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Teach me something new and oddly specific 💬

by endless_tbr_list

Niche nonfiction, aka micro-histories!

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The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind

Eyeliner: A Cultural History

Maple Syrup: A Short History of Canada's Sweetest Obsession

Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind

Eyeliner: A Cultural History

The history of *[niche subject]*

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Where We Meet the World: The Story of the Senses

Butts: A Backstory

Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ

The Pickled City: A Biography of New York Pickles

Where We Meet the World: The Story of the Senses

Butts: A Backstory

DIY Frankenstein's Monster

by displacedcactus

Some assembly required.

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Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, from Hagfish to Humans

Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ

Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood

The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina—Separating the Myth from the Medicine

Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, from Hagfish to Humans

Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ

oddly specific history

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Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs

The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses But No One Reads

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

History, archaeology and everything in between

by Historyandfantasy

A study of the past

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History Hit Guide to Medieval England: From the Vikings to the Tudors and Everything in Between

The Routledge Companion to Indigenous Repatriation: Return, Reconcile, Renew (Routledge Companions)

Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter

King Harald's Saga

History Hit Guide to Medieval England: From the Vikings to the Tudors and Everything in Between

The Routledge Companion to Indigenous Repatriation: Return, Reconcile, Renew (Routledge Companions)

History non-fiction

Non fiction books about history (mainly ancient and medieval) and mythology

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24 Hours in Ancient Egypt: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There (24 Hours in Ancient History)

Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain

Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

A History of Britain in Ten Enemies

24 Hours in Ancient Egypt: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There (24 Hours in Ancient History)

Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain

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