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Authors Announcing Their Books
Kveller is doing a giveaway of my YA novel On Blackberry HillON BLACKBERRY HILL, set in Jewish summer camp. Last day to enter! http://www.kveller.com/this-jewish-mo...
Looks like a great novel. I just purchased it through Amazon and will write a review after I read it.
Stacey wrote: "Looks like a great novel. I just purchased it through Amazon and will write a review after I read it."Thanks, Stacey!
Looking for some feedback. I am technically billed as a "Christian author," but my faith-based historical fiction novel takes place before Christianity ever existed - it is a Jewish story about history that belongs to the Jewish people. I would be interested for somebody willing to review it and give me an honest assessment.
Stacey wrote: "What is the premise of the story?"The Priesthood is in disarray. The House of God has been dismantled. The scattered Twelve Tribes are surrounded on all sides by stronger, more technologically advanced enemies, ready to invade. Will the Chosen People be “wiped off the map?” In this epic tale of faith-based historical fiction, the fate of a nation hangs in the balance as three men struggle for the soul of ancient, Iron Age Yisra’el.
Shemu’el: the wise and respected Seer finds himself at odds with the will of the people. They want to replace the rule of Yahweh with the rule of man.
Sha’ul: the strong and handsome first King of Yisra’el. Hailed a savior and unifier of the nation, can the King overcome the temptations of absolute power or will he fall into darkness?
David: the young shepherd who becomes a legendary Hero, betrothed to the princess. But with great success comes many enemies, and the warrior-poet soon finds himself in a desperate fight for survival.
Justin wrote: "Looking for some feedback. I am technically billed as a "Christian author," but my faith-based historical fiction novel takes place before Christianity ever existed - it is a Jewish story about his..."Is your book self-published or do you have a trade publisher?
Charles wrote: "Justin wrote: "Looking for some feedback. I am technically billed as a "Christian author," but my faith-based historical fiction novel takes place before Christianity ever existed - it is a Jewish ..."Not self-published, recently published by Elk Lake Publishing Inc.
Justin wrote: "Looking for some feedback. I am technically billed as a "Christian author," but my faith-based historical fiction novel takes place before Christianity ever existed - it is a Jewish story about his..."Justin, I just purchased the Kindle version and will read it soon.
Allan wrote: "Justin wrote: "Looking for some feedback. I am technically billed as a "Christian author," but my faith-based historical fiction novel takes place before Christianity ever existed - it is a Jewish ..."Thank you! I am honored. I would love to hear your impressions.
Nina wrote: "Can't wait! Knitting=Love; I've just finished knitting a huppah for my son's wedding."That is love. Mazel Tov to you and your family.
The Spiritual Practice of Good Actions: Finding Balance Through the Soul Traits of Mussar was released TODAY, September 8th. I'll be donating 10% of my first royalty check to the Mitzvah Circle Foundation.Enter the GoodReads GIVEAWAY for a signed copy now through September 15th.
And for those that purchase the book by Friday, September 9th we have a special BONUS OFFER: http://americanmussar.com/free-bonus-... You'll be set up with a Study Partner!
Bring your everyday life into alignment with your aspirational values through Mussar, a thousand-year-old Jewish practice of spiritual growth based on mindful living. Perfect for anyone, regardless of age or experience, this comprehensive book presents thirteen soul traits―ranging from humility and gratitude to trust and honor―and the simple daily actions you can take to develop them.
Drawing on universal principles and providing grounded instruction, The Spiritual Practice of Good Actions helps you explore soul traits through daily techniques and exercises,including mantras, mindful observation, and journaling. Nurture your spirit with inspiring stories and build a soul trait profile to better understand yourself. By dedicating two weeks of practice to each trait,you'll see major changes in how you approach the world and feel empowered to be your best self.
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Prac...
Thanks so much for creating this thread. I have a new book coming out this Tuesday (November 1st) that I think many of you in this group would enjoy. It's called SUNBURNED AND CIRCUMCISED - here's the link: https://amzn.com/B01LWRQI8WIn the very same region of upstate New York where, just a few years earlier, the summer of love was in full, psychedelic bloom, Matt Ziselman experienced his own summer of love. Well, minus the love. And the music. And, the most prevalent drug at the time—at least in Matt’s world—was probably Calamine lotion.
