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Culture of Fragrance: Jewish Perfumers in the Twentieth Century

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By Carla Jablonski, Leland Purvis, David Ball, Jean Guehenno
| Jewish Book Council
Most of the intrigue in my nov­el The Per­fume Thief, set in WWII Paris, hinges on a fic­ti­tious jour­nal of ingre­di­ents and for­mu­las of Jew­ish par­fumi­er, Mon­sieur Pas­cal. A mas­ter ​“nose,” and a genius of chem­istry and busi­ness, Pas­cal dis­ap­pears in the first few days of the occu­pa­tion, leav­ing behind rid­dles, sym­bols, and a few clues to be dis­cov­ered in a bot­tle of eau de cologne.
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Sarah Bernhardt: The Divine and Dazzling Life of the World’s First Super Star

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By Helen Weiss Pincus, Leanne Lieberman, Carla Jablonski, Leland Purvis
| Jewish Book Council
Sarah Bern­hardt is a name super­charged with show busi­ness ener­gy. She was a woman who filled stages around the world with enchant­i­ng pre­sen­ta­tions of life, death, joy, and mis­ery. From ear­ly child­hood to old age, life for Bern­hardt was not easy, sim­ple, or bor­ing.
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The Imitation Game

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By Jim Ottaviani, Leland Purvis
| Reactor Verified
Today, Alan Turing is considered the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence. The mathematician, born on June 23, 1912, was a brilliant World War II codebreaker and parlayed that insight into theorizing and creating the first stored-memory computers. Unfortunately, this Officer of the British Empire was persecuted by the British government of the time for his homosexuality and suffered through chemical castration before ending his life.
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