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    Essays

    Cover of Happier Far
    Non­fic­tion
    Hap­pi­er Far
    Diane Mehta
    Cover of Mothers and Other Fictional Characters: A Memoir in Essays
    Non­fic­tion
    Moth­ers and Oth­er Fic­tion­al Char­ac­ters: A Mem­oir in Essays
    Nicole Graev Lipson
    Cover of A Dress Rehearsal for the Truth
    Non­fic­tion
    A Dress Rehearsal for the Truth
    Alan Shapiro
    The book cover of The Braille Encyclopedia: Essays on Altered Sight by Naomi Cohn. The text is displayed in both braille and non-braille and is arranged like an eye chart, with each line getting smaller and smaller.
    Non­fic­tion
    The Braille Ency­clo­pe­dia: Brief Essays on Altered Sight
    Nao­mi Cohn
    Cover of On Being Jewish Now: Reflections from Authors and Advocates
    Non­fic­tion
    On Being Jew­ish Now: Reflec­tions from Authors and Advocates
    Zib­by Owens
    Cover of The Snarling Girl and Other Essays
    Non­fic­tion
    The Snarling Girl and Oth­er Essays
    Elisa Albert
    Cover of Exhibitions: Essays on Art and Atrocity
    Non­fic­tion
    Exhi­bi­tions: Essays on Art and Atrocity
    Jehanne Dubrow
    Cover of The Sacred Earth: Jewish Perspectives on Our Planet
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    The Sacred Earth: Jew­ish Per­spec­tives on Our Planet
    Andrue J. Kahn, ed.
    Cover of The Wandering Womb: Essays in Search of Home
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    The Wan­der­ing Womb: Essays in Search of Home
    S. L. Wisenberg
    Cover of The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
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    The Best Strangers in the World: Sto­ries from a Life Spent Listening
    Ari Shapiro
    Cover of Salt & Honey: Jewish Teens on Feminism, Creativity, and Tradition
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    Salt & Hon­ey: Jew­ish Teens on Fem­i­nism, Cre­ativ­i­ty, and Tradition 
    Elizabeth Mandel, Emmanuelle Sippy, Maya Savin Miller, and Michele Lent Hirsch, eds.; Michelle Shapiro Abraham, contrib.
    Cover of Still No Word From You: Notes in the Margin
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    Still No Word From You: Notes in the Margin
    Peter Orner
    Cover of Old Truths and New Clichés: Essays by Isaac Bashevis Singer
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    Old Truths and New Clichés: Essays by Isaac Bashe­vis Singer
    Isaac Bashevis Singer; David Stromberg, ed.
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    George Soros: A Life In Full
    Peter Osnos (Editor)
    Cover of Liberal and Illiberal Arts: Essays (Mostly Jewish)
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    Lib­er­al and Illib­er­al Arts: Essays (Most­ly Jewish)
    Abraham Socher
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    Spilt Milk
    Court­ney Zoffness
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