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The Age of Wonder

The Age of Wonder

How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science

By
Richard Holmes
Richard Holmes
2008 • 576 pages

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802 books

Nonfiction

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The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History
A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World
Holy Cow
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
The Century
Millennium Year By Year: A Chronicle of World History from AD 1000 to the Present Day

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645 books

History

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From Dawn to Decadence
The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History
A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World
The Century
Millennium Year By Year: A Chronicle of World History from AD 1000 to the Present Day
National Geographic Society Atlas of World History
How the Irish Saved Civilization

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103 books

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The courtesan's secret
First Comes Marriage
The Devil's Web
Darcy & Elizabeth
At Last Comes Love
The Betrayal of the Blood Lily
Simply Perfect

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934 books

E Book

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James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
Executive Privilege
The God of the Hive
Outliers: The Story of Success
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Sh*t My Dad Says

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140 books

Biography

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Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr, the Last Wife of Henry VIII
Cleopatra: A Life
Charlemagne
Mistress of the Monarchy
Catherine of Siena

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347 books

History

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The Life and Times of William I
When the lights went out
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Going to the Wars: The Experience of the British Civil Wars, 1638-1651
The Normans and Their Myth
Reformation in Germany
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World

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17 books

Science

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A Brief History of Science
Never Mind The Bullocks, Here's The Science
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
Falling Upwards
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

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24 books

Non Fiction Misc

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How Proust Can Change Your Life
Things My Mother Should Have Told Me : The Best of Good Housekeeping 1922-1940
Boring Postcards
"Good Housekeeping" Every Home Should Have One
Earth Story: The Shaping of Our World
The Dairy book of home cookery
Star Wars Complete Locations: Inside The World Of The Entire "Star Wars" Saga