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The Jewish Book Council is happy to showcase this year's Jewish Book Network authors. Where else but the Jewish Book Council can an avid reader find just what they are looking for? Whether it's a book on current Israeli politics, a new look at prayers or psalms, a tasty kosher cookbook or emerging fiction writers, the Jewish Book Council is your friendly neighborhood Jewish book maven, open 24/6, for the latest news on Jewish literature. Every year, JBC accepts registration for the Jewish Book Network program from individual authors as well as publicists representing Jewish authors writing on topics of Jewish interest and non-Jewish authors writing on Jewish subjects whose books are published in the current copyright year. Please note: the books registered as part of the program are not selected by, endorsed by, nor do they reflect the opinions of the JBC. The full range of titles is offered to the Network for each site to select books most appropriate for their venue.

We hope you will enjoy the wide range of subjects offered by this year's authors. You will encounter old friends, meet exciting new voices and be challenged to look at your world in a different way as you experience their stories through a particularly Jewish lens. These authors are part of the 2011-2012 JBC Network season, which will end in May, 2012.

Enjoy your reading!

The pages below, from Volume 29, Issue 3 of Jewish Book World magazine, are available for viewing or to download as a pdf.

 

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z,
Children's and Young Adult Authors,

Lorraine Abramson
The Race: A Jewish Girl Growing Up Under Apartheid in South Africa
DBM Press, LLC
http://www.lorrainesbook.com



Izzeldin Abuelaish
I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity
Walker & Company
http://www.daughtersforlife.com



Marc Agronin
How We Age: A Doctor's Journey into the Heart of Growing Old
Da Capo Press
www.marcagronin.com
TV appearance (NBC Today Show)
New York Times article on Dr. Agronin
Book Review in The Economist
Interview at Time.com



Arthur Ainsberg
Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes, the Discovery of Insulin, and the Making of a Medical Miracle
St. Martin's Press
http://www.BreakthroughTheBook.com
New York Times article
Washington Times article
Breakthrough video trailer



Jim Axelrod
In The Long Run: A Father, a Son, and Unintentional Lessons in Happiness
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
www.jimaxelrod.com



B
Anna Badkhen
Peace Meals: Candy-Wrapped Kalashnikovs and Other War Stories
http://www.annabadkhen.com



Ken Ballen
Terrorists in Love: The Real Lives of Islamic Radicals
Free Press
http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org



Ezra Barany
The Torah Codes
Dafkah Books
www.TheTorahCodes.com
Review of Torah Codes




Mitchell Bard
The Arab Lobby: The Invisible Alliance That Undermines America's Interests in the Middle East
Harper
http://www.mitchellbard.com




Lisa Baron
Life of the Party: A Political Press Tart Bares All
Citadel
http://www.lisabarononline.com/




Mira Bartok
The Memory Palace
Free Press
http://www.thememorypalace.com




Judith Baumel
The Kangaroo Girl
GenPop Books
http:// www.judithbaumel.com



Ilene "Gingy" Beckerman
The Smartest Woman I Know
Algonquin Books
http://www.ilenebeckerman.com/




Jeremy Ben-Ami
A New Voice for Israel: Fighting for the Survival of the Jewish Nation
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
NY Times article on J Street
Tablet on J Street
Moment Magazine's profile of Jeremy




Avrom Bendavid-Val
The Heavens Are Empty: Discovering the Lost Town of Trochenbrod
http://HeavensAreEmpty.com
http://pegasusbooks.us/


Peter Bergen
The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al-Qaeda
Free Press
http://www.simonandschuster.com


Marilyn Berger
This Is a Soul: The Mission of Rick Hodes
William Morrow/Harper Collins
http://www.thisisasoul.com
Watch a news clip and read a story on Rick Hodes from ABC's "World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer" Person of the Week segment: TV clip and the article
Read an excerpt from Marilyn"s book on Good Morning America's book section




