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Nonfiction The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man’s Survival in Warsaw, 1939 – 1945 Wladyslaw Szpilman
Nonfiction Helena Rubinstein: The Woman Who Invented Beauty Michèle Fitoussi; Kate Bignold and Lakshmi Ramakrishnan Iyer, trans.
Nonfiction The Boxer’s Story: Fighting for My Life in the Nazi Camps Nathan Shapow with Bob Harris
Nonfiction Wilde in America: Oscar Wilde and the Invention of Modern Celebrity David M. Friedman
Children’s Schools of Hope: How Julius Rosenwald Helped Change African American Education Norman H. Finkelstein
Nonfiction The Fight of Their Lives: How Juan Marichal and John Roseboro Turned Baseball’s Ugliest Brawl into a Story of Forgiveness and Redemption John Rosengren