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#2
Historicizing Fear
Historicizing Fear
  • Travis D. Boyce
  • Winsome M. Chunnu
00 reads
#3
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
  • Mary Roach
3.8794 reads
#4
Salt: A World History
Salt: A World History
  • Mark Kurlansky
3.62102 reads
#5
Empires of the Word
Empires of the Word
  • Nicholas Ostler
3.17 reads
#6
Libraries in the Ancient World
Libraries in the Ancient World
  • Lionel Casson
00 reads
#7
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World
  • Adrienne Mayor
4.333 reads
#8
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A History of the Great Influenza Pandemics

A History of the Great Influenza Pandemics: Death, Panic and Hysteria, 1830-1920
  • Mark Honigsbaum
00 reads
#9
The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
  • John Kelly
00 reads
#10
Sex and Punishment
Sex and Punishment
    42 reads
    #11
    Fizz: How Soda Shook Up the World
    Fizz: How Soda Shook Up the World
    • Tristan Donovan
    00 reads
    #12
    Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present
    Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present
    • Frank M. Snowden III
    53 reads
    #13
    On paper
    On paper
    • Nicholas A. Basbanes
    01 read
    #14
    Sugar
    Sugar
    • Elizabeth Abbott
    00 reads
    #15
    Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
    Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
    • Bill Wasik
    • Monica Murphy
    3.5427 reads
    #16
    The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
    The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
    • John M. Barry
    3.6963 reads
    #17
    Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants
    Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants
    • James Vincent
    51 read
    #18
    One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
    One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
    • Witold Rybczynski
    01 read
    #19
    Fabric of Civilization
    Fabric of Civilization
    • Virginia Postrel
    4.49 reads
    #20
    Plagues and Peoples
    Plagues and Peoples
    • William H. McNeill
    46 reads
    #21
    A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next
    A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next
    • Tom Standage
    00 reads
    #22
    Cover 7

    Disease & History

    Disease & History: From ancient times to Covid-19
    • Frederick F. Cartwright
    • Michael Biddiss
    00 reads
    #23
    Cover 7

    1177 B.C.

    1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed: Revised and Updated
    • Eric H. Cline
    35 reads
    #24
    Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
    Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
    • Tim Marshall
    4.2314 reads
    #25
    Tree Story: The History of the World Written in Rings
    Tree Story: The History of the World Written in Rings
    • Valerie Trouet
    41 read
    #26
    Coders
    Coders
    • Clive Thompson
    4.0828 reads
    #27
    Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing
    Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing
    • Jacob Goldstein
    3.8434 reads
    #28
    A World Transformed: Slavery in the Americas and the Origins of Global Power
    A World Transformed: Slavery in the Americas and the Origins of Global Power
    • James Walvin
    00 reads
    #29
    The Invention of Power: Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West
    The Invention of Power: Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West
    • Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
    21 read
    #30
    The Great Leveler
    The Great Leveler
    • Walter Scheidel
    48 reads
    #31
    The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
    The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
    • Rose George
    3.758 reads
    #32
    Empire of Cotton: A Global History
    Empire of Cotton: A Global History
    • Sven Beckert
    3.58 reads
    #33
    Coal: A Human History
    Coal: A Human History
    • Barbara Freese
    2.835 reads
    #34
    Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
    Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
    • Simon Winchester
    3.5524 reads
    #35
    Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
    Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
    • Mark Kurlansky
    3.7937 reads
    #36
    Moon: A Brief History
    Moon: A Brief History
    • Bernd Brunner
    00 reads
    #37
    Bears: A Brief History
    Bears: A Brief History
    • Bernd Brunner
    • Lori Lantz (Translator)
    00 reads
    #38
    The Divide: Global Inequality from Conquest to Free Markets
    The Divide: Global Inequality from Conquest to Free Markets
    • Jason Hickel
    00 reads
    #39
    Humankind: A Hopeful History
    Humankind: A Hopeful History
    • Rutger Bregman
    4.3498 reads
    #40
    Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention
    Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention
    • Stanislas Dehaene
    00 reads
    #41
    Napoleon's Buttons
    Napoleon's Buttons
    • Penny Le Couteur
    • Jay Burreson
    3.47 reads
    #42
    Dinner in Rome: A History of the World in One Meal
    Dinner in Rome: A History of the World in One Meal
    • Andreas Viestad
    41 read
    #43
    The Power of Plagues
    The Power of Plagues
    • Irwin W. Sherman
    00 reads
    #44
    Twelve Diseases That Changed Our World
    Twelve Diseases That Changed Our World
    • Irwin W. Sherman
    32 reads
    #45
    Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and Its Place in Western Civilization
    Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and Its Place in Western Civilization
    • Paul Kindstedt
    00 reads
    #46
    How We Got to Now
    How We Got to Now
    • Steven Johnson
    3.8327 reads
    #47
    The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization
    The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization
    • Vince Beiser
    4.256 reads
    #48
    Silk: A World History
    Silk: A World History
    • Aarathi Prasad
    3.252 reads
    #49
    The Week
    The Week
    • David M. Henkin
    00 reads
    #50
    Cover 7

    About Time

    About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks
    • David Rooney
    00 reads
    #51
    Cover 6

    Dirt

    Dirt: A Social History as Seen Through the Uses and Abuses of Dirt
    • Terence McLaughlin
    00 reads
    #52
    Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
    Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
    • Simon Winchester
    3.27 reads