Karen Bergreen
Following Polly
St. Martin's Press
http://www.karenbergreen.net




William Berkson
Pirke Avot: Timeless Wisdom for Modern Life
Jewish Publication Society
http://www. jps.org/product.php?id=444Author:/



David Bezmozgis
The Free World: A Novel
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
http://www.bezmozgis.com




Jill Bialosky
History of a Suicide: My Sister's Unfinished Life
Atria
http://www.Jillbialosky.com




Molly Birnbaum
Season to Taste: How I Lost My Sense of Smell and Found My Way
Ecco
http://www.mollybirnbaum.com




Joseph Braude
The Honored Dead: A Story of Friendship, Murder, and the Search for Truth in the Arab World
Spiegel & Grau
http://www.josephbraude.com
Watch the video trailer of Joseph's book:





Daniel Byman
A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism
Oxford University Press, USA



C

Thanassis Cambanis
A Privilege to Die: Inside Hezbollah's Legions and Their Endless War Against Israel
Free Press
http://www.thanassiscambanis.com



Talia Carner
Jerusalem Maiden: A Novel
Harper Paperbacks
http:// www.TaliaCarner.com




James Carroll
Jerusalem, Jerusalem: How the Ancient City Ignited our Modern World
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
http://www.jamescarroll.net




Linda and Max Ciampoli
Churchill's Secret Agent: A Novel Based on a True Story
Berkley
http://www.ChurchillsSecretAgent.com
Book Trailer




Ruchel Louis Coetzee
Pulani
Heroides Publishing LLC
http://www.pulani.net


Avner Cohen
The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel's Bargain with the Bomb
Columbia University Press
http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-13698-3/the-worstkept-secret/book
New York Times Book Review




Felice Cohen
What Papa Told Me
Dividends
http://www.whatpapatoldme.com




Linda Cohen
1,000 Mitzvahs: How Small Acts of Kindness Can Heal, Inspire, and Change Your Life
Seal Press
http://www1000mitzvahs.org




Stephanie Coontz
A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s
Basic Books
http://www.stephaniecoontz.com




Lee Crane
Jewish German Revolution
Pavilion Press
http://www.Pavilionpress.com



D

Greg Dawson
Hiding in the Spotlight: A Musical Prodigy's Story of Survival, 1941-1946
Pegasus
http://www.hidinginthespotlight.com




Lawrence Douglas
The Vices
Other Press




Erika Dreifus
Quiet Americans
Last Light Studio
http://www.erikadreifus.com



E

Katherine Ellison
Buzz: A Year of Paying Attention
Voice
http:// www.katherineellison.com
YouTube video



F

Evan Fallenberg
When We Danced on Water: A Novel
Harper Perennial
http://www.evanfallenberg.com
Video trailer
Publishers Weekly review




Ken Farbstein
Getting Your Best Health Care: Real-World Stories for Patient Empowerment
Access Intelligence
http://www.PatientAdvoCare.com
https://patientadvocatetraining.site-ym.com/?Best_Healthcare_Book
Video of Ken




Leonard Felder
Here I Am: Using Jewish Spiritual Wisdom to Become More Present, Centered, and Available for Life
Trumpeter
www.hereiamremedies.com




Ellen Feldman
Next to Love: A Novel
Spiegel & Grau
http://www.EllenFeldman.com


 
Tom Fields-Meyer
Following Ezra: What One Father Learned About Gumby, Otters, Autism, and Love From His Extraordinary Son
NAL Trade
http://www.followingezra.com




Charles Fishman
The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water
Free Press
www.thebigthirst.com



Martin Fletcher
The List
Thomas Dunne Books




Melissa Ford
Life From Scratch
Bell Bridge Books
http://www.life-from-scratch.com


Charles Fox
Killing Me Softly: My Life in Music
The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
http://www.killingmesoftly.com




