Jewish Lives
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Walter Benjamin: The Pearl Diver
$28.00 Read moreAn accessible and authoritative biography of Walter Benjamin that guides the reader through the complexity of his intellectual legacy and the turbulence of his time
Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) is wide- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Gordon, Peter E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 0300216866
- Language: English
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Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn’t Easy
$35.00 Add to cartA revelatory look at the complex inner world of one of the twentieth century’s most beloved theatrical composers
Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021) was a towering figure in American musical theater. Celebra- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Okrent, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 17 2026
- ISBN10: 0300270216
- Language: English
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Spinoza: Freedom’s Messiah
$20.00 Add to cartIan Buruma explores the life and death of Baruch Spinoza, the Enlightenment thinker whose belief in freedom of thought and speech resonates in our own time
A New Yorker “Best Book of 2024” Selection “- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Buruma, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0300281862
- Language: English
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Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophy in the Age of Airplanes
$28.00 Add to cartThe first biography in more than three decades of the Austrian-born thinker Ludwig Wittgenstein, one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century
According to the philosopher Ludwig- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Gottlieb, Anthony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0300180470
- Language: English
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Philip Roth: Stung by Life
$28.00 Add to cartA landmark biography of one of our most prominent chroniclers of American life
In this groundbreaking literary biography, Steven J. Zipperstein captures the complex life and astonishing work of Phili- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Zipperstein, Steven J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 0300251556
- Language: English
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Carole King: She Made the Earth Move
$28.00 Add to cartJane Eisner traces the professional accomplishments and personal challenges of pop icon Carole King, exploring her unique contribution to American music
Carole King’s extraordinary career has defined- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Eisner, Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 0300259468
- Language: English
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Menachem Mendel Schneerson: Becoming the Messiah
$28.00 Add to cartThe life and thought of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, one of the most influential–and controversial–rabbis in modern Judaism
“Accessible, informed, and balanced. . . . The author manages to tread on f- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Glinter, Ezra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0300222629
- Language: English
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Herod the Great: Jewish King in a Roman World
$26.00 Read moreA vivid account of the political triumphs and domestic tragedies of the Jewish king Herod the Great during the turmoil of the Roman revolution
“Herod the Great is typical of Yale’s Jewish Lives serie- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Goodman, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0300228414
- Language: English
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Abraham: The First Jew
$30.00 Add to cartThe story of Abraham, the first Jew, portrayed as two lives lived by one person, paralleling the contradictions in Judaism throughout its history
In this new biography of Abraham, Judaism’s foundatio- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Julius, Anthony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0300266804
- Language: English
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Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation
$30.00 Add to cartKenneth Turan brings to life the extraordinary partnership of Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg and their role in creating the film industry as we know it
One was a tough junkman’s son, the other a- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Turan, Kenneth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0300254490
- Language: English
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The Many Lives of Anne Frank
$30.00 Add to cartA revealing biography of Anne Frank, exploring both her life and the impact of her extraordinary diary
“Trenchant. . . . An essential look at the diarist’s legacy.”–Publishers Weekly In this innovat- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Franklin, Ruth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: January 27 2025
- ISBN10: 300248121
- Language: English
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Leonard Bernstein: An American Musician
$15.00 Read moreFor fans of Bradley Cooper’s film Maestro, an appreciation that gives Bernstein his due as composer as well as conductor
Leonard Bernstein stood at the epicenter of twentieth-century American musical- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Shawn, Allen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: March 22 2016
- ISBN10: 0300219857
- Language: English
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Sidney Reilly: Master Spy
$26.00 Read moreA revealing biography of Sidney Reilly, the early twentieth-century virtuoso of espionage
“Mr. Morris’s dogged research . . . lends impressive rigor to this portrait of an often-cryptic figure.”–Dian- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Morris, Benny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0300248261
- Language: English
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Emma Goldman: Revolution as a Way of Life
$17.95 Add to cartA vibrant, deeply human portrait of a woman dedicated to fierce protest against the tyranny of institutions over individuals, by the celebrated author
Emma Goldman is the story of a modern radical who- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Gornick, Vivian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 24 2013
- ISBN10: 030019823X
- Language: English
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Arthur Miller: American Witness
$26.00 Read moreA great theater critic brings twentieth-century playwright Arthur Miller’s dramatic story to life with bold and revealing new insights
“Lahr’s cogent analyses are revelatory. . . . He does not reduce- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Lahr, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0300234929
- Language: English
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Mel Brooks: Disobedient Jew
$26.00 Read moreA spirited dive into the life and career of a performer, writer, and director who dominated twentieth-century American comedy
Mel Brooks, born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn in 1926, is one of the great- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Dauber, Jeremy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0300244274
- Language: English
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Maimonides: Faith in Reason
$26.00 Read moreAn exploration of Maimonides, the medieval philosopher, physician, and religious thinker, author of The Guide of the Perplexed, from one of the world’s foremost bibliophiles
Moses ben Maimon, or Maim- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Manguel, Alberto
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0300217897
- Language: English
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Ayn Rand: Writing a Gospel of Success
$28.00 Add to cartA deeply researched biography of the prominent and divisive writer Ayn Rand, whose pro-capitalist novels and nonfiction have influenced three generations of Americans
Biographer Alexandra Popoff trac- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Popoff, Alexandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0300253214
- Language: English
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Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair
$26.00 Add to cartAn insightful new biography of the central figure in the Dreyfus Affair, focused on the man himself and based on newly accessible documents
On January 5, 1895, Captain Alfred Dreyfus’s cries of innoc- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Samuels, Maurice
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0300254008
- Language: English
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Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death
$16.00 Read moreA lively and engaging biography of the first openly gay man elected to public office in the United States, a man fiercely committed to protecting all minorities
Harvey Milk–eloquent, charismatic, an- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Faderman, Lillian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 0300248555
- Language: English
