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    Rene­gade Women in Film & TV
    Eliz­a­beth Weitzman
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    Yaacob Dweck
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    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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    Karen Treiger
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