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	Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector 3.54 avg rating — 1,238 ratings — published 2022 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quantum Computing (WIRED guides): How It Works and How It Could Change the World by Amit Katwala (Goodreads Author), Wired 3.90 avg rating — 102 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Athletic Brain: How Neuroscience is Revolutionising Sport and Can Help You Perform Better 4.09 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sport magazine's World Cup Stories: Shocking and surprising tales from the greatest show on earth 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE ATHLETIC BRAIN 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Fraud

by Zadie Smith

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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

by George Saunders

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A Promised Land

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Time to vote on our March/April Nonfiction book. Remember, if your book wins, to post a comment to the thread. Thanks

This poll will stay open until Feb 24th.

The Trials of Maria Barbella: The True Story of a 19th-Century Crime of Passion

by Idanna Pucci

5 votes, 20.0%

Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage

by Rachel E. Gross

5 votes, 20.0%

Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love

by Dani Shapiro

4 votes, 16.0%

Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

by Amit Katwala

4 votes, 16.0%

The Boy From Block 66: A WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival True Story

by Limor Regev

3 votes, 12.0%

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

by Elizabeth Kolbert

2 votes, 8.0%

Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier

by Jeffrey A. Lockwood

2 votes, 8.0%

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