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• More Than a Woman

  Moran, Caitlin, 1975-

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  Caitlin Moran's comic, heartfelt writing will appeal to fans of David Sedaris. "Moran takes on the fraught topic of being a modern woman in this realistic, sometimes funny, and occasionally heartbreaking essay collection.” Publishers Weekly

• Finding the Mother Tree

  Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

  Simard, S. (Suzanne)

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  In this prize-winning book, Dr. Simard recounts her life's work uncovering the "Wood Wide Web," the network that allows trees to share not only nutrients, but also information. "A masterwork of planetary significance." Booklist

• The Thursday Murder Club

  Osman, Richard, 1970-

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  Four friends in their seventies regularly get together to discuss unsolved crimes. They get the chance to crack a real case when a local is found dead next to a mysterious photograph. A charming mystery for fans of Only Murders in the Building.

• Fuzz

  When Nature Breaks the Law

  Roach, Mary

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  A joyful examination of how humans interact with nature, and what happens when animals and plants behave badly. "The book brims with Roach’s irreverent humor." Science News

• Auntie Poldi and the Lost Madonna

  Giordano, Mario, 1963-

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  In Giordano's charming Auntie Poldi mystery series, the sleuth is a sassy 60-year-old woman who retires to Sicily. This time, Auntie Poldi is after the thief of a statue and "the results spiral to epic and profound heights." Kirkus Reviews

• Guns, Germs, and Steel

  the Fates of Human Societies

  Diamond, Jared M.

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  In this Pulitzer Prize-winning book, the author shows how geography and environment shaped human societies and the modern world. Recommended to readers who enjoyed Yuval Harari's works.

• Crying in H Mart

  a Memoir

  Zauner, Michelle

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  An exquisite and moving memoir of growing up Korean-American, family bonding over heaps of food, and a complicated yet loving mother-daughter relationship. Recommended to readers who enjoyed Joan Didion's My Year of Magical Thinking.

• The Department of Sensitive Crimes

  McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-

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  The detectives who work in the Malmo Police's Department of Sensitive Crimes take their job very seriously in this lighthearted, comedic crime novel.

• The Gene

  An Intimate History

  Mukherjee, Siddhartha

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  Award-winning author Mukherjee delivers an astounding history of the remarkable ‘gene’. The narrative follows closely the development of the human gene from its humble beginnings in 1856 to the breadth of knowledge in the 'Human Genome Project'.