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The Billion-Dollar Molecule
The Billion-Dollar Molecule Barry Werth · 1994 · ★ 4.0 · 445p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The Billion-Dollar Molecule raises the curtain on the fascinating and tumultuous drama of a radically new start-up pharmaceutical company. That company, Vertex, is trying to design a lifesaving new drug that - if it works - will prove the potential of a brand-new drug-making technique and also fulfill the vision of Vertex's founder and chairman, Joshua Boger, one of the most promising scientists… Shares United States
Presidents for Kids
Presidents for Kids Presidents For Kids · 2025 Shares United States with this book.
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The house of Daniel Harry Turtledove · 2016 · ★ 3.4 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate In a Depression-era America that is woven with magic, zombies, and flying carpets, a down-and-out man escapes a local thug by joining a barnstorming minor league baseball team. Shares Depressions, United States
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Stories of American life and adventure Edward Eggleston · 1895 · ★ 3.7 · 177p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Shares United States, Social life and customs with this book.
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Death will have your eyes James Sallis · 1997 · ★ 3.4 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate David (as he's currently known) was a member of an elite corps of spies trained during the coldest days of the Cold War. But those days are long gone and for almost a decade he has been out of the rat race and working as a sculptor. Then a phone call in the middle of the night awakens him: the only other survivor from that elite corps has gone rogue. They need David to stop him. What ensues is… Shares United States
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A Bird in the House Margaret Laurence · 1963 · ★ 4.0 · 207p · ≈ 6h · Moderate *A Bird in the House* is a series of eight interconnected short stories narrated by Vanessa MacLeod as she matures from a child at age ten into a young woman at age twenty. Wise for her years, Vanessa reveals much about the adult world in which she lives. Shares Depressions, Social life and customs
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The last American vampire Seth Grahame-Smith · 2014 · ★ 4.0 · 415p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "The follow-up to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter--a sweeping, alternate history of 20th Century America as seen through the eyes of vampire Henry Sturges. He is searching for renewed purpose in the wake of his friend Abraham Lincoln's shocking death. It will be an expansive journey that will first send him to England for an unexpected encounter with Jack the Ripper, then to New York City for the… Shares United States
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The Way of a Man Emerson Hough · 1907 · 280p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares United States with this book.
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor · 1976 · ★ 3.9 · 210p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, it is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence. It is a story of physical survival, but more important, it is a story of the survival of the human spirit. And, too, it is Cassie's story -- Cassie Logan, an independent girl raised by a family for whom independence is primary, a family determined not… Shares Depressions, Classics
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On the Frontier Bret Harte · 1884 · 132p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Shares Social life and customs with this book.
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Condensed novels Bret Harte · 1867 · ★ 3.6 · 219p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Shares Social life and customs with this book.
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Selected Stories of Bret Harte Bret Harte · 1946 · 306p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Social life and customs with this book.
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The story of California Stewart Edward White · 1927 · 437p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Shares Social life and customs with this book.
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Tales of the Jazz Age F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1922 · ★ 3.9 Published in 1922, the eleven Tales of the Jazz Age feature the flappers and lost young men of the period as well as a great variety of characters and scenes. Among them, the critically acclaimed novella "May Day" contrasts drunken debutantes with a mob of war veterans battling socialists in the streets, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", filmed with Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Tilda… Shares United States, Social life and customs
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The Slopes of War Norah Perez · 1990 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate In the summer of 1863, Bekah Summerhill watches as Confederate troops sweep through her sleepy Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg, in a panoramic tale about the turning point of the Civil War. Shares United States
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Blizzard Of the Blue Moon Mary Pope Osborne · 1992 · ★ 4.1 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Merlin has sent Jack and Annie on another mission to rescue a beautiful magical creature, the unicorn. AC 44650. Shares Depressions, United States
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The Duchess Disappeared Barbara Cartland · 1979 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "Where have you been, Miss Windham?" The Duke of Strathrannock spoke so harshly that Fiona was startled. "I have...." she began feebly. "Do not bother to lie!" he said furiously. "Have you had enough lovemaking tonight or are you looking for more?" To her astonishment, he pulled her roughly into his arms, and kissed her with lips hard and possessive. "I must struggle. I must free… Shares Social life and customs
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The Widow Bedott papers Frances M. Whitcher · 1856 · 403p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Shares United States, Social life and customs with this book.

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