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It Takes a Villager is a treasure trove of collected newspaper columns written by a sharp, insightful and provocative ex-New Yorker from his adopted California seaside village home, Laguna Beach. These delightful commentaries are selected from over 50 years of Arnold Hano's observations of the local history and politics of the town and the foibles of its inhabitants. They demonstrate his affection for Laguna Beach; his effective social activism, including constant vigilance to insure that Laguna retains its village atmosphere; and his love for his family and friends, all leavened with his wry, irreverent humor. This collections rounds out Hano's productive writing life, in which he has written 26 books, including A Day in the Bleachers, as well as hundreds of magazine articles and over 200 newspaper columns.

American opera singer Deanne Brown travels throughout Germany with a troupe of volatile, multinational opera performers. When Jewish contralto Anna Szabo is murdered, suspicion falls on Anna's best friend, Katalin Kalman, the prima donna of the company. The two young women were fighting just before Anna was killed. Deanne begins to suspect that the root of conflict between the two friends might be hidden in the past - their families lived in the same tiny village outside Budapest during World War II. Deanne goes to Hungary and uncovers ancient enmities - enmities that re-emerge in her own opera troupe in unexpected places.

Rochelle Dreeben's moving memoir retells her holocaust experiences: her escape with her mother from the Warsaw Ghetto, where her father stayed to fight in the Uprising; her mother Leonia's resourcefulness as they harrowingly avoided the death camps; Rochelle's exodus through war torn Poland with other "orphans" driven from their safe haven in a Catholic convent; and Rochelle and Leonia's final escape to America. This finely written memoir is Rochelle's tribute to her courageous mother and is a gift to us all.

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