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A Short History of Nearly Everything

★★★★★
An engaging exploration of science and the natural world, making complex topics accessible to the casual reader

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The Diary of a Young Girl

★★★★★
Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank’s remarkable diary has become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit.

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Guns, Germs and Steel

★★★★★
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a national bestseller, this book explores the rise of civilization in humans and how the world came to be the way it is, today.

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

★★★★★
It's like a common man's version of Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond. But where Diamond's book is a scientific treatise, this one has a more narrative structure along with some insightful conclusions

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The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan

★★★★☆
Whiskey! Tango! Foxtrot!

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