An Edible History of Humanity

An Edible History of Humanity

By
Tom Standage
Tom Standage
2009 ‱ 288 pages

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654 books

Nonfiction

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Sylvia Chi
On Human Nature
Breaking Open the Head
Pathologies of Power
Supercapitalism
The Nine
The Rhetorics of Feminism: Readings in Contemporary Cultural Theory and the Popular Press
The Climate War : True Believers, Power Brokers, and the Fight to Save the Earth

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189 books

Read In 2020

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Cid
The Temporary Wife/A Promise of Spring
The Proposal
Uma loucura e nada mais
Rise and Fall of the Borgias
Only Enchanting
The Arrangement
Someone to Honor

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389 books

Non Fiction

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Christopher and His Kind
Every Song Ever
The Talent Code
The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
J. R. R. Tolkien : a biography

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146 books

History

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The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest
Lincoln in the Bardo
From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America

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58 books

Science

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Nat
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference
I Am Legend
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
Periodic Tales

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150 books

Owned

Fiddleback
Brian
The Fifth Elephant
Young Zaphod Plays It Safe
Monstrous Regiment
Unseen Academicals
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
Interior Chinatown
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War

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802 books

Nonfiction

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The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History
A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World
Holy Cow
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
The Century
Millennium Year By Year: A Chronicle of World History from AD 1000 to the Present Day

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6 books

Food

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Laura
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
Julie & Julia
Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession
An Edible History of Humanity
Consider the Fork: How Technology Transforms the Way We Cook and Eat
A Bite-Sized History of France

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645 books

History

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Laura
From Dawn to Decadence
The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History
A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World
The Century
Millennium Year By Year: A Chronicle of World History from AD 1000 to the Present Day
National Geographic Society Atlas of World History
How the Irish Saved Civilization

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934 books

E Book

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James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
Executive Privilege
The God of the Hive
Outliers: The Story of Success
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Sh*t My Dad Says

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2,182 books

Ebook

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Susan Weissman
16 Lighthouse Road
A borrowing of bones
A dangerous inheritance
A Fine Balance
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Killer's Mind

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1,864 books

Kindle

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Susan Weissman
Just One Evil Act
16 Lighthouse Road
A borrowing of bones
A dangerous inheritance
A Fine Balance
A Gentleman in Moscow

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46 books

Thriftbooks

SpaceRift
Space Rift
Revived
Romeo and/or Juliet: A Chooseable-Path Adventure
The Alien
The Body Finder
The Art of Language Invention
The Test

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17 books

Owned

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Jay
Interaction of Color
Tao Te Ching
Salt: A World History
The Art of Looking Sideways
You And Three Others Are Approaching A Lake
A Wrinkle in Time

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12 books

2013

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Jay
The Ascent of Humanity
The Incidental Steward: Reflections on Citizen Science
Griftopia
In Praise of Slowness
Letters to a Young Scientist
Debt: The First 5,000 Years

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346 books

Interest Piqued

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magpie
Lies We Sing to the Sea
24 Hours in Ancient China: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
Sawkill Girls
Ms Ice Sandwich
Pirates of Aletharia

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167 books

Nonfiction Tbr

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24 Hours in Ancient China: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
The Sea Is Not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides
How To Survive A Plague
How to be a Victorian
Raw Dog

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32 books

Food Motif Tbr

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Midnight Chicken
Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees
The Rise of Yeast: How the Sugar Fungus Shaped Civilization
The Way to Cook
The Language of Food
Practical Potions and Premeditated Murder