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Originally Posted by Dngrsone
Salt: A World History is a non-fic with a blissfully short title that I very much enjoyed and learned quite a bit from.
I t is currently on sale at Amazon.com for $1.99
The same author wrote a very nice book about paper as well, but that one is not currently on sale.
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I'll have to get the one on the subject of paper, when it goes on sale.
It is fascinating to me how many different things can be made from the very same wood pulp (which is basically cellulose, I think). What the cellulose becomes depends upon how the pulp is _engineered_; how it is engineered depends upon what characteristics that you want from the end product. It can be made into everything from cardboard to toilet paper, paper towels to furniture (yes, _furniture_), stationery to disposable diapers--the list goes on and on.
If the authorship of the paper book is as good as this one on salt appears to be, it should a good one. It's going on my wishlist.