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Biography

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Gidi: One Chas­ing A Thousand
Joseph Evron; Philip Simpson, trans.
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Irv­ing Thal­berg: Boy Won­der to Pro­duc­er Prince
Mark A. Vieira
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Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt
Robert Gottlieb
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When Bob Met Woody
Gary Golio; Marc Burckhardt, illus.
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Moses Mendelssohn: Sage of Modernity
Shmuel Feiner; Anthony Berris, trans.
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Bon­ho­ef­fer: Pas­tor, Mar­tyr, Prophet, Spy
Eric Metaxas
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Ham­merin’ Hank Green­berg: Base­ball Pioneer
Shelley Sommer
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Scor­pi­ons: The Bat­tles and the Tri­umphs of FDR’s Great Supreme Court Justices
Noah Feldman
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Vision & Val­or: An Illus­trat­ed His­to­ry Of The Talmud
Rabbi Berel Wein
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Lib­er­ty’s Voice: The Sto­ry of Emma Lazarus
Erica Silverman; Stacey Schuett, illus.
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Bar­ney Frank: The Sto­ry of Amer­i­ca’s Only Left-Hand­ed, Gay, Jew­ish Congressman
Stuart E. Weisberg
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Lip­man Pike: Amer­i­ca’s First Home Run King
Richard Michelson; Zachary Pullen, illus.
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Mod­el Nazi: Arthur Greis­er and the Occu­pa­tion of West­ern Poland
Catherine Epstein
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Muriel’s War: An Amer­i­can Heiress in the Nazi Resistance
Sheila Isen­berg
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Three Chords for Beau­ty’s Sake: The Life of Artie Shaw
Tom Nolan
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Hou­di­ni: The Life of the Great Escape Artist
Agnieszka Biskup; Pat Kinsella, illus.
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