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Aaron Ritzen­berg

Aaron Ritzen­berg is a doc­tor­al can­di­date in the Depart­ment of Eng­lish and Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture at Bran­deis University.
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Stealth Altru­ism
Arthur B. Shostak
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The Odyssey of the Ship with Three Names
Center for Basque Studies
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Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman
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Elan, Son of Two Peoples
Hei­di S. Hyde
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Anne Michaels
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Sur­vivors
Aliza Auerbach; Alan Clayman, trans.
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Farewell to Dejla: Sto­ries of Iraqi Jews at Home and in Exile
Tova Murad Sadka
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The Final Solu­tion: A Sto­ry of Detection
Michael Chabon

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