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Empire of Cotton: A Global History by Sven Beckert

Empire of Cotton: A Global History

Sven Beckert

640 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction economics history challenging informative slow-paced
The Secret Life of Dust: From the Cosmos to the Kitchen Counter, the Big Consequences of Little Things by Hannah Holmes

The Secret Life of Dust: From the Cosmos to the Kitchen Counter, the Big Consequences of Little Things

Hannah Holmes

240 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
Ballet Class: An American History by Melissa R. Klapper

Ballet Class: An American History

Melissa R. Klapper

432 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh

The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

Simon Singh

432 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction computer science history mathematics informative medium-paced
Sex with Kings by Eleanor Herman

Sex with Kings

Eleanor Herman

320 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography history reflective medium-paced
Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Meal by Margaret Visser

Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Meal

Margaret Visser

352 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history informative slow-paced
Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam by Pope Brock

Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam

Pope Brock

304 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime informative fast-paced
The Amorous Heart: An Unconventional History of Love by Marilyn Yalom

The Amorous Heart: An Unconventional History of Love

Marilyn Yalom

288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show by Rachel Shteir

Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show

Rachel Shteir

438 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history challenging informative fast-paced
Straight: The Surprisingly Short History Of Heterosexuality by Hanne Blank

Straight: The Surprisingly Short History Of Heterosexuality

Hanne Blank

228 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced