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Micro Histories Books

Salt: A World History
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
At Home: A Short History of Private Life
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
Color: A Natural History of the Palette
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power
Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World
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