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"It's the end of summer, 2003. George W. Bush has recently declared the mission in Iraq accomplished and the unemployment rate is at its highest level in years. Meanwhile, somewhere in the Midwest, Troy Augustus Loudermilk (fair-haired,...

Maira Kalman combines personal stories in verse with 50 full-color paintings to tell her family's history, from her grandfather's birth in Belarus to her own upbringing in Tel Aviv. In addition to stories from her own life, she includes musings on...