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Delicious Passovers in the Village
Izzy Abrahmson’s The Village Feasts warms the heart.
Life in the village often revolves around food and families. The Village Feasts is the follow-up collection to Winter Blessings by National Jewish Book Award for Family Literature nominee, Izzy Abrahmson.
The audiobook is narrated by Audie award nominated storyteller, Mark Binder.
Rich with misadventures and ingenious solutions, the stories dance with a traditional feel around contemporary issues….
- Mrs. Chaipul refuses to cook.
- The Gold family can’t afford matzah (unleavened bread).
- Reb Stein, the baker, wants to set a world record.
- And why would anyone eat matzah made from cabbage?
"The eight days of Passover mark the transition between dark icy cold and warm sunshine,” Izzy explains. “The streets turn to mud, the weather is inconsistent, and for a whole week you’re not allowed to eat bread, only matzah. This is never easy, and so the villagers do their best to laugh and smile and complain while they gather together to celebrate.”
You’ll learn why Mrs. Chaipul’s lead sinker matzah balls are a favorite and discover what was Rabbi Kibbitz's “temptation”.
The Village Feasts includes 10 Passover stories perfect for adults and families with children. As always, you don’t need to be Jewish to enjoy stories from the village.
The Village Feasts is a book that you and your family will listen to again and again.
Reseñas de la Crítica
“The village is snuggled in an indeterminate past that never was but certainly should have been. A past filled with love, humor, adventures, and more than occasional misadventures. And when you go, be sure to bring the kids.” (The Times of Israel)
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 372
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 365
In 1945, Elsie Schmidt is a naive teenager, as eager for her first sip of champagne as she is for her first kiss. She and her family have been protected from the worst of the terror and desperation overtaking her country by a high-ranking Nazi who wishes to marry her. So when an escaped Jewish boy arrives on Elsie’s doorstep in the dead of night on Christmas Eve, Elsie understands that opening the door would put all she loves in danger.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great story
- De Stevon en 03-15-15
De: Sarah McCoy
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The Bastard of Istanbul
- De: Elif Shafak
- Narrado por: Laural Merlington
- Duración: 12 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 419
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 277
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 279
In her second novel written in English, Elif Shafak confronts her country's violent past in a vivid and colorful tale set in both Turkey and the United States. At its center is the "bastard" of the title, Asya, a 19-year-old woman who loves Johnny Cash and the French Existentialists, and the four sisters of the Kazanci family who all live together in an extended household in Istanbul.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A tender gift from far away
- De Barbara en 11-07-07
De: Elif Shafak
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The Amish Christmas Letters
- De: Patricia Davids, Sarah Price, Jennifer Beckstrand
- Narrado por: Susan Boyce
- Duración: 9 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 30
With Christmas around the corner, it’s time for Amish families to include holiday greetings in their circle letters, each writer adding to a growing collection as it travels on to the next. In this delightful trio of stories, three cousins scattered across the country share their blessings - and reveal news of romantic surprises.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Nice, wholesome listen
- De ButterflyRose en 12-11-18
De: Patricia Davids, y otros
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Guests of the Sheik
- An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village
- De: Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 11 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 55
A delightful, well-written, and vastly informative ethnographic study, this is an account of Elizabeth Warnock Fernea's two-year stay in a tiny rural village in Iraq, where she assumed the dress and sheltered life of a harem woman. This volume gives a unique insight into a part of the Midddle Eastern life seldom seen by the West.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unforgettable
- De Avalon en 01-05-18
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Letters from Paris
- De: Juliet Blackwell
- Narrado por: Xe Sands
- Duración: 9 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 406
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 367
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 368
After surviving the accident that took her mother's life, Claire Broussard worked hard to escape her small Louisiana hometown. But these days, she feels something lacking. Abruptly leaving her lucrative job in Chicago, Claire returns home to care for her ailing grandmother. There, she unearths a beautiful sculpture that her great-grandfather sent home from Paris after World War II. At her grandmother's urging, Claire travels to Paris to track down the centuries old mask-making atelier where the sculpture was created.
