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The Calendar: The 5000 Year Struggle To Align The Clock and the Heavens, and What Happened To The Missing Ten Days
1.  The Calendar: The 5000 Year Struggle To Align The Clock and the Heavens, and What Happened To The Missing Ten Days by David Ewing Duncan
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  "Everything you need to know about Calendars"
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
2.  Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky
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  "Everything you need to know about Cod"
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Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World
3.  Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World by Simon Garfield
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  "Everything you need to know about Dyes"
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One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
4.  One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw by Witold Rybczynski
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  "Everything you need to know about Screws"
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Salt: A World History
5.  Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
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  "Everything you need to know about Salt"
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Seeds of Change: Five Plants That Transformed Mankind
6.  Seeds of Change: Five Plants That Transformed Mankind by Henry Hobhouse
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  "Everything you need to know about Seeds"
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The Shocking History of Phosphorus: A Biography of the Devil's Element
7.  The Shocking History of Phosphorus: A Biography of the Devil's Element by John Emsley
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  "Everything you need to know about Phosphorous"
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The Arcanum: Extraordinary True Story of the Invention of European Porcelain
8.  The Arcanum: Extraordinary True Story of the Invention of European Porcelain by Janet Gleeson
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  "Everything you need to know about Porcelain"
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Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower and the Extraordinary Passions it Aroused (Colour)
9.  Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower and the Extraordinary Passions it Aroused (Colour) by Mike Dash
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  "Everything you need to know about Tulips"
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Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years
10.  Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years by Jared Diamond
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  "Everything you need to know about Everything Else!"
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