BOOKS 2023 #כינרת

Ira Rakover, a young man who carries with him a burdensome secret from the past, randomly (or not randomly) stumbles upon a shooting incident in the old city of Be'er Sheva in which an elderly man was shot and seriously injured. Following the incident, and under the influence of that secret from his past, he is swept into a whirlwind of events, and sets out on a journey. On his way he meets a cynical and dark old man, a tormented young woman and other characters, completely different from each other, whose influence on his life is decisive.

The stories of Hedra Lazar take place in the spaces of colonialism of the twentieth century: England, India, France, Singapore and Israel. They have a scent of the old world and are written in the tradition of the classic short story, intimate, capturing the fleeting moment, tight and superbly constructed.

Until now, middle school hasn't been much fun for Greg Hepley. So when they threaten to close the school, Greg is not really broken by it. But when he realizes that Rowley, his best friend, will no longer study with him, Greg no longer remains indifferent.

Mrs. Bloom is very close to realizing her big dream: to be the sole control over the castle, the factories and the wonderful cat of Arthur Jerome....

A magnificent collection of Leonard Cohen's last poems and notes, selected and organized by him in the last months of his life. The book includes an extensive selection from Cohen's diaries, which includes poems, pieces of prose and illustrations, which he kept religiously throughout his life, and which provide an unprecedented glimpse into his life and thoughts

This is the story of Ilan's life, and to a large extent the story of the State of Israel. He brings a rare glimpse not only into Ilan's life, but also into the hidden stories of his life role - Shin Bet investigator. From the investigation of the spies Marcus Klingberg and Shabtai Kalmanovich, through the assassination of the engineer Yahya Ayash and the Sisyphean fight against Palestinian terrorism.

On realities that can turn into great games...

Charlie Davis is a broken girl. At seventeen she had already lost more than most people will lose in a lifetime. But she also taught herself how to forget.

The sixties of the twentieth century. Into the rosy world of games and market smells and swimming in the Tigris River, the Six Day War erupts. Lina, the daughter of a bourgeois Jewish family in Baghdad, tries to lead a normal teenage life, but being Jewish in an Arab country is not an easy thing

After surprising us with his idiots. And after treating the psychopaths that surround us. Behavioral science researcher Thomas Erickson comes to bad bosses and their lazy employees.

Ona doesn't like going to the garden that much, because the children bully her and don't want to share her in their games. But one day, on the way to the garden, she meets a lion. A kind and nice lion, who at all does not want to prey on her and even teaches her some useful things that only real lions know.

Gabriel Alon quietly slipped away to Venice with his wife and two children, for a long-needed vacation. But when Pope Paul VII dies suddenly of a heart attack, Gabriel is summoned to the Vatican by his personal secretary, who has two good reasons to suspect that his master has been murdered.