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Author
Series
Buck Schatz volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
vi, 281 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Twenty something Daniel Friedman's debut hit novel, Don't Ever Get Old, was a huge critical and word-of-mouth success. Friedman's unforgettable protagonist Buck Schatz is back, and, once again, this 88-year-old retired Memphis cop refuses to go gently into that good night. Having sustained injuries in Don't Ever Get Old, Buck is living at a retirement home with his wife, and he's downright miserable being treated like the elderly person he is. But...
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Series
Language
English
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"Life is a constant struggle for the eighteen-year-old Nowak twins as they raise their three younger siblings in rural Poland under the shadow of the Nazi occupation...Helena discovers an American paratrooper stranded outside their small mountain village...Risking the safety of herself and her family, she hides Sam--a Jew--but Helena's concern for the American grows into something much deeper...[as] Helena is forced to contend with the jealousy her...
Author
Publisher
Schocken Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Follows the story of Erwin, a young Holocaust survivor, who travels from a refugee camp to a kibbutz in Haifa to begin a new life while still desperately clinging to his memories of the past.
4) The book rescuer: how a mensch from Massachusetts saved Yiddish literature for generations to come
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Book Rescuer tells the true story of how Aaron Lansky preserved culture and history. It celebrates the power of an individual to bind past and future generations through language and literature.
5) Defiance
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The deep forests of Poland and Belorussia are the domain of the occuping Germans during World War II. The three Bielski brothers go into the forests and find the impossible task of foraging for food, weapons and survival, not just for themselves but for a large mass of fleeing Polish Jews from the German war machine. The brothers, living with the fear of discovery must contend with neighboring Soviet partisans and deciding whom to trust. They take...