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Really Captivating Reads About Real Things
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items Nonfiction reads that immerse you in the past, future, or current reality from many different angles. Explore history, science, and social issues that affect us all.
Wonderful history about how horses and humans are indelibly intertwined. I was awestruck at so many facts about the anatomy of horses, their impact on the human diaspora and war strategies for millenia, and much more. These beautiful have always had ...
The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity - Barnes & Noble
Fascinating history of the mosquito’s impact on some of the most famous events in human history.
The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator
This book gives a historical perspective on the factors that created consumerism. Those factors were not technical or abstract as you might think; instead they include the social and psychological motivations humans have bought things long ago and th...
Empire of Things: How We Became Consumers
The influence silk has had on world history. This book combines facts and story with very pleasing language to keep the pages turning. I found out why silkworms today could not exist without humans, what the wild west contributed to today’s kevlar ve...
Silk: A World History by Aarathi Prasad
The author takes us around the world, starting with the place of origin of tomatoes, debunks a myth about a famous Italian pizzeria, connects a US president to his second cousin who created the ketchup that became America’s favorite, explains the eco...
Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: History
This book gives a great history of how maps began, how they developed, how they’re used now, and how they may be used in the future. The way the use of maps grew and changed with human knowledge, experiences, and technology is fascinating to read abo...
On the Map: Mind-Expanding World Exploration
This was an amazing journey through time, about timekeeping. People have always needed to know what time it is, and the journey of people’s fascination with the passing of time and how to mark it is well documented. Struthers illustrates that journey...
Hands of Time: A Watchmaker’s History