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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

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The Gene: An Intimate History
by Siddhartha Mukherjee

This is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn To See
by Seth Godin

All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque

Syrup
by Maxx Barry

A Farewell To Arms
by Ernest Hemingway

Marketing: A Love Story
by Bernadette Jiwa

Birdsong
by Sebastian Faulks