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4. Spice: The History of a Temptation by Jack Turner
5. Choice Cuts: A Savory Selection of Food Writing from Around the World and Throughout History by Mark Kurlansky
6. Coal: A Human History by Barbara Freese
7. The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World by Larry Zuckerman
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9. Krakatoa by Simon Winchester
10. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel
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12. The True History of Chocolate by Sophie D. Coe
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14. Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
15. The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester
16. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
17. Food in History by Reay Tannahill
18. Nathaniel's Nutmeg: Or the True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History by Giles Milton
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1. The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell by Mark Kurlansky (expected 11.2, found 135)
2. Spice: The History of a Temptation by Jack Turner (expected 11.3, found 108)
3. The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation by Mark Kurlansky (expected 18, found 154)
4. A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage (expected 21.4, found 132)
5. Food in History by Reay Tannahill (expected 17.8, found 99)
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8. Over the Edge of the World by Laurence Bergreen (expected 19.8, found 91)
9. The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time by John Kelly (expected 19.8, found 90)
10. A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester (expected 31.3, found 146)
11. Blue Latitudes by Tony Horwitz (expected 24.8, found 111)
12. The Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten (expected 28.3, found 124)
13. The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime by Miles Harvey (expected 29.7, found 121)
14. Plagues and Peoples by William H. McNeill (expected 24.7, found 97)
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