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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (Paperback)
by Brian Greene (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 5,388 ratings — published 1999
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What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures (Hardcover)
by Malcolm Gladwell (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,782 ratings — published 2009
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The Year of Magical Thinking (Paperback)
by Joan Didion (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.74 — 20,563 ratings — published 2005
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Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays (Hardcover)
by David Foster Wallace (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.11 — 4,747 ratings — published 2005
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Fast Food Nation (Paperback)
by Eric Schlosser (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.74 — 60,321 ratings — published 2001
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Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality (Paperback)
by Donald Miller (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 10,938 ratings — published 2003
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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Hardcover)
by Lawrence Wright (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.37 — 2,525 ratings — published 2006
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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 (Best American Nonrequired Reading)
by Dave Eggers (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.79 — 801 ratings — published 2008
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The Elements of Story: Field Notes on Nonfiction Writing (Hardcover)
by Francis Flaherty (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 16 ratings — published 2009
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1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up (Hardcover)
by Julia Eccleshare (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.73 — 56 ratings — published 2009
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"Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity (Paperback)
by Beverly Daniel Tatum (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,559 ratings — published 1997
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Reading Together: Everything You Need to Know to Raise a Child Who Loves to Read (Paperback)
by Diane W. Frankenstein (Goodreads author) (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 28 ratings — published 2009
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The Visual Miscellaneum: A Colorful Guide to the World's Most Consequential Trivia (Hardcover)
by David McCandless (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 70 ratings — published 2009
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Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation (Hardcover)
by Jonathan Lear (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.72 — 70 ratings — published 2006
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Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India (Hardcover)
by Madhur Jaffrey (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.53 — 554 ratings — published 2005
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Made from Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life (Hardcover)
by Jenna Woginrich (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.41 — 607 ratings — published 2008
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Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking (Hardcover)
by Tim Hurson (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 57 ratings — published 2007
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The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science (Hardcover)
by Richard Holmes (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 628 ratings — published 2008
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Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith (Hardcover)
by Rob Bell (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,266 ratings — published 2005
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The Girl in the Orange Dress: Searching for a Father Who Does Not Fail (Paperback)
by Margot Starbuck (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 22 ratings — published 2009
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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life (Hardcover)
by Alice Schroeder (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,449 ratings — published 2008
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The Map Book (Hardcover)
by Peter Barber (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.40 — 20 ratings — published 2005
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On The Edge (Hardcover)
by Richard Hammond (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 231 ratings — published 2007
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The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life (Paperback)
by Twyla Tharp (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,269 ratings — published 2003
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The Creative License: Giving Yourself Permission to be the Artist You Truly Are (Paperback)
by Danny Gregory (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.26 — 384 ratings — published 2006
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Creative Companion: How to Free Your Creative Spirit (Paperback)
by Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy (SARK) (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 265 ratings — published 1991
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How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum (Paperback)
by Keri Smith (Goodreads author) (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 357 ratings — published 2008
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Living Out Loud (Spiral-bound)
by Keri Smith (Goodreads author) (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 258 ratings — published 2003
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SPECK: A Curious Collection of Uncommon Things (Hardcover)
by Peter Buchanan-Smith (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 39 ratings — published 2001
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Letters to a Young Teacher (Hardcover)
by Jonathan Kozol (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.64 — 725 ratings — published 2007
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Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Postcards: Keepsakes You Can Make & Mail (Fast, Fun & Easy)
by Franki Kohler (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 0.0 — 2 ratings — published 2006
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Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year (Paperback)
by Esmé Raji Codell (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,251 ratings — published 1999
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Rumspringa: To Be or Not to Be Amish (Paperback)
by Tom Shachtman (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.27 — 661 ratings — published 2006
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God The Ingenious Alchemist: Transforming Tragedy Into Blessing (Hardcover)
by John R. Claypool (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 0.0 — 1 rating — published 2005
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Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire: 101 Luminaries Ponder Love, Death, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life (Hardcover)
by Graydon Carter (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.42 — 48 ratings — published 2009
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Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon: A Guide to the Best Time to Buy This, Do That and Go There (Paperback)
by Mark Di Vincenzo (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.00 — 93 ratings — published 2009
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The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World (Hardcover)
by Jacques Bosser (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.32 — 183 ratings — published 2003
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Notes from a Small Island (Paperback)
by Bill Bryson (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.76 — 7,682 ratings — published 1995
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Advent Conspiracy: Can Christmas Still Change the World? (Paperback)
by Rick McKinley (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.78 — 17 ratings — published 2009
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James May's 20th Century (Hardcover)
by James May (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 21 ratings — published 2007
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Notes from the Hard Shoulder (Paperback)
by James May (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.82 — 41 ratings — published 2007
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"Top Gear" Top Drives (Paperback)
by Michael Harvey (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published 2008
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The Big Book of "Top Gear" 2009 (Hardcover)
by Richard Porter (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.50 — 15 ratings — published 2008
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As You Do: Adventures With Evel, Oliver, and The Vice-President Of Botswana (Hardcover)
by Richard Hammond (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.57 — 54 ratings — published 2008
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Jesus Girls: True Tales of Growing Up Female and Evangelical (Paperback)
by Hannah Faith Notess (Goodreads author) (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.67 — 35 ratings — published 2009
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Mother Shock: Loving Every (Other) Minute of It
by Andrea J. Buchanan (Goodreads author) (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 180 ratings — published 2003
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The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life (Hardcover)
by Alison Gopnik (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.38 — 232 ratings — published 2009
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The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game (Hardcover)
by Michael Lewis (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,401 ratings — published 2006
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Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader (Paperback)
by Anne Fadiman (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 4.23 — 2,483 ratings — published 1998
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The Food of a Younger Land: The WPA's Portrait of Food in Pre-World War II America (Hardcover)
by Mark Kurlansky (shelved 1 time as grown-up-non-fiction)
avg rating 3.28 — 889 ratings — published 2009
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