In the heart of the country
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The thin man
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When I Was a Child I Read Books
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The World According to Garp
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Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
The demon-haunted world: science as a candle in the dark
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A short history of nearly everything
Bill Bryson