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Salt: A World History (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.75 — 78,748 ratings — published 2002
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.92 — 25,958 ratings — published 1997
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.81 — 5,484 ratings — published 2007
Sugar: A Bittersweet History (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.75 — 438 ratings — published 2008
Paper: Paging Through History (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.84 — 3,062 ratings — published 2016
Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.69 — 3,111 ratings — published 1999
The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.61 — 573 ratings — published 1998
Coal: A Human History (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.73 — 2,296 ratings — published 2003
Spice: The History of a Temptation (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.64 — 2,587 ratings — published 2004
Empire of Cotton: A Global History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.90 — 3,876 ratings — published 2014
A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.81 — 34,846 ratings — published 2005
Uranium: War, Energy and the Rock That Shaped the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,462 ratings — published 2009
The True History of Chocolate (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,571 ratings — published 1996
Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.62 — 559 ratings — published 2008
Cotton: The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.59 — 281 ratings — published 2004
Color: A Natural History of the Palette (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.79 — 73,706 ratings — published 2003
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 4.06 — 60,344 ratings — published 2001
Silk: A World History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.62 — 623 ratings — published
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.86 — 7,136 ratings — published 2006
Lesser Beasts: A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 4.15 — 880 ratings — published 2015
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 4.08 — 3,900 ratings — published 2018
The Secret Lives of Color (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.98 — 23,210 ratings — published 2016
Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.95 — 2,818 ratings — published 2016
How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 4.12 — 16,142 ratings — published 2014
The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,144 ratings — published 2015
Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,268 ratings — published 2005
Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.98 — 7,445 ratings — published 1991
Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.72 — 195 ratings — published 2009
Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,682 ratings — published 2007
The Story of Corn (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.58 — 120 ratings — published 1992
Beans: A History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.66 — 228 ratings — published 2007
Bittersweet: The Story of Sugar (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.51 — 148 ratings — published 2002
The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,438 ratings — published 2005
The Bagel: The Surprising History of a Modest Bread (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.60 — 229 ratings — published 2008
Potato: A History of the Propitious Esculent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.82 — 491 ratings — published 2008
The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South (Audio CD)
by (shelved 1 time as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.83 — 2,092 ratings — published 2017
Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as commodity-history)
avg rating 4.50 — 9,842 ratings — published 2023
The Stuff of Soldiers: A History of the Red Army in World War II Through Objects (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as commodity-history)
avg rating 4.24 — 54 ratings — published 2019
The Coffee House: A Cultural History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.66 — 182 ratings — published 2004
Butter: A Rich History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,159 ratings — published 2016
The Domestic Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as commodity-history)
avg rating 4.16 — 897 ratings — published 2020
Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as commodity-history)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,032 ratings — published 2021
The Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.69 — 1,321 ratings — published 2020
Oranges (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as commodity-history)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,098 ratings — published 1967
Picasso's War: How Modern Art Came to America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as commodity-history)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,259 ratings — published 2022
Around the World in 80 Trees (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as commodity-history)
avg rating 4.54 — 2,196 ratings — published 2018
The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.58 — 254 ratings — published 2023
Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as commodity-history)
avg rating 4.14 — 11,816 ratings — published 2016
Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as commodity-history)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,595 ratings — published 1976
Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as commodity-history)
avg rating 3.87 — 935 ratings — published 2008