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Autobiography & Memoir

Cover of The Last Year of My Life: Ten Leadership Tools That Transformed a Deadly Diagnosis into a Path of Renewal
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The Last Year of My Life: Ten Lead­er­ship Tools That Trans­formed a Dead­ly Diag­no­sis into a Path of Renewal
Eeki Elner
Joshua T. Adams
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Heart. Soul. Pen.: Find Your Voice on the Page and In Your Life
Robin Finn
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Out­side Voic­es: A Mem­oir of the Berke­ley Revolution
Joan Gelfand
Cover of Family Declassified: Uncovering My Grandfather's Journey from Spy to Children's Book Author
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Fam­i­ly Declas­si­fied: Uncov­er­ing My Grand­fa­ther’s Jour­ney from Spy to Chil­dren’s Book Author
Kather­ine Fennelly
Cover of All The Ways You Taught Us: A Memoir of Ability, Disability, and the Pursuit of Meaning
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All The Ways You Taught Us: A Mem­oir of Abil­i­ty, Dis­abil­i­ty, and the Pur­suit of Meaning
Janet R. Gordon
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Pro­files in Men­tal Health Courage
Stephen Fried
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Leav­ing Bacon Behind: A How to Guide to Jew­ish Conversion
Melvin S. Marsh
Cover of Birth Control: The Insidious Power of Men Over Motherhood
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Birth Con­trol: The Insid­i­ous Pow­er of Men Over Motherhood
Alli­son Yarrow
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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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Chil­dren’s
Find­ing Mes­si: The Mir­a­cle Cat From Kyiv
Trevor Ost­feld
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Liv­ing with Autism Undiagnosed
R. Horowitz
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Breath Tak­ing: A Mem­oir of Fam­i­ly, Genes, and Bro­ken Dreams
Jes­si­ca Fein
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Vision: A Mem­oir of Blind­ness and Justice
David S. Tatel
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Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holo­caust, Once Removed
Mar­sha Lederman
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Sum­mons to Berlin: Nazi Theft and A Daugh­ter’s Quest for Justice
Joanne Intra­tor
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