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Autobiography & Memoir

Cover of Israel: Is It Good for the Jews?
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Israel: Is It Good for the Jews?
Richard Cohen
Cover of A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir
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A Back­pack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vod­ka: A Memoir
Lev Golinkin
Cover of I Believe in Zero: Learning from the World's Children
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I Believe in Zero: Learn­ing from the World’s Children
Caryl Stern
Cover of Promise Land: My Journey through America's Self-Help Culture
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Promise Land: My Jour­ney through Amer­i­ca’s Self-Help Culture
Jes­si­ca Lamb-Shapiro
Cover of The Fixer: The Notorious Life of a Front-Page Bail Bondsman
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The Fix­er: The Noto­ri­ous Life of a Front-Page Bail Bondsman
Ira Judel­son
Cover of The Promise of a Pencil
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The Promise of a Pencil
Adam Braun
Cover of Bless the Bitter and the Sweet: A Sabra Girls's Diary from the Last Days of British Rule and the Rebirth of Israel
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Bless the Bit­ter and the Sweet: A Sabra Girl­s’s Diary from the Last Days of British Rule and the Rebirth of Israel
Nao­mi Har­ris Rosenblatt
Cover of Midnight In Siberia: A Train Journey into the Heart of Russia
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Mid­night In Siberia: A Train Jour­ney into the Heart of Russia
David Greene
Cover of Then Came Life: A Memoir of Living with the Same Courage, Spirit, and Humor That Helped Me Survive Breast Cancer
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Then Came Life: A Mem­oir of Liv­ing with the Same Courage, Spir­it, and Humor That Helped Me Sur­vive Breast Cancer
Ger­a­lyn Lucas
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The Liv­ing Mem­o­ries Project
Meryl Ain, Stewart Ain, and Arthur M. Fischman
Cover of Both Sides Now: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Bold Living
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Both Sides Now: A True Sto­ry of Love, Loss, and Bold Living
Nan­cy Sharp
Cover of Maybe Not Such a Good Girl: Reflections on Rupture and Return
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Maybe Not Such a Good Girl: Reflec­tions on Rup­ture and Return
Susan Reimer-Torn
Cover of Timeless: Love, Morgenthau, and Me
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Time­less: Love, Mor­gen­thau, and Me
Lucin­da Franks
Cover of Just Parenting: Building the World One Family at a Time
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Just Par­ent­ing: Build­ing the World One Fam­i­ly at a Time
Julie Green­berg
Cover of Vodka Shot, Pickle Chaser: A True Story of Risk, Corruption, and Self-Discovery Amid the Collapse of the Soviet Union
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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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An Amer­i­can Cad­die in St. Andrews: Grow­ing Up, Girls, and Loop­ing on the Old Course
Oliv­er Horovitz
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