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102 topics in this forum

1. Robert McCrum Every Third Thought

   By DawdlingPoet, September 5   

   • humanity
   • mortality
   • 2 replies
   • 102 views
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   • DawdlingPoet
   • September 5

2. Friedrich Nietzsche Why I am So Clever

   By lunababymoonchild, July 14
   • 0 replies
   • 122 views
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   • lunababymoonchild
   • July 14

3. Janna Levin Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space

   By Binker, January 26   

   • Black Holes
   • LIGO
   • 0 replies
   • 273 views
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   • Binker
   • January 26

4. Extinct Flightless Birds!

   By polypody, January 21
   • 0 replies
   • 154 views
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   • polypody
   • January 21

5. Jonathan B. Losos Improbably Destinies, Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution

   By Binker, September 7, 2017
   • 1 reply
   • 274 views
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   • LiterallySpeaking
   • September 7, 2017

6. Bernie Krause Voices of the Wild

   By Ting Mikyunyu, August 23, 2016   

   • Bernie Krause
   • ecology
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Bernie Krause
     • ecology
     • environment
   • 3 replies
   • 973 views
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   • Ting Mikyunyu
   • August 26, 2016

7. Lyanda Lynn Haupt Rare encounters with ordinary birds

   By Dan, June 22, 2016   

   • Lyanda Lynn Haupt
   • 0 replies
   • 452 views
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   • Dan
   • June 22, 2016

8. Lyanda Lynn Haupt Crow Nation; Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness

   By Dan, June 9, 2016   

   • Lyanda Lynn Haupt
   • 0 replies
   • 392 views
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   • Dan
   • June 9, 2016

9. Jon Ronson The Psychopath Test

   By Hazel, July 30, 2015   

   • Jon Ronson
   • 6 replies
   • 951 views
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   • momac
   • June 4, 2016

10. Suzanne OSullivan It's all in your head

    By Minxminnie, May 1, 2016   

    • Suzanne OSullivan
    • 7 replies
    • 753 views
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    • momac
    • May 2, 2016

11. Peter Vronsky Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters

    By Hazel, April 5, 2016   

    • Peter Vronsky
    • Serial killers
    • 0 replies
    • 426 views
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    • Hazel
    • April 5, 2016

12. The Prose Factory: Literary Life in England Since 1918

    By nonsuch, February 24, 2016   

    • Literature; Taste; Publisher
    • 0 replies
    • 596 views
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    • nonsuch
    • February 24, 2016

13. Val McDermid Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime

    By Hazel, February 6, 2016   

    • Val McDermid
    • forensics
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      • Val McDermid
      • forensics
      • forensic science
    • 0 replies
    • 539 views
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    • Hazel
    • February 6, 2016

14. David Grann The Lost City of Z

    By Binker, October 23, 2015   

    • David Grann
    • Amazon
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      • Amazon
      • Early 20th-Century Explorers
    • 0 replies
    • 1,017 views
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    • Binker
    • October 23, 2015

15. Enver Carim The Trouble with Sophie Gresham

    By nonsuch, July 24, 2015   

    • Enver Carim
    • 2 replies
    • 986 views
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    • nonsuch
    • August 18, 2015

16. Jon Ronson So You've Been Publicly Shamed

    By Hazel, July 30, 2015   

    • Jon Ronson
    • 0 replies
    • 727 views
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    • Hazel
    • July 30, 2015

17. Dick Swaab We Are Our Brains: From the Womb to Alzheimer's

    By nonsuch, June 13, 2015   

    • Dick Swaab
    • Altzheimers
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      • Altzheimers
      • Autism
      • Memory Loss
      • Savants
      • The Brain
      • Boxing
      • Substance Abuse
      • Moral Network
      • Collective Amnesia
    • 2 replies
    • 1,012 views
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    • nonsuch
    • June 28, 2015

18. Rececca Skloot The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    By Viccie, October 21, 2014   

    • Rececca Skloot
    • 6 replies
    • 1,163 views
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    • Biochemisty-n-Classics
    • April 2, 2015

19. John Kotter Our Iceberg Is Melting

    By MisterHobgoblin, March 6, 2015   

    • John Kotter
    • Business
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      • John Kotter
      • Business
      • Change
    • 0 replies
    • 828 views
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    • MisterHobgoblin
    • March 6, 2015

20. Lisa Genova Still Alice

    By momac, March 5, 2015   

    • Lisa Genova
    • Alzheimers
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      • Lisa Genova
      • Alzheimers
      • dementia
      • memoir
    • 0 replies
    • 937 views
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    • momac
    • March 5, 2015

21. Arthur C. Clarke Profiles of the Future

    By Ting Mikyunyu, November 10, 2014   

    • Arthur C. Clarke
    • science fact
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      • Arthur C. Clarke
      • science fact
      • science history
      • science fiction
    • 1 reply
    • 1,148 views
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    • lunababymoonchild
    • November 10, 2014

22. In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

    By Binker, August 21, 2014   

    • Hampton Sides
    • Polar Expedition; Gilded Age
    • 0 replies
    • 807 views
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    • Binker
    • August 21, 2014

23. The Seashell on the Mountaintop

    By Binker, July 24, 2014   

    • Alan Cutler; Plate Tectonics
    • 1 reply
    • 799 views
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    • lunababymoonchild
    • July 25, 2014

24. Susan Cain Quiet: The power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking

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    By Minxminnie, January 22, 2013   

    • Susan Cain
    • 38 replies
    • 3,976 views
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    • Kweng
    • July 10, 2014

25. Robert Pirsig Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

    By Squirls, June 22, 2008   

    • Robert Pirsig
    • 4 replies
    • 1,645 views
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    • Angury
    • March 22, 2014