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Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America

by Stephen G. Bloom

Published: 2001-09-10

Paperback: 384 pages

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In 1987, a group of Lubavitchers, one of the most orthodox and zealous of the Jewish sects, opened a kosher slaughterhouse just outside tiny Postville, Iowa (pop. 1,465). When the business became a worldwide success, Postville found itself both revived and divided. The town's initial wel...

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Postville: USA: Surviving Diversity in Small-Town America

by Mark A Grey, Michele Devlin, Aaron Goldsmith

Published: 2009-09-01

Paperback: 200 pages

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Postville is an obscure meatpacking town in the northeast corner of Iowa. Here, in the most unlikely of places, unparalleled diversity drew international media. Now people declare the town's experiment in multiculturalism dead. It was not native Iowans, or the newly-arrived Orthodox Jews, ...

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The Potato Chip Puzzles: The Puzzling World of Winston Breen

by Eric Berlin

Published: 2009-04-16

Hardcover: 256 pages

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When puzzle addict Winston Breen and his best friends head to an all-day puzzle hunt with a $50,000 grand prize, they?re pumped. But the day is not all fun and games: not only do they have a highstrung and highly competitive teacher along for the ride, but the puzzles are hard even for Win...

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THE POTATO FACTORY

by Bryce Courtenay

Published: 2006-06-05

Kindle Edition: 832 pages

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Ikey Solomon's favourite saying is also his way of doing business. And in the business of thieving, he's very successful indeed. Ikey's partner in crime is his mistress, the forthright Mary Abacus, until misfortune befalls them. They are parted & each must make the harsh journey from thriv...

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The Potato Factory

by Bryce Courtenay

Published: 1998-08-31

Paperback: 852 pages

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Ikey Solomon is very successful indeed, in the art of thieving. Ikey's partner in crime is his mistress, the forthright Mary Abacus, until misfortune befalls them. They are parted and each must make the harsh journey from 19th century London to Van Diemens Land. In the backstreets and dives of Hobart...

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The Potluck Club (The Potluck Club, Book 1)

by Linda Evans Shepherd, Eva Marie Everson

Published: 2005-08-01

Kindle Edition: 388 pages

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In the small Colorado town of Summit View, a surprising multi-generational mix of women from Grace Church meet once a week to pass a hot dish and to pray. But the Potluck Club, as they call themselves, is a recipe for disaster when they send up enough misinformed prayers to bring down a ch...

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Potluck Club Cookbook, The: Easy Recipes to Enjoy with Family and Friends

by Linda Evans Shepherd, Eva Marie Everson

Published: 2009-09-01

Paperback: 181 pages

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From the popular authors of the Potluck Club books comes a cookbook loyal fans (and anyone who likes to eat) won't want to miss. The potluck meal makes sharing good, home-cooked food with family and friends simple and easy. Start with a few (or a lot of) guests, bring delicious dishes to share, and mix...

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POTS - Together We Stand: Riding the Waves of Dysautonomia

by Jodi Epstein Rhum

Published: 2011-09-27

Paperback: 506 pages

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POTS - Together We Stand: Riding the Waves of Dysautonomia is a collaborative effort of many doctors, teachers, counselors, parents and patients who wove this tapestry. Initially conceptualized as a survival guide for children, teens, young adults and parents; it quickly transcended into this unprecedented,...

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Powder and Patch

by Georgette Heyer

Published: 2010-01-01

Paperback: 208 pages

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"Georgette Heyer is unbeatable!" ?SUNDAY TELEGRAPH For her, he would do anything? Plainspoken country gentleman Philip Jettan won't bother with a powdered wig, high heels, and fashionable lace cuffs, until he discovers that his lovely neighbor is enamored with a sophisticated man-about-tow...

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Powder Necklace: A Novel (Wsp Readers Club)

by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

Published: 2010-04-06

Paperback: 280 pages

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To protect her daughter from the fast life and bad influences of London, her mother sent her to school in rural Ghana. The move was for the girl's own good, in her mother's mind, but for the daughter, the reality of being the new girl, the foreigner-among-your-own-people, was even worse th...