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Autobiography & Memoir

Cover of The Flowering: The Autobiography of Judy Chicago
Visu­al Arts
The Flow­er­ing: The Auto­bi­og­ra­phy of Judy Chicago
Judy Chicago
Cover of Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature
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Book­ends: A Mem­oir of Love, Loss, and Literature
Zib­by Owens
Cover of And How Are the Children: Timeless Lessons from the Frontlines of Motherhood
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And How Are the Chil­dren: Time­less Lessons from the Front­lines of Motherhood
Mar­jorie Margolies
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The Oth­er Fam­i­ly Doctor
Karen Fine
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How to Hunt a Bear: A World War two His­tor­i­cal Nov­el, based on a true story
Revi­tal Shiri-Horowitz
Cover of Kick Up Some Dust: Lessons on Thinking Big, Giving Back, and Doing it Yourself
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Kick Up Some Dust: Lessons on Think­ing Big, Giv­ing Back, and Doing it Yourself
Cather­ine M. Lewis
Bernie Mar­cus
Cover of Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life
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Salt in My Soul: An Unfin­ished Life
Diane Shad­er Smith
Mal­lo­ry Smith
Cover of Slow Cooked: An Unexpected Life in Food Politics
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Slow Cooked: An Unex­pect­ed Life in Food Politics
Mar­i­on Nestle
Cover of By the Grace of the Game: The Holocaust, a Basketball Legacy, and an Unprecedented American Dream
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By the Grace of the Game: The Holo­caust, a Bas­ket­ball Lega­cy, and an Unprece­dent­ed Amer­i­can Dream
Dan Grun­feld
Cover of Finding Refuge: A Memoir
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Find­ing Refuge: A Memoir
Diana Kuper
Cover of Martin’s Story: An Orphan’s Triumphant Journey
Martin’s Sto­ry: An Orphan’s Tri­umphant Journey
Sophia Beck­er
Cover of Naked: On Sex, Work, and Other Burlesques
Non­fic­tion
Naked: On Sex, Work, and Oth­er Burlesques
Fan­cy Feast
Cover of Be like The Moon: a Chassidic Memoir
Be like The Moon: a Chas­sidic Memoir
Levi Wel­ton
Cover of Unthinkable Dreams: The Year That Mom Died and the Towers Fell
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Unthink­able Dreams: The Year That Mom Died and the Tow­ers Fell
Yeshaya Dou­glas Ballon
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The Politzer Saga
Lin­da Ambrus Broenniman
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In Praise of Good Bookstores
Jeff Deutsch
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