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Maus, A Survivor's Tale, Book I: My Father Bleeds History
by Art Spiegelman
Staff Pick
Two powerful, definitive chronicles of modern atrocities — the perfect books for anyone who doubts comix have grown up. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus is a staggering personal depiction of the Holocaust, rendered all the stronger by Spiegelman's... (read more)

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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
by Diane Ackerman
Staff Pick
Ackerman's bestselling books, including A Natural History of the Senses and An Alchemy of Mind, are illuminating windows into the human condition, and are distinguished not only by Ackerman's graceful and exuberant prose but by her inclusion of her own... (read more)

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The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life
by Tom Reiss
Staff Pick
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Tanakh : the Holy Scriptures / Student Edition (85 Edition)
by Jewish Publication Society (translators)
Staff Pick
I still like to read the Psalms in the King James Bible; but when I want to read a clear and modern language version of the scriptures, I prefer the Jewish Publication Society's (JPS) Tanakh. This version of what is also known as the Old Testament was... (read more)

List Price $22.00
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Used - Trade Paper

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