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Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking, and Curing
by Michael Ruhlman

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The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry (Cartoon Guide To...)
by Larry Gonick

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Curiosities

Lee's Priceless Recipes
by N T Oliver

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Organic

Organic Chemistry Demystified (05 Edition)
by Daniel Bloch

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Chemical Engineering

DNA: How the Biotech Revolution Is Changing the Way We Fight Disease
by Frank H Stephenson

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Study Guides

Schaums Outline of Beginning Chemist 3RD Edition
by David E Goldberg

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Biochemistry

Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver
by Arthur Allen

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Physical Chemistry

Scientific Computing With Matlab 2ND Edition
by Alfio Quarteroni

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Reference

Mcgraw Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Chemistry
by Mcgraw Hill

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by Robert Boyle

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Inorganic

Biological Inorganic Chemistry: Structure and Reactivity
by Ivano Bertini

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Analytic

Applications of Microsoft Excel in Analytical Chemistry (04 Edition)
by Stanley R. Crouch

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Polymers

Wiley Series on Plastics Engineering and Technology #1: Handbook of Vinyl Formulating
by Richard F. Grossman

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Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Vol. 5
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Handbooks

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Named Processes 3RD Edition
by Alan E. Comyns

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On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
by Harold Mcgee

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