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    Biography

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    The Rose Temple
    Mitchell Weitzman and Lucia Weitzman
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    Chil­dren’s
    Levi & Aya
    Shoshana Banana
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    Ire­na’s Children
    Tilar Mazzeo
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    Till We Have Built Jerusalem
    Adi­na Hoffman
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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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    Bridge of Words
    Esther Schor
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    Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder
    Clau­dia Kalb
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    Eve of a Hun­dred Midnights
    Bill Lasch­er
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    Louise Nevel­son: Light and Shadow
    Lau­rie Wilson
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    The Last Goodnight
    Howard Blum
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    Douglas Stark and Lance Gotthoffer
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