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Autobiography & Memoir

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Find­ing Home With­in: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Jen­nifer Lang

Diane Got­tlieb
December 30, 2024
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Non­fic­tion
War­saw Testament
Samuel Kas­sow
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Land­ed: A yogi’s mem­oir in pieces & poses
Jen­nifer Lang
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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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Heavy­weight: A Fam­i­ly Sto­ry of the Holo­caust, Empire, and Memory
Solomon J. Brager
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Non­fic­tion
Green World: A Tragi­com­ic Mem­oir of Love & Shakespeare
Michelle Ephraim
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The Diario: The Dar­ing Escape of Two Sephardic Jews from Turkey to Amer­i­ca Dur­ing World War I
Alfred Ascher; Gloria J. Ascher, trans.
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There Was Night and There Was Morn­ing: A Mem­oir of Trau­ma and Redemption
Sara Sher­bill
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Be Ready When the Luck Hap­pens: A Memoir
Ina Garten
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The Only Jew in The Room: Search­ing for Under­stand­ing in An Arab Islam­ic College
Avi Shalev
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The Civ­il War Diary of Emma Mordecai
Dianne Ash­ton
Melis­sa R. Klapper
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Still Life with Remorse
Maira Kalman
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Roman Year: A Memoir
André Aci­man
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Becom­ing Janet: Find­ing Myself in the Holocaust
Janet Singer Applefield
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‘The Rhythm of Life’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Edith Eva Eger

Michal Hoschan­der Malen
September 30, 2024
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