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    John L. Withers II
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    David Nasaw on the Last Million

    David Nasaw
    September 15, 2020
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    Renais­sance Revealed: The Oppres­sion of Jews in Italy in the 1500s

    Cather­ine Fletcher
    September 14, 2020
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    The Bib­li­cal Hero: Por­traits in Nobil­i­ty and Fallibility
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    Andrew Maraniss
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    The Unex­pect­ed Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Tak­ing Down Some of the World’s Most Noto­ri­ous Terrorists
    Tra­cy Walder
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    The Nine: The True Sto­ry of a Band of Women Who Sur­vived the Worst of Nazi Germany
    Gwen Strauss
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    Joanne Gold­blum
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    Spark: How Genius Ignites, From Child Prodi­gies to Late Bloomers
    Clau­dia Kalb
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    Ethan Michaeli
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    Cather­ine Ehrlich
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    The Note Through the Wire: The Incred­i­ble True Sto­ry of a Pris­on­er of War and a Resis­tance Heroine
    Doug Gold
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