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Biography

Cover of It’s Her Story: Irena Sendler
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It’s Her Sto­ry: Ire­na Sendler
Margaret Littman; Sara Luna, illus.
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Black & White: The Rise and Fall of Bob­by Fischer
Julian Voloj; Wagner Willian, illus.
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Leonard Cohen, Untold Sto­ries: That’s How the Light Gets In
Michael Pos­ner
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Elie Wiesel: Torch­bear­er for Holo­caust Survivors

Joseph Berg­er
May 28, 2023
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Elie Wiesel: Con­fronting the Silence
Joseph Berg­er
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Polit­i­cal Pow­er: Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Michael Frizell
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The Women of Roth­schild: The Untold Sto­ry of the World’s Most Famous Dynasty
Natal­ie Livingstone
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Kreisky, Israel and Jew­ish Identity
Daniel Aschheim
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End­less Flight: The Life of Joseph Roth 
Keiron Pim
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Beethoven in the Bunker: Musi­cians Under the Nazi Regime
Fred Brouwers; Eileen J. Stevens, trans.
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The Con­fi­dante: The Untold Sto­ry of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Mod­ern America
Christo­pher C. Gorham
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Black & White: The Rise and Fall of Bob­by Fischer 

Julian Voloj, Wag­n­er Willian
April 4, 2023
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Bruno Schulz: An Artist, a Mur­der, and the Hijack­ing of History
Ben­jamin Balint
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Arthur Szyk: Artist and Activist

Alli­son Claire Chang
April 3, 2023
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Rose Spoke Out: The Sto­ry of Rose Schneiderman
Emma Carlson Berne; Giovanni Abeille, illus.
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Judg­ment and Mer­cy: The Tur­bu­lent Life and Times of the Judge Who Con­demned the Rosenbergs 
Mar­tin J. Siegel
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