Wildflowers of Terezin

Wildflowers of Terezin
Author: Robert Elmer
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2010-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426715307

Wildflowers of Terezin is a sweeping historical novel set against a backdrop of danger. A Danish Lutheran pastor’s complacent faith is stretched to the breaking point during World War II when he meets a young Jewish nurse Hanne Abrahamsen and becomes deeply involved in Resistance efforts to save Denmark’s Jews from the Nazi prison camp at Terezin, Czechoslovakia—also known as Theresienstadt. Challenged by his evangelical brother and swayed by his own attraction to Hanne, Pastor Steffen abandons his formerly quiet, uninvolved life and hesitantly volunteers to help smuggle Denmark’s Jews out of the country before a Nazi roundup. Steffen finds that helping his Jewish neighbors is the most decent, spiritual thing he has ever done. As he actually does God’s work, rather than just talking about it, Steffen’s faith deepens and he takes greater risks in his sermons. When things go terribly wrong and Hanne is sent to Terezin, Steffen finds his heart fully engaged. He undertakes protests and rescues that are more and more dangerous, never imagining where it will lead him, or the ultimate cost of his decision to get directly involved.

Wildflowers of Terezin

Wildflowers of Terezin
Author: Robert Elmer
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2010
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426701926

Christians and Jews work together to protect each other from the Nazi's.

Highland Blessings

Highland Blessings
Author: Jennifer Hudson Taylor
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2010-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426715390

2011 Holt Medallion Award Winner - Best First Novel Highland Blessings is the story of a highland warrior who kidnaps the daughter of his greatest enemy and clan chief to honor a promise he made to his dying father. Bryce MacPhearson, a highland warrior, kidnaps Akira MacKenzie on her wedding day to honor a promise he made to his dying father. While Akira’s strength in the Lord becomes a witness to Bryce, she struggles to overcome her anger and resentment when he forces her to wed him, hoping to end a half-century-old feud between their clans. While Akira begins to forgive, and Bryce learns to trust, a series of murders leaves a trail of unanswered questions, confusion, and a legacy of hate that once again rises between their families. Clearly, a traitor is in their midst. Now the one man Akira loves no longer trusts her, and her own life is in danger. Can Bryce look beyond his pain and seek the truth? Will Akira discover the threat against her before it’s too late? How will God turn a simple promise into bountiful Highland blessings?

Wildflowers of Terezin

Wildflowers of Terezin
Author: Robert Elmer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2010-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1682998959

Wildflowers of Terezin is a sweeping historical novel set against a backdrop of danger. A Danish Lutheran pastor's complacent faith is stretched to the breaking point during World War II when he meets a young Jewish nurse Hanne Abrahamsen and becomes deeply involved in Resistance efforts to save Denmark's Jews from the Nazi prison camp at Terezin, Czechoslovakia—also known as Theresienstadt. Challenged by his evangelical brother and swayed by his own attraction to Hanne, Pastor Steffen abandons his formerly quiet, uninvolved life and hesitantly volunteers to help smuggle Denmark's Jews out of the country before a Nazi roundup. Steffen finds that helping his Jewish neighbors is the most decent, spiritual thing he has ever done. As he actually does God's work, rather than just talking about it, Steffen's faith deepens and he takes greater risks in his sermons. When things go terribly wrong and Hanne is sent to Terezin, Steffen finds his heart fully engaged. He undertakes protests and rescues that are more and more dangerous, never imagining where it will lead him, or the ultimate cost of his decision to get directly involved.

Sweet Baklava

Sweet Baklava
Author: Debby Mayne
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2011-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426727275

After years of looking for a place to belong, Paula Andrews finally finds her niche in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Her soap and candle shop flourishes, and her friendship with the Papadopoulos family gives her the love and support she never got from her own family.The only thing missing is a romance-or in the grand hopes of the Papadopoulos family, a proper marriage. Preferably with Nick, their favorite son, currently serving in the Air Force. Paula, however, has doubts. After all, he's been gone a long time and loves flying. Their lives have grown apart. Would he still feel anything for her?When Nick comes home on leave, sparks fly, and not just with Paula. Nick's father wants him home, helping with the family sponge-diving business. His mother wants him back in the family, back in church. Nick just wants Paula . . . and the Air Force.So who's going to give in first? And what will it mean for their love and future?

The Narrow Path

The Narrow Path
Author: Gail Sattler
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2010-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1682998193

The Narrow Path is a story about a couple who must face their differences and learn to work together as they look toward a lifetime of love. Miranda Klassen's Mennonite church is big and modern and she loves the mixture of faith, action, and activity. But in order to follow her dream she moves across the country to a small town to organize the 75th anniversary celebration of an Old Order Mennonite church. Ted Wiebe has been assigned to assist and guide Miranda, feeling good that his church has chosen another Mennonite. But except for sharing the same basic faith and denomination, their churches have nothing else in common. His church embraces old-style roots, so Ted expects to find someone similar at the airport: a woman who never wears pants, no body piercing (including pierced ears), no makeup, and wearing a head covering as a sign of modesty, someone else who lives in accordance with old-fashioned values. But the woman who acknowledges him is wearing unreasonably high and outlandishly expensive shoes, denim jeans, and makeup, including bright red lipstick. As she gets off the plane she's fiddling with an iPod and yapping on the cell phone. When Miranda enters Ted's church and community she feels like she's been transported back into Little House On The Prairie. Ted is supposed to help Miranda fit in, and Miranda is supposed to help his church reach out into the community. When it's time to start planning and organizing for the celebration, then the fun really begins.

Charlotte Figg Takes Over Paradise

Charlotte Figg Takes Over Paradise
Author: Joyce Magnin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2010-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 168299838X

Newly widowed Charlotte Figg purchases a double-wide trailer sight unseen and moves to the Paradise Trailer Park with her dog Lucky. Unfortunately, neither the trailer nor Paradise are what Charlotte expected. Her trailer is a ramshackle old place in need of major repair, and the people of Paradise are harboring more secrets than Bayer has aspirin. Charlotte's new friend Rose Tattoo learns that Charlotte played softball and convinces her to rally the women of Paradise into a team. Reluctant at first, Charlotte warms to the notion and is soon coaching the Paradise Angels. Meanwhile, Charlotte discovers that the manager of Paradise, Fergus Wrinkel, abuses his wife Suzy. Charlotte sets out to find a way to save Suzy from Fergus and in the process comes to a difficult realization about her own painful marriage.

The Artists of Terezin

The Artists of Terezin
Author: Gerald Green
Publisher: Dutton Books
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1969
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Gift of Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut.

So Luminous the Wildflowers

So Luminous the Wildflowers
Author: Michael Paul
Publisher:
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2003
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

Poetry. This anthology features works by Jack Foley, Amy Gerstler, Christopher Buckley, Philip Levine, Devorah Major, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and many many others. "We bring together in this volume 187 poets, including some of California's newer, promising poets as well as those who are established and widely published...We merely wished to showcase, in all their varietal splendor, some of the poetic riches of California. It is 100% Californian. And it is 24 karat gold"--Michael Paul.

Peace Rebel

Peace Rebel
Author: Robert Elmer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2000
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780764222979

After escaping from a Jewish refugee ship, Dov, a Polish Jew, and Emily, the daughter of a British major, are taken to a Jewish kibbutz and are caught up in the danger and violence between the Jews, Arabs, and British in Palestine in 1947.