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    Past Imper­fect: 318 Episodes from the Life of a Russ­ian Artist
    Grisha Bruskin; Alice Nakhi­movsky , trans.
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    Ace of Spades
    David Matthews
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    Jonathan Garfinkel
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    The Aaron­sohn Saga
    Shmuel Katz
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    Car­ol Ascher
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    The Jour­nal of Hélène Berr
    Hélène Berr; David Bel­los, trans.
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    Shlo­mo Venezia
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    Audrey Fried­man Mar­cus; Rena Krasno
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    Sig­mund Tobias
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    Kris­ten den Har­tog and Tracey Kasaboski
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    Boruch B. Frus­ta­jer; Antony Polon­sky, fwd.
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    Hil­da Stern Cohen
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    Car­ol Leifer
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    Lev Raphael
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    Vic­tor Erlich
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    Dina Bar-Tov
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    Clan­cy Sigal
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