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Autobiography & Memoir

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A Bor­der Town in Poland: A 20th-Cen­tu­ry Memoir
Michael H. Levin
Nora Jean Levin
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The Appren­tice of Buchenwald
Oren Schnei­der
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Clipped: A mom invents a way to hold her life togeth­er just as the world falls apart
Adri­enne Alitowski
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Half In: A Com­ing-of-Age Mem­oir of For­bid­den Love
Felice Cohen
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Nev­er Simple
Liz Scheier
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Reach: Hard Lessons and Learned Truths from a Life­time in Television
Arthur Smith
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Bit­ter­sweet: How Sor­row and Long­ing Make Us Whole
Susan Cain
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Wit­ness to His­to­ry-From Vien­na to Shang­hai: A Mem­oir of Escape, Sur­vival and Resilience
Jean Hoff­mann Lewanda
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Crooked Lines: A Sin­gle Mom’s Jew­ish Journey
Jen­na Zark
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When Your Fam­i­ly Says No: The Jour­ney To Free­dom Independence
Laya Mar­tinez
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Just Human: The Quest for Dis­abil­i­ty Wis­dom, Respect, and Inclusion
Arielle Sil­ver­man
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More Than We Expect­ed: Five Years With A Remark­able Child
James G. Robinson
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After Effects: A Mem­oir of Com­pli­cat­ed Grief
Andrea Gilats
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The Let­ters Project: A Daugh­ter’s Journey
Eleanor Reis­sa
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Com­mit­ted: Dis­patch­es from a Psy­chi­a­trist in Training
Adam Stern
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In Sick­ness: A Memoir
Bar­rett Rollins
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