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Autobiography & Memoir

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An Amer­i­can in Hitler’s Berlin: Abra­ham Plotk­in’s Diary, 1932 – 33
Catherine Collomp and Bruno Groppo, eds. and intro.
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Bend­ing Toward the Sun: A Moth­er and Daugh­ter Memoir
Leslie Gilbert-Lurie
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Clara’s War: One Girl’s Sto­ry of Survival
Clara Kramer and Stephen Glantz
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The Adven­tures of Can­cer Bitch
S.L. Wisenberg
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Good Liv­ing Street: Por­trait of a Patron Fam­i­ly, Vien­na 1900
Tim Bonyhady
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Meta­Maus: A Look Inside a Mod­ern Clas­sic, Maus
Art Spiegelman
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A Fam­i­ly of Strangers
Deborah Tall
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Tales of a The­atri­cal Guru
Danny Newman
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This Has Hap­pened: An Ital­ian Fam­i­ly in Auschwitz
Piera Sonnino
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Fore­skin’s Lament
Shalom Aus­lan­der
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Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilar­i­ous, Dis­turb­ing, Mar­velous, and Inspir­ing Things I Learned When I Read Every Sin­gle Word of the Bible
David Plotz
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My Father’s Par­adise: A Son’s Search for his Jew­ish Past in Kur­dish Iraq
Ariel Sabar
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My Jesus Year: A Rab­bi’s Son Wan­ders the Bible Belt in Search of His Own Faith
Benyamin Cohen
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The Ethiopi­an Jews of Israel: Per­son­al Sto­ries of Life in the Promise Land
Len Lyons
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Life of the Par­ty: A Polit­i­cal Press Tart Bares All
Lisa Baron
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I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doc­tor’s Last Sac­ri­fice on the Road to Peace
Izzeldin Abuelaish
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