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Biography

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A His­to­ry of the Grand­par­ents I Nev­er Had
Ivan Jablonka; Jane Kuntz, trans.
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Ben­jamin Netanyahu: Lead­ing the Way For Israel
Elisa Silverman
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Bar­bra Streisand: Redefin­ing Beau­ty, Fem­i­nin­i­ty, and Power
Neal Gabler
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Women Who Broke The Rules: Judy Blume: Are You There Read­er? It’s Me, Judy!
Kathleen Krull; David Leonard, illus.
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Anne Frank: Hero­ic Diarist of the Holocaust
Hope Lourie Killcoyne
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The Man That Got Away: The Life and Songs of Harold Arlen
Walter Rimler
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Louis D. Bran­deis: Amer­i­can Prophet
Jeffrey Rosen
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Cursed Lega­cy: The Trag­ic Life of Klaus Mann
Frederic Spotts
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God­fa­ther of the Music Busi­ness: Mor­ris Levy
Richard Carlin
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Bel­low’s People
David Mikics
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Stars in the Ring
Mike Sil­ver
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I Dis­sent: Ruth Bad­er Gins­burg Makes Her Mark
Debbie Levy; Elizabeth Baddeley, illus.
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Escape to Vir­ginia: From Nazi Ger­many to Thalhimer’s Farm
Robert H. Gillette
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Nathan’s Famous: The First 100 Years of Amer­i­ca’s Favorite Frank­furter Company
William Handwerker with Jayne Pearl
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The Inven­tor’s Dilemma
David J. Gerber
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The Nazi Hunters
Andrew Nagors­ki
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