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    Autobiography & Memoir

    Cover of Intermission: How Fervor, Frienships and Faith Took Me to the Second Act
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    Inter­mis­sion: How Fer­vor, Frien­ships and Faith Took Me to the Sec­ond Act
    Mindie Bar­nett
    Cover of Scattered: A Mostly True Memoir
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    Scat­tered: A Most­ly True Memoir
    Jus­tine Hope Blau
    Cover of Ekaterinoslav: One Family's Passage to America: A Memoir in Verse
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    Eka­teri­noslav: One Fam­i­ly’s Pas­sage to Amer­i­ca: A Mem­oir in Verse
    Jane Yolen
    Cover of The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
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    The Com­plete Maus: A Sur­vivor’s Tale
    Art Spiegelman
    Cover of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
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    Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
    Anne Frank; Susan Massotty, trans.
    Cover of Turbulent Souls: A Catholic Son's Return to His Jewish Family
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    Tur­bu­lent Souls: A Catholic Son’s Return to His Jew­ish Family
    Stephen J. Dubner
    Cover of From the Fair: The Autobiography of Sholom Aleichem
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    From the Fair: The Auto­bi­og­ra­phy of Sholom Aleichem
    Sholom Aleichem; Curt Leviant, trans.
    Cover of God's Horse and The Atheist's School
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    God’s Horse and The Athe­ist’s School
    Wilhelm Dichter; Madeline G. Levine, trans.
    Cover of The Gambler's Daughter: A Personal and Social History
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    The Gam­bler’s Daugh­ter: A Per­son­al and Social History
    Annette B. Dunlap
    Cover of The Pope and I: How the Lifelong Friendship between a Polish Jew and Pope John Paul II Advanced the Cause of Jewish Christian Relations
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    The Pope and I: How the Life­long Friend­ship between a Pol­ish Jew and Pope John Paul II Advanced the Cause of Jew­ish Chris­t­ian Relations
    Jerzy Kluger with Gianfranco Di Simone
    Cover of The Gershwins and Me
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    The Gersh­wins and Me
    Michael Feinstein
    Cover of Some Girls, Some Hats and Hitler: A True Love Story Rediscovered
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    Some Girls, Some Hats and Hitler: A True Love Sto­ry Rediscovered
    Trudy Kanter
    Cover of Inquisitorial Inquiries: Brief Lives of Secret Jews and Other Heretics
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    Inquisi­to­r­i­al Inquiries: Brief Lives of Secret Jews and Oth­er Heretics
    Richard L. Kagan; Abigail Dyer, eds. and trans.
    Cover of Breaking Ground: Adventures in Life and Architecture
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    Break­ing Ground: Adven­tures in Life and Architecture
    Daniel Libeskind
    Cover of Matzo Balls for Breakfast and Other Memories of Growing Up Jewish
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    Mat­zo Balls for Break­fast and Oth­er Mem­o­ries of Grow­ing Up Jewish
    Alan King and Friends. Foreword by Larry King.
    Cover of Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War,1937-1948
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    Prague Win­ter: A Per­son­al Sto­ry of Remem­brance and War,1937 – 1948
    Madeleine Albright
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