The Mezuzah in the Madonna's Foot: Marranos and Other Secret Jews--A Woman Discovers Her Spiritual Heritage
10 best books like The Mezuzah in the Madonna's Foot: Marranos and Other Secret Jews--A Woman Discovers Her Spiritual Heritage (Trudi Alexy): Rabbit-Proof Fence: The True Story of One of the Greatest Escapes of All Time, Daughter of Moloka'i, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Catherine, Called Birdy, My Name Is Mahtob: The Story that Began the Global Phenomenon Not Without My Daughter Continues, My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941, The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust, The Seer of Shadows, D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II, Survivors Club: The True Story of a Very Young Prisoner of Auschwitz
Rabbit-Proof Fence: The True Story of One of the Greatest Escapes of All Time
| Author | Doris Pilkington |
| ISBN | 0786887842 |
The remarkable true story of three young girls who cross the harsh Australian desert on foot to return to their home.
Following an Australian government edict in 1931, black aboriginal children and children of mixed marriages were gathered up by whites and taken to settlements to be assimilated....
| Author | Alan Brennert |
| ISBN | 1250137683 |
DAUGHTER OF MOLOKA′I is the highly anticipated sequel to Alan Brennert’s acclaimed book club favorite, and national bestseller, MOLOKA′I. It’s a companion tale that tells the story of Ruth, the daughter that Rachel Kalama—quarantined for most of her life at the isolated leprosy settlement...
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
An ocean voyage of unimaginable consequences... Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty. But I was just such a girl, and my story is worth relating even if it did happen years ago. Be warned, however: If strong ideas and action offend you, read no more....
| Author | Karen Cushman |
| ISBN | 0060739428 |
"Corpus Bones! I utterly loathe my life."Catherine feels trapped. Her father is determined to marry her off to a rich man--any rich man, no matter how awful. But by wit, trickery, and luck, Catherine manages to send several would-be husbands packing. Then a shaggy-bearded suitor from the north comes...
My Name Is Mahtob: The Story that Began the Global Phenomenon Not Without My Daughter Continues
| Author | Mahtob Mahmoody |
| ISBN | 0718022106 |
This is the story of an extraordinary young woman’s triumph over life-crushing trauma to build a life of peace and forgiveness. Two decades ago, millions of readers worldwide thrilled to the story told in the international bestselling memoir Not Without My Daughter that told of an American mother...
| Author | Mary Pope Osborne |
| ISBN | 0590687158 |
In a diary that brings to life the dramatic happenings on the home front during World War II, Madeline Beck is living in a boardinghouse with her mother while her father is on an aircraft carrier guarding the Pacific Coast. After discovering that a German U-boat has landed near her home--a little-known,...
The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust
Edith Hahn was an outspoken young woman studying law in Vienna when the Gestapo forced Edith and her mother into a ghetto, issuing them papers branded with a "J." Soon, Edith was taken away to a labor camp, and though she convinced Nazi officials to spare her mother, when she returned home, her mother had...
Newbery Medalist Avi weaves one of his most suspenseful and scary tales—about a ghost who has to be seen to be believed and must be kept from carrying out a horrifying revenge.
The time is 1872. The place is New York City. Horace Carpetine has been raised to believe in science and rationality....
The dramatic, untold true story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to sabotage the Nazis and pave the way for Allied victory in World War II.
In 1942, the Allies were losing, Germany seemed unstoppable, and every able man in England was fighting. Churchill believed...
Survivors Club: The True Story of a Very Young Prisoner of Auschwitz
| Author | Michael Bornstein |
| ISBN | 0374305714 |
In 1945, in a now-famous piece of archival footage, four-year-old Michael Bornstein was filmed by Soviet soldiers as he was carried out of Auschwitz in his grandmother’s arms. Survivors Club tells the unforgettable story of how a father’s courageous wit, a mother’s fierce love, and one perfectly...
| Author | Mary Downing Hahn |
| ISBN | 0618181903 |
On a cold, snowy night, Haswell Magruder makes a decision that will have a profound effect on his own life as well as the lives of all those he loves. A wounded Confederate soldier appears at the family’s Virginia farm, and Haswell convinces his mother and sister to take the man in, despite the certain...
Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of 'Housewife, 49'
In September 1939, housewife and mother Nella Last began a diary whose entries, in their regularity, length and quality, have created a record of the Second World War which is powerful, fascinating and unique.
When war broke out, Nella's younger son joined the army while the rest of the family...
| Author | James L. Swanson |
| ISBN | 0545204704 |
Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the conspirators and the manhunters, CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER is a fast-paced thriller about the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth: a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C.,...
The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi
| Author | Neal Bascomb |
| ISBN | 0545430992 |
The story of Eichmann's capture is now a major motion picture starring Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley, Operation Finale!
In 1945, at the end of World War II, Adolf Eichmann, the head of operations for the Nazis' Final Solution, walked into the mountains of Germany and vanished from view. Sixteen...
