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Rad­i­cal Sis­ters: Shirley Tem­ple Black, Rose Kush­n­er, Eve­lyn Laud­er and the Dawn of the Breast Can­cer Movement
Judith L. Pearson
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Giant Love: Edna Fer­ber, Her Best-sell­ing Nov­el of Texas, and the Mak­ing of a Clas­sic Amer­i­can Film
Julie Gilbert
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Sha­la­ma: My 96 Sea­sons in China
Jean Hoff­mann Lewanda
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Chil­dren’s
Jason Belongs
Jason Schachter McKinney
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A Ger­man Jew­’s Tri­umph: Fritz Oppen­heimer and the Denaz­i­fi­ca­tion of Germany
Cindy Schwe­ich Handler
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That Voice: In Search of Ann Drum­mond-Grant, the Singer Who Shaped My Life
Mar­cia Menter
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Bob Dylan: Jew­ish Roots, Amer­i­can Soil
Har­ry Freedman
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The Boys in the Light: An Extra­or­di­nary World War II Sto­ry of Sur­vival, Faith, and Brotherhood
Nina Will­ner
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Louis Grav­er­aet Kauf­man: The Fab­u­lous Michi­gan Gats­by Who Con­quered Wall Street, Took Over Gen­er­al Motors, and Built the World’s Tallest Building
Ann Berman
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Car­ole King: She Made the Earth Move
Jane Eis­ner
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The Torah Road Trip: Abra­ham Rides Shotgun
Bruce Levin
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Match­ing Minds with Sond­heim: The Puz­zles and Games of the Broad­way Legend
Bar­ry Joseph
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Dear Miss Perkins: A Sto­ry of Frances Perkin­s’s Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany
Rebec­ca Bren­ner Graham
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The Wom­en’s Orches­tra of Auschwitz: A Sto­ry of Survival
Anne Seb­ba
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Poem by Poem, Fable by Fable: Dis­cov­er­ing My Father and Learn­ing His Language
Anna Miran­sky
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First the Patient: The Life and Times of David G. Nathan, MD
Bar­rett Rollins
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