Many years after making his way to America from Odessa in Soviet Ukraine, Emil Draitser made a startling discovery: every time he uttered the word "Jewish"—even in casual conversation—he lowered his voice. This behavior was a natural by-product, he realized, of growing up in the anti-Semitic, post-Holocaust Soviet Union, when "Shush!" was the most frequent word he heard: "Don't use your Jewish name in public. Don't speak a word of Yiddish. And don't cry over your murdered relatives." This compelling memoir conveys the reader back to Draitser's childhood and provides a unique account of midtwentieth-century life in Russia as the young Draitser struggles to reconcile the harsh values of Soviet society with the values of his working-class Jewish family. Lively, evocative, and rich with humor, this unforgettable story ends with the death of Stalin and, through life stories of the author's ancestors, presents a sweeping panorama of two centuries of Jewish history in Russia.

Autobiography of Apostle Vernice Fuller Apostle Vernice Fuller, the daughter of the late Vernon Felder and Jestean Felder, is a native of South Carolina. In preparation to reap God's harvest, she has obtained the certification as a Biblical Counselor and a graduate of Webster University in studies of Business Management and Counseling. Apostle Fuller lives a full natural and spiritual life, orchestrated by the almighty God. She is married to her best friend, Bishop W. James Fuller, Jr. and in this union they have four (4) children (Jestean, Richard, Jacob, & Ruthie), five (5) grandchildren and many spiritual sons and daughters within Earthen Altar Deliverance Temple and abroad. At an early age, Apostle Fuller accepted the word of Jesus Christ as stated in John 4:34 as her own personal mission statement, "My meat is to do the will of Him that sent me, and to finish the work." City after city, across the United States and nation after nation such as Nigeria and Lagos Africa, Apostle Fuller continues to evangelize a "Right Now" word from God with His fire, zeal and Holy Ghost anointing. By yielding herself as His Vessel, God has allowed her voice to be heard over the airwaves of radio and television. She speaks words etched in her heart by God as a means of Deliverance for a dying generation. In the beauty of holiness, she hopes to give God the glory by spreading His gospel as an Ambassador of Jesus Christ.

What this bedtime needs is a pig in a wig, brushing her teeth, combing her hair, and going to sleep with her pink teddy bear. All Pig wants to do is sleep, but the farm animals are keeping her awake! Will she ever find some peace and quiet?

Brand-new librarian Meg Booker is just supposed to be checking out books. Instead, it’s the patrons who are being checked out—permanently. April 1985. Fir Grove Library, Portland, Oregon: Big hair. Leggings. Card catalogs. Kicking kids with giant boom boxes out of the library. Meg’s got it all handled—until her boss takes off on a way-too-long vacation and leaves her in charge. Right away, things start going wrong. Historical records disappear out of the archives. The hot new library page skateboards into work—or doesn’t—whenever he feels like it. A simmering feud boils over between two prominent and universally loathed patrons—nicknamed “The Witch” and “Leisure Suit Lothario”—leaving Meg scrambling to keep the peace. Then the Witch turns up dead in the library conference room. The police say it’s natural causes, but Meg suspects murder—and no librarian worth her reference desk credentials leaves a reference question unanswered. Enlisting the aid of the library’s mystery book club, and armed with mad research skills, she sets out to prove what really happened. But when there’s another death—and one of her friends is arrested –Meg has to unmask the real murderer before it’s too late. A Shush Before Dying is the first book of the Meg Booker Librarian Mysteries—a cozy library mystery series set in the 1980s.

New York Times bestselling author SANDRA HILL continues her sexy deadly angels series with a good demon who might finally get his vangel wings… WHEN HE WAS BAD . . . Two-thousand-year-old vampire demon Zeb is supposed to spend eternity turning mortal sinners into bad guy Lucipires like himself. That way, they can grow their numbers and fight the vampire angels known as Vangels. But Zeb is a bad boy in a good way—secretly working as a double agent for none other than St. Michael the Archangel in hopes of one day earning his wings. Problem is, Zeb’s betrayal is discovered. Hello, demon dungeon. HE WAS VERY BAD . . . Until Regina, a foxy, flame-haired Vangel witch on a rescue mission, busts out Zeb, along with three oddball Lucipire witches. Hello, temptation! BUT TOGETHER THEY WERE VERY GOOD . . . ! Their escape unleashes a war to defeat all Vangels forevermore. In an epic madcap battle between good and evil, a Demon just might earn his wings . . . and spend eternity with the Vangel of his wildest dreams.