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The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code

by Sam Kean

Published: 2013-07-16

Paperback: 432 pages

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From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes more incredible stories of science, history, language, and music, as told by our own DNA. In The Disappearing Spoon, bestselling author Sam Kean unlocked the mysteries of the periodic table. In THE VIOLINIST'S THUMB, he explores the won...

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The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age

by Nathan Wolfe

Published: 2011-10-11

Hardcover: 320 pages

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Dynamic young Stanford biologist Nathan Wolfe reveals the surprising origins of the world's most deadly viruses, and how we can overcome catastrophic pandemics. In The Viral Storm, award-winning biologist Nathan Wolfe tells the story of how viruses and human beings have evolved side by sid...

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Virals

by Kathy Reichs

Published: 2011-08-23

Paperback: 480 pages

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Tory Brennan, niece of acclaimed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan (of the Bones novels and hit TV show), is the leader of a ragtag band of teenage "sci-philes" who live on a secluded island off the coast of South Carolina. When the group rescues a dog caged for medical testing on...

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The Virgin Blue

by Tracy Chevalier

Published: 2003-06-24

Paperback: 320 pages

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Meet Ella Turner and Isabelle du Moulin—two women born centuries apart, yet bound by a fateful family legacy. When Ella and her husband move to a small town in France, Ella hopes to brush up on her French, qualify to practice as a midwife, and start a family of her own. Village life turn...

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The Virgin Cure

by Ami McKay

Published: 2012-06-26

Paperback: 368 pages

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The much-anticipated follow-up to The Birth House, The Virgin Cure secures Ami McKay's place as one of our most powerful storytellers. "I am Moth, a girl from the lowest part of Chrystie Street, born to a slum-house mystic and the man who broke her heart." The Virgin Cure begins in the t...

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The Virgin Cure: A Novel

by Ami McKay

Published: 2012-06-26

Hardcover: 336 pages

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From #1 international bestselling author Ami McKay comes The Virgin Cure, the story of a young girl abandoned and forced to fend for herself in the poverty and treachery of post-Civil War New York City.McKay, whose debut novel The Birth House made headlines around the world, returns with a...

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The Virgin of Small Plains: A Novel

by Nancy Pickard

Published: 2007-05-29

Paperback: 368 pages

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Small Plains, Kansas, January 23, 1987: In the midst of a deadly blizzard, eighteen-year-old Rex Shellenberger scours his fatherâ??s pasture, looking for helpless newborn calves. Then he makes a shocking discovery: the naked, frozen body of a teenage girl, her skin as white as the snow ar...

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Virgin of the Rodeo

by Sarah Bird

Published: 1999

Paperback: 342 pages

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"A riot of a writer." -- Cosmopolitan. "A fearless madcap." -- Los Angeles Times. "Among the best of Texas writers." -- Kirkus. "Sarah Bird can't write a dull page." -- Austin American Statesman."Sonja Getz would always be out of place in a town...

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Virgin River

by Robyn Carr

Published: 2010-05-01

Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages

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WANTED: MIDWIFE/NURSE PRACTITIONER IN VIRGIN RIVER. POPULATION SIX HUNDRED. MAKE A DIFFERENCE AGAINST A BACKDROP OF TOWERING CALIFORNIA REDWOODS AND CRYSTAL-CLEAR RIVERS. RENT-FREE CABIN INCLUDED.When the recently widowed Melinda Monroe sees this ad she quickly decides that the remote moun...

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Virgin River (Virgin River, Book 1)

by Robyn Carr

Published: 2007-04-01

Mass Market Paperback: 409 pages

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Wanted: Midwife/nurse practitioner in Virgin River, population six hundred. Make a difference against the backdrop of towering California redwoods and crystal-clear rivers. Rent-free cabin included. When the recently widowed Melinda Monroe sees this ad she quickly decides that the remote ...