SUNBURNED AND CIRCUMCISED is a funny, poignant coming-of-age story chronicling the eight weeks Matt’s family spent at the Highland Park Bungalow Colony in New York’s Catskills Mountains. Picture The Wonder Years, but with generous amounts of Jewish guilt tossed in and you get the idea.
Going from the mean (okay, they were more mild than mean), stickball playing, Mr. Softee eating, bicycle riding streets of 1972 Brooklyn to the hinterland of upstate New York was a big deal. Matt’s mom told him they were going to “the mountains.” Matt pictured soaring Alpine peaks and Julie Andrews twirling in meadows while hitting high C’s. Turns out, Matt’s mom’s definition of the word “mountain” was, shall we say, wrong! Enter The Catskills.
It was a summer filled with morning reveille, courtesy of a badly scratched 45 record and long, seemingly aimless hikes that did little to counter the term “Wandering Jew.” There was a painful run-in with a highly irate—bordering on anti-Semitic—swarm of hornets; an end-of-summer Color War as intense as any Israeli offensive; and enough swimming to promote gill growth. There were chilly mornings spent searching for salamanders; parched afternoons spent rounding the bases on a field that was more dirt than diamond; and evening skies so full of fireflies and stars that it was hard to tell where one ended and the other began. But, most of all, it was a summer of family, friendship and—whether Matt realized it or not at the time—his first, awkward, hesitant steps towards growing up.
Hi, everyone. I'm not the author, but I do work for the publisher for Abigail Pogrebin's My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew. And I'm happy to share the link for this giveaway. Enter soon to win one of 20 copies! https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
Okay, here goes. My book came out almost two weeks ago. Dark Muse, is a Jewish paranormal, set in my home town of Montreal, Quebec. This is a different sort of book, in that I use sources and material from the Torah plus a respectful look at Jewish life to create a rewrite of the myth of the muse.
In the story, Vi Gold and Lee Marvin are two ladies with the unique power to turbo-charge the mind of whoever seeks them out. The result can be a once-in - a -generation breakthrough, or suicide and madness. Those are the risks. Vi hates her role and just wants a normal life. Lee is very casual about the damage she causes, and even has a certain contempt for her charges, as she calls them.
Sorry, I haven't figured out this "link"stuff. Just google Philip Mann dark Muse, and you'll find it.
I'm very happy to announce the publication of my first book, Turning Homeward – Restoring Hope and Nature in the Urban Wild (Mountaineers Books, fall 2016). Turning Homeward is my story as a Jewish newcomer to the Pacific Northwest (Seattle, actually) who discovers a sense of home by restoring the nature that is close to our lives. Puget Sound's natural history, and thorny issues of urban nature and its restoration are tied to explorations of tikkun olam and other Jewish themes. Kathleen Dean Moore, author of Wild Comfort, writes of Turning Homeward: "…Adrienne Ross Scanlan's journey from New York City's beaches to Seattle's salmon streams, from winter to spring, from Yom Kippur to Purim, from searching to celebration, continually delights, surprises, and inspires."
Just today, High Country News listed Turning Homeward on its recommended reading for 2017: http://www.hcn.org/issues/48.19/recom....
Sorry, the Goodreads giveaway is over, but you can read reviews here on Goodreads and at Amazon.
To learn more about Turning Homeward visit adrienne-ross-scanlan.com or contact me at adrienne@adrienne-ross-scanlan.com.
Mazal tov, Adrienne! Adrienne wrote: "I'm very happy to announce the publication of my first book, Turning Homeward – Restoring Hope and Nature in the Urban Wild (Mountaineers Books, fall 2016). Turning Homeward is my story as a Jewish..."
Congrats, Adrienne. It must have been quite a journey, and it's just beginning. Good luck, and continued success.
Erika wrote: "Hi, everyone. I'm not the author, but I do work for the publisher for Abigail Pogrebin's My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew. And I'm happy to share the l..."Hi Erika. I was assigned to read and review this book for the New York Journal of Books. I hope it's as good as I think it is.
Charles wrote: "Erika wrote: "Hi, everyone. I'm not the author, but I do work for the publisher for Abigail Pogrebin's My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew. And I'm happy ..."Oh, that's fantastic. Thanks for the update. (I take it the galley arrived?)
Philip wrote: "Congrats, Adrienne. It must have been quite a journey, and it's just beginning. Good luck, and continued success."Thanks Phillip! Yes, it's been a long, strange trip to get this book published, but thankfully the response to it has been good.
