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    Made­line Kahn: Being the Music: A Life
    William V. Madison
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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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    Ein­stein: His Space and Times
    Steven Gim­bel
    Cover of Unlikely Warrior: A Pacifist Rabbi's Journey from the Pulpit to Iwo Jim
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    Unlike­ly War­rior: A Paci­fist Rab­bi’s Jour­ney from the Pul­pit to Iwo Jim
    Lee Man­del
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    Gil Hodges: A Hall of Fame Life
    Mort Zachter
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    The Archive Thief: The Man Who Sal­vaged French Jew­ish His­to­ry in the Wake of the Holocaust
    Lisa Moses Leff
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    Death of a Diva: From Berlin to Broadway
    Brigitte Gold­stein
    Cover of Impromptu Man: J.L. Moreno and the Origins of Psychodrama Encounter Culture and the Social Network
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    Impromp­tu Man: J.L. Moreno and the Ori­gins of Psy­chodra­ma Encounter Cul­ture and the Social Network
    Jonathan D. Moreno
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    Some­day You Will Under­stand: My Father’s Pri­vate World War II
    Nina Wolff Feld
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    Women of Val­or: Pol­ish Resisters to the Third Reich
    Joanne D. Gilbert
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    Car­oli­na Israelite: How Har­ry Gold­en Made Us Care About Jews, the South, and Civ­il Rights
    Kim­ber­ly Mar­lowe Hartnett
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    The Life of Saul Bel­low: To Fame and For­tune, 1915 – 1964
    Zachary Leader
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    Ele­na Kagan: A Biography
    Meg Greene
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    Ben-Guri­on: Father of Mod­ern Israel
    Anita Shapira; Anthony Berris, trans.
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    Yosef Haim Bren­ner: A Life
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