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    Cover of The Telling Image: Shapes of Changing Times
    Visu­al Arts
    The Telling Image: Shapes of Chang­ing Times
    Lois Far­fel Stark
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    Sav­ing Mona Lisa: The Bat­tle to Pro­tect the Lou­vre and its Trea­sures from the Nazis
    Ger­ri Chanel
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    Chil­dren’s
    The World Needs Beau­ti­ful Things
    Leah Rachel Berkowitz; Daniele Fabbri, illus.
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    Famous Father Girl: A Mem­oir of Grow­ing Up Bernstein
    Jamie Bern­stein
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    The War­saw Ghet­to in Amer­i­can Art and Culture
    Saman­tha Baskind
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    War­riors, Witch­es, Whores: Women in Israeli Cinema
    Rachel S. Harris
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    Red Hot Mama: The Life of Sophie Tucker
    Lau­ren Rebec­ca Sklaroff
    Cover of Seduced by Mrs. Robinson: How "The Graduate" Became the Touchstone of a Generation
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    Seduced by Mrs. Robin­son: How ​“The Grad­u­ate” Became the Touch­stone of a Generation
    Bev­er­ly Gray
    Cover of Kafka's Last Trial: The Case of a Literary Legacy
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    Kafka’s Last Tri­al: The Case of a Lit­er­ary Legacy
    Ben­jamin Balint
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    Touch­ing on Place: Archi­tec­tur­al Ele­ments in Israel
    Chaim Beza­lel
    Yon­nah Ben Levy
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    Galantiere: The Lost Gen­er­a­tion’s For­got­ten Man
    Mark Lurie
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    Spring­field Con­fi­den­tial: Jokes, Secrets, and Out­right Lies from a Life­time Writ­ing for The Simpsons
    Mike Reiss
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    A Queen in Jerusalem
    Tami Shem-Tov and Rachella Sandbank; Avi Ofer, illus.
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    What the Night Sings
    Ves­per Stamper
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    In Music, Salvation

    Ves­per Stamper
    February 27, 2018
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    Cal­i­for­nia Dreamin’: Cass Elliot Before The Mamas & The Papas
    Pénélope Bagieu; Nanette McGuinness, trans.
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