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    Autobiography & Memoir

    Cover of The Wagamama Bride: A Jewish Family Saga Made in Japan
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    The Waga­ma­ma Bride: A Jew­ish Fam­i­ly Saga Made in Japan
    Liane Grun­berg Wakabayashi
    Cover of Reborn in the USA: An Englishman's Love Letter to His Chosen Home
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    Reborn in the USA: An Eng­lish­man’s Love Let­ter to His Cho­sen Home
    Roger Ben­nett
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    Dylan & Me: 50 Years of Adventures
    Louie Kemp
    Cover of You're Leaving When?: Adventures in Downward Mobility
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    You’re Leav­ing When?: Adven­tures in Down­ward Mobility
    Annabelle Gur­witch
    Cover of Laughing at Myself: My Education in Congress, on the Farm, and at the Movies
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    Laugh­ing at Myself: My Edu­ca­tion in Con­gress, on the Farm, and at the Movies
    Dan Glick­man
    Cover of Asylum: A Memoir of Family Secrets
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    Asy­lum: A Mem­oir of Fam­i­ly Secrets
    Judy Bolton-Fas­man
    Cover of Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes
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    Tick­ing Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes
    Ira Rosen
    Cover of From Hell to Challah: Rising from fragile to fearless.....one grain at a time
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    From Hell to Chal­lah: Ris­ing from frag­ile to fearless.….one grain at a time
    Shari Wal­lack
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    The Extra­or­di­nary UnOr­di­nary You: Fol­low Your Own Path, Dis­cov­er Your Own Journey
    Simone Knego
    Cover of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John...and Me: Growing Up Jewish in a Christian World
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    Matthew, Mark, Luke, John…and Me: Grow­ing Up Jew­ish in a Chris­t­ian World
    Arthur Ullian
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    BAM…and Then it HIT me
    Karen Brooks Hopkins
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    We Share the Same Sky
    Rachael Cer­rot­ti
    Cover of From Trauma to Healing: Seeking Solace and Safe Places to Fall
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    From Trau­ma to Heal­ing: Seek­ing Solace and Safe Places to Fall
    Bar­bara Gold­en Lambert
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    May You Live In Inter­est­ing Times
    Laraine New­man
    Cover of Beautiful Country: A Memoir
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    Beau­ti­ful Coun­try: A Memoir
    Qian Julie Wang
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    A Cry in Unison
    Judy Cohen
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