The Rise of Yeast: How the Sugar Fungus Shaped Civilization

The Rise of Yeast: How the Sugar Fungus Shaped Civilization

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Nicholas P. Money
Nicholas P. Money
2017 • 225 pages

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60 books

Natural History

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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
Scent
A History of the World Through Body Parts
Explorers of Deep Time: Paleontologists and the History of Life
The Hot Zone
Butts: A Backstory
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

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167 books

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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

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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

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490 books

Social History

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Paradox of Plenty
The Age of Edison
Built: The Hidden Stories Behind our Structures
Voices from Chernobyl
A History of Private Life: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium

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35 books

Food

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Milk : The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages
Uncommon Grounds
Banana
Consider the fork
The True History of Chocolate
White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf
Sweetness and Power

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790 books

Sociology Anthropology

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Culture of Fear
Paradox of Plenty
Anti-Gender Politics in the Populist Moment
When Prophecy Fails
The Age of Edison
Jesus and John Wayne
The Authoritarians

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346 books

Interest Piqued

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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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14 books

Agriculture

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The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture
Weeds: How Vagabond Plants Gatecrashed Civilisation and Changed the Way We Think About Nature
Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them
The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
Empire of Cotton: A Global History
Uncommon Grounds