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Ten Clear Days by Eric Beck Rubin

Ten Clear Days by Eric Beck Rubin

The first in-depth fictional account of the final stages of pursuing the right to die.  When Eric Beck Rubin’s grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, requests medical assistance in dying, it divides her family. Over ten...

Hol­ly­wood vs. Nazis by Michael Ben­son

Hol­ly­wood vs. Nazis by Michael Ben­son

How the Movie Stu­dios Took On Nazis Infil­trat­ing Los Angeles The true story of Hitler’s plot to turn Hollywood’s Dream Factory into a Nazi propaganda machine—and the Jewish moguls’ clandestine operation to sabotage the...

Boat of Letters by Eve Gru­bin

Boat of Letters by Eve Gru­bin

In her much anticipated second full-length collection of poems, Eve Grubin conjures an “inky swamp, wild and warm, / where leaves hang down like muted lamps.” Grubin navigates wild waters in a “boat of...

Spin­oza, Atheist by Steven Nadler

Spin­oza, Atheist by Steven Nadler

From Pulitzer Prize finalist Steven Nadler, a fascinating historical and philosophical narrative that unravels the mystery of whether Spinoza was an atheist In 1656, a young Amsterdam merchant was excommunicated by his Portuguese-Jewish community...