The Illustrated Pirkei Avot: A Graphic Novel of Jewish Ethics
By: Jessica Tamar Deutsch
4.58
Format: None pages, None
Composed almost 2,000 years ago, Pirkei Avot is Judaism’s oldest and most important book of wisdom …
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By: Maggie Nelson
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2.60
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4.27
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4.45
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4.44
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4.36
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4.54
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14. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
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4.20
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3.76
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16. Over My Dead Body: A Witchy Graphic Novel
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3.87
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4.51
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3.71
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20. Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
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4.44
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4.12
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4.23
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4.21
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3.85
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4.01
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
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4.34
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By: Jeremy Dauber
3.69
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
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31. The Illustrated Pirkei Avot: A Graphic Novel of Jewish Ethics
By: Jessica Tamar Deutsch
4.58
Format: None pages, None
Composed almost 2,000 years ago, Pirkei Avot is Judaism’s oldest and most important book of wisdom … read more
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