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    Cover of It’s All About Who You Hire, How They Lead…And Other Essential Advice from a Self-Made Leader
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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
    Cover of 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
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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
    Cover of The Pendulum: A Granddaughter's Search for Her Family's Forbidden Nazi Past
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    The Pen­du­lum: A Grand­daugh­ter’s Search for Her Fam­i­ly’s For­bid­den Nazi Past
    Julie Lin­dahl
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    Moth­er Daugh­ter Me
    Katie Hafn­er
    Cover of Exodus to Shanghai: Stories of Escape from the Third Reich
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    Exo­dus to Shang­hai: Sto­ries of Escape from the Third Reich
    Steve Hochstadt
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    Stand­ing Up
    Mar­i­on Grodin
    Cover of Growing Up Golem: How I Survived My Mother, Brooklyn, and Some Really Bad Dates
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    Grow­ing Up Golem: How I Sur­vived My Moth­er, Brook­lyn, and Some Real­ly Bad Dates
    Don­na Minkowitz
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    The FabY­OUList
    Susan Camp­bell Cross
    Cover of Peril: From Jackboots to Jack Benny
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    Per­il: From Jack­boots to Jack Benny
    Pearl Good­man
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    Forgery of the Month Club
    Kei­th T Alexander
    Cover of Lawfully Wedded Husband: How My Gay Marriage Will Save the American Family
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    Law­ful­ly Wed­ded Hus­band: How My Gay Mar­riage Will Save the Amer­i­can Family
    Joel Derfn­er
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    Replace­ment Child
    Judy L. Mandel
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    War­rior Princess: My Quest to Become the First Female Maa­sai Warrior
    Mindy Bud­gor
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    Paint­ing Zaidy’s Dream: Mem­oir of a Search­ing Soul
    Miri­am Karp
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