Ellen Frankel
Syd Arthur
Pearlsong Press
http://www.authorellenfrankel.com



G

Allison Gilbert
Parentless Parents: How the Loss of Our Mothers and Fathers Impacts the Way We Raise Our Children
Hyperion
http://www.allisongilbert.com
Parentless Parents Book Trailer
Allison Gilbert named "Lifechanger" by the nationally syndicated TV show "Extra"
Allison Gilbert interview on FOX
Allison Gilbert interview on CBS
New York Times (article by Lisa Belkin) on Allison Gilbert/Parentless Parents




Eitan Gonen
From Jerusalem to Beverly Hills
AuthorHouse
Video trailer



Shawn Green
The Way of Baseball: Finding Stillness at 95 mph
Simon & Schuster
http://www.shawngreen.com




Melissa Fay Greene
No Biking in the House Without a Helmet
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
http://www.melissafaygreene.com




Eric Greitens
The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
http://www.theheartandthefist.com

Jennifer Griffin
This Burning Land: Lessons from the Front Lines of the Transformed Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Co-author: Greg Myre
John Wiley & Sons
http://www.thisburningland.com 
Book Trailer

Andrew Gross
Eyes Wide Open: A Novel
William Morrow
http://www.andrewgrossbooks.com




Ted Gup
A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness—and a Trove of Letters—Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression
Penguin Press HC
http://www.asecretgiftbook.com



H

David Halperin
Journal of a UFO Investigator: A Novel
Viking Adult
http://www.davidhalperin.net
Video trailer
Jewish Journal review
Forward review

Ursula Hegi
Children and Fire: A Novel
Scribner




Rachel Heller
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it Can Help You Find—and Keep--Love
co-author: Amir Levine
Tarcher
http://www.attachedthebook.com




Michael Hiltzik
The New Deal: A Modern History
Free Press
http://www.simonandschuster.com




Michael Hiltzik
Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century
Free Press
http://www.simonandschuster.com




Geila Hocherman
Kosher Revolution: New Techniques and Great Recipes for Unlimited Kosher Cooking
co-author Arthur Boehm
Kyle Books
http://kosherrevolution.com/




Adina Hoffman
Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza (Jewish Encounters)
co-author Peter Cole
Schocken/Nextbook
www.ibiseditions.com/adinahoffman


Wayne Hoffman
Sweet Like Sugar
Kensington
http://waynehoffmanwriter.com/


 
Avrom Honig
Feed Me Bubbe: Recipes and Wisdom from America's Favorite Online Grandmother
Running Press
http://www.bubbebook.com



I

 

Judith Brin Ingber
Seeing Israeli and Jewish Dance
Wayne State University Press
http://wsupress.wayne.edu/books/899/Seeing-Israeli-and-Jewish-Dance




Alick Isaacs
A Prophetic Peace: Judaism, Religion, and Politics
Indiana University Press
http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=755690



J


Russell Jacoby
Bloodlust: On the Roots of Violence from Cain and Abel to the Present
Free Press



Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee's Mad Life: A Biography
Harper Collins
co-author Mary-Lou Weisman
http://www.HarperCollins.com




Pam Jenoff
The Things We Cherished: A Novel
Doubleday
http://www.pamjenoff.com



Erica Jong
Sugar in My Bowl: Real Women Write About Real Sex
Ecco
http://www.ericajong.com


K

Kathy Kacer
Restitution: A Family's Fight for Their Heritage Lost in the Holocaust
Second Story Press
http://www.kathykacer.com
Kathy talking about Restitution
In-depth interview with Kathy




Nadia Kalman
The Cosmopolitans
Livingston Press
http://www.nadiakalman.com




Jodi Kantor
The Obamas
Little Brown and Co.
http://www.jodikantor.com/




N.M. Kelby
White Truffles in Winter: A Novel
W.W. Norton and Company
http://www.nmkelby.com
Citypages article




Kostya Kennedy
56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports
Time Home Entertainment, Inc.
http://www.kostyakennedy.com



