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Autobiography & Memoir

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Break­ing Ground: Adven­tures in Life and Architecture
Daniel Libeskind
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Mat­zo Balls for Break­fast and Oth­er Mem­o­ries of Grow­ing Up Jewish
Alan King and Friends. Foreword by Larry King.
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Prague Win­ter: A Per­son­al Sto­ry of Remem­brance and War,1937 – 1948
Madeleine Albright
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Of No Inter­est to the Nation: A Jew­ish Fam­i­ly in France, 1925 – 1945: A Memoir
Gilbert Michlin; Afterword by Zeev Sternhell
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Ten Green Bottles
Vivian Jeanette Kaplan
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A Tale of Love and Darkness
Amos Oz; Nicholas de Lange, trans.
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Oma­ha Blues: A Mem­o­ry Loop
Joseph Lelyveld
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A Table for One: Under the Light of Jerusalem
Aharon Appelfeld; paintings by Meir Appelfeld; Aloma Halter, trans.
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Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art
Gene Wilder
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They All Sang My Songs
Jack Lawrence
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Com­pa­ny C: An Amer­i­can’s Life as a Cit­i­zen-Sol­dier in Israel
Haim Watz­man
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Jubana! The Awk­ward­ly True and Daz­zling Adven­tures of a Jew­ish Cuban Goddess
Gigi Anders
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Tevye’s Grand­chil­dren: Redis­cov­er­ing Jew­ish Identity
Eleanor Mallet
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Ency­clo­pe­dia of an Ordi­nary Life
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
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And Yet I Still Have Dreams: A Sto­ry of a Cer­tain Loneliness
Joanna Wiszniewicz; Regina Grol, trans.
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The Let­ters That Nev­er Came
Mauricio Rosencof; Louise B. Popkin, trans.; Introduction by Ilan Stavans
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