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The story of ice and that of a glaciologist’s life and work are told separately in Pursuit of Wonders

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Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity moreto leader of the free world

Mark Gonzales as well as a selection of interviews and essays commissioned specially for this book

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