Charles King
Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams
W.W. Norton and Company
http://www.charles-king.net




David King
Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Occupied Paris
Crown
http://www.davidkingauthor.com/




J.D. Kleinke
Catching Babies
Fourth Chapter Books
http://www.catchingbabies.com




Lisa Kogan
Someone Will Be with You Shortly: Notes from a Perfectly Imperfect Life
Harper
http:// www.theharperstudio.com/authorsandbooks/lisa_kogan/




William Kolbrener
Open Minded Torah: Of Irony, Fundamentalism and Love
Continuum
http://www.openmindedtorah.com
A Conversation with William Kolbrener - The Atlantic




Cynthia Kolko
Fruit of the Vine
Charles River Press
http://www.cynthiakolko.com
Review of Fruit of the Vine



Jamie Korngold
The God Upgrade: Finding Your 21st-Century Spirituality in Judaism's 5,000-Year-Old Tradition
Jewish Lights
http:// www.theGodUpgrade.org




Iris Krasnow
The Secret Lives of Wives: Women Share What It Really Takes to Stay Married
Penguin Books/Gotham
http://www.iriskrasnow.com





Micahel Krasny
Spiritual Envy: An Agnostic's Quest
New World Library
http://www.NewWorldLibrary.com




Lee Kravitz
Unfinished Business: One Man's Extraordinary Year of Trying to Do the Right Things
Bloomsbury
http://www.myunfinishedbusiness.com




James Kugel
In the Valley of the Shadow: On the Foundations of Religious Belief
Free Press
http://www.simonandschuster.com




Mark Kurlansky
Hank Greenberg: The Hero Who Didn't Want to Be One (Jewish Lives)
Yale University Press
http://www.Markkurlansky.com




Steven Kussin
Doctor, Your Patient Will See You Now: Gaining the Upper Hand in Your Medical Care
Rowman & Littlefield
http://www.medicaladvocate.com





L

 

Lucette Lagnado
The Arrogant Years: One Girl's Search for Her Lost Youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn
Ecco




Eric Lamet
A Child al Confino: The True Story of a Jewish Boy and His Mother in Mussolini's Italy
Adams Media
http://www.adamsmediastore.com/product/a-child-al-confino



Rabbi Israel Meir Lau
Out of the Depths: The Story of a Child of Buchenwald Who Returned Home at Last Gutenberg to Google: The Rise and Fall of Books[/i]
www.businessghost.com
Michael's 2-minute talk on YouTube:






Amir Levine
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep--Love
co-author Rachel Heller Tarcher/Penguin
http://www.attachedthebook.com



Ilana Levinsky
The Diary of a Wrinkle
Self published
http://www.diaryofawrinkle.com




David Levinson
Everyone Helps, Everyone Wins: How Absolutely Anyone Can Pitch in, Help Out, Give Back, and Make the World a Better Place
Hudson Street Press
http://www.davidlevinson.net




Joshua Levitt
Baby Barbells: The Dad's Guide to Fitness and Fathering
Running Press
http://www.babybarbells.com



Michael Levy
Kosher Chinese: Living, Teaching, and Eating with China's Other Billion
Henry Holt and Company
http://www.kosherchinese.wordpress.com/




Steven Levy
In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
Simon and Schuster
http://www.stevenlevy.com/



Ron Liebman
Jersey Law: A Novel
Simon and Schuster
http://www.ronliebman.com 



Deborah Lipstadt
The Eichmann Trial (Jewish Encounters)
Schocken Books/Nextbook
New York Times Book Review



Robert Lipsyte
An Accidental Sportswriter: A Memoir
Ecco
http://www. Robertlipsyte.com 



Peter Lovenheim
In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time
Penguin Books
http://www.peterlovenheim.com 
Peter Lovenheim on "Book Studio," WETA-Washington, DC
Peter's acceptance speech at the 2011 Zocalo Public Square Book Award in Los Angeles