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True stories: discovery / historical / scientific Books

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Green River, Running Red
Green River, Running Red
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Come Fly the World
Come Fly the World
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The Smallest Lights in the Universe
The Smallest Lights in the Universe
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Bloody Brilliant People
Bloody Brilliant People
by Cathy Newman
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Life As a Unicorn: a Journey from Shame to Pride and Everything in Between
Life As a Unicorn: a Journey from Shame to Pride and Everything in Between
by Amrou Al-Kadhi
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Everything in Its Place
Everything in Its Place
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Falling Upwards
Falling Upwards
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Targeted
Targeted
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Heart: a History
Heart: a History
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Carrying The Fire
Carrying The Fire
by Michael Collins
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The Lost Pilots
The Lost Pilots
by Corey Mead
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The Barn
The Barn
by Wright Thompson
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The Women Are Not Fine
The Women Are Not Fine
by Hope Reese
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Letters from Everest
Letters from Everest
by George. Mallory and Tom Newton Dunn
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And Finally... : Weird and Wonderful Stories Told at the End of the News
And Finally... : Weird and Wonderful Stories Told at the End of the News
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Unknown Universe
Unknown Universe
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Ernest Rutherford and the Birth of Modern Physics
Ernest Rutherford and the Birth of Modern Physics
by Matthew Wright
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Inside
Inside
by Boris Becker
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Letters from Everest: Unpublished Letters from Mallory's Life and Death in the Mountains
Letters from Everest: Unpublished Letters from Mallory's Life and Death in the Mountains
by George. Mallory and Tom Newton Dunn
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The Frontier Below
The Frontier Below
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Lightning Ridge
Lightning Ridge
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Gertrude and Me
Gertrude and Me
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Back o' Cairns
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Warhol after Warhol
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Under the Hornbeams
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The Ship Beneath the Ice
The Ship Beneath the Ice
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Diamonds Everywhere
Diamonds Everywhere
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The Lost Rainforests of Britain
The Lost Rainforests of Britain
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The Explorers Club
The Explorers Club
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Wonder Drug
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Kings of Their Own Ocean
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And Finally
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The Australia's Trail-Blazing First Novelist: John Lang
The Australia's Trail-Blazing First Novelist: John Lang
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Meeting with Moths
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The Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century
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Weather Almanac 2023
Weather Almanac 2023
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The Great Chinese Art Heist
The Great Chinese Art Heist
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The Frontier Below
The Frontier Below
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A Taste for Treason
A Taste for Treason
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To Hunt a Killer
To Hunt a Killer
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The Dive
The Dive
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From Fame to Infamy
From Fame to Infamy
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The Age of Uncertainty
The Age of Uncertainty
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The End of the Road
The End of the Road
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The Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century
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The Night Was a Bright Moonlight and I Could See a Man Quite Plain
The Night Was a Bright Moonlight and I Could See a Man Quite Plain
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