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Biographer Janet Wallach recalled the life of Hetty Green (1834-1916), whose investment of her family inheritance resulted in a net worth of close to $100 million ($2.5 billion adjusted for …

The husband-and-wife team, Janet and John Wallach, spoke about their book about the controversial leader of the Palestine Liberation Movement (PLO), Yasser Arafat. Entitled, Arafat: In the E…

Janet Wallach spoke about her new book, Desert Queen. It focuses on the life of Gertrude Bell, a contemporary of Lawrence of Arabia who helped to draw the boundaries for the British Middle E…