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Cover of The Biblical Hero: Portraits in Nobility and Fallibility

The Biblical Hero: Portraits in Nobility and Fallibility

Essay

Renaissance Revealed: The Oppression of Jews in Italy in the 1500s

Catherine Fletcher

September 14, 2020

Cover of Games of Deception: The True Story of the First US Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler’s Germany

Games of Deception: The True Story of the First US Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler’s Germany

Andrew Maraniss

Cover of Competing With Idiots: Herman and Joe Mankiewicz, a Dual Portrait

Competing With Idiots: Herman and Joe Mankiewicz, a Dual Portrait

Cover of The History of Stand-Up: From Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle

The History of Stand-Up: From Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle

Cover of What Does the Constitution Say?: A Kid's Guide to How Our Democracy Works

What Does the Constitution Say?: A Kid’s Guide to How Our Democracy Works

Cover of Jewish Pride: Rebuilding a People

Jewish Pride: Rebuilding a People

Cover of The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter

The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter

Cover of Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture

Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture

Cover of The Lindbergh Kidnapping Suspect No. 1: The Man Who Got Away

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Suspect No. 1: The Man Who Got Away

Cover of 999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz

999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz

Heather Dune Macadam

Cover of The Ratline: The Exalted Life and Mysterious Death of a Nazi Fugitive

The Ratline: The Exalted Life and Mysterious Death of a Nazi Fugitive

Cover of How Magicians Think: Misdirection, Deception, and Why Magic Matters

How Magicians Think: Misdirection, Deception, and Why Magic Matters

Cover of A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools that Changed America

A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools that Changed America

Cover of The Sisters of Auschwitz: The True Story of Two Jewish Sisters' Resistance in the Heart of Nazi Territory

The Sisters of Auschwitz: The True Story of Two Jewish Sisters’ Resistance in the Heart of Nazi Territory

Roxane van Iperen

Cover of In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust

In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918 – 1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust

Jeffrey Veidlinger