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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
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A History of the World in 6 Glasses
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Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
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Color: A Natural History of the Palette
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Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World
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Seeds of Change: Six Plants That Transformed Mankind
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The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean
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A Perfect Red
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Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused
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A History of the Wife: An Intellectually Vigorous Cultural History of Marriage―From Medieval Europe to Contemporary America
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Spice: The History of a Temptation
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Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages
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The Orchid Thief
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The True History of Chocolate
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The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World
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Tea: The Drink that Changed the World
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The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History
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Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World
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The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance
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The Devil's Cup: A History of the World According to Coffee
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The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell
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The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
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The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers
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The Story of Corn
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The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World
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The Coffee House: A Cultural History
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