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    Biography

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    The Res­cuer
    Dara Horn
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    When Gen­er­al Grant Expelled the Jews
    Jonathan D. Sarna
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    The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of Amer­i­ca’s Banana King
    Rich Cohen
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    Alfred Kazin: A Biography
    Richard Cook
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    Gol­da
    Elinor Burkett
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    The Quest for Authen­tic­i­ty: The Thought of Reb Simhah Bunim
    Michael Rosen
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    Yigal Allon, Native Son: A Biography
    Anita Shapira; Evelyn Abel, trans.
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    Bernard Mala­mud: A Writer’s Life
    Philip Davis
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    Lawrence and Aaron­sohn: T.E. Lawrence and Aaron Aaron­sohn and the Seeds of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
    Ronald Florence
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    The Lion and the Uni­corn: Glad­stone vs. Disraeli
    Richard Aldous
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    Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice
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    The First Lady of Fleet Street: The Life of Rachel Beer: Cru­sad­ing Heiress and News­pa­per Pioneer
    Eilat Negev and Yehuda Koren
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    Book Cov­er of the Week: The Fish That Ate the Whale

    Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterIn June, Far­rar, Straus and Giroux will pub­lish Rich Cohen’s lat­est book: The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of Amer­i­ca’s…
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