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Book: Let’s Meet the Ancient Egyptians

Review date: August 27, 2026

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Scientific Review

Book: Poison: The History of Potions, Powders, and Murderous Practitioners

Review date: August 6, 2025

“All things are poison and nothing is without poison; only the dose makes a thing not a poison.” – Paracelsus, 1530s.

At Barnes and Nobles, I found an eye-catching beauty of a book, titled Poison: The History of Potions, Powders, and Murderous Practitioners by Ben Hubbard. If you know me, you’d know that I’m currently obsessed with an anime series called The Apothecary Diaries, a mystery romance about the 17-year-old apothecary Maomao, who goes around solving palace mysteries and saving people using her knowledge of herbs and the natural sciences. The moment I saw this book, I did exactly what Maomao would’ve done; I snatched off the book and stuck my nose deep in.

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