Something Is Rotten in Fettig (Anaphora), my satirical novel about the prosecution of a kosher butcher for crimes against his unnamed Republic, was recently reviewed by the Association of Jewish Libraries. Here is a blurb from the review: "The satire is very heavy...and I must say that I laughed all the way through the read...Krakoff's prose is lyrical and lovely, and this is interesting when we consider that the novel is about.”
-Association of Jewish Libraries
Thank you for the opportunity to introduce our books.My first book is "Tuvia Finds His Freedom" by Eliyhau and Shoshanah Shear, a Nature Story for children illustrated with photographs. The story is based on a true story and illustrated with photographs that we took.
Tuvia Finds His Freedom: A nature story for children illustrated with photographs
The book is available in English and in Hebrew and was written to educate children about the important Mitzvah of being kind to animals. This was our response of seeing too many bored children being quite cruel to all kinds of small animals.
Tuvia Finds His Freedom (Hebrew Edition): A Nature Story for Children Illustrated with Photographs
My latest book is "Healing Your Life Through Activity - An Occupational Therapist's Story" written to educate both lay people and health professionals about the vast field of occupational therapy. Within the book are a few applications of OT within the Jewish community.
Healing Your Life Through Activity: An Occupational Therapist's Story
Thanks again for the opportunity to share my books.
Shoshanah
Jere wrote: "Something Is Rotten in Fettig (Anaphora), my satirical novel about the prosecution of a kosher butcher for crimes against his unnamed Republic, was recently reviewed by the Association of Jewish Li..."I'm new in this group and a little confused. I just shared my books as I thought this thread is about introducing our books. But I received a comment that sharing one's own work is not permitted. Can someone please clarify? Did I post in the wrong place thinking it went to this thread?
Thanks for your help
You posted in the right place. This is Authors Announcing Their Books. Not sure why you got that comment in this thread
Keith wrote: "You posted in the right place. This is Authors Announcing Their Books. Not sure why you got that comment in this thread"Thanks
A Yiddishe Kop: Visual Brainteasers for the Keen Eye and Sharp Mind
'A Yiddishe Kop' is now available at your local bookstore or on Amazon!
What do you say about boosting your child’s cognitive abilities (AKA his Yiddishe Kop...)?
Great idea! We knew you’d agree.
You can to do it right now!
Gadi Pollack’s newest book of illustrations, A Yiddishe Kop , is nothing less than a thinking revolution. Your child will discover hours of enjoyment – thinking, discovering details, analyzing information, and drawing conclusions. It’s intellectual development at its best!
A Yiddishe Kop features fifteen full-spread illustrations of real-life scenarios each accompanied by ten brainteasing questions. Finding the clues and answering these questions requires a keen eye, logical reasoning, and broad thinking. Your child will need to develop creative thinking, learn how to think “out of the box,” and to see the world from entirely new points of view.
The benefits of this intellectual challenge come hand-in-hand with the inimitable artistic beauty of the Torah world’s most sought-after artist – Gadi Pollack.
“An exquisite work of art that develops attentive thinking in students, sharpens their educational awareness, and builds deep study skills through the obvious and less obvious aspects of the illustration.”
- Rabbi Yaakov Batelman
Machon Machashevet B’Chinuch
“This book promotes and stimulates children’s thought processes, teaching them to draw conclusions. It promotes curiosity and attention to detail, as well as deductive reasoning. All of these intellectual skills are needed, of course, for understanding the Gemara and learning.”
- Rabbi Avrohom Yisroel Gombo
Principal, Talmud Torah Karlin-Stolin Bnei Brak
“This new book offers parents a polished tool for in-home recreation as well as enjoyment of the playful creativity of A Yiddishe Kop.”
- Rabbi Aharon Margalit
Director, World Chafetz Chaim Foundation
“I am grateful to the author for this important contribution to children’s literature, which has not existed until now. Parents who are interested in developing their children’s intellectual talents should buy this book.”
- Rabbi Eliyahu Friedlander
Principal, Talmud Torah Toras Emes, Bnei Brak
“I couldn’t put the book down for nearly an hour. I found it to be challenging and engrossing – even to the child in me.”
- Rabbi Aharon Friedman
Author of Gam Ata Yachol, Kabdeihu V'Chashdehu, and Haderech Le'Haaracha Atzmit
“The first peek is enough to give the impression that this is no ordinary book. It is of an altogether dierent breed, both in quality and in the many benefits it will bring, b’ezras Hashem .”
