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Marking Time: The Epic Quest to Invent the Perfect Calendar
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The Weather Companion: An Album of Meteorological History, Science, and Folklore
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The History Detectives Explore Lincoln's Letter, Parker's Sax, and Mark Twain's Watch: And Many More Mysteries of America's Past
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Light Years and Time Travel: An Exploration of Mankind's Enduring Fascination with Light
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Story Behind: The Extraordinary History Behind Ordinary Objects
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Gravity's Arc: The Story of Gravity from Aristotle to Einstein and Beyond
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Harry Potter and History
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Farmington, MO: The First 200 Years 1798-1998
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Historic Photos of the Chicago World's Fair
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From Bannockburn to Flodden: Wallace, Bruce, and the Heroes of Medieval Scotland
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Science Firsts: From the Creation of Science to the Science of Creation
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Scientific American Inventions and Discoveries: All the Milestones in Ingenuity--From the Discovery of Fire to the Invention of the Microwave Oven
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North American Exploration
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The Evolution of Wired Life: From the Alphabet to the Soul-Catcher Chip -- How Information Technologies Change Our World
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Eyewitness to Irish History
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Historic Photos of Mississippi
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Footprints: A History of the Place We Call Palisades Park (Limited)
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Historic Photos of St. Petersburg
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Historic Photos of Thomas Edison
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Sovereigns of the Sea: The Quest to Build the Perfect Renaissance Battleship
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The Dawn of Human Culture
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Historic Photos of Corpus Christi
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The Christian Almanac (2nd Edition): A Book of Days Celebrating History's Most Significant People & Events
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The Ship, the Saint, and the Sailor: The Long Search for the Legendary Kad'yak
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