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Bananas and Beans
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Beans : a history
Albala, Ken, 1964-
Adult Nonfiction Book 641.3565 A
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Cattle : an informal social history
Carlson, Laurie M., 1952-
Adult Nonfiction Book 636.2009 C
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Banana : the fate of the fruit that changed the world
Koeppel, Dan.
Adult Nonfiction Book 634.772 K
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Cod : a biography of the fish that changed the world
Kurlansky, Mark.
Adult Nonfiction Book 333.95663 K
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Salt : a world history
Kurlansky, Mark.
Adult Nonfiction Book 553.63 K
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The big oyster : history on the half shell
Kurlansky, Mark.
Adult Fiction 641.694 K
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Citrus : a history
Laszlo, Pierre.
Adult Nonfiction Book 634.304 L
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Pineapple culture : a history of the tropical and temperate zones
Okihiro, Gary Y., 1945-
Adult Nonfiction Book 909.093 O 2009
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Vanilla : the cultural history of the world's most popular flavor and fragrance
Rain, Patricia, 1943-
Adult Nonfiction Book 633.82 R
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Potato : a history of the propitious esculent
Reader, John.
Adult Nonfiction Book 635.21 R
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Spice : the history of a temptation
Turner, Jack.
Adult Nonfiction Book 641.3383 T
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The potato : how the humble spud rescued the western world
Zuckerman, Larry
Adult Nonfiction Book 641.3521 Z
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