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For ages 8+. The heroine, Gabi, recounts how as a young Jewish girl she lived on a family farm in Eastern Europe during the Second World War.

The Gold family lived an idyllic life in pre-war Poland, each doing their part to run the family grocery store and tobacco concession.

Not satisfied by the established roles assigned to them, Jewish women have begun to uncover their history, religion and culture using tradition and memory to inspire and transform their lives.

When Cate and her husband split, they divided the house so that he lived upstairs, she lived downstairs and the children floated inbetween.

This acclaimed cookbook provides nutritious recipes from around the world for the sophisticated palate.

Meryl's mother was a great bard—a storyteller and musician who sang of life and the world around her. Meet Meryl, already an orphan, who wants to follow in her mother's footsteps.

A quirky collection of stories about teens in lust and in love.

Remember when children grew up in well-defined stages?

In a quiet village in Czechoslovakia, laws restricted the freedom of Jewish people during WWII.

The fifth book in a highly successful series, The Butterfly Effect takes detective Helen Keremos to Japan.

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association celebrates its fiftieth anniversary with this overview of its activities--sometimes quiet and sometimes strident--as a watchdog and safeguard for Canadians

Despite her family's threat to disown her, Idil, a young Somali woman, rejects her high Bliss status to marry Sidow, a poor Boon man.

A thirst for adventure, a deep desire to push themselves beyond their comfort zones, and an innate curiosity about the world and its peoples drive the biographies of the ten women explorers profile

This hilarious sequel to Jeremy and the Aunties will entertain readers as they follow the antics of the aunties -- weird and wonderful old lady mannequins who come to life and take over the air wav

It is the end of the First World War, and thirteen-year-old Meredith yearns to become a teacher.