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Scribner
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Four women, Yael--whose father, an expert assassin, has never forgiven her for her mother's death during childbirth--Revka--a local baker's wife who witnessed the murder or her daughter by Roman soldiers--Aziza--a warrior's daughter who was raised like a son--and Shirah--a woman born with uncanny insight and knowledge of ancient magic--are drawn to Masada, a mountain the Judean desert where, in 70 CE, nine hundred Jews withheld for months against...
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English
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In modern Israel, warring factions from within and outside the Middle East continue to battle for the soul of a land they all regard as holy while a young Jewish-American lawyer, with help from his father, a famous criminal attorney, defends a possibly innocent Palestinian who has been arrested for an alleged act of terror.
4) The last man
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
David Hall, an American engineer, travels to Israel to investigate the story about the Jewish revolt against Rome that took place at a fortress called Masada in 70 AD, and is shadowed by an Israeli archaeologist, Judith Ressner, but Hall's efforts cause him to become a target for Israeli security forces intent on protecting Masada.
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English
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How are the shocking murders of elderly Holocaust survivors connected to the deaths of high school students in Israel and the West Bank?
Palestinian-American detective Ben Kamal and Israeli detective Danielle Barnea soon discover that the answer to this blood-drenched puzzle lies as much in the past as in the present, with the clues leading from a Nazi labor camp to the forefront of modern biotech research, while leaving a trail of deception and...
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English
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Brooks takes on one of literature's richest and most enigmatic figures: a man who shimmers between history and legend. Peeling away the myth to bring David to life in Second Iron Age Israel, Brooks traces the arc of his journey from obscurity to fame, from shepherd to soldier, from hero to traitor, from beloved king to murderous despot and into his remorseful and diminished dotage.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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Bartimaeus, a wise-cracking djinni, finds himself in the tenth century and at the court of King Solomon with an unpleasant master and a sinister servant, and gets into trouble with King Solomon's magic ring.
10) Prince of fire
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Language
English
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Art restorer and occasional spy Gabriel Allon is recalled to Israel when an explosion in Rome leads to the revelation that a dossier with secret information has gotten into the dangerous hands of terrorist.
11) Waking lions
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Fleeing the scene after accidentally running down an African migrant whose widow makes an impossible demand for his silence, a neurosurgeon with a seemingly idyllic life resorts to extreme lengths to save his family and reputation. --NoveList
12) Mother night
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English
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Truth and justice are blurred when American spy Howard Campbell is tried in Israel as a Nazi war criminal after World War II.
13) The Body
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Publisher
Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A two-thousand-year-old skeleton discovered in Jerusalem, and believed to be the body of Jesus Christ, threatens to destroy the Church and plunge the world into chaos In a hidden tomb in the ancient city of Jerusalem, the skeleton of a man who died two millennia ago is uncovered by Israeli archaeologist Sharon Golban and her team. The body bears the unmistakable marks of crucifixion; an inscription written in Aramaic identifies the remains as belonging...
14) Central Station
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English
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A worldwide diaspora has left a quarter of a million people at the foot of a space station. The city is literally a weed, its growth left unchecked. Life is cheap, and data is cheaper. When Boris Chong returns to Tel Aviv from Mars, much has changed. Boris's ex-lover is raising a strangely familiar child who can tap into the datastream of a mind with the touch of a finger. His cousin is infatuated with a robotnik--a damaged cyborg soldier who might...
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Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
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President Jake Cazalet no sooner learns that he has a daughter--the product of an affair he had while in Vietnam--than the girl is kidnapped by men whose demands leave Jake no recourse but to turn to former IRA enforcer and security specialist Sean Dillon and FBI agent Blake Johnson for help.
16) The debt
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The espionage thriller begins in 1997, as shocking news reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel and Stefan about their former colleague David.
17) Damascus Gate
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"With soaring vision and profound intelligence, Robert Stone has written a harrowing, breathtaking novel about our desperate search, at any price, for the consolation of redemption -- and about the people who are all too willing to provide it. A violent confrontation in the Gaza Strip, a mind-altering pilgrimage, a race through riot-filled Jerusalem streets, a cat-and-mouse game in an underground maze, a desperate attempt to prevent a bomb from detonating...
18) Dirt
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Publisher
Orenda Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A compulsive, searing political thriller set on a kibbutz in Northern Israel, where the discovery of the body of an Israeli-Arab worker sets off a devastating chain of events...
Belonging could cost everything...
1996. Northern Israel. Lola leaves an unhappy home life in England for the fabled utopian life of a kibbutz, but this heavily guarded farming community on the Arab-Israeli border isn' t the idyll it...
19) Three sisters
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From Heather Morris, the New York Times bestselling author of the multi-million copy bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's Journey: a story of family, courage, and resilience, inspired by a true story. Against all odds, three Slovakian sisters have survived years of imprisonment in the most notorious death camp in Nazi Germany: Auschwitz. Livia, Magda, and Cibi have clung together, nearly died from starvation and overwork, and the brutal...
20) Some Day
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Publisher
New Vessel Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Desire and tragedy upset the lives of an Israeli family in this "thrilling, fresh, and surprising" debut novel from the award-winning filmmaker ( ForeWord Review ). On the shores of Israel's Sea of Galilee lies the city of Tiberias. In the years between the Six Day and Yom Kippur Wars, it is a place bursting with desire and longing for love. As young Shlomi develops a remarkable culinary talent, he also falls for Ella, the strange neighbor and deeply...
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