Very good figs / Yossi Yonah / Carmel

Very good figs / Yossi Yonah / Carmel

At the end of her life, a whole doula from his mother's mouths are unknown chapters and the sources of her family's many upheavals. He learns about the hair-raising adventures of his ancestors in the deserts of Iraq, about forbidden love affairs among his family members and about the survival tests of his parents in both Iraq and Israel. During the journey to the ancient past of his family, the life of the narrator himself, a divorced man and father of two, unfolds.

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Our hurried oath / Brin Greenwood / with an employee

Our hurried oath / Brin Greenwood / with an employee

No one ever called me "ma'am." She's a big girl with short hair, wild red hair and a phoenix tattoo on her thigh, and has gotten used to completely different nicknames. Suddenly, one Wednesday afternoon, a guy she met in the waiting room at the local clinic appears, kneels in front of her and says ...

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Chinese at heart / Maj. Gen. (Res.) Emanuel Skel / self-publishing

Chinese at heart / Maj. Gen. (Res.) Emanuel Skel / self-publishing

An autobiographical book by Maj. Gen. (Res.) Emanuel Skel about his service for 7 years in his favorite region of Israel since the dawn of his childhood. He left a promising career as a geologist in order to return to serve in the IDF

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What was lost in time / Nurit Gretz / Dvir

What was lost in time / Nurit Gretz / Dvir

A biographical novel about two friends, Nurit Gretz and Amos Oz, who talk about what was lost in time. Life itself, family, love, place, loyalty, betrayal. And quite a bit also about art and death, and about what connects, perhaps, everything.

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Praise the Sand / Sharon Moldavi / Poalim Library

Praise the Sand / Sharon Moldavi / Poalim Library

At the age of twenty-seven, Sharon Moldavi was a hot and tormented rock star, charismatic and full of self-loathing. At the age of fifty, he is a new father, working for an innovative high-tech company, anxious for his future and, no less, for the future of Israel. His autobiographical book tells the story of sobriety, giving up and maturation, of processes of mourning and growth, struggle and healing, but reading it offers an even more complex journey.

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Conversations with friends / Sally Rooney / Modan

Conversations with friends / Sally Rooney / Modan

Frances and Bobby, are young students at Trinity College in Dublin and soul mates since high school. For two years they had an affair and although it has long since become a thing of the past, they continue to do almost everything together. They take advantage of the semester break to read poetry by Peran Etan at Spoken Word shows.

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The Nerd Diaries 11 / Rachel Rene Russell / A book for everyone

The Nerd Diaries 11 / Rachel Rene Russell / A book for everyone

The Nerd Diaries is a best-selling series written by author Rachel Rene Russell. The Hebrew version of the series was published in 2012 by Sefer Lakol, edited and translated by Hila Lazarowitz-Sherman. The book tells the story of a character named Nicki J. Maxwell, whose mother bought her a diary to write down all her feelings and emotions.

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Will Grayson Will Grayson / John Grid + David Whale / The Armchair + Modan

Will Grayson Will Grayson / John Grid + David Whale / The Armchair + Modan

Meet Will Grayson. His best friend is a huge gay man named Tiny Cooper. He is straight, reasonably handsome, and determined to obey the two rules he has set for himself - not to get excited and shut up. That way you don't get into too much trouble.

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A small book about the big world / Gil Hovav / Toad - Modan

A small book about the big world / Gil Hovav / Toad - Modan

The book was written in the strange days of the Corona plague, when all flights were canceled and all restaurants closed and all airports stood their ground and found no answer.

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ארבע מדברות ואחת שותקת / גבריאלה אביגור רותם / כינרת

ארבע מדברות ואחת שותקת / גבריאלה אביגור רותם / כינרת

Four longtime soul mates reveal over a crowded and shaky year secrets that are part of a great mask of the war of life in death: love and betrayal, loyalty and a frightened turning back, envy of her camouflage mode, irony and humor,

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Friends of Bernhard / Anmari Schwarzenbach / Pomegranates

Friends of Bernhard / Anmari Schwarzenbach / Pomegranates

"Bernhard's Circle of Friends" is an elegant and stylish work that describes the feelings of young people, and folds within them their hopes, despair, longing and innocence. Using mosaics of portraits of individuals and group photos;

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The End of the World / Sylvia Brown / Oram

The End of the World / Sylvia Brown / Oram

American fortune teller Sylvia Brown predicted before her death a chilling prediction of the corona eruption in her apocalyptic book End of Days. The book describes in detail one specific forecast for the year 2020: "Around the year 2020, a serious pneumonia-style illness will break out,

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