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    In Praise of Good Bookstores
    Jeff Deutsch
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    Find­ing the Words: Work­ing Through Pro­found Loss with Hope and Purpose
    Col­in Campbell
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    More After the Break: A Reporter Returns to Ten Unfor­get­table News Stories
    Jen Max­field
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    Nightlife Lessons: How I Con­quered the Busi­ness of Par­ty­ing with Tech and a Glimpse into It’s Future
    Shane Neman
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    I Named My Dog Pushkin (And Oth­er Immi­grant Tales): Notes From a Sovi­et Girl on Becom­ing an Amer­i­can Woman
    Margarita Gokun Silver
    Cover of What's Good?: A Memoir In Fourteen Ingredients
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    What’s Good?: A Mem­oir In Four­teen Ingredients
    Peter Hoff­man
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    Jalan-Jalan: A Jour­ney of Wan­der­lust and Motherhood
    Mar­go Weinstein
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    Love, Norm: Inspi­ra­tion of a Jew­ish Amer­i­can Fight­er Pilot
    Nor­man M. Shulman
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    Cho­sen: A Mem­oir of Stolen Boyhood
    Stephen Mills
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    From Mis­takes to Mir­a­cles: A Jew­ish Birthmother’s Sto­ry of Redemp­tion, Hope, & Healing
    Lori Prashk­er-Thomas
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    My Life In Dog Years: A Memoir
    Rita Rud­ner
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    Pow­ered by Grief: My Adven­tures as a Sci­en­tist, Artist, and Activist
    Bar­ton Rubenstein
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    Berlin: A Jew­ish Ode to the Metropolis
    Jason Langer
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    A Daugh­ter’s Kad­dish: My Year of Grief, Devo­tion, and Healing
    Sarah Birn­bach
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    The Unlike­ly Vil­lage of Eden: A Memoir
    Emma Nadler
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    Jew­ish Pride
    Michael Stein­hardt
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