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  • The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2013

    Series series Best American
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  • The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2010

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    Series series The Best American Series
    Twenty-eight of the best pieces of science and nature writing in America in a collection edited by the renowned physicist and public intellectual.The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then ... Leer más

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  • The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011

    Edición de Mary Roach, Tim Folger ...
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  • The Dog Master

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