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December: The Last Game of 2024

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Carolyn ended November with:

The Subway Girls - Susie Orman Schnall

The Hidden World of the London Underground - Amy Hammond

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What We Know Now ! - Jenny Kelly

Mercury was used in hat making to stiffen felt, particularly in the process of preparing fur pelts. Hat makers inhaled mercury vapors during this process, which led to chronic mercury poisoning, known as "mad hatter disease," causing severe neurological effects.

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A Practical Wedding, Meg Keene
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Marry in Haste - Jane Aiken Hodge
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Repent At Leisure - Stevie Turner
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Judy & Liza & Robert & Freddie & David & Sue & Me -- Stevie Phillips
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Then Again, Maybe I Won't - Judy Blume
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I'm No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts - Kristin Chenowith
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Philosophy 101, Paul Kleinman
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Minimalist Book of Deep Thoughts - Nathan Steffens
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Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow - Jerome K Jerome
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Fish Don't Sneeze - Kirstie Watson
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What Happens to a Sneeze? Lucinda Allen
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Grandpa's Handkerchief - Dorothy Clark
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That's Gross ! - Crispin Boyer
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Grossology, Sylvia Branzei
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The Diary of a Nobody - George & Weedon Grossmith

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There's No Other Person I'd Rather Be - G.A. Sealy
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Self Satisfied - Cattie Britt
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The Healthy Ego, John E. Lecarno
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Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better - Jennifer Azen
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You Better Watch Out -- James S. Murray
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The Blind Watchmaker - Richard Dawkins
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Hands of Time, Rebecca Struthers
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Time on Their Hands - Richard F Jones
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Why Do We Say That ? 101 Idioms, Sayings and Facts ! - Scott Matthews
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The 101 Dalmatians - Dodi Smith
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How to Draw 101 Animals, Barry Green
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Can You Name 100 Dinosaurs ? - Jim Becker
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The 99% Invisible City - Roman Mars
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No Longer On The Map - Raymond Ramsey
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Uncharted - Gordon Ramsey

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The Journey of the Mayflower, Andrea P. Smith
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The Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan
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West with the Night .... Beryl Markham
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Women's Diaries of Westward Journey - Lillian Schlissel

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Westward Ho! Charles Kingsley
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In Search Of Beautiful Freedom - Farah Jasmine Griffin
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The Idea of Perfection - Kate Grenville
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One Foot in Eden -- Ron Rash
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Waiting at the Garden Gate - R K McKenzie
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The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Come into the Garden Maud - Alfred Lord Tennyson
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