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Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro

The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro

In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan

The Meaning of Everything by Simon Winchester

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A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

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Rationality

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by Steven Pinker (Goodreads Author)

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Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist

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Bourbon: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of an American Whiskey

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Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson

Longitude by Dava Sobel

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Invention of Air by Steven Johnson

History of Science

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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson

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