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    Autobiography & Memoir

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    Drawn from Water: An Amer­i­can Poet, an Ethiopi­an Fam­i­ly, an Israeli Story
    Dina Elen­bo­gen
    Cover of Here and There: Leaving Chasidism, Keeping my Family
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    Here and There: Leav­ing Cha­sidism, Keep­ing my Family
    Chaya Deitsch
    Cover of I Didn't Tell Them Anything: The Wartime Secrets of an American Girl
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    I Did­n’t Tell Them Any­thing: The Wartime Secrets of an Amer­i­can Girl
    Aleena Rieger
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    It Takes a Lit­tle Crazy to Make a Difference
    Dafna Michaelson Jenet
    Cover of Blood, Sweat & My Rock 'n Roll Years: Is Steve Katz a Rock Star?
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    Blood, Sweat & My Rock ​‘n Roll Years: Is Steve Katz a Rock Star?
    Steve Katz
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    Screen­ing Room: Fam­i­ly Pictures
    Alan Light­man
    Cover of Year of the Dunk: A Modest Defiance of Gravity
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    Year of the Dunk: A Mod­est Defi­ance of Gravity
    Ash­er Price
    Cover of My Fat Dad: A Memoir of Food Love and Family with Recipes
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    My Fat Dad: A Mem­oir of Food Love and Fam­i­ly with Recipes
    Dawn Ler­man
    Cover of Orchard House: How a Neglected Garden Taught One Family to Grow
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    Orchard House: How a Neglect­ed Gar­den Taught One Fam­i­ly to Grow
    Tara Austen Weaver
    Cover of Hidden Inheritance: Family Secrets, Memories, and Faith
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    Hid­den Inher­i­tance: Fam­i­ly Secrets, Mem­o­ries, and Faith
    Hei­di B. Neumark
    Cover of Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home
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    Stir: My Bro­ken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home
    Jes­si­ca Fechtor
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    Stolen Lega­cy: Nazi Theft and the Quest for Jus­tice at Krausen­strasse 17/18 Berlin
    Dina Gold
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    Bob­by Won­der­ful: An Imper­fect Son Buries His Parents
    Bob Mor­ris
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    How’s Your Faith?: An Unlike­ly Spir­i­tu­al Journey
    David Gre­go­ry
    Cover of The Orpheus Clock: The Search for My Family’s Art Treasures Stolen by the Nazis
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    The Orpheus Clock: The Search for My Family’s Art Trea­sures Stolen by the Nazis
    Simon Good­man
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    A Guest at the Shoot­ers’ Ban­quet: My Grand­fa­ther’s SS Past, My Jew­ish Fam­i­ly, a Search for the Truth
    Rita B. Gabis
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