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    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
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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.
    Cover of What We Have: A Memoir
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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
    Cover of The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness: A True Story
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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
    Cover of Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death: Reflections on Memory and Imagination
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    Land­scapes of the Metrop­o­lis of Death: Reflec­tions on Mem­o­ry and Imagination
    Otto Dov Kulka; Ralph Mandel, trans.
    Cover of Boy 30529: A Memoir
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    Boy 30529: A Memoir
    Felix Weinberg
    Cover of Out of Brownsville: Encounters with Nobel Laureates and Other Jewish Writers - A Cultural Memoir
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    Out of Brownsville: Encoun­ters with Nobel Lau­re­ates and Oth­er Jew­ish Writ­ers — A Cul­tur­al Memoir
    Jules Chametzky
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    Lunch in Paris: A Love Sto­ry, With Recipes
    Eliz­a­beth Bard
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    My Mother’s Wars
    Lillian Faderman
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    Let­ting It Go
    Miriam Katin
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