- History, Food, Symbolic aspects of Food, Agriculture
A book putting a complex history of the world into a simple book. It is easy to read and the analogies make history extremely easy to learn and follow for everyday people.
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Cool, epic, plot-driven and warm.
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- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Tom Standage
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 269
- Publisher
- Thorndike Press, Walker & Company
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780802715883
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