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    Cover of Solomon: The Lure of Wisdom
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    Solomon: The Lure of Wisdom
    Steven Weitzman
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    Swim­ming in the Day­light: An Amer­i­can Stu­dent, a Sovi­et-Jew­ish Dis­si­dent, and the Gift of Hope
    Lisa C. Paul
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    Hope Will Find You: My Search for the Wis­dom to Stop Wait­ing and Start Living
    Nao­mi Levy
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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
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    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 Hiding in the Spotlight: A Musical Prodigy's Story of Survival, 1941-1946
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    Hid­ing in the Spot­light: A Musi­cal Prodi­gy’s Sto­ry of Sur­vival, 1941 – 1946
    Greg Daw­son
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    A Crit­ic’s Journey
    Ilan Sta­vans
    Cover of As If It Were Life: A World War II Diary from the Theresienstadt Ghetto
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    As If It Were Life: A World War II Diary from the There­sien­stadt Ghetto
    Philipp Manes
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    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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    Good Eggs: A Memoir
    Phoebe Potts
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    Lar­ry’s Kidney
    Daniel Asa Rose
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