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    Autobiography & Memoir

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    Dossier K.
    Imre Kertesz; Tim Wilkinson, trans.
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    The Fam­i­ly: Three Jour­neys into the Heart of the Twen­ti­eth Century
    David Laskin
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    What Made Sam­my Run?
    Sam Silberberg; adapted by Carolyn Buan
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    Open Heart
    Elie Wiesel; Marion Wiesel, trans.
    Cover of Lovesong: Becoming a Jew
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    Lovesong: Becom­ing a Jew
    Julius Lester
    Cover of Reign of Terror: The Budapest Memoirs of Valdemar Langlet 1944-1945
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    Reign of Ter­ror: The Budapest Mem­oirs of Valde­mar Lan­glet 1944 – 1945
    Valdemar Langlet
    Cover of Country of Ash: A Jewish Doctor in Poland, 1939-1945
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    Coun­try of Ash: A Jew­ish Doc­tor in Poland, 1939 – 1945
    Edward Reicher; Magda Bogin, trans.
    Cover of Season to Taste: How I Lost My Sense of Smell and Found My Way
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    Sea­son to Taste: How I Lost My Sense of Smell and Found My Way
    Mol­ly Birnbaum
    Cover of I'm New at Being Old
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    I’m New at Being Old
    Lucy Rose Fischer
    Cover of Totally Unofficial: The Autobiography of Raphael Lemkin
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    Total­ly Unof­fi­cial: The Auto­bi­og­ra­phy of Raphael Lemkin
    Raphael Lemkin; Donna-Lee Frieze, ed.
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    What We Have: A Memoir
    Amy Boesky
    Cover of Buzz: A Year of Paying Attention
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    Buzz: A Year of Pay­ing Attention
    Kather­ine Ellison
    Cover of Unfinished Business: One Man's Extraordinary Year of Trying to Do the Right Things
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    Unfin­ished Busi­ness: One Man’s Extra­or­di­nary Year of Try­ing to Do the Right Things
    Lee Kravitz
    Cover of Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978
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    Cross­ing Man­del­baum Gate: Com­ing of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956 – 1978
    Kai Bird
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    The Beg­gar King and the Secret of Hap­pi­ness: A True Story
    Joel Ben Izzy
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    1,000 Mitz­vahs: How Small Acts of Kind­ness Can Heal, Inspire, and Change Your Life
    Lin­da Cohen
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