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Marion Kaplan (born January 24, 1946) is Skirball Professor of Modern Jewish History at New York University. [1] She is a three-time winner of the National Jewish Book Award for her non-fiction writing about German-Jewish history, Jewish refugees, and Holocaust history. [ 2 ]
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos described Kaphan as "the most important person ever in the history of Amazon.com," [1] and Brad Stone wrote in his book about Amazon, The Everything Store, that "Kaphan was an introverted hacker with an idealistic streak and little intuitive leadership ability."
Kaplan's original patents for OnSale were later acquired by eBay and Amazon.com. [27] Jerry and Amy Kaplan standing in front of the 1964 oil on canvas painting by Wayne Thiebaud, Amy and Jerrold, Children of the Sixties. In 2004, Kaplan launched a new venture called Winster, Inc., a social gaming website with multi-player casual games. [5]
Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific is a 2014 non-fiction book by Robert D. Kaplan.The full text is divided into 8 chapters. The author describes the geopolitical significance of the South China Sea and the territorial disputes that have resulted over the region.
In 1934, Kaplan published Judaism as a Civilization, a seminal work that eventually provided the theological foundation for the new Reconstructionist movement.Kaplan was deeply influenced by the new field of sociology and its definition of "civilization" as characterized not only by beliefs and rituals, but also by art, culture, ethics, history, language, literature, social organization ...
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His book Thomas Carlyle was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, [5] and the Pulitzer Prize. [6] His Masterly Pen: A Biography of Jefferson the Writer. HarperCollins. 2022. ISBN 9780062440037. John Quincy Adams: American Visionary, HarperCollins, 2014, ISBN 9780061915413; Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer. HarperCollins. 2008.