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Reunidas en un solo audiolibro las tres primeras novelas protagonizadas por Nathan Zuckerman y, como epílogo, una pieza genial. En La visita al maestro, un joven Zuckerman en los inicios de su carrera visita a su mentor y se enamora de una mujer que cree identificar con la mismísima Ana Frank. Zuckerman desencadenado es una parodia sobre los riesgos de la fama, mientras que La lección de anatomía cuenta la historia de un Zuckerman en plena crisis creativa. Y al fin, en La orgía de Praga, viajamos con él a la ciudad ocupada por los soviéticos.

When soldiers attack the inhabitants of a Jewish ghetto in sixteenth-century Lithuania, Abigail manages to escape both the attack and her abusive husband, Reuven. She travels over land and sea to Venice, where she settles in another ghetto. Believing Reuven is dead, Abigail falls in love with her widowed neighbor, Daniel. But before Abigail and Daniel announce their betrothal, her violent husband reappears.

Betrayal: The Ethel Rosenberg Story follows the case of the “Atomic Spy” Julius Rosenberg and his wife, Ethel. In this historical fiction novel, Alisa Parenti takes listeners from the tenement halls of the Lower East Side to the walls of Sing Sing as the United States is engulfed by the “Red Scare”. Ethel, the first woman on death row for conspiracy to commit espionage, speaks with Mary Wurth, a young reporter from Queens looking to prove her worth.

Where do writers go when they die? The forgotten ones, at least, go to the Café of Minor Authors where they drink endless cups of cappuccino, self-obsess, and nurse their shattered dreams. Some authors, it’s rumored, can escape Oblivion if they try hard enough to write something the universe can’t ignore, even after death. This is the story of one ambitious writer stuck in Oblivion who not only risks upturning his own fate but also the fate of his literary hero and that of his great grandmother, Hanna, an aspiring actor in the Yiddish theater in the Prague of 1911.

Siguiendo el hilo de Novia que te vea e Hijo que te nazca, la autora nos cuenta aquí la historia de Oshinica -una suerte de alter ego-, quien primero cuestiona y luego rechaza las costumbres de su familia y del patriarcado para aprender a despojarse de miedos, de ataduras y convertirse por fin en lo que siempre deseó: una mujer valiente, libre; una escritora con fuerza propia; una "caballera con armadura".

Izzy Fineberg can take on any challenge - and she's had some big ones lately. After one fateful night with the hottest deaf man she'd ever met, Izzy found she was pregnant with his child. And she never caught his name. She's been doing the single-mom thing for nine months now, and surely, nothing could be more challenging than that. But her first day at her new job, she meets her supervisor...and recognizes him immediately.

Weddings and celebrations, stories of Rosh Hashanah, Chanukah, and Passover, and, of course, delicious food. It is time for a new generation of listeners to discover the unorthodox wisdom of Rabbi Kibbitz and the savory sense of Mrs. Chaipul.

Kurz nachdem die Nationalsozialisten Polen überfallen haben, werden die elfjährige Rena und ihre Familie gezwungen, in das jüdische Ghetto von Krakau zu ziehen. Hunger und harte Arbeit bestimmen den Alltag, und Rena muss immer wieder mitansehen, wie Freund*innen und Familie deportiert werden. Durch eine glückliche Fügung kommen ihre Mutter und sie in der Fabrik von Oskar Schindler unter. Ihre Namen landen auf der Liste, die später als "Schindlers Liste" weltweit bekannt werden wird, und sie überleben. Dieses Hörbuch ist Renas Zeitzeugenbericht, eindrücklich und bestürzend und doch auch voller Hoffnung auf bessere Zeiten.

For the readers of The Nightingale and Lilac Girls, inspired by the true story of the author’s great-grandmother’s journey during World War II, The Girl with the Silver Star is the extraordinary story of a mother’s love and will to survive during one of history’s darkest time periods. As a hailstorm of bombs begins to shatter the city of Minsk in Belarus, Raisa and her family run through the darkness of night to take cover. When Raisa, Abraham, and their daughters, Luba and Sofia, emerge from the bomb shelter, they find an unfamiliar city before them.

Agli inizi degli anni Quaranta, il maggiore delle SS Hans Lichtblau viene messo alla guida di un programma di ricerca che utilizza i prigionieri dei campi di concentramento come cavie, ma anche come assistenti, inquadrati nel Kommando Gardenia. Sullo sfondo degli esperimenti, la "soluzione finale del problema ebraico", l'avanzata nazista in Russia e la colonizzazione dei territori dell'Est, poi, inaspettata, la disfatta e la caduta di Berlino.

