The Nature of Things: The Secret Life of Inanimate Objects

Lyall Watson

The Secret Lives of Everyday Objects: Hidden Histories Behind the Mundane

Alexander Gnarkwell

Bent Objects: The Secret Life of Everyday Things

Terry Border

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

Simon Garfield

The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History

Kassia St. Clair

Paper: Paging Through History

Mark Kurlansky

The Secret Lives of Color

Kassia St. Clair

Salt: A World History

Mark Kurlansky