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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 Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
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The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
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The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
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Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded [August 27, 1883]
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The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean
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The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai
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The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World
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