Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Darwin's ghosts Darwin's ghosts Rebecca Stott Christmas, 1859. Just one month after the publication of On the Origin of Species, Darwin received a letter that deeply unsettled him. He had expected criticism. Letters were arriving every day like … OL16283008W
The coral thief The coral thief Rebecca Stott In 1815 France, a young medical student discovers that the beauty who shared his coach has stolen the rare coral specimens he carried and soon he encounters a ring of philosopher thieves determined t… OL24533610W
Ghostwalk Ghostwalk Rebecca Stott A Cambridge historian, Elizabeth Vogelsang, is found drowned, clutching a glass prism in her hand. The book she was writing about Isaac Newton's involvement with alchemy--the culmination of her lifel… OL4065068W