A child struggles to understand the unrelenting cruelty of the life she is trapped in, while a young mother is forced into an impossible choice to try to save herself and her children. Each finds herself alone, in a hostile world. To survive, they have to stay free. Those that are taken never come back, and the fiery spirit they share may not be enough. They will need the intervention of luck, and kind strangers, to have any chance of reaching sanctuary. But the odds against them are enormous. And not all strangers are kind.

I thoroughly enjoyed the book because of its mix of humor, Jewish history, and pathos. The narrator of the audiobook has a wicked sense of humor but is also able to convey vast swathes of Jewish history with poignancy - the pogroms, the othering, and the sufferings and tribulations, as well as the rise of zealotry and how it destroyed the Jewish people and drove them out of their own land.

When little Ruthie and her mother are taken to Belzec Extermination Camp in the midst of World War II, Ruthie's mother knows that her daughter's life is in grave danger. Desperate, she will do anything to save her from the terrible fate that awaits her, even at the cost of her own life. But she will have to act fast if she wants to give her daughter a chance of survival. Years later, Ruthie's daughter, Noga, delves into the untold mysteries of her mother's past, on a quest to heal their fragmented relationship.

Wie viele Geheimnisse erträgt eine Familie? Krakau, im Frühjahr 1939. Alle Zeichen stehen auf Krieg, denn das Deutsche Reich treibt seine Angriffspläne auf Polen unbarmherzig voran. Die junge Marie aber beschäftigen ganz anderen Fragen: Wer ist ihre Mutter? Warum verschwand sie, als Marie ein Kleinkind war? Und warum verweigert ihr Vater, ein renommierter Arzt, jedes Gespräch über sie? Als sie die Ungewissheit nicht mehr aushält, entschließt Marie sich zu einem drastischen Schritt. Marie zog eine Haarnadel aus ihrem blonden Haar.

Stanisław Wróblewski to spokojny, ułożony mężczyzna - inżynier z wykształcenia, pracownik warszawskiego Biura Projektów, bohater wojenny odznaczony orderem Virtuti Militari. Pewnego dnia na jego biurko trafia książka ze wspomnieniami obozowymi. Na jednym ze zdjęć mężczyzna rozpoznaje siebie w roli kata-esesmana. Postać na fotografii ma tę samą bliznę na twarzy i jest tak łudząco podobna do bohatera, że nawet Zakład Medycyny Sądowej stwierdza, że to on sam.

Eine unsterbliche Liebe in einer grausamen, unmenschlichen Zeit. Josef, ein junger jüdischer Musiker, und Lisa, eine arische Fabrikantentochter. Als die Deportation beginnt, gelingt Josef auf dem Transport ins KZ zweimal die Flucht und er findet den Weg zurück zu seiner Liebe, zu Lisa. Doch das Glück währt nicht lange. Durch Verrat landet er letztendlich im KZ. Dort rettet ihm sein Status als Geigenspieler das Leben. Josef wird KZ-Musiker. Es werden die schlimmsten Jahre seines Lebens, doch die unbändige Liebe zu Lisa spendet ihm Kraft und Hoffnung.

An ancient coin from the Land of Israel goes missing during a dinner party hosted by the Lyon family. The most likely suspect is Judah Birnbaum, a young man from the Holy Land who has come to England to raise funds for his community. But why would the young man jeopardize his mission by stealing the coin? For once, Mr. Melamed has too many clues - making this one of the most baffling cases of his career.

It's a delightfully satirical exploration of the intersection between the quotidian and the absurd. Lev is a particularly memorable character; it turns out that when he said 'superintendent,' he actually meant 'janitor, and he neither encourages nor repudiates the strange notion that his arrival is the fulfillment of biblical prophecy. Throughout, Greene wisely explores the salutary power of faith.

Jest rok 1597. W chrześcijańskiej Wenecji Żydzi żyją za murami getta, a za przywilej praktykowania swojej wiary odwdzięczają się wiernością wobec Republiki i poszanowaniem jej praw. Na galeonie handlowym kupiec Menachem Campos wypływa do Stambułu, Hila, jego córka, szykuje się do zaślubin, a młoda synowa spodziewa się narodzin upragnionego syna. Los zdaje się im sprzyjać, lecz do czasu, bo gdy z morza nadchodzą tragiczne wieści, żydowską Wenecją wstrząsają pogłoski o tajemniczych znakach - zwiastunach prześladowań i klęsk.

Knar has been studying the physiology of humans for years in preparation to introduce Earth to the rest of the galaxy and present them as a species that can adapt to change well. Although he believes in his mission, he’s also had his eye on his coworker Leah, and her invitation to come home with her for the holidays is just the opportunity he’s been looking for. He just has to find some way to tell her that he’s more than just a gentile. He’s not even from this planet. And Leah hates liars.