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Nonfiction Rush: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father Stephen Fried
Nonfiction The Last Palace: Europe’s Turbulent Century Through Five Lives and One House Norman Eisen
Nonfiction Children of Nazis: The Sons and Daughters of Himmler, Göring, Höss, Mengele, and Others— Living with a Father’s Monstrous Legacy Tania Crasnianski
Nonfiction The Stakes of History: On the Use and Abuse of Jewish History for Life David N. Myers
Nonfiction Werner Scholem: A German Life (Jewish Culture and Contexts) Mirjam Zadoff; Dona Geyer, trans.
Nonfiction Sewing the Fabric of Statehood: Garment Unions, American Labor, and the Establishment of the State of Israel Adam M. Howard
Nonfiction Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America’s Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe Rebecca Erbelding
Nonfiction Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything Randi Hutter Epstein