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    Camp Girls: Fire­side Lessons in Friend­ship, Courage, and Loyalty
    Iris Kras­now
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    A Delayed Life: The True Sto­ry of the Librar­i­an of Auschwitz
    Dita Kraus
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    Nev­er Alone
    Natan Sharansky, Gil Troy
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    Jour­ney into the Land of the Zeks and Back: A Mem­oir of the Gulag
     Julius Margolin, Stefani Hoffman (trans.)
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    In the Hour of Fate and Danger
    Ferenc Andai, Marietta Morry and Lynda Muir (trans.)
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    Chance: Escape from the Holocaust
    Uri Shule­vitz
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    A Place of Exo­dus: Home, Mem­o­ry, and Texas
    David Biespiel
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    A Pas­sion For Israel: Adven­tures of a Sar-el Volunteer
    Mark Wern­er
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    Here We Are: My Friend­ship with Philip Roth
    Ben­jamin Taylor
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    Draft­ed, A Mem­oir of the ​’60’s
    Hey­wood Gould
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    Woodrow on the Bench: Life Lessons from a Wise Old Dog
    Jen­na Blum
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    Lady­parts
    Deb­o­rah Copaken
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    As a Ram Yearns for the Brook: The Jour­ney of a Father and Son
    Daniel Ritholtz
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    The Waga­ma­ma Bride: A Jew­ish Fam­i­ly Saga Made in Japan
    Liane Grun­berg Wakabayashi
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    Reborn in the USA: An Eng­lish­man’s Love Let­ter to His Cho­sen Home
    Roger Ben­nett
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    Dylan & Me: 50 Years of Adventures
    Louie Kemp
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