Microhistories: Histories of Specific ThingsLike this list

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• Salt

  a World History

  Kurlansky, Mark

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• Banana

  the Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World

  Koeppel, Dan

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• The Gene

  An Intimate History

  Mukherjee, Siddhartha,

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• Milk!

  a 10,000-year Food Fracas

  Kurlansky, Mark

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• The Emperor of All Maladies

  a Biography of Cancer

  Mukherjee, Siddhartha

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• Rain

  a Natural and Cultural History

  Barnett, Cynthia, 1966-

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• Coal

  a Human History

  Freese, Barbara

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• Sugar

  a Bittersweet History

  Abbott, Elizabeth

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• Stiff

  the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

  Roach, Mary

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• On the Map

  a Mind-expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks

  Garfield, Simon

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