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Augie’s Secrets: The Minneapolis M
There's an old Yiddish saying: two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead. But two living…
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The Story of Yiddish: How a Mish-Mosh of
Yiddish—an oft-considered "gutter" language—is an unlikely survivor of the ages, much like the Jews themselves. Its survival has been an…
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Shanda: The Making and Breaking of a Sel
Neal Karlen describes the rejection and subsequent embrace of the Jewish faith, remembering his childhood as the son of Orthodox…
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Slouching Toward Fargo
The author of Babes In Toyland describes his two-year odyssey with the St. Paul Saints, a minor league baseball team, describing the…
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Jen-X: Jenny McCarthy’s Open Book
Presented in the form of a "diary," a witty portrait of Jenny McCarthy vividly captures all of the day-to-day drama,…
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Babe in Boyland
The first woman to host her own national talk-radio sports show speaks her mind about the world of sports, the…
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Babes in Toyland The Making and Selling
An eye-opening glimpse inside the world of contemporary rock music describes the discovery of a Minneapolis female band and follows…
NEAL KARLEN
Freelance Author
