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    Biography

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    Wil­son
    A. Scott Berg
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    The Red Man’s Bones
    Beni­ta Eisler
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    The Priv­i­lege of Aging
    Patri­cia Got­tlieb Shapiro
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    The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem
    Jere­my Dauber
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    Rebec­ca Miller on Gluck­el of Hameln

    This week on the Vis­it­ing Scribe, Rebec­ca Miller will be shar­ing texts that shed light on Jew­ish life in eigh­teenth-cen­tu­ry France, the set­ting of her new nov­el,…
    Rebec­ca Miller
    May 13, 2013
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    From Kristall­nacht to Water­gate: Mem­oirs of a Newspaperman
    Har­ry Rosenfeld
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    Lady at the O.K. Cor­ral: The True Sto­ry of Josephine Mar­cus Earp
    Ann Kirschn­er
    Cover of Overweight Sensation: The Life and Comedy of Allan Sherman
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    Over­weight Sen­sa­tion: The Life and Com­e­dy of Allan Sherman
    Mark Cohen
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    Island Prac­tice
    Pam Bel­luck
    Cover of The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplomat, and a Murder in Paris
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    The Short, Strange Life of Her­schel Gryn­sz­pan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplo­mat, and a Mur­der in Paris
    Jonathan Kirsch
    Cover of Dressing Modern Maternity: The Frankfurt Sisters of Dallas and the Page Boy Label
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    Dress­ing Mod­ern Mater­ni­ty: The Frank­furt Sis­ters of Dal­las and the Page Boy Label
    Kay Goldman
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    Hank Green­berg: The Hero of Heroes
    John Rosen­gren
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    Vera Gran: The Accused
    Agata Tuszyńska; Charles Ruas, trans.
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    Moyni­han’s Moment: Amer­i­ca’s Fight Against Zion­ism as Racism
    Gil Troy
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    A Ship With­out A Sail: The Life of Lorenz Hart
    Gary Marmorstein
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    Yip Har­burg: Leg­endary Lyri­cist and Human Rights Activist
    Harriet Hyman Alonso
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