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Autobiography & Memoir

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The FabY­OUList
Susan Camp­bell Cross
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Per­il: From Jack­boots to Jack Benny
Pearl Good­man
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Forgery of the Month Club
Kei­th T Alexander
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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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The Mom Who Took Off On Her Motor­cy­cle: Life Lessons on the Road to Alaska
Diana Blet­ter
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Sons of Abra­ham: A Can­did Con­ver­sa­tion about the Issues That Divide and Unite Jews and Muslims
Rabbi Marc Schneier & Imam Shamsi Ali
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Stum­bling Through the Dark
Thel­ma Zirkelbach
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The Bohemi­an Love Diaries
Slash Cole­man
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Crash: A Moth­er, a Son, and the Jour­ney from Grief
Car­olyn Roy-Bornstein
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I Kiss Your Hands Many Times: Hearts, Souls, and Wars in Hungary
Mar­i­anne Szegedy-Maszak
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My Life in Jew­ish Renew­al: A Memoir
Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi with Edward Hoffman
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Trav­el­ing Heavy: A Mem­oir in between Journeys
Ruth Behar
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A For­got­ten Land: Grow­ing Up In The Jew­ish Pale, Based on the Rec­ol­lec­tions of Pearl Unikow Cooper
Lisa Cooper
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