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Biography

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Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Autho­rized Graph­ic Biography
Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón
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Per­fect Rig­or: A Genius and the Math­e­mat­i­cal Break­through of the Century
Masha Gessen
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The Lost Cel­los of Lev Aronson
Frances Brent
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Soros: The World’s Most Influ­en­tial Investor
Robert Slater
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The Rebbe: The Life and After­life of Mena­hem Mendel Schneerson
Samuel Heilman and Menachem Friedman
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Burnt Books: Rab­bi Nach­man of Bratislav and Franz Kafka
Rodger Kamenetz
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An Edu­cat­ed Man: A Dual Biog­ra­phy of Moses and Jesus
David Rosen­berg
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Emma’s Poem: The Voice of the Stat­ue of Liberty
Linda Glaser; Claire A Nivola, illus.
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Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mys­tic, Poet
Seth Rogov­oy
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Hil­lel: If Not Now, When?
Joseph Telushkin
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Open Secret: Postmes­sian­ic Mes­sian­ism and the Mys­ti­cal Revi­sion of Men­achem Mendel Schneerson
Elliot R. Wolfson
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If We Could Hear Them Now: Encoun­ters With Leg­endary Jew­ish Heroines
Alice Becker Lehrer
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Moses Mon­te­fiore: Jew­ish Lib­er­a­tor, Impe­r­i­al Hero
Abi­gail Green
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Irv­ing Thal­berg: Boy Won­der to Pro­duc­er Prince
Mark A. Vieira
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Gidi: One Chas­ing A Thousand
Joseph Evron; Philip Simpson, trans.
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Scor­pi­ons: The Bat­tles and the Tri­umphs of FDR’s Great Supreme Court Justices
Noah Feldman
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