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5 out of 5 stars
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love story, a mystery, a historical novel, or all
- De Bonnie en 11-15-16
De: Juliet Blackwell
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Toward the Sunrise
- An Until the Dawn Novella
- De: Elizabeth Camden
- Narrado por: Stina Nielsen
- Duración: 3 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 33
Julia Broeder is only six months shy of graduating from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania when one small decision spirals out of control and results in her expulsion. Hoping to travel the world as a missionary doctor, her only choice is to return back home...or throw herself upon the mercy of Ashton Carlyle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Too Short Because It’s So Good
- De Peggy Freeman en 05-03-20
De: Elizabeth Camden
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Bruno's Challenge
- And Other Stories of the French Countryside
- De: Martin Walker
- Narrado por: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Duración: 8 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 80
Martin Walker presents his first collection of Bruno stories featuring all the familiar characters from the novels, the glories of the Périgord, and ample helpings of food and wine.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Outtakes and Ephemera
- De SW Clemens en 03-23-22
De: Martin Walker
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Fever 1793
- De: Laurie Halse Anderson
- Narrado por: Bailey Carr
- Duración: 6 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 907
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 723
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 721
During the summer of 1793, Mattie Cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie spends her days avoiding chores and making plans to turn the family business into the finest Philadelphia has ever seen. But then the fever breaks out. Disease sweeps the streets, destroying everything in its path and turning Mattie's world upside down. At her feverish mother's insistence, Mattie flees the city with her grandfather. But she soon discovers that the sickness is everywhere, and Mattie must learn quickly how to survive in a city frantic with disease.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Good book, unbearable narration
- De Maura en 07-29-18
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Up from Orchard Street
- De: Eleanor Widmer
- Narrado por: Lorna Raver
- Duración: 15 h y 44 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 460
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 226
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 225
Three generations of Roths live together in a crowded tenement flat. Long-widowed Manya is the family's head and its heart. But Manya is no soft touch, except, perhaps, where her granddaughter Elka is concerned. Precocious Elka is her closest companion and confidante. Through Elka's eyes we come to know the fascinating characters who move in and out of the Roths' lives.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Tenement Life From a Child's Point of View
- De Sara en 08-10-14
De: Eleanor Widmer
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All-of-a-Kind Family
- De: Sydney Taylor
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 3 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 457
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 335
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 339
It's the turn of the 20th century in New York's Lower East Side and a sense of adventure and excitement abounds for five young sisters. Follow along on their adventures and experience their holiday fun.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful story about family life.
- De lavenderknitter en 10-27-15
De: Sydney Taylor
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The Joy Luck Club
- De: Amy Tan
- Narrado por: Gwendoline Yeo
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,054
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,617
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,608
Four Chinese women, drawn together by the shadow of their past, meet in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks, eat dim sum, and to "say" stories to each other. Nearly 40 years later, one of the women has died, and her daughter arrives to take her place. However, the daughter never expected to learn of her mother's secret lifelong wish - and the tragic way in which it has come true. The revelation creates among the women an urgent need to remember the past.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Joy Luck - abridged
- De Leslie Teicholz en 03-16-04
De: Amy Tan
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The Bonesetter's Daughter
- De: Amy Tan
- Narrado por: Amy Tan, Joan Chen
- Duración: 11 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,204
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 719
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 724
Set in contemporary San Francisco and in a Chinese village where Peking Man is being unearthed, The Bonesetter's Daughter is an excavation of the human spirit: the past, its deepest wounds, its most profound hopes. Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club, brilliantly presents "storytelling in its oldest and truest form".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptionally good
- De Eileen Finn en 03-25-03
De: Amy Tan
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The Tale of Hill Top Farm
- De: Susan Wittig Albert
- Narrado por: Virginia Leishman
- Duración: 9 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 219
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 174
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 175
It's 1905, and to recover from the loss of her fiance, Potter moves into a small farmhouse in Sawrey. Populated by colorful characters, both humans and critters, her new life is full of promise. That is, until a villager dies and murder is suspected. Now it's up to this amateur sleuth to find a killer roaming the English countryside.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun to read
- De Richard en 11-29-10
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Beyond the Pale
- De: Elana Dykewomon
- Narrado por: Elana Dykewomon
- Duración: 15 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 82
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 72
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 71
Beyond the Pale - winner of the Lambda Literary Award - tells the stories of two Jewish women living through times of darkness and inhumanity in the early 20th century, capturing their undaunted love and courage in luminous and moving prose. The richly textured novel details Gutke Gurvich's odyssey from her apprenticeship as a midwife in a Russian shtetl to her work in the suffrage movement in New York.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great historical fiction with a lesbian twist
- De Kelly en 11-25-13
De: Elana Dykewomon
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Honor
- De: Elif Shafak
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marno, Piter Marik
- Duración: 12 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 91
An honor killing shatters and transforms the lives of Turkish immigrants in 1970s London. Internationally best-selling Turkish author Elif Shafak’s new novel is a dramatic tale of families, love, and misunderstandings that follows the destinies of twin sisters born in a Kurdish village. While Jamila stays to become a midwife, Pembe follows her Turkish husband, Adem, to London, where they hope to make new lives for themselves and their children. In London, they face a choice: stay loyal to the old traditions or try their best to fit in.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Complex but Compelling
- De Cariola en 04-14-13
De: Elif Shafak
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On the Right Side of a Dream
- A Novel
- De: Sheila Williams
- Narrado por: Lizan Mitchell
- Duración: 7 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Having escaped her urban existence, middle-aged Juanita Lewis enjoys her new life in Paper Moon, Montana - but she still has a long list of places she wants to visit. With her true love's blessing, she embarks on a journey of American exploration. When her eccentric friend Millie suddenly dies, however, she rushes home and learns she has inherited Millie's bed-and-breakfast. At last Juanita has it all - true love and financial independence! But does this diner cook turned entrepreneur have too much on her plate? This novel overflows with gentle, self-effacing humor.
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4 out of 5 stars
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My review
- De DemiE en 05-15-19
De: Sheila Williams