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Biography

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From Hes­ter Street to Hol­ly­wood: The Life and Work of Anzia Yezierska
Bettina Berch
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Leonard Bern­stein at Work: His Final Years, 1984 – 1990
Steve J. Sherman
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Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife
Francine Prose
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Ger­son­ides: Judaism with­in the Lim­its of Reason
Seymour Feldman
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Leonard Bern­stein: The Polit­i­cal Life of an Amer­i­can Musician
Barry Seldes
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Zel­lig Har­ris: From Amer­i­can Lin­guis­tics to Social­ist Zionism
Robert F. Barsky
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Louis D. Bran­deis: A Life
Melvin I. Urofsky
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Just One Catch: A Biog­ra­phy of Joseph Heller
Tracy Daugherty
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