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    Autobiography & Memoir

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    Hid­ing in Hol­land: A Resis­tance Memoir
    Shu­lamit Reinharz
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    My What If Year: A Memoir
    Alisha Fer­nan­dez Miranda
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    I Must Be Dreaming
    Roz Chast
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    As Figs in Autumn: One Year in a For­ev­er War
    Ben Bas­tom­s­ki
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    Arti­fi­cial: A Love Story
    Amy Kurzweil
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    The Jew­ish Under­ground of Samarkand: How Faith Defied Sovi­et Rule
    Hil­lel Zaltzman
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    Dwell Time: A Mem­oir of Art, Exile, and Repair
    Rosa Lowinger
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    Return­ing to Cuba: Art Con­ser­va­tion and Fam­i­ly History

    Rosa Lowinger
    October 9, 2023
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    The Box with the Sun­flower Clasp
    Rachel Meller
    Cover of The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance
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    The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lako­ta, and an Amer­i­can Inheritance
    Rebec­ca Clarren
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    The Bal­le­ri­na of Auschwitz: Young Adult Edi­tion of The Choice
    Dr. Edith Eva Eger
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    Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stal­in, and the Mirac­u­lous Sur­vival of My Family
    Daniel Finkel­stein
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    Strangers to Our­selves: Unset­tled Minds and the Sto­ries That Make Us
    Rachel Aviv
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    Birth Con­trol: The Insid­i­ous Pow­er of Men Over Motherhood
    Alli­son Yarrow
    Cover of Hugging My Father's Ghost: A Memoir
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    Hug­ging My Father’s Ghost: A Memoir
    Zack Rogow
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    Say­ing Inshal­lah With Chutz­pah: A Gefilte Fish Out Of Water Story
    Jes­si­ca Nao­mi Keith
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