- Rabbi Moshe Klezkin
Founder and Supervisor, Zichru Toras Moshe Talmud Torah
A Yiddishe Kop by Gadi Pollack, Visual Brainteasers for the Keen Eye and Sharp Mind
Looking for a Chanuka gift for a reader in your family?This historical YA novel is set in the times of Chanuka.
Full of adventure and thought-provoking, it touches upon the themes of the Greek-Jewish conflict and their relevance in our times.
Swords and Scrolls
Booky wrote: "A Yiddishe Kop: Visual Brainteasers for the Keen Eye and Sharp Mind'A Yiddishe Kop' is now available at your local bookstore or on Amazon!
What do you say about boosting your child’s cognitive ..."
Didn't have a chance to read all the info but it looks like lovely illustrations. I love a book that is well illustrated.
Shoshanah wrote: "Booky wrote: "A Yiddishe Kop: Visual Brainteasers for the Keen Eye and Sharp Mind'A Yiddishe Kop' is now available at your local bookstore or on Amazon!
What do you say about boosting your child..."
It is very well illustrated, and it's a very unique book. Read what I wrote above for more info....
Booky wrote: "Shoshanah wrote: "Booky wrote: "A Yiddishe Kop: Visual Brainteasers for the Keen Eye and Sharp Mind'A Yiddishe Kop' is now available at your local bookstore or on Amazon!
What do you say about b..."
Since I am an occupational therapist, a well written and well illustrated book means a lot, to me and to those who will read it. Is this your book?
Shoshanah wrote: "Booky wrote: "Shoshanah wrote: "Booky wrote: "A Yiddishe Kop: Visual Brainteasers for the Keen Eye and Sharp Mind'A Yiddishe Kop' is now available at your local bookstore or on Amazon!
What do y..."
This is not much a reading book really. It contains the illustrated scenes, accompanied by a set of 10 questions. It's the reader's job to do investigative work, answering the questions using clues from the scene.
It's not my book at all. It's by Gadi Pollack, a very famous illustrator in Israel.
Hi, all!! I wanted to let you know that my debut novel, Kasper Mützenmacher’s Cursed Hat, is now available for pre-order at Amazon. It will be published March 20, 2017 by Curiosity Quills Press. Book One of the Life Indigo series, Kasper Mützenmacher’s Cursed Hat is a fantastical family saga about tradition, faith, and identity, set during the Jazz Age, Nazi Germany, and the Detroit race riots of 1943. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
Hi, folks. I have two books with Jewish themes and characters."A Child's Christmas in Queens" is an enhanced memoir of my spiritually arid interfaith upbringing in 1970s New York. At the end of the day, it's a Hanukkah story. Or maybe it's a humanist story. Anyway it's very sweet (and well-reviewed.)
https://www.amazon.com/Childs-Christm...
A Child's Christmas in Queens
"Threeway" is a satirical political novel about a three-party presidential race. I started it well before the current madness, and it has proven sadly prescient. So far, folks like it. And, yes, it's full of religious themes. And sex. And wrestling.
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-re...
https://www.amazon.com/Threeway-Short...
Threeway: A Short Novel for a Long Season
Don't celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah before you read "A Child's Christmas in Queens," and whatever you do, don't vote in the 2016 election before you've read "Threeway."
Uh oh. Maybe I should change that last pitch.
Elyse,Forgive my answering over three years later, but for some reason, I just came across this question. You can get copies of "There's Jews in Texas?" from my website, www.sociosights.com, or www.winegarten.com.
If you do order them, I'm happy to personalize them, just fill out the message portion and let me know to whom you'd like them inscribed.
Happy Chanukah!
Hi,My second novel, The Kiddush Ladies was released by Black Opal Books on December 10, 2016. I'm doing a Goodreads Giveaway for a chance to win one of four signed copies. Winners will be chosen on December 31. Below is a short blurb.
Life-long friends Naomi, Miriam, and Becky are approaching middle-age gracefully and are content—despite a few hot flashes and mood swings—until life tosses each woman a crisis and a dusty discovery delivers a potentially lethal blow to their friendship. While two of the women fight to save the relationship, one desires nothing more than its demise.
Susan- I just bought your book. I will read it shortly.
Hi,as a bilingual Russian-American author, I'm proud to announce my first English-language book "The Little Gaucho Who Loved Don Quixote":
https://www.amazon.com/Little-Gaucho-...
