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I, Robot
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Eva
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The Lotus Seed
Sherry Garland
The Story of My Life
Helen Keller
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John McPhee
All Creatures Great and Small
James Herriot
Longitude
Dava Sobel
Out of the Dust
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Never Cry Wolf
Farley Mowat
Hoot
Carl Hiaasen
The Island of Dr. Moreau
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Brown Girl in the Ring
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Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
Lewis Thomas
Black Rain
Masuji Ibuse
Walden
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Death of an Expert Witness
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My World and Welcome to It
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Johnny Got His Gun
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Empire of the Ants
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