 | Memories of Survival by Esther Nisenthal Krinitz
Buy used from: $7.49 The exquisite embroidered panels created by Esther Nishenthal Krinitz, who was a seamstress and remembered how she survived the Holocaust using the techniques of her trade. Though a children's book, it is as much an art book with superb illustrations where every detail of the embroidery is crystal clear.
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 | Adventures in Yiddishland: Postvernacular Language and Culture (S. Mark Taper Foundation Imprint in Jewish Studies) by Jeffrey Shandler
Buy new: $21.50 / Used from: $17.63 A brilliant book about the cultural creativity that arises when Yiddish ceases to be first and fully spoken language but acquired ever increasing symbolic value.
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 | Memories of Philippine Kitchens by Amy Besa
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $18.69 A labor of love by Amy and Romy, whose restaurant Cendrillion is a home away from home, whether your home is in the Philippines or New York City.
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 | Sala's Gift: My Mother's Holocaust Story by Ann Kirschner
Buy new: $26.00 / Used from: $0.01 A loving tribute to Ann's mother and the moving story of her survival and the letters that she hid, not only during the Holocaust but also from her family in the decades that followed.
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 | Defining the Yiddish Nation: The Jewish Folklorists of Poland (Raphael Patai Series) by Itzik Nakhmen Gottesman
Buy new: $39.95 / Used from: $48.28 A detailed account of the first generations of Yiddish folklorists in Poland and what they achieved. Most of them perished in the Holocaust.
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 | Jewish Icons: Art and Society in Modern Europe by Richard I. Cohen
Buy new: $65.00 / Used from: $57.50 Essential reading for an understanding of the history of Judaica collecting, rabbi portraits, and more.
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 | 18 Folgate Street: The Tale of a House in Spitalfields by Dennis Severs
Buy used from: $73.26 My favorite spot in London. Pure magic. Call ahead for their hours.
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 | Exhibiting Maori: A History of Colonial Cultures of Display by Conal McCarthy
Buy new: $110.00 / Used from: $35.98 Hot off the press, Conal draws on sources in the Maori language to provide a rich account of how Maori treasures have been collected and presented since the nineteenth century in New Zealand and abroad.
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 | What to Eat by Marion Nestle
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $6.50 Marion's latest effort. If you liked Food Politics, you will find What to Eat an application of its principles and sane guide to healthy eating--and how to avoid the scams and manipulations of the food industry.
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