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    Historical Fiction

    Cover of The Prosecutor: One Man's Battle to Bring Nazis to Justice
    Non­fic­tion
    The Pros­e­cu­tor: One Man’s Bat­tle to Bring Nazis to Justice
    Jack Fair­weath­er
    Cover of Don't Let Me Down
    Fic­tion
    Don’t Let Me Down
    Kate Stol­len­wer­ck
    Cover of The Forgotten Italian Restaurant
    Fic­tion
    The For­got­ten Ital­ian Restaurant
    Bar­bara Josselsohn
    Cover of The Righteous
    Fic­tion
    The Right­eous
    Ronald H. Balson
    Cover of Freedom's Game
    Fic­tion
    Free­dom’s Game
    Rosanne Tolin
    Cover of The Girls of the Glimmer Factory
    Fic­tion
    The Girls of the Glim­mer Factory
    Jen­nifer Coburn
    Cover of Rebecca of Ivanhoe
    Fic­tion
    Rebec­ca of Ivanhoe
    Ali­son Bass
    Cover of The Second Journey
    Fic­tion
    The Sec­ond Journey
    Joel Big­man
    Cover of Gitel's Freedom
    Fic­tion
    Gitel’s Free­dom
    Iris Mitlin Lav
    Cover of The Jews of Donwell Abbey: An "Emma" Vagary
    Fic­tion
    The Jews of Don­well Abbey: An ​“Emma” Vagary
    Mir­ta Ines Trupp
    Cover of Rise of the Spider
    Fic­tion
    Rise of the Spider
    Michael P. Spradlin
    Cover of Unbinding Isaac
    Fic­tion
    Unbind­ing Isaac
    Abby I. Miller
    Cover of Isola
    Fic­tion
    Iso­la
    Alle­gra Goodman
    Cover of Charlotte Salomon Paints Her Life
    Fic­tion
    Char­lotte Salomon Paints Her Life
    Pamela Reit­man
    Cover of Shadow Trades: A Barry Rosen Novel
    Fic­tion
    Shad­ow Trades: A Bar­ry Rosen Novel
    Mitch Stern
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    Lega­cy of Lies: An His­tor­i­cal Thriller
    Lew Paper
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