Two years ago, Stephen J. Dubner wrote a cover story for The New York Times Magazine called Choosing My Religion. It became one of the most widely discussed articles in the magazine's history. Turbulent Souls, the book that grew out of that article, is an intimate memoir of a man in search of a Jewish heritage...
| Author | Anne Isaacs |
| ISBN | 0590603647 |
A searing Holocaust novel based on a true story.
Twelve-year-old Eva and her sister have been forced to leave their home in Poland and are imprisoned in a Nazi labor camp. There they must spin thread on treacherous machinery to make clothing and blankets for the German Army. As Eva struggles...
| Author | Mo Willems |
| ISBN | 1484722841 |
Diva, a small yet brave dog, and Flea, a curious streetwise cat, develop an unexpected friendship in this unforgettable tale of discovery.
For as long as she could remember, Diva lived at 11 avenue Le Play in Paris, France. For as long as he could remember, Flea also lived in Paris, France-but...
| Author | William J. Cooper Jr. |
| ISBN | 0394569164 |
West Point graduate, secretary of war under President Pierce, U.S. Senator from Mississippi--how was it that this statesman and patriot came to be president of the Confederacy, leading the struggle to destroy the United States?
This is the question at the center of William Cooper's engrossing...
The Complete Book of Herbs: A Practical Guide to Growing and Using Herbs
| Author | Lesley Bremness |
| ISBN | 0140238026 |
Excellent reference book split into three main sections:
1. Herbs in the garden - some word sof advice on planning a herb garden and a few plans and planting plans given (illustrated with full colour sketches).
2. A-Z of herbs - plenty of info on history, cultivation and uses - each entry...
| Author | Baron Specter |
| ISBN | 1616418982 |
Jared Jenson lives next to Woodland Cemetery at the far corner of Marshfield. He used to think it was funny that he and his best friend, Stan, live by cemeteries, but now its starting to creep him out. In his dreams each night, he sees people dragging bodies through the cemetery . . . until he is dragged for...
Jambusters: The Women's Institute at War 1939-1945
The Second World War was the WI's finest hour. The whole of its previous history - two decades of educating, entertaining and supporting women and campaigning on women's issues - culminated in the enormous collective responsibility felt by the members to 'do their bit' for Britain. With all the vigour,...
Women at War 1939-1945: The Home Front
| Author | Carol Harris |
| ISBN | 0750925361 |
Long before the outbreak of World War II, official calculations showed Britain would be short of the manpower needed to fight the enemy and keep up production of weapons, food, and other essentials. It was hoped that women volunteers would fill the gaps and so they volunteered as workers in Civil Defence,...
When the first Women's Institute was formed in Llanfair, Wales in October 1915, no one could have foreseen how this small-scale experiment would grow to become, by the early twenty-first century, an organisation with a membership of approximately 205,000 in 6,500 branches in towns, cities and villages...
Backyard Harvest: A year-round guide to growing fruit and vegetables
| Author | Jo Whittingham |
| ISBN | 0756671639 |
Backyard Harvest is a light, bright new gardening title with a big promise-it sets out to deliver home-grown food from the plot, pot, freezer, or pantry every day of the year. That's easy enough in the summer, when kitchen gardens and allotments are awash with peas, beans, leafy greens, and soft fruit,...
Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill
| Author | Sonia Purnell |
| ISBN | 0525429778 |
A long-overdue tribute to the extraordinary woman behind Winston Churchill
By Winston Churchill’s own admission, victory in the Second World War would have been “impossible without her.” Until now, however, the only existing biography of Churchill’s wife, Clementine, was written...
Porcupining: A Prickly Love Story
| Author | Lisa Wheeler |
| ISBN | 0316989126 |
The idea of this one is cute, and there's a banjo-playing porcupine in it, which I guess is why it gets two stars. Though I kind of want to give it one. (I had to make up most of the words as I read it.)
Premise. A lonely porcupine lives at a petting zoo. Rut roh. That got a few laughs.
He decides...
Laura Huliska-Beith's brightly colored, playful illustrations bring life to this classic nursery rhyme. She includes the full text of Sarah Josepha Hale's poem, including some verses that are rarely found elsewhere:
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow,
And every...
DK Life Stories: Anne Frank
| Author | Stephen Krensky |
| ISBN | 1465475435 |
Discover the incredible story of Anne Frank, the courageous young writer who hid from the Nazis during World War II.
Did you know that Anne dreamed to become a famous movie star and journalist?
Or that she had a pen pal who lived in the United States?
Packed with facts, photographs,...
Pattern Behavior: The Seamy Side of Fashion
| Author | Natalie Kossar |
| ISBN | 0762462744 |
For those who like their humor droll, deadpan, and hysterically funny, Pattern Behavior features more than 100 vintage McCall's patterns--with captions that will leave you in stitches.
Feeling nostalgic for your grandmother's old sewing patterns? Stitch some humor into your distant...
The View From the Corner Shop: The Diary of a Yorkshire Shop Assistant in Wartime
Kathleen Hey spent the war years helping her sister and brother-in-law run a grocery shop in the Yorkshire town of Dewsbury. From July 1941 to July 1946 she kept a diary for the Mass-Observation project, recording the thoughts and concerns of the people who used the shop. What makes Kathleen's account...
