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Autobiography & Memoir

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Shocked: My Moth­er, Schi­a­par­el­li, and Me
Patricia Volk
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Fame Shark
Royal Young
Essay

My Family’s Reac­tion to Fame Shark

Roy­al Young​’s debut mem­oir Fame Shark will be released June 2013 from Heliotrope Books. Young con­tributes to Inter­view Mag­a­zine, New York Post, BOMB Mag­a­zine and The Lo…
Roy­al Young
June 10, 2013
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Lis­ten­ing to God: Inspi­ra­tional Sto­ries for My Grandchildren
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
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It’s All About Who You Hire, How They Lead…And Oth­er Essen­tial Advice from a Self-Made Leader
Morton L. Mandel with John A. Byrne
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You Say Toma­to, I Say Shut Up: A Love Story
Annabelle Gurwitch and Jeff Kahn
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Steal­ing History
Ger­ald Stern
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The Pen­du­lum: A Grand­daugh­ter’s Search for Her Fam­i­ly’s For­bid­den Nazi Past
Julie Lin­dahl
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The Price of Truth: A True Sto­ry of Child Sex­u­al Abuse in the Ortho­dox Jew­ish World — and One Girl’s Courage to Sur­vive and Heal
Genendy Rad­off
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Lies About My Family
Amy Hoff­man
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My 15 Grandmothers
Genie Mil­grom
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The Astor Orphan: A Memior
Alexan­dra Aldrich
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My New Orleans, Gone Away
Peter Wolf
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The Crooked Mir­ror: A Mem­oir of Pol­ish-Jew­ish Reconciliation
Louise Stein­man
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What Do You Buy the Chil­dren of the Ter­ror­ist Who Tried to Kill Your Wife?: A Mem­oir of Jerusalem
David Har­ris-Ger­shon
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Life­Jour­ney Books Do-It-Your­self Mem­oir Workbook
Deborah Fineblum & Naomi Grossman
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