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    Cover of The Flowering: The Autobiography of Judy Chicago
    Visu­al Arts
    The Flow­er­ing: The Auto­bi­og­ra­phy of Judy Chicago
    Judy Chicago
    Cover of Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature
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    Book­ends: A Mem­oir of Love, Loss, and Literature
    Zib­by Owens
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    Objects of Love and Regret: A Brook­lyn Story
    Richard Rabi­nowitz
    Cover of Scare Your Soul: 7 Powerful Principles to Harness Fear and Lead Your Most Courageous Life
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    Scare Your Soul: 7 Pow­er­ful Prin­ci­ples to Har­ness Fear and Lead Your Most Coura­geous Life
    Scott Simon
    Cover of Broken Promises: The Story of a Jewish Family in Germany
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    Bro­ken Promis­es: The Sto­ry of a Jew­ish Fam­i­ly in Germany
    Bon­nie Suchman
    Cover of Womb Of Diamonds: A True Adventure From Child Bride Of Syria To Celebrity Businesswoman Of Japan
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    Womb Of Dia­monds: A True Adven­ture From Child Bride Of Syr­ia To Celebri­ty Busi­ness­woman Of Japan
    Ezra Choueke
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    Daugh­ter of His­to­ry: Traces of an Immi­grant Girlhood
    Susan Rubin Suleiman
    Cover of Wisdom Grows In My Garden
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    Wis­dom Grows In My Garden
    Paul Plotkin
    Cover of Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour: Memories of Soviet Russia
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    Like a Drop of Ink in a Down­pour: Mem­o­ries of Sovi­et Russia
    Yele­na and Gali­na Lembersky
    Cover of Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia
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    Mup­pets in Moscow: The Unex­pect­ed Crazy True Sto­ry of Mak­ing Sesame Street in Russia
    Natasha Lance Rogoff
    Cover of And Again, It's You: A Memoir
    And Again, It’s You: A Memoir
    Jes­si­ca Shorstein
    Cover of The Mind and the Moon: My Brother's Story, the Science of Our Brains, and the Search for Our Psyches
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    The Mind and the Moon: My Broth­er’s Sto­ry, the Sci­ence of Our Brains, and the Search for Our Psyches
    Daniel Bergn­er
    Cover of Conquering Learning Disabilities at Any Age: How an ADHD/LD Kid Graduated from Yale and Cambridge, and Became a Marine Officer, Military Historian, Financial Advisor and Caring Father
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    Con­quer­ing Learn­ing Dis­abil­i­ties at Any Age: How an ADHD/LD Kid Grad­u­at­ed from Yale and Cam­bridge, and Became a Marine Offi­cer, Mil­i­tary His­to­ri­an, Finan­cial Advi­sor and Car­ing Father
    Bryan Mark Rigg
    Cover of Jews in the Garden: A Holocaust Survivor, the Fate of His Family, and the Secret History of Poland in World War II
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    Jews in the Gar­den: A Holo­caust Sur­vivor, the Fate of His Fam­i­ly, and the Secret His­to­ry of Poland in World War II
    Judy Rakowsky
    Cover of Overthinking About You: Navigating Romantic Relationships When You Have Anxiety, OCD, and/or Depression
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    Over­think­ing About You: Nav­i­gat­ing Roman­tic Rela­tion­ships When You Have Anx­i­ety, OCD, and/​or Depression
    Alli­son Raskin
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    Seek­ing Shel­ter: Mem­oir of a Jew­ish Girl­hood in Wartime Britain
    Cyn­thia Ehrenkrantz
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