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    Autobiography & Memoir

    Cover of Becoming Janet: Finding Myself in the Holocaust
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    Becom­ing Janet: Find­ing Myself in the Holocaust
    Janet Singer Applefield
    Interview

    ‘The Rhythm of Life’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Edith Eva Eger

    Michal Hoschan­der Malen
    September 30, 2024
    Cover of Fifty-Seven Fridays: Losing Our Daughter, Finding Our Way
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    Fifty-Sev­en Fri­days: Los­ing Our Daugh­ter, Find­ing Our Way
    Myra Sack
    Cover of Tap Dancing on Everest: A Young Doctor's Unlikely Adventure
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    Tap Danc­ing on Ever­est: A Young Doc­tor’s Unlike­ly Adventure
    Mimi Zie­man
    Cover of Mildred's Mindset: Wisdom From a Woman Centenarian
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    Mil­dred’s Mind­set: Wis­dom From a Woman Centenarian
    Gayle Kirschen­baum
    Cover of Suddenly Jewish: The Life and Times of My Jewish Mother
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    Sud­den­ly Jew­ish: The Life and Times of My Jew­ish Mother
    Joan Moran
    Cover of Finding Ruby: The Bright and Dark Sides of a Family’s Fervent Idealism
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    Find­ing Ruby: The Bright and Dark Sides of a Family’s Fer­vent Idealism
    Richard Roth­man
    Cover of Saving Abigail: The True Story of the Abduction and Rescue of a Three-Year-Old Hostage
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    Sav­ing Abi­gail: The True Sto­ry of the Abduc­tion and Res­cue of a Three-Year-Old Hostage
    Liz Hirsh Naftali
    Cover of Animation Nation: How We Built a Cartoon Empire
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    Ani­ma­tion Nation: How We Built a Car­toon Empire
    Michael Hirsh
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    No Jews Live Here
    John Lor­inc
    Cover of Next Years Best Years: Taking Your Retirement to the Next Level - A Resource for Personal and Emotional Well-Being
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    Next Years Best Years: Tak­ing Your Retire­ment to the Next Lev­el — A Resource for Per­son­al and Emo­tion­al Well-Being
    Har­ry Agress
    Cover of Fingerprintz: One Woman's Journey Through Loss, Love and Very Little Babies
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    Fin­ger­printz: One Wom­an’s Jour­ney Through Loss, Love and Very Lit­tle Babies
    Lisa Printz Roday
    Cover of Searching for Slippers: One Mom's Coming of Age Story
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    Search­ing for Slip­pers: One Mom’s Com­ing of Age Story
    Sta­cy Ross
    Cover of Noble Fragments: The Gripping Story of the Antiquarian Bookseller Who Broke Up a Gutenberg Bible
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    Noble Frag­ments: The Grip­ping Sto­ry of the Anti­quar­i­an Book­seller Who Broke Up a Guten­berg Bible
    Michael Vison­tay
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    The Tun­nel: A Memoir
    Tripp Friedler
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    Secret Agent Man
    Mar­got Singer
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