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Dava Sobel

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Dava Sobel (born June 15, 1947, The Bronx, New York) is an American writer of popular expositions of scientific topics. Her books include Longitude, about English clockmaker John Harrison, and Galileo's Daughter, about Galileo's daughterMaria Celeste.
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Ina Garten

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Ina Garten is one of America's most loved culinary icons and the author of five previous bestselling cookery books. Her Barefoot Contessa cookery programmes are screened each day on UK TVFood. Ina writes a column on entertaining for America's Home Beautiful magazine and lives in East Hampton with her husband Jeffrey.