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Bar­bara Train­in Blank

Bar­bara Train­in Blank is a free­lance jour­nal­ist and arts previewer/​reviewer, as well as some­time play­wright based in Har­ris­burg, PA.
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Rhine­stones, Reli­gion, and the Repub­lic: Fash­ion­ing Jew­ish­ness in France
Kimberly A. Arkin
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Jews and Europe in the Twen­ty-First Cen­tu­ry: Think­ing Jewish
Nick Lambert; David Cesarani, fwd.
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Amer­i­can Par­ent: My Sur­pris­ing Adven­tures in Mod­ern Babyland
Sam Apple
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Free-Range Kids: Giv­ing Our Chil­dren the Free­dom We Had With­out Going Nuts with Worry
Lenore Skenazy
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Hell Is Oth­er Par­ents: And Oth­er Tales of Mater­nal Combustion
Deborah Copaken Kogan
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Inher­it­ing Anne Frank
Jacqueline van Maarsen; Brian Doyle, trans.
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Muriel’s War: An Amer­i­can Heiress in the Nazi Resistance
Sheila Isen­berg
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If a Tree Falls: A Fam­i­ly’s Quest to Hear and Be Heard
Jen­nifer Rosner
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Stand­ing By: The Mak­ing of an Amer­i­can Mil­i­tary Fam­i­ly in a Time of War
Ali­son Buckholtz

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