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January 11, 2012
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Christian and Ling
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Bloodlands:
Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
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Timothy Snyder
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Basic Books (October 12, 2010) 544 pages
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Amazon: Usually ships in 24 hours
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seven votes
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Tim,
Jeff,
Jim F.,
Jon,
Mac,
Malcolm
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February 08, 2012
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Malcolm and Rima
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The Believing Brain:
From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies---How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
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Michael Shermer
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Times Books (May 24, 2011) 400 pages
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Amazon: Usually ships in 24 hours
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five votes
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Fred,
Christian,
Malcolm,
Richard
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March 14, 2012
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Richard
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A Son of Thunder:
Patrick Henry and the American Republic
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Henry Mayer
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Grove Press (June 09, 2001) 544 pages
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Amazon: Usually ships in 24 hours
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six votes
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Michael,
Jeff,
Jim F.,
Mac,
Malcolm,
Richard
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April 11, 2012
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Christian and Ling
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Empires of Trust
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Thomas F. Madden
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Penguin Group USA (July 31, 2008) 352 pages
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seven votes, one gush
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Christian (gush),
Fred,
Jon,
Malcolm,
Michael,
Tim
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May 09, 2012
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Françoise
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Diamonds, Gold, and War:
The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa
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Martin Meredith
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PublicAffairs (October 01, 2007) 608 pages
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Amazon: Usually ships in 24 hours
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six votes
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Christian,
Jeff,
Jon,
Malcolm,
Tim
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June 13, 2012
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Françoise
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The Ripple Effect:
The Fate of Fresh Water in the Twenty-First Century
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Alex Prud'homme
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Scribner (June 07, 2011) 448 pages
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Amazon: Usually ships in 24 hours
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five votes
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Françoise,
Fred,
Jon,
Richard
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July 18, 2012
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Richard
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Coming Apart:
The State of White America, 1960-2010
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Charles Murray
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Crown Forum (January 31, 2012) 416 pages
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Amazon: Usually ships in 24 hours
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five votes, one gush
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Malcolm (gush),
Jim F.,
Jon,
Richard
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August 15, 2012
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Malcolm and Rima
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Abundance:
The Future Is Better Than You Think
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Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler
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Free Press (February 21, 2012) 400 pages
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Amazon: Usually ships in 24 hours
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seven votes, one gush
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Françoise (gush),
Christian,
Fred,
Malcolm,
Michael
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September 19, 2012
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Marc Joffe
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The Better Angels of Our Nature:
Why Violence Has Declined
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Steven Pinker
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Viking Adult (October 04, 2011) 832 pages
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Amazon: Usually ships in 24 hours
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seven votes
|
Michael,
Fred,
Jim F.,
Mac,
Malcolm,
Richard,
Tim
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October 17, 2012
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Christian and Ling
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Daniel Kahneman
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux (October 25, 2011) 512 pages
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Amazon: Usually ships in 24 hours
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six votes
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Jon,
Françoise,
Fred,
Jim F.,
Malcolm,
Richard
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November 14, 2012
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Richard
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The Tell-Tale Brain:
A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
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V. S. Ramachandran
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W. W. Norton & Company (January 23, 2012) 384 pages
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Amazon: Usually ships in 24 hours
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six votes
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Jim F.,
Françoise,
Mac,
Malcolm,
Richard
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December 19, 2012
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Malcolm and Rima
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The Unconquered:
In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes
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Scott Wallace
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Crown (October 18, 2011) 512 pages
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Amazon: Usually ships in 24 hours
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six votes, one gush
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Malcolm (gush),
Christian,
Françoise,
Fred,
Jon
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