American Parent
My Strange and Surprising Adventures in Modern Babyland
Written by Sam Apple

Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-46504-7 (0-345-46504-0)

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Schlepping Through the Alps
My Search for Austria's Jewish Past with Its Last Wandering Shepherd
Written by Sam Apple

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: March 28, 2006
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-345-47773-6 (0-345-47773-1)

Hans Breuer, Austria’s only wandering shepherd, is also a Yiddish folksinger. He walks the Alps, shepherd’s stick in hand, singing lullabies to his 625 sheep. Sometimes he even gives concerts in historically anti-Semitic towns, showing slides of the flock as he belts out Yiddish ditties.

When New York-based writer Sam Apple... Read more >