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Margalit Fox

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Margalit Fox originally trained as a cellist and a linguist before pursuing journalism. As a senior writer in The New York Times's celebrated Obituary News Department, she wrote the front-page public sendoffs of some of the leading cultural figures of our age. Winner of the William Saroyan Prize for Literature and author of three previous books, "Conan Doyle for the Defense," "The Riddle of the Labyrinth" and "Talking Hands," Fox lives in Manhattan with her husband, the writer and critic George Robinson.
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Ruth Slenczynska, 101, Dies; Piano Prodigy Overcame Father��s Abuse

Treated brutally, she went from celebrated child star to 15-year-old ��burned-out candle.�� Against the odds, she later resumed performing.

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	The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code 4.01 avg rating — 3,763 ratings — published 2013 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss 3.42 avg rating — 3,272 ratings — published 2024 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History 3.70 avg rating — 2,976 ratings — published 2021 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World's Most Famous Detective Writer 3.71 avg rating — 2,387 ratings — published 2018 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind 4.03 avg rating — 543 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind by Margalit Fox(2007-08-21) by Margalit Fox (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Looking back, one can almost imagine them stalking through the wild with specimen bottles and outsize nets, in determined pursuit of the Ojibwa adverb or the Cherokee pronoun.”
― Margalit Fox, Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind

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“After all, solving a jigsaw puzzle is no fun, if you know what the picture is in advance.”
― Margalit Fox, The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code

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“A scholar’s worst enemy is his own mind. Facts are slippery things. Almost anything can be proved with them, if they are correctly selected. . . .”
― Margalit Fox, The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code

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The top two vote recipients will become the Books of the Month for the period in question. Please vote for a book only if you can access it in time, and plan to contribute to the discussion.

No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
by Gardiner Harris

14 votes, 24.6%

There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America
by Brian Goldstone

13 votes, 22.8%

A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome
by Emma Southon

12 votes, 21.1%

The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation
by Hank Klibanoff and Gene Roberts

10 votes, 17.5%

The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss
by Margalit Fox

8 votes, 14.0%

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