Loosely based on a biography of a Russian-born writer Alberto Gerchunoff, the novel tells us about a thoughtful boy who adjusts to the hardships of everyday life on the Argentinean pampas and is so much enamored with Servantes’s "Don Quixote" that he dreams of becoming a writer.
The story is told from the point of view of a twelve-year-old boy who was raised in provincial Russia but who now has to co-exist with the native inhabitants of the Argentinean Pampas. The boy’s unique way of looking at life through a “literary lens” and Cervantes’s book "Don Quixote" help the young wannabe writer to accept life’s harsh realities and create his own dream world existence, where a gaucho on a horse or even the Jewish benefactor Baron Maurice Hirsch can be mistaken for the legendary knight on his famous horse Rocinante.
Years ago I visited Patagonia and stumbled upon the book "Los gauchos judíos" by Alberto Gerchunoff - it's a collection of short stories about Jewish immigrants who arrived in Argentina in search of freedom... and from this inspiration - and from the inspired and inspiring Patagonian land my story was born!
Stacey wrote: "Susan- I just bought your book. I will read it shortly."I hope you like it. Thank you for buying it. Enjoy the day. -susan
Uri NorwichAnother year, another book…
Have you ever wondered what would have happened if you took a different turn at some point in your life?
A wise Jewish scholar once said to me “There is a plan for each one of us outside of our control. From the moment we are born, we are set on our own predetermined road. Anything we would do could help or interfere. It may delay the passage, but we would never stray off its course. We would always come back and move along again.” If a nineteen-year-old man listened to his instincts and took a different turn in Vienna, his entire life would have changed…
A sequence of random encounters leads to unexpected events in his life. He finds himself in the foreign country on the other side of the globe. He doesn’t know anything about his adoptive land, he is all alone. Within a few short weeks, the man finds a job, a new home, a university to go to, and even a girl. All — without speaking the language. “If I told my college buddies back in Russia that I slept with an American girl, they would’ve thought I was out of my mind,” were his thoughts, studying his naked friend peacefully sprawled on the bed next to him.
The pace of his life intensifies with every new encounter, until one day, the young man finds himself transplanted from a rural Connecticut town to the Italian city of Milan. He must adapt to yet another country. He is thrown in the midst of other people’s lives, and becoming a part of it.
Uri wrote: "Uri NorwichAnother year, another book…
Have you ever wondered what would have happened if you took a different turn at some point in your life?
A wise Jewish scholar once said t..."
That is a fantastic concept. You pick a certain point and consider that to be a crossroads.
But you could be wrong. the turning point could have been entirely different, and you might not have even noticed it.
I think I just have an for a book. Thanks, Uri!
Hello Philip,Perhaps, one may appreciate this concept even more, if that one had an opportunity to live through both of his lives starting out at that split point. I was priviliged to have that opportunity resulted in two novels. I was also lucky that when those two lives finally had merged, I came out unscufed, and happy where I am now.
Hi, all--just wanted to alert you to the conclusion (tomorrow) of a giveaway opportunity here on Goodreads for Abigail Pogrebin's MY JEWISH YEAR: http://bit.ly/2ivPrTw.
Uri wrote: "Hello Philip,Perhaps, one may appreciate this concept even more, if that one had an opportunity to live through both of his lives starting out at that split point. I was priviliged to have that op..."
Just a note to say that I am nearly done with this very well-written and informative book. I will highly recommend it in my review at The New York Journal of Books.
Uri wrote: "Hello Philip,Perhaps, one may appreciate this concept even more, if that one had an opportunity to live through both of his lives starting out at that split point. I was priviliged to have that op..."
Just a note to say that I am nearly done with this very well-written and informative book. I will highly recommend it in my review at The New York Journal of Books.
Thanks so much for the opportunity to introduce my book. The Garment Maker's Daughter tells the story of Lena Rothman, a shirtwaist maker and suffragette, who struggles with women's rights, labor injustices, and the reality of trying to achieve her own American dream.
A FREE ebook promotion is currently in effect on Amazon. It ends on 2/28.
Goodreads is having a new giveaway (March 27 - April 11) for my book, Turning Homeward - Restoring Hope and Nature in the Urban Wild. Here's the link: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
Thanks!
I'm delighted to announce that "Almost a Minyan" will be released April 4th. This lovely illustrated children's book tells the coming-of-age story of a young girl who takes her beloved grandfather's place in the small town's minyan after he dies.
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