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    Autobiography & Memoir

    Cover of Leaving Bacon Behind: A How to Guide to Jewish Conversion
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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
    Cover of Hugging My Father's Ghost: A Memoir
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    Hug­ging My Father’s Ghost: A Memoir
    Zack Rogow
    Cover of Saying Inshallah With Chutzpah: A Gefilte Fish Out Of Water Story
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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
    Cover of Breath Taking: A Memoir of Family, Genes, and Broken Dreams
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    Breath Tak­ing: A Mem­oir of Fam­i­ly, Genes, and Bro­ken Dreams
    Jes­si­ca Fein
    Cover of Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice
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    Vision: A Mem­oir of Blind­ness and Justice
    David S. Tatel
    Cover of If You See Them: Young, Unhoused, and Alone in America
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    If You See Them: Young, Unhoused, and Alone in America
    Vic­ki Sokolik
    Cover of From the West to the East: A Memoir of a Liberal American Rabbi
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    From the West to the East: A Mem­oir of a Lib­er­al Amer­i­can Rabbi
    John L. Rosove
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    Love Let­ter From Pig: My Broth­er’s Sto­ry of Free­dom Summer
    Julie Kabat
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    Diary of a Dying Girl
    Mal­lo­ry Smith
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    Insti­ga­tor of Joy: Becom­ing my own fairy godmother
    Nan­cy C. Illman
    Cover of The Inheritance (Yurusha): An Autobiography
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    The Inher­i­tance (Yurusha): An Autobiography
    Israel Rosen Edited by Elliot Rosen
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    Good Work, Grit & Grat­i­tude: The Bit­ter­sweet Lessons of the Lemon­ade Generation
    Adri­an Dubow
    Lau­ra Koffsky
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    Duplic­i­ty: My Moth­ers’ Secrets
    Don­na Freed
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