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Where's Mao Zedong When You Need Him?

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Of course, there is another way to slim down the population. As sinophiles know, Chairman Mao proved to be a genius at getting people to eat less...

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F5: Devastation, Survival, and the Most Violent Tornado Outbreak of the 20th Century, by Mark Levine

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On that day 148 tornadoes streaked across the middle and southern United States, killing 315 people and injuring 5000.

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The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman

Category: Book Review

If an alien race landed on Earth several million years after we are gone, what would survive from our time on Earth to give them a clue as to who was here, and how did they live?

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Harvey Cushing: A Life in Surgery, by Michael Bliss

Category: Book Review

Bliss has mastered the reams of material chronicling Cushing's life and fashioned an engaging narrative of the extraordinary doctor's career. Anyone with any interest in the history of medicine will find this biography wonderful to delve into.

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Who's Got the Courage to Say the "D" Word? Lisa Cullen, That's Who!

Category: Book Review

If there is one topic in America that will always be voted "Least Likely to Be the Source of Light-Hearted Banter Around the Dinner Table," it is death.

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