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Autobiography & Memoir

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Like a Drop of Ink in a Down­pour: Mem­o­ries of Sovi­et Russia
Yele­na and Gali­na Lembersky
Cover of Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia
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Mup­pets in Moscow: The Unex­pect­ed Crazy True Sto­ry of Mak­ing Sesame Street in Russia
Natasha Lance Rogoff
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And Again, It’s You: A Memoir
Jes­si­ca Shorstein
Cover of The Mind and the Moon: My Brother's Story, the Science of Our Brains, and the Search for Our Psyches
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The Mind and the Moon: My Broth­er’s Sto­ry, the Sci­ence of Our Brains, and the Search for Our Psyches
Daniel Bergn­er
Cover of Conquering Learning Disabilities at Any Age: How an ADHD/LD Kid Graduated from Yale and Cambridge, and Became a Marine Officer, Military Historian, Financial Advisor and Caring Father
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Con­quer­ing Learn­ing Dis­abil­i­ties at Any Age: How an ADHD/LD Kid Grad­u­at­ed from Yale and Cam­bridge, and Became a Marine Offi­cer, Mil­i­tary His­to­ri­an, Finan­cial Advi­sor and Car­ing Father
Bryan Mark Rigg
Cover of Jews in the Garden: A Holocaust Survivor, the Fate of His Family, and the Secret History of Poland in World War II
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Jews in the Gar­den: A Holo­caust Sur­vivor, the Fate of His Fam­i­ly, and the Secret His­to­ry of Poland in World War II
Judy Rakowsky
Cover of Overthinking About You: Navigating Romantic Relationships When You Have Anxiety, OCD, and/or Depression
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Over­think­ing About You: Nav­i­gat­ing Roman­tic Rela­tion­ships When You Have Anx­i­ety, OCD, and/​or Depression
Alli­son Raskin
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Seek­ing Shel­ter: Mem­oir of a Jew­ish Girl­hood in Wartime Britain
Cyn­thia Ehrenkrantz
Cover of Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind
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Burn Rate: Launch­ing a Start­up and Los­ing My Mind
Andy Dunn
Cover of Experience is the Angled Road: Memoir of an Academic
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Expe­ri­ence is the Angled Road: Mem­oir of an Academic
R. Bar­bara Gitenstein
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And How Are the Chil­dren: Time­less Lessons from the Front­lines of Motherhood
Mar­jorie Margolies
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The Oth­er Fam­i­ly Doctor
Karen Fine
Cover of How to Hunt a Bear: A World War two Historical Novel, based on a true story
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How to Hunt a Bear: A World War two His­tor­i­cal Nov­el, based on a true story
Revi­tal Shiri-Horowitz
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Kick Up Some Dust: Lessons on Think­ing Big, Giv­ing Back, and Doing it Yourself
Cather­ine M. Lewis
Bernie Mar­cus
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Real Estate: A Liv­ing Autobiography
Deb­o­rah Levy
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From Dark­ness to Light: Tes­ti­monies of Six Holo­caust Survivors
Ronald J. Diller
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