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    Roman Vish­ni­ac Rediscovered
    Maya Ben­ton
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    Inter­view: Anne C. Heller

    with Philip K. JasonAnne C. Heller’s skill­ful­ly pithy biog­ra­phy of Han­nah Arendt sparked new ques­tions about one of the most famous and con­tro­ver­sial…
    Philip K. Jason
    December 6, 2015
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    Han­nah Arendt: A Life in Dark Times
    Anne C. Heller
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    Woody: The Biography
    David Evanier
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    Proust: The Search
    Benjamin Taylor
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    Peg­gy Guggen­heim: The Shock of the Modern
    Francine Prose
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    Lit­tle Cae­sar: A Biog­ra­phy of Edward G. Robinson
    Alan L. Gansberg
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    The Inge­nious Mr. Pyke: Inven­tor, Fugi­tive, Spy
    Henry Hemming
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    Robert Moses: The Mas­ter Builder of New York City
    Pierre Christin; Olivier Balez, illus.
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    Chil­dren’s
    Marx: An Illus­trat­ed Biography
    Corinne Maier; Anne Simon, illus.
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    Freud: An Illus­trat­ed Biography
    Corinne Maier; Anne Simon, illus.
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    Ghet­to Broth­er: War­rior to Peacemaker
    Julian Voloj
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    Syd­ney and Vio­let: A Mod­ernist Pow­er Cou­ple and Their Life with Eliot, Proust, Joyce, Hux­ley, Mans­field, Picas­so and the Excru­ci­at­ing­ly Iras­ci­ble Wyn­d­ham Lewis
    Stephen Klaid­man
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    Sin­gle Hand­ed: The Inspir­ing True Sto­ry of Tibor ​“Ted­dy” Rubin — Holo­caust Sur­vivor, Kore­an War Hero, and Medal of Hon­or Recipient
    Daniel M. Cohen
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    You Fas­ci­nate Me So: The Life and Times of Cy Coleman
    Andy Propst
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