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Salt: A World History
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A History of the World in 6 Glasses
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The Book on the Bookshelf
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
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The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History
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The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
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The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance
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Color: A Natural History of the Palette
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The True History of Chocolate
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Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
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The Reverend Guppy's Aquarium: From Joseph Frisbie to Roy Jacuzzi, How Everyday Items Were Named for Extraordinary People
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Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash
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The Tiger in the House: A Cultural History of the Cat (New York Review Books Classics)
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A History of the World in 100 Objects
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A Brief History of the Smile
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A History of Reading
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Taking Things Seriously: 75 Objects with Unexpected Significance
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Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History
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Salt: Grain of Life
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Tea: The Drink that Changed the World
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Really Useful: The Origins of Everyday Things
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Bicycle: The History
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Bittersweet: The Story of Sugar
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The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World
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The Toothpick: Technology and Culture
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Beans: A History
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A Measure of All Things: The Story of Man and Measurement
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