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Biography

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Alfred Kaz­in’s Journals
Richard M. Cook, ed.
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George Gersh­win: His Life and Work
Howard Pollack
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Sophie Scholl and the White Rose
Annette Dumbach and Jud Newborn
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Ein­stein: His Life and Universe
Walter Isaacson
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Marc Cha­gall
Jonathan Wilson
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Res­ur­rect­ing Hebrew
Ilan Sta­vans
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Ben­jamin Disraeli
Adam Kirsch
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Bar­ney Ross
Douglas Century
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Chil­dren’s
Anne Frank: The Young Writer Who Told the World Her Story
Ann Kramer
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Chil­dren’s
Haym Salomon: Amer­i­can Patriot
Susan Goldman Rubin; David Slonim, illus.
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Hear Her Voice!: Twelve Jew­ish Women Who Changed the World
Miriam P. Feinberg and Miriam Klein Shapiro
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Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl
Steven Bach
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Shi­mon Peres: The Biography
Michael Bar-Zohar
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Ham­merin’ Hank: The Life of Hank Greenberg
Yona Zeldis McDonough; Malcah Zeldis, illus.
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Hen­ry Kissinger and the Amer­i­can Century
Jeremi Suri
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Sandy Koufax
Matt Doeden
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