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    Cover of The Ratline: The Exalted Life and Mysterious Death of a Nazi Fugitive
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    The Rat­line: The Exalt­ed Life and Mys­te­ri­ous Death of a Nazi Fugitive
    Philippe Sands
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    Spark: How Genius Ignites, From Child Prodi­gies to Late Bloomers
    Clau­dia Kalb
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    Com­pet­ing With Idiots: Her­man and Joe Mankiewicz, a Dual Portrait
    Nick Davis
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    The Sis­ters of Auschwitz: The True Sto­ry of Two Jew­ish Sis­ters’ Resis­tance in the Heart of Nazi Territory
    Rox­ane van Iperen
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    The Cap­tain & Me: On and Off the Field with Thur­man Munson
    Dan Epstein
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    Ethel Rosen­berg: An Amer­i­can Tragedy
    Anne Seb­ba
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    Unstop­pable: The Incred­i­ble Jour­ney of Sig­gi B. Wilzig, the Auschwitz Sur­vivor who Over­came All Odds and Became a Wall Street Legend
    Joshua Greene
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    Dance as Cul­tur­al Exchange: Martha Gra­ham’s Legacy

    Vic­to­ria Phillips
    August 24, 2020
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    The Art of the Jew­ish Fam­i­ly: A His­to­ry of Women in Ear­ly New York in Five Objects
    Lau­ra Arnold Leibman
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    Sid­ney Lumet: A Life
    Mau­ra Spiegel
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    The Impos­si­ble Life of Beate Siro­ta Gordon

    Beate at Mills Col­lege, 1942

    Jeff Gottes­feld
    June 17, 2020
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    Theodor Her­zl: The Charis­mat­ic Leader
    Derek J. Penslar
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    No Steps Behind: Beate Siro­ta Gordon’s Bat­tle for Women’s Rights in Japan
    Jeff Gottesfeld, Shiella Witanto (illus.)
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    Excerpt: The Convert

    Ste­fan Hertmans
    April 28, 2020
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    Mar­tin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent
    Paul Mendes-Flohr
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    Judah Touro Didn’t Want to Be Famous
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