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The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: A Jewish Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World Lucette Lagnado “Poignant . . . deeply personal . . . an...

Denis Avey   "The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz" is the extraordinary true story of a British soldier who marched willingly into the concentration camp, Buna-Monowitz, known as Auschwitz III....

Barbara W TuchmanHistory - From the distinguished American historian whose work has been acclaimed around the world, a major new book that penetrates one of the most bizarre and fascinating...

Barbara W Tuchman The Barbara Tuchman classic study of war from Troy to Vietnam. January 1, 1984 by KNOPF

Mark KurzemThe spellbinding (The New York Times) true story of a Jewish boy who became the darling of the NazisWhen a Nazi death squad massacred his mother and fellow villagers,...

Iris Origo Francesco di Marco Datini, the 14th-century Tuscan merchant who forms the subject of the Marchesa Origo's study, has now probably become the most intimately accessible figure of the...

The Mezuzah in the Madonnna's Foot: Marranos and Other Secret Jews--A Woman Discovers Her Spiritual Heritage Trudi Alexy Describes the lives of Jews living in Spain as Catholics.

Bernard Lewis In a sweeping and vivid survey, renowned historian Bernard Lewis charts the history of the Middle East over the last 2,000 years, from the birth of Christianity through...

The Mighty Atom: The Life and Times of Joseph L Greenstein: Biography of a SuperhumanEd SpielmanHere is the story of the modern-day Samson who could stop bullets and hold back...

Stephen Jay GouldThe definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve.How smart are you? If that question doesn't spark a dozen more questions in your mind (like "What do...

Dennis Ross"In The Missing Peace, his inside story of the Middle East peace process, Dennis Ross recounts the search for enduring peace in that troubled region with unprecedented candor and...