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Biography

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Rene­gade Women in Film & TV
Eliz­a­beth Weitzman
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Dis­si­dent Rab­bi: The Life of Jacob Sasportas
Yaacob Dweck
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Edith Halpert, The Down­town Gallery, and the Rise of Amer­i­can Art
Rebecca Shaykin
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Every­thing Is Hor­ri­ble and Won­der­ful: A Tragi­com­ic Mem­oir of Genius, Hero­in, Love and Loss
Stephanie Wit­tels Wachs
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My Life through My Dress­es: Grow­ing Up Socialist
Mari­na Berkovich
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Wag­ing Jus­tice: A Doc­tor’s Jour­ney to Speak Truth and Be Bold
Paul Zeitz
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Call Me Phae­dra: The Life and Times of Move­ment Lawyer Fay Stender
Lise Pearl­man
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Sarah Schenir­er and the Bais Yaakov Movement
Naomi Seidman
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Clear It With Sid!: Sid­ney R. Yates and Fifty Years of Pres­i­dents, Prag­ma­tism, and Pub­lic Service
Michael Dorf
George Van Dusen
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Elvis in Vegas: How the King Rein­vent­ed the Las Vegas Show
Richard Zoglin
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Vasi­ly Gross­man and the Sovi­et Century
Alexandra Popoff
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Rivers of Light: The Life of Claire Myers Owens
Miri­am Kalman Friedman
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The Food Explor­er: The True-Adven­tures of the Globe-Trot­ting Botanist Who Trans­formed What Amer­i­ca Eats
Daniel Stone
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The Rise of the Mod­ern Yid­dish Theater
Alyssa Quint
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My Soul is Filled with Joy: A Holo­caust Story
Karen Treiger
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Moth­er’s Cen­tu­ry: A Sur­vivor, Her Peo­ple and Her Times
Richard L. Hermann
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