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    Cover of The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
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    The Faith­ful Spy: Diet­rich Bon­ho­ef­fer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
    John Hendrix
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    The Woman Who Fought An Empire: Sarah Aaron­sohn and Her Nili Spy Ring
    Gre­go­ry Joseph Wallance
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    Visu­al Arts
    Beyond the Shadows
    Judy Glick­man Lauder
    Elie Wiesel 
    Michael Beren­baum
    Judith S. Goldstein 
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    When Paul Met Artie: The Sto­ry of Simon & Garfunkel
    G. Neri; David Litchfield, illus.
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    Hitler’s Pawn: The Boy Assas­sin and the Holocaust
    Stephen Koch
    Cover of Just Like Rube Goldberg: The Incredible True Story of the Man Behind the Machines
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    Just Like Rube Gold­berg: The Incred­i­ble True Sto­ry of the Man Behind the Machines
    Sarah Aronson; Robert Neubecker, illus.
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    Hedy Lamarr: An Incred­i­ble Life
    William Roy; Sylvain Dorange, illus.
    Cover of The Man Who Lit Lady Liberty: The Extraordinary Rise and Fall of Actor M. B. Curtis
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    The Man Who Lit Lady Lib­er­ty: The Extra­or­di­nary Rise and Fall of Actor M. B. Curtis
    Richard Schwartz
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    Ruth Bad­er Gins­burg: A Life
    Jane Sherron De Hart
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    Sara Berman’s Closet
    Maira Kalman, Alex Kalman
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    Ger­shom Scholem: Mas­ter of the Kabbalah
    David Biale
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    Ger­shom Scholem: From Berlin to Jerusalem and Back
    Noam Zadoff
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    The Impos­tor: A True Story
    Javier Cercas
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    Menasseh ben Israel: Rab­bi of Amsterdam
    Steven Nadler
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    Is This Guy For Real?: The Unbe­liev­able Andy Kaufman
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    Through the Win­dow: Views of Marc Cha­gal­l’s Life and Art
    Barb Rosenstock; Mary GrandPré , illus.
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