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My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

By: Alina Adams

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My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

By: Alina Adams

With his dying breath, Lena's father asks his family a cryptic question: "You couldn't tell, could you?" After his passing, Lena stumbles upon the answer that changes her life forever. As her revolutionary neighbor mysteriously disappears during Josef Stalin's Great Terror purges, 18-year-old Regina suspects that she's the Kremlin's next target. Under cover of the night, she flees from her parents' communal apartment in 1930s Moscow to the 20th century's first Jewish Autonomous Region, Birobidzhan, on the border between Russia and China. Once there, Regina has to grapple with her preconceived notions of socialism and Judaism while asking herself the eternal question: What do we owe each other? How can we best help one another? While she contends with these queries and struggles to help Birobidzhan establish itself, love and war are on the horizon. New York Times Bestselling author Alina Adams draws on her own experiences as a Jewish refugee from Odessa, USSR as she provides readers a rare glimpse into the world's first Jewish Autonomous Region. My Mother's Secret is rooted in detailed research about a little known chapter of Soviet and Jewish history while exploring universal themes of identity, love, loss, war, and parenthood. Readers can expect a whirlwind journey as Regina finds herself and her courage within one of the century's most tumultuous eras.

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History Through Fiction

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1736499041

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Inside Figure Skating

By: Alina Sivorinovsky

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Inside Figure Skating

By: Alina Sivorinovsky

Now that skaters can earn money for skating without forfeiting their Olympic eligibility, professional figure skating has become a worldwide phenomenon. Inside Figure Skating takes an in-depth look at this wildly popular sport, with insider profiles of such legends as Brian Boitano, Michelle Kwan, Scott Hamilton, and many, many others, and more than 150 fantastic color photos.

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164

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MetroBooks (NY)

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1586630059

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9781586630058

Sarah Hughes

Skating to the Stars

By: Alina Sivorinovsky

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Sarah Hughes

Skating to the Stars

By: Alina Sivorinovsky

Figure skating phenom Sarah Hughes is taking the ice-and the world-by storm. Here, for the first time ever, is the true, unauthorized story of America's newest skating sweetheart as she goes for the gold in the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.

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0425184641

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9780425184646

Sarah Hughes

Skating to the Stars

By: Alina Sivorinovsky

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Skating to the Stars

By: Alina Sivorinovsky

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On Thin Ice

By: Alina Adams

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On Thin Ice

By: Alina Adams

Bex Levy has seen her share of skating stars. But 13-year-old Jeremy Hunt may be the best of the best. So, when his strangely protective father refuses to allow him to go to Nationals, and the two vanish, Bex knows there's a better story off the ice than on. Original.

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260

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0425198847

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9780425198841

The Nesting Dolls

A Novel

By: Alina Adams

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The Nesting Dolls

A Novel

By: Alina Adams

Spanning nearly a century, from 1930s Siberia to contemporary Brighton Beach, a page turning, epic family saga centering on three generations of women in one Russian Jewish family—each striving to break free of fate and history, each yearning for love and personal fulfillment—and how the consequences of their choices ripple through time. Odessa, 1931. Marrying the handsome, wealthy Edward Gordon, Daria—born Dvora Kaganovitch—has fulfilled her mother’s dreams. But a woman’s plans are no match for the crushing power of Stalin’s repressive Soviet state. To survive, Daria is forced to rely on the kindness of a man who takes pride in his own coarseness. Odessa, 1970. Brilliant young Natasha Crystal is determined to study mathematics. But the Soviets do not allow Jewish students—even those as brilliant as Natasha—to attend an institute as prestigious as Odessa University. With her hopes for the future dashed, Natasha must find a new purpose—one that leads her into the path of a dangerous young man. Brighton Beach, 2019. Zoe Venakovsky, known to her family as Zoya, has worked hard to leave the suffocating streets and small minds of Brighton Beach behind her—only to find that what she’s tried to outrun might just hold her true happiness. Moving from a Siberian gulag to the underground world of Soviet refuseniks to oceanside Brooklyn, The Nesting Dolls is a heartbreaking yet ultimately redemptive story of circumstance, choice, and consequence—and three dynamic unforgettable women, all who will face hardships that force them to compromise their dreams as they fight to fulfill their destinies.

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331

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HarperCollins

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0062910965

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9780062910967

Skate Crime

By: Alina Adams

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Skate Crime

By: Alina Adams

While producing a tribute to figure skater and coach Lucian Price, Rebecca "Bex" Levy finds herself skating on thin ice when Lucian dies after taking a bad fall and she discovers that someone had tampered with his skates. Original.

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Penguin

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0425218031

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9780425218037

Axel of Evil

By: Alina Adams

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Axel of Evil

By: Alina Adams

When skating champion Igor Marchenko, the coach of an up-and-coming American teen star, drops dead during a practice session in Moscow, Rebecca Bex Levy, researcher for a 24/7 television network, investigates the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death in a city rife with intrigue.

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0425206858

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Murder on Ice

By: Alina Adams

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Murder on Ice

By: Alina Adams

From the author of "Sarah Hughes: Skating to the Stars" comes the first title in a new mystery series. Set in the cutthroat world of figure skating, "Murder on Ice" introduces amateur sleuth Rebecca "Bex" Levy, a researcher for a 24-hour skating network. Original.

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Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated

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1587247526

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9781587247521

Death Drop

By: Alina Adams

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Death Drop

By: Alina Adams

Figure-skating researcher Bex Levy is at the Nationals when an abandoned baby is found and the mother, a young ice-dancing champion, is found dead - at the end of a rope.

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0425212661

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9780425212660

Inside Figure Skating

By: Alina Sivorinovsky

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Inside Figure Skating

By: Alina Sivorinovsky

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My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

My Mother's Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region

Inside Figure Skating

Inside Figure Skating

Sarah Hughes

Sarah Hughes

Sarah Hughes

Sarah Hughes

On Thin Ice

On Thin Ice

The Nesting Dolls

The Nesting Dolls

Skate Crime

Skate Crime

Axel of Evil

Axel of Evil

Murder on Ice

Murder on Ice

Death Drop

Death Drop

Inside Figure Skating

Inside Figure Skating

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