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The Incorruptibles: A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld
Shabbat Books to read for, on, and about Shabbat. Cookbook Shabbat: Recipes and Rituals from My Table to Yours Adeena Sussman Nonfiction Shabbos: A Day to Create Yourself: Building Character, Shaping Perspectives, and Finding Happiness throughout Shabbat Warren Goldstein Nonfiction 24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week Tiffany Shlain Cookbook 52 Shabbats: Friday Night Dinners Inspired by a Global Jewish Kitchen Faith Kramer Nonfiction Braided: A Journey of A Thousand Challahs Beth Ricanati Nonfiction An Oasis in Time Marilyn Byfield Paul Nonfiction My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew Abigail Pogrebin Nonfiction Celebrate: Food, Family, Shabbos Elizabeth Kurtz Nonfiction Unscrolled: 54 Writers and Artists Wrestle with the Torah Roger Bennett, ed. The Sabbath Abraham Joshua Heschel Nonfiction The Heart of Torah, Volume 1 Shai Held Nonfiction The Heart of Torah, Volume 2 Shai Held Nonfiction A Day Apart: Shabbat at Home: A Step-by-Step Guidebook With Blessing and Songs, Rituals and Reflections Noam Sachs Zion; Shawn Fields-Meyer Nonfiction The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time Judith Shulevitz Cookbook The Vegetarian Shabbat Cookbook Roberta Kalechofsky and Roberta Schiff Nonfiction Kabbalat Shabbat: Welcoming Shabbat in the Synagogue Lawrence A. Hoffman, ed. Nonfiction The Modern Jewish Mom's Guide to Shabbat Meredith L. Jacobs Jewish Text With All Your Heart: A Shabbat and Festival Companion Rabbi Julie K. Gordan, ed. and trans. Jewish Text With All Your Heart: The CBST Siddur B'chol L'vav'cha for Friday Night Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum Nonfiction Shabbat: The Family Guide to Preparing for and Welcoming the Sabbath Dr. Ron Wolfson Nonfiction Talks on the Parasha Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz; Yisrael Malkiel, ed. Cookbook A Taste of Challah Tamar Ansh Children’s Books Children's Miryam's Dance Kerry Olitzky and Rachel Stock Spilker; John Baptist Tumuhaise, illus. Children's Bim and Bom: A Shabbat Tale Daniel J. Schwartz; Melissa Iwai, illus. Children's How to Get to Savta's for Shabbat Varda Livney Children's Shoshi's Shabbat Caryn Yacowitz; Kevin Hawkes, illus. Children's The Cholent Brigade Michael Herman; Sharon Harmer, illus. Children's The Babka Sisters Lesléa Newman; Tika Bobokhidze and Tata Bobokhidze, illus. Children's Dinosaur on Shabbat Diane Levin Rauchwerger; Jason Wolff, illus. Children's Bubbie & Rivka’s Best-Ever Challah (So Far!) Sarah Lynne Reul Children's Ella and Noah celebrate Shabbat: Sticker activity book Michal Gil Children's Soosie: The Horse That Saved Shabbat Tami Lehman-Wilzig, Menahem Halberstadt (illus.) Children's Ezra's BIG Shabbat Question Aviva L. Brown, Anastasia Knavaliu (illus.) Children's One Fine Shabbat Chris Barash; Tatjana Mai-Wyss, illus. Children's Koala Challah Laura Gehl Children's Under the Sabbath Lamp Michael Herman; Alida Massari, illus. Children's Shh… Shh… Shabbat Linda Elovitz Marshall; Evgenia Golubeva, illus. Children's Shabbat Hiccups Tracy Newman; Ilana Exelby, illus. Children's Shabbat Monsters Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod Yurika Antonius, illus. Children's Jodie’s Shabbat Surprise Anna Levine; Ksenia Topaz, illus. Children's Kayla and Kugel Ann D. Koffsky Children's Chik Chak Shabbat Mara Rockliff Children's Shabbat in the Playroom Galia Sabbag; Erin Taylor, illus. Children's Shabbos, Shabbos I Love You! Naomi Lieberman; Avram Zmora, illus. Children's Shabbat is Coming! Tracy Newman Children's Lights Out Shabbat Sarene Shulimson; Jeff Ebbeler, illus. Children's Many Days, One Shabbat Fran Manushkin; Maria Monescillo, illus. Children's The Seventh Day Deborah Bodin Cohen; Melanie Hall, illus. Children's Where Shabbat Lives Jan Goldin Fabiyi; Sue Ramá, illus. Children's The Shabbat Princess Amy Meltzer; Martha Aviles, illus. Children's Ellie's Shabbat Surprise Beverly Mach Geller; S. Kim Glassman, illus. Children's Friday Night With the Pope Jacques Shore; Amalia Hoffman, illlus. Children's Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to be Kosher Laurel Snyder; David Goldin, illus. Children's Around the World in One Shabbat Durga Yael Bernhard Children's Lights in the Night Chris Barash, Maya Shleifer (Illustrator) Children's Challah: A Chewish Guide to the Torah Susan Abramson; Genna Sandler, illus. Children's This is the Challah Sue Hepker; Amy Wummer, illus.
Nonfiction Shabbos: A Day to Create Yourself: Building Character, Shaping Perspectives, and Finding Happiness throughout Shabbat Warren Goldstein
Nonfiction A Day Apart: Shabbat at Home: A Step-by-Step Guidebook With Blessing and Songs, Rituals and Reflections Noam Sachs Zion; Shawn Fields-Meyer
Jewish Text With All Your Heart: A Shabbat and Festival Companion Rabbi Julie K. Gordan, ed. and trans.
Jewish Text With All Your Heart: The CBST Siddur B'chol L'vav'cha for Friday Night Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum