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Tom’s favorite books

The Great Influenza by John M. Barry

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Night by Elie Wiesel

The Youngest Science by Lewis Thomas

The Hot Zone by Richard Preston

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson

And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

Better by Atul Gawande

The House of God by Samuel Shem

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The Courage to Be...

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The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

by Ichiro Kishimi

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A Plague upon Humanity: The Hidden History of Japan's Biological Warfare Program – Unit 731's Human Experiments and the Post-War Cover-Up

by Daniel Barenblatt

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The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird

by Jack Emerson Davis

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