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A Forest Journey: The Story of Wood and Civilization
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Timeless Toys: Classic Toys and the Playmakers Who Created Them
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Caviar
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Bacon: A Love Story: A Salty Survey of Everybody's Favorite Meat
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Coffee: A Dark History
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The Bear: History of a Fallen King
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Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and its Place in Western Civilization
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Secrets of Saffron: The Vagabond Life of the World's Most Seductive Spice
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Crunch!: A History of the Great American Potato Chip
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Prisoners, Lovers, and Spies: The Story of Invisible Ink from Herodotus to al-Qaeda
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Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers
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The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World
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The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy
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Sugar: A Bittersweet History
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Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash
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Tobacco: A Cultural History of How an Exotic Plant Seduced Civilization
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The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator
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Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City
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The Stone of Heaven: Unearthing the Secret History of Imperial Green Jade
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The Thirteenth Turn: A History of the Noose
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Aspirin: The Remarkable Story of a Wonder Drug
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The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain
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Pie: A Global History (The Edible Series)
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Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle
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Bicycle: The History
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Paper: Paging Through History
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Follow the Flock: How Sheep Shaped Human Civilization
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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
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Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
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Coal: A Human History
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A History of the Breast
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Empire of Cotton: A Global History
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
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Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army and Other Diabolical Insects
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Eels: An Exploration, from New Zealand to the Sargasso, of the World's Most Mysterious Fish
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Olives: The Life and Lore of a Noble Fruit
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Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween
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The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky
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The Natural History of Unicorns
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The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses But No One Reads
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The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language – A Witty Linguistics Guide to How Tongues Mix, Mutate, and Evolve
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Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History
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The Library: A World History
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Clay: The History and Evolution of Humankind's Relationship with Earth's Most Primal Element
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One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
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The Tiger in the House: A Cultural History of the Cat (New York Review Books Classics)
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Rum: The Epic Story Of The Drink That Conquered The World
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Pizza: A Slice of American History
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The Riddle of the Compass: The Invention that Changed the World
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The Coffee House: A Cultural History
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Origins and Ancient History of Wine
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Bittersweet: The Story of Sugar
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Champagne: How the World's Most Glamorous Wine Triumphed Over War and Hard Times
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The Zen of Fish: The Story of Sushi, from Samurai to Supermarket
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Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing
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Pigeons
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Beans: A History
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On Paper: The Everything of Its Two-Thousand-Year History
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Diamond: The History of a Cold-Blooded Love Affair
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Cheddar: A Journey to the Heart of America's Most Iconic Cheese
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The True History of Chocolate
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Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages
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Breakfast: A History
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Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World
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The Devil's Cup: A History of the World According to Coffee
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Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure
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Garlic, an Edible Biography: How the World's Most Pungent Food Changed the Course of History, Medicine, and Cuisine
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Potato: A History of the Propitious Esculent
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life
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Tea: The Drink that Changed the World
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The Book on the Bookshelf
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Spice: The History of a Temptation
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Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
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Home: A Short History of an Idea
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The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History
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A History of Reading
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The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance
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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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The Story of Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide
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Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
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Salt: A World History
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The Life and Death of Ancient Cities: A Natural History
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Alcohol and Humans: A Long and Social Affair
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Crap: A History of Cheap Stuff in America
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Beer: A Global Journey through the Past and Present
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The Amusement Park: 900 Years of Thrills and Spills, and the Dreamers and Schemers Who Built Them
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Rivers of Power: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
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Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
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Vanilla: The Cultural History of the World's Favorite Flavor and Fragrance
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