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    Autobiography & Memoir

    Cover of Leaving Bacon Behind: A How to Guide to Jewish Conversion
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    Leav­ing Bacon Behind: A How to Guide to Jew­ish Conversion
    Melvin S. Marsh
    Cover of Birth Control: The Insidious Power of Men Over Motherhood
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    Birth Con­trol: The Insid­i­ous Pow­er of Men Over Motherhood
    Alli­son Yarrow
    Cover of Hugging My Father's Ghost: A Memoir
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    Hug­ging My Father’s Ghost: A Memoir
    Zack Rogow
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    Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holo­caust, Once Removed
    Mar­sha Lederman
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    Teach­ers: The Ones I Can’t Forget
    Mar­tin Fletcher
    Cover of Summons to Berlin: Nazi Theft and A Daughter's Quest for Justice
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    Sum­mons to Berlin: Nazi Theft and A Daugh­ter’s Quest for Justice
    Joanne Intra­tor
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    Excerpt: We Are On Our Own

    Miri­am Katin
    July 17, 2023
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    Amer­i­can Born: An Immi­grant’s Sto­ry, a Daugh­ter’s Memoir
    Rachel M. Brownstein
    Cover of The Last Secret of the Secret Annex: The Untold Story of Anne Frank, Her Silent Protector, and a Family Betrayal
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    The Last Secret of the Secret Annex: The Untold Sto­ry of Anne Frank, Her Silent Pro­tec­tor, and a Fam­i­ly Betrayal
    Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl
    Jeroen De Bruyn
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    Pray­ing with Jane Eyre: Reflec­tions on Read­ing as a Sacred Practice
    Vanessa Zoltan
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    The Diaries of Franz Kafka
    Franz Kafka; Ross Benjamin, trans.
    Cover of The In-Betweens: A Lyrical Memoir
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    The In-Betweens: A Lyri­cal Memoir
    Davon Loeb
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    Still Pic­tures: On Pho­tog­ra­phy and Memory
    Janet Mal­colm
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    Excerpt — Hon­ey Cake & Latkes: Recipes from the Old World by the Auschwitz-Birke­­nau Survivors

    Maria Zalews­ka, Auschwitz-Birke­nau Memo­r­i­al Foundation 
    April 3, 2023
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    Hap­pi­ly: A Per­son­al His­to­ry-with Fairy Tales
    Sab­ri­na Orah Mark
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    Invis­i­ble Legacies

    Yael Schon­brun
    March 27, 2023
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