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The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
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The Archimedes Codex: How a Medieval Prayer Book Is Revealing the True Genius of Antiquity's Greatest Scientist
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Salt: A World History
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The Book on the Bookshelf
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A Perfect Red
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The Arcanum: The Extraordinary True Story
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Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World
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Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
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Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
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Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
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Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
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The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
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Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History
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Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil
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