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The story of the scrolls
The Riddle of the Labyrinth
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
Defining the Wind
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island
Island on Fire
Shadow Divers
Lost on Everest : The Search for Mallory and Irvine
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
Newton and the Counterfeiter
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
The River of Doubt
The History of Science: 1700-1900
The Miraculous Fever-Tree: Malaria, Medicine and the Cure that Changed the World
Washed Away: How the Great Flood of 1913, America's Most Widespread Natural Disaster, Terrorized a Nation and Changed It Forever
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
Garbage Land
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World in the Balance

The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
Parting the desert
Victoria's Daughters
Brunel: The Man Who Built the World
The Ice Balloon
Toxic Truth: A Scientist, a Doctor, and the Battle over Lead
Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine
Submerged: Adventures of America's Most Elite Underwater Archeology Team
Dam Busters: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on the Ruhr
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
The Eternal Darkness: A Personal History of Deep-Sea Exploration
Atomic Accidents : A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima
A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable
Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World's Most Dangerous Disease
The Remedy: Robert Koch, Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Quest to Cure Tuberculosis
The Mechanical Turk
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The Age of Daredevils

The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914
Milk : The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages
How Great Science Fiction Works
Dark Tide: the Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today
The History of Classical Music
Young Men and Fire
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Archaeology and the Iliad

A History of the World in 6 Glasses
Lonely Vigil
The Lighthouse Stevensons
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History's Greatest Voyages of Exploration

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
This book is overdue!
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
Buried Alive
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
Chasing Venus
Salt: A World History
Flower Confidential
Shrimp : The Endless Quest for Pink Gold
Command and Control
Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum
The Great Hurricane 1938
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Mavericks, Miracles, and Medicine

At Home: A Short History of Private Life
Banana
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt

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