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The Galindez Case

by Lynn Evarts

A kidnapping and murder ordered by a dictator, a web of lies and deceit by the US government, and Cold War calculations: it’s not a spy novel. It all really happened. The story of how Jesus de Galindez, a Columbia University professor,... Read More

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Touched by Fire

by Barbara Bamberger Scott

“More and more it occurred to me that this strange coincidence between a father-and-son who’d never even known one another was the kind of story that makes history worth learning.” Frank Griffin, the narrator of "Touched by Fire",... Read More

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A Silence of Mockingbirds

by Lia Skalkos

Sometime around 2 a.m. I finally put down Karen Spears Zacharias’s A Silence of Mockingbirds: The Memoir of a Murder. Still, sleep would not come. My mind kept returning to the characters and the events, searching for understanding.... Read More

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HOT ART

by Meg Nola

For every celebrated work of art there is surely someone willing to steal it. Most of us remain obediently behind the velvet ropes that keep us from edging too close to a museum’s Manet or Monet, but then there are those who elude... Read More

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The Aleppo Codex

by Claire Posner

"The Aleppo Codex" is part historical exposé, part international thriller, and part meditation on the passions awakened by religion and religious artifacts. In this book, Matti Friedman carefully outlines the epic journey of The Crown... Read More

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