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The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life
by Tom Reiss
Staff Pick
Truth is stranger than fiction in the improbable life of Lev Nussimbaum. The Jewish son of an oil millionaire in Azerbaijan, he escapes one tyranny after another and becomes a bestselling author in Nazi Germany. This fascinating biography reads like a... (read more)

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Used - Trade Paper

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Boogaloo on Second Avenue: A Novel of Pastry, Guilt, and Music
by Mark Kurlansky
Staff Pick
The year is 1988. Mike Dukakis is about to be elected president; a serial killer is loose on the Lower East Side; a patriarch knows and sings all the songs ever written by Irving Berlin; the best delicatessen is owned by a Korean family; and kosher sushi... (read more)

List Price $24.95
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Used - Hardcover

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