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    Becom­ing Caitlin Clark: The Unknown Ori­gin Sto­ry of a Mod­ern Bas­ket­ball Superstar
    Howard Meg­dal
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    We the Men: How For­get­ting Women’s Strug­gles for Equal­i­ty Per­pet­u­ates Inequality
    Jill Elaine Hasday
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    Imper­mis­si­ble Pun­ish­ments: How Prison Became a Prob­lem for Democracy
    Judith Resnik
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    The End of Ambi­tion: Amer­i­ca’s Past, Present, and Future in the Mid­dle East
    Steven A. Cook
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    Dear Miss Perkins: A Sto­ry of Frances Perkin­s’s Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany
    Rebec­ca Bren­ner Graham
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    Rivo­ni­a’s Chil­dren: Nel­son Man­de­la’s White Com­rades and Their Legacy
    Glenn Frankel
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    When Bible Meets His­to­ry: Ancient Voic­es Tell Their Version
    Stephen Lee Crane
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    The Great White Hoax: Two Cen­turies of Sell­ing Racism in America
    Philip Kadish
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    Dis­place­ment- Zweig, Roth and Ben­jamin: Three emi­nent writ­ers hunt­ed to death by fascism
    Richard Harp­er
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    Sha­la­ma: My 96 Sea­sons in China
    Jean Hoff­mann Lewanda
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    99% Per­spi­ra­tion: A New Work­ing His­to­ry of the Amer­i­can Way of Life
    Adam Chan­dler
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    When Ein­stein Met Kaf­ka: Jew­ish Con­tri­bu­tions to the Mod­ern World
    Diego Moldes; Steven Capsuto, trans
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    New York City Love Tri­an­gle, 1931: A Tale of Three Families
    Gabe Oppen­heim
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    The Holy Land at War: A Jour­ney Through Israel, the West Bank and Gaza
    Mark Patinkin
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    Fam­i­ly of Spies: A World War II Sto­ry of Nazi Espi­onage, Betray­al, and the Secret His­to­ry Behind Pearl Harbor
    Chris­tine Kuehn
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