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    Autobiography & Memoir

    Cover of Of No Interest to the Nation: A Jewish Family in France, 1925-1945: A Memoir
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    Of No Inter­est to the Nation: A Jew­ish Fam­i­ly in France, 1925 – 1945: A Memoir
    Gilbert Michlin; Afterword by Zeev Sternhell
    Cover of Ten Green Bottles
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    Ten Green Bottles
    Vivian Jeanette Kaplan
    Cover of A Tale of Love and Darkness
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    A Tale of Love and Darkness
    Amos Oz; Nicholas de Lange, trans.
    Cover of A Table for One: Under the Light of Jerusalem
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    A Table for One: Under the Light of Jerusalem
    Aharon Appelfeld; paintings by Meir Appelfeld; Aloma Halter, trans.
    Cover of Omaha Blues: A Memory Loop
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    Oma­ha Blues: A Mem­o­ry Loop
    Joseph Lelyveld
    Cover of Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art
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    Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art
    Gene Wilder
    Cover of They All Sang My Songs
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    They All Sang My Songs
    Jack Lawrence
    Cover of Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life
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    Ency­clo­pe­dia of an Ordi­nary Life
    Amy Krouse Rosenthal
    Cover of Company C: An American's Life as a Citizen-Soldier in Israel
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    Com­pa­ny C: An Amer­i­can’s Life as a Cit­i­zen-Sol­dier in Israel
    Haim Watz­man
    Cover of Jubana! The Awkwardly True and Dazzling Adventures of a Jewish Cuban Goddess
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    Jubana! The Awk­ward­ly True and Daz­zling Adven­tures of a Jew­ish Cuban Goddess
    Gigi Anders
    Cover of Tevye's Grandchildren: Rediscovering Jewish Identity
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    Tevye’s Grand­chil­dren: Redis­cov­er­ing Jew­ish Identity
    Eleanor Mallet
    Cover of Guarded by Angels: How My Father and Uncle Survived Hitler and Cheated Stalin
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    Guard­ed by Angels: How My Father and Uncle Sur­vived Hitler and Cheat­ed Stalin
    Alan Elsner; Foreword by David Cesarani
    Cover of And Yet I Still Have Dreams: A Story of a Certain Loneliness
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    And Yet I Still Have Dreams: A Sto­ry of a Cer­tain Loneliness
    Joanna Wiszniewicz; Regina Grol, trans.
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    The Let­ters That Nev­er Came
    Mauricio Rosencof; Louise B. Popkin, trans.; Introduction by Ilan Stavans
    Cover of Oil: Israel's Covert Efforts to Secure Oil Supplies
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    Oil: Israel’s Covert Efforts to Secure Oil Supplies
    Zvi Alexander
    Cover of The Labyrinth of Dangerous Hours: A Memoir of the Second World War
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    The Labyrinth of Dan­ger­ous Hours: A Mem­oir of the Sec­ond World War
    Lilka Trzcinska-Croydon
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