Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof
10 best books like Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof (Alisa Solomon): Pumpkinheads, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, The Casual Vacancy, In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers, Lovely War, The Weight of Ink, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, Subtly Worded
Deja and Josiah are seasonal best friends.
Every autumn, all through high school, they’ve worked together at the best pumpkin patch in the whole wide world. (Not many people know that the best pumpkin patch in the whole wide world is in Omaha, Nebraska, but it definitely is.) They say good-bye...
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
| Author | Seth Grahame-Smith |
| ISBN | 0446563080 |
Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness."
"My baby boy..." she whispers before dying.
Only...
| Author | J.K. Rowling |
| ISBN | 0316228532 |
A BIG NOVEL ABOUT A SMALL TOWN ...
When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock.
Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war.
Rich...
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
| Author | Erik Larson |
| ISBN | 0307408841 |
The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history.A mild-mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife, son, and flamboyant daughter, Martha. At first Martha is entranced...
The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
| Author | Maxwell King |
| ISBN | 1419727729 |
Fred Rogers (1928–2003) was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in the lives of tens of millions of children. As the creator and star of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, he was a champion of compassion, equality, and kindness. Rogers was fiercely devoted to children...
| Author | Julie Berry |
| ISBN | 0451469933 |
A sweeping, multi-layered romance with a divine twist, by the Printz Honor-winning author of The Passion of Dolssa, set in the perilous days of World Wars I and II.
It's 1917, and World War I is at its zenith when Hazel and James first catch sight of each other at a London party. She's a shy and talented...
An intellectual and emotional jigsaw puzzle of a novel for readers of A. S. Byatt’s Possession and Geraldine Brooks’s People of the Book.
Set in London of the 1660s and of the early twenty-first century, The Weight of Ink is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect: Ester...
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
| Author | Michael Chabon |
| ISBN | 0007149824 |
For sixty years, Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven created in the wake of revelations of the Holocaust and the shocking 1948 collapse of the fledgling state of Israel. Proud, grateful, and longing to be American, the Jews...
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
| Author | George Packer |
| ISBN | 1466836954 |
A riveting examination of a nation in crisis, from one of the finest political journalists of our generation
American democracy is beset by a sense of crisis. Seismic shifts during a single generation have created a country of winners and losers, allowing unprecedented freedom while rending...
A selection of the finest stories by this female Chekhov
Teffi's genius with the short form made her a literary star in pre-revolutionary Russia, beloved by Tsar Nicholas II and Vladimir Lenin alike. These stories, taken from the whole of her career, show the full range of her gifts. Extremely...
To Be A Jew: A Guide To Jewish Observance In Contemporary Life
| Author | Hayim Halevy Donin |
| ISBN | 0465086322 |
The classic guide to the ageless heritage of Judaism
Embraced over many decades by hundreds of thousands of readers, To Be a Jew offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to traditional Jewish laws and customs as they apply to daily life in the contemporary world. In simple and powerful...
The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins
| Author | Clint McElroy |
| ISBN | 1250153700 |
Welcome to the Adventure Zone!
SEE! The illustrated exploits of three lovable dummies set loose in a classic fantasy adventure!
READ! Their journey from small-time bodyguards to world-class artifact hunters!
MARVEL! At the sheer metafictional chutzpah of a graphic...
The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited!
| Author | Clint McElroy |
| ISBN | 1250153719 |
In the second Adventure Zone graphic novel (adapted from the McElroy family's wildly popular D&D podcast), we rejoin hero-adjacent sort-of-comrades-in-arms Taako, Magnus, and Merle on a wild careen through a D&D railroad murder mystery. This installment has a little of everything: a...
It's a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories
| Author | Katherine Locke |
| ISBN | 0525646167 |
Includes a special introduction by Mayim Bialik, star of The Big Bang Theory and author of the #1 bestseller Girling Up!
Get ready to fall in love, experience heartbreak, and discover the true meaning of identity in this poignant collection of short stories about Jewish teens, including entries...
Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs
| Author | Sally Mann |
| ISBN | 0316247766 |
A revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history from acclaimed photographer Sally Mann.
In this groundbreaking book, a unique interplay of narrative and image, Mann's preoccupation with family, race, mortality, and the storied landscape of the American South are revealed...
