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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “bryan edward stone”
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  • The Chosen Folks

    Jews on the Frontiers of Texas

    by Bryan Edward Stone ...
    Series series Jewish Life, History, and Culture
    An exploration of Jewish history in the Lone Star State, from the Jews who fled the Spanish Inquisition to contemporary Jewish communities.Texas has one of the largest Jewish populations in the South and West, comprising an often-overlooked vestige of the Diaspora. The Chosen Folks brings this rich aspect of the past to light, going beyond single biographies and photographic histories to explore ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Neither Fish nor Fowl

    A Mercantile Jewish Family on the Rio Grande

    by Morris S. Riskind ...
    Series series Modern Jewish History
    Neither Fish nor Fowl: A Mercantile Jewish Family on the Rio Grande is the memoir of Morris Riskind, who was born and lived most of his life in the small Texas border town of Eagle Pass. Riskind’s parents, Michael and Rachel, were Russian Jewish immigrants who arrived in Eagle Pass in 1910, where Michael founded a clothing store that three generations of his family operated for nearly a century ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Memories of Two Generations

    A Yiddish Life in Russia and Texas

    by Alexander Z. Gurwitz, Alexander Z. Gurwitz ...
    Translated by Rabbi Amram Prero ...
    Series series Jews and Judaism: History and Culture
    The 1935 autobiography of Alexander Ziskind Gurwitz, an Orthodox Jew whose lively recounting of his life in Tsarist Russia and his immigration to San Antonio, Texas, in 1910 captures turbulent changes in early twentieth-century Jewish historyIn 1910, at the age of fifty-one, Alexander Ziskind Gurwitz made the bold decision to emigrate with his wife and four children from southeastern Ukraine in ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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  • What They Didn't Burn

    Uncovering My Father's Holocaust Secrets

    by Mel Laytner ...
    What if you uncovered a Nazi paper trail that revealed your father to be a man very different from the quiet, introspective dad you knew . . . or thought you knew?Growing up, author Mel Laytner saw his father as a quintessential Type B: passive and conventional. As he uncovered documents the Nazis didn’t burn, however, another man emerged—a black market ringleader and wily camp survivor who made ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A Measure of Intelligence

    One Mother's Reckoning with the IQ Test

    by Pepper Stetler ...
    In a quest to advocate for her daughter, Pepper Stetler uncovers the dark history of the IQ test, leading her to question what exactly we are measuring when we measure intelligence.When Pepper Stetler learned that her daughter, Louisa, who has Down Syndrome, would be required to take periodic IQ tests to secure support in school, she asked a simple question: Why? The hunt for an answer set Stetler ... Read more

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  • The Watchmakers

    A Powerful WW2 Story of Brotherhood, Survival, and Hope Amid the Holocaust

    by Harry Lenga, Scott Lenga ...
    2022 National Jewish Book Award Finalist“Inspiring. Exhilarating. Astonishing. An epic tale of brotherhood, ingenuity, and survival.” —Heather Dune Macadam, International Bestselling author of 999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to AuschwitzTold through meticulous interviews with his son, this is an extraordinary memoir of endurance, faith, and a unique skill ... Read more

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  • Twice the Family

    A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Sisterhood

    by Julie Ryan McGue ...
    Growing up as an adoptee and identical twin, Julie McGue will take you on her journey for identity and individuality, searching for answers through tragedy and adversity.“A heartfelt exploration of connection, community, and the unbreakable bond between sisters . . . Her journey beautifully reminds us of the strength we find within ourselves as we seek to uncover where we truly belong.”— Simone ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • My Beautiful Sisters

    A Memoir of Courage, Hope, and the Afghan Women's Soccer Team

    by Khalida Popal ...
    **Argo meets The Bookseller of Kabul in this incredible memoir from the Afghan women’s soccer pioneer turned activist and feminist icon who has helped save more than 350 female soccer players from the dangerous rule of the Taliban.“Riveting, heart-wrenching and incredibly important . . . an inspirational story for girls and women everywhere.” —MALALA YOUSAFZAI, Nobel Peace Prize laureateA 2025 ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • By the Fire We Carry

    The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land

    by Rebecca Nagle ...
    "No part of the judiciary exposes the chasm between American ideals and institutional practice like federal Indian law. In By the Fire We Carry, Nagle, a Cherokee journalist, turns a case most Americans haven’t heard of into a legal thriller." —New York Times Book ReviewNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe New Yorker’s Best Books of 2024 • Publishers Weekly Top 10 Book of the Year • NPR 2024 "Books We Loved" ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • The True History of Merlin the Magician

    by Anne Lawrence-Mathers ...
    A medieval historian examines what we really know about the man who was "Merlin the Magician" and his impact on Britain.Merlin has remained an enthralling and curious individual since he was first introduced in the twelfth century in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae. But although the Merlin of literature and Arthurian myth is well known, his "historical" figure and his relation to ... Read more

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  • Slavery's Exiles

    The Story of the American Maroons

    by Sylviane A Diouf ...
    Sylviane A. Diouf's Slavery's Exiles reveals the forgotten stories of America maroons―wilderness settlers evading discovery after escaping slavery.Over more than two centuries men, women, and children escaped from slavery to make the Southern wilderness their home. They hid in the mountains of Virginia and the low swamps of South Carolina; they stayed in the neighborhood or paddled their way to ... Read more

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  • The Blue Butterfly

    A Novel of Marion Davies

    by Leslie Johansen Nack ...
    2023 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards Gold Medal, Fiction: Historical“The book reads as if it really is Davies’ autobiography . . . . a timely reminder of what women would have been up against in Hollywood.”—Historical Novel Society“The Blue Butterfly is a vibrant period novel that reimagines the controversial love story of a classic film star.”—Foreword ReviewsNew York 1915, Marion Dav... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD