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Holmes, Richard
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
(Pantheon)
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National Book Critics Circle Announces Its Winners for the Publishing Year 2009
National Book Critics Circle Announces Its Winners for the Publishing Year 2009
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