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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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    Bust­ed: A Tale of Cor­rup­tion and Betray­al in the City of Broth­er­ly Love
    Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker
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    How to Suc­ceed in Busi­ness with­out Real­ly Crying
    Car­ol Leifer
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    Pil­grim: Risk­ing the Life I Have to Find the Faith I Seek
    Lee Kravitz
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    Dar­ing: My Passages
    Gail Shee­hy
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    Mas­ter­ing the Art of Sovi­et Cook­ing: A Mem­oir of Food and Longing
    Anya Von Bremzen
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    Unstill Life: A Daugh­ter’s Mem­oir of Art and Love in the Age of Abstraction
    Gabrielle Selz
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    My Iran: Mem­o­ries, Mys­ter­ies & Myths
    Isaac Yomtov­ian
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    Not Fade Away: A Mem­oir of Sens­es Lost and Found
    Rebecca Ann Alexander
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    Israel: Is It Good for the Jews?
    Richard Cohen
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    A Back­pack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vod­ka: A Memoir
    Lev Golinkin
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    Where the Wind Blew: A Boy­hood Lost in Tangier
    Michel Emile Bensadon
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    Can’t We Talk About Some­thing More Pleasant?
    Roz Chast
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    How About Nev­er — Is Nev­er Good for You?: My Life in Cartoons
    Bob Mankoff
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    The Late Starters Orchestra
    Ari L. Goldman
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