History, Biographies, & Memoirs

This gripping account interweaves Nixon and Kissinger's pursuit of the war in Southeast Asia and their diplomacy with the Soviet Union and China wi...

“Wise and ebullient.” – Dwight Garner, The New York Times Now in paperback, the first definitive biography of Richard Avedon, a monumental photog...

75 Years After Its Creation, Has Israel Fulfilled its Founders’ Dreams? Has Israel lived up to its founders’ vision? Published on the country’s 75t...

If you're going to Philly, this is the guide for you. It's got everything from the new National Museum of American Jewish History to the newly-re...

In 1977, Natan Sharansky, a leading activist in the democratic dissident movement in the Soviet Union and the movement for free Jewish emigration, ...

Sabato Morais was a prominent rabbinic leader in the Philadelphia Jewish community during the late 19th century. Prior to arriving in the United St...

A new graphic novel that brings to life Kitty, Anne Frank’s imaginary friend to whom she addressed her diary—from the same creative team that produ...

Paperback, 614 pages In short, I believe, a little bit of religion is a good thing whether or not you fully embrace the idea of God. I believe that...

Follow the inspiring life of Martin Luther King Jr. in a moving, vital, and informative book by an author and an illustrator with close ties to Dr...

8-12 years 120 pages The Ivy Hero is the true story of Sergeant William (Bill) Shemin, child of immigrants, an American soldier who fought in Wor...

240 pages, hardcover The fascinating, mouthwatering story (with ten recipes!) of the immigrant family that created a New York gastronomic legend: ...

Hardcover, 128 pages Renegade Women in Film and TV blends stunning illustrations, fascinating biographical profiles, and exclusive interviews with...

Hardcover, 295 pages by Art Spiegelman The Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler’s Europe, ...

400 pages, Hardcover By Dvora Hacohen The authoritative biography of Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah, introduces a new generation to a rema...

Hardcover, 272 pages An illustrated, illuminating insight into the world of illusion from the world’s greatest and most successful magician, captur...

By Susan Dyshel Sommovilla From Hans to Henry--A Holocaust Survivor's Story: A brother's disability, a yellow bicycle, a camera, a little black add...

One of the most moving and eloquent accounts of the Holocaust, read by tens of millions of people around the world since its publication in 1947.Th...

Adapted by Ari FolmanIllustrations by David PolonskyHardcover, 160 pagesA timeless story rediscovered by each new generation, The Diary of a Young ...

A fresh appreciation of the great musical figure that gives him his due as composer as well as conductor Leonard Bernstein stood at the epicenter o...

Paperback, 144 pages By Art SpiegelmanAcclaimed as a quiet triumph and a brutally moving work of art, the first volume of Art Spiegelman's Mausintr...

Paperback, 159 pages by Art Spiegelman The Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler’s Europe, ...

Paperback, 368 pages. A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2015Roberta Kaplan with Lisa DickeyHardcover, 336 pagesRoberta Kaplans gripping story of her...

Speak Now tells the story of a watershed trial that unfolded over twelve tense days in California in 2010. A trial that legalized same-sex marriage...

Nothing matches the energy of Opening Day: a celebration of springtime, of renewed dreams, and of national heroes past, present, and future. From t...