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Autobiography & Memoir

Cover of Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
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Bit­ter­sweet: How Sor­row and Long­ing Make Us Whole
Susan Cain
Cover of Witness to History-From Vienna to Shanghai: A Memoir of Escape, Survival and Resilience
Wit­ness to His­to­ry-From Vien­na to Shang­hai: A Mem­oir of Escape, Sur­vival and Resilience
Jean Hoff­mann Lewanda
Cover of Crooked Lines: A Single Mom's Jewish Journey
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Crooked Lines: A Sin­gle Mom’s Jew­ish Journey
Jen­na Zark
Cover of When Your Family Says No: The Journey To Freedom Independence
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When Your Fam­i­ly Says No: The Jour­ney To Free­dom Independence
Laya Mar­tinez
Cover of Just Human: The Quest for Disability Wisdom, Respect, and Inclusion
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Just Human: The Quest for Dis­abil­i­ty Wis­dom, Respect, and Inclusion
Arielle Sil­ver­man
Cover of More Than We Expected: Five Years With A Remarkable Child
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More Than We Expect­ed: Five Years With A Remark­able Child
James G. Robinson
Cover of After Effects: A Memoir of Complicated Grief
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After Effects: A Mem­oir of Com­pli­cat­ed Grief
Andrea Gilats
Cover of The Letters Project: A Daughter's Journey
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The Let­ters Project: A Daugh­ter’s Journey
Eleanor Reis­sa
Cover of Committed: Dispatches from a Psychiatrist in Training
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Com­mit­ted: Dis­patch­es from a Psy­chi­a­trist in Training
Adam Stern
Cover of In Sickness: A Memoir
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In Sick­ness: A Memoir
Bar­rett Rollins
Cover of Objects of Love and Regret: A Brooklyn Story
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Objects of Love and Regret: A Brook­lyn Story
Richard Rabi­nowitz
Cover of Scare Your Soul: 7 Powerful Principles to Harness Fear and Lead Your Most Courageous Life
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Scare Your Soul: 7 Pow­er­ful Prin­ci­ples to Har­ness Fear and Lead Your Most Coura­geous Life
Scott Simon
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Bro­ken Promis­es: The Sto­ry of a Jew­ish Fam­i­ly in Germany
Bon­nie Suchman
Cover of Womb Of Diamonds: A True Adventure From Child Bride Of Syria To Celebrity Businesswoman Of Japan
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Womb Of Dia­monds: A True Adven­ture From Child Bride Of Syr­ia To Celebri­ty Busi­ness­woman Of Japan
Ezra Choueke
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Daugh­ter of His­to­ry: Traces of an Immi­grant Girlhood
Susan Rubin Suleiman
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Wis­dom Grows In My Garden
Paul Plotkin
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