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Autobiography & Memoir

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Bo, Jen­ny, and I
Huguette Herrmann
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Non­fic­tion
In Search of Mem­o­ry: The Emer­gence of a New Sci­ence of Mind
Eric R. Kandel
Cover of The Question is "Why?": Stanford M. Adelstein, a Jewish Life in South Dakota
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The Ques­tion is ​“Why?”: Stan­ford M. Adel­stein, a Jew­ish Life in South Dakota
Eric Steven Zimmer; Stanford M. Adelstein, preface
Cover of Palestine Posts: An Eye-Witness Account of the Birth of Israel
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Pales­tine Posts: An Eye-Wit­ness Account of the Birth of Israel
Daniel Chertoff
Cover of The Autobiography of Solomon Maimon: The Complete Translation
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The Auto­bi­og­ra­phy of Solomon Mai­mon: The Com­plete Translation
Yitzhak Y. Melamed (eds.), Abraham Socher (eds.), Paul Reitter (trans.)
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Cat­bird: The Bal­lad of Bar­bi Prim
Bar­bara Ostfeld
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The Tragedy Test: Mak­ing Sense of Life-Chang­ing Loss – A Rab­bi’s Journey
Richard Agler
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Dri­ven: A Daugh­ter’s Odyssey
Julie Held­man
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This Real­ly Isn’t About You
Jean Han­nah Edelstein
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Poet­ry
Sound­Ma­chine
Rachel Zucker
Cover of Too Much of Not Enough: A Memoir
Non­fic­tion
Too Much of Not Enough: A Memoir
Jane Pol­lak
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Per­mis­sion to Thrive: My Jour­ney from Grief to Growth
Susan Angel Miller
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To the Moon and Back: A Child­hood Under the Influence
Lisa Kohn
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Nomadic Soul: My jour­ney from the Libyan Sahara to a Jew­ish Life in Los Angeles
Ed Elhaderi
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Poet­ry
The Many Names for Mother
Julia Kolchin­sky Dasbach 
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For Small Crea­tures Such As We: Rit­u­als for Find­ing Mean­ing in Our Unlike­ly World
Sasha Sagan
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