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Non­fic­tion
Bridge of Words
Esther Schor
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Non­fic­tion
Ire­na’s Children
Tilar Mazzeo
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Wartime Bas­ket­ball
Dou­glas Stark
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Chil­dren’s
The Tree in the Courtyard
Jeff Gottesfeld, illustrated by Peter McCarty
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The Peo­ple and the Books
Adam Kirsch
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Escape to Vir­ginia: From Nazi Ger­many to Thalhimer’s Farm
Robert H. Gillette
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Non­fic­tion
Stars in the Ring
Mike Sil­ver
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The Nazi Hunters
Andrew Nagors­ki
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The Dev­il’s Diary
Robert K. Wittman and David Kinney
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The Salome Ensemble
Alan Robert Ginsberg
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Zion­ism: The Birth and Trans­for­ma­tion of an Ideal
Mil­ton Viorst
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On the Ori­gins of Sports
Gary Belsky and Neil Fine
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Black Square
Sophie Pinkham
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Food and the City
Ina Yalof
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Oper­a­tion Thunderbolt
Saul David
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The Game
Jon Pes­sah
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