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Rivals

Conflict as the Fuel of Science

Michael White

Science

Wherever there is science, there are scientists; and wherever there are scientists there is rivalry. Rivalry is

popular

Guns, Germs and Steel

A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13000 Years

Jared Diamond

Science

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a national bestseller: the global account of the rise of civilization that is

anthropology, biology, evolution, pandemic, popular, pulitzer

The English Patient

Michael Ondaatje

Contemporary Fiction

With ravishing beauty and unsettling intelligence, Michael Ondaatjes Booker Prize-winning novel traces the inte

booker, film, popular, ww2

Rosemarys Baby

Ira Levin

Contemporary Fiction

Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse, an ordinary young couple, settle into a New York City apartment, unaware that the e

bestseller, film, horror, popular, satan

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

Non-fiction

In Bryson’s biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand – and, if possible, answer – the o

popular, science

Pompeii

A Novel

Robert Harris

Contemporary Fiction

All along the Mediterranean coast, the Roman empires richest citizens are relaxing in their luxurious villas, e

bestseller, history, popular