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    Autobiography & Memoir

    Cover of What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt
    Poet­ry
    What Remains: The Col­lect­ed Poems of Han­nah Arendt
    Hannah Arendt; Genese Grill, trans.
    Cover of Milkweed and Honey Cake: A Memoir in Ritual Moments
    Non­fic­tion
    Milk­weed and Hon­ey Cake: A Mem­oir in Rit­u­al Moments
    Wendy A. Horwitz
    Cover of Do Not Cry When I Die: A Holocaust Memoir of a Mother and Daughter's Survival In Jewish Ghettos, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen
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    Do Not Cry When I Die: A Holo­caust Mem­oir of a Moth­er and Daugh­ter’s Sur­vival In Jew­ish Ghet­tos, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen
    Renee Salt
    Kate Thomp­son
    Cover of Your Roots Cast a Shadow: One Family's Search Across History for Belonging
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    Your Roots Cast a Shad­ow: One Fam­i­ly’s Search Across His­to­ry for Belonging
    Car­o­line Topperman
    Cover of Treasures, Shipwrecks, and the Dawn of Red Sea Diving
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    Trea­sures, Ship­wrecks, and the Dawn of Red Sea Diving
    Howard Rosen­stein
    Cover of We Are Black Jews. Ethiopian Jewry and the Journey to Equality in Israel
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    We Are Black Jews. Ethiopi­an Jew­ry and the Jour­ney to Equal­i­ty in Israel
    Roni Fan­tanesh Malkai
    Cover of Internee Number 6
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    Internee Num­ber 6
    Maria Eisenstein; Will Schutt, trans.
    Cover of How to Share an Egg: A True Story of Hunger, Love, and Plenty
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    How to Share an Egg: A True Sto­ry of Hunger, Love, and Plenty
    Bon­ny Reichert
    Cover of The Survivor: How I Made it Through Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter
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    The Sur­vivor: How I Made it Through Six Con­cen­tra­tion Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter 
    Josef Lewkow­icz
    Cover of The Shochet (Vol. 1): A Memoir of Jewish Life in Ukraine and Crimea
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    The Shochet (Vol. 1): A Mem­oir of Jew­ish Life in Ukraine and Crimea
    Pinkhes-Dov Gold­en­shteyn; Michoel Roten­feld, trans.
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    The Shochet (Vol. 2): A Mem­oir of Jew­ish Life in Ukraine and Crimea
    Pinkhes-Dov Gold­en­shteyn; Michoel Roten­feld, trans.
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    Dirt­bag Queen
    Andy Cor­ren
    Interview

    Find­ing Home With­in: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Jen­nifer Lang

    Diane Got­tlieb
    December 30, 2024
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    War­saw Testament
    Samuel Kas­sow
    Cover of Landed: A yogi's memoir in pieces & poses
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    Land­ed: A yogi’s mem­oir in pieces & poses
    Jen­nifer Lang
    Cover of I Just Let Life Rain Down on Me: Selected Letters and Reflections
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    I Just Let Life Rain Down on Me: Select­ed Let­ters and Reflections
    Rahel Levin Varnhagen; Peter Wortsman, ed. and trans.
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