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In 1953 at a distinguished New York publishing firm, Simon Putnam, a recent Harvard graduate, is tasked with editing a steamy bodice-ripper based on the trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg--a project that makes him realize that the people around him are not what they seem.
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Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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This tale of a family in Little Italy is “a minor miracle . . . documenting the madness and the grace of God in everyday life” (Newsweek).
On a 1950s September night so hot that the devout Catholics of Little Italy wonder if New York City has slipped into hell, the butcher Joseph Santangelo invites his friends to play pinochle. At the end of a long, sweaty, boozy evening, his friend...
On a 1950s September night so hot that the devout Catholics of Little Italy wonder if New York City has slipped into hell, the butcher Joseph Santangelo invites his friends to play pinochle. At the end of a long, sweaty, boozy evening, his friend...
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W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
c2013.
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English
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Helga's Diary is a young girl's remarkable first-hand account of life in the Terezin concentration camp during World War II. The drawings and paintings that Helga made during her time in Terezin, which accompany this diary, were published in 1998 in the book Draw What You See (Zeichne, was Du siehst).
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"In June, 1942, Anne Frank received a diary for her thirteenth birthday, just weeks before she and her family went into hiding from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic. For two years, she described life in hiding in vivid, unforgettable detail and grappled with the unfolding events of World War II. Before the attic was raided in August, 1944, Anne Frank furiously revised and edited her work, crafting a piece of literature that she hoped would be read...
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Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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A biography of one of twentieth century America's most influential patrons of the arts that covers her personal life, uncompromising spirit, and relationships with such modern masters as Jackson Pollock and Man Ray.
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Harper
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author weaves an ingenious, darkly humorous, and brilliantly observant story that follows the exploits and intrigue of a constellation of characters affiliated with an off-off-off-off Broadway children's musical. Mister Monkey--a screwball children's musical about a playfully larcenous pet chimpanzee--is the kind of family favorite that survives far past its prime. Margot, who plays the chimp's lawyer, knows...
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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A cynical college professor takes a keen interest in a talented young writing student.
A cynical college professor takes a keen interest in a talented young writing student. When lines are crossed, it becomes unclear who is the victim and who is the victimizer.
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Yale University Press
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2022.
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English
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"A feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacy “A lucid and persuasive reinterpretation. Readers won’t see Cleopatra the same way again.”٬٢٠١٤؛Publishers Weekly “Where Prose really sparkles: her critiques of the cultural depictions of Cleopatra.”٬٢٠١٤؛Allison Arieff, San Francisco Chronicle The siren passionately in love with Mark Antony, the seductress...
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