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    Autobiography & Memoir

    Cover of Conquering Learning Disabilities at Any Age: How an ADHD/LD Kid Graduated from Yale and Cambridge, and Became a Marine Officer, Military Historian, Financial Advisor and Caring Father
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    Con­quer­ing Learn­ing Dis­abil­i­ties at Any Age: How an ADHD/LD Kid Grad­u­at­ed from Yale and Cam­bridge, and Became a Marine Offi­cer, Mil­i­tary His­to­ri­an, Finan­cial Advi­sor and Car­ing Father
    Bryan Mark Rigg
    Cover of Jews in the Garden: A Holocaust Survivor, the Fate of His Family, and the Secret History of Poland in World War II
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    Jews in the Gar­den: A Holo­caust Sur­vivor, the Fate of His Fam­i­ly, and the Secret His­to­ry of Poland in World War II
    Judy Rakowsky
    Cover of Overthinking About You: Navigating Romantic Relationships When You Have Anxiety, OCD, and/or Depression
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    Over­think­ing About You: Nav­i­gat­ing Roman­tic Rela­tion­ships When You Have Anx­i­ety, OCD, and/​or Depression
    Alli­son Raskin
    Cover of Seeking Shelter: Memoir of a Jewish Girlhood in Wartime Britain
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    Seek­ing Shel­ter: Mem­oir of a Jew­ish Girl­hood in Wartime Britain
    Cyn­thia Ehrenkrantz
    Cover of Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind
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    Burn Rate: Launch­ing a Start­up and Los­ing My Mind
    Andy Dunn
    Cover of Experience is the Angled Road: Memoir of an Academic
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    Expe­ri­ence is the Angled Road: Mem­oir of an Academic
    R. Bar­bara Gitenstein
    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
    Cover of The Other Family Doctor
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    The Oth­er Fam­i­ly Doctor
    Karen Fine
    Cover of How to Hunt a Bear: A World War two Historical Novel, based on a true story
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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
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    Naked: On Sex, Work, and Oth­er Burlesques
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