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    Clipped: A mom invents a way to hold her life togeth­er just as the world falls apart
    Adri­enne Alitowski
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    Objects of Love and Regret: A Brook­lyn Story
    Richard Rabi­nowitz
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    The Politzer Saga
    Lin­da Ambrus Broenniman
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    A Door­way to Hero­ism: A dec­o­rat­ed Ger­man-Jew­ish sol­dier who became an Amer­i­can hero
    W. Jack Romberg
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    Last Call at the Hotel Impe­r­i­al: The Reporters Who Took on a World at War
    Deb­o­rah Cohen
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    The Plagues of Pharaoh
    David Shaw
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    A Reac­tion to Mes­sian­ic Missionaries
    Cheryl Simani
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    Loy­al­ty
    Lisa Scot­to­line
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    Delib­er­ate­ly Divid­ed: Inside the Con­tro­ver­sial Study of Twins and Triplets Adopt­ed Apart
    Nan­cy L. Segal
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    Over­ture of Hope: Two Sis­ters’ Dar­ing Plan that Saved Oper­a’s Jew­ish Stars from the Third Reich
    Isabel Vin­cent
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    In the Begin­ning of the Begin­ning 2nd Edition
    Har­ry Amdurer
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    Amer­i­ca Sec­ond: How Amer­i­ca’s Elites are Mak­ing Chi­na Stronger
    Isaac Stone Fish
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    Seek­ing Shel­ter: Mem­oir of a Jew­ish Girl­hood in Wartime Britain
    Cyn­thia Ehrenkrantz
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    Madam: The Biog­ra­phy of Pol­ly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age
    Deb­by Applegate
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    The Spy Who Knew Too Much
    Howard Blum
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    And None Shall Make Them Afraid: Eight Sto­ries of the Mod­ern State of Israel
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