Coal: A Human History by Barbara Freese [553.24 FRE]

Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky [333.956633 KUR]

Crying: The Natural and Cultural History of Tears by Tom Lutz [152.4 LUT]

E = mc²: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation by David Bodanis [530.11 BOD]

The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms by Amy Stewart [592.64 STE]

Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity by David Bodanis [537 BOD]

Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley[599.935 RID]

Flu: The Story of The Great Influenza Pandemic by Gina Kolata [614.518 KOL]

Hobo: A Young Man's Thoughts on Trains and Tramping in America by Eddy Joe Cotton [B COTTON]

Mosquito: A Natural History of Our Most Persistent and Deadly Foe by Andrew Spielman [595.772 SPI]

One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw by Witold Rybczynski [621.972]

Oranges by John A. McPhee [641.3431 MAC]

The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance by Henry Petroski [674.88 PET]

Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky [553.63 KUR]

The Secret Life of Dust: From the Cosmos to the Kitchen Counter by Hannah Holmes [551.5113 HOL]

Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants by Robert Sullivan [599.35 SUL]

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach [611 ROA]

Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World by Mark Pendergrast [641.3373 PEN]

Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife [513 SEI]

Zipper: An Exploration in Novelty by Robert D. Friedel [609 FRI]