Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times

Elizabeth Wayland Barber

Oranges

John McPhee

The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women’s Lives, 1660–1900

Barbara Burman

Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World

Simon Garfield

Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors by Collingham, E. M. (Elizabeth M. ). (2006) Paperback

Lizzie Collingham

Threads of Empire: A History of the World in Twelve Carpets

Dorothy Armstrong

Spice: The History of a Temptation

Jack Turner

A History of the World in Six Glasses

Tom Standage

The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History

Kassia St. Clair

Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols & Other Typographical Marks

Keith Houston

Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat

Bee Wilson

Salt: A World History

Mark Kurlansky

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

Bill Bryson