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Virtual Science at Home: What Makes Apples Turn Brown?Mon, November 29th - 4:30 PM
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Popular Fiction

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The song of Achilles
Where the crawdads sing
The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo : a novel
The last thing he told me : a novel
People we meet on vacation
It ends with us
Ugly love : a novel
Billy Summers : a novel
Apples never fall : a novel
All the light we cannot see : a novel
The wish
Cloud cuckoo land : a novel
A gambling man
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS
The Lincoln highway
2 Sisters Detective Agency
State of terror : a novel
The midnight library
The Judge's list
Dune
Oh William! : a novel
Better off dead
Anxious people : a novel
Game on : tempting twenty-eight
The stranger in the lifeboat : a novel
Our country friends : a novel
The attic on Queen Street
The family
November 9
Verity

Popular Nonfiction

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The body keeps the score : brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma
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Atomic habits : tiny changes, remarkable results : an easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones
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Dare to lead : brave work, tough conversations, whole hearts
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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS : INDIGENOUS WISDOM, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, AND THE TEACHINGS OF PLANTS
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Sapiens : a brief history of humankind
The subtle art of not giving a fuck : a counterintuitive approach to living a good life
Thinking, fast and slow
Extreme ownership : how U.S. Navy SEALs lead and win
Grit : the power of passion and perseverance
I will teach you to be rich : No guilt. No excuses. No BS. Just a 6-week program that works
The sisters of Auschwitz : the true story of two Jewish sisters' resistance in the heart of Nazi territory
THE DRESSMAKERS OF AUSCHWITZ : THE TRUE STORY OF THE WOMEN WHO SEWED TO SURVIVE
Peril
Vanderbilt : the rise and fall of an American dynasty
Talking to strangers : what we should know about the people we don't know
The last days of John Lennon
The storyteller : tales of life and music
WOKE, INC. : INSIDE CORPORATE AMERICA'S SOCIAL JUSTICE SCAM
Taste : my life through food
Maid : hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive
Red roulette : an insider's story of wealth, power, corruption and vengeance in today's China
Feeding the soul (because it's my business) : finding our way to joy, love, and freedom
To rescue the republic : Ulysses S. Grant, the fragile Union, and the crisis of 1876
The boys : a memoir of Hollywood and family
ER nurses : true stories from America's greatest unsung heroes
Eleanor
The pioneer woman cooks : super easy! : 120 shortcut recipes for dinners, desserts, and more
The perfect day to boss up : a hustler's guide to building your empire
Going there
Renegades : born in the USA : dreams, myths, music
BEST WISHES, WARMEST REGARDS : THE STORY OF SCHITT'S CREEK
THE HOUSE OF GUCCI : A TRUE STORY OF MURDER, MADNESS, GLAMOUR, AND GREED
Cravings. All together : recipes to love
Immune : a journey into the mysterious system that keep you alive
The president and the freedom fighter : Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and their battle to save America's soul
Woke up this morning : the definitive oral history of The Sopranos
21 lessons for the 21st century
Homo deus : a brief history of tomorrow
Based on a true story : a memoir
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