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    Autobiography & Memoir

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    In the Land of Oz
    Howard Jacob­son
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    Life Ani­mat­ed: A Sto­ry of Side­kicks, Heroes, and Autism
    Ron Suskind
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    Lit­tle Miracles
    Abraham Bilcher
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    We Won’t See Auschwitz
    Jérémie Dres; Edward Gauvin, trans.
    Cover of Timeless: Love, Morgenthau, and Me
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    Time­less: Love, Mor­gen­thau, and Me
    Lucin­da Franks
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    Vod­ka Shot, Pick­le Chas­er: A True Sto­ry of Risk, Cor­rup­tion, and Self-Dis­cov­ery Amid the Col­lapse of the Sovi­et Union
    David A Kalis
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    Just Par­ent­ing: Build­ing the World One Fam­i­ly at a Time
    Julie Green­berg
    Cover of An American Caddie in St. Andrews: Growing Up, Girls, and Looping on the Old Course
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    An Amer­i­can Cad­die in St. Andrews: Grow­ing Up, Girls, and Loop­ing on the Old Course
    Oliv­er Horovitz
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    Chap­ters of the Heart: Jew­ish Women Shar­ing the Torah of our Lives
    Sue Levi Elwell and Nancy Fuchs Kreimer
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    Mea­sure of a Man: From Auschwitz Sur­vivor to Pres­i­dents’ Tailor
    Mar­tin Greenfield
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    Bust­ed: A Tale of Cor­rup­tion and Betray­al in the City of Broth­er­ly Love
    Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker
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    Pil­grim: Risk­ing the Life I Have to Find the Faith I Seek
    Lee Kravitz
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    How to Suc­ceed in Busi­ness with­out Real­ly Crying
    Car­ol Leifer
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    Dar­ing: My Passages
    Gail Shee­hy
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    Unstill Life: A Daugh­ter’s Mem­oir of Art and Love in the Age of Abstraction
    Gabrielle Selz
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    Mas­ter­ing the Art of Sovi­et Cook­ing: A Mem­oir of Food and Longing
    Anya Von Bremzen
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