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    Cover of Road To Valor: A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
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    Road To Val­or: A True Sto­ry of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
    Aili and Andres McConnon
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    Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship
    Jack Kugelmass, ed.
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    Branch Rick­ey: Base­bal­l’s Fero­cious Gentleman
    Lee Lowenfish
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    Time-out: Sports Sto­ries as a Game Plan for Spir­i­tu­al Success
    Dov Moshe Lipman
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    You Nev­er Heard of Sandy Koufax?!
    Jonas Winter; Adré Carrilho, illus.
    Cover of Passing Game: Benny Friedman and the Transformation of Football
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    Pass­ing Game: Ben­ny Fried­man and the Trans­for­ma­tion of Football
    Murray Greenberg
    Cover of The Echoing Green: The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca and the Shot Heard Round the World
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    The Echo­ing Green: The Untold Sto­ry of Bob­by Thom­son, Ralph Bran­ca and the Shot Heard Round the World
    Joshua Prager
    Cover of Abel Kiviat, National Champion: Twentieth-Century Track and Field and the Melting Pot
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    Abel Kivi­at, Nation­al Cham­pi­on: Twen­ti­eth-Cen­tu­ry Track and Field and the Melt­ing Pot
    Alan S. Katchen
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    Jews and Base­ball: Vol­ume 1, Enter­ing the Amer­i­can Main­stream, 1871 – 1948
    Burton A. Boxerman and Benita W. Boxerman; Martin Abramowitz, fwd.
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    Bar­ney Ross
    Douglas Century
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    Sandy Koufax
    Matt Doeden
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    Ham­merin’ Hank: The Life of Hank Greenberg
    Yona Zeldis McDonough; Malcah Zeldis, illus.
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    Like a Maccabee
    Barbara Bietz; Anita White, illus.
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    Across the Alley
    Richard Michelson; E.B. Lewis, illus.
    Cover of Emancipation Through Muscles: Jews and Sports in Europe
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    Eman­ci­pa­tion Through Mus­cles: Jews and Sports in Europe
    Michael Brenner; Gideon Reuveni, eds.
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    Out of Left Field: Jews and Black Baseball
    Rebecca T. Alpert
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