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    Cover of Two Bites Too Many: A Sarah Blair Mystery
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    Two Bites Too Many: A Sarah Blair Mystery
    Debra H. Goldstein
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    The War of the Itchy Balls and Oth­er Tales From Brook­lyn: A Half-Life Memoir
    William Gral­nick
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    Make­up Tips from Auschwitz: How Van­i­ty Saved my Moth­er’s Life
    Tom­my Schnurmacher
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    OMG WTF Does the Con­sti­tu­tion Actu­al­ly Say?: A Non-Bor­ing Guide to How Our Democ­ra­cy is Sup­posed to Work
    Ben Shee­han
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Last Sur­viv­ing Dinosaur: The TyrantoCrankaTsuris
    Steven Joseph
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    Liv­ing in Heav­en Cop­ing with Hell
    Clif­ford Sobin
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    A Vil­lage Romance
    Izzy Abrahm­son
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    Laugh Lines: My Life Help­ing Fun­ny Peo­ple Be Funnier
    Alan Zweibel
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    Holy Lands
    Amanda Sthers
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    Moth­er India
    Tova Reich
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    Super­man Isn’t Jew­ish (But I Am…Kinda)
    Jimmy Bemon; Emilie Boudet, illus.
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    The Right Thing to Do at the Time
    Dov Zeller
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    Hey Ladies! The Sto­ry of 8 Best Friends, One Year, and Way, Way Too Many Emails
    Car­o­line Moss
    Michelle Markowitz
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    Just the Fun­ny Parts…And a Few Hard Truths About Sneak­ing into the Hol­ly­wood Boys’ Club
    Nell Scov­ell
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    A Mar­riage in Dog Years: A Memoir
    Nan­cy Balbirer
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    Hus­bands and Oth­er Sharp Objects
    Mar­i­lyn Simon Rothstein
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