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    Autobiography & Memoir

    Cover of A Candle in the Heart: Memoir of a Child Survivor
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    A Can­dle in the Heart: Mem­oir of a Child Survivor
    Judith Alter Kallman; Deborah Alter Goldenberg, fwd.
    Cover of Arguably: Essays
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    Arguably: Essays
    Christopher Hitchens
    Cover of We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust
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    We Are Here: Mem­o­ries of the Lithuan­ian Holocaust
    Ellen Cassedy
    Cover of A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi
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    A Jew­ish Voice from Ottoman Saloni­ca: The Ladi­no Mem­oir of Sa’adi Besalel a‑Levi
    Aron Rodrigue and Sarah Abrevaya Stein, eds.; Isaac Jerusalmi, trans.
    Cover of The Patagonian Hare: A Memoir
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    The Patag­on­ian Hare: A Memoir
    Claude Lanzmann; Frank Wynne, trans.
    Cover of Sweet and Low: A Family Story
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    Sweet and Low: A Fam­i­ly Story
    Rich Cohen
    Cover of Life, Death and Bialys: A Father/Son Baking Story
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    Life, Death and Bialys: A Father/​Son Bak­ing Story
    Dylan Schaffer
    Cover of Full Swing: Hits, Runs and Errors in a Writer's Life
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    Full Swing: Hits, Runs and Errors in a Writer’s Life
    Ira Berkow
    Non­fic­tion
    Des­ig­nat­ed Hebrew: The Ron Blomberg Story
    Ron Blomberg, As Told To Dan Schlossberg
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    The For­tune Teller’s Kiss
    Brenda Serotte
    Cover of Holy Unexpected: My New Life as a Jew
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    Holy Unex­pect­ed: My New Life as a Jew
    Robin Chotzinoff
    Cover of Writing a Jewish Life: Memoirs
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    Writ­ing a Jew­ish Life: Memoirs
    Lev Raphael
    Cover of A Village Named Dowgalishok: The Massacre at Radon and Eishishok
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    A Vil­lage Named Dow­gal­ishok: The Mas­sacre at Radon and Eishishok
    Avraham Aviel; Atalya Broide, trans.
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    When Grownups Play at War: A Child’s Memoir
    Ilona Flutsztein-Gruda; Sarah Cummins, trans
    Cover of Mendel's Daughter: A Memoir
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    Mendel’s Daugh­ter: A Memoir
    Gusta Lemelman; Martin Lemelman
    Cover of One Who Came Back: The Diary of a Jewish Survivor
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    One Who Came Back: The Diary of a Jew­ish Survivor
    Joseph Katz; Hilda Reach, trans.; Foreword by Herman Taube
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