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Biography

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Hedy Lamarr: An Incred­i­ble Life
William Roy; Sylvain Dorange, illus.
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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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The Man Who Lit Lady Lib­er­ty: The Extra­or­di­nary Rise and Fall of Actor M. B. Curtis
Richard Schwartz
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Sara Berman’s Closet
Maira Kalman, Alex Kalman
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Ruth Bad­er Gins­burg: A Life
Jane Sherron De Hart
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Ger­shom Scholem: From Berlin to Jerusalem and Back
Noam Zadoff
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Ger­shom Scholem: Mas­ter of the Kabbalah
David Biale
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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
Box Brown
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Through the Win­dow: Views of Marc Cha­gal­l’s Life and Art
Barb Rosenstock; Mary GrandPré , illus.
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What You Did Not Tell: A Russ­ian Past and the Jour­ney Home
Mark Mazower
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Gal Gadot: Sol­dier, Mod­el, Won­der Woman
Jill Sherman
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God Bless Amer­i­ca: The Sto­ry of an Immi­grant Named Irv­ing Berlin
Adah Nuchi; Rob Polivka, illus.
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Regi­na Per­sist­ed: An Untold Story
Sandy Eisenberg Sasso; Margeaux Lucas, illus.
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No Truth With­out Ruth: The Life of Ruth Bad­er Ginsburg
Kathleen Krull; Nancy Zhang, illus.
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