sixty years ago. DAVID SCHLESSEL, grown, married and successful, is plagued by the always taboo subject of his father’s suffering at the hands of the Nazis. United by a history they cannot discuss, yet starkly alone in their private struggles, they confront demons as well as one another in a stand-off that will change them forever.
The Clan of the Stone    by Kurt Kammeyer
Price: $2.99 USD. 149520 words. Published on June 1, 2011. .

Benjamin ben Jacob lives in the land of Deshret on the planet Edom. At the age of thirteen, Ben receives his own personal name-stone. Soon he meets a very strange Outsider girl named Elizabeth, and they discover that the name-stone makes them telepathic. Together, they embark on an adventure to defend Deshret and prepare the way for God's Visitation to Edom, at the dawn of the Seventh Eon.
Pegasus Falling: Part 1 of the Cypress Branches Trilogy    by William E. Thomas
Price: $0.99 USD. 99020 words. Published on March 21, 2012. .

FINALIST - The Kindle Book Review Best Indie Book Contest 2012. Pegasus Falling is a heartbreaking and courageous work following the emotional story of paratrooper Sammy and his battle to stay alive, sane and keep hold of the woman he loves amongst the terrors of World War II and its aftermath.
Poems from the Rubio    by Herb Brin
Price: $4.99 USD. 11490 words. Published on March 31, 2012. .

A moving collection of poems reflecting Herb Brin’s love of nature and his passion for the Jewish spirit. His verses reflect the laughter, the sorrows and the eternal triumphs of a man – and of a people. Praise for Poems from the Rubio: “How a journalist, how an editor could also be a brilliant poet is a source of astonishment – and of gratitude.” –Elie Wiesel, Nobel winner, Literature
Jacob's Return    by Andrew Tertes
Price: $5.99 USD. 161650 words. Published on May 9, 2012. .

Jacob Goldman is on vacation with his family in Hawaii when tragedy strikes and devastates them all. Reeling, Jacob can no longer hide from who he has become and is forced to confront his worst fears. The search for answers takes Jacob from his native San Francisco to his wife's Salt Grass Reservation home and then back to Hawaii once more.
Из Еврейской Поэзии XX Века    by Valery Slutsky
Price: $5.99 USD. 13140 words. Published on May 22, 2012. .

Сборник «Из Еврейской Поэзии ХХ Века» - опыт целостного обзора наиболее ярких поэтических явлений на языке идиш и иврит в русских переводах. В книге представлены шесть поэтов: Ошер Шварцман, Давид Гофштейн, Перец Маркиш, Самуил Галкин, Хаим Ленский, Ури-Цви Гринберг. Их творчество автор переводов, Валерий Слуцкий, стремился показать во взаимосвязи, традиции и своеобразии.
Harvey Shmidlap Seeks the Perfect Cheesecake    by Eugene Shafir
Price: $4.99 USD. 98780 words. Published on September 2, 2012. .

Distilled from Polish peasant stock Harvey Shmidlap is only destined for greatness in terms of his belt size. But he has a half baked plan to achieve fame. When the Eponymous Food Association, the international body for naming foods, tastes his mother's cheesecake, the name Shmidlap will live forever on people's lips! Harvey's hilarious quest to get the recipe from his mother is a delicious tale.
You Shoulda Been There    by Gerald M Siegel
Price: $9.95 USD. 78000 words. Published on September 25, 2012. .

YOU SHOULDA BEEN THERE is a book of imaginative and often very funny stories about Jewish life in Brooklyn, Minnesota, Israel and lands of the imagination. These wonderfully written stories are part-memoir, part-fiction, and all engaging.
New York City Boxing Directory (1885-1960)    by Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Price: $2.50 USD. 4560 words. Published on December 31, 2012. .

My eBook is an alphabetical directory of boxing-related persons and organizations in New York City. The time span is from the late 19th Century until after the mid 20th Century. The directory lists occupational titles, business and residential addresses, and phone numbers (for 1950s-1960). The text is pertinent for boxing enthusiasts as well as persons interested in researching family ancestries.
Anna A Story of Redemption    by Melanie Powers
Price: $3.99 USD. 133400 words. Published on May 15, 2013. .

Come and take a walk through time and experience all the wonder and struggles, the love and fears of Anna, a young woman of 15 given in marriage to a stranger. She is shocked when her father announces that she will be married in four months. Her father and this man planned her future and now she must obey. In Israel at this time in history, women are not much more than property.