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The Biography
Written by Brian Jay Jones
Format: Hardcover, 608 pages
On Sale: September 24, 2013
Price: $35.00
For the first time ever—a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century’s most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson
He was a gentle dreamer whose genial bearded visage was recognized around the world, but most people got to know him only through the iconic characters born of... Read more >
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The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin
Written by Jill Lepore
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $27.95
From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians, a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin’s youngest sister and a history of history itself. Like her brother, Jane Franklin was a passionate reader, a gifted writer, and an astonishingly shrewd political commentator. Unlike him, she was a mother of twelve.
Benjamin...
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A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire
Written by Andrea Stuart
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: October 8, 2013
Price: $16.95
In the late 1630s, lured by the promise of the New World, Andrea Stuart’s earliest known maternal ancestor, George Ashby, set sail from England to settle in Barbados. He fell into the life of a sugar plantation owner by mere chance, but by the time he harvested his first crop, a... Read more >
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Written by Jon Meacham
Format: Trade Paperback, 800 pages
On Sale: October 29, 2013
Price: $20.00
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Seattle Times • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary... Read more >
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Music in the Castle of Heaven
Written by John Eliot Gardiner
Format: Hardcover, 672 pages
On Sale: October 29, 2013
Price: $35.00
Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced by a man who (when we can discern his personality at all) seems so ordinary, so opaque—and occasionally so intemperate?
John Eliot Gardiner grew up passing one of...
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Written by Seth Lipsky
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 15, 2013
Price: $26.00
Part of the Jewish Encounters series
The first general-interest biography of the legendary editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, the newspaper of Yiddish-speaking immigrants that inspired, educated, and entertained millions of readers; helped redefine journalism during its golden age; and transformed American culture.
Already a noted journalist writing for both English-language and Yiddish...
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The Remarkable Life and Afterlife of the Man Who Created Tevye
Written by Jeremy Dauber
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: October 8, 2013
Price: $28.95
Part of the Jewish Encounters series
The first comprehensive biography of one of the most beloved authors of all time: the creator of Tevye the Dairyman, the collection of stories that inspired Fiddler on the Roof.
Novelist, playwright, journalist, essayist, and editor, Sholem Aleichem was one of the founding giants of modern Yiddish...
