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    Promise Land: My Jour­ney through Amer­i­ca’s Self-Help Culture
    Jes­si­ca Lamb-Shapiro
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    The Fix­er: The Noto­ri­ous Life of a Front-Page Bail Bondsman
    Ira Judel­son
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    The Promise of a Pencil
    Adam Braun
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    Bless the Bit­ter and the Sweet: A Sabra Girl­s’s Diary from the Last Days of British Rule and the Rebirth of Israel
    Nao­mi Har­ris Rosenblatt
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    Mid­night In Siberia: A Train Jour­ney into the Heart of Russia
    David Greene
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    Then Came Life: A Mem­oir of Liv­ing with the Same Courage, Spir­it, and Humor That Helped Me Sur­vive Breast Cancer
    Ger­a­lyn Lucas
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    The Liv­ing Mem­o­ries Project
    Meryl Ain, Stewart Ain, and Arthur M. Fischman
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    Both Sides Now: A True Sto­ry of Love, Loss, and Bold Living
    Nan­cy Sharp
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    Maybe Not Such a Good Girl: Reflec­tions on Rup­ture and Return
    Susan Reimer-Torn
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    Time­less: Love, Mor­gen­thau, and Me
    Lucin­da Franks
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    Just Par­ent­ing: Build­ing the World One Fam­i­ly at a Time
    Julie Green­berg
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    Vod­ka Shot, Pick­le Chas­er: A True Sto­ry of Risk, Cor­rup­tion, and Self-Dis­cov­ery Amid the Col­lapse of the Sovi­et Union
    David A Kalis
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    An Amer­i­can Cad­die in St. Andrews: Grow­ing Up, Girls, and Loop­ing on the Old Course
    Oliv­er Horovitz
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    Chap­ters of the Heart: Jew­ish Women Shar­ing the Torah of our Lives
    Sue Levi Elwell and Nancy Fuchs Kreimer
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    Mea­sure of a Man: From Auschwitz Sur­vivor to Pres­i­dents’ Tailor
    Mar­tin Greenfield
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    Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker
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