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France: An Adventure History (Paperback) By Graham Robb $21.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	An Atlas of Extinct Countries (Paperback) By Gideon Defoe $17.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	How Democracies Die (Paperback) By Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt $17.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power (Paperback) By Deirdre Mask $17.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	France: An Adventure History (Hardcover) By Graham Robb $32.50 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	What We Talk About When We Talk About Books: The History and Future of Reading (Hardcover) By Leah Price $28.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point (Hardcover) By Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt $28.99 Add to Wish List NOT IN STOCK - Ships from wholesaler in 7-10 days	Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine (Hardcover) By David Petraeus, Andrew Roberts $40.00 Add to Wish List NOT IN STOCK - Ships from wholesaler in 7-10 days	Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth (Paperback) By Noa Tishby $19.99 Add to Wish List NOT IN STOCK - Ships from wholesaler in 7-10 days
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic (Hardcover) By Simon Winchester $35.00 Add to Wish List NOT IN STOCK - Ships from wholesaler in 7-10 days	These Truths: A History of the United States (Paperback) By Jill Lepore $19.95 Add to Wish List NOT IN STOCK - Ships from wholesaler in 7-10 days	The Manuscripts Club: The People Behind a Thousand Years of Medieval Manuscripts (Hardcover) By Christopher de Hamel $50.00 Add to Wish List NOT IN STOCK - Ships from wholesaler in 7-10 days

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Science Friday Book Club

Listeners to NPR's Science Friday may know that the program also has a monthly book club, with recommendations each month.

If you'd like to join the discussion of the books, you can visit their website here, and all books featured can also be directly ordered from the Book House!

November: The Alchemy of Us by Ainissa Ramirez

December: The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023 edited by Carl Zimmer and Jaime Green

January: An Immense World by Ed Yong