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Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit

Wanderlust: A History of Walking

Rebecca Solnit

328 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction essays history travel reflective slow-paced
Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations by David R. Montgomery

Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations

David R. Montgomery

295 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
The Invention of News: How the World Came to Know About Itself by Andrew Pettegree

The Invention of News: How the World Came to Know About Itself

Andrew Pettegree

445 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark by Cecelia Watson

Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark

Cecelia Watson

224 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Original Sin: A Cultural History by Alan Jacobs

Original Sin: A Cultural History

Alan Jacobs

304 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink by Sarah Rose

For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink

Sarah Rose

261 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative medium-paced
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate by Peter Wohlleben

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate

The Mysteries of Nature Series #1

Peter Wohlleben

272 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction nature informative reflective slow-paced
Banana: A Global History by Lorna Piatti-Farnell

Banana: A Global History

Edible

Lorna Piatti-Farnell

176 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors by Lizzie Collingham

Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors

Lizzie Collingham

315 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to Be as They Are. by Henry Petroski

The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to Be as They Are.

Henry Petroski

304 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction design history science challenging informative slow-paced