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Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life
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Bill Bryson
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Salt: A World History
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
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Color: A Natural History of the Palette
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Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
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Coal: A Human History
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Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us
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The Calendar : The 5000 Year Struggle to Align the Clock and the Heavens and What Happened to the Missing Ten Days
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Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages
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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 Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance
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