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The son of Holocaust survivors journeys to a poisoned land in this memoir about shaking off family ghosts. Lev Raphael grew up loathing everything German. A son of Holocaust survivors, haunted by his parents' suffering and traumatic losses un...

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Haunted by his parents horrific suffering and traumatic losses under Nazi rule, Lev Raphael grew up loathing everything German. Those feelings shaped his Jewish identity, his life, and his career. While researching his mother s war years after her...

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Successful professor Nick Hoffman finds his secure, happy, college-town life changed forever after a nightmarish encounter with police. But even when that horrible night is over, life doesn't return to normal. Someone is clearly out to destro...

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Using simple words and real-life examples, this book shows kids how to be assertive with other kids-and with adults. Kids will learn to feel better about themselves, stronger and more secure inside, and more in charge of their lives. They'll read ...

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Traces the cultural sources of shame in the lives of homosexuals; explains how they have internalized this shame, resulting in self-destructive behavior; and guides them in breaking the power of shame.

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Winner of the prestigious Lambda Literary Award, Raphael unites the best stories from "Dancing on Tisha B'Av" with 12 new stories--tales of anti-Semitism on the college campus, of self-hatred and body obsession, and of survivor parents w...

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';The power of Raphael's stories comes from his passion for telling the truth, however painful.'Hadassah Magazine';His characters are voices of reason, observers rather than judges. The prose is poetic, the sex scenes sweat with passion.'Los Angel...

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"e;Lev Raphael is a daring writerone who will not be -restrained by genre, but who tells his story with all the tools at his command. The German Money combines all of Raphael's estimable talents, delivering an emotional thriller about a totall...

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A Nick Hoffman / Academic Mystery, Book 1 - Nick Hoffman has everything he's ever wanted: a good teaching job, a beautiful house, and a solid relationship with his lover, Stefan Borowski, a brilliant novelist and writer-in-residence at the State U...

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A Nick Hoffman / Academic Mystery, Book 2 - Nick Hoffman, desperate to get tenure, has been saddled with a thankless task: coordinating a conference on Edith Wharton that will demonstrate how his department and his university supports women's issu...

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A Nick Hoffman / Academic Mystery, Book 3  - Mayhem at the State University of Michigan: Is it murder...or another faculty meeting? Filled with caustic humor about university life and written with literate style and grace,  The Death of ...

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A Nick Hoffman / Academic Mystery, Book 4  - The fourth novel in the highly acclaimed series begins on a high note. It appears that Nick's career is finally moving in the right direction, and the celebrity that comes with solving murders has ...

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A Nick Hoffman / Academic Mystery, Book 5  - Evil Stalks the Halls of Academe! Welcome to the hothouse world of academia where egos bruise as easily as peaches and vendettas grow like weeds. Nick Hoffman's State University of Michigan is a pl...

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A coming-of-age novel set in New York and Michigan during the Vietnam War era, Winter Eyes shows how the past controls and divides the immigrant Borowski family, and isolates their American-born son Stefan. But when Stefan comes to learn the terri...

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A Nick Hoffman / Academic Mystery, Book 6  - It's winter, but academic madness is in full bloom at the State University of Michigan. Untenured professor Nick Hoffman is desperately trying to keep out of the way as three senior professors batt...

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First published in 1990, this perennial best-seller has helped countless children build self-esteem and assertiveness skills. Newly revised and updated, it's the ultimate resource for any kid who's ever been picked on at school, bossed around, bla...

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