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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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Memorable Moments a Century After the First Spelling Bee

From the first winning word (gladiolus) to the use of fast-paced spell-offs, the Scripps National Spelling Bee has endured for 100 years.

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	The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code 4.01 avg rating — 3,657 ratings — published 2013 — 18 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 3.69 avg rating — 2,829 ratings — published 2021	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 3.43 avg rating — 2,787 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	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 3.70 avg rating — 2,304 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 4.02 avg rating — 527 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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“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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“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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“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 Third Gilmore Girl

by Kelly Bishop

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Grief Is for People

by Sloane Crosley

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From Here to the Great Unknown

by Lisa Marie Presley

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The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story

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

by Margalit Fox

1 vote, 4.5%

Dying of Politeness: A Memoir

by Geena Davis

1 vote, 4.5%

Running on Red Dog Road: And Other Perils of an Appalachian Childhood

by Drema Hall Berkheimer

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The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom

by Shari Franke

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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

by Haruki Murakami

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Lovely One: A Memoir

by Ketanji Brown Jackson

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Runaway Train: Or, the Story of My Life So Far

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Madam

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