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The Double Helix

By identifying the structure of DNA, the molecule of life, Francis Crick and James Watson revolutionized biochemistry & won themselves a Nobel Prize. At the time, Watson was only 24, a young scientist…

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Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health

From Johns Hopkins medical expert Dr. Marty Makary, the New York Times-bestselling author of The Price We Pay-an eye-opening expose of the conventional medical “wisdom” that has led the public to harm…

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The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World

A thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue attempts of our time—from true-life espionage master and New York Times bestselling author of Operation …

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A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains

Equal parts Sapiens, Behave, and Superintelligence, but wholly original in scope, A Brief History of Intelligence offers a paradigm shift for how we understand neuroscience and AI. Artificial intellig…

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Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal

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The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination

A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller—about the US-sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader of the newly independent Congo

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The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency

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