Even the most pious Jew need not shed so many tears over the destruction of Jerusalem as the women were in the habit of shedding when Stempenyu was playing.The first work of Sholom Aleichem’s to be translated into English—this long out-of-print translation is the only one ever done under Aleichem’s personal supervision—Stempenyu is a prime example of the author’ s hallmark traits: his antic and often sardonic sense of humor, his whip-smart dialogue, his workaday my...

Jewish Children by Sholem Aleichem is a warm and poignant collection of stories that portrays the everyday lives of Jewish children growing up in the small towns and villages of Eastern Europe. Written with the author’s characteristic blend of humor, tenderness, and gentle irony, the book captures childhood as a time of curiosity, mischief, dreams, and moral discovery against the backdrop of traditional Jewish family and community life. Through a series of lively episodes, Sholem Aleichem ...

In "Jewish Children," Sholem Aleichem captures the essence of Jewish childhood through a series of poignant tales that illuminate the joys, struggles, and mischief of young life in Eastern Europe. Employing a vibrant literary style marked by humor and pathos, Aleichem intertwines Yiddish folklore with everyday realities, creating a rich tapestry that reflects the cultural milieu of the late 19th to early 20th century. His narrative is laced with whimsical characters, each representing diff...

2024 International Book Awards Winner in Fiction: Visionary2024 International Book Awards Winner in Fiction: Cross-Genre2024 American Fiction Awards Winner in General FictionDarah, a tech writer living in the democratic nation of California, is dismayed to see the game she's helping develop for a Silicon Valley tech company has been tampered with. When her hacker friend Jedd investigates, he uncovers a conspiracy th...

The Quantum Roseis the story of Kamoj Argali, the young ruler of an impoverished province on the backward planet Balumil. To keep her people from starving, she has agreed to marry Jax Ironbridge, the boorish and brutal ruler of the prosperous neighboring province. But before they can be wed, a mysterious stranger from a distant planet arrives on government business in the wake of interstellar war. He sweeps in and forces Kamoj into marriage, throwing her world into utter chaos.

"Enjoyable entertainment . . . a mystery/suspense novel with links to classic rock history and mythology" featuring recovering detective Mike Travis (Foreword).After twenty years at the LAPD Homicide Bureau, Mike Travis is finally retiring and starting over on Santa Catalina Island. In the small town of Avalon, he lives and works on his yacht, sailing and chartering scuba diving trips. There, among tourists and quirky locals, he tries to banish the residua...

~ Indie Author Project 2025 SciFi Book of the Year ~ Finalist, Best Alien Sci-Fi of 2024, Discover Sci-Fi ~* A stand-alone adventure set in the Amaranthe universe *The Hesgyr are thieves. “Scavengers,” to hear their victims tell it; “repurposers” by their own reckoning.As Chief of Intelligence for Non-Anaden Affairs, Eren Savitas’ job is to protect the Advocacy from all manner of alien threats: sabotage, assassination, insurgency and, way d...

We don't think anymore, like the ancient Chinese did, that the world was hatched from an egg, or, like the Maori, that it came from the tearing apart of a love embrace. The Greeks told of a tempestuous Hera and a cunning Zeus, but we now use genes and natural selection to explain fear and desire, and physics to demystify the workings of the universe.Evolutions brings to life the latest scientific thinking on the birth of the universe and the solar system, the journey from ...

"I'm sitting on the floor in my mother's house, surrounded by stuff."So begins Jennifer Howard's Clutter, an expansive assessment of our relationship to the things that share and shape our lives. Sparked by the painful two-year process of cleaning out her mother's house in the wake of a devastating physical and emotional collapse, Howard sets her own personal struggle with clutter against a meticulously researched history of just how the developed world came to dr...

To get the truth from someone, you need two sets of skills. The first are the interpersonal skills necessary to get the facts. But the second group of skills is equally if not more important: they enable you to assess whether the facts actually fit together--whether they are true--and identify the emotions that shaped them.In Nothing But the Truth, top intelligence experts from the worlds of espionage, business, and law enforcement reveal how they get the information they need and ...

Smith, his soul shattered after suffering a crushing personal loss, is left to fight for the survival of his son and the new colony on a planet that’s far more dangerous than anyone expected.WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Best Science Fiction Series“This sensational book is a breathtaking page-turner with an enthralling storyline that rivals a Star Trek episode. Once I picked it up, I couldn’t put i...

A collection of career-launching short fiction by #1 New York Times–bestselling author Timothy Zahn, including the Hugo Award–winning novella Cascade Point.Timothy Zahn shows an unparalleled mastership of science fiction in the fifteen tales gathered here."The Price of Survival" features an alien ship that arrives in our solar system without hostile intentions but with a desperate need whose fulfillment could destroy humanity. "The Giftie ...