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    The House of Frag­ile Things: Jew­ish Art Col­lec­tors and the Fall of France
    James McAuley
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    Leah Gar­rett
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    ‘The Post Office’: A Play from India to Wartime Poland

    Jai Chakrabar­ti
    September 15, 2021
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    The Rab­bi and the Rev­erend: Joachim Prinz, Mar­tin Luther King Jr., and Their Fight against Silence
    Audrey Ades; Chiara Fedele, illus.
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    By the Grace of the Game: The Holo­caust, a Bas­ket­ball Lega­cy, and an Unprece­dent­ed Amer­i­can Dream
    Dan Grun­feld
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    Let’s Get Phys­i­cal: How Women Dis­cov­ered Exer­cise and Reshaped the World
    Danielle Fried­man
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    Nazi Bil­lion­aires: The Dark His­to­ry of Germany’s Wealth­i­est Dynasties
    David De Jong
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    The But­ter­fly and the Axe
    Omer Bar­tov
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    Wit­ness to His­to­ry-From Vien­na to Shang­hai: A Mem­oir of Escape, Sur­vival and Resilience
    Jean Hoff­mann Lewanda
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    Geneal­o­gy of a Mur­der: Four Gen­er­a­tions, Three Fam­i­lies, One Fate­ful Night
    Lisa Belkin
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    How to Hunt a Bear: A World War two His­tor­i­cal Nov­el, based on a true story
    Revi­tal Shiri-Horowitz
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    On Account of Sex: Ruth Bad­er Gins­burg and the Mak­ing of Gen­der Equal­i­ty Law
    Philip­pa Strum
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    The Imposter’s War: The Press, Pro­pa­gan­da, and the News­man who Bat­tled for the Minds of America
    Mark Arse­nault
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    Clipped: A mom invents a way to hold her life togeth­er just as the world falls apart
    Adri­enne Alitowski
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    Love, Norm: Inspi­ra­tion of a Jew­ish Amer­i­can Fight­er Pilot
    Nor­man M. Shulman
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    Objects of Love and Regret: A Brook­lyn Story
    Richard Rabi­nowitz
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