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
| Author | Adele Faber |
| ISBN | 0380811960 |
Here is the bestselling book that will give you the know-how you need to be effective with your children. Enthusiastically praised by parents and professionals around the world, the down--to--earth, respectful approach of Faber and Mazlish makes relationships with children of all ages less stressful...
| Author | Gary Shteyngart |
| ISBN | 0679643753 |
After three acclaimed novels—The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, Absurdistan, and Super Sad True Love Story—Gary Shteyngart turns to memoir in a candid, witty, deeply poignant account of his life so far. Shteyngart shares his American immigrant experience, moving back and forth through...
| Author | Sue Fishkoff |
| ISBN | 0805242651 |
Kosher? That means the rabbi blessed it, right? Not exactly. In this captivating account of a Bible-based practice that has grown into a multibillions-dollar industry, journalist Sue Fishkoff travels throughout America and to Shanghai, China, to find out who eats kosher food, who produces it, who...
| Author | Peter Fritzsche |
| ISBN | 0674027930 |
On January 30, 1933, hearing about the celebrations for Hitler's assumption of power, Erich Ebermayer remarked bitterly in his diary, "We are the losers, definitely the losers." Learning of the Nuremberg Laws in 1935, which made Jews non-citizens, he raged, "hate is sown a million-fold." Yet in March...
| Author | Philip Roth |
| ISBN | 0679752935 |
Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father—famous for his vigor, charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections—battles with the brain tumor that will kill him. The son, full of love,...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vol. 1: High School Is Hell
| Author | Jordie Bellaire |
| ISBN | 1684153573 |
Go back to the beginning as the critically acclaimed pop culture phenomenon Buffy The Vampire Slayer is reimagined under the guidance of series creator Joss Whedon!
This is the Buffy Summers you know, who wants what every average teenager wants: friends at her new school, decent grades, and...
Harry Potter: The Prequel
| Author | J.K. Rowling |
| ISBN | 1156923441 |
The Harry Potter Prequel is an 800-word story written by J. K. Rowling, and was published online on June 11th, 2008. Set three years before the birth of Harry Potter, the story recounts an adventure had by Sirius Black and James Potter.
J.K. Rowling announced on May 28, 2008 that she was writing...
| Author | Talia Carner |
| ISBN | 0062004379 |
In the waning days of the Ottoman Empire, a young Orthodox Jewish woman in the holy city of Jerusalem is expected to marry and produce many sons to help hasten the Messiah's arrival. While the feisty Esther Kaminsky understands her obligations, her artistic talent inspires her to secretly explore worlds...
Victory City: A History of New York and New Yorkers during World War II
| Author | John Strausbaugh |
| ISBN | 1455567485 |
From John Strausbaugh, author of City of Sedition and The Village, comes the definitive history of Gotham during the World War II era.
New York City during World War II wasn't just a place of servicemen, politicians, heroes, G.I. Joes and Rosie the Riveters, but also of quislings and saboteurs;...
City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn
| Author | William J. Mitchell |
| ISBN | 0262631768 |
Entertaining, concise, and relentlessly probing, City of Bits is a comprehensive introduction to a new type of city, an increasingly important system of virtual spaces interconnected by the information superhighway. William Mitchell makes extensive use of practical examples and illustrations...
Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us about Building Vibrant Jewish Communities
| Author | Elie Kaunfer |
| ISBN | 1580234127 |
The inside story and practical lessons from one of the most exciting developments in contemporary Judaism.
"Part description and part prescription, Empowered Judaism is a manifesto for transforming the way Jews pray and--more broadly--for building vibrant Jewish communities.... [It]...
Sacred Strategies: Transforming Synagogues From Functional To Visionary
| Author | Isa Aron |
| ISBN | 1566994012 |
Sacred Strategies is about eight synagogues that reached out and helped people connect to Jewish life in a new way--congregations that had gone from commonplace to extraordinary. Over a period of two years, researchers Aron, Cohen, Hoffman, and Kelman interviewed 175 synagogue leaders and a selection...
Chetna's Healthy Indian: Everyday family meals effortlessly good for you
We all know there is more to Indian food than just curries; it can also be really healthy, fresh and super delicious. Chetna's Healthy Indian contains home cooking at its best - straightforward methods, very few ingredients, crowd pleasing flavours, nourishment and comfort. It draws upon inspiration...
Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites
Deb Perelman, award-winning blogger and New York Times best-selling author of The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook, understands that a happy discovery in the kitchen has the ability to completely change the course of your day. Whether we’re cooking for ourselves, for a date night in, for a Sunday supper...
My Life With Barbra: A Love Story
| Author | Barry Dennen |
| ISBN | 1573921602 |
The time is 1959 in New York City; the scene is a quaint 9th Street apartment with candles, play scripts, and a guitar the place struggling actor Barry Dennen calls home. He shares this space with a young, ambitious, starry-eyed actress named Barbara Streisand. Their friendship was instantaneous,...
