 | The Strange Story of False Teeth by John Woodforde
Buy used from: $14.00 A classic. Be careful not to spend $200 on this one, though - it's not that good!
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 | Nathaniel's Nutmeg: Or the True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History by Giles Milton
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 Read this in April 04. Puts you in a different world. Difficult to put down.
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 | Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $1.44 |
 | Electrifying America: Social Meanings of a New Technology, 1880-1940 by David E. Nye
Buy new: $23.23 / Used from: $9.41 I read this in college; now I'm reading it to my 10 year old daughter and she loves it.
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 | Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers by David Edmonds
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.54 The author produces a podcast titled "Philosophy Bites" available for free download at www.philosophybites.com that is outstanding.
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 | The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $10.00 |
 | Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present by Michael B. Oren
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $4.63 |
 | Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $12.96 |
 | A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $4.00 |
 | Embedded: A Marine Corps Adviser Inside the Iraqi Army by Wesley Gray
Buy new: $19.11 / Used from: $16.99 I have not read this book since it's not out yet, but Wes is a really good guy so you should pre-order it from Amazon today.
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 | Eddie's Bastard: A Novel by William Kowalski
Buy new: $13.16 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | A Tour of the Calculus by David Berlinski
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters by Rose George
Buy new: $17.16 / Used from: $6.90 |
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