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    Cover of The Fixer: The Notorious Life of a Front-Page Bail Bondsman
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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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    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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    1941: The Year That Keeps Returning
    Slavko Goldstein; Michael Gable, trans.
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    A Sliv­er of Light: Three Amer­i­cans Impris­oned in Iran
    Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, Sarah Shourd
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    Out of Egypt: A Memoir
    André Aci­man
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    Exo­dus: A Memoir
    Deborah Feldman
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