Lawrence J. Epstein

Auteur de The Haunted Smile: The Story of Jewish Comedians in America

42 oeuvres 422 utilisateurs 13 critiques 1 Favoris

A propos de l'auteur

Lawrence J. Epstein is professor emeritus at Suffolk County Community College, where he taught courses on Jewish thought and culture. He served as adviser on the Middle East for two members of the United States Congress. He is the author of numerous books, including The Basic Beliefs of Judaism, afficher plus Converts to Judaism, and The Dream of Zion. afficher moins

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The Haunted Smile: The Story of Jewish Comedians in America (2001) 94 exemplaires

Conversion to Judaism : a guidebook (1994) 83 exemplaires

A Treasury of Jewish Anecdotes (1977) 28 exemplaires

At the Edge of a Dream: The Story of Jewish Immigrants on New York's Lower East Side, 1880-1920 (Arthur Kurzweil Books) (2007) 22 exemplaires

Readings on Conversion to Judaism (1995) 21 exemplaires

Mixed Nuts: America's Love Affair with Comedy Teams from Burns and Allen to Belushi and Aykroyd (2004) 19 exemplaires

A Treasury of Jewish Inspirational Stories (1707) 18 exemplaires

Questions and Answers on Conversion to Judaism (1998) 17 exemplaires

Political Folk Music in America from Its Origins to Bob Dylan (2010) 14 exemplaires

The Basic Beliefs of Judaism: A Twenty-first-Century Guide to a Timeless Tradition (2013) 11 exemplaires

The Dead Don't Talk (2018) 10 exemplaires

Americans and the Birth of Israel (2017) 9 exemplaires

The Dream of Zion: The Story of the First Zionist Congress (2016) 8 exemplaires

George Burns: An American Life (2011) 7 exemplaires

Converts to Judaism: Stories from Biblical Times to Today (2015) 7 exemplaires

The Land of Eighteen Dreams (2012) 5 exemplaires

American Jewish Films: The Search for Identity (2013) 4 exemplaires

Targets (Singer and Walker #4) 4 exemplaires

The Hidden Hand of Death (The Jack Ryder Mysteries Book 1) (2020) 4 exemplaires

Exiles (2016) 3 exemplaires

Graveyard Bound (The Jack Ryder Mysteries Book 6) (2021) 2 exemplaires

The Dead (The Jack Ryder Mysteries Book 4) (2021) 2 exemplaires

The Zero Commandment (The Charlie Singer and Katie Walker Mystery Series #3) (2019) 2 exemplaires

The First Mistake I Made Was Being Born (The Ethan Brady Mysteries Book 2) (2022) 2 exemplaires

The Ryder Code (The Jack Ryder Mysteries Book 3) (2020) 2 exemplaires

The Dead Crawl Home (The Jack Ryder Mysteries Book 2) (2020) 2 exemplaires

Gentlemen Murder Blondes (The Jack Ryder Mysteries Book 5) (2021) 2 exemplaires

Should I Convert to Judaism? (2018) 2 exemplaires

The Starry Night of Death (2019) 2 exemplaires

Back to Life: A Hollywood Historical Mystery Novel (The Charlie Singer and Katie Walker Mystery Series Book 1) (2017) 2 exemplaires

Samuel Goldwyn (1981) 2 exemplaires

The Theory and Practice of Welcoming Converts to Judaism: Jewish Universalism (Jewish Studies, Vol 13) (1992) 2 exemplaires

The Hunted Girl (The Danny Ryle Mysteries Book 4) (2019) 1 exemplaire

A Darker Shade of Blood (The Danny Ryle Mysteries Book 2) (2019) 1 exemplaire

The Gallery of Missing Husbands (2016) 1 exemplaire

Zion's call : Christian contributions to the origins and development of Israel (1984) 1 exemplaire

Thou Shalt Not Kill Twice (The Charlie Singer and Katie Walker Mystery Series #2) 1 exemplaire

Back to Life (The Charlie Singer and Katie Walker Mystery Series #1) 1 exemplaire

A Death in the Promised Land (The Daniel Cresson Series Book 1) (2021) 1 exemplaire

Speak, Death (The Daniel Cresson Series Book 2) (2021) 1 exemplaire

The Mysteries Inside My Head 1 exemplaire

The Voice of Death (The Danny Ryle Mysteries #5) 1 exemplaire

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Date de naissance: 1946
Sexe: male

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Back to Life (The Charlie Singer and Katie Walker… par Lawrence J. Epstein

1939 and a pro-Nazi actress, Marthe Bevin, is killed in Hollywood. Meanwhile in New York Amy, wife of Charlie Singer is stabbed to death. When a man is arrested for Bevin's death, his mother contacts Singer for help.
A easy read, good mystery set at a quick pace.

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Vesper1931 | Jul 29, 2021 |

Thou Shalt Not Kill Twice (The Charlie Singer and… par Lawrence J. Epstein

May 1940 and mystery writer Antonia Boswell is witness to a murder. A murder by Katie Walker who is soon arrested and charged. Charlie Singer is convinced she is innocent and tries with the help of his friends to prove this. But with many suspects and motives can they solve the case in time.
An enjoyable mystery story

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Vesper1931 | Jul 29, 2021 |

The Zero Commandment (The Charlie Singer and Katie… par Lawrence J. Epstein

In New York City three men have been murdered, all Jews. Charlie Singer is called in to investigate when he saves a woman, Hannah Levinsky, from being beaten in a park.
An interesting mystery

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Vesper1931 | Jul 29, 2021 |

Targets (Singer and Walker #4) par Lawrence J. Epstein

December 1941 and Singer and his team become involved in a case when Wynton, his butler, is shot. What possibly motive is there. Also Singer becomes convinced to deal with his father's death some years ago.
A enjoyable mystery

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Vesper1931 | Jul 29, 2021 |

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