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Autobiography & Memoir

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I Am Not a Spy: An Amer­i­can Jew Goes Deep in the Arab World & Israeli Army
Michael Bassin
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Dis­armed: Uncon­ven­tion­al Lessons from the World’s Only One-Armed Spe­cial Forces Sharpshooter
Izzy Eza­gui
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Hitler, My Neigh­bor: Mem­o­ries of a Jew­ish Child­hood, 1929 – 1939
Edgar Feuchtwanger, Bertil Scali; Adriana Hunter, trans.
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This Nar­row Space: A Pedi­atric Oncol­o­gist, His Jew­ish, Mus­lim, and Chris­t­ian Patients, and a Hos­pi­tal in Jerusalem
Elisha Wald­man
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When His­to­ry Is Personal
Mimi Schwartz
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Maybe Esther: A Fam­i­ly Story
Katja Petrowskaja;‎ Shelley Frisch, trans.
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Roller-Coast­er Grand­ma: The Amaz­ing Sto­ry of Dr. Ruth
Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer and Pierre Lehu; Mark Simmons, illus.
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1947: Where Now Begins
Elisabeth Åsbrink; Fiona Graham, trans.
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The Choice: Embrace the Possible
Dr. Edith Eva Eger
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Can­dies from Heaven
Gil Hovav
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Moun­tain Lines: A Jour­ney through the French Alps
Jonathan Arlan
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In the Province of the Gods (Liv­ing Out: Gay and Les­bian Autobiog)
Ken­ny Fries
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A Crime in the Family
Sacha Batthyány; trans. Anthea Bell
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Man’s Search For Mean­ing: Young Adult Edition
Viktor E. Frankl
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Land­slide: True Stories
Minna Proctor
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A Year of Memoirs

Tova Mirvis
September 8, 2017
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