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Autobiography & Memoir

Cover of Working with Bernstein: A Memoir
Non­fic­tion
Work­ing with Bern­stein: A Memoir
Jack Gottlieb
Cover of Life on Sandpaper
Fic­tion
Life on Sandpaper
Yoram Kaniuk; Anthony Berris, trans.
Cover of A Life in Motion: A Memoir
Non­fic­tion
A Life in Motion: A Memoir
Florence Howe
Cover of I’m Not Going Back: Wartime Memoir of a Child Evacuee
Chil­dren’s
I’m Not Going Back: Wartime Mem­oir of a Child Evacuee
Kitty Wintrob
Cover of Revolution: The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the War
Non­fic­tion
Rev­o­lu­tion: The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the War
Deb Olin Unferth
Cover of Solomon: The Lure of Wisdom
Non­fic­tion
Solomon: The Lure of Wisdom
Steven Weitzman
Cover of Swimming in the Daylight: An American Student, a Soviet-Jewish Dissident, and the Gift of Hope
Non­fic­tion
Swim­ming in the Day­light: An Amer­i­can Stu­dent, a Sovi­et-Jew­ish Dis­si­dent, and the Gift of Hope
Lisa C. Paul
Cover of Hope Will Find You: My Search for the Wisdom to Stop Waiting and Start Living
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Hope Will Find You: My Search for the Wis­dom to Stop Wait­ing and Start Living
Nao­mi Levy
Cover of Rezso Kasztner: The Daring Rescue of Hungarian Jews: A Survivor's Account
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Rez­so Kaszt­ner: The Dar­ing Res­cue of Hun­gar­i­an Jews: A Sur­vivor’s Account
Ladislaus Lob
Cover of An Exclusive Love: A Memoir
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An Exclu­sive Love: A Memoir
Johanna Adorjan; Anthea Bell, trans.
Cover of My Times & Life: A Historian's Progress Through a Contentious Age
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My Times & Life: A His­to­ri­an’s Progress Through a Con­tentious Age
Morton Keller
Cover of If a Tree Falls: A Family's Quest to Hear and Be Heard
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If a Tree Falls: A Fam­i­ly’s Quest to Hear and Be Heard
Jen­nifer Rosner
Cover of Terrorist Cop: The NYPD Jewish Cop Who Traveled the World to Stop Terrorists
Non­fic­tion
Ter­ror­ist Cop: The NYPD Jew­ish Cop Who Trav­eled the World to Stop Terrorists
Mordecai Dzikansky and Robert Slater
Cover of Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father and Son
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Man­hood for Ama­teurs: The Plea­sures and Regrets of a Hus­band, Father and Son
Michael Chabon
Cover of Medicine in Translation: Journeys with My Patients
Non­fic­tion
Med­i­cine in Trans­la­tion: Jour­neys with My Patients
Danielle Ofri
Cover of Jacob's Cane: A Jewish Family's Journey from the Four Lands of Lithuania to the Ports of London and Baltimore
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Jacob’s Cane: A Jew­ish Fam­i­ly’s Jour­ney from the Four Lands of Lithua­nia to the Ports of Lon­don and Baltimore
Elisa New
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