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Nonfiction The Boxer’s Story: Fighting for My Life in the Nazi Camps Nathan Shapow with Bob Harris
Children’s Schools of Hope: How Julius Rosenwald Helped Change African American Education Norman H. Finkelstein
Nonfiction Wilde in America: Oscar Wilde and the Invention of Modern Celebrity David M. Friedman
Nonfiction The Fight of Their Lives: How Juan Marichal and John Roseboro Turned Baseball’s Ugliest Brawl into a Story of Forgiveness and Redemption John Rosengren
Nonfiction Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History Joseph Telushkin
Nonfiction A Broken Hallelujah: Rock and Roll, Redemption and the Life of Leonard Cohen Liel Leibovitz
Nonfiction Memories of a Giant: Reflections on Rabbi Dr. Joseph B. Soloveitchik, zt”l Michael A. Bierman, ed.; Jacob J. Schacter, fwd.