The Book on the Bookshelf

Henry Petroski

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

Lizzie Collingham

In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food

Stewart Lee Allen

In Miniature: How Small Things Illuminate the World

Simon Garfield

Calendar: Humanity's Epic Struggle to Determine a True and Accurate Year

David Ewing Duncan

Spice: The History of a Temptation

Jack Turner

Milk! A 10,000-Year Food Fracas

Mark Kurlansky

Paper: Paging Through History

Mark Kurlansky

Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World

Mark Kurlansky

Salt: A World History

Mark Kurlansky

Rats: Observations on the History & Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants

Robert Sullivan

Baskerville: The Biography of a Typeface

Simon Garfield

All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia

Simon Garfield

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

Simon Garfield

On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks

Simon Garfield

To the Letter: A Celebration of the Lost Art of Letter Writing

Simon Garfield

Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed with Time

Simon Garfield

Just My Type: A Book About Fonts

Simon Garfield