Katz Pajamas


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Benjamin Katz, a detective based in Los Angeles, works with his partner and sometimes lover, Cassandra Pales. Unknown to his friends and partner, Katz is a part-time Operations Officer for the CIA. An unstable new client, Marcia Satterwhite, hires Benjamin to find her missing child, Becky. Katz uncovers enough inconsistencies to make him drop the case. Visiting Marcia's home to quit, he discovers Marcia's murdered body. Later, Marcia's father convinces Benjamin to reopen his daughter's stalled murder case. Katz runs afoul of Fred Lepus, a second rate detective from Washington, DC. Unknown to Katz, Lepus was hired by an unprincipled relative to kidnap Becky; dragging her down the rabbit hole of her Bizarre family. If you liked the "Fletch" Series, you will love the Katz series. It's a great Summer read populated with unforgettable Characters and non stop action designed to keep even the most Jaded readers on the edge of their seats. This Detective trilogy Includes Katz Pajamas, Katz Box and Katz Cradle.




Katz Cradle


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An insurance company hires Benjamin and Cassandra Katz to investigate a five million dollar death claim. The dead man, Simon Belchamp, was adopted and has a twin brother, unknown to his family and the insurance company. The beneficiary to the five million dollar policy is a corporation with a post office box in the Cayman Islands. Uncovering who is behind the Cayman Island Corporation is the key to uncovering who killed Simon Belchamp, or his twin brother, and why. Fred Lepus again crosses Benjamin and Cassandra's path this time as the detective Simon Belchamp originally hired to find his lost brother. Cassandra has a pregnancy scare, the 'Katz cradle', but she really isn't expecting. Their secret government life crashes into their regular existence when Benjamin and Cassandra discover a listening device in their bedroom lamp. This is another mystery they must solve in order to maintain their viability as government assets. If you liked the "Fletch" Series, you will love the Katz series. It's a great Summer read populated with unforgettable Characters and non stop action designed to keep even the most Jaded readers on the edge of their seats. This Detective trilogy Includes Katz Pajamas, Katz Box and Katz Cradle.




Katz Box


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Benjamin Katz is assigned a job by his CIA handler, Operations Officer Billy Sullivan. Katz must identify an unknown foreign operative who is taking delivery of important encryption keys from an American scientist. Cassandra leaves Atlanta for Los Angeles to complete her degree. Almost immediately Katz is arrested for murdering a Japanese agent on a cargo container freighter. Benjamin is sprung from jail by the CIA. Cassandra becomes suspicious, and Katz tells her the truth. The CIA recruits Cassandra as she and Katz solve the mystery of the Japanese agent's murder and the theft of the encryption keys. The foreign operative with the encryption keys is hiding in one of the cargo containers, the 'Katz box'. Fred Lepus unknowingly becomes entangled in the case by working for one of the foreign operatives in a seemingly unrelated case. Cassandra agrees to marry Benjamin Katz, and the story ends with their wedding. If you liked the "Fletch" Series, you will love the Katz series. It's a great Summer read populated with unforgettable Characters and non stop action designed to keep even the most Jaded readers on the edge of their seats. This Detective trilogy Includes Katz Pajamas, Katz Box and Katz Cradle.




Audiotopia


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“With Audiotopia, Kun emerges as a pre-eminent analyst, interpreter, and theorist of inter-ethnic dialogue in US music, literature, and visual art. This book is a guide to how scholarship will look in the future—the first fully realized product of a new generation of scholars thrown forth by tumultuous social ferment and eager to talk about the world that they see emerging around them.”—George Lipsitz, author of Time Passages: Collective Memory and American Popular Culture "The range and depth of Audiotopia is thrilling. It's not only that Josh Kun knows so much-it's that he knows what to make of what he knows."—Greil Marcus, author of Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century "The way Josh Kun writes about what he hears, the way he unravels word, sound, and power is breathtaking, provocative, and original. A bold, expansive, and lyrical book, Audiotopia is a record of crossings, textures, tangents, and ideas you will want to play again and again."—Jeff Chang, author of Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation




Crackstone Chronicles


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To a basic civilization, advanced science can seem like magic. What happens when magic seems like advanced science? It depends on who is the observer and who is the observed. John Crackstone and his Science Officer, Tem, accidentally become trapped on a cloaked planet on their way to a priority first contact mission. This planet and its unusual inhabitants change Crackstone's original mission, as well as the current time line of the universe. The Ambassador comes face to face with the mysterious "Time Keepers" race; Crackstone's civilization is a class three, the Time Keepers are at least a class six. The final installment of the Crackstone Chronicle trilogy answers the question of how an Ambassador from a system in the Andromeda Galaxy relates to two humans, an omniscient, immortal race called the "Time Keepers" and why scores of alien civilizations become interested in twentieth century Earth. The three novels of the Crackstone Chronicles, Extinction, Connections and Extraordinary Solution carry the reader through time and space, exploring the question: why would extraterrestrials visit Earth, let alone conceal themselves here?




And You Shall Know Us by the Trail of Our Vinyl


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This illustrated history of Jewish culture in America as told through music includes a collection of amazingly kitschy, truly unforgettable album covers and insightful essays that highlight the funniest, most influential contributions to the musical canon. Full color throughout.




Papa, Play for Me


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The heartwarming autobiography of a vintage Jewish comedian, with a new introduction highlighting his relevance to contemporary culture and cultural studies. Mickey Katz (1909 - 1985), a Jewish comedian and musician, is best known for his parodies — "Theme from Moulin Rouge (Where is My Heart)" became "Where is My Pants?", "(How Much is that) Doggie in the Window" became "Pickle in the Window" — incorporating Yiddish words and accents. His very first English-Yiddish recording, "Haim afen Range," was an instant hit and he went on to record ninety singles and ten albums for RCA and Capitol. Father of performer Joel Grey and grandfather of actress Jennifer Grey, Mickey Katz's irreverent blend of Jewish story-telling, vaudeville routines, African-American jazz, Jewish klezmer and popular dance band music have had a lasting impact on American culture. In this rollicking autobiography, first published in 1977 and reissued here with a new introduction, the King of the Borscht Capades talks frankly about politics, music, family, identity and show business.




Life


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Chain Store Age


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2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas


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Madeleine Altimari is a sassy, smart-mouthed nine-year-old and an aspiring jazz singer, inwardly mourning the recent death of her mother. Little does she know that on Christmas Eve Eve she is about to have the most extraordinary day - and night - of her life. After bravely facing down some mean-spirited classmates and a galling rejection at school, Madeleine doggedly searches for Philadelphia's legendary jazz club The Cat's Pajamas, where she's determined to make her on-stage debut. Meanwhile, her fifth grade teacher Sarina Greene is nervously looking forward to a dinner party that will reunite her with an old high school crush. And across town at The Cat's Pajamas, club owner Jack Lorca discovers that his beloved haunt may have to close forever . . . As these three lost souls search for love, music and hope on the snow-covered streets of Philadelphia, together they will discover life's endless possibilities over the course of one magical night. A vivacious, charming and moving debut, 2am At The Cat's Pajamas will swell your heart and have you laughing out loud.