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    Arik: The Life of Ariel Sharon
    David Landau
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    Men­achem Begin: The Bat­tle for Israel’s Soul
    Daniel Gordis
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    Mem­o­ries of a Giant: Reflec­tions on Rab­bi Dr. Joseph B. Soloveitchik, zt”l
    Michael A. Bierman, ed.; Jacob J. Schacter, fwd.
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    J. D. Salinger: The Escape Artist
    Thomas Beller
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    Chil­dren’s
    Shel Sil­ver­stein
    Molly Kolpin
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    Jew­ish Sports Stars: Ath­let­ic Heroes Past and Present
    David J. Goldman
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    Rav Kook: Mys­tic in a Time of Revolution
    Yehudah Mirsky
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    Lil­lian Hell­man: An Impe­ri­ous Life
    Dorothy Gallagher
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    Pri­mo Levi: The Mat­ter of a Life
    Berel Lang
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    Bernard Beren­son: A Life in the Pic­ture Trade
    Rachel Cohen
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    Roth Unbound: A Writer and His Books
    Claudia Roth Pierpont
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    Mai­monides: Life and Thought
    Moshe Halbertal
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    Anne Frank: The Biography
    Melissa Müller; Rita & Robert Kimber, trans.
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    Nor­man Mail­er: A Dou­ble Life
    J. Michael Lennon
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    Kaf­ka: The Years of Insight
    Reiner Stach; Shelley Frisch, trans.
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    Super Boys: The Amaz­ing Adven­tures of Jer­ry Siegel and Joe Shus­ter – The Cre­ators of Superman
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