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Autobiography & Memoir

Cover of A Child Al Confino: The True Story of a Jewish Boy and His Mother in Mussolini's Italy
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A Child Al Con­fi­no: The True Sto­ry of a Jew­ish Boy and His Moth­er in Mus­solin­i’s Italy
Eric Lamet
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Evad­ing the Nazis: The Sto­ry of a Hid­den Child in Normandy
Leo Michel Abrami
Cover of Beg, Borrow, Steal: A Writer's Life
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Beg, Bor­row, Steal: A Writer’s Life
Michael Greenberg
Cover of No Goodbyes: A Father-Daughter Memoir of Love, War and Resurrection
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No Good­byes: A Father-Daugh­ter Mem­oir of Love, War and Resurrection
Naava Piatka
Cover of What Would Susie Say?: Bullsh*t Wisdom About Love, Life and Comedy
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What Would Susie Say?: Bullsh*t Wis­dom About Love, Life and Comedy
Susie Essman
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The Shame of Sur­vival: Work­ing Through a Nazi Childhood
Ursula Mahlendorf
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A Daugh­ter of Her Century
Vera Foster
Cover of Operation Last Chance: One Man's Quest to Bring Nazi Criminals to Justice
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Oper­a­tion Last Chance: One Man’s Quest to Bring Nazi Crim­i­nals to Justice
Efraim Zuroff
Cover of Objects of Remembrance: A Memoir of American Opportunities and Viennese Dreams
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Objects of Remem­brance: A Mem­oir of Amer­i­can Oppor­tu­ni­ties and Vien­nese Dreams
Monroe E. Price
Cover of Madoff's Other Secret: Love, Money, Bernie, and Me
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Mad­of­f’s Oth­er Secret: Love, Mon­ey, Bernie, and Me
Sheryl Weinstein
Cover of The Winter's Journey of My Youth: A Memoir
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The Win­ter’s Jour­ney of My Youth: A Memoir
Helen Studley
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The Cen­ter of the Uni­verse: A Memoir
Nancy Bachrach
Cover of Remember Us: My Journey From the Shtetl Through the Holocaust
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Remem­ber Us: My Jour­ney From the Shtetl Through the Holocaust
Martin Small and Vic Shayne
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I Have My Moth­er’s Eyes: A Holo­caust Mem­oir Across Generations
Barbara Ruth Bluman
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One Step Ahead of Hitler: A Jew­ish Child’s Jour­ney Through France
Fred Gross
Cover of Amen, Amen, Amen: Memoir of a Girl Who Couldn't Stop Praying (Among Other Things)
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Amen, Amen, Amen: Mem­oir of a Girl Who Could­n’t Stop Pray­ing (Among Oth­er Things)
Abby Sher
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