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Elvis in Vegas: How the King Rein­vent­ed the Las Vegas Show
Richard Zoglin
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Fic­tion
The Adven­ture of the Pecu­liar Pro­to­cols: Adapt­ed from the Jour­nals of John H. Wat­son, MD
Nicholas Mey­er
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My Dear Boy: A World War II Sto­ry of Escape, Exile, and Revelation
Joanie Holz­er Schirm
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Rashi’s Com­men­tary on the Torah: Can­on­iza­tion and Resis­tance in the Recep­tion of a Jew­ish Classic
Eric Lawee
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The City Game: Tri­umph, Scan­dal, and a Leg­endary Bas­ket­ball Team
Matthew Good­man
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The Yid­dish His­to­ri­ans and the Strug­gle for a Jew­ish His­to­ry of the Holocaust
Mark L. Smith
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Fake Papers: Sur­vival Lessons from Grand­ma’s Escape
Aaron Rock­ett
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Dis­si­dent Rab­bi: The Life of Jacob Sasportas
Yaacob Dweck
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Lethal Provo­ca­tion: The Con­stan­tine Mur­ders and the Pol­i­tics of French Algeria
Joshua Cole
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The Lost Girls of Paris
Pam Jenoff
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Bit­ter Reck­on­ing: Israel Tries Holo­caust Sur­vivors as Nazi Collaborators
Dan Porat
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Sud­den Courage: Youth in France Con­front the Ger­mans, 1940 – 1945
Ronald Ros­bot­tom
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Liv­ing in Sil­ver­a­do: Secret Jews in the Sil­ver Min­ing Towns of Colo­nial Mexico
David M. Gitlitz
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Good Trou­ble: Lessons from the Civ­il Rights Playbook
Christo­pher Noxon
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The Amuse­ment Park: 900 Years of Thrills and Spills, and the Dream­ers and Schemers Who Built Them
Stephen M. Silverman
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Edith Halpert, The Down­town Gallery, and the Rise of Amer­i­can Art
Rebecca Shaykin
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