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    Jew­ish Sci­ence Fiction

    Phil M. Cohen
    September 7, 2020
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    O is for Obsession

    Nes­sa Rapoport
    September 1, 2020
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    Meshug­gah Food Faces
    Bill Wurtzel
    Claire Wurtzel
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    How Magi­cians Think: Mis­di­rec­tion, Decep­tion, and Why Mag­ic Matters
    Joshua Jay
    Cover of All the World's a Stage Fright: Misadventures of a Clandestine Critic
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    All the World’s a Stage Fright: Mis­ad­ven­tures of a Clan­des­tine Critic
    Bob Abel­man
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    Nabokov and the Real World: Between Appre­ci­a­tion and Defense
    Robert Alter
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    Inside Com­e­dy: The Soul, Wit, and Bite of Com­e­dy and Come­di­ans of the Last Five Decades
    David Stein­berg
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    The Last Mona Lisa
    Jonathan Sant­lofer
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    BAM…and Then it HIT me
    Karen Brooks Hopkins
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    Now Comes Good Sail­ing: Writ­ers Reflect on Hen­ry David Thoreau
    Andrew Blauner
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    The New Oil Paint­ing: Your Essen­tial Guide to Mate­ri­als & Safe Practices
    Kim­ber­ly Brooks
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    Dylan & Me: 50 Years of Adventures
    Louie Kemp
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    Paint­ed Pome­gran­ates and Needle­point Rab­bis: How Jews Craft Resilience and Cre­ate Community
    Jodi Eich­ler-Levine
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    Sophie Kudler
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    Spark: How Genius Ignites, From Child Prodi­gies to Late Bloomers
    Clau­dia Kalb
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    27 Essen­tial Prin­ci­ples of Sto­ry: Mas­ter the Secrets of Great Sto­ry­telling, from Shake­speare to South Park
    Daniel J. Rubin
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