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    Thank You, Dr. Salk!: The Sci­en­tist Who Beat Polio and Healed the World 
    Dean Robbins, Mike Dutton (Illustrator)
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    Amer­i­can Baby: A Moth­er, a Child, and the Shad­ow His­to­ry of Adoption
    Gabrielle Glaser
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    Ashke­nazi Herbal­ism: Redis­cov­er­ing the Herbal Tra­di­tions of East­ern Euro­pean Jews
    Deatra Cohen
    Adam Siegel
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    The Jew­ish Body: A History
    Robert Jütte, Elizabeth Bredeck (Translator)
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    ‘I Do Believe in Sto­ries’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Joshua Henkin

    Sonia Taitz
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    Doc­tor on Call: Cher­nobyl Respon­der, Jew­ish Refugee, Radi­a­tion Expert
    Alla Shapiro
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    Rav­en­ous: Otto War­burg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Can­cer-Diet Connection
    Sam Apple
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    The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life
    Dr. Edith Eva Eger
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    The Polio Pio­neer: Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine
    Linda Elovitz Marshall, Lisa Anchin (illus.)
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    I Am the Tree of Life: My Jew­ish Yoga Book
    Rabbi Mychal Copeland, Andre Ceolin (illus.)
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    Binge and Sprint: From End­less Cake to Recovery
    Nao­mi Joseph
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    The Anx­i­ety Sis­ters’ Sur­vival Guide: How You Can Become More Hope­ful, Con­nect­ed, and Happy
    Abbe Green­berg
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    Exhale: Hope, Heal­ing, and a Life in Transplant
    David Weill
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    The Great Age Reboot: Crack­ing the Longevi­ty Code to Be Younger Today and Even Younger Tomorrow
    Michael Roizen
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