"Filled with trenchant moments of sweetness and betrayal, as well a stunning reveal of the harrowing gauntlet infertile women go through to conceive." — Publishers WeeklyCostanza Ansaldo, a half-Italian and half-American translator, is convinced that she has made peace with her childlessness. A year after the death of her husband, an eminent writer, she returns to the pensione in Florence where she spent many happy times in her youth, and there she meets, f...

One of The Wall Street Journal**’s Ten Best Books of the Year** * Winner of the National Jewish Book Awards for Holocaust Memoir and Sephardic Culture * Recipient of the Jewish Book Council’s Natan Notable Book Award * Winner of the Sophie Brody MedalThe remarkable story of ninety-nine-year-old Stella Levi whose conversations with the author over t...

A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARA story at once extremely strange and entirely familiar – about families, innocence, art and love. This hugely enjoyable, totally unforgettable memoir is a classic in the making.‘My aunt called our two families the Mighty Franks. But, she said, you and I, Lovey, are a thing apart. The two of us have pulled our wagons up to a secret campsite. We know how lucky we are. We’re t...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WINGATE LITERARY PRIZE 2024A WALL STREET JOURNAL BOOK OF THE YEARNATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNER'Beautiful, sober and affecting - a testament to remembrance and friendship' - DALIA SOFER'A momentous historic retrieval and work of literary art' - PHILLIP LOPATENearly a ...

The story of an outsider representing the Hasidic Satmar Jewish community of Kiryas Joel in the Orange County, New York Legislature.Outside Looking In chronicles the saga of Michael Frank Amo, an Orange County, New York, legislator who has represented the Hasidic Jewish community of Kiryas Joel for three decades. As a political minority member of the legislature, Amo fought to get their voice and points of view heard amid during his unique role as a non-Je...

In 1911 Ireland rumbles, yearning to escape the yolk of British dominance. A young separatist couple conceives a bold scheme to remind democracies around the globe that Parliament continues to subjugate a nation of its empire to second-class citizenship. Meg and Rory intend to shame London by stranding mid-ocean the largest vessel in the world on its maiden voyage. Titanic's shipwreck stokes their zeal for Irish freedom. They will not be pacified until their notion of Irish grail ...

An engaging research methods text integrating a classic approach to conducting experiments in psychology with open science practices and values.How does a researcher run a high-quality psychology experiment? What time-tested methods should be used, and how can more robust and accurate results be achieved? A dynamic collaboration between groundbreaking cognitive scientist Michael Frank and a diverse cohort of researchers innovating in the field—Mika Braginsky, Julie...

Behind the Pale Door is a powerful and deeply moving memoir of trauma, faith, resilience, and redemption.At just five years old, Michael E. Franks Jr. witnessed the unthinkable - the violent death of his father. In a single moment, childhood ended and survival began. Growing up in St. Louis during the turbulent 1960s and 70s, Michael navigates racial tension, family dysfunction, silence surrounding trauma, and the emotional weight of secrets that shaped generations.

First published in 2002. This book examines the full scope of technologies available to address the electricity supply crisis. The author details the tools and technologies available for incorporating smaller, cleaner, more efficient energy into energy management plans. He examines the role of new technologies in reducing operating costs and developing more innovative and practical approaches to energy management. Topics include implementation of alternative energy programs, management of ...

A longtime classic in its first and second editions, Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations, 3rd edition presents substantially revised and new essays on traditional themes such as national security, corporatism, borderlands history, and international relations theory. The book also highlights such innovative conceptual approaches and analytical methods as computational analysis, symbolic borders, modernization and technopolitics, nationalism, non-state actors, domestic polit...

Great adventures are often the task of noble knights, but when there are none to be found in the bucolic realm of Aurora, a young boy with a strong, adventurous spirit seeks to sow his own grand tale in the fields of his youth.For that boy, John Hortēnsius, questing is a pathway to revive the grandeur of yesteryear. It also presents an opportunity to help his parents, whose business has been struggling, keep a roof over their heads. But when John and his friends discover a mysterio...

The war has turned against Germany. Development of the Nazi "wonder weapons" lag. Hitler demands elements of the American jet engine prototype, allowing his scientist to leapfrog ahead. Because of his anonymity, Abwehr intelligence deskman Delp will carry out the theft. He must recruit his conspirators from Nazis residing within the US, possibly with the help of fascist Mexican rebels.The war has also turned against American-born Mark Stark. He seethes because his immigrant family ...