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Nonfiction Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster – The Creators of Superman Brad Ricca
Nonfiction Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, Thieves, and Other Female Villains Jane Yolen & Heidi E. Y. Stemple; Rebecca Guay, illus.
Nonfiction The House at Ujazdowskie 16: Jewish Families in Warsaw after the Holocaust Karen Auerbach
Essay The Ultimate Sacrifice: James Goodman on Abraham and the Binding of Isaac James Goodman is a professor at Rutgers University, where he teaches history and creative writing. His most recent book, But Where Is the Lamb?, is now… James Goodman September 9, 2013
Essay The French During the Holocaust and the Complications of History Earlier this week, Lauren Grodstein wrote about her strange relationship with her son’s all-American looks. Her most recent novel, The Explanation for Everything,… Lauren Grodstein August 29, 2013
Nonfiction Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America’s Fight Over World War II, 1939 – 1941 Lynne Olson
Nonfiction A Vigilant Society: Jewish Thought and the State in Medieval Spain Javier Roiz; Selma L. Margaretten, trans.
