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    Biography

    Cover of The Mirador: Dreamed Memories of Irene Nemirovsky by Her Daughter
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    The Mirador: Dreamed Mem­o­ries of Irene Nemirovsky by Her Daughter
    Elisabeth Gille
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    Chil­dren’s
    Mar­cel Marceau: Mas­ter of Mime
    Gloria Spielman; Manon Gauthier, illus.
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    Isaac B. Singer: A Life
    Florence Noiville; Catherine Temerson, trans.
    Cover of Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths
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    Abra­ham: A Jour­ney to the Heart of Three Faiths
    Bruce Feiler
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    The Per­fect Nazi: Uncov­er­ing My Grandfather’s Secret Past
    Martin Davidson
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    King David
    Louise Chipley Slavicek
    Cover of We All Wore Stars: Memories of Anne Frank from Her Classmates
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    We All Wore Stars: Mem­o­ries of Anne Frank from Her Classmates
    Theo Coster
    Cover of Ben-Gurion: A Political Life
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    Ben-Guri­on: A Polit­i­cal Life
    Shimon Peres with David Landau
    Cover of Emma Goldman: Revolution as a Way of Life
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    Emma Gold­man: Rev­o­lu­tion as a Way of Life
    Vivian Gornick
    Cover of The Long Night: William L. Shirer and the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
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    The Long Night: William L. Shir­er and the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
    Steve Wick
    Cover of Gretel’s Story: A Young Woman’s Secret War Against the Nazis
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    Gretel’s Sto­ry: A Young Woman’s Secret War Against the Nazis
    Gretel Wachtel and Claudia Strachan
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    The Wiz­ard of Lies: Bernard Mad­off and the Death of Trust
    Diana B. Henriques
    Cover of The Woman Who Dared: A Biography of Amy Levy
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    The Woman Who Dared: A Biog­ra­phy of Amy Levy
    Christine Pullen
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    Ein­stein Before Israel: Zion­ist Icon or Iconoclast?
    Ze’ev Rosenkranz
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    The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World
    Kati Mar­ton
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    Ariel Sharon: A Life
    Nir Hefez and Gadi Bloom; Mitch Ginsburg, trans.
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