Jewish Heritage Month

 

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1. The last kings of Shanghai: the rival Jewish dynasties that helped create modern China

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Kaufman, Jonathan
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Green Road Community - Adult Non-Fiction
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Leesville Community - Adult Non-Fiction
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"An epic, multigenerational story of two rival dynasties who flourished in Shanghai and Hong Kong as twentieth-century China surged into the modern era, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Shanghai, 1936. The Cathay Hotel, located on the city's famous waterfront, is one of the most glamorous in the world. Built by Victor Sassoon--billionaire playboy and scion of the Sassoon dynasty--the hotel hosts a who's who of global celebrities: Noel Coward...

2. Someday we will fly

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Lillia, fifteen, flees Warsaw with her father and baby sister in 1940 to try to make a new start in Shanghai, China, but the conflict grows more intense as America and Japan become involved.