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Cover Art: The great influenza : the epic story of the deadliest plague in history /

The great influenza : the epic story of the deadliest plague in history

Barry, John M., 1947-

614.518 B

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Cover Art: Six days in October : the stock market crash of 1929 /

Six days in October : the stock market crash of 1929

Blumenthal, Karen

338.54097 B

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Cover Art: Life and death in Shanghai /

Life and death in Shanghai

Cheng, Nien, 1915-

921 C4085

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Cover Art: The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors,

The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors,

Fadiman, Anne, 1953-

301.45195 F

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Cover Art: Coal : a human history /

Coal : a human history

Freese, Barbara

553.24 F

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Cover Art: Out of the flames : the remarkable story of a fearless scholar, a fatal heresy,

Out of the flames : the remarkable story of a fearless scholar, a fatal heresy,

Goldstone, Lawrence, 1947-

273.6 G

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Cover Art: The race to save the Lord God bird /

The race to save the Lord God bird

Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-

598.72 H

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Cover Art: Red scarf girl : a memoir of the Cultural Revolution /

Red scarf girl : a memoir of the Cultural Revolution

Jiang, Ji-li

951.056 J

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Cover Art: Small steps : the year I got polio /

Small steps : the year I got polio

Kehret, Peg

362.19683 K

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Cover Art: Cod : a biography of the fish that changed the world /

Cod : a biography of the fish that changed the world

Kurlansky, Mark

333.95663 K

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Cover Art: Hana's suitcase : a true story /

Hana's suitcase : a true story

Levine, Karen, 1955-

940.5315 L

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Cover Art: Chinese Cinderella : the true story of an unwanted daughter /

Chinese Cinderella : the true story of an unwanted daughter

Mah, Adeline Yen, 1937-

921 M275

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Cover Art: An anthropologist on Mars : seven paradoxical tales /

An anthropologist on Mars : seven paradoxical tales

Sacks, Oliver W.

616.8 S

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Cover Art: Galileo's daughter : a historical memoir of science, faith, and love /

Galileo's daughter : a historical memoir of science, faith, and love

Sobel, Dava

921 G133

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Cover Art: Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific p

Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific p

Sobel, Dava

527.2 S

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Cover Art: The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the

The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the

Winchester, Simon

423 W

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